Yes I know. When I’ve told people there is no way I’d vote for Trump because he is anti-choice, anti-immigrant, pro-carpet bomb, they often say “he doesn’t actually MEAN that, he just says that sort of thing to get votes.” Whatevs, man. I don’t care what’s in the dude’s heart of hearts. I care about what he’ll do to…

This is something I think a lot of people aren't focusing on. From a Democrat point of view, having Trump as the Republican contender is a dream come true. Even with a candidate like Hilary, who many people absolutely HATE and who inspires very few of the rest, Trump doesn't stand a chance.

Cruz is actually worse, he just has better manners. All the Republican candidates are assholes, and every state has Republicans. So there is no way to not hold the country in contempt.

Not just that, but in the real world (as opposed to the movie world) you are far less likely to be killed out in the woods than in an urban area.

There was a famous case where two college kids killed their professor and his wife for similar reasons though they tried to get some money too. Are you in Australia?

That makes sense too.

Yup that's possible too.

Obviously the apology isn't real remorse. It's just drawing attention to itself and also totally what a serial killer would do. It causes speculation, it's chilling, it establishes a signature and sets up expectation for the murders to come (if this is the first).

It is considered to be the best book by whom? There are probably a hundred contenders for that consideration. But you are correct that none of Capote's books are among those contenders, if that's what you mean. She wrote the more famous novel by far.

It’s a very good, very famous, and often misunderstood novel. There…

References to what? People saying that she wrote his book? I have no doubt that people think that she wrote his book. What I'm saying is that this makes no sense.

Yes the ID laws. Note though that I said voter disenfranchisement on a large level, which is a category that includes voter ID laws but also the disenfranchisement of elderly people and things like the closing of polling stations in AZ and the NY requirement for independents to have switched parties long before other…

I agree with all of this, except that AZ’s elimination of the polling places did not benefit Republicans since there was only a Democratic primary happening there. People claimed it benefited Hilary mostly, but when you look at a breakdown of who was eliminated, it probably didn’t really skew the election either way.…

I worked the 04 election, and I know that was a long time ago and things change district by district as well as state by state. But the system was a mess, beginning to end. Everything about it was a mess- the way we were trained, the way our ballots were handled/counted, the way the ballots were transported, etc. And…

In the south, yes. Not elsewhere. Also, many states are only red because of the rural vote, so this is a tricky strategy. Texas is considered famously solidly red, for example, but the valley and all the cities are blue. But also I can see how they’d figure that the loss of some white votes would be worth the Dems…

Yes now I really wish I could remember what I read about it. Perhaps it was just an intro to the book- like an annotated release with an intro or an afterward giving lots of info about it? I don’t know- it was ten years ago. But he spent a LONG time there. Like he was there off and on for a year and then went back…

Everyone knows that. Obviously you aren’t giving me information that I don’t know, so it’s not FYI. What’s your point? It is also reality that small businesses, especially in rural areas, frequently pay people to do jobs without hiring them. Local economies are real things, FYI. Are you trying to say that anyone who…

I expect this issue is going to take care of itself soon, actually. The airport already has fast check in lanes if you apply and get a background check- you can go through without speaking to a person. It's all digital and they scan your passport, however they also scan your eyes and fingers. I think the addition of…

Yes I was going to say this. I actually believe that the voter disenfranchisement problem on a large level is actually more a symptom of a swollen bureaucracy that runs after random solutions for every perceived fear moreso than intent on the Republicans’ side to steal the election. Then, locally, I do think that the…

Look, I agree that the ID laws present an obstacle to voting that is unfair and therefore they are not a good solution. That doesn’t change the fact that without some way to verify identity, people DO vote fraudulently. I know for a fact that my sis-in-law does not vote. There is nothing stopping me from going to her…

I don’t know why you are being so dismissive. As if the poster has some reason to lie. Not everyone has the same experiences. I have a friend who is a notary. I had no idea until I was trying to get my will notarized and I mentioned going to the bank to do so and she said, “oh, I’m a notary, I’ll do it.” I was…