Yes I agree with this. But I think part of the reason they thought that was b/c they don’t want to accept that they’ll need to change. Basically, they are not the people we need to change the country, and so of course they can’t think of what changes need to be made. They’re primary goal is to stay relevant and…

OMG YES THIS. My husband knows his length and width, and he just goes in an buys pants. I’m sure a “size 8" might’ve meant something in pants once, but it sure as hell doesn’t now. I’ve been in stores where a fucking size zero fits me.

No, no, we don’t have sparkles. We just have red shirts, in all different sizes, usually in a box that you have to dig through to find the one that fits.

That’s how it is at Thrift Stores and that’s one of the reasons I like to shop at them. If I need a blouse, I just go to the blouse rack and walk up to my size, and I see all of my options right there.

They had a small impact, but not nearly so much of an impact as the people who stayed home altogether.

Geeky, I think we agree on a lot of things, and I too voted for Clinton (though it made me vomit) after supporting Bernie (who frankly is and has always been simply an honest better-than-average career politicians who has some good New Deal type ideas).

I agree with that argument, and loads of people are expressing it. I’m not offended by profanity, just by television, ha ha. I’ve heard he’s a funny guy. I’m glad more people are talking about this.

You are right. I did not know that she had voted against it, but of course that makes more sense now. Somehow I had it in my mind that she was a part of the vote for it. But I wasn’t just talking about CU, but also some environmental and financial deregulations that were corporation friendly, but now that I’ve written…

I don’t know what all this “niceness” is that you are referring to, but the vast majority of us who are frustrated with the Dems want them to FIGHT. And they don’t.

I’ve decided that they don’t want to win. Seriously. I think their strategy is like this:

Geeky, sorry if someone else says this downthread as it’s hard to keep up with how the thread is connected, but the answer is stacked (or ranked) voting. Then you could have third parties, but you wouldn’t necessarily have to b/c it would eliminate the need for primaries (which would also save money and time). So yes,…

Stacked voting I think would play a role. And yes, a firewall between corporate money and elections. The frustrating thing is it wouldn’t be that hard to do either. Could be implemented in a matter of weeks.

But why “start a war” when we are already actively involved in half a dozen of them? I mean, if the American attention span isn’t already transfixed with any of the many countries we are currently at war with, why would a new one be of any use?

I dunno. We are in so many wars right now already that there’s no reason to start a new one. He could just start publicizing any of the ones we are already in- Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan... But I think they might go after Iran now too. I don’t think the military and intelligence people are stupid enough to go…

I can’t stand watching TV, especially when there are people waving their arms and screaming or interrupting each other. But I listened to a few seconds of that and it appears he’s making an argument that the whole country has shifted right?

That could work both ways , but generally speaking, I agree. I always thought that presidents should have to show that they can pass basic high school exit exams, a economics 101 qualifier, demonstrate basic comprehension about our system of govt & the constitution, and show that they understand the basics of…

I’m not a spring chicken. I remember decades worth of elections. If RBG had retired early in his second term (or even at the end of his first one), he’d have had a much better chance of replacing her. I know what Republicans are. I don’t think they could’ve dragged that out for four or five years. And seriously, all…

Honestly I don’t remember. It was a paperback, and this was the 80s - that’s really all I remember. I’ve tried googling it to no avail. The interesting thing is that it doesn’t work from a boy pov either, really. I get what they were trying to do. They were looking at the problems of being frustratingly horny and the…

I think you can get laid in a bar. But the trick is to approach people who are obviously also there looking to get laid. I don’t know why men have such a hard time with this. If a group of women are sitting by themselves enjoying their own company and not talking to you, not approaching others, not dancing, not making…

“Chicago has women. I’d fuck those women. Those women don’t like me. So I told those women that I’d never want to fuck them. I really would fuck them if they’d fuck me. But those women that won’t fuck me are offended when I tell them that I don’t want to fuck them. This is because Chicago has women that are obsessed…