Recent content by mkt

Just a friendly tip https://lifehacker.com/count-down-to-the-presidential-inauguration-with-an-adv-1845794329/

Just a reminder for when this thread is inevitably indexed by Google.. and the one person who uses Bing. https://theplantain.com/breaking-news-hugo-chavez-is-still-dead/

I don't agree with that, but I also have to view it from their perspective to understand why.

I agree completely. I agree with reforming the police and shifting some responsibility (and funding) to other agencies to handle, but calling it "defund the police" was the first and biggest mistake.

Miami To Disney On Brightline Is Confirmed; Direct Train Service To Orlando Begins In 2022 Brightline and Disney announced that they have finalized an agreement for a new train station at Walt Disney World in Orlando. The new station will allow passengers to arrive in Disney without a car...

https://theplantain.com/breaking-news-hugo-chavez-is-still-dead/

The problem with Florida is that they'll attempt to hide something in in. They had a ballot measure last election which was sold as "open primaries", but once you read it, it was actually jungle primaries. Had that been the case in 2018, we'd only have had two republican options for governors...

Hell yes. Give me ranked choice voting and open primaries.

My hatred of Trump was the only reason I voted for Hillary in 2016. Had it been literally anyone other than Trump or Ted Cruz, I'd likely have voted Republican. Same for this year. Had it been almost any other republican vs Biden, I'd likely have voted GOP.

The US has gone further and further to the right, while most of the civilized world has gone to the left of center and mostly remained there.

To me? When you go past normal conservatism (small government, fiscal responsibility - which the GOP has ignored for decades), and go into the realm of nationalism, nativism, and divisive rhetoric in which the division line are your own citizens.

So am I. To be fair, I had nothing against McCain until he took Palin on as his running mate. And I just don't like Romney after his background with Bain.

As an actual space lizard, rest assured that Justin Bieber isn't one of us. We have standards.

Only if they're a far-right nutjob. In 2016, I truly hated Hillary - but between her and Trump, it was a no brainer. Same for 2020. I can't stand Biden, but between him and Trump it's also a no brainer.

Keeping in mind that your info is generally verified as valid or invalid when you first register to vote (if it's invalid, you get a letter telling you to go fix it before you can be registered), and that a photo voter ID is required to go vote, the system already works well. It's literally...