Trump won Hamilton County, Indiana by 7 points in 2020. According to a poster on the other blog, 2/3rds of the vote are in and Harris has a 1 point lead. That is epic.
There are only 250,000 Palestinian-Americans. Most of the people calling for Trump because of Biden's policy on the Israel-Hamas War are other Muslims or Heighten the Contradiction Leftists that would find another reason to not vote Democratic.
I never had any desire for risky behavior beyond underage drinking and naughty times with girls, I got to do the underage drinking part, and generally think I turned out fine.
My theory and it is mine is that the the decrease in wild teen behavior comes from the regulation of lead. Basically, lead exposure didn't just cause a crime wave but it led to a lot more wild but not necessarily criminal behavior in teens in general, so you had more teen pregnancy, sex, and intoxicant use. The other reason for the decrease is that most college bound kids are busy doing activities that will help them get into a prestigious college and a lot of hang out and then go do mischief places are gone.
The Ten Plagues? All of the other miracles in our part of the Bible? Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism still believes in divine intervention even if in a less spectacular way than Christianity. Many Jews saw and still see Israel's victories in 1948 and 1967 as evidence of divine intervention. The difference between Jews and the other Abrahamic religions is that our relationship with God is community wide rather than as individuals and everything is supposed to be done as a group rather than alone.
Transphobia worked less well in the United States than Great Britain because it was being pushed by the Evangelicals and a lot of people can't stand the Evangelicals. They might not be gun-ho on trans rights but the source of transphobia made trans people not that appealing as a boogeyman.
I thought this happened longer ago but google informs me this debate happened in 2011. During the late first Obama years, there was a debate in the ink space about whether playgrounds were too safe because they are made out of materials that are less prone to causing injury. The argument was that the slightly riskier caused children to learn the benefits and costs of risk taking.
I think there was one dissenter who argued that safety is always paramount. Part of this is because people are having fewer children. Another part of this is because of a near Freudian belief in the danger of childhood traumas. A last part is because many people learned that screaming trauma was a great way to get listened to.
Ethical Culture Fieldstone is a very weird place even by private school standards. Ethical Culture is basically one of those 19th century liberal universal movements but in this case started by Jews who wanted Reform Judaism with even less religion than Reform Judaism. They eventually founded a day school in NYC. The reputation of Ethical Culture Fieldstone in NYC is that it is the type of school that well-meaning but very sheltered and innocent wealthy people send their kids to. Basically the upper tier of the In This House set.
My ire at this isn't that a school is doing this necessarily but that one of the most expensive K-12 private schools in the nation is doing it. 82% of the kids going to Ethical Culture pay full freight. These kids are from some of the wealthiest and privileged families in the United States. They might have some issues under a second Trump but not that many. They have resources at their disposal. Immigrant and children of immigrant kids in public schools aren't going to have this luxury. Election day and the day after will be normal school days for them even if Trump gets elected and immediately pledges to deport everybody with a Spanish and Asian last name even if they lived in the United States for generations.
This type of performative fragility does not give me a lot of hope about the resistance either. Just nearly as useless as aging hippies singing counter-culture songs at a Farmer's Market. We won't defeat Trump with Peter, Paul, and Mary or therapy sessions.
In a story that sounds like Rupert Murdoch created in a lab but really happened, we are getting this announcement from Ethical Culture Fieldstone, an elite private K-12 that charges 65K a year. This type of performative fragility annoys me.
"One of New York City’s elite private schools told families on Thursday that “students who feel too emotionally distressed” the day after Election Day will be excused from classes, and that psychologists will be available during the week to provide counseling.
In a section of an email to members of the school’s community headed “Election Day support,” Stacey Bobo, principal of the upper school at the institution, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, said that it “acknowledges that this may be a high-stakes and emotional time for our community.”
“No matter the election outcome,” she wrote, the school “will create space to provide students with the support they may need.”
No homework will be assigned on Election Day, the email said, and no student assessments will take place on Wednesday. Excused absences will be allowed on Wednesday or whatever day the election results are announced for students who feel unable to “fully engage in classes.'"
There is a distinct souring on police reform in the Bay Area. Both candidates to replace Barbara Lee, two non-white women, are running variants of a law and order campaign. Latifah Simon ads feature her having "worked" with Kamala Harris to fight crime and talks about gun control. Jennifer Tran has an ad about visible disorder on BART narrated by an African-American father.
On “2024 Election Day Live Stream, Reaction, Open Thread”
Weren't you the guy complaining about Clark Country's clerk being slow?
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Trump won Hamilton County, Indiana by 7 points in 2020. According to a poster on the other blog, 2/3rds of the vote are in and Harris has a 1 point lead. That is epic.
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Awwwww.
On “The Joy Of Opening Time Capsules: The Night Before the 2024 Presidential Election”
Philadelphia is nearly at 86% of it's 2020 turn out by 12:30 PST
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High turn out in Michigan:
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/05/election-day-2024-live-updates-michigan/76043196007/
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/4/2024”
Russia is up to no good:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna178748
On “The Joy Of Opening Time Capsules: The Night Before the 2024 Presidential Election”
Lots of same day registrations to vote in Milwaukee apparently:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/live-blog/presidential-election-2024-live-updates-rcna175556#rcrd62493
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CEO of My Faith Votes charged with eight counts of child porn possession:
https://ministrywatch.com/former-my-faith-votes-ceo-charged-with-child-porn-possession/
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So Georgia, the state, has apparently received bomb threats that originated from Russia:
https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/1853843915255996581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1853843915255996581%7Ctwgr%5E36b142375e4753a4f0bb67ea90cb635e2af05873%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe-russia-hoax-now-with-bomb-threats
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Rotten Borough.
On “Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024”
There are only 250,000 Palestinian-Americans. Most of the people calling for Trump because of Biden's policy on the Israel-Hamas War are other Muslims or Heighten the Contradiction Leftists that would find another reason to not vote Democratic.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/4/2024”
It is getting lost in the run-up to the election but the Epstein tapes reveal some rather monstrous things:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/listen-to-the-jeffrey-epstein-tapes-i-was-donald-trumps-closest-friend/
On “Final Thoughts Before November Fifth”
Playing very early D&D? Listening to Joni Mitchel and Carole King?
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I never had any desire for risky behavior beyond underage drinking and naughty times with girls, I got to do the underage drinking part, and generally think I turned out fine.
"
My theory and it is mine is that the the decrease in wild teen behavior comes from the regulation of lead. Basically, lead exposure didn't just cause a crime wave but it led to a lot more wild but not necessarily criminal behavior in teens in general, so you had more teen pregnancy, sex, and intoxicant use. The other reason for the decrease is that most college bound kids are busy doing activities that will help them get into a prestigious college and a lot of hang out and then go do mischief places are gone.
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That is a. Important point.
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The Ten Plagues? All of the other miracles in our part of the Bible? Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism still believes in divine intervention even if in a less spectacular way than Christianity. Many Jews saw and still see Israel's victories in 1948 and 1967 as evidence of divine intervention. The difference between Jews and the other Abrahamic religions is that our relationship with God is community wide rather than as individuals and everything is supposed to be done as a group rather than alone.
"
Transphobia worked less well in the United States than Great Britain because it was being pushed by the Evangelicals and a lot of people can't stand the Evangelicals. They might not be gun-ho on trans rights but the source of transphobia made trans people not that appealing as a boogeyman.
"
I thought this happened longer ago but google informs me this debate happened in 2011. During the late first Obama years, there was a debate in the ink space about whether playgrounds were too safe because they are made out of materials that are less prone to causing injury. The argument was that the slightly riskier caused children to learn the benefits and costs of risk taking.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/science/19tierney.html
I think there was one dissenter who argued that safety is always paramount. Part of this is because people are having fewer children. Another part of this is because of a near Freudian belief in the danger of childhood traumas. A last part is because many people learned that screaming trauma was a great way to get listened to.
"
Ethical Culture Fieldstone is a very weird place even by private school standards. Ethical Culture is basically one of those 19th century liberal universal movements but in this case started by Jews who wanted Reform Judaism with even less religion than Reform Judaism. They eventually founded a day school in NYC. The reputation of Ethical Culture Fieldstone in NYC is that it is the type of school that well-meaning but very sheltered and innocent wealthy people send their kids to. Basically the upper tier of the In This House set.
"
My ire at this isn't that a school is doing this necessarily but that one of the most expensive K-12 private schools in the nation is doing it. 82% of the kids going to Ethical Culture pay full freight. These kids are from some of the wealthiest and privileged families in the United States. They might have some issues under a second Trump but not that many. They have resources at their disposal. Immigrant and children of immigrant kids in public schools aren't going to have this luxury. Election day and the day after will be normal school days for them even if Trump gets elected and immediately pledges to deport everybody with a Spanish and Asian last name even if they lived in the United States for generations.
This type of performative fragility does not give me a lot of hope about the resistance either. Just nearly as useless as aging hippies singing counter-culture songs at a Farmer's Market. We won't defeat Trump with Peter, Paul, and Mary or therapy sessions.
"
The kids who would actually be on the receiving end of a second Trump presidency aren't getting this luxury.
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In a story that sounds like Rupert Murdoch created in a lab but really happened, we are getting this announcement from Ethical Culture Fieldstone, an elite private K-12 that charges 65K a year. This type of performative fragility annoys me.
"One of New York City’s elite private schools told families on Thursday that “students who feel too emotionally distressed” the day after Election Day will be excused from classes, and that psychologists will be available during the week to provide counseling.
In a section of an email to members of the school’s community headed “Election Day support,” Stacey Bobo, principal of the upper school at the institution, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, said that it “acknowledges that this may be a high-stakes and emotional time for our community.”
“No matter the election outcome,” she wrote, the school “will create space to provide students with the support they may need.”
No homework will be assigned on Election Day, the email said, and no student assessments will take place on Wednesday. Excused absences will be allowed on Wednesday or whatever day the election results are announced for students who feel unable to “fully engage in classes.'"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/nyregion/fieldston-school-election-attendance.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawGVsBxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRwj4j9E5_3CBMgAHwJ_4NQg5iNmVVIl-SPoE2vOkksiXX-O_foq5ZPx4A_aem_0AVtkLuN5FAqvluod1MVtg
On “Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024”
There is a distinct souring on police reform in the Bay Area. Both candidates to replace Barbara Lee, two non-white women, are running variants of a law and order campaign. Latifah Simon ads feature her having "worked" with Kamala Harris to fight crime and talks about gun control. Jennifer Tran has an ad about visible disorder on BART narrated by an African-American father.
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At least after they got hit with the clue stick enough.
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