Algernon Moncrieff
Algernon Moncrieff's JournalHypothetically speaking, if you wanted to get supplies to #nodapl, how would you do it?
I'm certainly not advocating that anyone do anything illegal, or that would add to the burden of the already overtaxed law enforcement officials at the scene.
Donald Trump should be afforded every courtesy and cooperation as President...
...that President Barack Obama was afforded by his "loyal opposition":
Disrespect
Refusal to negotiate in good faith
Refusal to allow his judiciary candidates to come up for a vote
...oh yeah....hearings. I want Democrats to hold lots and lots of damn hearings.
You would describe your mood today as.......
To quote the Grateful Dead, "What a long, strange trip it's been." But we got here. Some of started as Hillary supporters; others supported Bernie; others supported O'Malley; and there might even be the odd Republican here that couldn't bring themselves to support Donald Trump.
How are you feeling about the election today?
Don't Be Fooled By All the Dumb Election Myths Going Around the Internet
Mother JonesThe lines may indeed be long, but you can't vote after polls close on Tuesday. No exceptions.
More than 3,000 Redditors have upvoted "Operation Stop Soros," alleging that 16 states are using machines owned by billionaire George Soros to sway the vote for Clinton. It's popped up on conservative news sites too, including the Daily Caller. There's no substance to back this up; this BuzzFeed article debunks the Soros-controlled voting machines conspiracy.
Text “GUNSDOWN” To 91990 To Report “Poll Watchers” Who Use Firearms And Other Means To Intimidate
Media Matters for America: Guns Down Project To Fight Back Against Firearm-Related Voter Intimidation On Election DayYet the Post reports that state laws about guns and voter intimidation are a patchwork of wildly varying regulations, and determinations of violations of voter intimidation laws can be difficult to ascertain because each one is a fact-sensitive, context-based decision, according to UCLA law professor Adam Winkler.(Further complicating determinations are discordant federal appeals courts rulings on what behavior constitutes voter intimidation).
This state of affairs has created an opening for individuals who wish to intimidate voters with guns at the polls while retaining some semblance of plausible deniability concerning the legality of their actions.
Voters who text GUNSDOWN to 91990 will receive information on a national voter protection hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) operated by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights. Appropriate reports will be passed on to law enforcement and election officials, and voters will have the opportunity, if they feel safe doing so, to share photos of voter intimidation on social media.
Al Jazeera: Life on the Pine Ridge Native American reservation
Life on the Pine Ridge Native American reservationElection Update: The Polls Disagree, And That’s OK
Nate Silver: Five Thirty EightBut what do the polls say? The race probably is tightening but perhaps not as much as the hype on the cable networks would imply. In our polls-only forecast, Trump has narrowed Clintons lead in the popular vote to roughly 6 percentage points from 7 points a week ago, and his chances of winning have ticked up to 17 percent from 13 percent. In our polls-plus forecast, Trumps chances are up to 19 percent from 16 percent. Because of the high level of uncertainty in the race, we cant say the door is closed on a narrow Trump victory. And were certainly a week or two removed from the period when every poll brought good news for Clinton: Plenty of polls now show negative trend lines for her (in addition to others that show a positive trend). But the race hasnt fundamentally changed all that much, and Clinton remains in a strong position.
The data, however, offers a lot of opportunities for cherry-picking, both because there are a lot of polls and because they dont agree all that much with one another. Thats especially true of national polls.1
Recent national surveys show everything from a 14-percentage-point Clinton lead to a 1-point lead for Trump. On average, that works out to a Clinton lead of 5 to 6 points but theres a lot of variation.
Just Sent Mail to Find Out About Distant Relatives
I've been researching my family for about three years now (and just found this group). So Hi!!
There are different styles and goals in family research. Some want to find links to George Washington, join the DAR, find a Mayflower passenger. Some want to see how far back they can get. My style has been to find closet doors; throw the doors of the closets open; and to study the skeletons within. This makes for good story telling and is interesting, but does not always make one popular ("why would you tell people about that?" .
So a distant cousin murdered his wife in 1908. I'm reaching out to people who would have been her grand nieces/nephews to learn if they heard any stories over the years that weren't in the papers. The couple had an infant son at the time of the murder. He died in the early 90s. The son accidentally killed someone sixty years after his parent's murder. So I'm also reaching out to a survivor of the accident by mail to see what he can tell me, as the newspaper accounts lack detail.
I'm not certain that I will get answers, but I won't know if I don't ask. I've learned from another investigations into the past that a person can get pretty hacked off about events that took place over 100 years ago, and it was useful to remember, and to remind that person to remember, that neither one of us had anything to do with those events. History is what it is.
Have any of you dealt with finding a previously unknown marriage, or finding distant relatives involved in crimes? How did that make you feel, and how did relatives react when you revealed this information.
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ABC, on the other hand, gives Hillary a 12-point lead.
Take nothing for granted. Vote, and get others to as well. Our fates depend on it.
What do you think?
Dust off your crystal balls, DU: What will Reince Priebus be doing on November 9th?
My uneducated guess is filing for unemployment and sending out resumes.
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