My touch screen changed my vote in Texas

We had 14 propositions to vote on. The touch screen worked fine on the first two. I voted "For" on one and "Against" on another. On proposition #3, I touched the "Against" button and it registered "For." I tried again and it did the same thing. My finger was not close to the "For" button. I called the election worker over and she said, "Let me go and get you a Q-tip." I used the Q-tip for the rest of the propositions and it worked fine. Luckily, I could review my choices before submitting them, and they were all correct.

I called and reported this to my election clerk about my voting issue, She said that it was probably a problem with the calibration of the machine and said that they would check them.

I wondered how many people failed to check their selection before moving on.

In this new format, Latest Breaking News is ranked by the time of the latest comment instead of the time original posting. Correct?

This is odd to me. Something posted three days ago can jump to the top if recently commented upon.

Social systems not much different from 1858

September 2, 2023
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
SEP 3

On March 4, 1858, South Carolina senator James Henry Hammond rose to his feet to explain to the Senate how society worked. “In all social systems,” he said, “there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life.” That class, he said, needed little intellect and little skill, but it should be strong, docile, and loyal.

“Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization and refinement,” Hammond said. His workers were the “mud-sill” on which society rested, the same way that a stately house rested on wooden sills driven into the mud.

He told his northern colleagues that the South had perfected this system by enslavement based on race, while northerners pretended that they had abolished slavery. “Aye, the name, but not the thing,” he said. “[Y]our whole hireling class of manual laborers and ‘operatives,’ as you call them, are essentially slaves.”

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Hammond’s vision was of a world divided between the haves and the have-nots, where men of means commandeered the production of workers and justified that theft with the argument that such a concentration of wealth would allow superior men to move society forward. It was a vision that spoke for the South’s wealthy planter class—enslavers who held more than 50 of their Black neighbors in bondage and made up about 1% of the population—but such a vision didn’t even speak for the majority of white southerners, most of whom were much poorer than such a vision suggested.

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A lot of water has gone under the bridge since Lincoln’s day, but on this Labor Day weekend, it strikes me that the worldviews of men like Hammond and Lincoln are still fundamental to our society: Should our government protect people of property as they exploit the majority so they can accumulate wealth and move society forward as they wish? Or should we protect the right of ordinary Americans to build their own lives, making sure that no one can monopolize the country’s money and resources, with the expectation that their efforts will build society from the ground up?

More at:

[link:https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-2-2023?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email|

We should all use Trump's mugshot pose, the "Kubrick Stare," next week...

as our Facebook, etc. picture. Make fun of it. If everyone does it, he will hate it. There should be a Dark Brandon one too. Put it everywhere so that he can't feel special. You know that this mug shot is his favorite picture of himself.

Trump's mission statement: Go Big Because I am Always Right!

Every public appearance, every social media post, every rally, and every lie is the biggest. He is an attention whore and not even the threat of jail can stop him from his exaggerated, bellicose ways. Growing up and in business, no one has ever told him "No," so he has the mindset that anyone who does is obviously wrong. He is loud, proud and always right. His ego cannot accept anything less.

The Big Truth: Trump tried to steal the election from Biden! nt

Who were the 7 senators and 1 representative asked to delay the certification?

From Heather Cox Richardson at [link:https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-1-2023|
Worth reading the entire article.


From the indictment:

"When Pence would not fraudulently alter the election results, Trump whipped up the crowd he had gathered in Washington, D.C., against Pence and then, according to the indictment, “attempted to exploit the violence and chaos at the Capitol” to overturn the election results. “As violence ensued,” the indictment reads, Trump and his co-conspirators “explained the disruption by redoubling efforts to levy false claims of election fraud and convince Members of Congress to further delay the certification based on those claims.” On the evening of January 6, 2021, the indictment alleges, Trump and Co-Conspirator 1 called seven senators and one representative and asked them to delay the certification of Biden’s election.

While they were doing so, White House counsel Pat Cipollone called Trump “to ask him to withdraw any objections and allow the certification. The Defendant refused.” Just before midnight, Co-Conspirator 2 emailed Pence’s lawyer, once again begging the vice president to “violate the law and seek further delay of the certification.”

New simple message needed: "If we default, your government check will not come."

It is wonderful that our democratic leaders explain our financial situation with the debt ceiling in detail for us. However, a single, simple message is needed. All Republican voters hear is "default, debt ceiling blah, blah blah." Tell them their Social Security and veterans' checks will stop or be delayed and their tax refunds won't show up.

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177169711/debt-ceiling-limit-default-veterans-social-security-government-benefits

One of the first big bills coming due on June 1 is $12 billion in veterans benefits. If there's not enough money on hand to pay those benefits, people who've already sacrificed a lot for their country will be forced to sacrifice even more.
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The government is scheduled to pay $25 billion in Social Security benefits on June 2 — one of several big payments the program will make over the course of the month.
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The real estate website Zillow estimates that a prolonged government default could send mortgage rates soaring as high as 8.4%, from about 6.4% today.
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Other payments would also be in jeopardy if the government's borrowing limit is not increased soon, including:

-- $47 billion for Medicare providers, due on June 1.

-- $1 billion in tax refunds, set to go out June 7.

-- $4 billion in federal salaries, payable on June 9.

And the list goes on. Food stamp recipients, education programs and defense contractors could all be left empty-handed.

Got a letter from the NRA with "NOTICE OF GUN CONFISCATION" on the front of envelope.

The enclosed letter from Wayne LaPierre states:

"Dear Friend of Freedom,

Unless you fight back starting right now, you'll soon face the real threat of having your guns confiscated along with your right to self-defense.

No, I am not talking about run-of-the-mill gun control.

I am talking about an actual ban on the firearms you currently own, government confiscation of those firearms, and you facing actual jail time if you fail to comply.

That's why I'm urging you to join the National Rifle Association right now to save your guns and freedom before it's too late."

It goes on to say that only the NRA can stop the gun confiscation.

Oh, and you get a free magazine (not the ammo kind) and a free gift (tactical backpack) when you join.

Do Fox viewers know Carlson has been fired? Nothing on website at all today.

I can't make myself watch the actual channel. Wouldn't be surprised if Fox says he is just on vacation and hopes their herd won't notice.