COVID doesn't give a fuck who you are. PHOTO BY WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES

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1

Doc Fauci's smart he's taking
Paxlovid instead of
Turpentine like
trumpfy

this
Bug
is very
Thorough.

2

Are the farmers asking for socialism yet or can you grow cherries with bootstraps?

3

It's so much easier to fill in some circles and sign your name and send mail in even numbered years.

It might be a good thing to increase turnout but also good lord people are lazy fucks

4

@2
whilst
Farmers
do Not Believe
in SOCIALISM they
Do believe in Handouts

5

The comments seem to be giving off a vibe of fixed-ness. Which is appreciated!

12

@11 - certainly agree that people are fundamentally lazy. I know I am. But the fact that there are generally only local issues on in the odd-numbered years means that the election gets less attention, and people are generally less engaged. Doesn't it make sense to run only elections that people are even going to notice? The cynic in me kinda wonders whether running the City Council elections in odd years might be intended in part to make sure that only the most motivated voters (i.e., the college sophomore-level wannabee class warriors supporting the Scarfed Menace) turn out.

14

and in Other NEWS

Who Is Financing Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Caucus?
Corporations You Know.
June 15, 2022

All told, as of this week, corporations and industry groups gave almost $32 million to the House and Senate members who voted to overturn the election and to the G.O.P. committees focused on the party’s congressional campaigns.

… a lot of money . . . has gone to politicians who reject the 2020 election results based on lies told by the former president, according to a tally kept by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, known as CREW.

The top 10 companies that gave money to those members, according to CREW’s analysis of campaign finance disclosures, are Koch Industries, Boeing, Home Depot, Valero Energy, Lockheed Martin, UPS, Raytheon, Marathon Petroleum, General Motors and FedEx.
by Alex Kingsbury

more at
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/opinion/jan6-companies-donate.html

good ole Corps Americana
bringing US the Fascism
we likely 'deserve.'

16

Moving elections to the even years for greater turnout ignores the fact that many only vote for the top of the ballot and ignore the "lesser" races. To say nothing of the fact that these local races will be drowned out by the ads for the other candidates. And if they can get ad space, it will cost more. But go ahead.

17

matthew's beach is closed due to goose shit. it's literally everywhere you walk. time for another gooseocaust.

the cherry harvest sucks because it was too wet and cold for the bees to pollinate the trees. rainiers are supposed to be better than bings this year. it's an El Nino year: colder and wetter. its a normal fluctuation, not ACC, necessarily.

18

"I do not pretend to understand the economy, "

Hannah, Charles "pretends" to understand the economy but still writes about it. You'll never be successful in media journalism with that attitude. Your lack of intellectual curiosity is at odds with your chosen profession.
Economics is called the "dismal science" - and it is. It's not trivial. It is boring and exciting at the same time. You can make more the latter if you challenge yourself.

19

Oops, @18 was meant for Thursday AM Slog.


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