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  1. 3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    There is plenty they could do, but there is a reason why certain states resist paper trails.  

    Comgress could easily mandate and fund secure voting machines with paper backups for everybody, but they won’t. 

    I’m not wearing tinfoil or anything either - the states do not hide this.  

    Well, if enough of us vote for people who would listen to our concerns and work towards better systems, then we would get there.   I mean it got us to voter ID,  which was driven by the right trumping up election fraud over and over again.   I would wager that if even a portion of the blue wave happens as suspected, Trump will start a fear campaign on vote tampering.  Which is ironic, because I firmly believe that tampering helped him into office to begin with.  I mean it's gotta be tempting to change a vote or 10 here and there throughout a country of millions to change the election outcome. 

    I feel we are at the point in our country where people would be willing to change elections by vote tampering, especially if they knew they could get away with it.   We see mueller still investigating Russian interference by introducing red herrings into our country though mass media.  We have proof that the Trump campaign was eager to take supposed "dirt" on HRC from the Russians.  So if the Russians said they could hack any election and rig it, would it really be too much to suspect certain parties wouldn't jump at that chance?

    TL;DR  If free and open elections are the backbone of our country, it would seem we would go to no ends to protect the integrity of those elections, including ways we as citizens can verify our vote after the fact.

     

  2. Same "flipping" glitch in Georgia too.  I read yesterday that the same situation occurred there within the governor's race, with Kemp getting the benefit of the flip.  

    It's not the first time in GA either.  Link below is an article about flipping votes from HRC to Trump in '16.

    https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-voting-machine-suspected-flipping-presidential-votes/GEmbqSIj6sZgFzegQztBpJ/

     

    I agree with cyclist and others, we need a paper trail.  I am pretty uneasy these machines without a backup.   With all the effort we make to insure only eligible people vote (voter ID),  you'd think they would do more to make sure the votes actually get counted and recorded in a failsafe manner.  

    Seems they could print a bar coded receipt of your vote, and it could be verified by the machine also taking a picture of your thumb or forefinger print, adding it to the receipt.  Then you could go back later and rescan your receipt to see if it were properly recorded. 

  3. 1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    Along those same lines, but not focused on the religious shit...

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    I can't agree enough.  Bageant hit on all the sore spots with a decided edge of cynicism.  Unfortunately his writing style, while down to earth was just too far over the heads of many to catch the message.  I wish he were still with us for the debacle of a presidency.   He has several other books too, but that one is a great intro. 

     

    A lot of his stuff is archived online at http://www.joebageant.org/

  4. I have been reading this lately:

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    Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV)

    by
    Karen Spears Zacharias (Goodreads Author)
    What does it really mean to be blessed by God? With Southern charm and razor-sharp wit in Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?, author Karen Spears Zacharias shows how the "prosperity" gospel has led us astray from true Christianity and helped create people and churches focused on greed. Zacharias unpacks story after story of families and individuals using the name of God as a means to living their own "good life." You'll hear shocking tales of those who exploit the gospel for their own gain, and mega-evangelists who live in million-dollar mansions with children groomed from the cradle to sell the message of Christ while their parents rake in the cash. Discover churches that have modeled themselves on Wall Street and unbridled materialism, and see what is happening to them now. Is this the good life? You'll also meet some unlikely folks who live with genuine biblical integrity. People who know that God is more than some cosmic genie who gives them an easy life, a fat bank account, and a second home in an exotic location. Come discover stories about authentic Christianity and the true "good life" in Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?

    To me this explains a lot about the link between Trump and the religious right.  A big chunk of Christianity has devolved from the original message over the past decades into one defined by the "prosperity gospels."     Trump exemplifies how you can "get yours" while paying lip service to basic christian tenets of charity and tolerance. 

    This was published pre-Dotard, but it explains in part what his base was raised on, what they believe to be true.   It is a short read, well worth the time. 

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  5. 1 minute ago, Tom said:

    And how is this a unique problem to the United States?  There are plenty of obese people and smokers in Canada and the  UK.  They still pay significantly less across the board for universal access and better outcomes.

    I don't disagree that we need a system that promotes healthy behaviors, but it doesn't explain why health care is so much more expensive here than anywhere else. 

     

    unregulated greed.

  6. 9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Today’s numbers were crazy but I think we need a few more days to understand the trend.  It would seem like Betos chances improve with more turn out but who knows.

    The way I understood it from the first Beto grassroots meeting I attended was if we could get the same people to vote in the midterms that we did in the last presidential election (in Texas) then Beto had a good chance of winning.  Trump did not beat RHC by a huge margin. 

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    Hillary Clinton lost Texas by a smaller margin than any Democrat since 1996 (though Barack Obama got a larger percentage of the vote in 2008), which analysts attributed to ongoing demographic changes, although other analysts cite evidence suggesting the real reason was Trump losing ground with college-educated white voters.  

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas,_2016

    The second part was that it seemed Trump and the R base was not going to grow appreciably and bring in the undecided voters.  So if Beto could count on the RHC voters to come out the numbers would be in his favor.  Not to mention all the new undecideds, or the changing demographics.  The push was never so much to switch voters, but to get voters to come out.  The normally non-voters that are energized are a side shoot of the bigger plan.

    So yes, big early voting numbers indicate we as a state are on track to meet the voter turnout of a presidential election year, which according to Beto's camp is a very good thing. 

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    12 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45934658

    The staid BBC, ladies and gentlemen.

    I am beginning to see a lot more coming out about Cruz now.  Moreso from other sources, than from Beto.   It's like the rest of the world is beating down Cruz with evidence while Beto stays pretty much above the fray, continuing to fight to support ALL of Texas.  Pledging to do what a senator should be doing, and not just using the title to run for higher office

    Trump stepping up for Cruz, and the MSM having issues with both of them becomes a perfect storm to rain down on Cruz.   It is refreshing to see some of this finally coming out, and I doubt we have seen the last of it.  Trump is at best going to be a zero sum outcome for Cruz. 

  8. Some new ads.  The first one is on attendance.   The second one is on medicaid and SS.  I can't figure how to link directly to the second one.  But if you click on the twitter feed, it will show up under this one, along with some good commentary.

     

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  9. 1 hour ago, swraith said:

    I don’t get out of Austin much, but had to go up to Georgetown yesterday. Saw 3 Cruz yard signs in one small neighborhood. 0 Beto signs in said neighborhood.

    Over half the Cruz signs I have seen are in public right of ways, not in personal yards.  To me when you see one in the middle of someone's yard, they are putting themselves out there, and that means that sign is a vote. 

    The orphan signs stuck on corners with the lost cat posters on the power pole seem more like graffiti to me. 

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  10. Nine whole texts?   Over the course of 9 months?  Whoa.  What an inconvenience that must have been!  Certainly the aggravation was worth $4500.   

    And for what it's worth, I have yet to respond to a  Beto text without it being responded to in time. 

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  11. 6 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Pivoting to another subject, but these GoFundMe campaigns started by strangers  to reward “heroic” people - who aren’t asking for money - need to stop. 

    Fair or not, it gives the right the ammo they need to rationalize their beliefs.

    I wouldn't doubt there is a Trump GoFundMe or two out there.  

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