" The number of examples of actual election fraud (voting dead peoples mail in ballots, etc.) is microscopic. BUT, the vast majority of those have been people on the right…."
Note the distinction between "voter fraud" (beloved of RWNJ screamers) is something that individual voters would do, while "election fraud" is something much more systematic, typically by election officials at some level.
But yes, I've noticed that "voter fraud" seems to be something done by people on the right, for which they typically get an extremely mild 'slap on the wrist'.
IMO, such election-related crimes are the ONE case where "loss of franchise" (temporary or permanent) is completely appropriate. It's not as harsh as jail time, nor even as fines.
If they repeat offend? Yeah, jail time. CLEARLY unteachable.
So, just like how all the "sources" in Russia went dark right after Trump first took office, and met privately in the Oval Office with the Russian Ambassador?
The GOP has elected TWICE a guy who is objectively a traitor to the US. And they're proud of it.
The Danes, and the Canadians better get to work on a nuclear deterrent, and hope it's ready in time.
For that matter, the Dutch better also do so, since the ICC is on their land.
I think I've found the source of the "comment links are not changing color if you've previously clicked on them"
style.min.css
needs to have an addition:
a:visited{color:red}
(or some other color). It seems that otherwise links, whether visited or not, get whatever color is inherited. Just tried with a local copy of the OW main page, and it works.
On “Moral insanity”
" The number of examples of actual election fraud (voting dead peoples mail in ballots, etc.) is microscopic. BUT, the vast majority of those have been people on the right…."
Note the distinction between "voter fraud" (beloved of RWNJ screamers) is something that individual voters would do, while "election fraud" is something much more systematic, typically by election officials at some level.
But yes, I've noticed that "voter fraud" seems to be something done by people on the right, for which they typically get an extremely mild 'slap on the wrist'.
IMO, such election-related crimes are the ONE case where "loss of franchise" (temporary or permanent) is completely appropriate. It's not as harsh as jail time, nor even as fines.
If they repeat offend? Yeah, jail time. CLEARLY unteachable.
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Don't recall who originally wrote it, but "Bobo" Brooks has an MO:
Yak about some social 'problem'.
Zoom out to 40,000 feet to 'analyze' it.
Zoom in to land on the GOP position.
Cash check from NYT.
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So, just like how all the "sources" in Russia went dark right after Trump first took office, and met privately in the Oval Office with the Russian Ambassador?
The GOP has elected TWICE a guy who is objectively a traitor to the US. And they're proud of it.
On “An interesting map”
"What other state includes that feature?"
Isn't there a piece of Washington State that also has that?
On “2026, as f**ked up as 2025”
The Danes, and the Canadians better get to work on a nuclear deterrent, and hope it's ready in time.
For that matter, the Dutch better also do so, since the ICC is on their land.
On “An inscrutable Merry Christmas”
What's really wonderful in Japan is "Christmas fireworks".
Because it can't be a real holiday without fireworks!
On “Moving towards Epiphany”
BTW, you can treat my comment as an evidence for "one bugfix/person/year".
Happy New Year one and all!
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I think I've found the source of the "comment links are not changing color if you've previously clicked on them"
style.min.css
needs to have an addition:
a:visited{color:red}
(or some other color). It seems that otherwise links, whether visited or not, get whatever color is inherited. Just tried with a local copy of the OW main page, and it works.
On “Not the Christmas presents we want, but maybe the ones we deserve”
Wow, thanks!
Not sure I'm going to look at it, but good to have it "out there".
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