Here's a little bit of a funny, the only toilet paper available for early April delivery on Amazon is either bamboo paper from China OR ones with The Orange nightmare's face on them! ? ? ?
@deetoo I hesitate to post a link because the last time I did all hell broke loose. I can tell you it was on a site called CLASSROOM and it says:
The U.S. Constitution does not grant the president the authority to set or change election dates. Article 1, Section 4 and Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution place that authority in the hands of the the individual states and the U.S. Congress. Since 1854, election day in the United States has been set as the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. Any change to that date would need to be approved by Congress.
The issue of the president's authority to postpone elections in the event of an emergency has been discussed at length during recent election cycles. In 2004, there was concern that a terrorist attack could present a need to postpone the elections. The question was raised again in 2012 as Hurricane Sandy threatened to disrupt elections. A July 14, 2004 Congressional Research Service report concluded that the executive branch does not have the authority to unilaterally change election dates. Any changes made to election dates would need to begin in Congress and be approved by the individual states.
from me: I'm sure he's thought of it and wants to do it.
Here's a little bit of a funny, the only toilet paper available for early April delivery on Amazon is either bamboo paper from China OR ones with The Orange nightmare's face on them! ? ? ?
I just remembered my mother gave my husband some of that nightmare TP for Christmas 2018, I think. My husband put it in the back of his closet, where it remains to this day. Looks like that bad boy is finally gonna get used!
@enkasongwriter A bunch of us have seen disruption in the results. We saw this last November and it is documented in the predictions we did. At the time we didn't know about the pandemic, but we saw disruption in voting or in seeing results. But it seemed to resolve well though hard to tell. It is all in the predictions, although I realize there are a lot of them and it's a lot to go through. I'm not assuming the worst about it. Just saying that some of us did see disruption.
@jeanne-mayell Well none of that surprises me even without a pandemic. That election promises to be hell with you know who not conceding should he lose and demanding recounts, and people screaming voter suppression, hacking. Won't be pleasant. Add the pandemic on top of it - wow.
I agree that there will be voter disruption. We are already seen it for years with the Republicans systematically blocking large segments of our population. And now we are seeing it across the board with the coronavirus.
Yet I see this as a good thing.
For so long, this country has been divided. For the last few weeks, there has been anxiety over the coronavirus, the death toll, and the economy.
And yet I see a silver lining. What has been missing the last few weeks?
Ah, yes! THE TRUMP RALLIES!
For the foreseeable future, we will not see Trump make remarks inspired to drive up hatred and violence against those who are not Trump and his loyal supporters. No remarks of shooting immigrants at the borders. No veiled threats to perceived liberals. There is Twitter, of course, but it is not the same as having Trump surrounded by his supporters and egging them on to form a revolution (aka-a massacre) in case they don't win in 2020.
Will there be trouble with the coronavirus? Absolutely. I don't doubt that Trump and his allies will try to hack the voting total to change the results in key areas or at least try to start a fear campaign to do so (make voters doubt the results). However, now the playing field has been leveled. Trump's voters now face the same problem that we do. How to get voters to vote if they are afraid of being infected? Remember, Trump voters, on adverage, are at more risk for the coronavirus than others. They tend to be older and come from rural areas, which will not have the resources necessary to deal with a large outbreak and will see many deaths as a result if the coronavirus is not contained. They will need to have other voting options as well. However, it will be all but impossible for Trump and the Republicans to ensure that their voters will get the options they need to vote without also giving those options to the rest of us. After all, they can't offer mail voting for one person and not give the same option to his neighbor down the road!
While the coronavirus is a terrible thing, I must admit it has had the affect of finally, FINALLY waking the Trump voters up. This is not a crisis that they can use to "own the libs" or "stop big government." Anything that they do to try to circumvent the recommendations and measures that us "liberals" are implementing will only result in our mutual suffering. They are in the same boat as the rest of us. And they will finally wake up the realization that we are all needed to get through this difficult time. Only by supporting one another do we have a shot of beating this thing (or at least minimizing the damage).
This country will indeed be dark for a while as we come through this crisis. But I actually see a light at the end of the tunnel. When all of this is over, we as a nation will be stronger, kinder, and more dedicated to implementing changes that will address the people as a whole and not just to benefit individual billionaires. Think about it. A new world where pundits from Fox and proponents for Brexit are ignored as the hate-mongers that they are as the world sits down and starts addressing issues to combat climate change and income inequality. There will be bumps in the road, but the prospect of a change in the collective's attitude gives me the courage to see this coronavirus epidemic through so I can give whatever I can give to future generations so they can help address the problems that has plagued us. And we will get through this!
Sending light and love to everyone here! Stay safe!
While I agree with you about Trump and the lesser of two evils, I don't believe that it will go that far. Remember that useful phrase "it is the economy, stupid!" By the time November comes around, the people will be angry and resentful of the government. Ads will play about Trump saying that the coronavirus was a "hoax" and how he had the best economy ever. Experts are already projecting that we will take a hit because of this. Even if things return to normal by November, the fear and anxiety will be fresh in the voters' minds. They will not suffer having Trump around for more years if the economy is tanking. They will want change, and to deny them that change (even with the legitimate risk of the coronavirus) will be too much to handle. Most Democratic and Independent voters will see the attempt for what it is; a power grab. And Republicans, who pride themselves on being "patriotic voters" and who have been brainwashed to distrusting the big, bad Federal government? Some will follow Trump because he is Trump. But others....
I also suspect that Democrats are waiting quietly, just bidding their time. They will continue to deal with this coronavirus by taking the initiative and giving voters a glimpse as to the difference between what they do and what Mitch McConnell does. After all, what has Pelosi been doing? Working on a bill with Trump to provide relief for the nation. What has McConnell been doing? Cramming more judicial nominees in and sitting on his tail doing nothing. Expect some stories to come out in April or May, when the public starts to suffer "coronavirus fatigue" and will be desperate for a new stories. Scandals about Trump will come out, dealing with his past wrongdoings and with his behind-the-scenes dealings with the coronavirus. Trump, being Trump, will feel more and more depressed about being deprived of his beloved rallies and the continued anxiety over the coronavirus. He will do even more bizarre things, and it will hurt him. I recall there was a prediction on this site that Trump's approval rating will drop to 25% at some point. Based on his behavior over the last few weeks and the fact that the worst is yet to come, I have a feeling that Trump will create his own scandal that will render him powerless.
In short, I would not worry about the fear that Trump will succeed if he tries to delay the election. The mixture of a bad economy, his bungling of this crisis, and his many scandals will play a role. But the biggest factor will be of the Republicans' own making. For decades, they and Fox News have told their followers that Big Government cannot be trusted. That one day Big Government would systematically take away their rights. Can you imagine what would happen if Trump, who derided the coronavirus as a "big hoax," used the coronavirus as an excuse to stop the election? The right to vote?
Republicans, Big Bad Government is taking away your right to vote! Your guns are next!
As a resident from a red state where people pride themselves on voting, I can't imagine any scenario where Trump takes away election day where he would not tick off a large part of his base in the process. So lets wait and see if he manages to make it to November or not (I predict he might resign.)
A couple of years ago, it was predicted here that Trump would fly away. A different type of intuitive is now seeing the same thing. Check out Mr. Peters’s video at 8 minutes, and if you could, send him a link to the prediction, since I have no idea how to even begin looking for it. It would be interesting for everyone involved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrzkj9ZPC-E&t=308s
edited to add: I was just thinking that the nurses in that prediction, if I remember correctly they were tending to him, could be representative of the nurses working so hard to help those afflicted by Covid-19.
Oregon and Washington have mail in ballots. Also, here in Oregon the "Motor Voter" bill passed which automatically registers people to vote when they get their driver's licence.
It's a great system and it's easy-peasy to vote. You can also track your ballot online and via test to make sure it got where it was supposed to.
It's a system that I think would be great for every state to adopt.
So last night (it was my birthday but this is not about that) I got calls and texts from family and friends wishing me a happy birthday. One was my husband's cousin. Her story is very sad, she is in a wheel chair and very disabled due to a misdiagnosis of Lyme disease and co infections over 10 years ago when she was only in her 30s. She is a wonderful, loving cousin and her husband is a really great guy who takes good care of her. Here's the problem/question I have. She and her husband are HUGE (pun intended) Trump supporters. To the point that I NEVER bring up politics around them because it would mean one conversation and we'd probably never speak again. Since she is in a wheelchair she does nothing but read/watch Fox TV and research things from that perspective. She is highly well read about many things and wanted to point out to me that much our heart medication is made in China last night.
Instead of a friendly conversation about how are you etc. last night she right away started extolling Trump and how wonderful he is and how he is there to help us all....blah blah blah. My blood pressure was reaching high levels (literally) and I was trying to finish making dinner and was hungry. I told her point blank that she had to stop telling me about how MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS were all fake news and Trump was like Christ himself. I told her listen, it's my birthday and this is a Trump free zone conversation and if she wanted to continue the supposed happy birthday call, there had to be no talk of Politics/Trump because I told her he has been taking Russian money for years and he's a traitor so we're never going to agree on any of it so lets not talk about it please. (I had to get one point in for feelings and that was it, and I think she was surprised I don't share her views).
The whole thing actually caused my sleep to be difficult at best last night.
My question is how do you handle these extreme T supporters in one's family? I felt cornered and unhappy, trying my best to be nice but was very angry at the whole exchange. Perhaps I'm just needing to vent here, and that's why I'm writing this, but I thought someone might have a great way to verbally react if they were in my shoes. ? ❤️❓