I feel your unease…all the way over here!

And the test came back positive. We do, in fact, have a disease.

It really is mind boggling isn't it? I'm hoping for the best, and have already cast my vote, but I'm not going to expect anything until all votes are counted. At least I'm trying not to expect anything!

@RhondaShotwell My ballot was dropped off a few weeks ago, and my kids got their ballots in even earlier than I did.

@HippieChick58 I even checked to make sure it was received and counted!!

@silverotter11 I went in person during early voting last week, and there wasn't anyone in there when I first got in and started to vote. A few came in as I was finishing up. It's a very small town, but I still didn't want to take a chance with a mail in ballot. If I go in person at least I know my vote got in.

@RhondaShotwell WA State has all mail in balloting, it's totally secure but the auditor's office did warn people with the way the postal service has slowed down it's best to mail it early or just take your ballot to the drop box.
It's very red where I live but we have democrats that are poll watchers.

I fervently hope you’re right!

I do so hope you are right. My fingers are crossed and I'm sending all the good vibes I can muster.

I chose my wording very carefully you will note, so as to slip in under the radar!

@Marionville I just did the same!

No, I posted about Quincy Jones passing and it's no where to be found.

@Marionville, @Barnie2years, @silverotter11 I have continued to post political posts, so far no bumping. It happens too quickly for it to be human intervention.

@glennlab I’ve not had anything bumped or disappeared…so far!

I'm hoping it will turn out to be -45 in Hawaii too!

I made sure mine had at least six months before expiring to avoid complications, and made sure all my kids had theirs, too. How sad.

I should have said my U ncle K evin's passport!

Mine is on my desk, I always travel with it. I keep it as my backup ID in case I lose my wallet.

@David1955 If you haven’t noticed ,the democratic party’s failure to address the rise of antisemitism within its ranks has reached a dangerous tipping point. Harris is the one you should be comparing to Hitler She has refused to change course on her pandering to far left jew haters in her party

@granny You nailed it

Ditto, ditto, ditto and ditto!

I posted about Quincy Jones passing and it was disappeared into where posts go.

@silverotter11 I thought I saw it once but it could have been from another site too.

@silverotter11 It seems many of us are in this conundrum. I may have found a way around it. I just posted an item about the Washington Post but only made a small comment and then did a link. After it posted I made a comment to my post and explained the item in more detail and it went through. So far I've noticed comments haven't been censured.

@DenoPenno when I go to my page and click on posts it is not there. I'll try again with something pedgojr suggested.

@silverotter11 I also posted an item about the recent Boeing strike. The link (Seattle Times) didn't work as I don't have a subscription. However, I always try to find back alley ways. When I first got the item it was with the Times business section and it did work. I then went back into history and retrieved that item. Then copied certain items and added them to my comment under the original posting.
There doesn't seem to be a reason why some posts don't go through so I will try to do a basic, non-controversial post and if it goes through do more details in a comment to myself so others can see this. Sometimes we 'weak' humans can find ways to beat the AI bunch, for now at least.

I am always amazed by the very idea of a line, in a county like the US, which at least claims to be a functional democracy. If such things as lines were to form in Britain for example, there would be outrage, it would be a major story in the newspapers, and the question. " Why the government failed to provide enough booths. " Would be the main public debate.

@Fernapple There would be a riot if all the voters didn’t get in to vote before they closed!

@Marionville I know, and yet they are told, and many believe, that the US is the most democratic nation on earth.

@Fernapple i early-voted last week and there was a line there, and according to the monitors, had been a line all day every day since the Early-voting started.
I take this to be very encouraging, but my state is Solid Blue and always has been, with a very small Electoral College "footprint".

@Fernapple I waited in line for about 45 minutes today.

@Marionville They close the line, not the polls. Those in line can vote.

@Andy4608 The very idea of having to form a line outside would be shocking to British and Europeans. We expect to go in and be given a booth immediately, if we were not, it would be seen a disadvantaging the old and ill etc. and unbalancing the vote.

@Andy4608, @annewimsey500 The very idea of having to form a line outside would be shocking to British and Europeans. We expect to go in and be given a booth immediately, if we were not, it would be seen a disadvantaging the old and ill etc. and unbalancing the vote.

@Fernapple There are several differences that have to be factored in.
Firstly there are relatively more polling places in the UK. Their numbers have been reduced here, especially in lower income/minority areas.
Secondly, the sheer number of items on the ballot (50+ in some jurisdictions), which slows the process down. The ballot then has to be fed into the machine and the confirmation printed.
Voting in the UK is relatively quick and easy, walk in, collect ballot, go to booth, apply pencil, walk out, lie to canvasser standing outside.

@Andy4608 That is probably one of the best ways to rig an election ever invented, best of luck with your broken democracy.

It’s not looking good…

I really hope it is only 4 years. The day of the election I heard a pundit tell of a Russian citizen who said "You Americans are lucky. You do not know how your election will turn out. In Russian we always know who will win. You should embrace the not knowing". What I fear the most is that from now on we will always know ahead of time who is going to win the election. I fear that Trump now has the courts and both houses of congress and the project 2025 play book. He can postpone or cancel elections. He can pretty much do whatever he wants is the complete opposite of what I want. I am ashamed that a big chunk of my country wants him.

@MyTVC15 I fear the same. It has happened before, not on a national scale but in the south.
I'm so disappointed with the people who refuse to learn from history.

A bumpy ride either way!

Only time will tell that…

You and Musk can both fuck off.

@Redheadedgammy Awwwwe... Aren't you sweet. I hope you have a most MARVILOUS day... No, really, I do. I know I will.

@Captnfeelgood

@David1955 PFFFFTT...BWaaaaaahahahaa... When will you all ever learn, Godwin's Law rhetoric is NOT your friend. It LITERALLY sent SOOO many centrists and Libertarians and even MANY liberals, Hispanics and African Americans RUNNING to the right to vote for the one sane person that actually is NOT a politician, and actually does what he says he is going to do. But yeah, I know, orange man baaad.. Part of me wants to feel bad for you, but I just don't. We'll use all of your liberal tears in the cooling systems of our MANY gas guzzling SUVs and dually trucks and vintage sports cars. Now suck the salt off of us peanuts, then crawl back under your rock and cry us some more coolant.

The way I remmeber it, it was MAGA republicans who could not accept the reseult of the 2020 election so much so tha tthey attact the capital, beat up cops and erected a scaffolding on which to hang their own VP. MAGAs sure spend a lot of time re-writing history, but some of us actually believe what we saw with our own eyes.