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Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:32 am Orlylicious, I want to thank you for whatever it is you do at election time. You disappear (I used to worry) and then pop up exhausted but still energetic somehow.

I don’t know what you do but I imagine it’s some kind of magic. Thank you for it. It’s working. Don’t stop.

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:51 pm

Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:32 am Orlylicious, I want to thank you for whatever it is you do at election time. You disappear (I used to worry) and then pop up exhausted but still energetic somehow.

I don’t know what you do but I imagine it’s some kind of magic. Thank you for it. It’s working. Don’t stop.

I second this post and I also want to thank Orlyicious for this entire thread. When the negative nancies (myself included) moaned and groaned, you lifted our spirits, well, mine anyway.

Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:01 pm

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:34 am TFG had another cofefe moment when he punched in electron instead of election. He really needs to put the phone down. It's a lesson he will never learn.

Oh noes! They stole the electron from Blake Masters! You know what that means, don't you? He's been IONIZED! Someone better get him unionized quickly before he gets a shock!

I'll show myself out...

Hey Frater!

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:46 am

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:33 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:34 am TFG had another cofefe moment when he punched in electron instead of election. He really needs to put the phone down. It's a lesson he will never learn.

"but only in Republican districts"

And please - who is in control of those Republican districts ?

Someone is getting mushy between the ears

He is strongly suggesting Republicans are incapable of conducting elections.

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 12:37 pm

Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 12:34 pm

He is strongly suggesting Republicans are incapable of conducting elections.

I strongly feel that osg has no idea how elections werk. What does that mean “even Kari Lake was taken to vote in a liberal democratic district”? Does he think polling places are chosen for their partisan lean?

As hard as they’ve been trying, Republicans just can’t make things work. Why on earth should we elect them?

It is an agricultural state. Perhaps they used cattle chutes to divide voters by party affiliation, and since the D's largely voted by mail, their lines were shorter and faster. I'm just spitballin here.

humblescribe wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:03 pm

Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:01 pm

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:34 am TFG had another cofefe moment when he punched in electron instead of election. He really needs to put the phone down. It's a lesson he will never learn.

Oh noes! They stole the electron from Blake Masters! You know what that means, don't you? He's been IONIZED! Someone better get him unionized quickly before he gets a shock!

I'll show myself out...

Hey Frater!

That cloud of dust you see is me grabbing my chemistry book and opening it up to redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions. Most chemical reactions are redox reactions. In redox reactions, electrons are the coin of the realm. They move between atoms and molecules to form new ones. When a molecule is oxidized, it loses electrons.

So, Blake Masters has been oxidized.

Kendra wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:41 pm

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:10 pm Everybody sing: Let's do the time warp again!

(do I need to post a youtube link, or is everyone on board with this already?)

Toast!

I get it. And another idea for a Randy Rainbow production

What he could do with the Tim Curry role

humblescribe wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:03 pm So, Blake Masters has been oxidized.

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:25 pm

humblescribe wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:03 pm

Slarti the White wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:01 pm

Oh noes! They stole the electron from Blake Masters! You know what that means, don't you? He's been IONIZED! Someone better get him unionized quickly before he gets a shock!

I'll show myself out...

Hey Frater!

That cloud of dust you see is me grabbing my chemistry book and opening it up to redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions. Most chemical reactions are redox reactions. In redox reactions, electrons are the coin of the realm. They move between atoms and molecules to form new ones. When a molecule is oxidized, it loses electrons.

So, Blake Masters has been oxidized.

So you're saying he's a rusty motherfucker?

humblescribe wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:52 pm
(Elemental iron in the presence of water gives up two electrons to oxygen to form Fe₂O₃.)

It’s not a good day to be
@GOPLeader
. Just about everyone in the
@HouseGOP
blames him for the
@GOP
’s non-existent red wave and all his “friends” are eyeballing his gig.
@TheRickWilson
gets into it w/
@ReedGalen
on the latest pod: https://apple.co/3htLnX4

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:51 pm

Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:32 am Orlylicious, I want to thank you for whatever it is you do at election time. You disappear (I used to worry) and then pop up exhausted but still energetic somehow.

I don’t know what you do but I imagine it’s some kind of magic. Thank you for it. It’s working. Don’t stop.

I second this post and I also want to thank Orlyicious for this entire thread. When the negative nancies (myself included) moaned and groaned, you lifted our spirits, well, mine anyway.

A Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters (ROV) spokesperson said an individual reported finding ballots from the November 8th election were found near Highway 17 on Friday. According to reports, the ballots turned up in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Election officials said the ballots were found along with other mail that was not election related, including letters and parcels, and that it appeared the ballots went missing while they were in the possession of the United States Postal Service before they could be delivered to the Registrar of Voters. Officials said they were unsure exactly how many ballots were involved, but that it appeared that one to two dozen ballots were found.

"The ROV is very concerned about this unfortunate incident and looks forward to working with the USPS to resolve it as quickly as possible on behalf of the voters," the released statement said.

Officials said there currently was no indication the found ballots were taken from any vote center or ballot box. Election officials notified the USPS so they could recover the mail and investigate this incident. Once postal authorities have concluded their investigation, the ROV will take possession of the ballots and review election law to determine whether they can be included in the official election results.

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:41 pm That's one sure way to get the youngsters to vote, tell them they can't.

Volkonski wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:53 pm
Santa Clara County election officials investigate ballots found near Highway 17

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/ne ... ighway-17/

A Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters (ROV) spokesperson said an individual reported finding ballots from the November 8th election were found near Highway 17 on Friday. According to reports, the ballots turned up in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Election officials said the ballots were found along with other mail that was not election related, including letters and parcels, and that it appeared the ballots went missing while they were in the possession of the United States Postal Service before they could be delivered to the Registrar of Voters. Officials said they were unsure exactly how many ballots were involved, but that it appeared that one to two dozen ballots were found.

"The ROV is very concerned about this unfortunate incident and looks forward to working with the USPS to resolve it as quickly as possible on behalf of the voters," the released statement said.

Officials said there currently was no indication the found ballots were taken from any vote center or ballot box. Election officials notified the USPS so they could recover the mail and investigate this incident. Once postal authorities have concluded their investigation, the ROV will take possession of the ballots and review election law to determine whether they can be included in the official election results.

noblepa wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:35 pm

I don't know what the law is there, but here in Ohio, ballots postmarked on or before election day and received by the Board of Elections within 10 days after election day, are considered valid.

So, if those ballots were postmarked on or before Nov. 8, then they should be counted.

Azastan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:40 pm

noblepa wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:35 pm

I don't know what the law is there, but here in Ohio, ballots postmarked on or before election day and received by the Board of Elections within 10 days after election day, are considered valid.

So, if those ballots were postmarked on or before Nov. 8, then they should be counted.

My guess is that this was a mistake done by a rural carrier or a regular carrier, possibly operating out of Los Gatos. It sounds as if the carrier was picking up mail along his/her route, to be entered into the mail stream in his/her home office, which means that these ballots were not postmarked since they weren't entered into the mail stream at a post office.

Editing to add that I grew up living right on the border of Los Gatos/San Jose and we went for drives/hikes quite often in the area where the ballots were apparently found.