Nov 11

Prop Victim

This is the site I’ve been using to see the full vote tallies and how many votes remain to be counted.

As always, it often takes 2-3 weeks for the full tally. Just usually it does not matter. This time, it did (a little), though 2020 wasn’t nearly as close as it was in 2016. In a few states, the Repubs managed to make it impossible to tally mail-in ballots early to sow confusion and doubt.

This is why Pennsylvania took longer than normal. They did not manage to get this done in Florida.

But, people will believe any old propaganda. I prefer believing the real. It’s sad — really sad — to realize how many people are propaganda victims.

Nov 11

Jaynes Addiction

So much of evolutionary neuroscience is a barely-veiled restatement of Julian Jaynes’ theory of the breakdown of the bicameral mind, recast in more science-y terms to conceal the origin.

I think this is good, because Jaynes was onto something. But no one is allowed to really say that out loud.

Nov 11

Hard To Steal

Assuming the Dems are competent enough to steal an election is fucking hilarious.

They can barely win an election with tons of resources and vast time to prepare. The effort to actually steal one is an order of magnitude harder when you’re not the party in power.

It’s the most moronic conspiracy theory in the world, believing the Dems can have some master plan to alter election results when they can’t even do a single other thing right.

It takes a real dipshit to believe something so obviously impossible. I wouldn’t trust the DNC to sweep my floor; they simply could not steal an election.

Nov 11

Down Up

No more lockdowns. That’s a blunt tool that destroys more than it helps. Close the superspreader locales: gyms, bars/restaurants (indoor dining) and churches, unless they can offer a viable outside option. Allow all takeout, etc.

No one remembers “flatten the curve.” Now we are only hurting ourself with persistent lockdowns. Stupid, stupid.

Nov 10

Next Coup

Trump probably won’t succeed in his attempted coup. He’s too much of an idiot and the people who work for him are mostly incompetent or delusional. And most of his followers are all hat, no cattle.

But oh yeah, you better believe the next one will.

Nov 10

Scars

A lot of liberals are going to emerge from this pandemic extremely psychologically scarred. I see all the people who have only left their homes like three times since March and are terrified of even going outdoors.

I don’t know what went wrong with them, but it’s only going to get worse as the pandemic intensifies during the winter months.

This is going to have a noticeable and long-term effect on culture — probably a quite bad one.

Nov 10

Color Too Full

This atrocious mess was designed by “experts.”

Although it very likely might’ve been forced on them by MBAs.

Nov 10

Outside Interest

I think a competent fascist in 2024 is extremely likely. We got “lucky” with Trump because he was incompetent and unfocused. He won’t even be capable enough to steal an election he could’ve easily stolen if he’d had someone like me advising him — if I were a complete moral failure, that is.

Getting out of the country before 2024 is becoming a top priority for me and for my partner.

Nov 10

Coup

Yeah, it is a coup attempt, but a badly-executed one.

Have to get out of this country. It is fucked. Eventually. Probably 2024 will be the dying gasp of anything resembling anywhere a person would want to live.