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[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Says the nasty woman that started throwing shit.

All I made was an innocuous and actually somewhat self effacing post, which you couldn't resist taking a cheap shot at.

So if you are looking for nasty, look in a mirror.

If you can find one in your house that isn't broken that is.

You are such a fucking baby.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Looks like I've got the whole pack after me once again:

You've earned every last bit of it.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Good news, I just now woke up to a beautiful morning.

It's cloudy and gray here.

But that's actually good because in spite of this being the rainiest city in the continental US we are in a month long drought, so rain would be welcome.

This is obviously due to climate change, which one of our major party candidates claims is a hoax, and the other one says is real, but that we can frack and pipeline our way out of it.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

It's cloudy and gray here.

But that's actually good because in spite of this being the rainiest city in the continental US we are in a month long drought, so rain would be welcome.

This is obviously due to climate change, which one of our major party candidates claims is a hoax, and the other one says is real, but that we can frack and pipeline our way out of it.

You meant you're in the rainiest city in the contiguous US, right? Because we're still on the same continent up here, and I'm pretty sure Ketchikan or Petersburg have you beat on rain.


Our polls opened at 7a.m. Got there at 7:25 and the workers said they'd already seen more people than they had all day for the primary. Drove by my old polling place on my way to work and it was hopping too. I guess a lot of people are thinking like me- want to vote before we start hearing results from the east coast.

[Wasillaguy]

We had a prop to automatically register to vote everyone on the rolls for a Permanent Fund Dividend check. I says NO. If people are interested in voting, they'll get registered. Having a bunch of people registered who have no intention of voting just invites fraud.

Another for the state to issue bonds to fund lowering student loan rates. I says NO. We have very low default rates on student loans up here, and I'm a firm believer that the more gov gets involved, the higher tuition costs go.

Lots of judges wanting to be retained. I says NO. If we had a decent judge, I'd know his name.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

You meant you're in the rainiest city in the contiguous US, right? Because we're still on the same continent up here, and I'm pretty sure Ketchikan or Petersburg have you beat on rain.

Yep, Mobile is the wettest in the continental US (along with a bunch of other cities on the Gulf Coast), but still far behind a number of locations in Hawaii and Alaska.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Yep, Mobile is the wettest in the continental US (along with a bunch of other cities on the Gulf Coast), but still far behind a number of locations in Hawaii and Alaska.

Is it the rainiest though, i.e. days with precipitation?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by nailer

Is it the rainiest though, i.e. days with precipitation?

It rains on average 228 days per year in Ketchikan and 104/year in Mobile.

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

We had a prop to automatically register to vote everyone on the rolls for a Permanent Fund Dividend check. I says NO. If people are interested in voting, they'll get registered. Having a bunch of people registered who have no intention of voting just invites fraud.

Another for the state to issue bonds to fund lowering student loan rates. I says NO. We have very low default rates on student loans up here, and I'm a firm believer that the more gov gets involved, the higher tuition costs go.

Lots of judges wanting to be retained. I says NO. If we had a decent judge, I'd know his name.

I can go with the welfare check thing.

Anybody should be able to register and obtain whatever lameass ID that state wants, at no charge, at any city, county, state, or federal office, period. Anything else is discriminatory IMO.

Carl

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It rains on average 228 days per year in Ketchikan and 104/year in Mobile.

Back when I was still traveling around the state quite a bit, southeast Alaska had a very dry summer one year. I went down there and everyone was grumpy and complaining about how hot it was (average 70F), and bitching because they had to buy water (most have rain catchment/cisterns instead of wells)