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Day of the Cope dijo:
I'm genuinely concerned that the 2024 election results might actually cause Null to sperg out so hard he shut the site down.
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He'll mostly get criticized for having South Park-tier opinions on voting. Null, like a lot of millennials, grew up in an era where discourse was dominated by smug leftists and retarded evangelical conservatives. Dude watched MSNBC and wanted George Zimmerman raped until he saw an unedited picture on /pol/.

He's doing election coverage with two Canadians, for whatever reason. I would ask that they get Sean (Potentially Criminal, the fat guy Rekieta yelled at) on because Sean holds fairly average online Conservative views and is politically involved due to his job. Also it'd piss off Rekieta.
 
Catboy Ranch dijo:
My home state bans squirrels as pets (most do), but that didn't stop about 1/6 of the boys in my school from keeping them as pets, which they did. In parts of this country it's literally the poor people's pet. Same for bobcats. You throw enough food at an animal some of them will decide "ok, you're cool" and move in.

No one notices it because nobody wants to drive 5 hours away from the big city to go see what people are doin'
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It's strange what the status of squirrels is now considering that in the distant past of America they were commonly kept as pets.

Benjamin Franklin even wrote a poem for one that had died:
Alas! poor Mungo!
Happy wert thou, hadst thou known
Thy own Felicity!
Remote from the fierce Bald-Eagle,
Tyrant of thy native Woods,
Thou hadst nought to fear from his piercing Talons;
Nor from the murdering Gun
Of the thoughtless Sportsman.
Safe in thy wired Castle,
Grimalkin never could annoy thee.
Daily wert thou fed with the choicest Viands
By the fair Hand
Of an indulgent Mistress.
But, discontented, thou wouldst have more Freedom.
Too soon, alas! didst thou obtain it,
And, wandering,
Fell by the merciless Fangs,
Of wanton, cruel Ranger.6
Learn hence, ye who blindly wish more Liberty,
Whether Subjects, Sons, Squirrels or Daughters,
That apparent Restraint may be real Protection,
Yielding Peace, Plenty, and Security.​
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They only started being seen more as pests in the early 20th century.
 
Here’s How GLAAD Media Institute Alumni and Drag Queens in Nevada Are Getting Out The Vote Ahead of November 5th
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By Lana Leonard
2024-11-03 16:04:58GMT
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In the final days before election day, GLAAD Media Institute alumni, partnering with Silver State Equality and the LGBTQIA+ Community Center of Southern Nevada, in addition to drag queens hot off RuPaul’s Drag Race, have been motivating LGBTQ voters throughout Nevada to get to the polls before or on election day.

Rio Antone, who uses she/his/they pronouns, is an award winning artist, activist, and educator in Las Vegas, met GLAAD and Silver State Equality, Nevada’s statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy nonprofit, in 2023. Antone came to a GLAAD Media Institute training held in September 2023, where she learned to tell her story with a focus on her audience. Later, in February 2024, Antone returned to a GLAAD Media Institute course hosted by the NFL prior to the Super Bowl. Antone learned about what is at stake for the LGBTQ community in Nevada, and started making her own content, advocating for people to register and make a plan to vote. Since then, the GLAAD Media Institute alum has been a formidable advocate for her community, reaching her audience wherever she can.

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Rio Antone stands in the front of the room in an orange romper during game night; photo courtesy of Rio Antone

Recently, Antone partnered with The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) – an organization advocating for a fair and just state that puts people and the planet first – to host a political game night. Around 40 participants came together to “educate and enlightenment” each other about Nevada’s ballot measures as well as discuss possible election outcomes over bingo and other games.

“I wanted to use the platform I’ve created to get as many people, especially queer people, involved in this election. I wanted to demystify all the myths and answer all the pertinent questions,” Antone told GLAAD.

Nevada has been a major battleground state for the presidential election, while holding some of the closest Senate races in the country. With this said, between the presidential race, senate races, voters will also decide on ballot measures imperative to the state of equity and inclusion in the Silver State.

Some ballot measures in Nevada will include:
  • Question 2 which will ask voters to revise the Nevada Constitution to include inclusive and best practice language for people with disability, while repealing problematic language
  • Question 4 will ask voters to repeal language from Nevada Constitution which would abolish the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments for a crime
  • Question 6 will ask voters if they want to provide abortion as a constitutional right
  • Question 7 will ask voters if they want to require voters to present photo identification when voting in person or to provide the last four digits of their driver’s license or Social Security number when voting by mail.
View all of Nevada’s ballot measures and their context here.

To broaden community reach, Antone called on organizations like the NAACP, Planned Parenthood, and The LGBTQ Center of Souther Nevada to help activate and motivate as many voters as possible.

“After such a great event, we wanted to follow up with a call to action for early voting by planning a #QueerTheVote day on November 1,” Antone shared about her upcoming activation.

The organizer said they are expecting 35 participants that will join in on “storm[ing] the polls” in an effort to get as many LGBTQ people to vote early ahead of the November 5 deadline.

Unlike some states, Nevada has late voter registration deadlines. Registration deadlines by mail were October 8, in person during early voting registration deadlines are between October 19 – November 1, as well as on Election Day, November 5, at in-person voting location before the end of the business day.

“My overarching goal is to promote the power that lies in [the] community,” Antone said.

Silver State Equality is also pushing to get out the LGBTQ vote across Nevada ahead of election day on November 5 through motivational pro-voting advertisements. The ad has been shared across digital platforms, including on popular dating apps.

The ad starts off with valiant excitement for motivating the vote – quite similar to Antone’s.



“Some people are just stars,” exclaims the ad’s narrator. “You know the ones. When they walk into a room the spotlight just finds them.”

The video then rushes into a map of the country, spotlighting Nevada, reminding viewers that the stars are Nevada voters.

“This election day the whole country’s got their eyes on us,” the ad continues. “It’s time to step into the light, take center stage and show up like the stars we are. So, let’s do what we do best, Nevada, make a plan to vote on or before November 5.”

“With attacks on LGBTQ+ Nevadans increasing, it is imperative we elect representatives who will lead the charge for full, lived equality. This election, we are endorsing LGBTQ+ and pro-equality allies across the state, including in districts like Washoe County, where attempts have been made recently to ban books and openly discriminate against LGBTQ+ students,” said André C. Wade, State Director for Silver State Equality, in a September press release.

GLAAD Media Institute alumni haven’t been the only ones to get out the vote.

RuPaul Drag Race Alumni dragged themselves to Nevada this week to activate voters with an early voting party. The nonprofit that organized the campaign is named Drag Out The Vote, a GLAAD partner, who “educate and register voters at drag events online and offline, by organizing local and national voter activations.”

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Divas For Democracy, Las Vegas early voting party; photo courtesy Drag Out The Vote

The Drag Race Alum, Plasma, among other drag artists helped organize Divas For Democracy. The event featured drag performances along with the opportunity to vote early (with shuttle services provided to early voting locations) and register to vote.

“So we are here not to encourage people to vote one way or the other, but to vote, period,” Plasma told KVVU – Fox 5 News. “We come from various backgrounds, various walks of life, but what matters is that there are so many people represented on the ballot this year in some form of another, whether that’s local office, a state office, or a federal office.”

The last day to vote is November 5. To make a plan to vote before the deadline, visit www.glaad.org/vote.
 
AnitaSarsleezian dijo:
Everything here is moving fast and I had a crazy week - Performing at a halloween party Thursday and club dates / corporate gigs all Friday-Sun. Weekends are always hard for me to stay on top of the thread so forgive me for being behind.

Anyway, as the Farm's resident Squirrel Rehabber (I don't know if I've ever mentioned it in this thread but I have in other threads on the farms) I just want to offer some perspective or information that might not be available to anyone outside the rehabber circle. The missus and I have been Squirrel rehabbers for the better part of almost 9 years and we've rescued, rehabbed, and released somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 squirrels. This is actually purely volunteer work as in NY state it is illegal to charge to rehabbing and has to come out of your pocket or from donations. Even nature centers have to exist purely off donations. So with busy schedules as professional musicians, somehow we also manage to find the time to syringe feed anywhere from 5-12 squirrels 6 months of the year, every 4 hours around the clock! Anyway feel free to ignore the following squirrel sperging about this situation.

I actually knew about the Peanut raid as it was happening before it was picked up by any news services as Mark was posting live to the squirrel rehabber group as it was happening. Obviously we were all horrified by what was being reported to us. The squirrel rehabbing circle is extremely small and most of us all know each other very well - even the famous instagram squirrels and all that. It's kinda surreal to even see fellow rehabbers that I'm extremely familiar with being interviewed by news media for their opinions.

Mark has been a thorn in the side of the rehabber world for a very long time. Sadly he's a hardcore narcissist and attention whore and the care and health of peanut quite often came second to his desire to post vids for likes and followers. He's been called out often by rehabbers about this and like the douche nozzle he is, his response is generally, "Fuck you, I can do what I want".

Most of the squirrel rehabbers and instagram accounts are very secretive about posting any identifying details. And most of it is because of exactly this - we do not trust the government agencies in the slightest. In fact we keep a sort of "underground railroad" of veterinarians who are friendly to squirrels because you can't even trust vets. Most vets consider squirrels to be pests and there have been accounts of vets actually euthanizing squirrels that were brought to them for help. This problem got so bad that rehabbers were able to band together in about 2010 and force the American Veterinary Association to make it illegal for a vet to refuse to administer aid to an injured animal, such as a squirrel.

Mark has been warned repeatedly over the years, over and over, that his constant attention seeking and using peanut as a tool to feed his narcissism can only end badly as eventually he'd get the attention of the government agencies. He constantly posted his real name and his location on top of it. Again, his attitude was constantly "Fuck you, I can do what I want". He does not run a legitimate squirrel rescue. His "rescue" is for farm animals and horses, which is a different thing altogether. I'm not saying that he didn't deserve to have Peanut, if he wanted to keep a non-releasable that's one thing, but to not have a legitimate wildlife rescue while plastering social media with videos of your squirrel and your real name is asking to get ass-raped by daddy government. You might say "Well, horses...squirrels...what's the difference?" The difference matters to Daddy Government who loves to fucking compartmentalize and regulate every fucking thing so they charge you for it.

When he added Fred the Racoon, the rehabber world lost their shit, and for good reason. Racoons are a Rabies Vector species. It basically means they already carry rabies in their system. What that means is that if a Raccoon bites you, there's a very good chance you'll get rabies from them, even if they're not rabid. There are three Rabies Vector species - Racoons, Skunks, and Bats. For a legitimate rehabber, once you get licensed for wildlife (Squirrels, possums, owls, etc) if you want to rehab a rabies vector species, you have to get a special rehabber license. To get the rabies vector license, first you have to be a regular licensed rehabber for 5 years. After 5 years you can apply for your rabies vector license. If you pass the rabies vector test (all about care and handling of animals that naturally have rabies) and you get licensed, you have to actually get rabies shots before you're even allowed to start rehabbing rabies vector species animals. As a knowledgeable rehabber, I tell people constantly to NEVER handle a Racoon. If you find an injured racoon, you need to contact a rabies vector rehabber immediately and do not handle the racoon. If you need to handle the racoon for whatever reason, then make sure to wear gloves.

Raccoons in particular are a nightmare because they carry a lot of parasites that are harmful to both animals and humans. In particular they carry a parasite that goes right to your brain and starts working on it causing neurological damage. This is why I tell people to never touch an injured racoon. Racoon feces is also loaded with very toxic bacteria that can kill other animals who come into contact with it. For example, when I was moving out of Queens, I hired a company to clean out my garage. When they went to the attic of my garage, it turned out that I had a raccoon living up there I didn't know about. The workers refused to clean out the racoon because they didn't have biohazard suits with them. That's fucking garage cleaners and even they know to stay the fuck away from raccoons. This should give you an idea how uneducated Mark is.

So the rehabber world lost their shit and for good reason. First, because he was now putting Peanut at a severe risk for illness, rabies, sickness, etc. just by being around Fred the Racoon. All you need is for fred to be in a bad mood one day and to nip peanut and peanut can catch rabies. This underscored the belief among rehabbers that Mark really doesn't care about the health or care of the animals but rather does this all for likes.

Second, because of the all the crazy shit I just told you about Raccoons, the government is extremely strict on Racoons / Rabies vector species. They DO NOT look kindly upon people bringing Raccoons into their homes. So now by Mark adding a Raccoon, he actually increased his risk 100 fold of being raided by the government. And he was told over and over that if the government confiscates peanut, peanut will be destroyed. The government does not give animals back. Rehabbers already know this, which is why we don't give the government a chance to get them to begin with. As usual, Mark ignored us all. And true to this, the FOIA requests so far for the paperwork on the raid was show that the raid was about the racoon, not peanut. Whoever that chick is, who reported peanut and is on the internet's hate list at the moment, she might have reported peanut, but it was Fred the racoon that prompted the raid.

This is not excusing the government in the slightest - what they did is horrifying and a total abuse of power, but in the rehabber world there is also an equal amount of righteous anger being directed at Mark because this fucking retarded mongoloid was warned over and over that this is what was going to fucking happen and he refused to listen and now a squirrel needlessly died because of his fucking obsession with being famous.

Also for the record, Squirrels don't carry rabies. Unless the animal is already rabid and foaming at the mouth, etc. But you have nothing to fear from a squirrel bite. Fuck I get bit 5 times a week for the past 9 years lol. They DO carry Tetanus so you have to be up on your tetanus shot and if you're just a regular person and you get bit by a squirrel in the park or something that's what your doctor would tell you to do - go get a tetanus shot. So that cop who was crying about how peanut bit him and he had to get tested for rabies is utter bullshit. That cop is a bitch.

Now as far as what the government did - this is insane. I've never heard of this, ever. I talked to a couple of the nature centers I'm partnered with (where I get my rescues from when people drop them off) and in one case, a woman who's been running a nature center for over 40 years and works with DEC frequently told me that she's never seen anything like this in her 40 years and she's horrified as well. There is no precedent for how they did this and none of this makes any sense. I really want to see heads roll. This has had a chilling effect in the rehabber world. Some well known instagrams are going to be pulling them down out of fear. Other rehabbers, instead of being more open with the department of fish and wildlife, DEC, etc. are going to go more "underground" and just be quiet about everything and not file anymore paperwork out of fear. NY State really, REALLY fucked up with this. Mark might be a fucking mongoloid but I really hope he makes life hell for all the agencies involved and sues the shit out of everyone.

On another note, in a million years, the world of squirrel rehabbing I inhabit is the last thing I ever expected to collide with the trump campaign less than a week before an election and it's so surreal to see the patriots win site reposting interviews with rehabbers and yelling about avenging peanut and to think that the death of a squirrel might be the final straw and the biggest display of government abuse and overreach and might help carry Trump over the finish line. Man, life really is a strange place.

In closing you might ask, "Man, rehabbing squirrels sounds like a ton of work and you can't get paid for it. Why do you do it?" Honestly because I love squirrels more than you can imagine and more importantly, Luke 12:48 - "To whom much is given, much will be expected". I've been really blessed in both my life and my music career and as I entered the later part of my 40s I started to become acutely aware that I really haven't done much to justify the blessings I've been given and I haven't done much to give back, either. So it might be a large sacrifice, but it's one I make willingly.

God bless you all my fellow Kiwis!
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You are one of the most valuable people in this entire website.
Incredibly informative post. I learned a lot. It's crazy that we have a regular be so close like this to this situation.
Thank you for taking the time to explain all of that.
Bless you!
 
Trump getting a surprise win in New Hampshire, but losing ME2 and Pennsylvania and North Carolina, winning Michigan, but some weird shit happens in Kansas and Democrats flip a second congressional in Kansas, causes a 269 / 269

(moving NE2 and ME2 was just to fuck with you. Those two states can vote as expected and 269/269 still happens)

Still would be amazing if a 269 came out. All those billions of dollars, the threats to democracy scaremongering, all that human effort... all gets thrown to Marjorie Taylor Green and she will milk that for every bit of juice til there's nothing left in the carton.

LFG

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If I am aloud to yap for a moment about the system...I don't know if the election will be fair. Trump would do too much damage to the deep state in his retribution. The deep state absolutely can not let him win and survive in my opinion. But like a fool with faith and belief that he can win the election, I will vote for him on Tuesday.
I rationalize my delusion like this; Faith is real, even for atheist's.
Because even the Romans believed in Jesus or else there would be no roman letters about his death at the time. So even atheist's still must believe in Jesus Christ looking at historical records. And non-believers in the system still can have faith.
Sorry if this yapping got too clunky to read. Here's a M4 with mine flail.
 

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CarlosDanger dijo:
So to believe Selzer we would have to believe.
- Harris momentum swung 7 points towards her when the rest of the states swung 5+ points away from her in the month of October.
- You would have to believe she is more popular than Joe Biden by 12 points in an environment where Republicans have registered 120,000 more voters since 2020.
- Also Selzer spiked a Trump+10 poll against Harris in August at the behest of Kamala's campaign.
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Devil’s advocate explanation- the polling is right but Iowa itself is actually an outlier based on recent events (abortion + farmer tariffs):
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On the other hand there are still some major questions about the methodology of this poll, guess we’ll see who’s right this week.
 
Catboy Ranch dijo:
Trump getting a surprise win in New Hampshire, but losing ME2 and Pennsylvania, winning Michigan, but some weird shit happens in Kansas and Democrats flip a second congressional in Kansas, causes a 269 / 269

LFG

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One faithless elector is this far less esoteric scenario also swings it to no majority for either side
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clipartfan92 dijo:
Here’s How GLAAD Media Institute Alumni and Drag Queens in Nevada Are Getting Out The Vote Ahead of November 5th
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I just got in a MASSIVE text fight with friends over this, as well as abortion.

You can show demoralized people the BTK Killer, the dangerhair harpies flicking their beans to grinding up their kids, and they STILL call you crazy.

Clown World is hurting the only real relationships I have left. I've never felt more alone in this world.
 
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