Quote:

• The percentage of candidates who are white men is the lowest it’s been in the last four elections.
  
• More than a quarter of all the candidates running this year are female, including 84 women of color — a 42 percent increase from just two years ago. There are at least 215 candidates of color, and a record 26 openly L.G.B.T. candidates — more than five times the number in 2010.
  
• Among Democratic candidates, white men are actually a minority, making up just 41 percent of candidates for Congress and governor this year.
  
• Three in four Republican candidates are white men. In governor’s races this year, there are no black or Hispanic Republican candidates.
  
• Despite all the diversity, white men will remain a majority. Women and candidates of color will most likely make up close to a third of Congress and governor’s mansions next year, which is about the same as now. Winning all of the races that are considered competitive would increase their share to nearly 40 percent.
  

~ NYTimes, Lisa Lerer on Politics

(October 31, 2018 at 6:12 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:

(October 31, 2018 at 6:03 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Have to disagree.  I wouldn't fuck Hugh Jackman for five dollars and a lift home.

Boru

You say that now...

I didn't say it wasn't negotiable...

Boru

Strange women lying in lakes distributing swords, 2020!

(October 31, 2018 at 6:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(October 31, 2018 at 6:12 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: You say that now...

I didn't say it wasn't negotiable...

Boru

I'm suddenly reminded of an exchange between Luke and Han in Star wars...


Paraphrased:

"No. I'm not going to rescue her. Nothing will change my mind!"

"She's rich."

"Well no one mentioned money!"

(October 31, 2018 at 6:20 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:

(October 31, 2018 at 6:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I didn't say it wasn't negotiable...

Boru

I'm suddenly reminded of an exchange between Luke and Han in Star wars...


Paraphrased:

"No.  I'm not going to rescue her.  Nothing will change my mind!"

"She's rich."

"Well no one mentioned money!"

Really?  It reminds me of the old joke when Disraeli asks Queen Victoria if she would sleep with a man for 10 000 quid.  Victoria hems and haws and finally answers in the affirmative.

Then Disraeli asks if she'd sleep with the same man for a guinea.

'Certainly not!' fumes Her Majesty. 'What do you take me for, a whore?!'

'We've establish what you are, now we're just establishing your price.'

Boru

I have $15 to spend on groceries until my food stamps come mid-month. I overspent in October. Even with that, I'll be over on eating out and shopping by a total of $35. Fortunately I'll have made that up in the amount I didn't spend ordering delivery pizza. Still, I already plan to be $15 over on shopping in November. I've got a small cash reserve and money put aside for Christmas, but I need to get my shit together. I'm not in any danger, financially, but I can't keep doing this every month. My worst expense is simply groceries, and despite having made progress, I still have a tendency to overspend.

Quote from a Youtube video I just discovered that’s just so hilarious I can’t help but share it, and now that Hunter S. Thompson time is done, I can:



(FWIW, it took three times for me to take a proper screenshot of the shot on my iPad, two shutdowns using the home and power buttons before it actually took the shot, and I had to remove the iPad from its case before that function worked.)

(October 31, 2018 at 6:18 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Strange women lying in lakes distributing swords, 2020!

Oh and now comes the oppression!

Help! I' m being oppressed!!

Liking the way my four day a week work schedule looks a great deal better than my previous five day a week work schedule. Thirty-two hours, as opposed to forty hours, still provides full benefits.

Space nipples.

Boru