"Voting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)"

"Voting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)" (Watch on YouTube)

"John Oliver discusses how voting machines work, how they don’t, and how we can fix them."

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I still like Last Week Tonight and John Oliver and all, don't get me wrong, but I think my main issue with him is that he just relies way too much on absurdist/non sequitur humor. For instance, in this video, he was talking about a reporter asking people if they trust that their votes count, and then, out of nowhere, he's suddenly on a tangent about Tooth Fairy blowjobs. I mean... what. Yes, he's always been like that, more or less, but I'm just finding it to be increasingly grating lately.

(Temporary) alternative links in case of region-locking bullfuckery.

Trump "flight risk" and "lock[ing] him up"

Thread by Seth Abramson.

To be utterly honest and frank, at this point in time, I am almost to the point where I wouldn't even really care all that much if Trump actually did literally flee the United States for the rest of his life and was forced to hole up in some *ahem* shithole country that doesn't have an extradition agreement with the United States. I'm not quite to that point yet, though, as I'd still much rather see Trump rotting in a prison cell for the rest of his life, but if Trump fleeing and never returning is the quickest way to get him out office as President, then maybe that would be the best for all concerned. I don't know.

If Trump does flee, though, I hope he ends up in a country like his beloved Russia, where the threat of assassination due to becoming more of a liability than an asset to his master Putin constantly hangs over his head forever, until he dies (naturally or otherwise). Same for whoever else might flee with him.

In case it wasn't crystal clear yet, I just really, really, REALLY hate Donald Trump and want him gone forever. The sooner that I never, ever have to hear the name "Trump" again, the better off I will be. The whats, whens, wheres, whys, and hows of it all just don't much matter to me anymore. I still don't want Trump to be assassinated while he's still on US soil, where the possibility still exists that he may yet be apprehended and charged with his crimes, though, but other than that, I don't much care anymore what happens to him. Just so long as he ceases to be the President of the United States of America, with sooner being much better than later, which is by far the most important thing, regardless of any other considerations.

And, no, I'm not going to get all overly hung up about the propriety or lack thereof of people chanting "Lock him up" at a Democrat rally, whether it's Bernie or whoever else. Fucking Trump more than fucking deserves it at this point. It's the least of what he deserves. That said, I can appreciate Mr. Abramson's inclination to still take the high road, all the same, because sinking to Trump's level is another way in which Trump wins, because nobody is ever going to be able to out-Trump Trump (and anyone with a lick of common sense and a sense of decency shouldn't want to be capable of out-Trumping Trump).

November 4, 2019 - November 3, 2020

As of today, there are only 365 more years until the next US Presidential general election.

It has been 1,091 years since Trump was elected and the modern dark ages started.

"The Purge."

A post by Wil Wheaton on Wil Wheaton dot Net (which I saw first via the same post on his Facebook page).

Anyway, just thought I'd share, because it is a good post.