"It is legal for me to publish what you send me so long as I ‘play no part’ in the recording.”
I can’t believe he said that out loud… Basically telling his followers to take the fall for him 
What’s worse is they probably read that and think, oh cool it’s legal for me to film and send it to him if he publishes it.
That’s not what is been said there, at all… You can almost hear the sovereign citizens frothing at the mouth at a new legal loophole for them to grossly misunderstand.
It’s Novermber 5th, traditionally the night when the Brits celebrate the failure of Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament - which we do with bonfires, fireworks, and street parties.
Truth be told, there was probably a pagan fire festival to mark the onset of winter going back thousands of years, and this got co-opted into a patriotic duty by the authorities. Either way, all over the county, families arre outside in the dark, setting off fireworks.
Right now, it sounds like World War 3. Given events across the Atlantic, I have to wonder whether that’s ominous.
Better to co-opt your pagan stuff before the Americans do.
Look what they did to poor Samhain ;0;
I’m now just learning that the american elections are also always on the 5th of November, never clocked it before. Since 1845, almost as old as that painting.
So every 4th Guy Fawkes day, its an American election day.
Do we call that a Leap Fawkes?
Okay I think we can officially bury Google.
I asked it what time frame the US Election falls within each year and the answer was "It falls on the 5th of november every year since 1845. "
Thanks Google I’ll eh, I’ll do my own research from now on…
Amen, brother. No matter who wins, other will be antagonistic rhetoric and potential violence.
I never knew these type extremist attitudes and conspiracy lovers were that many.
Likely, the violent and extreme rhetoric of the past 8 years will yield a degraded America for years to come.
Once someone sees that such tactics have an effect, the chance of more goes way up.
First polls closing now. Counting will begin soon.
Update: there have been bomb threats at polls all across Georgia. They have been traced back to Russia. Judges are extending hours to make up for the time they had to shut them down to secure the area
Nevada having issues with signatures not matching what is on file mostly with young voters who do not know how to sign their names… … …
Well, us folks who almost exclusively use digital now have pretty sloppy and variable legibility handwriting.
That’s not as good “proof” as it used to be.
I tell people I’m practicing to become a doctor. 
Wait, they can read signatures? How can anybody read signatures? What is this dark magic??
I for one had I don’t know how many mandatory extracurricular lessons at school during which my teacher tried to improve my handwriting, and it was all for naught. My script still sucks, and it turns out nobody cares.
Now what is funny is trying to sign digitally. I’m not sure how you’d ever verify my digital signature in court. It’s like a completely different planet.
Well…just 1 more electoral needed. 4 more years…again…I feel sick.
Musk told a town hall that he will need 24 hr security because he will bring ‘suffering and hardship to many Americans’ just so he can try to erase a small portion of debt. He said those who live off the government will have to find another way to live.
RFK jr promises to remove flouride from all water and ban vaccines.
This is a nightmare. And there are no checks and balances left to stop these people.
So… like… the government? 
Ah yes, because dissenters obviously love dysentery … no? Never mind, I’ll just see myself out.
We are entering strange and worrying times. I’m kind of glad I’m not young - I won’t have to face the aftermath of all this.
I am double checking my beneficiaries. I may not make it through…
Absolutely agree. I wish I didn’t, but I do.
Distopia 2025 & Beyond 
Well this morning wasnt how I expected it to be at all. Typing from hospital A and E, started getting some worrying heart rhythms last night that I brushed off as an anxiety attack for the first six hours but when I realised I was wide awake, chest thumping, and lying down made it feel like my heart was going to explode through my rib cage I decided maybe I should have to where doctors be.
With the day that’s in it, I’m blaming it all on Trump personally 
Don’t worry guys I’m fine, they were happy with ECG and I’m just waiting on bloods now. Been waiting here six hours now so if it was serious I’m sure they’d have come brought me out of the waiting room. Though kinda annoyed it was at its least severe when the ECG was happening, I feel had they done it earlier or I had gone earlier it would have been a more accurate reading but I’ve no idea how those things work, maybe it can see into the recent past.
I was already wondering how I was going to write my “hi I love your game please let me play LNF before I die next week” letter to convince them I’m not a leak risk. I’ll take it to my grave Sean, I swear
That must have been scary. I’m glad to hear it seems not to be too serious.
You’re right to blame Trump, though. If there’s anything to be gained from the last election, it’s that we know who to blame for everything that goes wrong for the foreseeable future.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Hope all is well.
I had terrible episodes like that when I had covid so badly last year.
Anxiety will definitely do it too. And too much caffeine…
Got to the hospital at 5.20 am yesterday morning. Left the hospital at 2 am.
Free health care? Fantastic! Down two doctors on the day you’re in? Have fun waiting eternally 
Pros and cons, but I’ll take the free health care with the long waits any day, if something becomes serious, private is still an option.
So it turns out my anxiety disorder is butting heads with age and getting swirled around by the current climate I inhabit (long story short, my brother is tormenting my father, I would call it elder abuse.). But my heart is clean and clear, despite how much i smoke, no clogs or scarring.
Thanks everyone for the kind and encouraging words.
I must confess I can’t actually blame trump… I ended up avoiding all election coverage yesterday as the heart scare kicked off before it did, and I figured it might be best avoided.
Good thing I did because catching up now via the Some More News live stream (comedy is a good filter to drink american politics through) and you can see in real time the hope fall from their faces as the map behind them gets redder with time.
It was a sad night followed by a somber day.
I had to make myself go outside in the sunshine. I found I was weak and my head was spinning. Then I realized I had not eaten since the popcorn the night before. So I grabbed my keys and headed to a nearby Sonic drive in but on the way, cranked up some Gojira and rolled down all windows. Sped down a back road and into town where I found the drink machine was broken at one place and there was no space at another. Finally ended up at the Mexican restaurant and down by the river to eat it. There was no one else there. It was nice.
I returned home feeling much better.
So glad your heart is in good shape. 
Anxiety is an ugly little monster under your bed. Shine a light on it and chase it away.
Or blast some Gojira at it 
