Creepy Clowns

[plonq]

What the hell is up with this creepy clown meme? I just started hearing about it a week or two back, and today they were talking about a couple of local teens who got arrested for dressing up as creepy clowns and chasing after people. The police gave them a stern lecture and released them under the promise not to do it again.

These people are giving legitimately creepy, psychopathic killer clowns a bad name.

I've been following the current US political cycle with some interest, though I have been largely steering clear of discussing it because there is little rational debate to be had in this election.

I find it hard to side with strong supporters of either main candidate, but partly that's because I thoroughly dislike both of them. I suppose that puts me in with the majority of US voters, because unless things have changed in the last few days, these are the two most unpopular candidates ever to enter the running against each other. I can't shake the feeling that the only reason Trump is not trailing by a landslide right now is because Clinton is so unpopular as well.

It's not like there were not polls during the primaries warning of this, but the Democrats were jizzing so hard at the prospect of following up the first black president with the first female one that they ignored those warnings.

I hope she wins, not because I like her in the least - I think she's a political hack and corporatist in all the worst ways - but because Trump would be an unmitigated disaster. Worse, if anything happened to him after the election then Pence would be in charge. He's even worse.

This election has all the earmarks of having the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election - which, historically, would be bad for Clinton. It's scary to think that an evil clown could win the office because people could not swallow back the bile long enough to get out and vote for somebody they hate.

Regardless of who you support (or least detest) in this election, do everyone a favour and get out and vote. Don't let this election be decided by cynical voter apathy.

There is a community garden by the farmers' market. I took this picture last weekend, and by this weekend the vines were naught but wilted black traces on the ground following a hard frost. This is the latest frost I can recall in these parts.


Merry likes to help with making the bed. She's such a big help.

Comments

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

Pence would be in charge anyway. He's mentioned that Cheney is his role model. Trump obviously isn't going to be putting in any hard work.

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Kinda like Bush's presidency?

[orleans.livejournal.com]

Hilary's okay. I don't think she's as bad as a lot of her detractors make her out to be. She's not terribly charismatic and is no populist or progressive (not that Obama was either) but I feel comfortable about the US if she's president.

Whatever her shortcomings, there's no comparison with Trump. Trump is a psychopath who could do serious damage to Western Civilization if elected. I don't mean simply causing instability or recession, I mean serious damage to the point where you do not have anything close to the lifestyle you currently have today in 4 years.

[tydence.livejournal.com]

We are getting hit really hard with ads down here. I'm thinking the strategy is to burn everyone out to the point of not voting.

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Trump's a loose cannon and has little regard for women and Hillary's a witch and a serial liar. :/

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I don't think that Clinton is a serial liar - in fact, fact checkers have confirmed that when she speaks, she is actually very truthful as politicians go.

In my mind, she is more guilty of fact omission. It's not a problem with what she is saying, as with what she is not saying. She is very hawkish, and very much in bed with Wall Street. Is she planning to expand US involvement in the various fronts they are fighting? Will she escalate things with Russia over Crimea? Will she make any moves to reign in Wall Street and hold bankers accountable for the 2007 Ponzi fiasco, or will she follow her husband's lead and loosen regulations even more?

She has the luxury of glossing over all kinds of things because her campaign pivots on, "Vote for me because Trump is such a train wreck." If the Republicans had actually fielded a serious candidate then I don't think this election would even be close. The election has been Clinton's to lose since the Republicans fielded an orange (if dangerous) clown as their front man, and she knows it. She's purposely playing it very close to the chest.

I can't say I blame her. I'd vote for her if I was living south of the border, but only to keep Pence as far as I could from the White House.

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Hillary received 4.2 million for her campaign and her PACs got 18.7 million from Wall Street. She calls herself an outsider but it was really Bernie. He's actually an Independent, not a Democrat.

I didn't vote for Trump in the primaries and I'd rather vote 3rd party next week. Hillary didn't accomplish that much as Secretary of State either. She voted in support of the Iraq War in 2003. Many of her ads are of people watching Trump say something stupid on TV. XD

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the better term for her is Two-Faced. She even said that she has a public view and a private view. Then again, most politicians are like that. Make a bunch of promises to get your vote and once the election has passed they fail to deliver.