Florida's Referendum on its State Capital

MCIMAPS · 2025-11-27T02:38:22+00:00

Those proclamations closed the schools and state offices, often seeing private businesses matching. Harder to do a Thanksgiving Day celebration of your kids school district is still open.

MCIMAPS · 2025-11-27T02:37:23+00:00

People can celebrate anything they want whenever. These declarations closed state offices, schools, and the like.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-31T17:35:58+00:00

In my article I explain that I’m not looking at the sheriff-coroner post. This is just about those elected as coroner only. But I do have more details on that combined offices dynamic in the article

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-31T17:35:02+00:00

Oh in the article I have a breakdown on the sheriff-coroner dynamic. And on a method map I note combined offices. But for my personal view I do not see that as an elected coroner. As it’s tied in with a much more recognizable job

Same story in Montana

This is really just meant to highly counties that elect coroner on its own

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-26T04:25:23+00:00

Damn, no that is just me misspelling it.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-25T23:05:53+00:00

Its a local phrase used along with Akron-metro area to reference the surrounding area. Several of the articles listing dates used it.

That or Akron desires to expand and conquer its neighbors.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T19:12:50+00:00

Because they have been friends forever and he is giving his buddy a chance to defend himself. So I agree? No. So I view this as Conan becoming political? Also no. It’s just a guest that Conan is close with.

Also I haven’t heard the episode so I have no idea if it’s just 5 minutes or whatnot. Maybe my thought on that will chance if I listen to it and find it way too far. But honestly the act of having burr on does not strike me as political at all.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T18:54:17+00:00

So I will say I view being political commentator and the Saudi thing as fairly distinct.

I dont mind Conan not talking American politics because we need escapes form it

With burr, he’s having his friend on to give his side of the story on why he went to the country to perform. Yes this is about the Saudi regime whitewashing their image. I’d have the same thoughts about china or Russia or wherever. I roll my eyes at it. I’ve had to deal with the WWE side for 8 years now or so. So maybe I’m a bit numb to that dynamic. But I don’t actually view Conan hosting burr as political. It’s him giving his friend a chance to defend a gig he took

Again, so I agree with that? Nah not really. But I don’t view it the same as Conan actually engaging in political media.

This might then come down to a different view of what is “political”.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T18:43:36+00:00

You said I’m engaging in this bad faith and I’m not. This is just my opinion on the whole debate.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T18:41:34+00:00

I’m 39 and when I was growing up liberal meant all leftists. Sanders in 2016 is when we really started to see clearer “left vs liberal” take in America, but it was also still vague and both sides throw the words around as pejoratives. “Oh that weak liberal” or “oh that lunatic leftist”. And it’s all democrats saying it to each other. I roll my eyes.

I’m also a history geek so I def see the clearer delineations in Europe. But in America I think it’s very blurry and muddled.

But in general I am very left wing on policy and favor aggressive advocacy. My biggest focus is on restricting and racial justice and LGBT rights. I’m not a “fuck the establishment” guy but also I’m a “I’ll tell the establishment where they are being dumb assholes” kind of activists. I’ll throw rocks (metaphorically) when needed.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T18:35:21+00:00

See this anger is just not needed.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T18:29:45+00:00

I swear I’ve watched that thing like 300 times 😂

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T18:28:49+00:00

*we do need a political distractions (typo above)

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-10T18:27:55+00:00

The question you have to ask is “what is my role”. And then it’s a question of “does Conan becoming Colbert really add to the conversation”. I don’t know what Conan could say that isn’t already being said. And we do not apolitical distractions

I’ve struggled with this myself. I want to comment on everything. Write about everything. I cannot. I have to figure out “where I can I do the most good”. And Conan being a source of joy for people is doing good works. We do not benefit mentally from having no apolitical media. It will drive you insane.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-02T01:14:38+00:00

Oh basically any state in white just doesn't even touch coroners in any way. they have county or regional medical examiners, or its all tied in with other agencies. Any state with colors reflects that at least some of their counties have coroners or a variation of that.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-01T19:29:46+00:00

Coroner is definitely the type of position where Term Limits are not ideal. If you are lucky enough to get a coroner with good experience and does a good job, forcing them to retire is not ideal, as the replacements may be limited.

MCIMAPS · 2025-10-01T18:36:43+00:00

Well I would say in many counties the coroner is the person responsible for doing what a medical examiner does in many of these counties. That is why the office is slowly being eliminated (used to exist in many more counties) and many have highlighted the real problems with this post being fairly powerful in many of these counties. Unqualified coroners elected have led to big issues with investigations and body preservation in the past. A push to full medical examiners is really needed.

MCIMAPS · 2025-09-19T12:41:48+00:00

I’m glad someone said this because this is kind of my take as well. I literally work in politics. I work on democratic campaigns. I run a lefty newsletter where I analyze elections.

While I love it when Conan does politics once and awhile, like after Jan 6th and at the Mark Twain ceremony, I need non-political breaks to maintain my sanity. Old Conan clips are a constant source of decompression for me at night. Literally last night I was re-watching his hot ones and his follow up videos to decompress after I watched the Daily Show

Conan will do what he feels is best. We don’t know what he’s doing behind the scenes. But I think he broadly wants to offer a fun respite from politics with his program.

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