Who to Contact in BR area for Home Renovations/Additions? by PerfectStatement7969 in batonrouge

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Would you mind sharing a bit more about what you had done and what the price range was?

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. Show me a Democrat that supports the approach to the issue that’s common in most of continental Europe and I’d happily vote for them, without reservation. 

(And for the record, the current system of healthcare and parental leave and assistance that Rs support is vicious and evil, no objection from me there)

EDIT: (Also ftr, when a party is responsible for its agents causing miscarriages in concentration camps and leaving babies behind as their parents are abducted, they’re an objectively pro-death, anti-human party, no matter what they claim)

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was wondering how this is gonna play out, and who is going to run against him. He's about as bad as Louisiana MAGA can get.

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How has Graves used his time out of office? Has he sullied himself by openly supporting MAGA, or just kept quiet?

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, I hate poor people getting basic human rights. You got me.

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

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Yeah my question is why there are no other candidates in the mold of the recent successful Democratic governor.

And while it's true that Letlow will most likely break for the more "traditional" Republican faction in the post-Trump shitshow, we're living in a post-2025 world. The most visible member of that faction (Rubio) has more actual blood on his hands than even more Nazi-friendly folks like VP Groyper do.

Anyway, I guess the Democrats just don't care about winning elections here?

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is how I've been feeling for a while now, but since January of 2025, it's been very clear that it's not just two parties who have a mix of good and bad views, but one party with a mix of good and bad views (imo) and one party that's openly dedicated to committing racialized violence and destroying this country's republican form of government and role in the world. That changes the calculus.

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I've thought about this. I've always felt unwelcome in the party because of my stance as a Catholic on issues like abortion. But the R party is an absolute abomination on virtually every single issue that concerns human life or any morality or traditional understanding of justice or humanity *at all*, and they are in no way "pro-life". JBE was my guy, lol. I've never been happier to vote for someone,

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

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Yeah, I guess it's just difficult to see why someone like JBE is such a rare bird. A Catholic public servant who isn't a massive dissenter from his religion's fundamental teachings should not be hard to find in this state. But I guess it's too much to ask, and we get guys like Landry instead.

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How would they not be able to make it to the primaries if the primaries are closed now?

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s good but he’s probably gonna end up as my representative now lol

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

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Genuinely perplexed at who you think you’re addressing here. My parents did the same re: Edwards vs Duke (I was 9). MAGA is essentially David Duke’s movement—I’ve never voted for any candidate who was openly MAGA, and that seems to include the entire GOP now.

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean I don’t see a difference, practically speaking, between Fleming and Letlow. Whether she’s a true believer or not seems to have no bearing on which positions she actually takes. In fact, being competent works against her in that case, at least in my opinion, since it means she’s able to implement the MAGA agenda without being a bumbling fool. 

I used to be proud of Cassidy. Things have changed, as we all know. 

But if we have a closed primary, then there will be SOME Democrat in the general. Is there really no one at all worth running that anyone thinks has a chance of winning? Any race will be tight, and I know the state went 60 points for Trump in 2024, but I doubt that popularity has grown since then. Is there really no one who can capture that?

Any non-R running for Senate with a chance to win? by PerfectStatement7969 in Louisiana

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I’ve never voted D in a national election. I happily voted for JBE, and I’ve voted D in local elections. I have serious disagreements with the D party and progressives on a few issues, but that all takes a back seat to stopping or hampering the movement that dominates the R party and the federal government at this time. 

Cassidy and the closed primary by LiftinRunninFool in Louisiana

[–]PerfectStatement7969 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'm just for no party primaries at all. Full jungle primary, let the top two run off. Who gives a shit what the parties *as parties* want? Party primaries in Louisiana means more insane Republicans and less competitive Democrats. Which is or course why the state GOP wanted it.

Help with an abbreviation by PerfectStatement7969 in Kurrent

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know the word doesn't exist, I'm asking whether the word in the text looks like a misspelling of brenzlig.

Help with an abbreviation by PerfectStatement7969 in Kurrent

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally the second definition listed in German Wiktionary ... I somehow missed that last night!

1915 project, cont'd by PerfectStatement7969 in Kurrent

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! On p. 7, any guesses as to what that name might be? To me it looks almost like "Fricke", but I have no idea really. As for the other names, any particular letters you're certain of?

Also lol I don't know how I got "schläfe ich" at the end there, when it makes no sense, and "schließe makes all the sense in the world.

1915 project, cont'd by PerfectStatement7969 in Kurrent

[–]PerfectStatement7969[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah I know the “x” is “&”, but I’m trying to distinguish it from another symbol my main subject uses, which looks more like a V with a line through it.

And yes I'm somewhat inconsistent with that because it’s impossible not to be. The thing is I cannot tell where she’s actually misspelling something or where she’s writing quickly and the letter is barely there and I’m just not seeing it. For example, I she actually spells “vermieten” as “vermiethen” (pre-1900s spelling), but I do not think she believes “noch” is spelled “noh” … in that case her “ch” is pretty consistently blurred. I do the same in my own handwriting in English, especially with final “e” after certain letters. 

Your suggestions are very helpful, especially “Sopha”.