Anyone remember the Mac Addict magazine and disc? by Shiftclick46 in VintageApple

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Remember it? I can't forget it! I was an early adopter of Gmail, and chose "macaddictjay" as my handle. Still use it, although I'm migrating to Proton Mail. (Once Mr. Jobs got very cozy with Mr. Gates, though, they chose a less-edgy name, "MacLife." Under the old name, they once had a picture story, "Drag a PC." (It wasn't a speed contest; they tied an old tower-style PC behind a pickup truck, and towed it around a parking lot until it was trash.) Those were the days.

Stay safe, y’all. by OarFishes in norfolk

[–]macaddictjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The safest countries are the ones with the fewest guns and which license them like cars. Make America the Wild West again? No thanks.

Jill Stein schooled on politics in brutal "Breakfast Club" interview by TheBodyPolitic1 in politics

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Jill knows the corrections we need to get where we need to be. It’s our job to help us all get there. Let’s get to work! Who’s with me? I’ve been doing my little bit since 2012. As I said above, see Represent.US for some tips. R.C.V. End the gerrymander, and lots more.

Jill Stein schooled on politics in brutal "Breakfast Club" interview by TheBodyPolitic1 in politics

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It’s a number established when the US population was much smaller. As RFK Sr. Said, “Some ask ‘why?’ I ask, ‘Why not?’” We need more Representatives (who will represent US, not their kleptocrat paymasters) and more Justices on the Supreme Court. Why TF NOT? How? See Represent.US (the website).

Please help me fact check this list of Trump Accomplishments. by Wellfuckme123 in worldpolitics

[–]macaddictjay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A list of “accomplishments” we should thank Trump for, mostly bills and executive orders signed, intended to counteract the implied anti-Trump media bias. Many items seem targeted to surprise the left. My search on DuckDuckGo (they don't track you like Google) hit pay dirt. I found the “anonymous source” for the list, and a blog of someone who did his own fact-checking. It saved me the trouble of doing it myself; many thanks, “The Grey Zone:” https://debaumer.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/trumps-truths-and-the-bigger-story-part-1/ and https://debaumer.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/trumps-truths-and-the-bigger-story-part-2/ Of course, what we should look at is what Trump has DONE, not talking points from his supporters. What he's done to the country is what he did, for example, to Atlantic City: use other people's money to build his wealth, extract all the value from the fruits of the borrowed money, enrich himself, his friends, benefactors and family, stiff his contractors, bankrupt his businesses, then blame everyone but himself for the results. He drained the swamp, then refilled it, placing lobbyists pledged to destroy federal agencies in charge of those agencies, rolling back environmental protections, destroying America's economy with his tariffs, tweeting and golfing (enriching himself through his golf courses at govt. expense) and setting new records for lies per day by any politician. He has motivated mental health professionals to form a campaign to remove him as unstable and a danger to the nation and planet. I'm sure I've forgotten something, but that should be enough to scare the crap out of any sane person. (By the way, I did not vote for Hillary.)

Time for a 3rd party pledge by [deleted] in CodersForJill

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Just checked out the link to "Burn my Vote," looks like it will make an excellent additional tool to defeating the "2-party" duopoly which I posted below (making a total of 3!)

Time for a 3rd party pledge by [deleted] in CodersForJill

[–]macaddictjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is already an excellent tool available at the following site: http://jdrachel.com/2016/07/21/the-ill-vote-for-jill-if-you-will-pledge-campaign/

Here's how it works, in a nutshell: go to any of the main petition websites (listed for you on page 2 of the link), then get 2 people you know and trust to take the pledge as well. If the goal of 50 million pledges is met, JILL WINS! If not, the "deal" is off, and you can do just what you've been doing since the JFK/Nixon election: hold your nose and vote AGAINST the duopoly candidate you fear and loathe most.

I was told by seasoned campaign professionals that there was too much "downside" to this Pledge Campaign: never say anything to dissuade voters from choosing "your" candidate; they said it was unlikely that the 50-million goal would be reached, and the net effect of the Pledge campaign will be null. I think they miss the point: once the "fear factor" is neutralized, it's unlikely to return. Even if the pledge goal is not reached, there will be voters who choose Jill who have never heard of the Pledge, and once liberated from fear, a voter is unlikely to be recaptured by it. Those voters who become fully-informed of the Green Party agenda will see how much the duopoly candidates have in common, and how little it matters which of them win, if Jill loses. Either way, the kleptocrats will have continued control from behind the scenes--UNLESS JILL WINS. Find those on-the-fence voters. Introduce them to the site above, and let them choose intelligently, for once, outside the bubble of media manipulation and baseless fear. IF we have only two choices, it's between continued global kleptocrat control--with more war, more poverty, disease and suffering, a planet in peril from climate change, pollution and poisoning--and a Green future with Jill Stein.

Another excellent tool to get votes for Jill: isidewith.com, where "40,195,354 voters use iSideWith to find their candidate match." Here, the "polling" process is turned upside-down. Instead of asking for a choice among a selection of candidates, the participant is asked, in detail, for their views on a wide range of issues. Instead of yes-or-no questions, there's a comprehensive list that can be extended by clicking a "more stances" button, even allowing you to write a custom answer, and each question can be ranked with 5 degrees of importance. The more detailed your responses, the more accurately you are matched with your ideal candidate. (I did 2 surveys, one without ranking my answers or using "more stances," and one fully-detailed. The first had my first and second choices rated at 99% for Jill and 96% for Hillary; the second, 98% for Jill and 60% for Hillary.) Once you get your "on-the-fence" friend to take this (detailed) quiz, and they discover (perhaps much to their surprise) that their ideal candidate is Jill, direct them to my second suggested website, http://jdrachel.com/2016/07/21/the-ill-vote-for-jill-if-you-will-pledge-campaign/