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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Bart has to endure all these unfortunate treatments that make him appear super dorky. Shoes to fix his posture or something, scalp goo which makes his hair flat with a middle part, some inhaler makes him sound like Jerry Lewis and glasses too I think. In this scene his shoes go flying off (I think in a celebratory gesture as he gets to end the treatments) and come flying into the Flanders’ living room. Ned asks the boys “did anyone pray for giant shoes?” One of them pipes up excitedly “I did!!” To which Ned is very chirpily like “well ok then!” And they just keep on doing what they’re doing.












  • Are they doing that thing where they’re publicly claiming to have been invited even though they have not, and forcing the US to now either refute that claim in public, or far more likely just go along with it and allow them to muscle their way in? It works the other way round too where the other party is hesitant but you announce they’ve accepted the invitation and frame it in such a way that it is all but impossible for them to back out without losing face.


  • Sorry man, that’s freaky. Dude sounds unhinged. What info do you have on him from Facebook? The info he says he has on you - how much did he actually prove by stating it? Could be that he just got the minimum info and is making the most of it to make it sound like he knows a lot more.

    When you spoke to him, what kind of accent did he have? Did he sound local?

    Can I ask how you know it was him calling your wife? How were you guys able to block his number without being able to view it?





  • Australia has ranked choice voting but to deal with the inevitable cavalcade of candidates, the process and parties are prepared and offer cheat sheets for their ideologically aligned supporters who are lazy, apathetic or conscientious but less than ideally informed. A candidate and/or their party (there are many, many minority parties) will hand out “How to vote” pamphlets which basically explains to supporters who wish to vote for them, how they recommend ranking the other parties (or candidates for Independents) in the race. In the AUS version of the House of Reps they do this per candidate (many fewer options).

    For the senate race with many times more candidates, they have a split on the voting form with a line drawn between the top and bottom of the ballot. Above the line the parties are listed and below the line, each candidate from each party is listed. States all get 12 senators with half up for election each cycle. Ie in an election 6 senators per state are being chosen. There may be 10 or 12 or more columns to choose from but since only 6 senators are getting elected, in order to cast a vote one can number at least 6 parties in order of preference ABOVE the line, or BELOW the line, you may select at least 12 of the potentially dozens of candidates.

    Basically it helps your average Joe Blow navigate the process if they have a general alignment with at least one of the parties, or often people find themselves ranking backwards based on the lesser of evils.

    This link explains the senate ballot way better than I do. https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/your-questions-on-notice/questions/how-are-senate-below-the-line-votes-directed-what-if-none-of-a-voters-12-preferences-gets-a-quota