Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

@randahl Since I'm known for providing too much information, here's some more.

I agree with what was said above about John Doe in the USA. John Doe and Jane Doe are usually used to refer to a specific person(s), (...and several John Does), where the intent is to keep the actual name(s) confidential. So a criminally charged juvenile might appear in public court records as John Doe.

And, there's a new thing that's caught on in the USA in law enforcement circles. It became a standard in written documents to use FNU (first name unknown) and LNU (last name unknown). So you might see FNU Smith, or James LNU, or FNU LNU, used as names. Then people started pronouncing it FNU (finnoo) and LNU (linnoo) when reading such documents aloud and it became part of the standard lingo. So it's pretty common to hear Finnoo Davis or Finnoo Linnoo. Haha.

@lovelylovely They believe and do whatever Fox tells them.

This data is interesting:
https://apnews.com/article/election-harris-trump-women-latinos-black-voters-0f3fbda3362f3dcfe41aa6b858f22d12

@randahl In American English, Joe is more common. Any Joe can do it. So Joe Blow comes in and says...hi.

@karlauerbach @lauren All of the anti-EV sentiment is amusing. Ford announced high profits last quarter, driven by EV sales. Hmm.

Here's the thing that Trump is overlooking. Put these facts together:

ICE is a dying technology and is being phased out by all automakers. EV's are outselling everywhere except the USA. The USA is by no means the biggest auto market. Ford sells more cars in China than in the USA.

EV's are cheaper and easier to make. ICE engines are complex and expensive. If USA trade laws and blockades allowed it, high quality Chinese EVs would be selling here for $12,000.

This means that if you REALLY want an ICE engine vehicle in the future it's going to be either very expensive or unavailable. Ford isn't going to make ICE engine vehicles just for the USA market. It's not worth it.

EV's are catching on in the USA. We're way behind the rest of the world but it's catching on. Gas stations operate on very thin margins so a reduction in demand means they will start going out of business. This is already starting to happen. Finding gas will become difficult and expensive, a long drive to buy fuel. Why do this when you can charge your EV at home? Makes no sense.

So like everything else Trump says, it makes no sense and won't happen.

@Skepticat Yes. Brian Krebs suggested that we not do any driving today. Our brain is defragging and the CPU is overloaded at times.

@ChrisMayLA6 Yes, well, they said the same thing about Hitler in the 1930s. "Oh, he doesn't mean all that. He's just rabble rousing."

This is from my grandmother who lived through it all in Hamburg. Came to the USA in 1946.

@claralistensprechen3rd @rickf No, he just won his get-out-of-jail-free card. OTOH, he's old and in poor health.

In case there was any doubt about brainwashing by Fox and the rest...

@3dogcouch @StillIRise1963 Shockingly gullible, for sure.

Your comment made me chuckle. Living amongst West Virginians I've noticed a common thread. Most every West Virginian I know thinks they're better than everyone else, including their kids and siblings. It's the "me-supremacy" culture.

@StillIRise1963 Yes, obviously that's part of it. When I lived in Florida I was shocked at the racism I saw. But here in West Virginia, I see virtually no racism amongst the white people I associate with. There's intermarriage, my roommate is black, my coworkers are a mixed bag. Nobody seems to care about race. Here, these white folks absolutely adore Trump. "He's like me." "He speaks for me." And he's "not a damned libbural." They hate "crooked Biden" with a fiery passion. These people are politically brainwashed by watching nothing but Fox News. Every home, every barber shop, every bar, it's Fox News. If you throw facts at them their face goes blank and they start yawning. It's a cult with millions of members.

Anyway, I'm not disagreeing with you. There's just more to the equation than racism alone.

@briankrebs That seems like a great way to describe the state my brain is in today.

@billyjoebowers It's certainly the problem here in West Virginia. Here is the epicenter of under-educated, greedy, self-centered, parochial know-it-alls. Just the kind of people Trump appeals to.

But if Trump wins, they'll get theirs -- what they deserve. Hahaha. Stupidity has a price and they're going to pay it.

@Nikolai_Kingsley Yes, but in this case the vomiting is necessary before the drinking. I don't want to waste a good bottle of rum.

@NunavutBirder I'm still jealous. Good luck and stay safe!

It's not looking good, is it? Sometimes I hate being right. Shit.

I think I'll go vomit and then drink a bottle of rum.

First of all, I'm old, and used to be a flag-waving patriot (40-50 years ao). But living as I did for many years overseas, in so-called third-world countries, and observing the behavior of United Statesians traveling in those places, I realized that most are total assholes. They are entitled know-nothings who think they know it all and expect the world to serve them.

From this basis I have been able to predict a lot of things over they past 25 years. The outcome of this election is one of them.

I know it's not over. But just looking at the result map of red versus blue states confirms my observations.

I should have known in the 1970s during the oil crisis when I saw bumper stickers all over Los Angeles saying "Nuke their ass and take their gas". This is how "Americans" think.

I'm starting to think, if I live that long, it will be a pleasure to see China overtake the USA. Not because I'm a fan of China, but because the USA needs to get its ass kicked and learn some respect.