The Off Topic Topic

[Malthus]

Every time I hear on the news about the kidnapping of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram, I get A Lighter Shade of Pale stuck in my head. 

[derspiess]

I voted today-- twice

[Valmy]

I voted today-- twice

If only there was a voter ID law to keep this from happening.

[derspiess]

I voted today-- twice

If only there was a voter ID law to keep this from happening.

All such laws are racist.

[garbon]

I voted today-- twice

If only there was a voter ID law to keep this from happening.

I was going to say - I guess that's how he knows it is a real problem.

[derspiess]

It's all legal, guys.  I just tell my wife what boxes to fill in.

[Ideologue]

You don't see that many immigrants voting for the American Party.

[MadImmortalMan]

It's all legal, guys.  I just tell my wife what boxes to fill in.

This, guys, is why single women vote so differently than married ones.

[garbon]

It's all legal, guys.  I just tell my wife what boxes to fill in.

This, guys, is why single women vote so differently than married ones.

This one example of a wife letting her husband decide how she votes holds true universally?

[crazy canuck]

It's all legal, guys.  I just tell my wife what boxes to fill in.

This, guys, is why single women vote so differently than married ones.

Agreed, if a women is married to a dumbass she will most likely vote opposite to what the dumbass says even if the party she is voting for doesnt deserve her vote.

[PDH]

This one example of a wife letting her husband decide how she votes holds true universally?

Probably

[crazy canuck]

Every time I hear on the news about the kidnapping of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram, I get A Lighter Shade of Pale stuck in my head. 

I was thinking eactly the same thing

[derspiess]

You don't see that many immigrants voting for the American Party.

They didn't have a primary in Ohio, sadly.  Anywho, for our GOP ballot, only like 2 or 3 races were contested.  As for the ballot issues, on Issue 1 we grudgingly voted yes for Ohio to continue selling bonds for infrastructure improvement.  And we voted yes to renew the county tax levy to help retarded people.

[CountDeMoney]

This one example of a wife letting her husband decide how she votes holds true universally?

It's a gender-specific role thingy.

[Caliga]

Today I have a consultant originally from Cluj coming in to the office.  Should I take him to: a blood bank for lunch.

If Tamas was here, I guess I'd let him beat the dude up too.

I took him out to lunch (Mexican, not a blood bank), and check this out:  I didn't bring up Dracula... he did

I forget how the conversation started but basically he started by saying how great Wallachia was because they were the only country in the Balkans to defeat the Turks... even though they had to pay tribute they weren't actually conquered.

He was shocked when I was able to keep up with him on the history of this era and then said "Then you probably know Vlad Tepes was a great ruler and not a monster as most Western people say!"  I was like "Umm, but he impaled people and all that" and he said "Yes, but he was fair and did it to everyone, boyar or not.  If you were a bad person, you got spiked, period."  He also told me the story (which I already knew) about how Vlad kept a golden cup at a well and travelers marveled how it was never stolen, because everyone was too terrified of Vlad to dare take it.