10/22-23 Weekend News Roundup and Open Thread

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Canvassed this morning in Poughkeepsie for our local Dem candidates. Pat Ryan for Congress and Julie Shirioshi for State Sebate.

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jcitybone

Let’s start with some classic disco. Here’s Forbidden Love from Madleen Kane (1979)

jcitybone

Also from 1979, The Hills of Katmandu from Tantra

jcitybone

And another from 1979, here’s The Break by Kat Mandu.

orlbucfan

I love music, needless to say.🎼🙂 My favorite genre will always be AA r&b dance music which includes disco.👍 Thisone reminds me of the classic stuff like Chic, etc.

orlbucfan

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orlbucfan

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jcitybone

John and Amy’s “intimate conversation” has more people than any Oz event in the past couple months pic.twitter.com/97uXdjgusI
— Joe Calvello (@the_vello) October 22, 2022

orlbucfan

That’s a pretty skimpy turnout. Now, is that a Fetterman deal? It’s confusing, and his other events have been packed!

jcitybone

Two years of elite liberals chanting "fund more police," dumping on activists about years old protests, helping get reform DAs ousted, unwinding reforms, bumping up police budgets, promoting ex-cop mayors as national figures, and it's done ZERO to soften this GOP crime attack.
— austerity is theft (@wideofthepost) October 23, 2022

orlbucfan

They are neither liberal nor elite.

jcitybone

While the cost of Halloween candy has surged more than 13.1% since last September, the Mars candy bar family became 44% richer during the pandemic increasing their wealth by $32.6 billion. The Mars family is now worth $106.8 billion.
Do you know what’s scary? Corporate greed.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 21, 2022

Halloween Candy Prices
Twix:⬆️53%
Skittles:⬆️41%
Starburst:⬆️30%
Snickers:⬆️12%
M&M's:⬆️12%
Wealth During Pandemic
Mars Candy Family:⬆️44% to $106.8 billion
GOP Plan to Repeal Estate Tax Would Give:
Mars Family: $42.7 billion Tax Break
Yes. Corporate greed is frightening.
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) October 22, 2022

orlbucfan

Good ole price gouging. Morning in America, snort!💩

jcitybone

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/23/us-midterm-elections-early-voting

Early voting in the midterm elections is on track to match records set in 2018, according to researchers, as voters take advantage of both in-person and mail-in voting in states across the country.
More than 5.8 million people had already cast their vote by Friday evening, CNN reported, a similar total to this stage in the 2018 elections, which had the highest turnout of any midterm vote in a generation.
States with closely watched elections, including Georgia, Florida and Ohio, are among those seeing high volumes, with Democrats so far casting early votes in greater numbers.
Republicans, including Donald Trump, have encouraged their supporters to vote in person, citing a mishmash of debunked conspiracy theories about election security.
The New York Times reported that in-person turnout is up 70% in Georgia, where the incumbent Republican governor is facing a tough challenge from Democrat Stacey Abrams and Raphael Warnock, the Democratic US senator, is competing with Herschel Walker. As of Friday about 520,000 people had already cast their ballots during in-person early voting, according to Fox5 Atlanta.
In Ohio more than 943,000 people either voted or requested absentee ballots in the first week of early voting, the Columbus Dispatch reported, an increase of 2.7% over the numbers in 2018.
More than 186,000 ballots were cast in North Carolina on Thursday, the day early voting began, up from the 155,000 ballots cast at the same stage in 2018. CNN, citing the North Carolina State Board of Elections, reported that registered Democrats made up the 42% of the vote, and votes cast by Republicans made up about 29%. Voters are not required to declare a party allegiance.