Random Musings Today: F*ing Political Ads and Voting

 What's weak this week. Lame, lame, lame.

* Political Ads: 

- If i wanted to watch a Marxist prostitute i wouldn't be watching Hulu.

Was watching Hulu yesterday, there were 12+ ads for Kamala Harris. One political ad is one ad too many.  Worse, the way they do the add with the Green screen and Hulu logo makes it look like it is a Hulu sponsored ad.  Have Hulu due to a $.99/month deal ending near Thanksgiving.

What side is the real cult?  One of the least popular Vice Presidents in history is suddenly Obama cult 2.0 (the whole Obama thing was a media creation).  Can't believe the democrats found someone less likeable than Hillary Clinton, but they have.  As is usual, taking soundbites completely out of context to promote a misleading narrative.

"We're not going back"... something all lemmings want to hear.  When you're on the verge of going over a cliff, going back sounds like a good idea. If the US actually "elects" this fraud, they deserve what they get.

Voting for Harris (who shouldn't be eligible in the first place "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" applies to all foreign nationals, not just diplomats).  Is akin to cartoon physics.  Trust me, you don't want to look down.

- State Political ad: 

Oh no, a gubernatorial candidate said teachers are overpaid and flirted with the idea of partially ending the state monopoly on "education".  They are for what they do (and working 40+ days less than a typical worker with much higher job security).  What is productivity in a service industry?  Number of customers served.  "Teachers" always want more money for doing less work (smaller class sizes, impact highly questionable).

Liberals can seem to grasp the concept that compensation is more than just salary for CEOs, but for teachers, not so much.  Teachers have one of the highest non-salary compensation percentages of any "profession" (somewhere over 60% of total compensation is non-salary).

Any teacher appearing in a partisan political ad should be fired/lose their license.  They are employees of the public - as such it is totally inappropriate behavior.

* Voting:

If voting really mattered, do you think the powers that be would allow it?  No.

Voting is the delusion of having a voice and that your opinions matter.

But do they?  Not really. It is all for show.

Two problems with voter integrity: secret ballot and scale.  If a non-secret election had 5 voters, you could be more sure of the results (could check them).  However, scale it up to 5 million voters and they want you to trust the vote counters.  Should you, when there is an incentive to cheat?  Not really.  It is not truly verifiable.  Also gives them far more cover to actually cheat - not like you have access to verify the results.  There is an incentive to flood the system with votes (real and fake).  Trust the government vote counters, they would never lie.  Just ask Stalin.

Could i find voter fraud given time, access, and money?  Definitely.  Political machines have operated for a long time (yes, they still exist).