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She said it was a slow start with a strong finish lol She could have said he had a cold or something. I don’t know. Maybe she should have said, “one night doesn’t overshadow 3.5 years of accomplishments.” Instead, she’s pretending like he had a great performance tonight.

Harris is getting interviewed now and she’s in total denial about this. It’s scary. Wow. She definitely can’t be the nominee at the top of the ticket, no offense.

I don’t think he’s going to step down on his own. He’s in denial or something. He’s going to have to be convinced, kind of like when in the 70s, Nixon had to be told to resign from the presidency with the whole Watergate thing. But who is going to step up and convince him to step down? They need to figure out something quick because you don’t want this mess lingering into the DNC.

The way it works is the process for replacement, assuming it happens, is going to take some time. We won’t be hearing about Biden stepping down tomorrow, but some people close to him HAVE to give him the honest, hard truth. You know that Trump is going to refuse to participate in any future debates, so this is probably the one and only shot Joe had to ease concerns. Joe has to step down. There’s no rebounding from this.

RFK is definitely pulling some Trump voters. He pulls from both sides, but more from republicans I think. They have Joe in the background now doing thumbs up and smiles. How much in denial is he? Oh boy. Someone needs to give the truth to him. Wow. Chanting “four more years.” We are fucked

There was a lot of talk about how unusually early this first debate was this year. The Biden administration pushed for an early debate. I wonder if they did that on purpose to give them more time to get Joe to step aside? I’m watching CNN and oh boy it’s crazy. They’re freaking out about Biden, justifiably so, but they’re also in denial saying that Trump did just as bad. I don’t think he did well on policy or demeanor, but the average voter isn’t a political junkie. They saw a weak, frail old man and a confident sounding old man. I’m glad they talked about third party candidates a bit. As kooky as RFK Jr. is, he is polling well above Jill Stein for example. Maybe this election cycle will finally be the one that begins to pave away for a third party candidate, maybe in 2028?

Trump: He wants to raise your taxes 4x Trump: He said he wants to get rid of this tax and get rid of that tax One guy mumbles incoherently and the other speaks confidently, but incoherently We are so doomed

He’s really bad at that, but tbh most politicians suck at answering any question directly.

I legit can’t tell if I’m crying or laughing right now

Trump gets asked about climate change and he rambles on about police Trump: “We had H20” WTF

They can at the convention. But damn. They shouldn’t have waited so long. I think the rationale was that they didn’t want to look weak by having Biden step down, but it’s going to look even worse if he’s forced to step down last minute

haha that’s a good analogy. Old folks home bickering

Less than 1% of abortions take place in the 3rd trimester. It’s really a rare scenario, but some people lead you to believe that doctors are going around performing abortions in the 9th month all of the time. It’s very uncommon.

Can’t stand Trump, but that was a good line about Biden not being able to talk. If this was a toss up going into tonight, it’s really tilting toward Trump now

The weird thing is, he has sounded OK in recent appearances. But, he’s also not out there a lot in the spotlight. So it’s really bad luck if he happened to come down with something on debate night. I don’t think he’s on his death bed like many people on the right would lead you believe, but he’s definitely not helping his case tonight They're both way too old. Can we stop nominating old white men to arguably the most important job in the world? Come on.

Yeah. That was my first impression. He sounds bad

What the debate commission does to prevent third party candidates from participating is just wrong. I think it’s been 32 years since there was a third party candidate included in an official presidential debate? (Ross Perot in 1992) Third party candidates have to get unrealistic results in polls to qualify for the debates, but they aren’t included in many polls and most mainstream news outlets don’t give them the light of day. How are you supposed to get 15% in the polls when almost no one knows you’re even running for president? I think RFK Jr. has some whacked out ideas, but it would be very interesting if he were up there. It’s too bad we haven’t had a serious third party contender in so long. I actually think that Gary Johnson in 2016? wasn’t bad, but the media had it out for him had effectively killed his chances after a gotcha question was painted into a major gaff. Anyway, it’s started!

Is it bad I’m kinda looking forward to this debate? Mostly for entertainment purposes though. We know there’s not going to be much serious policy discussion. It’s either going to be just plain annoying or a total sh!tshow. But I can’t look away from the train wreck

I think most of us can agree that the two party system (duopoly) we have in the U.S. is super fucked, but it’s not changing anytime soon, unfortunately.

A friend of mine from NY really wants me to go to an Avril show with her. Is it worth it? I love her, but the setlist is short and I’d need to fly out to NY. Plus my friend already has lawn tickets and I’m kind of a seat snob at concerts. It’s at a big amphitheater and it’s like nosebleed out there. On the flip side… the ticket prices are cheap, flights aren’t too bad, I have never seen Avril before and I haven’t seen my friend in a few years. Should I go for it? The show is in August, so there’s some time, but I think flight prices will probably start going up soon. I’m torn. I’ve also been spending a lot on traveling and concerts lately, so my bank account won’t be too happy

For whatever reason, I kind of glossed over this album when it was released. I always liked her, but her earlier stuff really did it for me. Anyway, I went back to listened to GWNF a few times today and wow, now I feel dumb for not listening to this sooner. I probably tried to listen to it in a certain mood, didn’t get too far and wrote it off. My first impression sometimes fails me. I think Cape God rubbed me the wrong way. It definitely has some solid tracks, but had some others I didn’t care for that much. This new record feels really well rounded, a very consistent vibe and a jam that I can really work with. Weird World, Girl With No Face, Off With Her Tits, John and Jonathan, Galina and Saddest Smile are my favs, with the last being my absolute fav, probably. I love the title track too. Ugh it’s hard to just pick one. Another random note, I always loved the album art of hers where she’s carrying a book and papers are floating. It inspired me to go out and shoot something similar. I’m still working on taking pictures of myself and it took a ton of takes to get a shot that I was sorta satisfied with. I lowkey wanna try a shoot like that again, lol. I even know a few old churches that look just like that one below, but I wanted to be original:

Venues need to be better about having water available (free when the weather conditions are objectively dangerous for prolonged time outdoors), or at least have less restrictive policies about bringing water bottles in. If venues are worried about people spending less money, please. A large number of people are going to want more than a water anyway and the prices are so jacked up that they’re not going to lose much by letting people bring in water. (Most people will probably finish a bottle long before the show even starts)

Unfortunately, I think a lot of venues are like this. They just wing it and don’t seem to have effective safety protocols in place. When I saw her in Dallas last year and a severe storm came through, it was total chaos. They’re lucky the storm wasn’t any worse with hail and wind, because it was close to being a disaster. You’d think a city in tornado alley, or a professional ball park would have better plans in place for severe weather. It’s not like people didn’t see this coming. Sure, the average fan isn’t glued to a radar app or something before a show, but you’d think they could afford to have one qualified person keeping an eye on the weather. It sounds like they scrambled last second when the storm was closing in, but it was pretty clear with 60-90 minutes lead time that it was going to storm pretty bad. Do they just hope for the best and wait for the worst? Just weird.

Yeah, I think the only ways you completely cancel are if the lightning continues, the heavy rain doesn’t end or it’s otherwise too dangerous for the show to go on. If the curfew was later, maybe she could have actually done a full show? Aside from fans who came all the way out there and waited all day, there’s probably pressure from the musical guests, promoters, etc. for it to go on too. At least she got a full hour in.

Weather can be tough to predict as we know. No option is going to please everyone and any choice is going to piss off a lot of fans. The problem is the terms we agree to when buying tickets for shows, flights, etc. Unless you pay extra for insurance, you’re kind of screwed if something like this happens. Edit: I understand that partial shows aren’t covered by insurance or anything like that. At least I don’t think they are? Hopefully she can schedule a few more dates around the country later this year, but the one special birthday show can’t be fully replaced. I feel for everyone, but can’t help but think we should be thankful we got any show at all last night.