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Sancho

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November 3, 2018

So far in Pinellas County, FL (Clearwater, St. Petersburg)...looking very interesting...

early voting is high.
https://www.votepinellas.com/Election-Information/Elections/Current-Upcoming-Elections/2018-General-Election/Voter-Turnout

Democrats: 102,213
repubs: 102,067
NPA: 51,027
Other: 1813

So far, 38.56% have voted.

Let's hope this continues on Tuesday. Usually the early vote goes to the GOP, because the older folks vote early and with mail in ballots. If the trend holds, we will have a Democratic Governor!

November 3, 2018

AM Joy is really good today, but not many discussions here...

Stacy Abrams was a highlight, but lots of other interviews about voting rights.

Obama was here in Florida yesterday - still amazing. Gillum had to quit campaigning because of another shooting in Tallahassee......

If you haven't voted - go vote and take someone with you. If you have already voted, then go find a non-voter and drag them to the polls.



October 19, 2018

Revealed: Rick Scott's financial link to botched SunPass contract

http://steveschale.squarespace.com/blog/2018/10/19/florida-2018-peyton-manning-days-18-until-the-election.html


TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has financial ties to the vendor that operates the troubled SunPass toll-collection system.

Scott's financial link to the SunPass vendor is at least the seventh reported example of the wealthy governor's personal investments in corporations that do business with or are regulated by the state he governs.

Private investments made by the Scotts have raised alarms before about a possible conflict between the governor's duties and his personal life. Other investments that posed questions involve health care, a high-speed rail system, a natural gas pipeline, prescription drugs, mosquito control and an oil services company.

The blind trust has been a subject of legal challenges. A case pending in the First District Court of Appeal would require Scott to disclose more details about his blind trust.


A basket of deplorables...
October 8, 2018

I'm on the west coast...looking at 4ft higher tides and 50 knot winds here in 2 days...

but the people in the Pensacola are going to have it rough.

Hurricane Michael keeps ramping up. The water is really warm.

I just went down and double tied the boat.

October 1, 2018

More dirt on the Screaming Senator from SC (Lindsey)...

https://investigaterussia.org/media/2018-09-11/russian-money-behind-grahams-growing-defense-trump

Is Russian Money Behind Graham's Growing Defense of Trump?

The Intellectualist, a left-leaning news aggregator, points out that Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has received at least $800,000 in campaign donations from a man with ties to Putin-allied oligarchs, which could explain why the Senator has been increasingly supportive of President Trump lately.


Follow the money...this article lays it out.
October 1, 2018

Lindsey (the screaming senator) also has memory issues...

https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2018/09/lindsey-graham-badgers-sonia?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=2906

Lindsey Graham Badgers Sonia Sotomayor Over Her 'Temperament'

That time when Sen. Lindsey Graham pretended he cared about the "temperament" of a nominee for the Supreme Court, during Sonia Sotomayor's hearing on July 14th, 2009.


Just watch the linked video.
September 30, 2018

'Mostly false:' Politifact vets 9 Rick Scott ads, finds all 9 are false

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/taking-names-scott-maxwell/os-ne-rick-scott-lies-politifact-bill-nelson-scott-maxwell-20180928-story.html

If I told you there were lies in politics, it would probably shock you about as much as if I told you there’s water in the ocean.

This campaign season, however, we’re seeing something more extreme — falsehoods in nine of the nine Rick Scott ads vetted by the Pulitizer Prize-winning fact-checkers at Politifact.
Yes, nine out of nine.

It’s almost impressive, yet hardly surprising, as Scott has used lies to distract from his own record every step of his political career.

The feds said his company used kickbacks and phony billing to steal from American taxpayers — the same people Scott was now asking for votes.
It was almost like someone robbing your house and then asking you to elect him head of the neighborhood watch.
September 27, 2018

Who did a better job of testifying to a committee? Brett or Hillary??

We know one thing...this asshole is not SC material.

He's a little boy caught with blueberry pie on his face.

September 27, 2018

Cover Up Bowl: Ohio State vs Penn State

7:30 PM

Beaver Stadium

University Park, PA

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