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RIP: Rosie the Riveter

If Biden were to take Warren as VP pick, I would be thrilled to vote for him for the true outreach it showed.
I do worry there is a loud if smaller  fringe of Bernie supporters and perhaps Russian bots that would declare this as PROOF that everything was rigged, and Warren had stabbed Bernie in the back which is the only down side I can see.
 
Bernie could take Warren as a VP and that would be MY Dream ticket.
But a smarter more balanced move might be for Bernie to find a Centrist he respected and take him her as a VP option
 
 
I would also love to see Yang as a VP. I think with 4 years in the shadow of the president, he would learn SO Much, and he'd be a source of really interesting ideas about transitioning into the future  that our older nom options could use

Character: Sherlock Holmes
  "It is my business to know what other people don't know."  

It helps if you understand that a lot of American voters, on an intellectual level, aren't really sure what they want--but they know on a visceral level what they hate.

True! Material, very, very dreadfully material I had been and am; but why would you say I am mad? My experiences had sharpened my priorities- not destroyed- not scattered them. Above all was my sense of reality acute. I knew all things to be either nonsense or the truth. I had traveled through both. How then, am I mad? Hearken, and observe how rationally, how reasonably I can tell you the whole story.
 
 
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Narnia? There was none! Magic, there was none. I loved the old lion. He had never wronged me. When he took my siblings he kindly let me behind. For his power I had no desire. I think it was his holiness. He had the aura unnatural, a goodness of spirituality that could not, should not exist. Whenever it fell upon me, my shame at my selfishness rose; and so, by degrees- very gradually- I made up my mind to take the life of the old lion, and thus free myself of his holiness forever and purge all such spiritual twaddle by arrow most solid. It was the 'gentle' thing to do.
-Excerpt From Susan's Diary
 
Character: Susan Pevensie (First appeared in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
 

 

Attempted Joke  ≠ successful joke
 
Much to my lament
 
But yes. You're right, of course.

We're supposed to have heroes? 
Huh... I've been doing it wrong
 

True! Material, very, very dreadfully material I had been and am; but why would you say I am mad? My experiences had sharpened my priorities- not destroyed- not scattered them. Above all was my sense of reality acute. I knew all things to be either nonsense or the truth. I had traveled through both. How then, am I mad? Hearken, and observe how rationally, how reasonably I can tell you the whole story.
 
 
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Narnia? There was none! Magic, there was none. I loved the old lion. He had never wronged me. When he took my siblings he kindly let me behind. For his power I had no desire. I think it was his holiness. He had the aura unnatural, a goodness of spirituality that could not, should not exist. Whenever it fell upon me, my shame at my selfishness rose; and so, by degrees- very gradually- I made up my mind to take the life of the old lion, and thus free myself of his holiness forever and purge all such spiritual twaddle by arrow most solid. It was the 'gentle' thing to do.
-Excerpt From Susan's Diary
 
Character: Susan Pevensie (First appeared in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
 

 

Heh 
That last panel made me chuckle

Once upon a gloaming dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
over a book of quaint Lewisian Lore
I came upon a tale so disturbing, I tell you it was quite unnerving
The Adventures of a girl in a place of logic curving, swerving into madness one deplores
"Tis merely a stab at new math," I reasoned, "Merely this and little more"
Yet Alice's wrath shakes me to the core
 
And yet clearly I could read, how Alice made Wonderland bleed
As her curiosity she would feed, from flower bed to Mock Turtle's shore
Ever was her size a changing, by cakes and mushroom bites exchanging
Wonderland she was re-arranging, homes broken and queens endangering
"Curious" She cried, "And curiousor!"
 
Tea parties she crashed, leaving their ruins to smolder
her mad indifference ever colder, picking apart this world ever bolder
Why I think she even killed some soldiers! Scattered them like cards upon the floor
Madness taking her, and remaking her, into a monster any sane man would abhor
"Curious!" She howled, "And Curiousor!"
 
There is no haven, home, or palace-that can keep out the Alice
As she destroys that which is different, different from her!
As she bites growing cakes or drinks from shrinking chalice, now with a thirst for ruining
ruining more!
Alice cries, as her wrath she lets flies!
"CURIOUS! AND CURIOUSOR!"
 
Character Pick: Alice, From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 

I have completed and sent Western Hero to Hero Games to look over and build a cover for.  Its a complete book with all you need to build characters and play the game (minus powers and modifiers etc, as not applicable in a heroic game) with a full campaign setting adapted from the original Western Hero 4th edition, plus tons of adventure ideas, campaign tips, background, maps, etc.
 
Also, I have uploaded a file of The Greatest Guns Who Never Were, a file containing almost 50 fictional characters of western and western-inspired background from books, comics, movies, television, and radio, from Hopalong Cassidy to Mal Reynolds and all points in between.  Its free in the Downloads section and includes full Hero Designer write ups as well as a pdf containing them all and some notes on how they were made.

In an incongruous bit of good health-related news ...the Ebola outbreak in central Africa seems to be shutting down

Changed my mind, picking today as my vision becomes clearer. 
 
Violet Baudelaire, from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. 
 

Another factor in play is the Supreme Court which has agreed to try another case on the Affordable Care Act. If they nuke Obama care any time before the election, it could have have profound consequences ON said election. Biden wants to keep Obamacare and improve it. But if there's nothing to keep, if it's undone before he can take office, what move is he going to make? If that happens, I can certainly see progressives pushing him with "Can we try Universal Health Care NOW, maybe pretty please?"
 
Only the pretty please might be sarcastic
 
If it happens before Biden gets the nom, it might fuel Bernie as few things can.
 

Once upon a gloaming dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
over a book of quaint Lewisian Lore
I came upon a tale so disturbing, I tell you it was quite unnerving
The Adventures of a girl in a place of logic curving, swerving into madness one deplores
"Tis merely a stab at new math," I reasoned, "Merely this and little more"
Yet Alice's wrath shakes me to the core
 
And yet clearly I could read, how Alice made Wonderland bleed
As her curiosity she would feed, from flower bed to Mock Turtle's shore
Ever was her size a changing, by cakes and mushroom bites exchanging
Wonderland she was re-arranging, homes broken and queens endangering
"Curious" She cried, "And curiousor!"
 
Tea parties she crashed, leaving their ruins to smolder
her mad indifference ever colder, picking apart this world ever bolder
Why I think she even killed some soldiers! Scattered them like cards upon the floor
Madness taking her, and remaking her, into a monster any sane man would abhor
"Curious!" She howled, "And Curiousor!"
 
There is no haven, home, or palace-that can keep out the Alice
As she destroys that which is different, different from her!
As she bites growing cakes or drinks from shrinking chalice, now with a thirst for ruining
ruining more!
Alice cries, as her wrath she lets flies!
"CURIOUS! AND CURIOUSOR!"
 
Character Pick: Alice, From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 

Fabulouser and fabulouser 

Once upon a gloaming dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
over a book of quaint Lewisian Lore
I came upon a tale so disturbing, I tell you it was quite unnerving
The Adventures of a girl in a place of logic curving, swerving into madness one deplores
"Tis merely a stab at new math," I reasoned, "Merely this and little more"
Yet Alice's wrath shakes me to the core
 
And yet clearly I could read, how Alice made Wonderland bleed
As her curiosity she would feed, from flower bed to Mock Turtle's shore
Ever was her size a changing, by cakes and mushroom bites exchanging
Wonderland she was re-arranging, homes broken and queens endangering
"Curious" She cried, "And curiousor!"
 
Tea parties she crashed, leaving their ruins to smolder
her mad indifference ever colder, picking apart this world ever bolder
Why I think she even killed some soldiers! Scattered them like cards upon the floor
Madness taking her, and remaking her, into a monster any sane man would abhor
"Curious!" She howled, "And Curiousor!"
 
There is no haven, home, or palace-that can keep out the Alice
As she destroys that which is different, different from her!
As she bites growing cakes or drinks from shrinking chalice, now with a thirst for ruining
ruining more!
Alice cries, as her wrath she lets flies!
"CURIOUS! AND CURIOUSOR!"
 
Character Pick: Alice, From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 

Once upon a gloaming dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
over a book of quaint Lewisian Lore
I came upon a tale so disturbing, I tell you it was quite unnerving
The Adventures of a girl in a place of logic curving, swerving into madness one deplores
"Tis merely a stab at new math," I reasoned, "Merely this and little more"
Yet Alice's wrath shakes me to the core
 
And yet clearly I could read, how Alice made Wonderland bleed
As her curiosity she would feed, from flower bed to Mock Turtle's shore
Ever was her size a changing, by cakes and mushroom bites exchanging
Wonderland she was re-arranging, homes broken and queens endangering
"Curious" She cried, "And curiousor!"
 
Tea parties she crashed, leaving their ruins to smolder
her mad indifference ever colder, picking apart this world ever bolder
Why I think she even killed some soldiers! Scattered them like cards upon the floor
Madness taking her, and remaking her, into a monster any sane man would abhor
"Curious!" She howled, "And Curiousor!"
 
There is no haven, home, or palace-that can keep out the Alice
As she destroys that which is different, different from her!
As she bites growing cakes or drinks from shrinking chalice, now with a thirst for ruining
ruining more!
Alice cries, as her wrath she lets flies!
"CURIOUS! AND CURIOUSOR!"
 
Character Pick: Alice, From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 

Once upon a gloaming dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
over a book of quaint Lewisian Lore
I came upon a tale so disturbing, I tell you it was quite unnerving
The Adventures of a girl in a place of logic curving, swerving into madness one deplores
"Tis merely a stab at new math," I reasoned, "Merely this and little more"
Yet Alice's wrath shakes me to the core
 
And yet clearly I could read, how Alice made Wonderland bleed
As her curiosity she would feed, from flower bed to Mock Turtle's shore
Ever was her size a changing, by cakes and mushroom bites exchanging
Wonderland she was re-arranging, homes broken and queens endangering
"Curious" She cried, "And curiousor!"
 
Tea parties she crashed, leaving their ruins to smolder
her mad indifference ever colder, picking apart this world ever bolder
Why I think she even killed some soldiers! Scattered them like cards upon the floor
Madness taking her, and remaking her, into a monster any sane man would abhor
"Curious!" She howled, "And Curiousor!"
 
There is no haven, home, or palace-that can keep out the Alice
As she destroys that which is different, different from her!
As she bites growing cakes or drinks from shrinking chalice, now with a thirst for ruining
ruining more!
Alice cries, as her wrath she lets flies!
"CURIOUS! AND CURIOUSOR!"
 
Character Pick: Alice, From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 

Once upon a gloaming dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
over a book of quaint Lewisian Lore
I came upon a tale so disturbing, I tell you it was quite unnerving
The Adventures of a girl in a place of logic curving, swerving into madness one deplores
"Tis merely a stab at new math," I reasoned, "Merely this and little more"
Yet Alice's wrath shakes me to the core
 
And yet clearly I could read, how Alice made Wonderland bleed
As her curiosity she would feed, from flower bed to Mock Turtle's shore
Ever was her size a changing, by cakes and mushroom bites exchanging
Wonderland she was re-arranging, homes broken and queens endangering
"Curious" She cried, "And curiousor!"
 
Tea parties she crashed, leaving their ruins to smolder
her mad indifference ever colder, picking apart this world ever bolder
Why I think she even killed some soldiers! Scattered them like cards upon the floor
Madness taking her, and remaking her, into a monster any sane man would abhor
"Curious!" She howled, "And Curiousor!"
 
There is no haven, home, or palace-that can keep out the Alice
As she destroys that which is different, different from her!
As she bites growing cakes or drinks from shrinking chalice, now with a thirst for ruining
ruining more!
Alice cries, as her wrath she lets flies!
"CURIOUS! AND CURIOUSOR!"
 
Character Pick: Alice, From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 

Easier than sending him up in a homemade rocket.
 
(Too soon?  Sorry...)

Sure, you use that new fangled logic and Geee ooo Graphy, see how far that gets you
 
(Reads news:  Your country is doing fine? well, better stick  with that logic and geography stuff then. I'll be over here clubbing a flat Earther with a globe)

The costs of secrecy

Early indications are one common thread is- People under 40 just aren't voting.
I'm not going to shake my fist at every younger person  I see, but I do wish they'd found the motivation to get out more.
 
Warren's gonna catch some unfair flack for this from the more extreme Bernie supporters (And perhaps others pretending to be Bernie supporters) but I don't begrudge her staying in. If we get a brokered convention she can have enough influence to push for some of her agendas even if I don't think she's going to have the superdelegates look at her and go 'hey, you! how did we not see you?'
 
The good news is, maybe I've been wrong, and Biden inspires more folks than I thought he did. 
 
Of course, a lot of the states were in the South... and in the General Election it's gonna go 90% Red anyway. We'll see how the others go, but it looks like ultimately the super delegates will decide.
 
 
 
 

Early indications are one common thread is- People under 40 just aren't voting.
I'm not going to shake my fist at every younger person  I see, but I do wish they'd found the motivation to get out more.
 
Warren's gonna catch some unfair flack for this from the more extreme Bernie supporters (And perhaps others pretending to be Bernie supporters) but I don't begrudge her staying in. If we get a brokered convention she can have enough influence to push for some of her agendas even if I don't think she's going to have the superdelegates look at her and go 'hey, you! how did we not see you?'
 
The good news is, maybe I've been wrong, and Biden inspires more folks than I thought he did. 
 
Of course, a lot of the states were in the South... and in the General Election it's gonna go 90% Red anyway. We'll see how the others go, but it looks like ultimately the super delegates will decide.