(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Insomniacs' Late Night Vent Hole - My S-10 Edition [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-09-19 Please read and follow instructions before opening. Or consult your physician. This is a no flame zone. This vent-hole (hereinafter known as IVH), if lost or stolen will not be replaced or purchase price refunded. Violation of IVH rules will result in expulsion without refund. A copy of IVH rules can be obtained from one or more members wearing tie-dyed oxford shirts after written requests. Admission to certain functions within the IVH may require additional innuendo, enter at your own risk. Frivolity and silliness are highly recommended for all riders. Flame wars are expressly forbidden. Please consult your counselor, magistrate or religious functionary before usage. Comment below if you agree with said terms. I do so love being out and about in my little S-10, seeing the expressions on people’s faces, watching their eyes in my rear-view mirror as they read the stickers and some of the delightful conversations that I have had with them. I pulled into a parking lot, the other day and as I was getting out of the truck, a woman said to me, “You must be a die-hard Democrat!” I said, “No, I’m a die-hard Progressive, but I won’t vote for the “NotSee” party and you shouldn’t either!” I was surprised when she agreed with me. I was at my favorite Drive-in food place and the couple in the car to my left gave me a nod and a thumbs up, a couple of other vehicles got me some smiles and one dude left with his tires spinning and a cloud of smoke. He must have been one of those NotSees! Another day I went shopping for food, I went through McDonalds for a breakfast biscuit and drove to the store’s parking lot to eat it. While I was sitting there eating, I watched the people walking past me and noticed their reactions to the stickers. One guy walked slowly past and must have read every sticker on the tailgate, he gave a little chuckle and went on his way. One thing I like seeing is at the traffic lights, I’m sitting there at the red light looking in my mirror and watching the people behind me read the stickers, I get all kinds of reactions, so far, none have been negative. Most will smile, a few will frown, but no one has hassled me yet. Many thanks to Rob in Vermont, I hope he stops in and reads this. He sent me the stickers every time I asked for some and I had 3 of each “flavor”, so three sides of the truck are covered with them. You were right, Rob, they do get read and they do generate a reaction, mostly positive in this Red state at least! I don’t think it is much of a problem getting people to vote blue. The bigger problem is getting people to join the Democrat party and run for office. In this last election, I only had two candidates to vote for, the rest were Republicans running unopposed. It doesn’t do much good to tell people to vote blue if there are no blue on the ballot, that needs to change and soon! I’d run myself if I still had some health, don’t know much about the offices, but I could still stand up to the GOP. I would run for president, knowing I would be a lousy president, but also knowing I would be much better than 45 was. Who is talking to who. SPOILER WARNING: A late night gathering for non-serious palaver that does not speak of that night's show. Posting a spoiler will get your brolly whacked. You don't want that to happen to you. The battle over AI and the writer’s guild continues. Here’s the problem: The writer’s are striking for decent wages for their creativity. The rich that they work for seem to think that they can wait out the writers and instead count on Artificial Intelligence to replace the writers and protect their bottom line. Neither side will budge so I’ve put the Brolly whacker in the closet for now. I wonder if we will ever see late night television like we used to again. Spoil away, this is an open thread. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/19/2193193/-Insomniacs-Late-Night-Vent-Hole-My-S-10-Edition Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/