Santa Rosa wildfires: Fast-moving blazes devour buildings - CNN



This is happening in Santa Rosa right now. I lived right outside of there earlier this year. I just wanted to let everybody know that Steph (WWWP) is safe. Her friends and family are safe. It looks like her apartment has been spared but that isn't the case for a lot of other people. Whole neighborhoods have been burned to the ground. I called this area home for the beginning of this year. I'm heartbroken to say the least.

Find a gofundme charity for both Sonoma and Napa counties right now because they need it.

Man, **** fires. In the *******. There's nothing worse than when your whole town is in flames. I know 3 people who are certain they've lost their homes and a dozen more who are displaced by the fires (all safe though).

I'm not trying to start up another feud with you but to me that's the antithesis of anarchism.

Of course a vote is just an "X" on a piece of paper, so apart from the choice that it indicates, the act of voting can be interpreted in many ways. I like to think of it as a declaration, "I have the right to an opinion, and I demand that my opinion be counted." That's why I don't buy into OH's interpretation:-

^ The problem with this idea is that no-one in authority interprets a non-vote as "Wow, these guys are ungovernable!" I suspect their reaction is "Wow, these guys really don't care what we do. They are as apathetic as a cow in the field, who also has no say in its governance."

^ For all we know this is precisely what the hapless cow in the field is thinking too.

But people who get elected usually act like receiving votes gives them the right to govern. I have written "**** you" on the ballot before.

Truth. If Buddhism didn't have so much religious baggage it would be pretty alright. It's already alright I guess, but it's still a religion.

More like "I have the right to think one of two things, and I demand that my binary decision be counted."

Our limited options are constructed and established by a machine that's not in our control. The fact that voting is touted as a key example of Americans' liberty is a slap in the face as far as I'm concerned. Voting is part of what keeps those wheels turning.

Almost as unnuanced as framing those as the only two options. Or thinking that either would make the US anything but a playground for corporations.

And thinking that it's wrong because you kinda like one side better is pretty illogical too don't you think.

Strawman argument. Banned.

Is it establishment week at school or something? Party politics is disgusting.