#katrilli

[slowmarket]

ミサイル発射のアラートで、 今日の朝は慌ただしかったですね。 登校も大丈夫かと心配になりました。 来たらどうすれば良いのか、 私はイマイチ理解しきれてません。 頑丈な建物といっても、、 田舎では木造の家しかないし。 地下なんてまずないです。 来たぞ、怖いぞじゃなくて、 来たらどうすれば良いのかを、 わかりやすく報道してほしいです。 日本海側に落下の可能性が高いなら尚更、 田舎の地域の人はどうするのかとか。。 ▷ 夏休みも終わりました。 私も通常モードに戻しつつあります。 またオススメのお品など載せますね。 少し早いですが、秋の訪れの前に、 涼しい季節にぴったりの器たちを。 アラビアのfaenzaとkatrilliです。 ツヤっとしたブラウンのプレートで、 秋のティータイムやお食事を楽しんで欲しいです^ ^ どちらもオンラインショップに掲載していますので、 是非ご覧くださいね。 #北欧ビンテージ #北欧ヴィンテージ #北欧雑貨 #vintagefabric #arabiafinland #faenza #katrilli #ヴィンテージファブリック

[slowmarket]

最近チョコレートばかり食べてます。 寒いと自然と手が伸びますね。 濃いコーヒーとチョコレートは 冬の楽しみの一つです。 チョコレート色の器も今の季節だからこそ、 たくさん楽しみたいもの。 こんなにつやっとして愛らしい器、 今の季節に良いですよね^_^ 次回の更新でご紹介の予定です。 来週金曜日になりますので、 楽しみにお待ちいただけたら嬉しいです！ #北欧ヴィンテージ #北欧ビンテージ #北欧雑貨 #arabiafinland #アラビア #katrilli #カトリーリ

[aikavanha]

Arabia Katrilli munakupit 6kpl Hp.190€

Myyty

[iwriteaboutfeminism]

I voted in Vermont! It was my first time voting in a primary and my first time voting in Vermont (I'm originally from New Hampshire). I was a little scared if only because I went alone, but it was actually really easy and didn't take long at all.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

Did you vote today in a Super Tuesday state?

[iwriteaboutfeminism]

Superdelegates: Who they are and why they’re bad for democracy

How the United States chooses which candidate from the Democratic and Republican parties will be their nominee for President is based on a delegate system. It is not strictly who gets the most votes, but who gets the most delegates. (Our general election for President is run the same way, through the Electoral College, but that’s a topic for another day.) Each state has a certain number of delegates (generally based on population) and depending on the results of the popular vote, the delegates are split between the candidates proportionately. Seems fair enough, even if it’s not as straightforward as relying strictly on the actual number of votes.

In the Democratic party, there are 4,763 delegates among the 50 states, Washington DC, and the several US territories. The primary elections take place from February to June, ending in the party’s National Convention, this year from July 25-28th. At the convention, the delegates for each candidate are counted and whoever has the majority (at least 2,382) becomes the nominee for President.

The problem comes in when you factor in the votes of the superdelegates. These are 712 delegate votes (15% of the total) that are not bound to follow primary election results. They can vote for whichever candidate they choose, even if that candidate would otherwise lose the nomination because the other candidate earned more delegates based on primary and caucus votes. This is not democracy.

We have relied on the primary/caucus system of selecting party nominees since the late 1960s. Before then, candidates were chosen by party insiders. The strong civic activism of the 60s pushed for the change, recognizing how clearly undemocratic it was to leave such an important decision up to a privileged few. By 1982, Democratic party insiders had had enough and wanted to take back some control. So they created superdelegates.

Who are these superdelegates? Democratic party insiders. They include every Democratic member of the Senate and House, every Democratic governor, and hundreds of Democratic Mayors, State party Chairs and Vice Chairs, and other current and former party leaders. Basically, members of the party establishment who are inclined to support the establishment candidate; in this case, Hillary Clinton. Currently, over half of the superdelegates have already announced their support for Clinton.

It’s important to say that the superdelegates are able to change their minds at any point leading up to the National Convention. In early 2008, the superdelegates were also leaning toward Clinton, though not in numbers quite as high as this year. Eventually, though, many of them moved over to supporting Senator Obama. It is misleading, therefore, for media outlets to report that Hillary is leading the delegate count by hundreds when, according to the results of our two actual elections so far, Bernie is leading 36-32. The only reason corporate media, as a tool of the political establishment, would report these misleading, indefinite numbers, is to make Clinton, the establishment candidate, appear more electable.

The Democratic party should be ashamed of itself for instituting and continuing a system that is so fundamentally undemocratic.

[catbountry]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I know how it feels to lose someone so sudden and unexpectedly, and it's not a feeling I'd wish on anyone, but especially not someone as awesome as you. *hugs*

Thank you.

[scribblingface]

I live in Vermont (northeast kingdom) and you are brave for swimming in Lake Champlain, good lord that lake is cold. My favorite lake is Willoughby, it is gorgeous. Of you haven't gone there, you really should.

Ahh, cool! The northeast kingdom is beautiful :)

It was pretty cold, but it didn't seem any colder than the lakes I've swum in before? Idk, maybe it's just because the weather was so hot this weekend XD I'll definitely keep willoughby in mind for future trips :)

[catbountry]

Oh my god, I had totally forgot about the donut puppet thing. I remember loving that show when I was a kid.

I got exposed to my share of Christian children's videos as a kid but I never came across Donut Man.