Well, we finally have an example. An actual case of voter fraud from Iowa. Not these trumped up lies, an actual and honest case. Not some thing presented in Media and on the internet but never in court, either. This case has gone to court and the perpetrator has been convicted based on the available evidence. She awaits sentencing. Now I guess we’ll have to listen to a loud and ongoing chorus from the Republicans of “See? We told you so! Neener, neener neener!”

Wait, what? They won’t? What do you mean, ‘never even hear about it?’ Of course they’ll hea– Oh. Republican, huh? A Republican woman was trying to help her Republican husband win the Republican nomination to Congress so she stuffed the ballot box? Isn’t that what cons are constantly complaining about, people stuffing ballot boxes and how easy it is to get away with it? But when push comes to shove, it’s Republicans stuffing ballot boxes? Of course it is! Oh, and remember, she got caught, tried, and convicted. Apparently, it’s not so easy to get away with, after all…

Looks like progressives were right – again!

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I’ve long held that porn drives technology. Perhaps “erotica” might be a better word. One of the earliest known photographs was a nude woman. One of the first ever “movies?” A woman taking off her clothes. Before that, painting techniques and tools improved so painters could paint a LOT of nude women. Sculpture of nude people were everywhere and one of the first known wood carvings on earth? A nude woman.

When the internet went public, people wanted greater speed. Why? Downloading photos (now “pics” because “photo” took too long to type). It might take two and a half hours to download a pic back in the day. Do you know what kind of picture someone might wait two and a half hours to download? Okay, yeah, sure, sometimes the new grand-baby, but mostly? Nude women. I actually and honestly believe there will come a day (assuming humanity survives long enough) when people will not only be able to see and hear on the web, but “taste” and “touch” as well. And people are NOT working on that technology so you can “taste” grandma’s Hungarian Goulash from thousands of miles away – though, I suppose, it will work for that, too.

I mention it because, despite the calls and warning one hears about the evils of erotica and porn, it’s everywhere – and it always has been. Even after the Christian church decided sex was dirty, dirty, dirty, one could find nude women and men in paintings in Cathedrals. Apparently, you surround them with hell-fire and those boobies become art. Who knew? But it really is a double-edged sword.

A woman named Susanna Gibson ran for the Virginia State House on the Democratic ticket. She lost. I suspect at least part of her loss was to be found in the fact that she had also shared porn videos of herself and her husband having sex at the now infamous website known as ‘OnlyFans.’ According to it’s creators, ‘OnlyFans’ was founded to offer artists a place to display their talents in private channels for money. The founders claim they had NOT considered some of the “talents” that immediately began showing up on a private, for-profit website. These days, I suppose it’s possible to find painters hawking their landscapes, but mostly, it’s a porn site now.

Mrs Gibson said she thought exposing her porn videos was the “worst gutter politics.” That suggests that she might be too naive to be in a State House. Then again, these days, that might make her perfect for Congress. So maybe she lost because of the videos. Maybe she lost because they weren’t any good. Maybe she lost because her policies didn’t appeal, who knows? My attitude? If you choose to put yourself on the internet engaged in sex acts for other people’s viewing pleasure, I have no objection. In fact, thank you! But please, don’t pretend you didn’t realize it was going to affect your life.

Her mistake, as nearly as I can figure, is that she put the porn on the web before she ran for Congress. She should have taken a cue from Lauren Boebert. You get elected, THEN you put your video porn out for all the world to see…

(I received this on the web. I have no idea who owns it…but I wrote a whole bit just to tease Ms. Boebert…)

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Yeah, you got me. It’s Thanksgiving and I didn’t want to darken anybody’s door this morning so…some less serious stuff for the the big day. I hope you all have a wonderful, healthy, and happy Thanksgiving…