SWFL here. Paper ballots and bic pens. Poll workers were well organized and confirmed my ID & picture and called me by my name from my ID. They scanned my ID, had me sign and compared signature. I was given my ballot, waited briefly and went to my cubby to vote. There was a sign in my cubby that said the ballots had an optical scan laser watermark. Lots of bic pens in each cubby. Fed my ballot into the machine and left.
As a side note, our local library had a Republican booth set up with info on which RINO/Woke judges to vote out on the amendments
Sarasota/Manatee area pede here. Our house is all block construction with cat 5 rated windows/roof (if there is such a thing) and buried utilities. How do we know whether to bunker down or evacuate?
Signed, First year Floridian with small children and pets
I definitely agree with the majority of what you said in both your comments, especially re: trades/infrastructure being looked down upon and their importance. The one point I diverge on is this:
“basic things like good work ethic and pride in your work are lost on the younger generations”
I disagree, as a peak of career middle class worker, I, and many others my age have watched companies prioritize profits over people, erode pensions, retirement benefits, incentives, pay, promotions - pretty much treat the American worker like a wage slave in India while dangling the “you can be replaced at anytime” sentiment over our head. Companies churn out billion dollar profits year over year and cut their fat cats huge checks while the peons at the bottom have to fist fight each other for a scrap of security. The days of “hard work pays off” is an ethic that is used to try and incentivize what essentially is subsidizing the employee to profit the company. I have family in the age bracket I believe you’re either from or referencing who live now comfortably on pensions and insurance, provided by jobs their spouse worked at and yet the majority of people I know - regular middle class middle aged workers - cannot survive on their current incomes. In many cases their working salary is less than the pensions the retired folks receive. Jobs with a pension are next to none. It takes 2 people’s income to live on. The quality of life has been eroded, and it’s not because young people refuse to work hard. It’s because the rich enrich themselves at the expense of the poor. Peasants vs. Kings. I still work with coworkers who are 60 years old plus, They have worked hard their entire life and have nothing to show for it because everything they’ve done is wiped out by the corrupt system. Most of my generation understand that no matter how hard we work we will not be able to retire. Social Security will be gone by the time we come of age due to mismanagement and corruption. Many of us will not be able to buy a house despite being in our 30s-40s. More wealth has been eroded from my generation than any other generation in recent history. Hard work, does not fix corruption, horrible economic policies, erosion of community and small business, and terrible fiscal policies. The world is changed and the era of hard work is rewarded is over. It’s not wrong for workers to not care about companies who don’t care about them. Companies lack integrity anymore and the average worker can see it. The work reflects accordingly.
Just saw an article the other day stating that for the first time in history a majority of working class Americans are working 2 or more part time jobs, favoring more flexibility in schedules over a traditional 9-5. Makes sense if the majority working class age is now millennials. With the rising cost of well, everything, having flexibility in childcare is really hard for people.
On a separate note it seems that many people retired early during Covid and there just aren’t adequately skilled/specialized folks to replace them.
All that has to happen is for one citizen to pick one of these turds off (a la Social Workers instead of police in Portland) and they fold like a house of cards. Sure they’ve got a gun, but are they willing to die for your $3,000 tax bill??
I’ve honest to god heard these twats explain how “it’s different when it’s a wanted baby”. Like somehow just the pure magic of their intentions changes biological science or something. I don’t know why I’m surprised with all the tranny/biology/ pronouns as science crap they spout.
You write out what you want specifically on paper and give it to your obgyn and hospital to have on file prior to your birth. Look some templates up online.
I’m not entirely sure what makes it legally binding honestly. Just what I was told - something to do with patients rights. Like an advanced directive is. All I know is one birth I had one and it was followed to a T, second birth I did not and it was a mess and I had a very hard time having my wishes respected and enacted.
I wrote out a birth plan that stipulated specifically no hep b or immediate shots. This is a legally binding document. I told the hospital after she was born that I was electing to have our family pediatrician give all the shots at the follow up visit. Obviously we never did. They lie, I lie. That nurse is just trying to scare you with the “won’t let you leave” bullshit. The insurance company decides that - not the moron nurse.
As far as ongoing medical care - this is hard. You really have to look. Join related FB groups. They’ll often have a list. We’ve moved recently and are trying to find one for our kids and are going to try a family medicine doctor instead of a formal pediatrician.
We found that our kids kept getting sick at the well child visits thanks to the germ infested waiting rooms. Once they were past the 0-3yrs stage we just took them 1x a year and if they needed to for illness.
I find it at thrift stores and Etsy. It can be expensive yes, but linen is extremely durable - think how the Egyptian mummies wrapped in it and it’s survived! It’s an investment in something that won’t fall apart in 10 washes
I am very fair skinned and have an autoimmune disease that makes me “allergic” to UV. It also makes me utilize vitD at a higher necessity than the average Joe. I also live on the Sun coast in FL. So what do?
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Concentrate exposure outside of 12-3pm. I don’t wear sunscreen during that time frame.
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Wear a rash guard at the beach. No sunscreen needed except face and tops of feet.
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Wear hats. I wear a hat everywhere, daily.
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Wear long sleeve shirts and/or NATURAL fabrics. This is key. Linen, cotton, and blends of natural fabrics allow airflow and cooling while still protecting from direct sun. The vast majority of fabrics nowadays are synthetic by products of petroleum/plastics, produced with chemical dyes and literally are poisonous and non breathable. Natural fabrics allow the body to cool and self regulate temperature with sweat evaporating easily. I think the synthetic, plastic, dyed, garbage clothes we wear over our largest most porous organ (skin) every single day probably has a lot to do with why we are getting skin cancer as well.
I would only add “at the home country’s expense” to that. We should bill the home country for every deportation and temporary housing. Maybe when it starts being a financial detriment the home countries will figure out how to stem the flood of migration.
You don’t say! Common sense virology? What a novel concept!
And you KNOW these hacks in the scientific community completely know and understand this. They are COMPLICIT.