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weekend: lazyshoes: libertarirynn: julad: thisdiscontentedwinter: salparadisewasright: sapphicdalliances: jonpertwee: hamfistedbunvendor: jonpertwee: I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote. that’s already how it is in australia That’s just so fucked up. :( Do certain medical conditions exempt you? ?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting. I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote. Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this:  Or this:  Or this:  You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it.  And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote.  And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile.  ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party. Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out. A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable. And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day. I still don’t like the idea that I have to vote if I don’t want to. Why the hell should that be mandatory? Because it forces people to participate in deciding how their country is run, which is a good thing. It also forces the government to hear your opinion, which is a good thing. You can still protest the candidates by throwing away your vote, but then you have to acknowledge the fact that you decided to not to care enough to pick your favorite candidate. “Because it forces people to participate in deciding how their country is run, which is a good thing.”>Implying that we actually have any say in how the country is run
weekend: lazyshoes: libertarirynn: julad: thisdiscontentedwinter: salparadisewasright: sapphicdalliances: jonpertwee: hamfistedbunvendor: jonpertwee: I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote. that’s already how it is in australia That’s just so fucked up. :( Do certain medical conditions exempt you? ?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting. I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote. Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this:  Or this:  Or this:  You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it.  And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote.  And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile.  ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party. Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out. A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable. And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day. I still don’t like the idea that I have to vote if I don’t want to. Why the hell should that be mandatory? Because it forces people to participate in deciding how their country is run, which is a good thing. It also forces the government to hear your opinion, which is a good thing. You can still protest the candidates by throwing away your vote, but then you have to acknowledge the fact that you decided to not to care enough to pick your favorite candidate. “Because it forces people to participate in deciding how their country is run, which is a good thing.”>Implying that we actually have any say in how the country is run

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weekend: julad: thisdiscontentedwinter: salparadisewasright: sapphicdalliances: jonpertwee: hamfistedbunvendor: jonpertwee: I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote. that’s already how it is in australia That’s just so fucked up. :( Do certain medical conditions exempt you? ?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting. I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote. Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this:  Or this:  Or this:  You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it.  And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote.  And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile.  ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party. Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out. A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable. And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day. I still don’t like the idea that I have to vote if I don’t want to. Why the hell should that be mandatory?
weekend: julad: thisdiscontentedwinter: salparadisewasright: sapphicdalliances: jonpertwee: hamfistedbunvendor: jonpertwee: I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote. that’s already how it is in australia That’s just so fucked up. :( Do certain medical conditions exempt you? ?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting. I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote. Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this:  Or this:  Or this:  You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it.  And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote.  And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile.  ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party. Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out. A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable. And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day. I still don’t like the idea that I have to vote if I don’t want to. Why the hell should that be mandatory?

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weekend: lyrics-and-music:The weekend // Modern baseball
weekend: lyrics-and-music:The weekend // Modern baseball

lyrics-and-music:The weekend // Modern baseball

weekend: Have a nice weekend
weekend: Have a nice weekend

Have a nice weekend

weekend: Weekend privileges
weekend: Weekend privileges

Weekend privileges

weekend: Are we ready for the big weekend?
weekend: Are we ready for the big weekend?

Are we ready for the big weekend?

weekend: Are we ready for the big weekend?
weekend: Are we ready for the big weekend?

Are we ready for the big weekend?

weekend: Thank God it's the freakin' weekend, right y'all? #Memes #Work #Entertainment
weekend: Thank God it's the freakin' weekend, right y'all? #Memes #Work #Entertainment

Thank God it's the freakin' weekend, right y'all? #Memes #Work #Entertainment

weekend: In North Korea’s official, state-run news this weekend
weekend: In North Korea’s official, state-run news this weekend

In North Korea’s official, state-run news this weekend

weekend: Weekend travel plans anyone?
weekend: Weekend travel plans anyone?

Weekend travel plans anyone?

weekend: After a TERRIBLE past weekend and week I happen to open this package. I think it’s going to be a good day - finally!
weekend: After a TERRIBLE past weekend and week I happen to open this package. I think it’s going to be a good day - finally!

After a TERRIBLE past weekend and week I happen to open this package. I think it’s going to be a good day - finally!

weekend: see you after the weekend hun
weekend: see you after the weekend hun

see you after the weekend hun

weekend: Me and this dude have been unsuccessfully booty calling each other all weekend…how long will this go on??
weekend: Me and this dude have been unsuccessfully booty calling each other all weekend…how long will this go on??

Me and this dude have been unsuccessfully booty calling each other all weekend…how long will this go on??

weekend: officialfist: carrotchipper: There was an alien festival this weekend. Happy birthday to my favorite comic in the world
weekend: officialfist: carrotchipper: There was an alien festival this weekend. Happy birthday to my favorite comic in the world

officialfist: carrotchipper: There was an alien festival this weekend. Happy birthday to my favorite comic in the world

weekend: A few years ago we matched, this past weekend we got married! Still can’t believe “Settle a bet, is flossing optional” is the line that started it all!
weekend: A few years ago we matched, this past weekend we got married! Still can’t believe “Settle a bet, is flossing optional” is the line that started it all!

A few years ago we matched, this past weekend we got married! Still can’t believe “Settle a bet, is flossing optional” is the line that s...

weekend: jovaline: commuter kids. 🔥🔥🔥 (I don’t care, my brand is teens on public transit now. Also, I’ll have this at NYCC, artist alley table F15 this weekend. )
weekend: jovaline: commuter kids. 🔥🔥🔥 (I don’t care, my brand is teens on public transit now. Also, I’ll have this at NYCC, artist alley table F15 this weekend. )

jovaline: commuter kids. 🔥🔥🔥 (I don’t care, my brand is teens on public transit now. Also, I’ll have this at NYCC, artist alley table F15...

weekend: Me doing a 10-min cardio session, thinking I can burn off all the junk food I ate this weekend. Gymaholic App: https://www.gymaholic.co #fitness #motivation #workout #meme #gymaholic
weekend: Me doing a 10-min cardio session, thinking I can burn off all the junk food I ate this weekend. Gymaholic App: https://www.gymaholic.co #fitness #motivation #workout #meme #gymaholic

Me doing a 10-min cardio session, thinking I can burn off all the junk food I ate this weekend. Gymaholic App: https://www.gymaholic.co...

weekend: My wife went out of town for the weekend and asked me to update her on how me and our son were doing. I dressed him in this homemade onesie and sent her this pic and told her we were headed to the store.
weekend: My wife went out of town for the weekend and asked me to update her on how me and our son were doing. I dressed him in this homemade onesie and sent her this pic and told her we were headed to the store.

My wife went out of town for the weekend and asked me to update her on how me and our son were doing. I dressed him in this homemade ones...

weekend: [OC] Happy thoughts aka: Hope everyone’s having a great weekend!
weekend: [OC] Happy thoughts aka: Hope everyone’s having a great weekend!

[OC] Happy thoughts aka: Hope everyone’s having a great weekend!

weekend: We met on tinder 2016, this weekend we got married!
weekend: We met on tinder 2016, this weekend we got married!

We met on tinder 2016, this weekend we got married!

weekend: How I spend my weekend
weekend: How I spend my weekend

How I spend my weekend

weekend: TGIF! Happy Weekend, everyone!
weekend: TGIF! Happy Weekend, everyone!

TGIF! Happy Weekend, everyone!

weekend: Me telling my friends I have big plans for the weekend so I can work out in peace instead of partying. Gymaholic App: https://www.gymaholic.co #fitness #motivation #meme #workout #gymaholic
weekend: Me telling my friends I have big plans for the weekend so I can work out in peace instead of partying. Gymaholic App: https://www.gymaholic.co #fitness #motivation #meme #workout #gymaholic

Me telling my friends I have big plans for the weekend so I can work out in peace instead of partying. Gymaholic App: https://www.gymaho...

weekend: NASA just mde alll the sciemtiic research i funds available for free There goes our weekend. PETER DOCKRILL 18 AUG 2016 NASA just announced that any published research funded by the space agency will now be available at no cost, launching a new public web portal that anybody can access kingscrown666: crewdlydrawn: slow-magic: nightpiercer: osunism: aripuppy: supaslim: question-the-status-quo: vabla: shunkawarakin: visovari: Welcome to the space age, ladies and gentlemen This is really quite a big deal. A tremendous amount of modern research ends up being sold to journals which require unreasonable payments to access it and only pay the original authors a pittance. It’s nice to see an agency like NASA deliberately widebanding its findings. Not sure if people fully realize just how big of a deal this is. THIS is how science is advanced. Not through biased corporate research, business secrets, marketing, paywalls and patent wars. But through open, uncensored and unrestricted public access to knowledge. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%22nasa+funded%22[Filter] ^ There’s the direct link to all the studies. NASA IS GOOD, NASA IS GREAT @osunism NASA is the hero we don’t deserve. This deserves every reblog. @geh-is-okeh In the face of institutions being silenced, this is doubly huge. I love seeing that, for once, there are more reblogs than likes Keep passing on this info, guys. Good job
weekend: NASA just mde alll the sciemtiic research i funds available for free There goes our weekend. PETER DOCKRILL 18 AUG 2016 NASA just announced that any published research funded by the space agency will now be available at no cost, launching a new public web portal that anybody can access kingscrown666: crewdlydrawn: slow-magic: nightpiercer: osunism: aripuppy: supaslim: question-the-status-quo: vabla: shunkawarakin: visovari: Welcome to the space age, ladies and gentlemen This is really quite a big deal. A tremendous amount of modern research ends up being sold to journals which require unreasonable payments to access it and only pay the original authors a pittance. It’s nice to see an agency like NASA deliberately widebanding its findings. Not sure if people fully realize just how big of a deal this is. THIS is how science is advanced. Not through biased corporate research, business secrets, marketing, paywalls and patent wars. But through open, uncensored and unrestricted public access to knowledge. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%22nasa+funded%22[Filter] ^ There’s the direct link to all the studies. NASA IS GOOD, NASA IS GREAT @osunism NASA is the hero we don’t deserve. This deserves every reblog. @geh-is-okeh In the face of institutions being silenced, this is doubly huge. I love seeing that, for once, there are more reblogs than likes Keep passing on this info, guys. Good job

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weekend: paradoxjelli: Hey guys! I finished my buttons, they’re up on my Etsy right now and you can also get them at my booth at Anime Expo next weekend! Table G55!
weekend: paradoxjelli: Hey guys! I finished my buttons, they’re up on my Etsy right now and you can also get them at my booth at Anime Expo next weekend! Table G55!

paradoxjelli: Hey guys! I finished my buttons, they’re up on my Etsy right now and you can also get them at my booth at Anime Expo next w...