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HootTheOwl posted:In march we push the clock forward by half an hour and be done. Split the difference. Enough. No more of this poo poo. I've always considered this to be The One True Correct Option, but I've always wondered how that might create all kinds of Time Zone Fuckery. Though there are definitely timezones that are X:30 off from most of the time zones, so it's not like it hasn't been done before . . .
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Illinois should just switch to eastern time, bonus points if that corner of Indiana stays in central.
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Nov 11, 2021 06:56
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Central is god's one true timezone, sorry.
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Yeah I don't want it getting dark at 330 in the winter e: Wait I'm dumb it doesn't work that way Jows fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Nov 11, 2021 |
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Nov 11, 2021 16:20
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DST is dumb, your car has headlights, your evening commute is going to blow either way. Waking up to an hour+ of darkness is misery that should be optional. We tried it before and everyone loving hated it.
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Nov 11, 2021 17:28
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Shere posted:DST is dumb, your car has headlights, your evening commute is going to blow either way. Even more hilariously - everyone loved it at first, then loving hated it less than a year in. I'm not going to say that it's impossible for people to stick to loving it this time, but using history as a guide indicates that most folks talking about how great permanent DST would be will change their tune a few months in.
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Well not everyone hated it, because bills are regularly being introduced to go one way or the other. In 2019 the senate passed a bill to stay on permanent DST. The reason it hasn't actually happened is because it requires approval from DC. I personally don't give a poo poo how bright or dark it is in the morning, it's not the light that makes mornings terrible it's the fact that I have to get up to an alarm and go to work.
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Regardless of which way it goes (perma-CDT or perma-CST), changing the clocks is just stupid. It's pretty easy to get used to the gradual change of sunrise and sunset each day; having a jarring shift that completely changes everything twice a year is just obnoxious as hell.
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I personally like watching the sun come up. Especially on my days off when I'm already out in the garage with the dogs. You get that last hour of darkness and silence before the sounds of the day start up.
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Nov 11, 2021 18:39
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Soonmot posted:I personally like watching the sun come up. Especially on my days off when I'm already out in the garage with the dogs. You get that last hour of darkness and silence before the sounds of the day start up. I used to take Lake Shore Drive to work every day. The days when I could watch the sun rise over the lake were the best and almost made that lovely 25-mile-all-city commute worth it.
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Very cool news, my older daughter's school had 1/10 of the student population either test positive or go into quarantine in the past week. I don't know how many of the students are part of the voluntary weekly testing at the school, but I assume this means there are even more kids spraying it around without getting tested at all. Very glad that at least she's got the first shot now, and looking forward to the second.
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My kids' daycare shut down for two weeks on Friday due to the growing number of reported staff, student and parent positives. I think I was the tipping point lol
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Nov 16, 2021 20:50
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It certainly seems like the end of the delta wave has just….not ended despite cresting and coming down.
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Thwomp posted:It certainly seems like the end of the delta wave has just….not ended despite cresting and coming down. I believe that nationally, we're at the same number of deaths per day as we were last year at this time so lol
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Nov 17, 2021 04:52
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So neither Davis or Kizinger are running for Governor, it’s definitely going to be Bailey vs. Pritzker right?
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Badger of Basra posted:So neither Davis or Kizinger are running for Governor, it’s definitely going to be Bailey vs. Pritzker right? Probably, which is good, because Bailey is bugshit insane and will absolutely turn off those purple 'burbs.
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The next step on the road to Pritzker for President 2028…
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He already has experience buying off interest groups and demonizing socialists!
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I'm not sure any Republican will ever be governor unless they come from the Chicago burbs. Downstate Republicans have a totally different agenda. Not sure who that would even be from the Republicans. Last few years have seen their power shrink a lot up here.
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Chuds are super loving mad about the Governor doing anything about covid whatsoever. It's totally possible Bailey could win - I won't trust any polling shy of, like, an 8 point lead for Pritzker. Being pro-virus is a winning political strategy in 2021.
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Dec 1, 2021 20:37
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Oracle posted:Probably, which is good, because Bailey is bugshit insane and will absolutely turn off those purple 'burbs. I already see a handful of Bailey signs in the burbs. Now, one of those houses is fully decked out in the most stereotypical rightwing chud paraphernalia, but still.
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2022 looks to be a strong GOP year. I wouldn't write off even the most raving lunatic.
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brugroffil posted:2022 looks to be a strong GOP year. I wouldn't write off even the most raving lunatic. Consider anything shy of D+10 or whatever a toss-up. If you're in the burbs or city, you really can't understand how much people downstate sincerely believe covid will just disappear if only the government stops reminding them it exists. This isn't just chuds, this is people who usually don't vote or give a poo poo who might come out in droves for a dude telling them he'll UNMASK OUR KIDS and OPEN 'ER UP.
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dwarf74 posted:Yup. We'll see how many people omicron takes out. They just found it in California.
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Oracle posted:We'll see how many people omicron takes out. They just found it in California. Not enough to make a difference in our elections. Also, it seems like Omicron is a more transmissible, but milder version.  And the Biden admin is going all in on the COVID treatment pill, so that’s probably going to save a bunch of unvax’d lives. In summary, COVID will not be saving our politics. “There is no pony in this poo poo pile.”
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Yep, we get to solve our differences the old fashioned way. Yelling about it until we die and can't give input anymore.
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Oracle posted:We'll see how many people omicron takes out. They just found it in California. Inasmuch as they care, it's (a) "see, vaccines are worthless", (b) "it's here forever, live your life," (c) "oh it's mild, quit being scared", or (d) "there's holidays/elections coming up"... Or the perennial favorite conspiracy grab bag.
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mastershakeman posted:I had to look up where us 30 is. What a weird road to nowhere It's one of the US routes that manages to wind from coast to coast without ever hitting anything interesting at all. It even misses all of the rocky mountains.
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mastershakeman posted:I had to look up where us 30 is. What a weird road to nowhere How have you lived in Illinois for so long and not know where US-30 is? It goes through Ames, IA!
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So in Central IL Bloomington/Normal news, local hate-blogger and covid cheerleader Diane Benjamin got her blog taken down by WordPress. Probably for the covid cheerleading rather than the bigotry, but eh. 
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Looks like Darren Bailey has his Lt Governor candidate.
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dwarf74 posted:So in Central IL Bloomington/Normal news, local hate-blogger and covid cheerleader Diane Benjamin got her blog taken down by WordPress. What all did she write about?
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Lammasu posted:What all did she write about? You can check her twitter out if you want to see her precise brand of bullshit. https://twitter.com/BlnNews_com
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dwarf74 posted:Your normal fashy stuff, but mostly directed locally at Normal and Bloomington, with a bit towards McLean County as a whole. She's your typical trumpy right-wing conspiracy theorist but she's got a lot of local influence. She's a prime mover in the unmask the kids/book banning/etc bullshit around here. That's a lot of crazy. Is she part of a group?
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The X-man cometh posted:That's a lot of crazy. Is she part of a group? yeah, they're called the republican party
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And Lori already announced she’s running again right? God that race is going to be a poo poo show.
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Does Alexi Giannoulias have any accomplishments or a record that is getting all these progressive orgs to line up behind him? As far as I know his biggest thing was losing to Mark Kirk
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