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This week's Corrections was probably the best one in a while. Loved the padding joke and how he's mocking the whole marble mouth thing.

I like that he didn't directly address the orange one's comments about him this week, just the one message on the show about how one can change the channel if they don't want to watch, then making the marble mouth joke in Corrections. I really hope that the networks stand by their late night hosts going forward. There's setup time to consider. You have to wire them, change lighting setup, sound check, rehearsal time. Since the budget's been cut back, there probably isn't room for all of that.

Shax is head of security. Kayshon is the one below him, Worf to his Tasha.

Seth's really whacked version of the Master of Ceremonies from Cabaret may be one of the most unhinged things I've ever seen. And I won't be mad if the ferret circus ends every Corrections from now on. It did physically pain me what he did to that singing bowl though. I listen to singing bowls to go to sleep. (Highly recommend the YT channel Sleeping Vibrations.)

A couple of days late but Ya Burnt this week was one of the best things I have seen. The bit about the vastness of space and Chappie's issues from Corrections spilling out onto the regular show were standouts.

Once again Corrections bleeds into the regular show with the Chappie Chat during Ya Burnt.

I really hate this narrative because they offered a lot. Despite pushback, Biden did manage to forgive a lot of student debt and created a lot of jobs. Harris had a fantastic plan to help rural communities, families with young children, and those with lower incomes while going after big companies to pay their fair share and rein in price gouging. What's frustrating is that it all got lost. The same thing happened to HRC as well.

This drove me freaking insane. Screw this bullshit about her being a weak candidate. If it were a man with her resume and oratory skills no one would be saying it. I'm tired of being nice about it. I entered the workforce in the 80s and I can't believe we're still dealing with this bs. It's sexism, pure and simple.

It's a Margaret Atwood quote.

I loved the suit/no tie look Seth was sporting this week. It may not have been for us, but I wouldn't be sad if that was the Corrections look from now on. Dude was hawt.

My understanding is that is what is meant by defunding the police. Turn over tasks that are better suited to other personnel and leave the police to investigate serious/violent crimes. You won't need so many of them if you go to this model.

Certainly agree that the polls are probably being skewed, which I suspect is why you're not seeing any Democratic one. I can guarantee they are doing them but it's not in their best interests for it to be known they are favourable, Like you mentioned, abortion is on the ballot in many states as well as other initiatives and they would really love to turn the house and keep the senate, as well as flip some stuff down ballot too. The best way to do this is to use urgency to get people out to the polls, so this horserace narrative serves that goal.

Canada is even younger and we don't have these issues. Part of it is that all elections are run by Elections Canada, an arms-length agency of the federal government. We do actually use paper ballots and do manual counts at the end of the night but we have a lot of polling stations so each poll only has 400-600 names. The ballots are numbered and the amount of ballots is cross-referenced with the names crossed off the voting list at the end of the night. The returning officer and the poll clerk count the ballots together, the numbers are reported to the chief returning officer in the area, the ballots are then sealed in an envelope. Unused ballots are sealed in another, and the voting list in a third. All of it is then placed in the ballot box and it is sealed in case it needs to be reviewed later. Counting is usually done within an hour unless the number of votes and ballots don't reconcile with the voting list. It's a bit of a nightmare when that happens but it's not often, and usually has to do with a name not being crossed off. If you're not on the list, you need to bring two pieces of identification off a list to register. You fill in a declaration, and then you get a ballot. I haven't worked the last few elections, in which I know we now use a scanner in Ontario to run the ballots through. Pretty sure the end of the night is just verifying the numbers the scanner spits out, but maybe someone who has worked a more recent election can go into that process.

They did do a send off.

John's obvious glee during the Adams story was fun. That Turkish film was crazy! Ending it with that crazy foot discussion was a good way to transition out of the enraging story about the US judicial system. I knew all of this but happy that this show is passing that knowledge along. There's a lot at stake for your elections. Sending best wishes from Canada. (We'll need them back next year.)