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Feeling political are you? Well, Jabo has put together an amazing collection of ways people can participate in the political process, while joannemerriam has a roundup of over 100 small press books which provide insight and guidance on what to do next. Let's go!
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Rhaomi has made a great, in-depth US election day megapost, The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes.
It’s been said that once you peel away the layers, satire is simply a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality.
Which makes rubatan’s post about “india’s Most Honest News Source” a particularly savory and hilarious read!
Frayed by colin_n (cc by-nc-nd)
We all know that there can be inherent problems using analogies and metaphors in argumentation, but as analogies go, this one is an absolute zinger: Two unicycles and some duct tape on the Polarization Dogma.
Image from page 195 of "The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects;" (1850) by Internet Archive Book Images
If the leopard caucuses long enough with the face eating party, maybe look askance when it asks you for butterfly kisses. That's all I'm saying. Good general advice, and too-good-to-pass-up quote from sciatrix in the thread on The Next Front in the GOP’s War on Women: No-Fault Divorce from hydra77.
Organize! by david drexler (cc by)
In the Wisconsin Supreme Court election thread, rockindata talks about canvassing in Madison and how the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has remade itself in recent years.
Enlightenment by marceloquinan (cc by)
beccyjoe wants to know "What is an article or essay that you have read that caused a dramatic change in your thinking / perspective / life? ... I would love to hear what you've read that has blown your mind"
Decommissioning the US politics megathreads
We're ceasing the US politics megathread practice, moving back toward single-topic posts as a focus for that topic. Details in MetaTalk.
Metafilter discusses The Radical Egalitarian Politics Of Weird Al’s "UHF"
(hat tip to jackbishop for the title)
Keeping the US primaries season livable on MeFi
If you participate in US politics threads on MetaFilter, please read this thread on keeping the upcoming Dem primaries discussions workable.
It's US midterm election day. Follow the main Election Day post on the blue, and the Voting check-in Metatalk. There's also Mefi Election Chat for really livebloggy moments; the regular catch-all thread for non-election US politics stuff; venting thread for primal screams; positive steps Mefites have taken; AskMe's on where to read election analysis and watch coverage online.
Catch up on two major political shake-ups, with these excellent Mefi posts: Armenian protests force new election, and a big upset in today's Malaysian elections.
Resetting expectations about U.S. political discussion on MetaFilter
Hey, folks, here's an important MetaTalk post about us resetting expectations about U.S. political discussion on MetaFilter.
Priti and Boris and Damian and more, oh my May! UK politics discussion.
Connected by hosszuka (cc by-sa)
Following the news from around the world -- threads worth digging into, as Mefites share their insights on:
- the forthcoming Catalan independence referendum in Spain
- the just-completed election in New Zealand
- the "most ridiculous constitutional crisis" in Australia, and
- the scandal leading to the collapse of the government in Iceland.
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