#fantasmic#fire
2 crew members at our left just standing there in awe while the other is just using a garden hose to put that massive fire out?
RIP Murphy (nickname to the mechanical Maleficent)
California has nearly 40 million people. It's the most populous state in the nation, and it conducts elections largely through mail-in voting.
That means ballots don't magically appear in the final tally the second polls close.
By law, California counties continue processing and counting valid mail ballots, provisional ballots, and other outstanding votes for weeks after Election Day. The official canvass period runs until July 7 for this election cycle.
So when someone points at early returns and screams "fraud" because the numbers changed, they're really advertising that they don't understand how California elections work.
And here's another reality check: California isn't just Los Angeles and San Francisco. Some counties cover enormous rural areas stretching across mountains, deserts, forests, and what most people simply call "the sticks." In some remote communities, mail transportation can involve aircraft and helicopters because there isn't always a quick road route to every location.
The idea that every ballot from a state this large and geographically diverse should be counted instantly is fantasy. California has urban counties with millions of residents and rural counties larger than some entire states. Processing, verifying, transporting, and counting ballots across that scale takes time.
Votes arriving and being counted after Election Day isn't evidence of cheating. It's the system operating exactly as designed.
Every election, the same script appears: early results come in, outstanding ballots get processed, margins shift, and suddenly people act shocked that a state with nearly 40 million residents takes time to count millions of votes.
California is huge. The vote count is huge. The geography is huge. The process takes time.
Stop spreading lies. Stop confusing normal ballot counting with election fraud.
California has nearly 40 million people. It's the most populous state in the nation, and it conducts elections largely through mail-in voting.
That means ballots don't magically appear in the final tally the second polls close.
By law, California counties continue processing and counting valid mail ballots, provisional ballots, and other outstanding votes for weeks after Election Day. The official canvass period runs until July 7 for this election cycle.
So when someone points at early returns and screams "fraud" because the numbers changed, they're really advertising that they don't understand how California elections work.
And here's another reality check: California isn't just Los Angeles and San Francisco. Some counties cover enormous rural areas stretching across mountains, deserts, forests, and what most people simply call "the sticks." In some remote communities, mail transportation can involve aircraft and helicopters because there isn't always a quick road route to every location.
The idea that every ballot from a state this large and geographically diverse should be counted instantly is fantasy. California has urban counties with millions of residents and rural counties larger than some entire states. Processing, verifying, transporting, and counting ballots across that scale takes time.
Votes arriving and being counted after Election Day isn't evidence of cheating. It's the system operating exactly as designed.
Every election, the same script appears: early results come in, outstanding ballots get processed, margins shift, and suddenly people act shocked that a state with nearly 40 million residents takes time to count millions of votes.
California is huge. The vote count is huge. The geography is huge. The process takes time.
Stop spreading lies. Stop confusing normal ballot counting with election fraud.
California has nearly 40 million people. It's the most populous state in the nation, and it conducts elections largely through mail-in voting.
That means ballots don't magically appear in the final tally the second polls close.
By law, California counties continue processing and counting valid mail ballots, provisional ballots, and other outstanding votes for weeks after Election Day. The official canvass period runs until July 7 for this election cycle.
So when someone points at early returns and screams "fraud" because the numbers changed, they're really advertising that they don't understand how California elections work.
And here's another reality check: California isn't just Los Angeles and San Francisco. Some counties cover enormous rural areas stretching across mountains, deserts, forests, and what most people simply call "the sticks." In some remote communities, mail transportation can involve aircraft and helicopters because there isn't always a quick road route to every location.
The idea that every ballot from a state this large and geographically diverse should be counted instantly is fantasy. California has urban counties with millions of residents and rural counties larger than some entire states. Processing, verifying, transporting, and counting ballots across that scale takes time.
Votes arriving and being counted after Election Day isn't evidence of cheating. It's the system operating exactly as designed.
Every election, the same script appears: early results come in, outstanding ballots get processed, margins shift, and suddenly people act shocked that a state with nearly 40 million residents takes time to count millions of votes.
California is huge. The vote count is huge. The geography is huge. The process takes time.
Stop spreading lies. Stop confusing normal ballot counting with election fraud.
S H U T U P
California has nearly 40 million people. It's the most populous state in the nation, and it conducts elections largely through mail-in voting.
That means ballots don't magically appear in the final tally the second polls close.
By law, California counties continue processing and counting valid mail ballots, provisional ballots, and other outstanding votes for weeks after Election Day. The official canvass period runs until July 7 for this election cycle.
So when someone points at early returns and screams "fraud" because the numbers changed, they're really advertising that they don't understand how California elections work.
Votes arriving and being counted after Election Day isn't evidence of cheating. It's the system operating exactly as designed.
Every election, the same script appears: early results come in, outstanding ballots get processed, margins shift, and suddenly people act shocked that a state with nearly 40 million residents takes time to count millions of votes.
California is big. The vote count is big. The process takes time.
Stop spreading lies. Stop confusing normal ballot counting with election fraud.
That's a nice speech, but it dodges the actual point.
Nobody is saying artists should disappear once they hit a certain age. The question is whether the performance is still delivering.
And if we're talking about artists "still showing up" in their late 60s, then let's talk about Tina Turner. She was 69 on her final tour and still had enough energy, power, and command of the stage to leave audiences stunned. Nobody was giving her a participation trophy for being there. People were praising the performance itself.
That's the difference.
Madonna absolutely deserves respect for her impact on pop culture. Nobody can take away the hits, the reinventions, or the influence. But a legendary résumé isn't a shield against criticism of a current show.
Respect the legacy? Absolutely.
Pretend every performance is amazing because the artist is 67? No.
Tina Turner proved that age isn't the issue. The performance is.
I wanted to enjoy it, but it was boring. Tina Turner was 69 on her farewell tour and still had enough energy to power three arena shows.
Meanwhile, Madonna looked like she danced through one song, realized cardio was involved, and spent the rest of the night casually orbiting her backup dancers while they carried the performance. By the halfway point, it felt less like a concert and more like an extended break with background music.
Yeah if Nithya Raman gets the same share of the remaining votes as she got today, she’ll pass Spencer Pratt by ~5,000 votes. The lesson here is never underestimate how committed the city of LA is to destroying itself.
The Grindr party bus at Madonna LIVE in New York.
I've seen Pride floats, circuit parties, and enough shirtless gay men to fill a small nation. But this?
This looks like somebody drove through Meth Alley, yelled "Free Madonna tickets!" and accepted every volunteer who climbed aboard.