Judge Michael Luttig: Only Kamala Harris can be trusted to honor the peaceful transfer of power.

RantWoman has decided not to go to law school.

RantWoman keeps revisiting but not regretting that decision.

That said, two lawyer heroes of the day are Marc E Elias of Democracy Docket and Judge Michael Luttig.

Look here for ways to find more of them.

RantWoman's comment, a TAD off topic of this exact video:

All these legal arguments matter. And #DelusionalDonOld is a danger to himself and others. At this point, even though I hated the "LockHerUp" chants about Hillary, I think it's time to contain this dementia patient under mental health grounds. I know this is a controversial view. I can live with that opinion.

Democracy Docket with Jamie Raskin on what could come next

Menu: SQUASH LASAGNA Easy recipe of pumpkin with cheese

Balanced media diet moment: when the news fever swamps get too fevery, go for some intriguing recipes!

Attention Blind and Low vision voters in WA: DO YOU NEED A RIDE to a voting center to use accessible voting options

With less than a week to go before election day, a couple important notes:

Newsflash: all mail ballots are awesome for many people. They are not awesome for blind / low vision people who want to vote privately and independently. They also are not awesome for military and overseas voters. Many states have provisions for people with disabilities to use secure online voting technologies with whatever accessibility measures they are used to, from the privacy of their own homes and submitted through secure electronic portals.

WA is not one of those states. People who cannot vote privately and independently with mail in votes have to travel to voting centers equipped with accessible voting machines which present information in large print or read ballot choices aloud and allow voters to mark their own choices.

For information about hours and locations for accessible voting services in your county, check out 

Detailed list of Vote Centers in King County

All counties in WA

WA Secretary of State Contact your local elections office

Because of the need for blind people to travel to voting centers in order to vote privately and independently, the WA Council of the Blind has secured a grant from Common Cause to help address transportation costs.

TRANSPORTATION TO A VOTING CENTER

 BREAKING NEWS!!! 

Thanks to Common Cause, a non-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to pro-democracy reforms, the Washington Council of the Blind has been given a grant to help ALL blind and low-vision voters in Washington state who need to travel to a voting center.

 

You read that correctly. ALL blind and low-vision voters in Washington state will be eligible to apply for a travel voucher or travel reimbursement if they need to pay for transportation to a voting center.

 

If you need to take a taxi to a voting center-you can get reimbursed.

 

If you need to pay a friend gas money to get to a voting center – you can get reimbursed. If the friend who used to drive you around can no longer drive because of vision issues, both of you now qualify for help.

 

If you need to take a Lyft to a voting center – you can get a Lyft voucher or be reimbursed. Sorry, Uber is not participating in this program.

 

The Washington Council of the Blind (WCB) is proud to be the recipient of this grant to help voters in the Blind Community this election cycle. This is the first of this kind of program in Washington state. The Government Affairs committee along with the WCB treasurer are tasked to administer and track the distribution of these funds.

 

There are three options to access this program.

1.     You can email wcb.voting.issues@gmail.com

2.     You can call the Buzzline: 800-255-1147

3.     You can use the contact form on the WCB website.

 

Email wcb.voting.issues@gmail.com or Call 800-255-1147

We need your name, address, phone number. Please indicate whether you need to be reimbursed or need a Lyft voucher. Please leave a good date/time to be contacted. You will be contacted by a member of the Government Affairs committee. All reimbursements will require a receipt proving your trip.

 

RantWoman will post detailed information for accessing a form through https://wcbinfo.org at the bottom of this post. RantWoman apologizes for all the steps needed to use the web form but it does work.

 

WCB is honored to be able to offer this program to all blind and low-vision voters who need to go to a voting center to use an Accessible Voting Unit, to register to vote or to just get help with your ballot.

 

As part of the guidelines for this grant, we need to find ways to spread the word to the Blind Community. That’s where you come in. Share this info everywhere. Call your friends and let them know about this program. Print off this post to hand out to others.

 

Please everyone: #EveryVoteMatters 

 

Website Contact Form Option: https://wcbinfo.org/wcb-contact-form/ 

How to use the webform:

1.     Click the link above or enter it into a web browser. Note: if you having trouble using a mobile device when accessing the webform, ask your device to request the desktop site.

2.     You should land on the page labeled WCB Contact Form. On this page enter your first name, last name, phone number, email address (email needs to be entered twice), choose your preferred contact method and choose Yes or No when asked if you are a WCB member. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER TO USE THIS PROGRAM. All of the above information is for tracking usage of the program only. We do not share or sell your data. All questions on this page must be answered prior to going to the next page. Click NEXT.

3.     The next page is entitled Define Contact Type and Area. There are three questions: Contact type: REQUEST. Who would you like to contact? COMMITTEE. Select a committee to contact: GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. Click NEXT

4.     The Final page is entitled 2024 VOTING TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITY. The first and only radio button choice is YES. The next choice gives you the option to choose Lyft Voucher or Reimbursement. If you choose reimbursement, another box will open. That is your opportunity to upload a jpg, gif, png, pdf, doc or docx copy of your receipt. You must upload your receipt when prompted or you will not be able to submit your form. After uploading your file, click SUBMIT. The info will go to the Government Affairs Committee for further outreach.

 

10 Strange American Accents You May NEVER Hear Again

Random item of interest from the blog as electronic scrapbook model of blogging.

RantWoman sincerely hopes that the tides of AI related language standardization do not squash all the subtle regional variations of accents and speech patterns found across the US.

RantWoman is a casual grazer on YouTube, not the kind of linguistic academic who might for instance write whole dissertations about variations in speech patterns even in a single large city.

And yet, RantWoman is intrigued.

Post timed for attention in connection with the 2024 American Translators Association national convention

#ATA65

Blind Barbie® gets dressed for the WA Council of the Blind convention, October 24 at the SeaTac Doubletree

Please note: this post is about Barbie® and Barbie, theme and variations with no trademark.

Readers who want to skip the Barbie® commentary may like to head straight for convention info.

Click for actual information about the 2024 WA Council of the Blind Convention

Readers interested in listening in can find a live stream on ACB Media 9 or by asking your smart speaker to play ACB media 9

Blind Barbie®

Blind Barbie ®

Blind Barbie, as introduced in July

Blind Barbie dressed for comfort

Barbie gets dressed for the WA Council of the Blind Convention

(Fashion offerings by one of RantWoman's collaborators in "good trouble.")

Earthy lattice background and some kind of metal planter with a plant

Visor to protect against migraines caused by fluorescent lighting. Also useful for helping corral hair.

Really awesome glasses / sunglasses: people who both wear glasses and use white canes exist. RantWoman is one of them.

Convention nametag

Sweatshirt for comfort when one should not attempt a bare midriff or when one expects one might encounter drafts or cold air streams

Somewhat shortened white cane. Cane length preferences are very individual.

comfortable capris

Sandals that look more or less comfortable if one actually does heels. Sandals not super practical since it's supposed to rain this weekend, but the convention is all indoors.

Should other Barbies® such as Chicken Farmer Barbie® or Astronaut Barbie® or Dentist Office Barbie® want to attend, they are also welcome.

Okay, okay the Barbie® world needs some other role models that RantWoman has not discovered:

Olympic Boxer Barbie

Olympic Shot putter Barbie

Jazz trombonist Barbie

Dungeons and Dragons spell casting Barbie

Cyberpunk Help Desk Barbie.

RantWoman invites readers to consider who else should be part of the Barbie® world.

One reason RantWoman asks who else should be a part of the Barbie® world: RantWoman has always had sort of a vexed relationship with Barbie®.

The RantSisters had dolls we quite liked: Little Sister had two respectable sized dolls named after the aunts who stayed with the RantFamily while attending the college where RantDad taught. The dolls were big enough that RantMom considered sewing clothes for them. They also had feet they could stand on. RantWoman had a different doll she was fond of.

One Christmas season, someone in the RantFamily circle decided the RantSisters needed Barbies®. RantWoman received a brunette doll with a simple royal blue dress. Little Sister received a blond Barbie® RantWoman' does not remember asking anything of her Barbie® except to stretch her legs and sit serenely in as much calm as RantWoman could manage on the RantSisters' shared desk.

RantWoman does not remember what Little Sister's Barbie® wore. RantWoman only remembers that Little Sister was in a phase of interest in cutting her own hair. Little Sister also thought Barbie® needed a haircut. Little Sister's hair grew out. Little Sister's Barbie on the other hand, spent her entire existence with a very asymmetrical style long before asymmetrical styles became fashionable.

The RantSisters' Barbies® also, horrors, never got new clothes: RantMom was not willing either to buy more clothes or to sew them new clothes.

And guess what: the RantSisters did just fine without any fancy wardrobe additions. The RantSisters' Barbies® also, thankfully, avoided some of the cruel barbarities some of RantWoman's college counterparts inflicted on their barbies®. The world is grateful.

Slogging through the disinformation with pointed comments from Donna Brazile and Michael Steele

"Bitch Please!"

RantWoman loves it when an educated Republican says something like this.

More Michael Steele and Donna Brazile

RantWoman's blog has turned into a bit of an electronic scrapbook devoted to the turmoil of this age.

Enjoy?

Value Village, PLEASE train your staff. Man kicked out of store over service dogs | FOX 13 Seattle

Person with a disability. Dogs trained for a specific task. That should be a no-brainer.

The clerk kicking this man out of the store and then going over to laugh with his co-workers is over the top, SO offensive.

Value Village needs to train ALL its staff at least at that store. It would be nice if they figure out they need to do this without someone having to file a civil rights complaint.