Sandpit said: "People outside the US simply cannot fathom how it could take more than 48 hours to count votes in an election, even with postal votes." As is so often true, it depends on the… (View Post)

Off topic, but this Seattle quirk may amuse some of you:Seattle elections are known to see big leftward swings in later vote counts — and that's largely because younger, more progressive voters tend … (View Post)

On charging places: On Tuesday morning, I visited a local "hypermarket", a Fred Meyer's. They have had, for more than a year 12 Tesla charging stations. (They have also had, for longer, a c… (View Post)

For some time I have been thinking that taxing Veblen goods more heavily might be a win-win. Making them more expensive strengthens the status signal that some buyers want to display, and the governm… (View Post)

Pedant alert: Winsome Earle Sears is still the lieutenant governor, and will be until, at a semi-informed guess, until the middle of January. (View Post)