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Tuco

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  1. I think it’s a reasonable position if you were just talking about Portland. Throw in Vancouver WA, which doesn’t share any election except Presidential with Portland, and I think that tilts the likelihood strongly in the favor of fascists. At that point, it’s not about trying to influence a particular race, but rather about attacking confidence in voting. That’s squarely in the right-wing wheelhouse.
  2. . “…our position throughout this campaign has been consistent: Mexico is full of rapists, Africa is full of shithole countries, and Ukraine doesn’t exist. We are still working on our Puerto Rico position; should be out in two weeks.”
  3. That doesn't match what is up currently. "Trump-supporting comedian ops rally by calling Puerto Rico a 'floating pile of garbage.' "
  4. And now it's a wedge issue - splitting those who rail against the PC/woke world and those who believe you shouldn't call you constituents "garbage." The campaign is such a dumpster fire, they October-surprise themselves.
  5. Yeah, New York and London are international cities. New York is arguably the economic and cultural capitol of the Western Hemisphere. Having international cities as part of America helps America extend its influence throughout the world.
  6. Especially considering he tied the Latino joke into "just like they are coming in to this country." He's using the "humor" to fire up the crowd over policy.
  7. Yes, I think he is looking to pick up additional audience. The more pertinent question is why would the campaign book him. It's not like his act is some secret. Having racist humor as part of the warmup was part of the agenda.
  8. Right. And when the get blowback for racist or other "non-PC" stuff at a show, they push back with "hey this is a comedy act, not meant to be taken seriously, chill out, just having fun, etc..) When it's part of a political rally, you don't get that cover anymore. You just don't. And it demonstrates it was never just about having fun. But, at the end of the day, he will gain some following out of this. So, he achieved his goal. So did some other speakers. I don't think they helped Donald much.
  9. I think the fact that the gender gap is holding up with ~20% new voters is also a good sign. For 493k new voters that's 49k more new women voting then new men. And the women are going to save all our asses. I hope.
  10. Yeah, and it's pretty standard approach to try to get some cross-aisle endorsements. It's not some clever gambit or desperate hail mary that Trump is touting support from Tulsi Gabbard. The only difference is that Harris is being more successful at it. He is weaving in one of the stories he's been telling for a while long time. Oprah had him on her last show ever (a Friday) and the ratings were the best ever. Or maybe it wasn't the last day, but one of the late days (Thr) in that last week. In reality, it was midseason and the ratings were typical of an Oprah show. The funniest thing about the story is that he thinks that great ratings on Oprah last's show would have been because of him, and not Oprah. What a fucking nutcase.
  11. I liked “the Depravity of Justice.” As in, Justice itself is depraved. Which may actually be how he views real justice.
  12. She's awesome, but way too liberal and bombastic for NE-2. If she stays in local elected office, maybe city council. But my guess is she starts some sort of advocacy/activist/lobbying group in Nebraska or joins one outside of Nebraska. She will be term-limited soon, because of the rules they changed for Ernie and there just aren't many opportunities for promotions within Nebraska politics for fire-spitting progressives.
  13. Megan Hunt, my former state senator and absolute badass.
  14. Ben Shapiro didn't know people could be live during a sex act.
  15. Good bless them for not selling chili before people step onto a plane.
  16. Chili's was always my go-to if I was on a business trip that lasted more than 3 nights. First three nights I would seek out interesting, local restaurants. By the fourth night, I was tired and just wanted to go to some place that was easy.
  17. I'm not convinced the pandemic helped Joe (other than depressing the economy). While I think people didn't like Trump's handling of it, by November they were ready to lose the masks and start going to bars.
  18. I think most of the conversation has been on the actual polls - you know, the important one that determines who is elected. Exit polling used to be used as a way to estimate who was going to win before the polls closed and votes were counted. But, it was determined that could actually depress voting for the team that was perceived as losing by a significant margin. So, folks don't do that anymore. Now they are used to estimate stuff that doesn't show up in government polls - like demographic splits, when someone made up their mind, what issues were important to them, etc.. It's probably better in some ways than the pre-election polling because you know these people voted and it likely has a better answer rate. Although, since it's not done at every polling station, so there may be some bias there.
  19. I am curious who is going to be more racist: the Koreans (who I am sure has been fed a superiority narrative since birth) or the Russians (who are Russians.)
  20. I assume they wanted to get away from the "pink slime."
  21. No, I caught your point - the Germans were making more ball bearings than ever, and just stacking them up in boxes. Because apparently it was a big priority to have boxes of ball bearings. Maybe they were going roll them out in front of the Russians to make them fall. As an experienced mechanical engineer, I just think it's nonsense. Like I said, there is probably some metric to imply they were doing great. They weren't. Factories have choke points, and you can't just divide a factory up into 100 smaller shops and it will work as well. You are believing something that doesn't make sense.
  22. I'm feeling like being an optimist today: Harris 355 sweeping the swing states plus picking up Florida and Iowa, because why the fuck not.
  23. And 2000 people in the caravan? I mean isn't that just a normal Tuesday if you believe all the other shit they've been spouting.
  24. My cousin served in the first Gulf War as a tank commander. The quote I remember him saying shortly after: "the two biggest surprises were how well our stuff worked and poorly the Russian shit did. With all due respect, that sounds like complete bullshit. Do you have a source on that? It's not like there is one "machine" making ball bearings from ore to final product. The heat treat on those little fuckers would be going through a furnace, and I doubt there were 150 smoke stacks coming up from 150 basements. And if German production was at its max two months before their surrender, where was it all going? It certainly wasn't into planes or ships. And why does literally no one follow this blueprint for making product now if it is more efficient? It sounds like one of the History Channel shows that takes some isolated metric that implies Germany was doing great, but it obviously was not.
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