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Tuco

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  1. Nebraska v Purdue is the ugliest game I’ve seen in a while.
  2. Call me crazy, but I am betting that Latinos for Trump have zero problem with deporting black people. Not all Latinos hate black people, but some do, and I am betting they vote for Trump.
  3. One problem with radicals is they assume their world views are secretly held by most people. The silent majority. All he has to do is clearly explain it, they will join him in the disgust of having poor black immigrants becoming our neighbors. Vance said the quiet part loud: the important part is to pay attention to the problem Springfield is having, not about whether any cats are being eaten. They think they have a compelling case. Fuck I hope they’re wrong.
  4. Narcissists are so easily manipulated.
  5. I guess one aspect that could reduce the bellweatherness of NE-2 is clearly people in Omaha were pissed about the last minute attempt to disenfranchise them. I doubt Harris is leading by 11 points without that. Interesting that in 2016, the good people of Lincoln elected two people who went on to be convicted of felonies.
  6. I'd be curious as to what the "undeliverable" rate is for apartments compared to houses. My wife was doing some work on rent assistance. There were several times when checks were returned several times as undeliverable. She ended up driving around Seattle to hand deliver checks because some postal carriers couldn't figure out the addresses, particularly in poorer areas of town. It was true both for when the checks went directly to the renters and when it was going to the management offices.
  7. I think there is also a bit of "tell me to my face." Trump might say something different when looking Z in the face. Trump might also say something stupid (like "it takes two to tango") that would increase Harris's odds. At the very least, it puts Ukraine in the news and Z can't risk Americans forgetting about the war.
  8. A few days ago there was a discussion on whether the founding fathers were smart men. They were. But, in talking about history, there is that movement to avoid the "great men" interpretation of history - not focus on the people who did the actions but rather the societal changes that made the actions likely or even inevitable. With that in mind, I consider the book "Infamous Scribblers" which talks about the rise of the newspapers and pamphlets that preceded the advent of modern democracy in the US. It makes sense: democracy doesn't really work if people don't have a shared understanding of what is going on in the country. It would have been impractical for George Washington to ride from town to town, screaming out his qualifications and how it applied it the struggles the young country faced. People needed to know what was going on already. They needed to know who the candidates were and how they planned on addressing the problems. Without the printing press, dictatorships, aristocracy, or monarchies are really the only forms of government that make sense. When television came along, it was so important that people have an understanding of what was going on with the world that the government dictated the broadcast stations include x number of hours of news per day as part of the broadcasting license. That is the thing that concerns me the most. You can take out all the "great men" - Trump, Le Pen, Farage, etc. and we still have the problem. How does democracy survive without a shared understanding of the world? How do we promote a shared understanding in the "democratization" of the media? Traditional media and public schools are under attack and they are essential.
  9. "And when is he going to implement this new policy?"
  10. If that's accurate, Nov 5th should be a very good night for the Democrats. 1. 2024 NE-2 is not the same district as 2020 NE-2. It was redrawn after the 2020 census by the Republican Unicameral. It wasn't the worse gerrymandering, but my recollection is that it was a maybe 2-3 point shift right. They cut out some of the southern parts of the metro (older city, more diverse) with rural and growing satellite towns (new suburb, very pale). If Harris is running ahead of Biden, she is absolutely rocking the old split. 2. That's important beyond just the 1 EV. I think NE-2 is a pretty good proxy for Suburbia USA. It's a city and all, but not that dense, not that expensive, fairly well educated, and sprawling residential/burbs for a good chunk of it. It has had a woman mayor, a Republican, for several years, so maybe more open to voting for a women. But it's also pretty Catholic, so maybe more pro-life than your typical purple district.
  11. Agreed. I get the feeling that the Democrats have some heartburn with going on Rogan directly, but having Cuban on it alleviates that.
  12. A couple of things: 1. John Deere is an easy target because a couple months ago they publicly caved on their DEI policy amidst conservative pressure. They demonstrated that they are cowards and Trump knows they won't say jack shit. 2. Trump is essentially saying he is dissolving USMCA, the NAFTA replacement that was negotiated under his administrations. It's basically NAFTA with a Trump logo. He can't put tariffs on Mexican products because of the law he spearheaded and signed.
  13. I bet he knows “14 words.”
  14. I want to believe (but I don’t) https://www.ketv.com/article/new-poll-shows-osborn-leading-fischer-as-more-ads-hit-screens-in-nebraska-senate-race/62360600
  15. Well, that's cool and all, but how much money did he make for speaking? I'm not talking donations; how much did he add to his personal income? CNN
  16. Nuke builds on a much slower pace than data centers. It’s faster when there is an existing site and license, but getting 3 Mile Island Unit 1 (not unit 2) back up by 2028 seems optimistic to me.
  17. We can’t and still meet the power demand the tech industry is projecting as they race towards building all the data centers they are planning to build. Something has to give. The techs won’t build everything they have planned. But, it is likely it will still drive an increase in fossil fuel usage.
  18. Dating a black guy to get back at Trump? That could work.
  19. A few years ago, a trick or treater came to my house in as a "Pete Ricketts for Governor" sign. I said, "yeah, that is the most terrifying costume I've seen." It was Ricketts' kid.
  20. “I know you’re in, big fella” is my new favorite announcer sentence.
  21. Fun game so far.
  22. McDonnell is still a no. McDonnell was a registered Democrat, but switched to Republican in April after getting shit for voting for anti-abortion and anti-trans legislation. So, socially conservative, but doesn't have heavy ties to the GOP. Nebraska's Unicameral is nominally non-partisan and committee assignments are by secret ballots, which does diminish the party pressure. But, I could see Ricketts offering him campaign funding for a higher office.
  23. On a less fun story, the Republicans are taking another run at taking away the NE-2 vote. Lindsey Graham visited this week to turns the screws and the full congressional delegation endorsed the plan. That is really damaging to the NE-2 Congressional incumbent, so my bet is Graham threatened a Trump tweet to get him on board. Apparently they have converted one of the no votes in the Unicameral, and others seem likely. Ricketts has funded a lot of those Senators, so he may be able to apply pressure. 46 days before the election and the Republicans are looking to change the rules to disenfranchise Omaha fucking Nebraska. https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/09/18/winner-take-all-push-gets-help-of-gov-jim-pillen-sen-lindsey-graham-trump/ The silver lining is that they seem desperate.
  24. Ok, is that actually NCRP, or someone with a convincing template. Because if the story is coming from inside the house, the coup isn't complete yet.
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