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Snake Diggity

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  1. Hard to believe this many prominent Dems would be talking like this unless at least 1 of 3 things is true: 1. There’s already a solid agreement/plan in place for Biden to drop out. 2. Dem leadership has seen such troubling signs from Biden (either polling poorly or signs of decline beyond what we’ve seen publicly) that they don’t care if turning on Biden (because he is refusing to get in line) costs them the election. They’re willing to risk another Trump presidency rather than ride with Biden. 3. The Dems are utterly fucking stupid and needlessly tanking the election.
  2. I was assuming the number of dudes who fled the country to avoid getting drafted was a large multiple of the number of killed/wounded. I pulled that out of my ass though.
  3. Gotta figure ~1/5 of all working age males in Russia prior to the war have either been killed, wounded, or left Russia to avoid the war.
  4. Nah. No more deals longer than 2 years for dudes over 35. I would give JV $35M/2yrs with some add’l incentives and a vesting 3rd year with 120 ip or 3 playoff starts.
  5. Now that Houston knows Verlander’s option won’t vest, that’s $17M cleared from next season’s payroll obligations. If they attach prospects to Montero to dump his salary, they should have some solid financial flexibility at the deadline and possibly into the offseason.
  6. It is an absolute shit hole. If you wanted to make a documentary series highlighting the worst of MAGA you just need to film an hour at Speedy Stop, an hour at Froggy’s boat ramp, and an hour on Saturday Beach and you’d have all the content you need. I have family obligations that require me to spend 3-4 weekends per year there minimum. We were down there since Wed evening. Leaving yesterday I told my wife we are never spending more than 60 straight hours in that cesspool ever again. I can’t handle it.
  7. Because there is a hurricane coming straight for them. I am not judging. I was just surprised nobody seemed concerned in the slightest. Hardware store was busy but not packed. I didn’t see anyone boarding windows.
  8. We left port Oconnor about 2pm. Traffic was extremely light considering the circumstances. Almost nobody who lives there seems to be leaving.
  9. It seems like at this point it would have to be in the extreme high end of potential outcomes for it to be very destructive. Storm surge <5’, <10” of rain, winds <100mph. I hate to downplay it, but it just doesn’t seem that dangerous. I’m way more worried about getting caught in a traffic jam in the mass exodus tomorrow AM. As far as I know they’re still doing fireworks in port Oconnor tonight.
  10. That was not good enough. He’s got to go.
  11. Nobody in port Oconnor seems to be giving much of a shit.
  12. On the boat ride home yesterday (with my 2 elementary aged children), we saw at least 4 giant “FUCK JOE BIDEN AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM” flags, and more than a dozen “I love the rapist racist fraud-committing criminal lying egomaniac former president” flags. Pathetic.
  13. Can’t nobody be worried about 2026 much less 2028. If Kelly as VP has any positive impact on the odds of beating Trump in 4 months, draft his ass. There’s too much at stake.
  14. Drove down to the coast through the heart of Texas Trump territory yesterday. Since 2016 there had been a gradual decrease in the volume of Trump/MAGA signage until last year it leveled off to just a handful of signs over the ~200 mile drive. Was mildly pleasantly surprised yesterday, there was an increase but only by a handful of signs, all in the Luling area. Was shocked at how few signs there were on 183 between Gonzalez and Victoria and on to Port Lavaca and Port O’Connor. Although there is a Trump boat parade schedule for Saturday in POC.
  15. As utterly fucking stupid as this is, it’s a great symbol for how fucked we are. Morons can just dismiss anything they don’t understand, and our society dictates they be given equal voice, and in many cases greater voice. This dumbass Candace Owens isn’t the problem, she’s a symptom.
  16. Anyone who regularly watches cable news is a fucking idiot. No exceptions.
  17. So she has a catch phrase. Big fucking deal. I don’t like her but if this clip is the best attack on her, that’s fucking weak.
  18. If they do make a change, Mark Kelly sure seems like an obvious choice for VP. A Harris/Kelly ticket almost certainly wins AZ and probably wins GA due to Harris juicing black turnout in Atlanta. That makes PA decide the election which I think heavily favors Dems. A Whitmer/Kelly ticket almost certainly wins MI and AZ. Same deal, PA decides the election. I think Biden currently projects to lose GA, AZ, WI, and NV, and PA and MI are toss-ups.
  19. My current best-case: Biden handles the ABC interview fine but acknowledges he’s lost a step, greasing the skids for an honorable departure that doesn’t require him to leave office. Harris enthusiastically endorses Whitmer and stays on the ticket as VP. Whitmer attacks Trump relentlessly and destroys him in the Sept debate, Dems recapture all the momentum and win in a landslide.
  20. Right, and I acknowledged that. But my entire comment was a response to a poster stating that Biden had been an effective leader, which assumes he is actively engaged and directing his subordinates “behind the scenes”, something (as you say) we can’t know.
  21. I agree the Biden admin has been effective, but just because an administration is running smoothly doesn’t mean Biden has been an effective leader, or even that he has been the leader. His cabinet is full of competent people who could be working under their own authority. We don’t have visibility into that; we did have visibility into Biden’s competency on the debate stage and it was clear he’s not fit. Fwiw, I think the argument that Biden is an empty suit and that Harris/Buttigieg/Blinken/Austin/Sullivan are working as a Voltron President is valid, and a significant justification for continuing to support Biden even though he’s clearly unfit for office.
  22. Democracy can survive an old man. There's guardrails for dementia. Democracy cannot survive whatever that baboon will attempt. There's no guardrails for him. Yesterday proved that. If there are guardrails against dementia, they’re not working. The dude everyone is talking about as clearly suffering from severe age-related decline IS THE SITTING POTUS. (Invite: I voted for Biden in 2020 and will likely vote for him again and fuck Donald Trump with all the fury of the Big Bang.)
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