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Snake Diggity

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  1. This is me acting like a conspiracy nut, but I actually think Trump is the cause of both events. The head of the port workers union is a Trumper. And Netanyahu almost certainly prefers Trump to Harris, if for no other reason than he knows Trump is completely ineffectual and will do nothing to push back on his agenda.
  2. Port strike and Iran attacking Israel are not good developments for Harris.
  3. Precedent. Not trying to be a dick, just wanna make sure you aren’t going through your whole life making that mistake.
  4. If you mean for today, no way. Singleton and Heyward are awful against lefties. But against a righty I think you’ll see Heyward for Dubon and Singleton for Caratini. If McCormick were fully healthy I’d rather he be in LF than Dubon but otherwise I like this lineup.
  5. Yep. I am pro union but fuck that guy and fuck their unreasonable demands.
  6. I assume that they will Taft Hartley and just waited because they wanted the 90 days to last thru the election and long enough after to make it a non issue at the polls.
  7. Crazy record for 1 run games. Normalize that to .500 and this is a 90-95 win team. Normalize it to their record in other games and they’re a 97 win team. Thats amazing considering the number of SP innings lost to injury and the fact that their $20M/yr 1B died last year.
  8. I will also say that it’s possible Walz’s confidence is shaken because he’s been taking prep against Pete Buttigieg.
  9. This will not go like the Harris-Trump debate went. Walz might “win” but it will not be because he totally pantses Vance or because Vance comes off as a bumbling idiot. There is a lot of downside for Harris/Walz in this debate because they have the momentum and it’s very close to Election Day; Walz could very well cost them the election with a really bad performance, and there’s almost nothing he could do that would widen their lead to the point of making it a landslide. Walz needs to “keep it real” without coming off as elderly or a bumpkin or having an “oops” moment (although that kind of flub won’t bury him the way it did Perry because Walz is so likable). He does that, he will be fine. Do no harm.
  10. That restaurant is a better politician than the GOP VP nominee.
  11. Congrats, but don’t be dismissive of the work you’ve done. You’ve earned an independent child and you’ve earned the good relationship you have with her. My parents loved me, but they couldn’t wait to get me out of the house. I was the baby, so getting rid of me meant an empty nest. They didn’t help me plan for college, didn’t help me pay for anything, didn’t help me find somewhere to live, didn’t help me move. I remember both my roommates’ parents being there on move-in day, and one of them getting emotional. After they left, I remember telling my roommate, “be grateful your parents wanted to be here. My parents are probably having sex right now.”
  12. Comal County is the worst. Buck Burnett country.
  13. This is fucking enraging. Whatever disagreement Trump has with Zelensky, Zelensky is the head of state that has been invaded and had hundreds of thousands of its people (many civilians, many women and children) killed and severely wounded, and Trump is going to make a public spectacle of praising his relationship with Zelensky’s enemy, the head of state of the country that invaded him, WHILE HES STANDING NEXT TO ZELENSKY? Trump is a no class motherfucker. But he’s also a buffoon in every arena, especially foreign policy.
  14. There’s a ton that could go wrong. Either Harris or Walz could have a major health problem or be assassinated. The Middle East could break out into full scale war (Israeli ground invasion into Lebanon, Iranian/Saudi attack on Israel). A terrorist attack on US soil. A black stock market event (e.g. Nvidia found fraudulent, hundreds of billions in value obliterated). A scandal on Harris or Walz (infidelity, corruption). Even though Harris appears to be leading across all the swing states, we’re still talking about just tens of thousands of votes in 3-4 states making the difference. A lot of bad shit can happen in 38 days.
  15. Unfortunately if Harris outperforms the polls across the board that will be concrete evidence that the election was rigged. “Hurr durr how is it that Harris was tied or within 2 pts of Trump in ALL the polls yet she won by 5-6 points?! Explain that, libtard!”
  16. With 39 days to go, WI and MI polling show that without some kind of course reversal, they will go to Harris without much chance of dispute. That puts the map at 251-219 in favor of Harris with NV, AZ, GA, PA, and NC in play. The sum of polls for them have all very slightly favored Harris. Harris needs to avoid anything that can change the trajectory while busting ass to stretch PA to get the margin wide enough to prevent Trump from viably contesting the result. Trump’s ceiling is 287 with another 26 being close enough to contest. Harris’s ceiling is 318 with another 47 being close enough to contest. My current prediction is Harris winning 302-236, with Trump, with no proof, crying foul and trying to overturn results in NC, PA, AZ, and WI, while actual fraud (in Trump’s favor) is found in OH and FL.
  17. It’s like “Run, Spot. Run.”
  18. ~10% of American adults didn’t graduate high school. ~52% of American adults did not graduate college. ~70% of Americans fail a basic civic literacy quiz on topics like the three branches of government, the number of Supreme Court justices, and other basic functions of our democracy. We have woefully unqualified electorate.
  19. The overall odds may not have shifted that dramatically, but Harris’ ceiling sure has been raised. Biden’s best case scenario was winning the blue wall by enough to have the election called on election night and not having to wait on AZ or GA. Harris’ best case includes winning every Atlantic coast state outside of SC, and potentially having this thing put to bed before the sun sets in Austin.
  20. His real answer there was “who knows about anything”. Thats really the only part that he said that he actually believes. He’s pretty much revealed that he doesn’t understand in the slightest what cryptocurrency actually is and thinks it’s a scam. Luckily for him the idiots who are passionate about it will give support to literally anyone who just says the word “crypto” over and over, even if that person has no fucking clue what they’re talking about.
  21. My personal experience (and what little science I’ve read), there is no ranking. You’ve got to have all 3 (diet, exercise, sleep). If I have ever stopped prioritizing any one of them, they all 3 fall apart. You can lose track of other very important things (gratitude, sunlight, human interaction, a sense of purpose) and still potentially be ok, but if you’re not eating right, exercising enough, or sleeping enough, you’re fucked no matter what.
  22. Caveat: Purely anecdotal. I’ve tried just about every prescription and supplement known to man, mostly in an effort to tame depression and sleep issues. These are the only things I’ve tried that have consistently worked for me: Tart cherry juice has helped me sleep. Ambien fucked me up. If I’m desperate for sleep I take one children’s Benadryl, but it’s only good very infrequently. Fish oil has helped my overall health (take in the AM with food, it can cause regurgitation). You’ve probably heard all this already, but just general advice for folks experiencing sleep loss and/or depression: Above all, diet, outdoor exercise, and sleep routine have been the most influential things I’ve changed to help myself. Exercise outside every single day (weather permitting), at least 30 minutes, early in the day if possible. Avoid sugar and alcohol. Eat more leafy greens, fish, and whole fruit. Superfoods that I feel have improved my mental health: spinach, blueberries, flax seeds, salmon Block out 10 (yes, 10) hours of time for sleep each night. Spend those 10 hours in a cool, quiet, dark room in a comfortable bed with a comfortable pillow. Don’t drink anything starting 2 hours before bedtime. No caffeine after 3pm. Spend time (even if it’s just a few seconds) every day mentally listing good things in your life. Good luck.
  23. Right. The takeaway was that the “absolute nuttiest of the nutty” makes up like 35% of the country, and another 15% are either evil or too lazy to vote under even the most dire circumstances.
  24. Funny you mention 9/11, because I have thought since it happened that if we were anything other than fucked that Jan 6 would have been a 9/11 style moment in terms of galvanization of the country, and everybody but the absolute nuttiest of the nutty would have been like “ok, that’s enough, fuck Trump and his followers”.
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