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Mole

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  1. Possibly. Warnock’s position at Ebenezer gives him a lot of weight. Of course, there was a third runoff election for Public Service Commission (utilities). There, it looks like the R (a white man named Lauren) beat the D (a Black man named Blackman). As of 10 minutes ago, the R candidate for Public Service Commission has more votes than everyone but Warnock.
  2. Some of this. Also, Loeffler is cartoonishly horrifying. Maybe her cartoon villain qualities seem more offensive to some because she’s a woman, but she’s objectively more horrifying than Perdue. Probably a little of this. There’s probably a bit of anti-Semitism baked into American politics in general, but Perdue hasn’t altered any pictures of Ossoff’s nose in months, so I guess they didn’t find it that effective. More generally, while Ossoff is young, smart, and a good candidate, he isn’t quite as compelling as Warnock. Georgia was won with black organizers registering black voters. The senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist and a child of the poverty resonates in a way that a child of privilege turned documentarian doesn’t. Add in Loeffler’s making this election about the black church too. I suspect that enthusiasm was far higher for Warnock than Ossoff. I could also see some generally R leaning, white Christian values voters seeing Warnock as acceptable and then also voting for Perdue. If you look at county by county numbers, there wasn’t that much splitting of tickets, just a little here and there, always favoring Warnock over Ossoff. What’s absolutely amazing to me is that during the height of extreme right wing nationalist identity politics, Georgia just elected a Black senator and a Jewish senator.
  3. When do we officially turn communist? I have some tee shirt designs to sell.
  4. Looking at 538's county by county map, it looks like there's virtually no split ticket voting.
  5. I’m in for a 2022, double entendre-filled, pre-midterm, viral rap collaboration with Derka called Big D Turnout.
  6. Look, Georgia senators may take advantage of a global pandemic for an easy payday; they might use racial stereotypes and racist tropes in their campaign ads; they might seek to overthrow the government; but they don’t sexually harass preteens waiting to get their ears pierced at Claire’s, so keep the Bama politics in the metoo thread.
  7. The Proud Boys musical should be more of a demented Man of La Mancha than Hamilton.
  8. Praying for you and your family.
  9. A definition of masculinity so depraved it defies belief. Also, I’m not sure what the hubbub is all about. During the impeachment, Senate republicans admitted that the president attempted extortion in support of his election efforts. They said it was no big deal then, so why should we fuss now when he does the same thing on tape? It’s what the president does. We could have avoided this like a year ago.
  10. Short of a small handful of coaches that aren’t coming, everyone else will always be a crapshoot. If you catch the right coach at the right time, sometimes you beat the odds, but the odds are always against you. Once Mack went downhill, it was almost guaranteed to be a long walk in the wilderness. I’m always going to root for the guy in recovery to make good. His sobriety is a valid concern for anyone associated with UT, but as long as he has a plan and support system in place, I’m not going to hold it against him unless it becomes a problem. His list of QB protégés is elite and he appears to be a brilliant and flexible offensive coach. Hopefully he picked up some of that Saban mojo. If he succeeds, I think that these will be the reasons that it seems so obvious in hindsight. The odds are that he’ll be mediocre, but I’d say that for any coach other than Meyer. Getting upset that this coin flip is marginally better or worse than some other coin flip seems pointless to me.
  11. Turns out, she wasn’t real.
  12. I’m all for truth and those comments seem like dirty pool, but Loeffler claiming she doesn’t support white supremacy while running attack ads drenched in the very same ideology is a bit rich. Idealized conservative principles aren’t inherently racist, but the dishonest anti-Warnock ads are the same attacks that have been run against black politicians and leaders for generations. If the hood fits.
  13. Mole

    Sam Ehlinger

    I mean, it’s an award put out by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, so I’m not sure what you expect. Colt beat out Tebow for it in 2009, so they have better judgement than you might think. The Saint Luigi Scrosoppi Catholic Kicker award would probably have a sweet trophy. Also, the all Muslim NBA all-time team would be loaded in the post.
  14. Man, a year ago we were in the midst of impeachment stuff. That sure seemed like a low point at the time. Who knew that he’d kill off enough Americans to empty out Honolulu and then try (and keep trying) to overthrow the government? It sure feels like a low point. What’s in store for 2021?
  15. Man, that article. The biggest problem isn’t that they’re watching Newsmax; it’s that they’re watching 8-10 hours a day of any cable news. That’s self-brainwashing. Eight to ten hours a day of even CNN would untether you from reality.
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    Sam Ehlinger

    It’s just a weird COVID quirk, but I was playing on college football reference today and realized that if Sam and Shane each return for super senior seasons (and Sam plays), they’ll both likely end up top 10 all-time in passing yards. Shane would have a good shot at top 5.
  17. I like how the talking head had to refer to the lizard people thing as “completely unfounded.” Thanks for clearing that up.
  18. I love dogs, but at this point I’m ready for that dog to be euthanized already.
  19. I agree with the general sentiment, but it seems like those stats are saying that longer drives tend to score more often than short drives. Also, this last TD drive counts as one of those 1 touch drives
  20. Velocity of money.
  21. People are now no doubt saying it.
  22. Traveling the country in an RV during a pandemic is absolutely privileged. So is working from your couch in your underwear with Cheeto dust in your lap or even attending Zoom meetings with your toddler climbing all over you. Considering the circumstances, I don’t see how any of those behaviors are particularly irresponsible, even if we disagree with someone politically. The problem with how we discuss “privilege” is that it’s framed as something to be taken away rather than what should be the default. The things that we called privileged these days should be the social norm. More, not fewer, people should have been able to spend the summer working from their RV in the Branson, MO parking lot.
  23. Absolutely. Maybe doing virtual schooling from home just like public schools changed their sense of boundaries. There’s a 4-step process in dealing with these cases: 1. Contact the student to let them know someone is contacting me on their behalf and explain that I can’t discuss anything without a FERPA waiver. 2. Exclaim in surprise when the student actually fills out the waiver. 3. Email the parent with an explanation of the many ways their precious child cheated. 4. Never hear back from either the parent or student. The parent is now aware that their child lied to them and made them look foolish. I like to imagine that there’s a lot of yelling during this step.
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