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- Collins gaining some in Maine
- Husted up 3 in Ohio
- Still Close in California
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| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 41.0 / 56.0 | -15.0 |
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Thursday Thread
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Still one of the most unusual earthquake maps I have ever seen. Still nothing going on in South America for a few days which is very unusual. Nothing for the last week in Africa’s rift valley. Nothing at all in the Med for nearly a week. Nothing in mainland Asia. Even Indonesia and the Philippines very quiet.
Only action is Japan and Alaska.
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Whatever. In workers compensation cases, doctors are trying to switch patients from narcotic pain relievers to medical marijuana.
I never tried any drugs and not interested in starting now.
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But…but…but…someone here kept assuring me that this never happens:
WOAH: FBI Rescues Child Kidnapped to Cuba by Trans Parent Who Sought Trans Surgery for Child
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@zerohedge
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US Mfg PMI 54.0, Exp. 52.5, Last 52.3 US Services PMI 51.3, Exp. 50.6, Last 49.8
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Medical marijuana would likely do nothing for me. I’ve tried edibles and it didn’t do anything beside make me feel a bit sick.
I’d prefer gin and tonic.
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@BillKristol
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“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.”
A commie like his father.
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Very apparent that Iran is now simply an out and out military dictatorship. It’s blatant and the facade of “theocracy” isn’t even something that their current “leaders” even are trying to sell very hard. Kill these guys and quit trying to negotiate with them. Even if you got an agreement, they wouldn’t abide by it. We all know that. Track them and eliminate them.
In other news, in the middle of the night the Senate passed funding for ICE for the remainder of Trump’s term. The vote was 50-48. Two Republican defections – Paul and Murkowski. Lisa Murkowski again. What a surprise. How I despise her. For those of you who think Collins is just as bad as Murkowski here is more proof that isn’t the case. We get as much out of Collins as we possibly could from a blue state senator.
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“And, of course, the referendum was ultimately lost because of mail-in votes. About 10% of the total was mail-in, and about 73% were “yes”. We have no way of knowing how many of these were real people casting a vote for themselves, but they added net 137,000 votes for “yes” and that is almost 50,000 more than the currently reported winning margin for “yes”.
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Bill Krystol continues to be a Trump Derangement hack. It’s simply who he is and who he always will be.
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This is why the “if we can’t beat them join them” on VBM will never work.
The GOP might cannibalize some votes from ED to VBM, but that won’t solve the Dem cheating/ballot harvesting issue.
The problem with VBM is you don’t know who the ballots are going to and you don’t know who is sending them in. You really even don’t know who requested them unless there is strict signature verification which there is not.
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Maybe Kristol can explain what “conservative” principles he thinks an expanded SCOTUS would protect.
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Oh well….
Over 70% of the East Village voted for Mamdani. Now they’re suing Mamdani because he’s planning to relocate Bellevue homeless shelter to the East Village.”
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Looks like the gop-e in th senate passed a 3 year funding for DHS. The rinos in the senate wasted a lot of time by funding components in Dhs only.
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We need to be patient on Iran. They were beat to sheot. Who is in charge? The cardboard cut out? Gandolfi? Vehozi? Nobody knows.
The us embargo of Hormuzzle is working. And we can resume bombing taking out the plants in a few days.
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Ken Cuccinelli thinks SCOVA will throw out the referendum.
He is a former AG, but also somewhat of a kook.
Let’s see.
Several opinions online say that while SCOVA is liberal, it is also a stickler for procedure.
The Dems did not follow the correct procedure, that is not in doubt.
The question is will the “will of the people” argument trump the procedure errors.
The fact only 51% voted for it might not help the “will of the people” argument especially because the R areas most affected by loss of representation voted massively against it.
Given the political polarization at the moment, I don’t see liberal judges helping the GOP out no matter what.
Hope I am wrong.
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Plus the key term in the requirements for Virginia’s districts is COMPACT.
From dictionary.com:
- joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid. compact soil.
- arranged within a relatively small space. a compact shopping center; a compact kitchen.
looking at the spaghetti districts on the Dem map, it is anything but compact. But the judges might just invent a new definition for the word.
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Looks like the gop-e”
Trump is a billionaire crony capitalist who made most of his money in the real estate and hospitality industries.
Is he part of the “establishment?”
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Good
“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine “sweepers” are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Should be relatively easy to sink these boats.
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Sunken ships make great fish breeding sites.
I am booking a fishing trip to the “Arabian” Gulf in about 2 years.
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MODERATOR: “Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?”
TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”
Should pilots landing in the US be able to understand instructions in English?
Democrats: “Racial profiling is illegal”
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I knew a man who lost SIX of his 8 siblings who were killed on an interstate highway because the truck driver did not know English and had an illegal license.
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Look, you could demand flight controllers speak 143 languages so they don’t “racially” profile anybody.
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Simple solution to the Virginia redistricting vote. The Commonwealth presently has 11 House districts…51.5% voted in favor (overwhelming D’s). What is 51.5% of 11? Answer, 6.
Give the Dems 6 House districts and the R’s 5. A brilliant idea that will not disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters.
Damn, I’m good.
But what a minute. Isn’t the 6-5 already in place. Silly me.
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“Based on the opinion of scholars in Najaf, Qom and Mashhad and the decision of security officials, no new images or materials of him will be released for now so that enemies cannot harm him through particular methods and occult sciences,” said Salar Velayatmadar, a member of the National Security Commission, claiming that such sciences and methods are studied in institutions including those in Tel Aviv.”
Nah, the Iranians are not a little paranoid…
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And the moment you question any dem on the 10-1 fairness, the word TEXAS is the first thing to come out of their mouths. And of course Texas has no legal bearing on what is required in Virginia.
But these aren’t days when judges follow legal requirements.
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If Texas did what VA did their delegation would be 36-4.
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The Democrats are coming for older homeowners…
“IN housing, besides circumventing the disproportionately high elder participation in town meetings where land-use decisions are made, I advocate a progressive tax on older homeowners to incentivize them to downsize rather than retain. The longer you stay, the more you should have to pay. The funds could allow for new construction and other projects of intergenerational justice, especially educational ones that prioritize unleashing our young people into the creative prime of life.”
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Sounds like something that would come out of Paul’s mouth.
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If that was a Republican proposal and I was the Democrat responding, I would blurt out something like “This is another form of euthanasia! Stop killing old people!”
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And the AARP and most older Dems will continue to support Democrats.
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60 some years ago a D president said Ask not what your country can do for you it what you can do for your country.”
90 some % of people in U.S. shook their heads in agreement and affirmation.
Today one side is patriotic, loves America, and wants it to succeed and believes in America and what it stands for.
The other side wants America destroyed, does not believe in the founding and guiding principles that were so successful.
Instead they happily believe in “ScamAmerica” and go to great lengths to participate in the scams and defe d the scams.
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Trying to get unearned gain where none is deserved, caring not that doing so is to the detriment of everyone else.
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Fox News just reported that Pete Hegseth fired United States Secretary of the Navy John Phelan because Phelan would not ignore a federal judge’s orders!
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retlaw: I would disagree with that characterization.
But, you would likely say that my whole extended family is un-American. And that my entire church family and most of my neighbors are also unpatriotic and un-American.
I do not see it that way at all. And take offense at you labeling them as such.
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Paul, what do your extended family, neighbors, and your entire church family believe? Do they believe that the government is to be your god, parent, and spouse, and that we should give up most of our income to the government so they can turn the country into a cesspool of waste, corruption, abuse, crime, and poverty? If that’s what they want, then yes, all of them are unpatriotic and un-american.
The problem with many leftist voters is that they don’t see the connection between who they vote for and the actual results that come from it. So sure, they might say they are American and Patriotic, but they vote for the very people who are bent on turning us into a larger version of Haiti. A running sewer. A barnyard manure pit. I am sure real estate is cheap in Haiti. If any on the left want to get that kind of life right now, they don’t have to wait until America is destroyed. They can move to Haiti now.
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DW,
I don’t think any of them would believe any of that.However, almost all consider themselves very American and Patriotic. Most of the people at my church are very passionately anti-Trump. They do not support many of the things that Trump is promoting and they see some of his actions as unconstitutional.
I do believe they see a connection between who they vote for and actual results. They simply support the results that the Democrats provide.
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