But there is always Homer Hedgehog:
- Wednesday without polls
- No surprise in MA Senate race
- Klobuchar in command of MN Governor race
- Collins closing fast in Maine
- Finally Friday
New Book:
 | GOP | DEM |
| Republican +3 | 219 | 216 |
Wednesday without polls
14 responses to “Wednesday without polls”
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For the soccer fans:
Greatest player – Pele or Messi?”
Subjective.
Pele scored over 1200 goals in his career, a record that even Messi hasn’t come close with about 910 goals. Pele won 3 WC’s, Messi might win 2 if Argentina wins this one.
Messi has played in 6 WCs, Pele in 4.
Messi has more career trophies in major tournaments(44 to 37). He also has more goals in WCs and possibly will be the highest WC scorer of all times.
In my view, goals scored should count more, especially since Pele only played 812 games while Messi already played in 1008.
I still give the crown to Pele, narrowly.
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Number of general election house race polls released so far in the month of June:
Zero.
I guess nobody is curious to sample any of these close contested house seats.
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It’s all due to muh inflation and tariffs
-Freepasser
Despite Slumping Sentiment, US Retail Sales See Strongest Annual Rise Since Jan 2023
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The conservative New York Post is not impressed with the deal.
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I’m not impressed either. For a word “promise of not to acquire nuclear weapons” we give up all our leverage. A “promise to give up pursuit of a nuclear weapon” Woo Hoo. In return, they get lifting of our blockade, relief from sanctions, lifting of military pressure. All the economic and military pressure on the regime goes away. They open the strait, which was open before the war anyway, so they don’t lose anything on that one. Exactly what incentive is left for them to live up to a “promise”.
We had them by the balls and let them off the hook for practically nothing. A promise? Insane. The mullahs have to be thrilled. Once the money starts flowing in from sanction relief and oil money they can go on their merry way propping up Hezbollah and Hamas and rebuilding their own military stockpiles. They can’t believe their luck.
Great deal, Mr. President! Bloviating squish of a leader.
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I don’t disagree with you Phil, but the problem is we have an election year going on, with a very fickle electorate. And with gas prices dropping, we have a real chance at holding both the senate and house. If Dems get the house, then its nothing but impeachment after impeachment for the next two years and the two years will be completely wasted. So maybe the plan is get through the election in one piece, then when Iran violates the terms of the ceasefire, then hammer them again.
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I somewhat agree with DW’s rationale in his last post.
Most analysts have said the Iranians hold on the Strait of Homutz was leading to world-wide oil and negative economic repercussions in the not too distant future. Although this deal looks like a surrender in the short term, the US still retains oversight on the moves and behavior of Iran, with the ability to the-engage kinetically should it become necessary. In the meantime, more attention can be focused on our own domestic issues, boosting our economy before the vital midterm elections. It’s kind of a give and take, push/pull, threading the needle type of decision-making going on in making a deal that will at least temporally lower the heat in the ME.
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There are a lot of pluses here. The Iranian navy is gone. A lot of their arms production infrastructure is gone. A whole level of leadership is gone. The economic impact of the destruction and lack of revenue will probably last years, and the Iranian ability to continue funding Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas is greatly diminished.
And even if there is only a “promise”, this is the first time the iranians have committed to that and the West is now free to demand compliance.
This was all accomplished with almost no US casualties.
Are we better off with Iran now than before it all started?
I would argue that we are MUCH better off.
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Congo has the bluest uniforms I have ever seen.
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Portugal 1 Congo 0 five minutes in.
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There are mixed reviews coming out regarding the deal being made with Iran. One of the more leveled- headed ones posited the following:
”Trump’s moves — destroying Iran’s military, putting its foreign enablers on notice, decimating Iran’s leadership ranks, and not allowing Iran to build or buy a nuclear weapon — are big steps forward. Trump would have liked to dislodge the mullahs from power, but at what cost? Critics hate to answer such questions.
All in all, it’s less than we wanted, but more than we hoped for, given 47 years of U.S.-Iran stalemate punctuated by repeated acts of Iranian terrorism, proxy attacks against Western targets including the U.S., and ongoing threats to our main Mideast ally, Israel. Iran is now a pariah state on parole, without nuclear weapons and with a severely damaged military.
All in all, a pretty good outcome for three and a half months’ work.”
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