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Anastasis

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  1. Gridlock until 2020. Then it gets interesting. 

     

    Historically what is the pattern on returns coming election night. I think that there is potential for some big swings in the prediction markets depending on how quickly the urban vs rural votes come in. 

  2. 7 hours ago, Aphelion said:

    I have a hard time believing any of them are different in a meaningful way. 

    Beto has run a meaningfully different campaign. I am not sure how that will translate to Senatoring. We probably won't get a chance to find out, but my hunch is that it would be a mild disappointment much in the same way that Obama was not able to convert his aspirational campaign rhetoric into transcending governance. 

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  3. 14 minutes ago, SpiralOut said:

    Troops, corrupt unaccountable intelligence agencies, and everything involved with our interventionism and bolstering of the military-industrial complex included.

    But the tweets and sharing of candy! 

  4. Just now, cactusflinthead said:

    Fuck off Kilgorehorn. Maybe consider doing something besides handing out negs chickenshit. 

    Pretty sure that was a case of friendly fire. 

     

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  5. 13 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

    I’m not naive, and I’ve used Beto as a teachable moment for my kid. Time will prove if he’s true to his principals -we know Cruz at this point.

    I do actually think that Beto is different in a meaningful way. And he is going to fucking lose. Because American (and Texas) politics are totally dysfunctional. The latter is my primary teaching moment to my children. 

  6. 2 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

    anastasis is having a rough week

    Maybe, but my endpoint is not as rough as the children whose parents try to convince them that politicians in DC are their role models. 

  7. Just now, Born to Run said:

    Doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t aspire to return to those days.

    Sure, but as my granny, a politician that I would actually hold up as a potential role model to my children would say, "Pull your fucking head out of your ass and stop being so god damned naive." 

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