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  1. This tells me his base is not comprised of civically minded people if he can only get 51% of the vote in Iowa. I don't know how/if that can be leveraged, though, if he remains on the ballot in the general election. But it's scary as fuck that a bunch of in-denial, know-nothing cultists can bring down this country when he gets them into a frothing rage come this fall.
  2. Someone put together a detailed interactive Google map showing who controls what in Yemen as of October. The highlighted symbol in the screenshot supposedly represents a military facility in the Houthi-controlled area. Someone pass it on to the intelligence guys who are having trouble finding targets. /s
  3. We hit them again today. Interesting point made in the last two paragraphs. U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen for a third time. The United States carried out a new military strike against Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles in Yemen on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, the second follow-up attack against the Iran-backed rebel group since a U.S.-led air and naval barrage hit dozens of the Houthi targets last week. The strikes on Tuesday were aimed at four missiles designed to sink ships that were being prepared to fired from their launchers and posed an imminent threat to merchant vessels and Navy ships, two U.S. officials said. The strikes came after the Houthis launched a new round of attacks in shipping lanes critical for global trade over the weekend, damaging a U.S.-owned commercial ship on Monday after attempting to hit an American warship the day before. Residents in the area said on Monday that they saw Houthi missiles being fired from remote and mountainous parts of Mukayras, a Houthi-controlled town in central Yemen, on Friday and Monday. The missiles launched from Mukayras are believed to been aimed at ships south of Aden or in the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, while missiles fired from Yemen’s western cities of Hodeidah and Taiz targeted ships south of the Red Sea or off Yemen’s coast. The United States-led strikes on Thursday and Friday were aimed at more than 60 targets in Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia, and damaged or destroyed about 90 percent of the targets that were struck. Still, the group has retained about three-quarters of its ability to fire missiles and drones at ships transiting the Red Sea, two U.S. officials said on Saturday. The Houthis so far have been undeterred by the U.S.-led strikes, vowing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, and have said they will continue their attacks until Israel withdraws. On Tuesday, the Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile into the Red Sea, hitting the Zografia, a Maltese-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier, a Defense Department official said. The ship’s crew reported no injuries. The vessel remained seaworthy, and continued its journey, the official said. Identifying Houthi targets is proving to be challenging for U.S. forces. American and other Western intelligence agencies have not spent significant time or resources in recent years collecting data on the location of Houthi air defenses, command hubs, munitions depots, and storage and production facilities for drones and missiles, the officials said. U.S. analysts have been rushing to catch up and catalog potential Houthi targets every day, the officials said. American forces are bracing for much larger retaliatory attacks from the Houthis, who began targeting ships after the war in the Gaza Strip began and are preparing escalating responses, senior U.S. military officials said.
  4. Some interesting data to sort through: Turnout was 110,000 votes last night, or 15% of Iowa's 700,000 registered Republicans. This was down 41% from 2016. A total of 8% of registered Republicans voted for Trump. Almost half of those who bothered to show up chose someone other than Trump. $124 million was spent on campaign ads, equalling about $1,100 per vote. Now, I suppose a sample size equaling 15% of the universe of self-identified Republicans is decent from a statistical perspective. But if you also consider the prolonged campaign of winning over the most committed (i.e., fanatical) voters with lots of money, I really do wonder how much support Trump will garner in the general election when only half of Republicans chose him, a quasi-incumbent, last night. I'm probably making too much of this because Republicans are famous for falling in line behind their guy, and I certainly don't doubt the borderline worship his most faithful followers have for him, but this all seems to point to an overall lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy among the broader public. Maybe it was the weather; maybe it was the air of inevitability; maybe it points to his core constituency being disengaged from traditional civic participation; or maybe most people are tired of his shit. Let's all hope it's the last one.
  5. White "Christian" nationalism. They've conflated being a Christian with being an American. In their eyes, the identity is one and the same. Christianity has lost its traditional meaning as a religion and has been supplanted by the worship of race and geography (i.e., blood and soil). Trump is their messiah, here to save both.
  6. Wordle 941 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #219 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Daily Quordle 722 4️⃣6️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 722 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, January 16 Letters: E G L U R S T My score: 355 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌼 🏵 🌹 🌺 💐 💮 🌷 🌸 🌻 🌼 #Worldle #725 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #398 (6/11) ✅✅✅✅✅✅ https://travle.earth ClickWord.org Daily 346: 508 points (top 20% 🎊) 11 words: 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟥🟥🟧🟧 💪 Best word: 84 points 🔥 Streak: 4 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily346
  7. No surprises here other than I thought Trump would get a higher vote percentage than he did. 51% feels like weak support for a quasi-incumbent. Trump is still showing weakness among suburban/educated voters. Haley performed relatively well in Ames (Iowa State), Iowa City (Iowa), and Cedar Falls/Waterloo (University of Northern Iowa), as well as the SW Des Moines suburbs. No discernible strengths for DeSantis from a geographic or income standpoint. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/15/us/elections/iowa-republican-precinct-results.html
  8. @longhornmatt Here's the post where I copy/pasted the article.
  9. I recall that piece. It wasn't the same article, but that was pretty much the gist. In the one I was talking about, I think there was also a nod to some of the language Trump and his supporters are now using about him suffering for them, referring to his legal troubles. Very messianic stuff. It truly is getting into cult territory where their politics (if you can even call it that at this point since there really aren't many policies per se) is supplanting their religion. I'll see if I can track it down to repost for you.
  10. The fact that GQP voters would be ignoring one of their evangelical leaders (Bob Vander Plaats) in choosing Trump tracks with the article I posted a few days ago, which was its primary thesis: traditional church leaders are noticing that they're losing their flocks to the cult of Trump, and that is redefining what it means to be a "Christian". A quote from one supporter summed it up by saying something along the lines of "Trump is our savior -- he's the only one who can help us."
  11. I think Jody Foster et al are just city cops. I was curious about it too watching last night, and I looked carefully at the APF patch, which also reads the City of Ennis Police. So maybe it's just a generic Alaska Police Force acronym, which is probably made up but I don't know.
  12. July 15th. From the Pence wiki page: Donald Trump considered naming Pence as his vice presidential running mate along with other finalists including New Jersey governor Chris Christie and former House speaker Newt Gingrich.[177] Pence had stronger connections at the time to the politically influential big donors, the Kochs, than Trump did.[178][11][179][180][181] It was widely reported on July 14 that Pence planned to end his re-election campaign and accept the Republican vice presidential nomination instead.[182] The following day, Trump officially announced on Twitter that Pence would be his running mate.[183][184][185]
  13. Promoting this tweet on MLK day of all days. So as to avoid CR accusations, I won't say who's behind the AFL. You can look it up yourselves.
  14. He uses one-off, throw-aways for the Ukraine thread, but you're right about him using the Hal account for 6th Street. I think he forgot to switch over to the Boss Hogg one that he normally posts under for DT and CR.
  15. Excellent first episode. I'm thinking there's a connection between the ice core samples and the mine. Something underground has been disturbed and awakened. The one-eyed polar bear stuffed animal showing up on the floor at about the same time as a real one, also with one eye, in town was interesting. I'm curious about the backstory on Travis, the ghost. The only thing that kind of bugs me is that December 20th was chosen as the last day of sun. Since the winter solstice is December 21st, wouldn't it have happened sooner with an equal number of days of perpetual dark before and after that date?
  16. The U.S. says a fighter jet took down a Houthi missile The United States said that it had shot down a missile fired by Houthi fighters at one of its Navy ships in the Red Sea on Sunday, in one of the first skirmishes between the two sides since the United States attacked the Iran-backed militia inside Yemen. The Houthis launched an anti-ship cruise missile at the U.S.S. Laboon, a destroyer, on Sunday at about 4:45 p.m. Yemen time, the U.S. military said on social media. The missile was shot down by an American fighter jet near the coast of the city of Hudaydah, and no injuries or damage were reported, the U.S. military said. American officials have been expecting the Houthis to retaliate for airstrikes that the United States led against the group last week. Those strikes were in response to more than two dozen Houthi attacks on freight ships in the Red Sea in recent weeks that have roiled the commercial shipping industry. The military actions of the Houthis, a Yemeni militia that has said it is acting in solidarity with the Palestinian people, have stirred fears of the Israel-Hamas conflict spreading further into the Middle East. But even as the United States and its allies attacked Houthi sites in Yemen, for now it appears both Washington and Tehran are taking care not to put their forces in direct combat. Last week, after clearly telegraphing its intentions, the United States destroyed about 30 Houthi sites. But U.S. officials acknowledged that the Houthis still have about three-quarters of their ability to fire missiles and drones at ships making voyages through the Red Sea.
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  18. Drone footage from a little over an hour and a half ago before sunset. It seems they've built an earthen dam to divert the lava away from town. That doesn't help where the fissure formed, but it seems to be working somewhat.
  19. Wordle 939 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #217 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Daily Quordle 720 5️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Sequence Quordle 720 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, January 14 Letters: C D E A I N T My score: 350 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌼 🌻 🌹 💮 🌺 🌷 🏵 💐 🌸 🌼 #Worldle #723 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #396 (3/7) ✅✅✅ https://travle.earth ClickWord.org Daily 344: 521 points (top 30% 🎉) 12 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟧🟧🟧🟧🟨🟨 💪 Best word: 100 points 🔥 Streak: 2 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily344
  20. I'm sure she's aware the cameras will be on her, but that's likely not the point of her being there. She doesn't really need the publicity. Cameras are ALWAYS on her. What's wrong with her showing up for her dude?
  21. I haven't worn it in about ten years. If you can find it shoved in the back of some drawer back at the casa in Austin, you're more than welcome to it. You'll have to guess my address though.
  22. Drove out to West Texas for the next few days. Just after 6 pm when I was getting ready for an HEB run, the temp was 49F. By the time I got in a spot at 6:35 for curbside pick-up, it'd fallen to 31F, and the wind was blowing. Currently, the temp reads 25F and, apparently, the winds are about to go crazy. Expecting to get down to 9F by 9 am (real feel of -9F) tomorrow morning.
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