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Dbeasy

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  1. So public service announcement for the snake curious. Three years ago I got tired of being afraid of snakes and never knowing the species. So I started following snake threads on Facebook and after a few years I can now tell with about a 90% accuracy the species of any given snake. It has not only made me more comfortable around snakes, it’s made me more useful with friends, neighbors and family whenever there is a snake situation. I highly recommend getting educated.
  2. So I hadn’t paid attention to this thread for awhile and just caught up. A lot of conflict going on. I’d just like to say that I always welcome fans of opposing teams here because it demonstrates they are becoming more self aware. This is a great site and imo everyone should be welcome here as long as they aren’t pricks. Post what you like. Scholz is a good dude and he’ll get over it. I appreciate his feistiness.
  3. That’s exactly what someone with a back story would say.
  4. His name IS his nickname. Niblett the Niblet.
  5. Jesus no one gives a shit about all you fatties who think you’re not.
  6. Yes! Taking traditional Republican talking points, and pointing out their hypocrisy. About time Dems!!!!!
  7. After screwing up the Olympics forever with stupid Bob Costas human interest baloney they’ve finally started showing events. It’s way better, from a terrible past starting point.
  8. This is what I struggle to understand. It’s completely obvious that he’s a complete buffoon. How can people not see this? I know many voters don’t care. They just vote that way because they are rich or a religious nut, but everyone else should be intelligent enough to see that they are being played for suckers. It’s maddening. I will say that most of my friends that still support him are the less intelligent ones. It’s almost a perfect correlation.
  9. In thinking about how much of the fault for the DT situation is Baker vs Sark/Harris/Other, how is recruiting going in other less glamorous positions (lb, s, etc). Were there a solid list of backups and did they land some of them? I’m not sure I can answer that question accurately. And again, I recognize Baker’s new. That is very likely part (all?) of the issue.
  10. Hence why I said “just about”.
  11. He’s only been here less than a year but I’m just about done with Baker. I’m all for giving a coach time to recruit well, and less than a year isn’t enough time typically. But to completely flop on all but one DT candidate (who you had to flip back) is a stunning lack of success. I can’t recall a coach that not only didn’t recruit well the first year, but lost so many potential recruits that had Texas in their top few. I wonder if there really is an issue with Baker or just the unfortunate luck of Davis at LSU, etc.
  12. How can I make a contribution to the Harris campaign without giving up a bunch of information that causes them to hound me forever? I’m already dealing with way too many spam calls.
  13. Whoa seriously? Is this whole campaign just about grifting money and not even caring whether he wins? Or makes no sense to close field offices, unless they are still open in swing states.
  14. A bunch doesn’t appear on mobile. Not sure if it’s yarn or something else.
  15. Machinator being back has me all excited, which is ridiculous and pathetic.
  16. Ok dammit. Stop killing my Walz buzz with a bunch of boring posts about Minnesota weather.
  17. Walz may not win you a ton of new votes, but he shouldn't lose you any. Shapiro would have lost you some votes, and may not have offset those with enough new votes. It's a safe good pick. VP's aren't supposed to overly-impact the voting. Palin showed there's a lot of downside, and no one has ever shown much upside.
  18. I can now say my source was Kamala. She and I are tight. She works at a UToteM down on Greenville.
  19. My political connection says it’s Walz. TIFWIW
  20. I finally have been able to develop my action strategy wrt Trump voters. I have them in the following buckets with the associated action: 1. Too Stupid To Understand - these are idiots who fall for all of the propaganda and are simply too stupid to educate. Who wants to be around stupid people? I cut them all out my life except for family that I have to see. I minimize all conversation with those that remain. I just ignore them for the most part. 2. Tragically Uninformed - with these people I tell them straight out my thoughts on Trump in the harshest way possible. I then ask them if they’ve actually read and researched various issues on non-biased sources. None of them have. I tell them I have and they are victims of disinformation campaigns and their views are simply wrong. I don’t give shit if I make them mad or hurt their feelings. The only exception I make here is if they are important family or work related people. In that case I soft pedal my views by saying I’m an independent and don’t support Trump because of all the research I’ve done. This usually shuts up this group, and maybe just maybe causes 1 out of 10 to change their mind over months or years. 3. The Selfish Anti-Americans - these are the wealthy or religious nut jobs who support Trump solely for their self interest anti-America views. Fuck them. I cut them out of my life unless I have to tolerate them. I don’t waste a second trying to change their minds because it will never happen. This is why Elon and I are no longer friends. Of course we never were friends, but still! 4. The Confused - this is the most difficult group to deal with. They are educated, fairly well informed, recognize that the Republican Party does have some decent policies, but they perceive most facts thru a biased lens. They don’t realize they are victims of disinformation campaigns and think they’ve figured it all out. And, they are correct in saying that some Democrats policies are not good and so they don’t want to vote Democrat. I don’t cut these people out. I gently and rationally talk with them, but not often, about real facts and what disinformation is going around. I chip away at these people over years. I’m pretty sure I’ve flipped a fair number of them, or they figured out themselves that Trump is a moron. The rest are the ones we have to worry about at the polls This is my game plan. I think it’s good and I think everyone should be implementing it.
  21. Cops, firemen, veterans, tradesmen, farmers are all groups with quite a few Trump voters and it is surprising that they haven’t seen through his bullshit. Part of it is the testosterone charged environment where acting like an ass and saying politically incorrect things is still happening.
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