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Gatorubet

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  1. if you follow that logic, then Reagan‘s sweep of 47 states would result in a 94% Republican Congress. Or - maybe that event was just one election with a candidate weakened by massive inflation, the Iran hostage crisis, and a bunch of other issues that decided the presidency that year. Enough of the voting population in the various states liked Democrats that 47 senators were democrats the year of Reagan’s election. Saying that because of a single presidential election 98% of the Congress should be GOP as a result of that election is mind numbingly stupid. that goes for his display of Trump votes in two states to justify a claim that those states are gerrymandered. It is just more false facts to support why the GOP does not want actual democracy. Which is why they gerrymand, why they interfere in elections by making it hard for Democrats in Democratic voting areas to find a polling booth, why they want to introduce onerous restrictions on voting in general, because they know poor people have more difficulty proving the things they want, thereby diminishing democratic vote - and why they do things like pass bills that say you can’t give water to people standing in line in the hot sun to vote - because the GOP placed a reduced number of voting machines in that Democratic area to limit votes and make the weight in line so onerous that people give up. that is his team, and he won’t show up to admit any of that.
  2. So - you are saying that CDC and FDA tenure is to knowing Russia stuff as knowing about pillow manufacturing is to knowing about voting machines?
  3. Nobody? Really? Dr. Frank Stallone…
  4. Ese…. they cut you the finest lines of Turbinado Azucar. You go on and live your life!
  5. Since he got fired from that lab in Wuhan, he’s been awfully persnickety.
  6. I think we can effectively ignore this guy. He is team GOP. Democrats won’t “play nice.” Whatever the fuck that means. and he seems not to understand that every congressional district is different with the different issues and different politicians running for office. So if you get a dip, shit, I am not a witch senatorial candidate, she might lose Biggly. But that will have nothing to do with the merits of the presidential vote, and absolutely nothing to do with the merits of a congressional election on a different part of the state between different politicians. I think he wants to have representatives appointed to Congress based upon how the state voted in a presidential election. But it is impossible to know what he wants because it is fair to say he has no idea what he wants, what he means, or how to tie the free floating noodles in his brain into one cohesive theory. So once again, we have a conservative visitor who mouths incomprehensible word salad - and then blames liberal Cabal for not embracing his thought nuggets. Bill Buckley is so very very dead.
  7. I never said you said that, I said you never addressed how to solve that problem. You seem to ignore the fact that democracy cannot exist as effective governance without good faith compromise. Having everyone safely ensconced in deep red and deep blue districts effectively removes any hope of compromise. That is the concept I addressed, one which you still refuse to address (albeit it I did a poor job at describing that so you know what I was addressing) But I thank you for your response because you’ve just demonstrated that you have no earthly idea what ‘gerrymandered’ means. Lots of people voting blue in blue states is not gerrymandering. Lots of people in red states voting red is not gerrymandering. People voting for the president has nothing to do with gerrymandering. As the presidential vote is statewide, it only affects the electoral college. So perhaps your ideas might be better received if they were bolstered by some basic civics class knowledge.
  8. Dust to Dust powder and Six Feet Under spray my dude. They (bugs) are stuffed full of sap and waiting out the winter cold in your place. Dead is good.
  9. Trump is fixing that financially comfortable part for many people.
  10. Avoid reading the SEC basketball forum before you post here Valmy. I think I speak for everybody here when I say that we all want the best for you - mental health wise.
  11. as an FU message, I think this qualifies. I also found this interesting Edit: The strategies of (12) (a), (c) & (d) have been employed by Surly posters since the Dawn of Time
  12. Don’t run errands anymore. Be sure to stop by billing on your way out.
  13. I can only presume DOGE will not be paying for those expensive blindfolds
  14. I get ya. But I think the amount of standing up and shouting will depend upon the virus. Something similar to the flu or Covid, I agree with you. Lots of kids and olds suffering painful otherwise preventable deaths from some new bird/bat bug - a modern day 1918 Spanish influenza we haven’t seen before? Oh, there’s gonna be some shouting.
  15. These are not the copium selling droids you’ve been looking for…
  16. That may certainly turn out to be true Brisket. But as we sit here today, there has not been enough movement by those harmed by the Trump administration because it is so early in the pain train. I guess it boils down to me having more faith in the cowardice of elected representatives changing their position if their eligibility is endangered. And if Trump pushes us into a giant recession or stagflation while destroying all of the government benefits people rely on, I also have more faith in villagers with torches than you do - at least when the villagers themselves have finally been hurt. So I agree with you in general, but I think it’s too soon to tell….because I don’t know how bad it will be. Really, really, really bad could in fact change things in ways we can’t see right now. Because we have no idea when and how that coalition would come to be - or who the members would be. Let me keep my one faint hope.
  17. I think I know many, many people on the conservative side, who, despite their political ideology, have not adopted the mouth breather anti-science hatred of vaccines. With rare gerrymandered exceptions,I think Congress generally would be terrified of voter reactions if Congress helped to deny vaccines for dangerous new viruses. Could be wrong, but I think that would be a dangerous bridge too far.
  18. oh, I hear you. But I haven’t given up on the awesome power of greed and avarice as wielded by Big Business. And I agree they will go along to get along if it is in their economic interest, but I’m still naive enough to think if they start to believe that their ability to make obscene profits are being unduly hindered, they still have tricks up their sleeve to get rid of that impediment.
  19. Fo’ sho’! Never said differently. I only suggested that 2% was not a massive cut. Now, if 600 people represent the ethnic cleansing of top management personnel, that would be something else to consider.
  20. Did Big Pharma get rid of all their lobbyists and quit donating to politicians?
  21. Massive might be overstating it. I think they are close to 25,000 military and civilian employees at Tinker. That would be 2 to 3%. More of a nothing burger I’m thinking.
  22. What do you do now sweetheart? Well, enjoy the benefit of the new totally free Trump “Ozempic-like” weight loss plan. And by that I mean, you don’t get anything to eat anymore and so will lose weight. I very much like the ‘just admit you were lied to’ tactic, as it allows them to accept a different opinion without admitting they are the dumbest, most gullible people on earth. Sound strategy. “Thet ernge feller lied to us….eggs is still ‘spensive!!”
  23. it’s nice to see Trump making up with countries he formally called ‘shit holes’. The man is a uniter, not a divider.
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