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hookem2010

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  1. Icono/Macklemore playing the super long con. He's had to say truly despicable things to get us all to buy the bit, but this can no longer be a real person, right?
  2. It's been a minute, but I feel like I took something different from that book. Primarily that social and governmental configurations could be fluid within a society, and that often these "kingdoms" were ruled by someone who often only had the power to directly affect those in their immediate sphere. So people could just kind of move away a bit. Not nearly the level of power one would generally think of with a king. And, at least in the plains tribes, I don't believe chiefs had a whole lot of power to coerce their tribespeople to do anything they didn't want to do l.
  3. To bring up the point earlier about some of the top candidates potentially not wanting to take the VP position due to the desire to become President... 1) I know politicians are ambitious creatures, but if Shapiro or Whitmer were deemed the most likely to help carry a swing state (I honestly don't know enough to say), but sure would be nice if they'd set that aside for the sake of the country. 2) 4 straight D terms may be unlikely, but those two in particular would still only be in their late 50's/early 60's come 2032, when they would likely be as well positioned as anyone to get the nod (this assumes 2 full Kamala terms OR R getting elected in '28).
  4. I'm going to allow myself some optimism for the first time in weeks (months?) and imagine the Democrats Case McCoy'ing their way across the finish line. Another November miracle by an unsuspected savior!
  5. I believe the talk has all been about Shapiro as VP, Kamala at the top of the ticket.
  6. Can I find the opportunity to use apotheosis in a sentence today?
  7. I don't avoid the fact that these slip-ups exist (*cough*like R's*cough*), but I can't watch them. It's like watching Michael Scott's cringiest moments. And if I solid D voter like me can't handle watching him speak, I don't know how you keep throwing him out there and expect him to gain any ground.
  8. Correct. All those years of higher learning and I can't even pose a simple hypothetical.
  9. Yea, Warren was my favorite candidate last cycle. Didn't really understand why she couldn't gain any momentum.
  10. I guess there have been a few. But this would potentially be 3 consecutive presidents without any serving two consecutive terms. I really jacked up my question. Apologies
  11. Well look at the big history brains on the doctor!
  12. I'll add barring death/assassination***
  13. I'm too lazy to look, but if the D's end up nominating someone else, how often in our history have we had 3 different presidents elected in 3 consecutive elections?
  14. Solid hour of rain in 78665
  15. I worked at Hamilton Pool for a while, fortunately while the pool was closed for swimming. Drownings were nearly annual there before, and no more than about 100 people can swim there each day. It's insane to me that poor swimmers, or parents of poor swimmer, take no steps to avoid such things.
  16. I play reasonably close attention, but didn't know about Wes Moore until this week and was only peripherally aware of Shapiro but couldn't point him out of a lineup. I'm team anyone but Trump (or any R), for what it's worth.
  17. Perhaps we should start caring, seeing as the two presidential candidates are 80 year-old men. One who occasionally appears to be sundowning and the other who brags about passing neurologic exams and subsists on McDonalds.
  18. I went to Lassen in June a few years ago. Didn't get to see any of the geothermal features, but it was still a fantastic, uncrowded trip. Highly recommend.
  19. I've got to check that one off then. My wife is from there so we've gone back to visit family probably 10 times, yet I haven't been. Now that we have kids, I guess I can use that as an excuse to go next time.
  20. I didn't listen, but it seems like anything between a disaster and a home run is basically worst case scenario.
  21. I can't even listen to that. It's cringey enough to read.
  22. Congratulations! Speaking of illnesses, the wife, who works at Dell, said the new Covid strain is no joke. So that's fun. I regularly get updates on horrifying illnesses and injuries I never even thought to worry about. We're just entering the 3rd trimester for our 2nd boy. The 2 year-old's favorite phrase currently is "No Dada, get back." I've got, what, 3 years of white-knuckling it and just trying to survive?
  23. But you also put your life savings on Nebraska and the over.
  24. I will admit that my concerns at the time were based more on Biden drowning in the admittedly flawed polls. But I don't think it was unbelievable or unforeseeable that Biden would be declining mentally by the time of this election. He's not just 81, he's been President or VP for 12 of the last 16 years, and the other 4 he was watching Trump attempt to destroy the country and campaigning. Not to mention the death of his son, or his other child's legal/personal issues. The man has experienced multiple lifetimes of stress in the last two decades.
  25. It seems like someone should have gotten in Biden's ear a while ago about stepping aside. I know I, and many others, were mocked last year when bringing up running a different candidate due to giving up the incumbent advantage. Does that advantage still exist when the candidate appears unsafe to be left alone at home, much less run a country?
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