Since we can nothing nice in this world, the likely endgame is two discredited presidents vying for a second term in 2024. >:D Do you think there'd be a sizable chunk of people voting third-party in that situation? I think the prisoners dilemma is too strong. I’m on a high from the recent election ...

Hey, if there's nothing there, then cool...and if it pushes Biden stage left (assuming he's not shameless like his predecessor) that's fine too.

Since we can have nothing nice in this world, the likely endgame is two discredited presidents vying for a second term in 2024.

Posting an image 4 days after the invasion and reports from 2014...pales in comparison to the unmitigated atrocity of the Russians over the past 9 months. I'm certain there are war crimes going both ways, but every report shows the mass preponderance perpetrated by the Russians. I see why the Ukran...

boglerdude wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:29 am What are the best ways for those fleeing Ukraine or China to move wealth

1) Stay alive.
2) Stay healthy.

Everything else is tertiary.

Makes a lot of sense. I'm gonna learn good and hard next April concerning the tax shenanigans cause I jumped with both feet into both the auction and secondary market earlier this year! Oh well live and learn... Moving forward, I think the conversation pushed me towards a rule of thumb of "buy ...

Also...I saw a Tweet that said only 27% of the Gen Z populace even bothered to vote. IDK if accurate but a lot of not much ain't much. Yes but what % of their ballots were collected? That's the game now, apparently. Meaning? Meaning that in many states with loose regulations or lax enforcement rega...

Posting an image 4 days after the invasion and reports from 2014...pales in comparison to the unmitigated atrocity of the Russians over the past 9 months. I'm certain there are war crimes going both ways, but every report shows the mass preponderance perpetrated by the Russians. I see why the Ukrani...

Good quip for this Remnant podcast episode with Ruy Teixeira about the basic D vs R perception in independent voters.

out of step vs out of their minds

I think the R primary is going to be by far the most entertaining. Trump will run, but I don't think this time he's going to win. People I know who are MAGA types pretty much understand (now) he has no chance of winning a general. Let's hope. I'm no fan of the Ron DeSanctimonius Troll, but even I a...

I thought it was entirely self-evident with Trump so did not believe I needed to say anything simlar regarding him. >:D In 2020 anyone who was not Trump was going to beat Trump. He's never won a popular vote in any election where he is on the ballot and the votes for other Republicans are poor for ...

Yeah...if I had to bet it would be Trump vs Biden round 2...the election no one wants. If I could wishcast, it would be a couple governors who don't waste of energy being trolls like Desantis and Newsome. I doubt we'll be so lucky...maybe 2028. It will reveal tremendous arrogance, delusion, not wan...

btw Perun on youtube is highly recommended. 1 hour powerpoint presentation about war and logistics every weekend. This most recent one about lies and armies is brilliant. Most likely applicable to corporate life in your own company if you're not yet retired.

Patrick Boyle and Coffeezilla have both published great explainers on the FTX blowup.

Coffeezilla also calls out financial youtubers that advertised for FTX.

Guardian Obit about Kirill Stremousov who was pushed into power after the Kherson takeover and died in a car accident during the evacuation. Interesting path through life.

Yeah...if I had to bet it would be Trump vs Biden round 2...the election no one wants.

If I could wishcast, it would be a couple governors who don't waste of energy being trolls like Desantis and Newsome. I doubt we'll be so lucky...maybe 2028.

Another great article by David French....hoping that this election will signal the wane of the "malice theory" of politics. Overall I think it was a great election result - not so much about the feds (one way or the other) but that all those election denying govs and SOS in swing states ar...

yeah and how's that permanent demographic shift for the eternal D majority working out as hispanics and blacks continue to start voting more for R's over the past few elections? After 2004 I thought compassionate conservatism would cement a long term majority given the natural conservatism of asian ...

I guess the conspiracy theory is that the Dem operators decided rig their mail-in ballots with Biden at the top of the ticket and vote R's below to cover their tracks?

Just thinking this morning. Looking at my statewide elections, even as the assembly and senate remains solidly Democrat (likely with the help of gerrymandering). "Boring" Republicans are all likely going to win. Flamboyant loudmouth R's are likely going to lose (especially the election-den...

Those parody twitter accounts are fire! Here are compilations of few corporate fakes and celebrity fakes. Enjoy the fun before Twitter zags again.

To be fair to the MSM, two things were true: There were major polling errors in both 2016 and 2020 in the D's favor. As such, it was reasonable to discount their non-apocalyptic numbers (which actually turned out pretty accurate). The president normally gets shellacked in their first midterm (9/11 e...

I haven't seen public opinion polls on ranked choice but my guess is that a majority of Americans support it at this point. Without it a candidate with little broad support but a fanatical base will win, and that is dangerous IMO. So, another strike against Newsom in my book. I suspect that's the c...

I think it's going to be a Dem bloodbath losing both houses with continued failures in state houses. Also, Trump will declare by the end of the month (which will persuade Biden to run again). And everyone who is happy about the result (any result) tomorrow night will be sorely disappointed by this ...

As for judges, just did the best I could after spending a few hours on the internet, with ties going to the incumbent (now that I work for the government, I do have bias for people who have experience). I've decided that I'm really not a fan of judicial elections. The electorate is not in a good po...

Voted "by mail" but dropped off the ballot at a polling location. I'm not trusting USPS with my vote. On specifics, I'm rooting hard for election deniers to lose and for the open primary / ranked choice voting referendum. This referendum has bipartisan party opposition so I suspect there i...