You can argue that the Democrats need to move further left. I have no idea if that will work or not, but propose what you will. You cannot argue that the white population doesn't feel represented by Democrats. White Americans, and in particular, white men, voted overwhelmingly in favor of Trump all...

It's clearly the messaging. The Republicans have run the worst guy in the world the last three elections and won twice. I think it's pretty clear that white folks, and specifically white men, and even more specifically straight white men, don't feel that the Democratic party represents them. It was...

I predict some kind of intervention if not an outright coup at some point if this stuff isn't stopped. Later You act like any other republican would be different. This is and has been the plan for decades. I have no doubt that many other Republicans would be different. Yeah? What would they do diff...

And I'll repeat: something is wrong within the Democratic Party if Iowa went from voting 'Blue' in six of seven presidential elections ['88, '92, '96, '00, '08, '12] only to then lose the state in each of the next three including the most recent by 13 percentage points. It's not complicated. Republ...

MFS62 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 4:58 pm I predict some kind of intervention if not an outright coup at some point if this stuff isn't stopped.

Later

You act like any other republican would be different. This is and has been the plan for decades.

Modern times it's probably Phillips or Minaya. I can't really demerit some of the short term guys because they likely were just following orders and/or working with established protocols set in place by their predecessors. Although honorable mention for the 'GM' group of the second Alderson run. But...

https://bsky.app/profile/absurdistwords.bsky.social/post/3lawpk3o72226 power. And money, but they're pretty similar in capitialism. If you're discussing anything fascists are doing on merit, you're a pawn. In fascist states most of the power is given willingly. So Tariffs. What else did they just ta...

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2024 12:08 pm I can't read all of these post-mortems. Just can't.

Encouraging people to "Vote for change" is maddening. Could there be anything more meaningless?

gender.

https://x.com/aaronnarraph/status/1855962504712552829 Interesting Fascism is a scare word. Actual dead people in Gaza and "we gave billions to war efforts" with rampant price increases and the only counter is "but wall street says the economy is good!" make impressions. Blatantl...

My point is to try and push back on this notion that there's a 'correct' price for items, one that's universally known and agreed upon, and that there needs to be some sort of retribution or government action taken against those charging a higer price. If you think someone is selling something at t...

Centerfield wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2024 11:07 am Looks like the House is gonna go to Republicans too.

Free reign. No guardrails. Let’s see what happens.

Lots (more) state-sanctioned murder mostly.

I think that CF meant that he's a lame duck. He's not eligible to run for President ever again so he won't be looking to win the country's votes the next time around. Who exactly is going to stop him? At least one state tried to keep him off the ballot this year didn't they? And were overruled? pri...

It will be interesting to see what Donald Trump is like now that he no longer needs their votes. Why wouldn't he need their votes? It's unlikely they're just going to fully abolish elections. They'll continue on with the same ones, ala Nazi Germany, Russia, whatever. They'll continue to rig it, as ...

they're not like coin flips though. They're opinions. These polls are not revealing facts the way you'd calculate odds in a game of chance for instance. Nor is it sequential. "trump lead in July but now Harris leads in October" is an incorrect way to view information that has not changed, ...

polls aren't statistics, they're just models and estimations. It's not like a race where anyone can be ahead of anyone else. That's just for ratings and narrative. Not to mention people lie. Or might not even vote even if they say they will in a poll, because one of our two parties is fascist and on...

This is creepy. Both of the women in my house received handwritten postcards. They say "Thank you for being a voter. Who you vote for is private, but whether you vote is public record." Both are signed with just a first name. There is no affiliation listed on the postcards and they are no...

what if it's a sweeper not a slider?

He spoke to DiComo: https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/questions-for-mets-ahead-of-nlcs-game-3-vs-dodgers Asked about his role after going unused for a second consecutive game in NLCS Game 2, Martinez replied: “That’s a question for Carlos. I don’t have much of a say. I’m kind of just waiting my turn. H...

I always imagined that the Wilpons were secretly scalping unsold Mets tickets on Stubhub and the like for their own personal gain through secret accounts and trusted family members acting as shills. That's some scam, now that I think about it. They'd make more money because they wouldn't have to sh...

Gwreck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 5:06 pm

rchurch314 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 3:51 pmI don't think the plan holders get that significant of a discount either.

The postseason tickets the Mets offered/made available via my ticket plan are 50-65% cheaper than what they are offering to the general public.

They were really offering them for $90? That's a lot more doable at least.

I have no idea what the fuss or sour grapes are all about with the ticket prices. If I owned a pizzeria, and customers were willing to pay me $50.00 for one slice of pizza, I'd be charging $50.00 for a slice of pizza in a heartbeat. Isn't that how everything works? Or is everybody supposed to be ab...

I think he's gone. I think that some other team will give him the money, more or less, that he's asking for. It only takes one owner. He's an all- star and presumably, a big draw, a marquee name. And some team will be looking to make a big splash with their fans after coming off a disappointing sea...

Cowtipper wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 3:19 pm I use a website called the Magic Number Calculator...

https://www.omnicalculator.com/sports/magic-number

I don't need some douchebag toilet questioning my literacy porficency!

ESPN odds now has the Braves as the odd team out. Their odds to make the playoffs dropped by about 10% even though both the Mets and Braves didn't play yesterday. The Mets odds stayed the same. Is there any public methodology to ESPN? What are they measuring? Not that I know of. I'm assuming that E...

Cowtipper wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:45 am Magic number to lock up a Wild Card spot is now down to 4!

It's 3 now. do you not read at all?