I always figured the Dalai Lama had a sense of humor.
2024 U.S. Presidential election
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BandAlum83
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Well the reason that Dems have been getting their butts handed to them is because they been underestimating their counterparts for decades. Impartial people can see the double standard that the parties are help to. They have been following a rule book that was thrown out ages ago and failed to adapt.You can say they are banking on people reverting to their better nature but have them meet us?
FosterCoachK82
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Dems have been getting their butts handed to them? I must have missed something. I thought Dems did quite well in 2020 and 2022.
The forest for the trees. People pay less attention to the local and state levels where yes they have been getting their butts handed to them. Why do you think the GOP controls the House? State legislatures make the maps and there are more Rs in control at that level. Gerrymandering means they will be in power for at least the next half decade probably longer. Going down the ladder you have more Rs in control in local elections, school boards, etc. At the grassroots Dems aren’t in small and rural areas….areas that now have a disproportionate level of power. Even if somehow Trump loses the threat to US democracy is now baked into the system. People seem to think if Trump loses its over and we will return to “normal.” That’s not going to happen. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. People forgot that, got complacent and here we are today. How’s that to start everyone’s morning?
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We may not be all that representative but my wife is a registered Republican and I’m independent- so hopefully there are more like us…
Wasn't the use of the term "Mohammedanism" (sic) in a unc scholar-athlete's term paper that triggered the fake classes scandal a few years ago? That allowed a plagiarism software program to identify the paper as using a published article from the 1920's (IIRC) without proper credit. Might have to look up some of Olympic Fan's postings on the unc academic scandal that rarely gets mentioned anymore...
Back to your regular channel's discussions
Back to your regular channel's discussions
richardjackson199
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So per @Steven43 's feeling it's a lock that Harris wins and per yours it's a lock that Trump wins. So that should cancel out, though your post is probably some sort of attempt at a reverse jinx.At this point, it just feels inevitable that he’s going to win. I’m preparing for it.
Guess I better start looking at that pie list so I can figure out what I’m going to tell Steven to send me.
I'm going with nobody knows yet and that it's pretty close.
OldPhiKap
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Yup. The polls show that preference between the two candidates is pretty even in most battleground states.
Who actually turns out their voters the best will win each state. And that is truly unknowable until they start counting votes.
CameronBornAndBred
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Hindus don't giggle, they just go on a hunger strike when forgotten. (I knew I was missing one)
Deslok
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My feeling is that the election won’t actually be that close. The problem being I have no idea which way it will go. But of the 7 swing states, I think the breakdown will be 7-0 or 6-1. I am just not confident in calling it either way(though I know which side I’m rooting for)
MarkD83
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Dominion voting machines know
I’ve decided my new response to conspiracy theories is to lean into them and those paranoid enough to believe them will get so stressed out that they won’t bother the rest of us.
So I can break it now?
And we guffaw.Just remember to vote early and vote often!Dominion voting machines know
I’ve decided my new response to conspiracy theories is to lean into them and those paranoid enough to believe them will get so stressed out that they won’t bother the rest of us.
PackMan97
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I'm so mad right now, the death penalty ought to be on the table for these folks. They know exactly what they are doing.
www.cnn.com
One of the biggest changes we made in my mother-in-laws quality of life was setting up her TV so that it is set to the Hallmark Channel when it turns on and getting her a RAZ Memory phone which among other great features allows us to block all texts and whitelist phone numbers so now the only people able to call her are her sister, brother-in-law and her daughter and I. Oh, and taking away her car keys, checkbook and credit cards.
How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns
A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled hundreds of elderly Americans.
One of the biggest changes we made in my mother-in-laws quality of life was setting up her TV so that it is set to the Hallmark Channel when it turns on and getting her a RAZ Memory phone which among other great features allows us to block all texts and whitelist phone numbers so now the only people able to call her are her sister, brother-in-law and her daughter and I. Oh, and taking away her car keys, checkbook and credit cards.
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camion
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Hallmark channel? Oh my!!I'm so mad right now, the death penalty ought to be on the table for these folks. They know exactly what they are doing.
How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns
A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled hundreds of elderly Americans.
One of the biggest changes we made in my mother-in-laws quality of life was setting up her TV so that it is set to the Hallmark Channel when it turns on and getting her a RAZ Memory phone which among other great features allows us to whitelist phone numbers so now the only people able to call her are her sister, brother-in-law and her daughter and I. Oh, and taking away her car keys, checkbook and credit cards.
She'll probably expect to find romance and get married within two weeks.
PackMan97
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Doubt it. But given the alternative, it's the best choice out there. The worst was her asking about Christmas presents in July. /smdhHallmark channel? Oh my!!
She'll probably expect to find romance and get married within two weeks.
She did catch "Skyscrapper" with Dwayne Johnson and for a week was trying to move her stuff out of her apartment because she thought the building was going to burn down. You gotta pick your poison with dementia. She was married for 53 years and really has no interest in old men.
PackMan97
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Speaking of the betting markets, here is a Fox News article that talks about how much better the betting markets are at predicting the winner than the polls.
www.foxnews.com
What are election betting odds? Expert explains why Trump is current favorite
Maxim Lott of ElectionBettingOdds.com explained election betting markets to Fox News Digital and how they can be a better predictor of the outcome than polls.
Bostondevil
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Speaking of the betting markets, here is a Fox News article that talks about how much better the betting markets are at predicting the winner than the polls.
What are election betting odds? Expert explains why Trump is current favorite
Maxim Lott of ElectionBettingOdds.com explained election betting markets to Fox News Digital and how they can be a better predictor of the outcome than polls.
Maxim Lott. Know your sources. Do not expect anything unbiased from that source. Anyone who thinks he is unbiased does not know what the word unbiased means.
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