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as of right now uncommitted is at 12.7%, and this number has been shrinking all night long. I would not be surprised if it eventually hits the same percentage of uncommitted votes that has happened in the past few primaries which is 10%.

gaza was not the major election issue the media or rep. talib was making it out to be. it's certainly not a major general election issue considering the alternative.

as a fun side note marianne williamson who got out of the race a month ago is officially beating dean phillips who for some reason is still running.

last report I saw via msnbc was dearborn at 56%. but even if it was 75%, it's still not enough of a margin to really be an election concern at this point for the state overall, especially since you don't know how many haley voters would vote biden.

make note of the result and do your best to resolve that issue but it's not a 5 alarm fire. that's the most muslim and specifically palestinian area of the country by far. the congressional district might get a few delegates out of this so it's going to be heard at the convention. but if that's going to be the extent of the discontent I don't think biden has to really be worried nationally.

there's a lesson that I learned in college that I still follow today: never eat lunch at lunchtime. unless I'm traveling I'm not eating at peak periods anyway so I really wouldn't be affected by this pricing change.

I still don't like it though. unless that wendy's is the only game in town (literally) this isn't going to be good for business.

what are the chances it would have been way overpriced compared to it similar competitors?

in 2012 uncommitted got 11% of the vote against actual human being running for reelection barack obama.

as of this moment uncommitted is. getting just under 15%. the other actual human being running for the dem nomination has barely under 3%.

unless all of those uncommitted voters don't vote for biden in november I don't see biden in any trouble, especially if those uncommitted democratic voters are made up by by around 30% of haley voters.

what this does tell me is that there is a major bias against biden in the media, as if they are actively reporting the news to make it seem like biden has some major electoral issues when a) trump has even bigger issues than biden and b) the numbers are simply not telling that story.

I'm a little surprised magnussen hasn't accidentally led a lap on a pit rotation.

joke's on them. unless I had a hankering for a non-meal item before I started ordering, I'm not getting it. and almost always I don't have a hankering.

that's why they have digital menuboards now.

mcdonald's is getting raked over the coals for their higher prices. wendy's saying they're going to set higher pricing during busy times in this environment is going to push people off to a place like burger king, and everyone loses in that situation.

I think this was not the boiling frog moment, but when cpac exported itself to european venues.

as for fever pitch, if I'm not mistaken for the last few years they've had TWO cpac conferences a year.

and I'm fully convinced that the christians know who they are getting involved with, and that is an indictment on that flavor of christianity than anything else. I'm reading tim alberta's new book "the kingdom, the power, and the glory" and he goes into in part how that version of christianity got tied into republican politics. in short, I'm less surprised that nazis showed up to cpac and more surprised that cpac actually let them in the door.

this is why I don't take seriously anyone who says that both parties are the same or two side of the same coin. maybe you could make that argument 40 years ago. but these days saying that is a shorthand to me that "I don't pay attention to what's going on in the news." clearly one party's mainstream has gone extreme and you have to be willfully ignorant to not see it.

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I called clarence thomas a removed. it got filtered.

I think there is a world of difference between talking with someone and interrogating them.

yes, let's show democrats that we disapprove of the president's actions in how a foreign state is handling a war that is just barely on the other side of genocide but definitely on the other side of war crimes by withholding our votes from him, ensuring that someone who absolutely hates us and will do nothing to stop that war, and will not make sure humanitarian aid gets to the civilians unlike the current democratic president. and also by the way the other guy will blanket ban anyone of my religion from entering the country and will try to deport anyone who is my religion from this country even if they are citizens, naturalized or native born. that will teach those democrats who probably will never hold power again unless there is another violent domestic conflict.

do these people ever consider the consequences of their (in)actions outside of their bubble?

normally debating draws clearer distinctions between the candidates and helps the low information voter in making their decision.

this isn't a normal election.

you have one candidate who is a normal politician willing and able to make his case for what he feels is best in moving the other forward. the other is a raving ranting tax cheat and sexual predator who has absolutely no clue about foreign policy, domestic policy, financial policy and is transparently going after one type of person. that other person is also easily swayed to do everything that a minority of a minority population wants because that demographic cheers him and praises him as a god king.

there is absolutely nothing to be gained from a debate between the two major party candidates other than the disgust of a nation when one of them spews his vitriol about the non whites and the stochastic terrorism he inspires from his unchecked hate speech. it is in the best interests of that candidate to not debate, since the political media does every fucking thing in it's power to not accurately or report in a timely fashion the utterly bizzare and undemocratic statements he makes on a regular basis. letting him fly free to direct questioning will only drive away the middle of the voting population, the ones who actually vote people into office.

not to me.

I stayed in a college town for a summer in a state college prep type program, so I would have been at the perfect age to really enjoy the "college town" experience. it's not really for me. and it doesn't really have much of anything to do with the town itself. I liked the place that I stayed in. however driving over 30 minutes to go to a place as middling as a japanese restaurant was not so appealing. having services around is important to me, so unless it's a giant college town like lexington, ky I'm not going to be interested.

ps. I'm not going to live in lexington because lexington sucks.

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I didn't say people who agree with me are afraid jews will call them antisemitic. if anything I said. people, people close to and or in power are not being as explicit as I am. and by the way, jews aren't calling people antisemitic. people who support a pro israel only agenda are calling people antisemitic. that includes jewish people who are vocal about what israel is doing. that's why that word has no power. and in no way did I suggest people do not have a reason to disagree with me, other than intentionally misreading my comment to try to draw out an argument.

if all of that is beyond you and it clearly is, having a discussion with you would be similar to wrestling with a pig in mud: you end up angry and muddy and. the pig just enjoys it. I choose to not engage.

no.

you tell me what in my post was antisemitic first, and then we will see if I choose to initiate a conversation.