2022 Midterms

[MDlaxfan76]

But the liberals around here double down, b/c, well, all the cool kids are doing it.

They live in an elitist echo chamber that is for sure. It is breathtaking to behold how clueless the holier than thou are on this cesspool of a message board. The best part about it, of course unless the Democrats steal the election again, will be the meltdown of 95% of this place when the Red Tsunami hits. It will be of epic proportions. Their masks and 5th booster won't even help protect them from the reckoning that is about to hit.

Can't wait.

Though the election should be a red tsunami, for many reasons I am not sold. The Roe reversal will clearly play a part in some tight states like Pennsylvania (even though Oz is definitely pro-choice, even if he doesn't say so). Some easy races like Georgia are tight simply because Walker isn't exactly a top-tier candidate. And other races are so close that even a 1% mail-in balloting or harvesting scheme will tip the scales the other way.

I do think the odds are for a red tsunami, but I've been wrong so often making political predictions, I'll hold off this time. If you re-elect a Democrat, you are voting for lockdowns, vaccine incoherence, high crime, a highly partisan DOJ, recession, inflation, and bananas legislation regarding trans kids/global warming/etc...

Regardless of the outcome, Republicans deserve to win, Democrats to lose. It's the only way to reassert some normalcy in America.

Petey, you made your predictions a long time ago. You predicted massive GOP victories. Most of us thought that was more likely than not, given historical precedents and where we are in the economic cycle, pandemic overhang, etc.

But there you go again buying into MAGA world...true colors showing through.

Such a bad troll.

[dislaxxic]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

[elonmuskrockefeller]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

[Bart]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

Learn something new here every day. Who knew kids were almost immune to COVID.

[jhu72]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

... Moore has been consistent in his story for the past couple months, it hasn't changed; If democrats turnout their base, they win. Obama's campaign director that lost the 2010 mid-term says he knows what a red tsunami looks like, and this isn't it. Current polling is much better for democrats than in 2010, he would trade this situation for the one he had, in a heart beat. Everything is close, within the margin of error. There are also questions / indications that the turnout models are wrong, perhaps very wrong.

My take, this is a big wait and see, I can believe almost anything will happen.

[jhu72]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

Learn something new here every day. Who knew kids were almost immune to COVID.

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[elonmuskrockefeller]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

Learn something new here every day. Who knew kids were almost immune to COVID.

"Children and adolescents are generally at low risk of infection, and if they become infected it is likely to be mild"

https://www.who.int/europe/activities/c ... n-children

The decision to bulldoze sand into skateparks is symptomatic of a deeper problem with Democratic politicians. There is no arguing this fact.

[dislaxxic]

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

Boy is THAT a warped notion of what "governing" is.

Evidently, officials in Venice beach were concerned about gatherings of people in close proximity during the height of COVID infection. The sand idea was actually pretty smart, as it was easily removed when the infection rates subsided...

Compare that action with THIS:



What a numbnut. THIS is how trumpublican MAGAts "govern".

Over a million Americans died. Trump LITERALLY has blood on his hands. Yeah, let's let him back in the Oval Office. What a joke.

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[Bart]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

Learn something new here every day. Who knew kids were almost immune to COVID.

"Children and adolescents are generally at low risk of infection, and if they become infected it is likely to be mild"

https://www.who.int/europe/activities/c ... n-children

The decision to bulldoze sand into skateparks is symptomatic of a deeper problem with Democratic politicians. There is no arguing this fact.

Interesting.....
Lets see: 3 in four children have antibodies to COVID according to this: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01231-y

or the AAP reports that nearly 15 million children have been infected : https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel ... ta-report/

or the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7117e3.htm

Children are much better off when they have contacted the virus. Data certainly does suggest that, no qualms there. I just have seen no data that suggests the naive immune system of children somehow protects them better.

Yes, filling in skate parks is really stupid.

[ardilla secreta]

I don’t trust anybody running on crime. Have to admit that it’s a campaign that works on the general society, but it’s bogus and intentionally misleading.

That’s Lee Zeldin’s main scare tactic. In his ads he states on day 1 he wants to create a crime emergency. Crime is generally down except for murder. I don’t know how he’s going to change that with the gun culture behind him. I’m sure he doesn’t like bail reform which doesn’t pertain to murder suspects, but he doesn’t care because few know the laws when so much misinformation is being thrown out there. The bottom line is that he supports Trump and all the election lies that go with it. There’s no way he’s going to lower taxes because nobody wants to give up anything. He’s got nothing except a weenie which will appease those that don’t like the way the woman candidate smiles.

[DMac]

Liverpool weather:
High 75, low 63.
It's five o'clock somewhere. See ya.

[Seacoaster(1)]

Liverpool weather:
High 75, low 63.
It's five o'clock somewhere. See ya.

Interesting. So you’re saying under the circumstances I can bug out of work and enjoy a beverage in this beautiful insect free autumn weather? Is that what I’m hearing?

[Seacoaster(1)]

I don’t trust anybody running on crime. Have to admit that it’s a campaign that works on the general society, but it’s bogus and intentionally misleading.

That’s Lee Zeldin’s main scare tactic. In his ads he states on day 1 he wants to create a crime emergency. Crime is generally down except for murder. I don’t know how he’s going to change that with the gun culture behind him. I’m sure he doesn’t like bail reform which doesn’t pertain to murder suspects, but he doesn’t care because few know the laws when so much misinformation is being thrown out there. The bottom line is that he supports Trump and all the election lies that go with it. There’s no way he’s going to lower taxes because nobody wants to give up anything. He’s got nothing except a weenie which will appease those that don’t like the way the woman candidate smiles.

Exactly. +1.

[DMac]

Liverpool weather:
High 75, low 63.
It's five o'clock somewhere. See ya.

Interesting. So you’re saying under the circumstances I can bug out of work and enjoy a beverage in this beautiful insect free autumn weather? Is that what I’m hearing?

Your hearing is excellent.
Absolutely.

[njbill]

It sure seems odd to me that that Rs are running on crime, yet at the same time want to do away with all gun laws and regulations.

[dislaxxic]

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[elonmuskrockefeller]

It sure seems odd to me that that Rs are running on crime, yet at the same time want to do away with all gun laws and regulations.

Legally-owned guns make up a miniscule amount of gun crime. Most people who commit assault, robbery, or murder with a gun anywhere in the U.S. are disqualified under federal law from being in possession of a gun due to age, criminal record, addiction status, immigration status or other reason.

Existing gun laws and regulations, IF they were implemented, would stop most gun crimes. Republicans are running 'on crime' because Democratic politicians won't enforce the laws that have already been passed. And if Democrats won't enforce the gun laws passed, then innocent citizens pay the price.

The only way to help innocent citizens survive is to enable them to legally acquire firearms.

[jhu72]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

Learn something new here every day. Who knew kids were almost immune to COVID.

...

... with 15.8 million American kids 0 through 17, ~21% of the US population catching COVID, they are hardly "almost immune".

[elonmuskrockefeller]

Wow. In what world do republicans "deserve" to win? Trump World i guess. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Republicans are running on fear alone. Fear of crime, fear of inflation...and doing nothing but blaming about these two subjects. AS IF they had a clue about what to do about either thing. They very conveniently forget that spending EXPLODED under Donald Trump...the deficit EXPLODED under Donald Trump...and as far as crime is concerned...the ONLY they will likely due is attempt to get more guns into the population to "deal with" crime.

It's a sad joke. We all know that the Republican Party has morphed into a racist, bigoted, aggrieved bunch of blame-hurling old white guys and un-informed others that live in the culture wars and in Donald trump's image: going thru life slurping up his lies and living by them in their own.

Meanwhile, Michale Moore (who correctly predicted that DJT would win in 2016) continues to predict a "Roe-vember" that may sweep these people away.

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win

We shall see.

I won't reply to everything you wrote, but let me tell you why Democrats deserve to lose with a vengeance. It's a tiny anecdote, but to me and many more, it symbolizes why the Democratic Party is fundamentally incapable of governing. And it has nothing specifically to do with inflation nor crime, though the decision embedded in the story shows you why you should doubt any Democratic use of power.

Do you recall when Democratic politicians in California bulldozed sand into skate parks in Venice CA and other venues, to prevent kids from skating? Think through the mental mechanics of doing that. One, people need to get outside in every event, always, the one exception being a nuclear bomb. Two, exercise and sunshine were good for you, to help with Covid. Three, kids themselves are almost immune from Covid. Four, there was absulutey not one minute of public debate about this; it was simply a unilateral order by an unaccountable body of leftist politicians, freely scratching the itch to act in a wholly fascistic manner.

You can not reward the disastrous decisions made by Democrats the last two years, about Covid, crime, inflation...pretty much everything. I am sorry. Time to rebalance this country.

Learn something new here every day. Who knew kids were almost immune to COVID.

...

... with 15.8 million American kids 0 through 17 catching COVID, they are hardly "almost immune".

I could be more precise with my language; what I meant is Covid has almost no serious consequences for the vast majority of children, but lockdowns do.

"The available evidence indicates the direct impact of COVID-19 on child, adolescent and youth mortality to be limited. However, there is concern that the indirect effects of the pandemic on mortality in these age groups stemming from strained health systems, household income loss, and disruptions to care-seeking and preventative interventions like vaccination may be more substantial".

https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/covid-19/

[jhu72]

~1900 dead, those 15.8 million have a 2.5 times increased chance of developing diabetes within a year of the infection. No big deal.