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I don't know which is worst! The prospect of the presidential election, or reading more of the absolute political rubbish on this site? And I can only control one of them......
Hey Fred, maybe what is needed is infinitely more and infinitely long posts about... INFINITY!!!
So I don't object to *this* thread, since it is clearly labelled and I can ignore it or not as my fancy tickles me.
Thank you Steve. I haven't posted since Friday, and I promise not to insult anyone,
but I feel compelled to update those interested on my thinking.
I would like to be as confidence as Josh that Joe will win, but I am getting all the same warning signals as 4 years ago.
Democrats are getting overconfidence with these national polls.
Why are pollsters still doing national polls? Have they learned nothing? The focus must be on individual battleground states.
To update my first post,
Blue states - 182 votes
Battleground states - Colorado & Virginia - Biden leads polls >10 - 22 votes
Battleground states where Biden leads > 5 and Democrat governors - 54 votes
Even if the polls were perfectly accurate they would not be able to predict an election that is fixed in various places.
Exactly, Arizona Florida Georgia Ohio all have Republican Governors. All subject to shenanigans.
Biden needs to win either North Carolina or Pennsylvania, small leads in both. So that's shaky.
Then the attacks on the Post Office, plus a possible bogus just in time vaccine.
I think its cool that the two women who attacked a 7 year old and stole his MAGA hat and assaulted him, and his parents are looking at 15 year federal sentences.
When Hillary comes out and says that Biden should not concede no matter what and Nancy Pelosi says Biden should not debate with Trump, it becomes clearer which way the wind is blowing.
My 2021 campaign staff don't want me commenting on this.
Roger Stone Calls For Trump To 'Declare Martial Law' To Seize Power If He Loses
I think its cool that the two women who attacked a 7 year old and stole his MAGA hat and assaulted him, and his parents are looking at 15 year federal sentences.
But nothing happened with the Trump Supporters who drove thru crowd and pepper spray protesters in Portland Oregon.
I think its cool that the two women who attacked a 7 year old and stole his MAGA hat and assaulted him, and his parents are looking at 15 year federal sentences.
I think it would be cool if all hate-filled people, left or right, would suddenly vanish forever.
Last edited by Peter McKillop; Sunday, 13th September, 2020, 09:16 AM.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
I think it would be cool if all hate-filled people, left or right, would suddenly vanish forever.
I find this simple line is brilliant. People burn-waste so much either being hateful, or dealing with others' hatefulness. Even though it can be from multiple angles, haters self-rationalize needs for it.
P.S. My personal opinion is that virtually everyone has moments of hater-ness in their lives, it seems like a normal/normalized element of life?! It can be quite a challenge managing it, but doing so seems to make people happier with their own lives. A simple example that I've found helpful is "no complaining fasts", where whenever you find yourself complaining, just stop. Yeah lol it's often way easier said than done, but after a few days, I must admit things don't seem as bad?!
Last edited by Aris Marghetis; Sunday, 13th September, 2020, 12:18 PM.
Reason: added P.S.
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