It's The Same Old Story From The Republican Party: Lots Of Talk But Very Little Action

The Democrats do many things well, and one of those things is grassroots organizing. They slither their slimy tentacles everywhere, because that's how to win elections.

Republicans eye liberal bastion with polls saying Granite State is brittle for Democrats

While New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Christopher Ager told the Washington Examiner that New Hampshire is “definitely a battleground state after the debate — you can feel the momentum shifting in favor of President Trump,” Republicans have their work cut out for them. With wins in every presidential race in New Hampshire since before 9/11, Democrats hold a significant infrastructural advantage over the GOP. The Biden campaign has 14 offices across the state. The Trump campaign has only one field office.

And the Republican party has fine-tuned its ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! New Hampshire is in play, and these bumbling idiots can't manage to spend a few million bucks for the real opportunity to pick up four electoral votes?

And don't sneer at four electoral votes...I have Donald Trump at 268 firm votes! I know...math!

This isn't rocket surgery. Just open a few offices, create a GOTV system (the template exists), and get NH voters to the polls. The issues are clear, so there won't be much work involved; just the basic stuff that the Democrat party does well, and the Republicans avoid, because it isn't as much fun as going to cocktail parties.

We are our own worst enemy!

Posted by: CBD at 12:05 PM

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1 Well, it IS the Live Free or Die state.

And you've noticed, they seem to have chosen the "To Die" end of the deal.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 07, 2024 12:08 PM (e6UQI)

2 The GOP is very comfortable being losers. It's what they do.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 07, 2024 12:08 PM (CHHv1)

3
That just is not who we are.

*establishment RINOs everywhere*

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 07, 2024 12:12 PM (MsrgL)

4 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 12:13 PM (fwDg9)

5 People doing the autopsy on the conservative bloodbath in Britain point to the fact the party has NO purpose. It doesn't stand for anything. It just exists because it does.

I don't know from English politics, but I know that accurately describes the Republicans. Don't tell me they're the party of smaller government, national defense, law and order, and all the rest of that.

Nobody believes the Republican Party stands for anything anymore, other than graft and keeping their own jobs.

The only reason they MIGHT defeat the Democrats this year is if enough people genuinely decide they don't want Democrats. That's it.

Win this election? Whatever. This party will F it up, accomplishing nothing of any value.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:13 PM (B3xLp)

6 If they don't wake up they will lose their best shot in a century

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 12:13 PM (fwDg9)

7 It's Black Fly AND Mosquito Season now in NH. Best stay away.

Posted by: Itchin' and Scratchin' at July 07, 2024 12:14 PM (V5BDR)

8
Not true! The party paid for Bloody Marys and Mimosas this morning at the Dockside in Harbor Springs!

Posted by: Auspex at July 07, 2024 12:14 PM (j4U/Z)

9 Three times I tried to join the Republican Party in my state. I was ignored all three times. And at the booth at the county fair, they were charging $2 for one bumper sticker....ten years ago.
Eff 'em.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2024 12:14 PM (W/lyH)

10 OTOH, next week is going to be one of the most amusing weeks in American political history, as the Democrats frantically try to pry Joe Biden's fingers away from the Democratic nomination.

The memo has gone out, however - the Left is going to be completely fixated on "Project 2025" this week, to try to distract from the planned backstabbing going on in the political campaign.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:14 PM (uxCna)

11 So, how's the GOP's ballot harvesting program going? The number of election observers who'll be in known fraud and ballot dump locations? Voter outreach? How many lawyers have they assigned to AZ, GA, MI, PA, etc.

Yea, about all that...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:15 PM (Q4IgG)

12 If the GOP were a college football team, they would be a perpetual 1-11 team but all there loses would be squeakers.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * navigating reality from the back seat at July 07, 2024 12:15 PM (+jrYw)

13 So, how's the GOP's ballot harvesting program going? The number of election observers who'll be in known fraud and ballot dump locations? Voter outreach? How many lawyers have they assigned to AZ, GA, MI, PA, etc.

Yea, about all that...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:15 PM (Q4IgG)
***

Isn't Soros' gang of DAs going around and arresting all the GOP lawyers?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2024 12:16 PM (W/lyH)

14 Well, it IS the Live Free or Die state.

And you've noticed, they seem to have chosen the "To Die" end of the deal.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 07, 2024 12:08 PM (e6UQI)

Ever see a photo of yourself, and realize the person the photo is getting old? We walk around with these images of ourselves in our heads, that might have matched a reality from perhaps decades ago. But that's not us anymore.

Same with states. New Hampster was a thing once. It isn't anymore.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:17 PM (B3xLp)

15 The long-term GOP hopeful look at what happened to the Tories in Great Britain just now and think: That's what we want! We can fundraise up the ying-yang, and not have to do anything!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 07, 2024 12:17 PM (VNX3d)

16
The GOP is very comfortable being losers. It's what they do.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

The Washington Generals always receive a paycheck.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2024 12:20 PM (63Dwl)

17 The memo has gone out, however - the Left is going to be completely fixated on "Project 2025" this week, to try to distract from the planned backstabbing going on in the political campaign.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:14 PM (uxCna)

I read a whole damn article about that, and I still have no idea what it is, but apparently it's the greatest threat since J6. Or Charlottesville, or that 17 year old with a rifle, or they kids who scalped the Indian on the Capitol steps, or a white hispanic with a gun, or.....

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:20 PM (B3xLp)

18 If the GOP were army officers they would be the breed that believed in congeniality with their enemy and shooting officers first in battle was bad form.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * navigating reality from the back seat at July 07, 2024 12:20 PM (+jrYw)

19 87 shot in Chicago over the Fourth.
*looks at Forever Dem Majority in Olympia*
I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps they are on to something there...?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2024 12:21 PM (W/lyH)

20 Who is this "we" you speak of? I don't think we are the GOP. Nor does the current leadership want us. (Spits).

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 07, 2024 12:22 PM (MZ+PY)

21 The long-term GOP hopeful look at what happened to the Tories in Great Britain just now and think: That's what we want! We can fundraise up the ying-yang, and not have to do anything!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 07, 2024 12:17 PM (VNX3d)

Thirty-six percent of the vote, sixty-four percent of the seats.

Democrasah!

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:22 PM (B3xLp)

22 87 shot in Chicago over the Fourth.
*looks at Forever Dem Majority in Olympia*
I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps they are on to something there...?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2024 12:21 PM (W/lyH)

Which will be worse, the riots in Shitcago during the DNC convention, or Paris during the Ozempics.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:24 PM (B3xLp)

23 The GOP is content to lose. Nikki Haley's campaign is still only "suspended." No clue how much fundraising is going on over there, but I doubt it's zero. Because the Republicans are still holding out hope that Trump is in prison and unable to effectively run (and win.) Thus, like the issues with *biden, the party will pull a last minute substitution and put her on the ticket to run against whoever is on the Democrat's ticket.

And lose. As planned.

All this predicated on Trump being out of the picture. If he's able to run then all that bullshit I just typed is just bullshit. Either way...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:24 PM (Q4IgG)

24 They want to lose. If they lose they can talk the talk, but let the country go to hell and keep their lazy level graft coming in.

Posted by: enough BS at July 07, 2024 12:24 PM (2NXcZ)

25 Totally OT CBD but have to mention before I wander off, six year old granddaughter absolutely loves your punk chimp picture.

* throw the flag, I'll take the penalty *

Posted by: Sock Monkey * navigating reality from the back seat at July 07, 2024 12:26 PM (+jrYw)

26 Amazingly, yesterday I was looking at the recent tweets of Jonah Goldberg and Megan McArdle.

Remember them? Part of the small group of "conservatives" who are funded by the Left, in order to pretend that there is substantial opposition to Trump in the Republican party. Goldberg is funded by Pierre Omidyar, and McArdle by the Washington Post.

They're nervous about demanding that Biden withdraw, because the Party Line mandated by their masters might change, so they spend their time demanding that Trump withdraw.

Goldberg offered up some weak criticism of Trump's conviction in New York - the other cases against Trump are perfectly valid, of course, but this one case is so weak that it makes all the other valid cases look bad.

Hard to believe that eight years ago these people were viewed as legitimate conservative intellectuals, before they were thrown on the ash heap of history by opposing Trump.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:26 PM (uxCna)

27 They want to lose. If they lose they can talk the talk, but let the country go to hell and keep their lazy level graft coming in.
Posted by: enough BS at July 07, 2024 12:24 PM (2NXcZ)

In DC you get better offices, if your party is the majority.

So there's that.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:26 PM (B3xLp)

28 It’s almost as if the gop doesn’t want to win. Nah that’s crazy talk.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:27 PM (R6aKb)

29 The GOPe is that guy at the awards banquet who loses, and then claims it's an honor just to nominated

Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 12:27 PM (/7KEl)

30 And don't sneer at four electoral votes...I have Donald Trump at 268 firm votes!

No such thing as a "firm vote". Hillary Clinton campaign learned that hard lesson in 2016 with regards to long-time blue voting states of Pennsylvania (24 years), Wisconsin (28 years) and Michigan (24 years). Not to mention Arizona was solid red since 1952 (save for 1996 election) until it was stolen by the Deep State in 2020. And the Governor election in 2022.

Every state should be considered a battleground state. Don't assume any state is safe. Because with the Deep State cheating machine and the massive amount of illegal alien ballots sitting out there, no state is safe.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 07, 2024 12:27 PM (P5BPp)

31 Well behind the scenes work is being done.

Probably not enough, the state organizations need to be cleaned out just as much as the rest of the swamp.

However, very serious work is going on to get new voters registered and get them to vote. PA is quietly turning red, Bucks County is less than 500 voters away from flipping.

Michigan registration work is coupled with a mechanism to ensure they also turn out to vote.

While fretting over NH is correct regarding the local party, it has never been on the campaign radar.

Trump sits at a solid 268 right now. He wins by winning any of the following: NE-2, ME, NH, VA, WI, MI, or PA.

And yes, they are going to cheat like hell to try to beat him. But they need 5 times as many fake ballots this time (488% actually). So we will see. Can they do it? Maybe, but it will be a lot harder.

And if they can cheat to that level successfully, then registering voters in NH was never going to matter.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:27 PM (5p7BC)

32 Gov. Sununununu was on Faux News this morning. His support of Trump was lukewarm at best. Guess he's still pissed his beloved Nikki dropped out. Back in January he said Trump could never win NH and Haley could. Now he said it's a toss up but Trump could win if he did some retail politicking at local diners.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 07, 2024 12:27 PM (SuNbA)

33 I'm suspicions of polls showing Trump wupin' Biden. In the end the Dem zombies, lemmings and LIV's will vote for whoever they are told to vote for, whether Biden, the cackling ho or somebody else. The MSM still has 4 months to restore the narrative, plenty of time to get everybody's mind right.

Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2024 12:27 PM (GUOwU)

34 I read a whole damn article about that, and I still have no idea what it is, but apparently it's the greatest threat since J6. Or Charlottesville, or that 17 year old with a rifle, or they kids who scalped the Indian on the Capitol steps, or a white hispanic with a gun, or.....

They're going to abolish Social Security, eliminate the Federal civil service (horrors), and I saw one tweet claiming that Project 2025 will require that women carry "period passports" that the cops can demand at any time to check to see if they are pregnant or not (to keep them from getting abortions, of course).

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:29 PM (uxCna)

35 Hard to believe that eight years ago these people were viewed as legitimate conservative intellectuals, before they were thrown on the ash heap of history by opposing Trump.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:26 PM (uxCna)

And before that, George Will and Bill Kristol were respected. And before that, Bill Buckley, a CIA operative his whole professional life, dominated so-called conservative media.

You start to get the impression it's always been a lie.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:30 PM (B3xLp)

36 We don't win elections; we count on Democrats to lose -- GOP

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 07, 2024 12:30 PM (wBaIH)

37 Democrats job is to screw everything up. Republicans endeavour to make certain things can never be fixed.

See for example: Migration, Illegal

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2024 12:30 PM (9mQ3m)

38 I'm suspicions of polls showing Trump wupin' Biden. In the end the Dem zombies, lemmings and LIV's will vote for whoever they are told to vote for, whether Biden, the cackling ho or somebody else. The MSM still has 4 months to restore the narrative, plenty of time to get everybody's mind right.
Posted by: Ripley

Same.

Plus RFK Jr is getting 5-10%. That’s will collapse to the typical 1-2% every 3rd party candidate gets. Most of the people who say they’re voting RFK will come back to vote Biden.

I think this race is a coin toss right now. Add in the chest and Biden is winning.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:31 PM (R6aKb)

39 Thx CBD. The GOPe is the equivalent of the Washington Generals who, if you don't know, were the designated losers who traveled with the Harlem Globetrotters. They put up a valiant "fight" but they have won something like three games since the early 50's. The main difference is that the GOPe will fight anyone in the Republican party who might threaten their kibble

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2024 12:31 PM (aYD2Z)

40 I actually think they will put up 2x the actual votes

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 12:31 PM (fwDg9)

41 well if Donny Scoops wants to win New Hampshuh, he better get up there and press the flesh

Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 12:32 PM (/7KEl)

42 Add in the cheat damn it not chest lol. Although it will likely be Kumala as the nominee so I guess chest works too. 😀

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:32 PM (R6aKb)

43 I want a period passport. I'd like to leave for a week vacation from that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 07, 2024 12:33 PM (qZEuM)

44 They're going to abolish Social Security, eliminate the Federal civil service (horrors), and I saw one tweet claiming that Project 2025 will require that women carry "period passports" that the cops can demand at any time to check to see if they are pregnant or not (to keep them from getting abortions, of course).
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:29 PM (uxCna)

Sounds like an op. Like glowies on J6, Feebers hatching a plot to kidnap Frau Whitmer, and everything else these clowns do. Make it so outrageous, it helps the left.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:33 PM (B3xLp)

45 33 I'm suspicions of polls showing Trump wupin' Biden.

Once bitten twice shy

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:33 PM (IyPmt)

46 I'll say it again. I think it is unlikely that the Dems would be freaked out about Biden right now if they had a sure fire cheat system in place for November.

But YMMV.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:33 PM (5p7BC)

47 Did you know project 2025 will ban birth control?
They’re trotting out that shit again. 2012 Redux.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:34 PM (R6aKb)

48 six year old granddaughter absolutely loves your punk chimp picture.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * navigating reality from the back seat at July 07, 2024 12:26 PM (+jrYw)

You have a discerning and intelligent granddaughter!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 07, 2024 12:34 PM (d9fT1)

49 Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:33 PM (5p7BC)

Shame on you for showing any optimism.. I kid... I am slowly becoming less pessimistic...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:34 PM (IyPmt)

50 This RNC?

https://t.ly/oqiVt

https://t.ly/G7Y1q

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:35 PM (a7ECP)

51 I've spent my political life touting the way we (brother & I) were raised, in accord with those values now derided by the left in my attempts to encourage people to support the party ostensibly promoting them. Pretty damn thin support, these fools are ridden with good old boyism.

Still we persist, with just enough success to keep us at it. It's to the benefit of this most exceptional country that I'm SO very proud of. That at least will never change.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 07, 2024 12:35 PM (hKoQL)

52 Well behind the scenes work is being done.

Probably not enough, the state organizations need to be cleaned out just as much as the rest of the swamp.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:27 PM (5p7BC)

I saw an article the other day, the Missouri slate of delegates was tossed out, because of convention rules and stuff.

Now, I have no idea whether the article was accurate or not, but one set of delegates is now ineligible, and another set is going to be sent to the RNC convention. I believe the set being sent is more Gope, and the one deemed invalid were more radicals, seeking to do things differently.

Who are the good guys/bad guys? I have no idea, but on the surface the whole thing smells funny to me.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:36 PM (B3xLp)

53 Dave in Fla is appreciated for providing numbers to back up his assertions. It’s easy to opine and prognosticate from gut feelings, however to offer quantitative data always helps more.
Another site to visit, where you can see a map based on differing numbers from differing polls is 270towin dot com.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 12:37 PM (rjJqk)

54 Sounds like an op. Like glowies on J6, Feebers hatching a plot to kidnap Frau Whitmer, and everything else these clowns do. Make it so outrageous, it helps the left.

The "Patriot Front" was marching through Nashville yesterday.

The usual collection of fit young men in matching uniforms, and being transported to and from the event in the back of big UHaul trucks (which is completely illegal, of course, but somehow the local cops did nothing).

And the Establishment Media doesn't make the slightest effort to doxx the participants, or figure out where the "Patriot Front's" funding is coming from.

It's very odd...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:37 PM (uxCna)

55 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:35 PM (a7ECP)

You're in Israel are you not or did I get that completely wrong ? If so how goes the war there.. Don't hear much about it anymore... Ignore this if I got this wrong... Won't be the first time...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:37 PM (IyPmt)

56 I think polls are commissioned by people/outfits with a particular narrative they want to push.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:37 PM (Q4IgG)

57 I think it is unlikely that the Dems would be freaked out about Biden right now if they had a sure fire cheat system in place for November.

But YMMV.
Posted by: Dave

Who is freaking out? It’s pundits and media people. It’s not insiders who know the election is “fortified”. The pundits believe elections are fair. In a far election yes there would be reason to freak out.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:37 PM (R6aKb)

58 Good afternoon folks. Enjoying a nice weekend here in the Northeast.
The Democrats have been organized for years. The Republicans have not given a shit about organizing for years. With Romney McDaniel being ousted back in March I would hope the new leadership would do just that.

Is that happening? I do not know

Maybe there is to much rot that needs to be gotten out of the party at both the State and National level.

CBD is correct, the party needs to get off its ass and actually start working to reach voters and get them excited to get out and vote.

Maybe the party should have an office in each county and two or more in cities. And this should be done in every State. And until it is against the law to have mail in voting the Republicans should embrace ballot harvesting. We need to out do everything the Democrats do.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 07, 2024 12:38 PM (0XVad)

59 Michigan registration work is coupled with a mechanism to ensure they also turn out to vote.

The 1-2 punch of Proposal 2 (passed 60-40 in 2022) combined with SB 605 to fortify elections in the state means Michigan is fortified for the Democrat candidates for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 07, 2024 12:39 PM (P5BPp)

60 I'm suspicions of polls showing Trump wupin' Biden.

Once bitten twice shy

The Democrats are going insane because they remember 2016, where the polls told them that they were certain to win, and yet somehow Trump won anyway.

They are afraid that will happen again.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:39 PM (uxCna)

61 RCP Average:

7/7/2024 : Trump +3.3

This Day In History: July 7, 2020: Biden +8.7 | July 7, 2016: Clinton +4.7

Just providing information. Draw your own conclusions.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:40 PM (5p7BC)

62 I think the question at hand is do they force Sundowner outand have the Ho take over?
Or let Sundowner stay until the Convention
I see no way he is nomination as result of the Convention

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 12:40 PM (fwDg9)

63 Wasn't New Hampshire supposed to become some libertarian bastion? A while back I recall a bunch of people agreeing to move there and basically take the place over and change the government.

I guess they all returned to their roots as socialists.

Posted by: p-squared at July 07, 2024 12:41 PM (i3SWt)

64 In 2008 Obama won Indiana, a state that hadn’t been in play for a long time. It was a long shot, but the Dems put in a lot of effort to make it happen.
Dems constantly put in a lot of effort in Texas. It has t worked yet but they make an effort. They’re trying to flip Montana. Again, hasn’t been successful but they’re building an infrastructure for the future.

The GOP does none of this. Always fighting the last war.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:41 PM (R6aKb)

65 You're in Israel are you not or did I get that completely wrong ? If so how goes the war there.. Don't hear much about it anymore... Ignore this if I got this wrong... Won't be the first time...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:37 PM (IyPmt)
-

You got it right. Here I am, at home in Jerusalem.

The situation is lousy. We keep on not completing the job in Gaza and losing and maiming our soldiers in the process.

Up north, Hizballah fires dozens or hundreds of rockets and we target a few specific buildings or 1 or 2 Hizballah terrorists at a time in teensy weensy pincer actions.

Just pathetic.

You can get a general view of the daily events here but they're leaving out the politics and the feelings of the masses:

https://x.com/IsraelWarRoom

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:41 PM (a7ECP)

66 I think the question at hand is do they force Sundowner outand have the Ho take over?
Or let Sundowner stay until the Convention
I see no way he is nomination as result of the Convention

It is very difficult to remove Biden without Biden's consent, and Biden isn't going to consent.

That's what makes it so amusing.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:41 PM (uxCna)

67 You can get a general view of the daily events here but they're leaving out the politics and the feelings of the masses:

https://x.com/IsraelWarRoom
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:41 PM (a7ECP)

Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:42 PM (IyPmt)

68 I'll say it again. I think it is unlikely that the Dems would be freaked out about Biden right now if they had a sure fire cheat system in place for November.

But YMMV.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:33 PM (5p7BC)

I tend to agree, on the surface the people who live and die by partisan politics are terrified this is going to be a disaster for them. Meanwhile, the Deep State is strategizing on how to contain Trump during his four years.

The Republican operatives are being mobilized to make sure Trump can do as little damage as possible, and no doubt cooking up whatever nonsense they can to make sure in '28 that Gope is back in charge.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:42 PM (mkRXj)

69 "I saw one tweet claiming that Project 2025 will require that women carry "period passports" that the cops can demand at any time to check to see if they are pregnant or not (to keep them from getting abortions, of course).
Posted by: The ARC of History!"

Would that be anything like the covid restrictions that kept millions from working, traveling, shopping, going to the doctor, going to parks, going out to eat, going to funerals, going to holiday gatherings.... Because I was told all those things were fine and reasonable if the govt. said it was necessary.

Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2024 12:42 PM (GUOwU)

70 Who is freaking out? It’s pundits and media people. It’s not insiders who know the election is “fortified”.
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260 David Axelrod - "He's not winning this race ... It's more likely that he'll lose by a landslide than win narrowly."
Posted by: Dave in Fla

281 Shannon Bream: "Our team spent days reaching out to dozens of law makers, Biden advocates, and allies, but not a single guest was willing or able to come on to defend Joe Biden."
Posted by: Dave in Fla

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:43 PM (5p7BC)

71 Despite being Dem, NH still has no income tax and no sales tax. It’s not California or anything. The GOP should fight for it.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:44 PM (R6aKb)

72 44 Project 2025 will require that women carry "period passports" that the cops can demand at any time to check to see if they are pregnant or not (to keep them from getting abortions, of course).
Posted by: The ARC of History

You have to give it to them, their imaginations are on fire.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 12:44 PM (pZEOD)

73 I'll say it again. I think it is unlikely that the Dems would be freaked out about Biden right now if they had a sure fire cheat system in place for November.

Their fear is that Trump is running so far ahead that the cheat system may not work.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 12:44 PM (uxCna)

74 Tippy canoe and Iran, too:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfrmmjd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:45 PM (a7ECP)

75 Off topic but Hey jackass. Com has the four day 4th holiday death toll this far at 17 dead 81 wounded. The ten year avg for this weekend is 14 and 67. Those numbers are as of 7:51 this AM. Bring on the DNC baby!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2024 12:45 PM (aYD2Z)

76 David Axelrod is a pundit. He’s what I’m talking about.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:45 PM (R6aKb)

77 They aren't trying to win. They never are.They hate Trump, they hate MAGA, they hate the Tea Party, they hate social and fiscal conservatives, they disparage their own voters.

I won't waste words when I state FUCK 'EM.

After voting for Trump this November, I could give a shit less if the GOP wins so much as the local Dog Catcher.

Good Losers is what Republicans want to be. As long as they keep getting that sweet lobby cash and can string the Rubes along with Gowdy-like promises they never will keep, why should they change?

Go President Trump and to hell with the Republican Party.

Posted by: Tracy at July 07, 2024 12:46 PM (aVDPw)

78
The Democrats are going insane because they remember 2016, where the polls told them that they were certain to win, and yet somehow Trump won anyway.

I followed only one poll that year, the LA Times three day tracking poll. Hillary was ahead a small amount up until the bollard of doom took her out. Three days later Trump was ahead and stayed ahead to the end.

In 2020 the LA Times decided not to have the same poll. But every poll I looked at carefully and normalized to the correct % of (R)'s and (D)'s showed Trump slightly ahead. Without normalizing he was behind. It made the cheat more possible that way.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 12:46 PM (RKVpM)

79 Who is freaking out? It’s pundits and media people. It’s not insiders who know the election is “fortified”. The pundits believe elections are fair. In a far election yes there would be reason to freak out.
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:37 PM (R6aKb)

The Joy Reid types claim to be talking to insiders, and there's good enough reason to believe she is. I don't think she's smart enough to be doing some kind of operation, where she's pretending to freak out, or reporting those insiders are also freaking out. I think they are indeed, freaking out.

But again, those "insiders" are only so far inside. The real power structure will go on, independent of who occupies the White House, and who has the bigger offices and gavels in the Capitol.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:47 PM (mkRXj)

80 The trad GOP has a lot in common with the British Tories, including a drive for self extinction.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 12:47 PM (pgG81)

81 You think Axelrod isn't dialed into the Obama machine?

He is the Obama's spokesman in the press, doesn't say a thing that isn't approved by them.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:48 PM (5p7BC)

82 There is no "Project 2025":

https://tinyurl.com/399vrv73

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:48 PM (a7ECP)

83 69 Would that be anything like the covid restrictions that kept millions from working, traveling, shopping, going to the doctor, going to parks, going out to eat, going to funerals, going to holiday gatherings.... Because I was told all those things were fine and reasonable if the govt. said it was necessary.
Posted by: Ripley

Can you not with the facts? 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 12:49 PM (pZEOD)

84 Republicans don't respond to strangers knocking on their front door as Dems do. However, they do respond to gatherings and that is where the party fails. Subjectively, my town is about 110K the Dems have meeting, associations and gathering. The Republicans have nothing (too busy working?). There is no party office, no contacts, nada. The only game in town is the Republican Women's Association and they meet the next town over where there is good food.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 07, 2024 12:49 PM (B4c1t)

85 80 The trad GOP has a lot in common with the British Tories, including a drive for self extinction.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 12:47 PM (pgG81)

Interesting, Britain's vote is an example of why we need to take back the party and not burn it for a 3rd party...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 12:49 PM (exHjb)

86 I will say we now have 2 negative Harris stories in 2 days. One reminder has a sordid past, the other she was a DEI candidate. Jill is on overdrive.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 12:50 PM (pZEOD)

87 I have always been amazed by how, unlike any other protest group I’ve ever seen, the Patriot Front guys all manage to wear the exact same government issued shoes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 12:50 PM (pgG81)

88 82 There is no "Project 2025":

https://tinyurl.com/399vrv73
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:48 PM (a7ECP)

Next you'll deny Patriot Front...

I'm sorry, is it getting brighter in here?

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 12:50 PM (exHjb)

89 In 2008 Obama won Indiana, a state that hadn’t been in play for a long time. It was a long shot, but the Dems put in a lot of effort to make it happen.

Dems constantly put in a lot of effort in Texas. It has t worked yet but they make an effort.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:41 PM

Deep State has a realistic shot to flip Texas in November. And you can be sure they will be using all the illegal alien ballots they have been importing over the past 3 years to try to do it.

This is a state the GOP won by 22% in 2000 (1.365mil votes) and 23% (1.7mil) in 2004. Deep State cut that to 6% (631k) in 2020.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (P5BPp)

90 The RNC is not full of GOPe types today. The head of the RNC includes Lara Trump. The amount of change she has brought along with Michael? Is very encouraging.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (UOC/b)

91 The Joy Reads of the world truly think elections are fair. So in their mind, a Dem may lose. We all know elections are not fair and Dems have a solid cheat operation built.

Just last week the WI Supreme Court said ballot drop boxes can be put anywhere. It used to be drop boxes could only be on state property. Now it can be in someone’s front yard. This kind of thing doesn’t just happen. It’s planned and co-ordinated.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (R6aKb)

92 We are our own worst enemy!

Posted by: CBD at 12:05 PM

Please tell me whyyyyyy
My car is in the front yard
I'm sleeping with my clothes on
Came in through the window (last night)
And you're gone, gone

Posted by: can we forget about the things pookysgirl said when she was drunk at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (dtlDP)

93 thats funny
in American politics, one side or the other is always 'taking (something) back'

Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (/7KEl)

94 You got it right. Here I am, at home in Jerusalem.

The situation is lousy. We keep on not completing the job in Gaza and losing and maiming our soldiers in the process.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:41 PM (a7ECP)

There are people claiming it's impossible to defeat Hamas, and if the Israelis decide to attack Hezbollah, the whole country could go up in flames.

Are they correct? Hell if I know, but these are not people who hate Israel, they are analysts who believe the IDF is incapable of winning, and the whole of the nation might be destroyed.

Be safe. There's a target on your back.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (mkRXj)

95 The GOP and its campaign consultants have followed the low turnout model because it benefited officeholders, donors, and campaign staff.

The great anti communist principle that restrained the grafting bastards of the GOP in office became no more after Reagan and the GOP rapidly pivoted to invade the world, invite the world politics which a) pissed off the Reagan Democrats who went home with Billy Clinton, b) destroyed the domestic industrial base in order to destroy unions and pad corporate profits/donors, and c) destroyed the guardrails around the financial industry for corporate interest leading to a decade of industry failures after the repeal of Glass Steagall and rapid consolidation of the telecom, broadcast, and media companies into oligopolies.

Essentially the GOP became Tory like in the idea that the better classes should restrain the hoi polloi (and not coincidentally bleed them dry) for fun, power, and profit. So the GOP politicians and campaigns could not speak of their real policies but instead engaged in penny ante politics and relied upon base voters and depressing the turnout via negative advertising.

The Dems did the same until Kerry lost in 2004.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 12:52 PM (/0X3E)

96 The RNC is not full of GOPe types today. The head of the RNC includes Lara Trump. The amount of change she has brought along with Michael? Is very encouraging.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (UOC/b)
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Se my comment 50. The RNC is infested.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:52 PM (a7ECP)

97 I have no doubt there's a "sense" that Trump will/would win (presuming the election is fair.) Polls may very well be correct with that assumption.

But it's just an assumption.

I think it's more likely the Democrats (with some level of GOP support) will cheat.

How does one figure that into polling?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:52 PM (Q4IgG)

98 Despite being Dem, NH still has no income tax and no sales tax. It’s not California or anything. The GOP should fight for it.
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:44 PM (R6aKb)

Well, if the GOP in NH cannot be assed to do the GOTV thing, Trump should simply set up his own GOTV organization. Call it "Team Trump, Granite State", and open a bunch of storefront offices. It's a small State, and Trump's campaign his deep pockets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2024 12:53 PM (433OD)

99 "I have always been amazed by how, unlike any other protest group I’ve ever seen, the Patriot Front guys all manage to wear the exact same government issued shoes.
Posted by: Tom Servo"

They are using the same ones issued for the Charlotteville Unite the Right rally.

Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2024 12:53 PM (GUOwU)

100 How does one figure that into polling?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:52 PM (Q4IgG)

By the amount of cheating it would take this time.. Dave went through the numbers last week

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:53 PM (IyPmt)

101 There is no "Project 2025":

https://tinyurl.com/399vrv73
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:48 PM (a7ECP)

I saw the list of policy claims leftists are circulating. Half are state level policies, not federal. Another quarter are just ridiculous fantasies (use the military to crush domestic protests). The last quarter are actually good ideas that leftists think are bad (promote oil drilling in Alaska).

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 12:54 PM (pgG81)

102 86. There is a candid picture of Harris with Epstein floating around the internet today. Nothing sordid in the photo, but makes you wonder if she is one of the redacted names on the list that was released.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 07, 2024 12:54 PM (UOC/b)

103 Are they correct?
Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (mkRXj)
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Partially. Gaza could have been destroyed within days of Oct. 7. The fault is with the gubbermint but especially with the progressives who occupy the upper echelons of the IDF.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:55 PM (a7ECP)

104 GOPe consultants don’t make any money when the party operates local campaign offices.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at July 07, 2024 12:55 PM (JTvrd)

105 Rob Reiner: 7/7/2024, 12:05PM

"It is time to stop fucking around. If the Convicted Felon wins, we lose our Democracy. Joe Biden has effectively served US with honor, decency, and dignity. It's time for Joe Biden to step down."

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:55 PM (5p7BC)

106 Joe Biden has effectively served US with honor, decency, and dignity.

Hey meathead... WRONG

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:56 PM (IyPmt)

107 >Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:55 PM (a7ECP)

does Israel have The Bomb?

Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 12:56 PM (/7KEl)

108 Deep State has a realistic shot to flip Texas in November. And you can be sure they will be using all the illegal alien ballots they have been importing over the past 3 years to try to do it.

This is a state the GOP won by 22% in 2000 (1.365mil votes) and 23% (1.7mil) in 2004. Deep State cut that to 6% (631k) in 2020.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Actually that blue project took a shell below the waterline very recently as motor voter lawsuit despite the desperate attempts of the GOP SoS to prevent it is going forward to purge the rolls.

Lots of those non existent buggers on the rolls are heading toward extinction plus Paxon getting off and CCJ justices going into well deserved retirement makes the legal environment more hostile to cheaters.

Don't take counsel of your fears. The Vichy Bush GOP types are losing power in Texas even in the rare case where they won and Rove has become a curse word among the GOP base making his support for a GOPe candidate likely to cause defeat rather than victory.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 12:56 PM (/0X3E)

109 I have always been amazed by how, unlike any other protest group I’ve ever seen, the Patriot Front guys all manage to wear the exact same government issued shoes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 12:50 PM (pgG81)

Since the Patriot Front is a black op, seems to me the proper counter is a counter black op. Details left to the imagination of the reader.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2024 12:57 PM (433OD)

110 Just imagine the spectacle should the unthinkable come to pass for DC. What if Biden withdraws from the race but remains in office until the end of his term? Quite unlikely but not out of the question given how deeply weird this presidency has been.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 12:57 PM (rjJqk)

111 I keep missing the book thread as I've worked every Sunday morning for what 2 months or so

Posted by: LenNeal at July 07, 2024 12:57 PM (43xH1)

112 > How does one figure that into polling?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:52 PM (Q4IgG)

By the amount of cheating it would take this time.. Dave went through the numbers last week
Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2024 12:53 PM (IyPmt)
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Ahh... I'll have to look for that. I wasn't on the blog much last week as I was out of town.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 12:57 PM (Q4IgG)

113 Since the Patriot Front is a black op, seems to me the proper counter is a counter black op. Details left to the imagination of the reader.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2024 12:57 PM (433OD)

Black ops have an unlimited and untraceable money supply - hard to run a counter to that...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (exHjb)

114 BTW, for Lit's song "My Own Worst Enemy," everyone I knew was convinced that the lyrics were "I didn't mean to call you fat" not the official "I didn't mean to call you that." The former is funnier and makes more sense as a hangover song.

Posted by: pookysgirl, with your essential trivia at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (dtlDP)

115 I can’t speak for the RNC since I have no idea who works there. But generally just because a new person is at the top, things don’t change. What’s that saying, personnel is policy.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (R6aKb)

116 By the amount of cheating it would take this time.. Dave went through the numbers last week
Posted by: It's me donna
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I posted the math yesterday, let me dig it up.

Going to keep saying, I don't in a million years think the Dems won't cheat to the absolute maximum. All I am saying is that it will take a lot for to be successful this time, because they have more ground to make up.

Be back with the numbers in a bit.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:59 PM (5p7BC)

117 Well, if the GOP in NH cannot be assed to do the GOTV thing, Trump should simply set up his own GOTV organization. Call it "Team Trump, Granite State", and open a bunch of storefront offices. It's a small State, and Trump's campaign his deep pockets.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
==========
On both GOTV and Voter integrity, the GOP party officials, state officeholders like SoS and AGs, and campaign staff have shown themselves to be collaborationists with the Dems in order to preserve grafting opportunities.

Best to do as you advise and FDR btw did something similar post 1932 in order to bypass obstructionist fellow party members not on board with his agenda.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 12:59 PM (/0X3E)

118 Your daily dose of elderly abuse:

https://tinyurl.com/3t85wv2x

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 12:59 PM (a7ECP)

119 I think that's the plan with many in the lefty world - "step down" (from the campaign for re-election) yet stay President for 6 more months. Seems like threading that needle ain't gonna work.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2024 12:59 PM (9mQ3m)

120 "I have always been amazed by how, unlike any other protest group I’ve ever seen, the Patriot Front guys all manage to wear the exact same government issued shoes.
Posted by: Tom Servo"

They are using the same ones issued for the Charlotteville Unite the Right rally.
Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2024 12:53 PM (GUOwU)

It's a shame there isn't any video of the people planting the fake bombs on J6. We might have been able to notice a pattern.

Oh well.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 12:59 PM (Cp+5w)

121 115 I can’t speak for the RNC since I have no idea who works there. But generally just because a new person is at the top, things don’t change. What’s that saying, personnel is policy.
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (R6aKb)

Didn't they also toss about 1/3 of RNC staff? I think they were working on that "personnel is policy" plan...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 01:00 PM (exHjb)

122 Today at American Thinker article about Sundowner's speech writing team. Exactly what you would think a group of dozen or so Cultural Marxist Seminary graduates.
Also today read Sundowner's July 1 speech of the Supreme Court decision that Sundowner says makes Trump a king.
That speech is as made is a sci-fi novel what they think Jan 6 was a full rebellion and has no reality in it.
But that was Sundowner's speech to the country.

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 01:00 PM (fwDg9)

123 does Israel have The Bomb?
Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 12:56 PM (/7KEl
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I'm sitting on it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 01:01 PM (a7ECP)

124
The proof that the polls I dug down into and normalized were correct was when Hillary Clinton a week before the election advised Joe Biden not to be 'too quick to concede'.

They knew the polls were optimistic for Joe and 'Plan B' would take some time that night to produce the 'Goldilocks' number. Not too many, not too few, but 'just' enough.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:01 PM (RKVpM)

125
Black ops have an unlimited and untraceable money supply - hard to run a counter to that...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (exHjb)

DoD auditors just called, said there's 400 billion dollars unaccounted for in the defense budget, but they have no idea what you're talking about.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:01 PM (Cp+5w)

126 The D's were utterly traumatized by 2016 - Hillary was running well-ahead in the polls, and they were certain - certain - that Hillary was going to win.

Now, it's Trump that's ahead in the polls, and they have a candidate that is even less physically capable of campaigning than Hillary, who has no intention of withdrawing.

If Trump gets a majority of the popular vote, it's game over.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 07, 2024 01:01 PM (uxCna)

127 Didn't they also toss about 1/3 of RNC staff? I think they were working on that "personnel is policy" plan...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 01:00 PM (exHjb)

If that is true, then that’s good. Maybe they really are serious. Time will tell.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 01:01 PM (R6aKb)

128 Liberals love big, all-encompassing government with layers upon layers of iterative "people in charge" and missions that never end (and thus can be shuttered).

That tends to lend itself to being, ahem, a massive "political organ."

While the uniparty Rs are no different, the actual mom 'n pop conservatives are NOT. By extension of not liking or wanting burdensome governmental overhead, we don't particularly like perpetual initiatives that never end.

Look at Tea Party from the Obama years. If we had the liberal mindset, that would still be a thing. We'd still have rallies and candidate forums. But the people that keep an organization without a direct defined mission going forever and ever aren't particularly conservative, are they....

Posted by: reason at July 07, 2024 01:01 PM (CbdM6)

129 New England Republicans are pretty much a joke. Listen to Howie Carr for more than 15 minutes and you'll start to wonder how our public education system has failed us so spectacularly.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 07, 2024 01:02 PM (WYStd)

130 Biden is getting emphatic. It seems i will see him on the 1st Tuesday in November.
And Jill Biden is hysterical. To her, I say C U Next Tuesday.

Posted by: Wally at July 07, 2024 01:02 PM (9Uj9K)

131 Black ops have an unlimited and untraceable money supply - hard to run a counter to that...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (exHjb)

Well, by "counter black op", I was hinting at something not necessarily legal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2024 01:02 PM (433OD)

132 110 Just imagine the spectacle should the unthinkable come to pass for DC. What if Biden withdraws from the race but remains in office until the end of his term? Quite unlikely but not out of the question given how deeply weird this presidency has been.
Posted by: another guy

Difficult argument to make that Biden is unfit to run for reelection but yet still able to govern the US. Introduces questions the Dems (and probably a lot of the GOP) don't want answered in Who Governs the US. The House Intel Chair is in particular a vile supporter of the IC and responsible for killing off bipartisan reforms of FISA. Nasty critter in office that his constituents should get rid of.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:03 PM (/0X3E)

133 Here it is:

162 Well did some math, sorry.

We know that conservative estimate is that 2.5M fraudulent votes were cast for Biden in 2020. We know this through polling, when asking who people voted for. There are a lot of missing votes in the population.

Vote total in 2020
Biden 81,283,501
Trump 74,223,975

With an extra 2.5M votes and the 4.5% popular vote advantage, he was able to win by a bare 46,000 votes in key states.

Estimates are that there will be at least 5% new voters in 2024 (highly skewed toward Trump).

This means the vote total in 2024, given no changes, will be 160,657,850.

Trump's national lead is roughly 6% going by the post debate polls. This means that if everything were fair, the following total votes would occur

Biden 75,509,189
Trump 85,148,660

Biden needs an extra 3% on top to compensate for all the useless votes he gets in CA and NY. So he needs to get to 87,703,120 to have a chance to eek out another 46,000 vote miracle. This all assumes that no one tries to stop them in any meaningful way.

So Biden need 12,193,931 fake votes to make up ground. That is 9,693,931 more fake votes than 2020, or a 488% increase.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 05, 2024 03

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:03 PM (5p7BC)

134 All I know is, the future remains to be seen.

You could look it up.

Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 01:03 PM (/7KEl)

135 I can’t speak for the RNC since I have no idea who works there. But generally just because a new person is at the top, things don’t change. What’s that saying, personnel is policy.
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (R6aKb)

Didn't they also toss about 1/3 of RNC staff? I think they were working on that "personnel is policy" plan...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2024 01:00 PM (exHjb)

It's not unlike the Trump White House though, you can replace a bunch of them, but as long as they're still in there, they know where all the knobs and controls are, better than the newcomers do, and they know how to keep the newcomers from finding out... and they have a hand in selecting the newcomers too, so they repoopulate the departments with more of their kind, because you don't know who is and who isn't, but they do.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:03 PM (Cp+5w)

136 Persons of Color American Community saved Biden's campaign in South Carolina then gave him the nomination on Super Tuesday. Now the overwhelmingly white media/donor class is just going to override POCAC votes and install a different nominee. Talk about systemic racism.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at July 07, 2024 01:05 PM (55boN)

137 129 New England Republicans are pretty much a joke. Listen to Howie Carr for more than 15 minutes and you'll start to wonder how our public education system has failed us so spectacularly.
Posted by: Defenestratus
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NE Republicanism more or less died by contagion of immigrants from Mass.

Part of self neutralization though was the destruction of the manufacturing and agriculture economy in NE leading to blue industries being the primary source of wealth in the area.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:05 PM (/0X3E)

138 And I am sticking by the 6% figure, even though RCP is saying 3.3%. There are some polls RCP includes that suck, and some good polls they exclude.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:05 PM (5p7BC)

139 Any bets on the excuses should Biden actually resign? More time with family? (That would be hilarious.) Perhaps he could get away with “While I’m sharp as a tack and the smartest guy in the room, my physicians say other ailments are too severe for my schedule.” Because the one thing Biden will never admit is being too addled for the job, too mentally infirm.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:06 PM (rjJqk)

140 Bigger tell is Patriot Front never gets attacked by Antifa or BLM, all drive in unmarked as in no license plate vehicles and friendly police escorts

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 01:06 PM (fwDg9)

141 I saw the list of policy claims leftists are circulating. Half are state level policies, not federal. Another quarter are just ridiculous fantasies (use the military to crush domestic protests). The last quarter are actually good ideas that leftists think are bad (promote oil drilling in Alaska).

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 12:54 PM (pgG81)

Over the last month, I've really wished I still had my ex-Twitter account. Because I keep seeing Leftists screeching about "Christian Nationalism" and I want to ask them, "Where are you getting this? Show me where it's being OFFICALLY put forward as a policy." I'm sure there will be a bunch of "connections" and "allusions" that require pushpins and string, but I pay attention to the conservative movement and I'm not seeing it being pushed as anything official.

Posted by: pookysgirl notes that it's easy to whip one side into a frenzy at July 07, 2024 01:07 PM (dtlDP)

142
132 110 Just imagine the spectacle should the unthinkable come to pass for DC. What if Biden withdraws from the race but remains in office until the end of his term?

LBJ did it. Didn’t work out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 01:08 PM (pgG81)

143 The worst part of the GOPe is the consultant class. They are consistently wrong, back losers but they make bank. I have no idea how to get rid of them as they are dug in like Alabama ticks, through business or family connections. Hopefully Lara Trump can break this cycle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2024 01:08 PM (aYD2Z)

144 Klaus Schwab is alive and well:

https://tinyurl.com/4n8vkccu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 01:09 PM (a7ECP)

145 Rob Reiner: 7/7/2024, 12:05PM

"It is time to stop fucking around. If the Convicted Felon wins, we lose our Democracy. Joe Biden has effectively served US with honor, decency, and dignity. It's time for Joe Biden to step down."
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 12:55 PM (5p7BC)

Go fuck yourself, Rob. With a flaming pineapple, wrapped in barbed wire. Sideways. No lube. Mental midget.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at July 07, 2024 01:10 PM (iODuv)

146 Part of self neutralization though was the destruction of the manufacturing and agriculture economy in NE leading to blue industries being the primary source of wealth in the area.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:05 PM (/0X3E)

Funny you mention that.

Just got an email saying that the local family strawberry farm is shutting down after 51 years in business up here in Southern Maine.

Couldn't have been due to the local moral righteous brigade outlawing pesticides... never....

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 07, 2024 01:10 PM (WYStd)

147 Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 05, 2024 03
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:03 PM (5p7BC)

Biden has a black voter problem. This vid should end him... if enough people see it.

https://tinyurl.com/4yjxdxvu

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:10 PM (qgNVD)

148 Video is circulating of Patriot Front all existing from the back of a U-Haul truck, all in uniform with their masks on.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:11 PM (5p7BC)

149 For those of you who think that Trump's got it in the bag:

https://tinyurl.com/muztreby

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 01:11 PM (a7ECP)

150 Maybe we should start calling them "Sunak Republicans". Because they are following his lead.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 07, 2024 01:11 PM (1bNHn)

151 >>Video is circulating of Patriot Front all existing from the back of a U-Haul truck

U-Haul gives the federal government a 50% discount.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:12 PM (rjJqk)

152 LBJ was many things, but among them he was not a vegetable. He declared he was not running in March, 1968.

History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. Contested Democrat national convention. In Chicago. Maybe the hippies plan on beating up the cops this time.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2024 01:13 PM (9mQ3m)

153 52

The MO GOP convention contest, & subsequent squabble, is a tempest in a teapot.

Two competing sets of GOP delegates, both for Trump, fighting to attend a convention at which the outcome is already certain.

This kind of thing sometimes happens in states where the GOP has the luxury of fighting over nothing, because the GOP controls everything already. Something similar has been happening in KS for a number of years.

The next GOP Gov of MO looks to be even MORE conservative than Parson is, btw. I have my ballot & am still undecided. The CD where I vote is also open. I don't know any actual GOP voter in MO who cares about the little catfight at the convention. I'm sure there are a few. Most people are unaware it even happened.

Posted by: mnw at July 07, 2024 01:13 PM (NLIak)

154 147 Biden has a black voter problem. This vid should end him... if enough people see it.

https://tinyurl.com/4yjxdxvu
Posted by: BurtTC at July

Trump should find that girl and give her a front row, VIP seat at his next event. And call out the white hag that was giving her a hard time for good measure. Her face was crushed.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:13 PM (p4NUW)

155 Adam Schiff: "Biden needs to consider for his own sake if he is the best to beat Donald Trump"

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:15 PM (5p7BC)

156 Biden has a black voter problem. This vid should end him... if enough people see it.

https://tinyurl.com/4yjxdxvu
Posted by: BurtTC at July

Trump should find that girl and give her a front row, VIP seat at his next event. And call out the white hag that was giving her a hard time for good measure. Her face was crushed.
Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:13 PM (p4NUW)

Sadly, I would expect that girl is still going to vote for Democrats the rest of her life.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:16 PM (qgNVD)

157 Ultimately this falls on Trump. And now a Trump family member that runs the RNC.

I'm glad Biden basically stroked out, but we dont exactly have a well oiled machine at the top of the ticket.

Posted by: Highlander at July 07, 2024 01:16 PM (kRhM/)

158 U-Haul gives the federal government a 50% discount.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:12 PM (rjJqk)

Having been married to a Government Purchase Card holder, I can actually believe this.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows that Buying American is harder than it looks at July 07, 2024 01:16 PM (dtlDP)

159 141 I'm sure there will be a bunch of "connections" and "allusions" that require pushpins and string, but I pay attention to the conservative movement and I'm not seeing it being pushed as anything official.
Posted by: pookysgirl notes that it's easy to

Lots of string, lots of pushpins, some going in circles.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:17 PM (pZEOD)

160 Early Vote Action app, if you want to see what the grassroots are doing. Focus is on PA, but I'm sure they can ramp up in NH.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 07, 2024 01:17 PM (xjTDL)

161 Adam Schiff: "Biden needs to consider for his own sake if he is the best to beat Donald Trump"
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:15 PM (5p7BC)
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Grooming
On a Sunday afternoon.

https://tinyurl.com/y2rh365w

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 01:17 PM (a7ECP)

162 121 115 I can’t speak for the RNC since I have no idea who works there. But generally just because a new person is at the top, things don’t change. What’s that saying, personnel is policy.
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 12:58 PM (R6aKb)

Didn't they also toss about 1/3 of RNC staff? I think they were working on that "personnel is policy" plan...
Posted by: Nova Local

Lara more or less dumped the RNC legal and campaign staffers wholesale so the cuts are disproportionately directed at the Dem collaborationist elements in the RNC. The co-chair with Lara brought in a former DeSantis Superpac staffer as head of RNC legal. He turned out to be a guy that was very friendly with Marc Elias who is key in Dem cheating lawfare. He got dumped shortly after when the news came out in March or so.

These are the sorts of people that need to be dumped hard and excluded from future office and service with the GOP.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:17 PM (/0X3E)

163 Biden already decided the decision "only he can make". He said "I'm running".

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2024 01:17 PM (9mQ3m)

164 Sadly, I would expect that girl is still going to vote for Democrats the rest of her life.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:16 PM (qgNVD)

Wouldn't hurt to try (kindly) to turn her. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2024 01:18 PM (433OD)

165
I have always been amazed by how, unlike any other protest group I’ve ever seen, the Patriot Front guys all manage to wear the exact same government issued shoes.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I could use some new shoes. Do they have an online store?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2024 01:18 PM (63Dwl)

166 If Adam Schiff has soured on Biden, DOCTOR Jill has her work cut out for her.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:18 PM (rjJqk)

167 Can kind of see the different factions at work here splitting up, now that potato head shit the bed. Schiff is in the Newsome/Pelosi cabal, one suspects.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2024 01:19 PM (9mQ3m)

168 The NH GOP is dominated by the Sununu/Nikki Haley win of the party. Last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was W.

Sununu was one of the most vocal NeverTrumper politicians during the primary. The state GOP needs an enema.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2024 01:20 PM (LkLld)

169 Hang in there, Joke. " Hell No, I won't Go" chant.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2024 01:20 PM (xpCR0)

170 Never underestimate the GOPe ability to frack things up.

Posted by: Archer at July 07, 2024 01:20 PM (IDphi)

171 140 Bigger tell is Patriot Front never gets attacked by Antifa or BLM, all drive in unmarked as in no license plate vehicles and friendly police escorts
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 01:06 PM (fwDg9)

———

Somebody got a photo of one guy when he stupidly took his face covering off.

He was identified as a Georgetown polisci major with a LinkedIn profile where he says he wants to work for the Feds.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 07, 2024 01:20 PM (iqPkc)

172 156 Sadly, I would expect that girl is still going to vote for Democrats the rest of her life.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 07

You may be right, but it opulent hurt to at least try. She is young, it wouldn’t hurt to expose to her to a group that isn’t going to wag their finger in her face.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:21 PM (pZEOD)

173 I'm glad Biden basically stroked out, but we dont exactly have a well oiled machine at the top of the ticket.
Posted by: Highlander
=======
Most of the blame attends to the regular GOP assholes in campaign positions and the RNC (other party organizations as well). The GOP as a party since the 30's has always been a hierarchical elitist graft fest for get along go along types.

The Dems have had that problem in the past with their own party namely from the 80's to Obama, and before FDR.

The major solution is to go around those official party organizations as much as possible because they are literally dog shit assholes that get paid whether they win or lose. Floating independent committees for specific tasks allow for rapid dumping of dead wood placeholders and traitors and can be disbanded as needed quickly.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:21 PM (/0X3E)

174 >Biden already decided the decision "only he can make". He said "I'm running".
----

unless God tells him not to
Joe's words

"Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God."

Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 01:21 PM (/7KEl)

175 One of my uncles drove a Sununu. First time I ever heard about all wheel drive.

Posted by: Wait. Do I have that right? at July 07, 2024 01:22 PM (dg+HA)

176 174
"Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God."
Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07

It feels like the Lord has all but sent an email.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:22 PM (p4NUW)

177 Sununu was one of the most vocal NeverTrumper politicians during the primary. The state GOP needs an enema.
Posted by: JackStraw

Sununu's father and his assholish tendencies helped do in GHWB and gave us the great David Souter---pseudo conservative justice. His son certainly lives up to the Sununu brand of Vichy politics that is about as popular as getting the clap.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:23 PM (/0X3E)

178 If Adam Schiff has soured on Biden, DOCTOR Jill has her work cut out for her.
Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:18 PM (rjJqk)

They have enough blackmail stuff on Schiff, he does what he's told. So the only question is, who's telling him to say what he says.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:23 PM (qgNVD)

179 175 One of my uncles drove a Sununu. First time I ever heard about all wheel drive.
Posted by: Wait. Do I have that right?

Gives new meaning to a Les sununu moniker.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:23 PM (/0X3E)

180 172 *wouldn’t. I am pretty convinced my iPad is haunted.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:24 PM (p4NUW)

181
I wonder how long before the stories start coming out of the White House about Jill tossing lamps around? True or not, at this stage of the end game character (or lack of) assassination is to be expected.

More popcorn.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:24 PM (RKVpM)

182 Sadly, I would expect that girl is still going to vote for Democrats the rest of her life.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:16 PM (qgNVD)

Wouldn't hurt to try (kindly) to turn her. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2024 01:18 PM (433OD)

Hopefully Team Trump is on it. I wouldn't trust anyone else, it would come off as disingenuous, and likely backfire.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:25 PM (qgNVD)

183 181
I wonder how long before the stories start coming out of the White House about Jill tossing lamps around? True or not, at this stage of the end game character (or lack of) assassination is to be expected.

More popcorn.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07

I wonder why Biden got the facelift and Jill didn’t.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:25 PM (pZEOD)

184 It would be axiomatic that the people with the "most" to lose might be the biggest cheerleaders for potato head. Anybody with a lot to hide, and there are plenty.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2024 01:25 PM (9mQ3m)

185 >>Biden already decided the decision "only he can make". He said "I'm running".
----
unless God tells him not to
Joe's words
——
There’s a Babylon Bee headline right there. “God Visits Biden To Ask Him To Resign, Biden Has Him Arrested For Trespassing”

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:25 PM (rjJqk)

186 They have enough blackmail stuff on Schiff, he does what he's told. So the only question is, who's telling him to say what he says.
Posted by: BurtTC
---------
Intelligence community.

Now think about the implications of that.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:26 PM (5p7BC)

187
Dateline: Thurmont, Maryland. A half dozen local electrical contractors have been pressed into service to install a number of lightning rods on the various buildings of the presidential retreat center on Cacoctin mountain.

Posted by: Not Really The News at July 07, 2024 01:26 PM (dg+HA)

188 >>They have enough blackmail stuff on Schiff, he does what he's told. So the only question is, who's telling him to say what he says.

The fact that Mark Warner, chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has let leak out that he is trying to organize a group of Senators to tell Joe it's time to go is a pretty big clue. Schiff also worked with the intel community to try and take Trump down.

Politicians come and go, the swamp does not.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2024 01:26 PM (LkLld)

189 The next GOP Gov of MO looks to be even MORE conservative than Parson is, btw. I have my ballot & am still undecided. The CD where I vote is also open. I don't know any actual GOP voter in MO who cares about the little catfight at the convention. I'm sure there are a few. Most people are unaware it even happened.
Posted by: mnw
========
The Danforth coalition should frankly be taken out and imprisoned for what they tried to do with Ranked Choice voting implementation.

Danforth and his ilk in Missouri politics are as vicious as they are stupid and should be forced to join their true party which are the Dems. Their problem is they would have to take the back of the bus in that coalition and be humiliated on a continuing basis by people they secretly deem inferior.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:27 PM (/0X3E)

190 The NBA has started a voter registration project. As well as not scheduling any games on Election Day.

The black problem for Dems is real?

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 01:27 PM (R6aKb)

191 It's a different situation. Trump is trying to remake the R party. Of course the old school GOPe would drag their feet. Lara Trump is more motivated for him to win than Ronna was

The Dems have been more unified. But we are seeing strain in their coalition. You can't assume the same "enthusiasm" for Biden. They have to be motivated to make the cheat happen.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 07, 2024 01:28 PM (xjTDL)

192 186 Intelligence community.

Now think about the implications of that.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:26 PM
—-
Pushpin at 51 signatories, pushpin to Patriot front, string to J6…. Hey…why are all these in straight lines and not crisscrossed all over the place?

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:28 PM (p4NUW)

193 Sununu's father and his assholish tendencies helped do in GHWB and gave us the great David Souter---pseudo conservative justice. His son certainly lives up to the Sununu brand of Vichy politics that is about as popular as getting the clap.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:23 PM (/0X3E)

Sununu looks like he could be one of those fourth generation pols, like the Kennedys, who have multiple rape allegations, and/or teenage girls he murdered and got away with.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:29 PM (qgNVD)

194 Well, they voted blue once so we can never win it again. (Whine)

Posted by: GOP, AoS Defeatists at July 07, 2024 01:29 PM (rQwsY)

195 Both the Senate and House committees on intelligence are cancers of Deep Staters in Congress.

The rare exception to the rule was Nunes and Asshole Pualie Ryan made sure Nunes was frozen out power wise.

Frankly most, if not all of those assholes, have willingly violated the Constitution and their oaths of office and deserve impoverishment and lengthy prison stays in a Supermax.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (/0X3E)

196
*Going to need more red yarn and pushpins*

Posted by: Conspiracy Theorists at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (dg+HA)

197 Video if Biden at a black church today.

it is legit sad, he looks like a lost puppy.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (5p7BC)

198 His "God will tell him" comment reminded me of the old flood joke with the car, the boat, and the helicopter. Only this one would be God telling Joe, "I already sent Air Force 1 stairs, the Hur deposition, and the debate."

Posted by: Wally at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (9Uj9K)

199 It’s ironic that we fought a revolution against the Brits. Yet we ended up with political royalty while they discarded theirs.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (R6aKb)

200 Everyone stand down! The roomba just vacuumed up the big spider on the carpet I hadn’t noticed until it tried to get away. We are safe. But I am not emptying the bin.

Back to political commentary.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (p4NUW)

201 The NBA has a voter registration project?

I remember when following the NBA used to be pure escapist fun.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 07, 2024 01:31 PM (rQwsY)

202 "...who have multiple rape allegations, and/or teenage girls he murdered and got away with."

It wasn't rape rape.

Posted by: All Wheel Drive Sununu at July 07, 2024 01:31 PM (dg+HA)

203 They have enough blackmail stuff on Schiff, he does what he's told. So the only question is, who's telling him to say what he says.
Posted by: BurtTC
---------
Intelligence community.

Now think about the implications of that.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:26 PM (5p7BC)

I think the "intelligence community" is more fractured than it's ever been, and if so my moment of white pilling comes from the possibility different factions might start engaging in revealing the secrets they have on each other.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:32 PM (qgNVD)

204 Piper - have you called 911??

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2024 01:32 PM (9mQ3m)

205
Experts agree that most spiders captured by a Roomba will hatch their eggs in the device within minutes. Due to climate change these spiders will reach puberty within hours.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:33 PM (RKVpM)

206 Sununu looks like he could be one of those fourth generation pols, like the Kennedys, who have multiple rape allegations, and/or teenage girls he murdered and got away with.
Posted by: BurtTC
=====
3rd or 4th generation Arab descent from Lebanon I think. Cultural tendencies to praise and hug you up front while prepping the knife to stab you in the back.

Politics and culture in the former Ottoman Empire was a blood sport of treachery and grabbing the gold while the opportunity was there.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:33 PM (/0X3E)

207 The black problem for Dems is real?
Posted by: Biden is Finished
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It is. Over sampled poll I was looking at on the 4th shows a very conservative 18% going to Trump.

The problem the GOP has is no infrastructure to make sure those votes get cast.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:33 PM (5p7BC)

208 *Going to need more red yarn and pushpins*

Posted by: Conspiracy Theorists at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (dg+HA)

And a bigger corkboard.

Posted by: pookysgirl, paraphrasing Jaws at July 07, 2024 01:34 PM (dtlDP)

209 “Across the nation, there are millions of young people who are newly eligible to vote in 2024 – and they hold the power to decide the direction of our whole country if they register and vote,” said Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org. “We’re proud to be working again with the NBA to help reach more young people and students of color with the tools to vote and make their voices heard at the ballot box. The NBA’s commitment to voter empowerment is a leading example of how role models across our culture can step up to bring more people into the democratic process.”

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 01:34 PM (R6aKb)

210 His "God will tell him" comment reminded me of the old flood joke with the car, the boat, and the helicopter. Only this one would be God telling Joe, "I already sent Air Force 1 stairs, the Hur deposition, and the debate."
Posted by: Wally at July 07, 2024 01:30 PM (9Uj9K)

Except in Joe's case, it will be Satan explaining things to him.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:34 PM (qgNVD)

211 I would hope that if the left (with whatever support the GOP gives them) cheats at 488% that there's going to be some questions about the legit outcome.

Before the election is official.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 01:35 PM (Q4IgG)

212 This is how immiserated the DC ruling class has become, by their own plots and tactics: their best bet now is the president has an aneurysm which puts him in a coma.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:35 PM (rjJqk)

213 Dems need to win back black votes by nominating the 1st heterosexual black presidential nominee.

Posted by: Wally at July 07, 2024 01:35 PM (9Uj9K)

214
The problem the GOP has is no infrastructure to make sure those votes get cast.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:33 PM

The left, in cooperation with black churches, has a 'souls to the polls' program that pays the black minister a per head reward for each person on the bus.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:36 PM (RKVpM)

215 I think the "intelligence community" is more fractured than it's ever been, and if so my moment of white pilling comes from the possibility different factions might start engaging in revealing the secrets they have on each other.
Posted by: BurtTC

I don't. The recent FISA extension which is even worse than the original law is a case in point. At one time, it looked as if we would get a warrant provision or no extension. Then suddenly we get an extension AND a much more extensive power for the IC to demand any provider to snitch on their customers warrant free even down to the internet cafe types.

Monstrous assholes running the IC wanting both power and wealth by hoovering up information hurting average people and running ops that destroy lives like Epstein in the name of national security. I spit on them and their ilk.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:36 PM (/0X3E)

216 Call me a cynic but I believe the Stalinist Democrats have already decided that the Dem candidate - whoever it is - will win by "historic" margins. Fuck, they did it on '20 and nobody paid a price (except on our side) so why in the hell wouldn't they do it again?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 07, 2024 01:36 PM (hwLGC)

217 What you don’t know is that Roomba will turn back on tonight and spit the spider back out on your bed.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 07, 2024 01:36 PM (iqPkc)

218 Have y’all seen this Patriot Front planning video? It’s hilarious.

https://tinyurl.com/67ak4x2r

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:37 PM (pZEOD)

219 It's going to be a good week to watch Leftists one after another go after Sundowner

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 01:37 PM (fwDg9)

220 Experts agree that most spiders captured by a Roomba will hatch their eggs in the device within minutes. Due to climate change these spiders will reach puberty within hours.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:33 PM (RKVpM)

What's worse, they get into the housing of the device, and those eggs will keep hatching over and over and over, generations of new spiders, living off the skin and food particles you sweep up into their waiting mouths, with each new pass of the cleaner.

Best to throw out the machine, get a broom and dustpan.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:38 PM (qgNVD)

221 Deep State has a realistic shot to flip Texas in November. And you can be sure they will be using all the illegal alien ballots they have been importing over the past 3 years to try to do it.

This is a state the GOP won by 22% in 2000 (1.365mil votes) and 23% (1.7mil) in 2004. Deep State cut that to 6% (631k) in 2020.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 07, 2024 12:51 PM (P5BPp)

Hey, defeatist.

You are aware that in 2000 TX was electing a popular Gov to the WH and that accounts for the 22%?

I can’t come in here without looking at your doom and gloom whiny defeatism on this state. With your attitude, I may as well stay home in Nov and
1) pout and
2) whine, which is what you constantly do.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 07, 2024 01:38 PM (rQwsY)

222
I like the political equivalent of MAD or 'Mutual Assured Destruction' when it involves leftists.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:39 PM (RKVpM)

223 Good article at GP setting forth that given how many Dems are jumping ship, all hell is going to break loose this week in DC with some Dems wanting Joey gone by week's end. Might just be wishful thinking but either way , more popcorn.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2024 01:40 PM (aYD2Z)

224 209 “Across the nation, there are millions of young people who are newly eligible to vote in 2024 – and they hold the power to decide the direction of our whole country if they register and vote,” said Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org. “We’re proud to be working again with the NBA to help reach more young people and students of color with the tools to vote and make their voices heard at the ballot box. The NBA’s commitment to voter empowerment is a leading example of how role models across our culture can step up to bring more people into the democratic process.”
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 07, 2024 01:34 PM (R6aKb)

So much gobbledygook, so little time. Things like this make me hate the word “empower”. With a passion.

I’m old enough to remember when the NBA was fun to watch.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (rQwsY)

225
+++Looks up "Immiserated" in handy copy of Funk & Wagnalls dictionary+++

Posted by: Slow reader at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (dg+HA)

226 I don't. The recent FISA extension which is even worse than the original law is a case in point. At one time, it looked as if we would get a warrant provision or no extension. Then suddenly we get an extension AND a much more extensive power for the IC to demand any provider to snitch on their customers warrant free even down to the internet cafe types.

Monstrous assholes running the IC wanting both power and wealth by hoovering up information hurting average people and running ops that destroy lives like Epstein in the name of national security. I spit on them and their ilk.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:36 PM (/0X3E)

That's one of the reasons I won't use Alexa or Siri. People tell me I have nothing to worry about. And my answer is "You're right. Until you're not."

Once you come up on their radar screen, everything you've ever uttered or written will be used against you. Hell, this post could be one of those.

Yes, I am paranoid. Because our opposition are monsters.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (hwLGC)

227 216 Call me a cynic but I believe the Stalinist Democrats have already decided that the Dem candidate - whoever it is - will win by "historic" margins. Fuck, they did it on '20 and nobody paid a price (except on our side) so why in the hell wouldn't they do it again?

Posted by: Chairborne!

Because the smarter ones in the IC are well aware that openly flaunting fraud usually results in that particular regime swirling the toilet bowl in short fashion. Simply put, you have to have minimal consent of the governed even in somewhere like the late Soviet Union. We are not the Norks, nor E. Germany reliant on outsider Soviets to do dirty work in repressing the population.

Note that even in E. Germany, as nasty of a cruel police state government as has existed on Earth, it fell rapidly once the external oppressing forces were no long a threat (aka Russians). Ditto for the Baltic Republics, etc.

People are not potatoes, not all cultures are equal, and results vary significantly because of those bedrock facts of humanity.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (/0X3E)

228 The biggest enemy? Complacency.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (rQwsY)

229 158 U-Haul gives the federal government a 50% discount.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 01:12 PM (rjJqk)

Having been married to a Government Purchase Card holder, I can actually believe this.

Actually, federal purchasing requirements dictate the vendors you can use, so yeah. Like good little bureaucrats, I'm sure they are following federal acquisition regulations.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (MZ+PY)

230 Monstrous assholes running the IC wanting both power and wealth by hoovering up information hurting average people and running ops that destroy lives like Epstein in the name of national security. I spit on them and their ilk.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:36 PM (/0X3E)

I start with the assumption that no cabal of crooks is as cohesive at it looks from the outside. There are always factions, and always one group or another looking to take down the power.

The VISA thing was passed because of who is blackmailing Mike Johnson. I have to think these are not the exact same people who are blackmailing Adam Schiff.

We know the kinds of crimes Schiff has perpetrated, we can only speculate on what they have on Johnson.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:42 PM (qgNVD)

231 Wow, talk about humiliating. Biden is sitting behind a black pastor in a church.

Pastor: "I don't know why it is that you want to make an issue of the President and his condition with stammering..."

The he prays: "God, use our President, use his experience, use his handicaps..."

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 01:42 PM (5p7BC)

232 Young people don't vote.

Posted by: They're unburdened by what has been at July 07, 2024 01:42 PM (dg+HA)

233 They're student government pencilnecks who like to jawbone just as much as the Democrats.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 01:42 PM (RIvkX)

234 Roombas spread spider infestation just like they spread fresh doggie droppings they run across. Super-spreaders in pandemic parlance.

Posted by: National Science Foundation at July 07, 2024 01:43 PM (V5BDR)

235 "14 offices across the state"

It's New Hampshire, that's an office every other mile down the road.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 01:44 PM (RIvkX)

236 217 What you don’t know is that Roomba will turn back on tonight and spit the spider back out on your bed.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July

😬

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:44 PM (pZEOD)

237 That's one of the reasons I won't use Alexa or Siri. People tell me I have nothing to worry about. And my answer is "You're right. Until you're not."

Once you come up on their radar screen, everything you've ever uttered or written will be used against you. Hell, this post could be one of those.

Yes, I am paranoid. Because our opposition are monsters.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (hwLGC)

I start with the assumption they could have the goods on any of us, and the fact they haven't broken down our doors and shot our dogs is some of us just aren't important enough to do that... yet.

And by "goods" I mean anything. If the "worst" thing you've ever done is pick your nose on camera, they'll just plant the kiddie pron on your machine. If they need to.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:45 PM (qgNVD)

238 And for those that think it's only the MsM that is panicked, carville does not seem serene about their chances.

I'm sure young black NBA fans will be excited to turn out the vote for Biden. Or Kamala if it comes to that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 07, 2024 01:45 PM (xjTDL)

239 235 "14 offices across the state"

It's New Hampshire, that's an office every other mile down the road

So, Dollar General?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 01:45 PM (dg+HA)

240 220 Experts agree that most spiders captured by a Roomba will hatch their eggs in the device within minutes. Due to climate change these spiders will reach puberty within hours.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:33 PM (RKVpM)

What's worse, they get into the housing of the device, and those eggs will keep hatching over and over and over, generations of new spiders, living off the skin and food particles you sweep up into their waiting mouths, with each new pass of the cleaner.

Best to throw out the machine, get a broom and dustpan.
Posted by: BurtTC at

Evacuate the house and nuke it from space.

It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2024 01:45 PM (tQrL+)

241 Yes, I'm worried about GOP organizational failure, as usual, but 14 Dem offices in New Hampshire just shows the Dems are still good at creating unnecessary and unproductive "jobs"

Posted by: Wally at July 07, 2024 01:46 PM (9Uj9K)

242
Across the nation, there are millions of young people who are newly eligible to vote in 2024

Every four years we are told the youth vote is going to be big, REALLY BIG!

But has it ever been?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2024 01:46 PM (63Dwl)

243 Once you come up on their radar screen, everything you've ever uttered or written will be used against you. Hell, this post could be one of those.

Yes, I am paranoid. Because our opposition are monsters.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!
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If you have vulnerable leverage points like finances, a job, children, etc. then it is a reasonable precaution. However, in a past life, I dealt with large datasets and databases and setting them up to run. Most of what you hear from the media is hype about their capabilities--they can work backward to go after one individual but it doesn't work well on either prediction nor prevention of mass events.

Like the IC using criminal means to get to people, easy to target a known individual--generally not worth the trouble to go after everyone and actually disruptive to the system due to limits of people, money, and bureaucratic failure syndrome.

A lot of the Stasi time was built compiling masses of population dossiers and even about ten percent of the population as informants or so. It failed to save the regime even while even the KGB praised the Stasi efficiency.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:46 PM (/0X3E)

244 I start with the assumption they could have the goods on any of us, and the fact they haven't broken down our doors and shot our dogs is some of us just aren't important enough to do that... yet.
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I go back and forth between "I'm insignificant enough not to draw their attention" and "I'm just the sort of powerless person they could easily destroy and no one would notice"

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 01:47 PM (iZbyp)

245 They don't care if the ballot mailed gets dropped off or not, they will make it up in fraud votes. That's how we get 20.000 more votes than voters

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 01:48 PM (fwDg9)

246 Roombas spread spider infestation just like they spread fresh doggie droppings they run across. Super-spreaders in pandemic parlance.
Posted by: National Science Foundation at July 07, 2024 01:43 PM (V5BDR)

What we know is, Roombas are the safest machines evah built. You can run them all day long, and as long as you get boosted with new softwaah every two months, you'll be fine.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a Big Vacuum conference to attend.

Posted by: Tony Iamscience at July 07, 2024 01:49 PM (qgNVD)

247 241 Yes, I'm worried about GOP organizational failure, as usual, but 14 Dem offices in New Hampshire just shows the Dems are still good at creating unnecessary and unproductive "jobs"
Posted by: Wally
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The Dem offices are more there for fraud purposes than anything else and are related to voter registration and voter harvesting of ballots more than actual GOTV in a traditional sense. Essentially Get Out The Ballots instead of actual live voters. NH has same day voter registration as voting day which is what those offices are involved with.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:49 PM (/0X3E)

248 Spent a decade in lower 1/2 of NH. Met 1 person of a certain age who was born/raised there. Most are Massholes. Left for tax purposes, brought their politics along. NH is a DEM. state.

Posted by: phydeaux at July 07, 2024 01:49 PM (MunRT)

249 My shop vac has at least a dozen generations of spiders in it. Sometimes when it's quiet at night and I'm lying in bed I can hear the bass notes of their music system all the way out in the garage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 01:49 PM (dg+HA)

250 244 I go back and forth between "I'm insignificant enough not to draw their attention" and "I'm just the sort of powerless person they could easily destroy and no one would notice"
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07

I always think if they are monitoring us, the guy assigned to me spends a lot of time banging his head against the wall because I post things like “my roomba just ate a spider.” It’s the least I can do for the cause, really.

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 01:50 PM (pZEOD)

251 248 Spent a decade in lower 1/2 of NH. Met 1 person of a certain age who was born/raised there. Most are Massholes. Left for tax purposes, brought their politics along. NH is a DEM. state.

not just that but it has colleges and those out of state student are for sure going to shift the native vote to the left

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2024 01:50 PM (s3qiR)

252 >>Everyone stand down! The roomba just vacuumed up the big spider on the carpet I hadn’t noticed until it tried to get away. We are safe. But I am not emptying the bin.

Back to political commentary.
Posted by: Piper

You know it's popping out thousands of baby spiders inside that Roomba as we speak don't you?

Posted by: Aviator at July 07, 2024 01:50 PM (HQ9Sl)

253 That's one of the reasons I won't use Alexa or Siri. People tell me I have nothing to worry about. And my answer is "You're right. Until you're not."

Once you come up on their radar screen, everything you've ever uttered or written will be used against you. Hell, this post could be one of those.

Yes, I am paranoid. Because our opposition are monsters.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 07, 2024 01:41 PM (hwLGC)
***

Funny thing about Siri, if I chat about new skis, or a new set of golf clubs, I am hit with ads on social media right away. But talk about buying a new pistol and...crickets.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2024 01:52 PM (W/lyH)

254 >>Every four years we are told the youth vote is going to be big, REALLY BIG!

The cost of living around here is hurting a lot of people but none more than young people. This area relies heavily on the service economy and tourism and it is very common to see signs these days saying business operating hours are being altered because of lack of help. Those jobs primarily went to young people.

Was speaking yesterday with my buddy who lives in the Keys and he says it's even worse down there. The debate helped expose what we have all known about Biden for years but the reality is he was already polling behind Trump before the debate and that is because he has an awful record across the board.

It's funny hearing Democrats now saying things like "Joe has been a great president but .... blah, blah, blah". No he hasn't been a great president. His approval rating is the lowest of any president in the modern polling era.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2024 01:52 PM (LkLld)

255 I go back and forth between "I'm insignificant enough not to draw their attention" and "I'm just the sort of powerless person they could easily destroy and no one would notice"
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 01:47 PM (iZbyp)

That's the question, isn't it? How arbitrary is it, do they do this all the time, arrest people for these crimes, and while they're screaming up and down they didn't do it, we all just shake our heads and say "oh wow, I never would have suspected Ted."

What if Ted didn't actually do anything?

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:52 PM (qgNVD)

256
Experts agree that due to climate change the ratio of spiders to humans will be 100 to 1 in their favor in the next three years.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:53 PM (RKVpM)

257
Alexa, where can I buy a moss-covered three-handled family gradunza?

Posted by: Theodore Geisel at July 07, 2024 01:54 PM (dg+HA)

258 It's now that spider time of year, when anytime you pass a tree, shrub, or fence, there's 50% chance of suddenly being in a web. The gyrations and break dance moves victims engage in are humorous.

Posted by: Arnie Arachnoid at July 07, 2024 01:55 PM (V5BDR)

259 Handy Guide to Upper New England
Vermont = hipsters
New Hampshire = cranks and eccentrics
Maine = weirdos and hermits

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 01:55 PM (RIvkX)

260 245 They don't care if the ballot mailed gets dropped off or not, they will make it up in fraud votes. That's how we get 20.000 more votes than voters
Posted by: Skip

Problem is that our court system in every state including blue ones has precedents that dictate vote results beyond the number of actual registered voters is prima facie proof of fraud and subject to court jurisdiction.

Repeating 2020 trick is harder to do now without the massive influx of ballots and the Covid hysteria. The courts have eviscerated the public health powers used to aid the cheat in 2020 by subsequent decisions and Trump has a roadmap of exactly how the cheat was carried out in 2020.

Predicting the future is hard but adopting the all or nothing approach is counterproductive and demoralizing which is some of the recent new nics purpose. Demoralization ops have long been applied to politics and military matters.

Moral is--We win, they lose because truth ultimately defeats lies and we will conquer on the basis of truth/logos.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 01:55 PM (/0X3E)

261 What? We gotta ride in the back of U-Hauls again?
This job sucks.

Posted by: patriot front guy at July 07, 2024 01:55 PM (xcIvR)

262 Funny thing about Siri, if I chat about new skis, or a new set of golf clubs, I am hit with ads on social media right away. But talk about buying a new pistol and...crickets.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2024 01:52 PM (W/lyH)

We went out of town last weekend. Booked a hotel on one website, and I'm now inundated by ads and emails from other booking entities... and telling me to book my next trip to the exact same area we visited.

How do all the rest of you know? I searched through DDG, which claims its searches are private.

Sure. Sure they are.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:56 PM (qgNVD)

263 I always think if they are monitoring us, the guy assigned to me spends a lot of time banging his head against the wall because I post things like “my roomba just ate a spider.” It’s the least I can do for the cause, really.
Posted by: Piper
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If NSA Bob saw me doing battle with the snake last week, he'd take me off the list, after he stopped laughing.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 01:56 PM (iZbyp)

264

I store my extra urethra spiders in Dad's desk!

I like the furry ones best, they tickle when they go in and out!

Posted by: Hunter Bidet at July 07, 2024 01:57 PM (0ZYe2)

265 What if Ted didn't actually do anything?
Posted by: BurtTC
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Ted is fine. It's Todd you have to watch. F'in Todd.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 01:57 PM (iZbyp)

266
It’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future.

Posted by: Yogi Berra at July 07, 2024 01:57 PM (dg+HA)

267 The potatoes are cooking.

Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 01:58 PM (/7KEl)

268 It's now that spider time of year, when anytime you pass a tree, shrub, or fence, there's 50% chance of suddenly being in a web. The gyrations and break dance moves victims engage in are humorous.
Posted by: Arnie Arachnoid at July 07, 2024 01:55 PM (V5BDR)

We get king snakes around here, and king snakes are cool looking and harmless. But there was a dead baby snake in the house last year. No no, we can't have that.

This year I hadn't seen any snakes, until Friday, when there was a dead baby snake on the driveway.

Where are your brothers and sisters, little guy?

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:58 PM (qgNVD)

269 I'm certain the IC can access the comments sections of any website and scrape the relevant data they want. Or the entire site contents. In fact, they probably do this routinely. However it takes time to do any sort of analysis if there is someone, or something of interest.

I doubt anyone here rises to the level the IC is interested in.

For now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 01:59 PM (Q4IgG)

270 I hope that pictured library is better organized than mine. Finding a particular book would be an adventure. Also, I can't imagine trying to keep the shelves/books dusted...not that I do that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2024 01:59 PM (XeU6L)

271
How do all the rest of you know? I searched through DDG, which claims its searches are private.

Sure. Sure they are.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 01:56 PM

Maybe, maybe not. I suspect that others apps running at the same time in other tabs can tell what you're typing elsewhere. Just a wild guess based on nothing other then an un-diagnosed case of late stage paranoia aka reality.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:59 PM (RKVpM)

272 *270 Oops, wrong thread

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2024 02:00 PM (XeU6L)

273 ...A lot of the Stasi time was built compiling masses of population dossiers and even about ten percent of the population as informants or so. It failed to save the regime even while even the KGB praised the Stasi efficiency.

One of the reasons their regime failed is because there was a powerful power in opposition - the US - that finally collapsed their protector - the USSR. That opposition power doesn't exist anymore. In fact, we've become them.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 07, 2024 02:00 PM (hwLGC)

274 The potatoes are cooking.
Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 01:58 PM (/7KEl)

The chair is against the wall.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2024 02:00 PM (W/lyH)

275 The potatoes are cooking.
Posted by: Don Black- idea man at July 07, 2024 01:58 PM (/7KEl)

The chair is against the wall.
Posted by: Diogenes
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The spider is in the Roomba.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 02:01 PM (iZbyp)

276 FWP NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

277 I always think if they are monitoring us, the guy assigned to me spends a lot of time banging his head against the wall because I post things like “my roomba just ate a spider.” It’s the least I can do for the cause, really.
Posted by: Piper
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If NSA Bob saw me doing battle with the snake last week, he'd take me off the list, after he stopped laughing.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 01:56 PM (iZbyp)

Honestly, I have tried to limit the amount of posting on this webzine I do from the work pooter. I could easily see someone monitoring that, and some of the things I say... well, I'm not exactly breaking news, but it's obvious some of the sources of my info are not acceptable to the regime.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 07, 2024 02:01 PM (qgNVD)

278 Visit amiunique dot com and see just how easy it is to fingerprint anyone online, VPN or not. Well over fifty attributes can be seen by any website you visit that, put together, can mark your computer or device as uniquely identifiable and distinguishable from anyone else.

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 02:01 PM (rjJqk)

279 263 ---
If NSA Bob saw me doing battle with the snake last week, he'd take me off the list, after he stopped laughing.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07

Watch out for those Christian Nationalists! They are organized and lethal! Or not. 🤪

Posted by: Piper at July 07, 2024 02:02 PM (p4NUW)

280 I start with the assumption that no cabal of crooks is as cohesive at it looks from the outside. There are always factions, and always one group or another looking to take down the power.
Posted by: BurtTC
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True enough as far as it goes but essentially for us, the IC is a black box--we may know the titular 'leaders' but not the consultants, the contractors, political operatives, pols, and oligarchs giving them power and sustenance. My guess is both the financial and tech industries are heavily represented along with telecom and defense so there are some differences between those patrons of the Spy State.

The KGB and GRU had significant differences in emphasis and approach and amusingly the KGB were regarded as the softies. However, within those agencies there were factions supporting and opposing what Gorbachev eventually did regarding upsetting the reactionary and dying Brezhnev regime for reform from within.

Xi and the phantom brittle ChiCom hierarchy is facing similar issues or even the Mafia Commission.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 02:03 PM (/0X3E)

281 Experts agree that due to climate change the ratio of spiders to humans will be 100 to 1 in their favor in the next three years.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 01:53 PM (RKVpM)

I don't think AtC is gonna like this

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2024 02:03 PM (WF/xn)

282 Watch out for those Christian Nationalists! They are organized and lethal! Or not. 🤪
Posted by: Piper
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I identify as Mostly Harmless

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 02:03 PM (iZbyp)

283 278 Visit amiunique dot com and see just how easy it is to fingerprint anyone online, VPN or not. Well over fifty attributes can be seen by any website you visit that, put together, can mark your computer or device as uniquely identifiable and distinguishable from anyone else.
Posted by: another guy
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400-500 million or so fingerprints actually obscure more than they reveal. Basically the same as the massive CCTV experiment in UK has found regarding images. It can help resolve a crime once committed (but is not definitive) but rarely if ever prevents one.

Essentially it is a level of analysis program. I can take a magnifying glass and concentrate enough sunlight on an ant to fry his ass. But it takes time, effort, and resources. That same tactic does not work on an anthill and a large enough solar apparatus to fry the anthill might just kill enough of them on the surface as to move to another location when the sun goes down.

Eventually history is an example of failed regimes where the rulers mistook their status as permanent. They can cause a lot of damage like a falling tree but ultimately they go down as well.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 02:07 PM (/0X3E)

284 But does fingerprinting help in things like targeting ads?

Posted by: another guy at July 07, 2024 02:09 PM (rjJqk)

285 One of the reasons their regime failed is because there was a powerful power in opposition - the US - that finally collapsed their protector - the USSR. That opposition power doesn't exist anymore. In fact, we've become them.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!
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Unpopular to note, we didn't do much of anything when the wall fell other than rhetoric. It was primarily because the E. German regime was not regarded by its own citizens as legitimate.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 02:09 PM (/0X3E)

286 284 But does fingerprinting help in things like targeting ads?
Posted by: another guy
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It can but you can easily defeat a lot of the tactics if you really want to find out how. See EFF dot org for the latest in privacy tips.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 02:10 PM (/0X3E)

287 269 I'm certain the IC can access the comments sections of any website and scrape the relevant data they want. Or the entire site contents. In fact, they probably do this routinely. However it takes time to do any sort of analysis if there is someone, or something of interest.

I doubt anyone here rises to the level the IC is interested in.

For now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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The IC are probably using AI models to do just that. The funny thing is that AI models turn out shit products once fed real data other than training data. But, the contractors and the agency want a bigger budget and AI is the way of the future versus hiring grubby human informants. They do the same management by fad to their own people that they subject the rest of us to.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 02:12 PM (/0X3E)

288 The chair is against the wall.
Posted by: Diogenes
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The spider is in the Roomba.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 02:01 PM

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 07, 2024 02:15 PM (aCj1E)

289 The chair is against the wall.
Posted by: Diogenes
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The spider is in the Roomba.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 07, 2024 02:01 PM

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 07, 2024 02:15 PM (aCj1E)

Wound my heart
With a monotonous
Languor.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 07, 2024 02:38 PM (K6DGR)

290 John has a long mustache.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 07, 2024 02:40 PM (K6DGR)

291 Let's face it, the Uniparty has been accustomed to losing so long they don't know how to truly go for victory now. And they wonder why the voters are supporting Trump so much.

Posted by: exdem13 at July 07, 2024 03:35 PM (W+kMI)

292 Ha... still in the "we" camp. You've got a long ways to go and you're started very late... like too late.

Posted by: Ig at July 07, 2024 03:56 PM (RG/KJ)

293 It was not in play until the debate. Let's see if they get it together now.

Posted by: JHP2 at July 07, 2024 04:24 PM (UIvnv)

294 Wow - the Dooming on here is unreal.

Half of the population of NH is in two adjacent counties, Hillsborough and Rockingham. The whole state is not very large, physically.

So what's the big deal about only having one field office? Maybe the Dems are just being Dems - wasting a lot of money on useless bureaucracy, to employ their cronies.

You have about the best candidate imaginable vs the absolute worst. The only way to lose the state is via election fraud, so if they have a way to address that - even a LITTLE bit better, and they DO - they're set.

Posted by: MrExcitement at July 07, 2024 05:12 PM (hOOi9)

295 Send Scott Pressler

Posted by: BentOuttaRound at July 07, 2024 08:52 PM (echFL)

296 71 Despite being Dem, NH still has no income tax and no sales tax. It’s not California or anything. The GOP should fight for it.

NH is not Dem. We have a Republican majority in the state House and Senate (barely) and a Republican governor. We are one of the most free states in the nation and a bastion in extremely liberal New England. It's a constant fight to keep it that way. The exception is that all our representatives at the federal level are Dem. That is in large part because there are boatloads of outside money from all kinds of lib groups sent into this state to elect liberal candidates. Stop wining and complaining and do something to contribute. Geesh.

Posted by: GraniteLady at July 07, 2024 09:31 PM (SEshB)

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