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Minnesota Senate Election Trending Red?
The Cook Political Report has shifted its rating of the Minnesota Senate race toward the Republican candidate, marking one of the only instances of a major Senate race seemingly moving toward the GOP this cycle. Cook moved the contest from "likely" to "lean" Democratic, as polls show Republican nominee Michelle Tafoya closing in on Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, D-Minn.So they still think the bizarre evil Karen is ahead, but only by a smidge. The parties have more accurate polls. And the Democrats have cancelled ads in Minnesota, while the Republicans are buying ad space up. These tea leaves are hard to read. The Democrats may be ending advertising because they think they have this in the bag. But... Flanagan can't get over 50% in a very blue state. She's stuck at 46%, which isn't so great for a virtual incumbent.
That raises the question of why the DSCC stopped investing in Flanagan's race. Do Democrats think Flanagan is out in front enough so that they can shift their funds to other races, perhaps betting on potential pickups in Texas, Maine, or Iowa? Or do they look at Flanagan's inability as a quasi-incumbent to get to 50% in a state that's been safely blue for over 20 years as a flashing red alarm about her prospects, and have decided to stop investing in a loss? Dustin Grage told Larry O'Connor earlier this week, before the NRSC bought ad space for Tafoya, that internal polling showed results that differed from the publicly published surveys, including those tracked by RCP. Of course, we can pose similar questions to the NRSC. What do they see in Minnesota that's prompting them to spend money there rather than, say, Nebraska, Kansas, or Iowa? Ken Paxton's Senate campaign against James Talarico has tons of funding from the Senate Republican caucus already through its Senate Leadership Fund, which put over $30 million into Texas PAC, and Elon Musk (America PAC) and MAGA Inc are spending obscene amounts of money here. Either NRSC sees something in its private polling that suggests Tafoya is close enough for a final push or they want to force Democrats to redirect funds to play defense in Minnesota.
For those of you who say "Poll are for strippers:" Maybe it's worse that that. A "polling" firm called Wedgewood Polling consistently showed outsized leads for Democrat candidates, including in districts where no one else showed any chance for a Democrat win. Charles Schumer directed some ad spending in these no-win races. But Wedgewood turns out to have been a completely fake operation. They're claiming their completely-fake polls were a "social experiment" to expose the lack of rigor in polling and in media poll coverage. But maybe this is a cover story. Maybe it was just a Democrat op to demoralize Republicans all along.
'We're fake!' Wedgewood Polls announced Tuesday night that they're not a real polling agency but a social experiment. A statement issued by the 'pollsters' says it conducted the so-called experiment 'to demonstrate the vulnerabilities, lack of oversight, and overall low barrier to entry in the modern political polling industry.' Major media outlets like the New York Times and MS NOW have cited Wedgewood Polls. If they were fooled, it shows how easy it is to break into the polling industry and be touted as reliable from the get-go.
🚨 "Wedgewood Polls" just announced it was a FAKE POLLSTER and was listed in outlets like the NYT and MSNOW
Their "polls":
🔵 Texas: Talarico+2
🔵 Ohio: Brown+4
🔵 Michigan: El Sayed+6
🔵 Kansas: Hamilton+2
🔵 Maine: Jackson+4 This is INSANE. https://t.co/N3ZAEIxZSn— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 21, 2026
The polling industry needs major reform. Our statement below: https://t.co/Sj8JLYgply
— Wedgewood Polls (@WedgewoodPolls) October 20, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (88C+u)
And the Democrat Party is embroiled in statewide controversy.
It'd be cool!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: better varnish that thing at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (QJwZd)
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I gave up on reading dollar spends for election predictions when I learned that both parties collectively spent $200 million for the Texas Senate election.
In 2024.
When Cruz won by 9.
Parties waste money. Super PACs waste money.
Who the fuck knows what it means?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (JrHfD)
I was deluged with Beato Talarico ads, plus Bear Claw's twin bro, and a few others including SCOAMF, all asking for money. Five or six weeks all day every day.
It all shut off like a faucet this week. Races in TX, FL, GA, and a bunch for NY, where I reside. Also, FWIW< Hochul was the only one running against Trump, everybody else is using "Big Money Billionaires" as the Boogeyman.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (8EQTH)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2ap+5)
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Grimm's fairy tales, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)
Don't forget us!
Posted by: Data Centers!! [invented spring 2026] at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (88C+u)
I was deluged with Beato Talarico ads, plus Bear Claw's twin bro, and a few others including SCOAMF, all asking for money. Five or six weeks all day every day.
It all shut off like a faucet this week. Races in TX, FL, GA, and a bunch for NY, where I reside. Also, FWIW
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)
Maybe they should start reading coffee grinds...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)
Wow: This MN Candidate's Ad May Be the Best of the Election Cycle - It Speaks to What We All Want
https://tinyurl.com/5t5bjndb
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (GMBfC)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (jb8Ss)
Also, FWIW
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)
__________
If it wasn't for "Big Money Billionaires," Democrats couldn't afford to put a stamp on an envelope.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)
Don't forget us!
Posted by: Data Centers!! [invented spring 2026] at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (88C+u)
Pikers.
Posted by: Claude AI and his Frens at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (+gK6I)
That's going to be a problem, validating judges.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (GMBfC)
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I like to believe it's run by Peter Thiel as a side hustle to both undermine the polling industry and get some buddies some easy cash on the betting markets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (8EQTH)
Power of AND
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (pfXMo)
Fess up.
YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Ti9vn)
Nope.
/publicity firms and "strategerists"...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (pfXMo)
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This fake polling firm convinced Chuck Schumer to spend $1.2 million on the Mississippi senate race with one fake poll.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (qGAQr)
Just a heads up that we have a launch in about 3 hours.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-15
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 21, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 4:02 p.m. PDT (2302 UTC (October 22, 01:02 CEST)
https://youtu.be/k-TFfeJD8T4
You may now return to the scheduled programming.
Posted by: Joyenz at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (2F0/Y)
Fess up.
YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (jb8Ss)
I like to wedge wood...
Posted by: Don Lemon at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (l3cgK)
Fess up.
YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!
Kamala Harris ahead in '28 by eleventy billion percent!
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (JrHfD)
Here ya go. Link goes to ebay.
https://tinyurl.com/52t6yfvk
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Data Centers!!
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What am I? (non-affordable) chopped liver?
Posted by: Big Gas at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (QJwZd)
That's funny... hope it's true!
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (pfXMo)
Fess up.
YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (jb8Ss)
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What's the difference between a polling firm that doesn't actually call anyone and a polling firm that models electorates?
Because there are definitely the latter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Ti9vn)
Fess up.
YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!
Kamala Harris ahead in '28 by eleventy billion percent!
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)
Ah, the all important CCP vote.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)
1) End of USAID
2) Actual federal oversight for fraud
3) End of Bidenflation
4) Redistricting
On the data trending D side you have:
1) Gas prices went back to what they were under Biden after originally going down
So this election really should be a red wave.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)
It's all good.
/local restaurants
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (pfXMo)
worth a watch! I really liked this ad
and it's a political ad! it's really well done.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (qBivk)
Because there are definitely the latter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (qGAQr)
Are they using climate models?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)
An inbred cocker spaniel could cheat him in a card game and he'd never catch on.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (qlLNh)
worth a watch! I really liked this ad
and it's a political ad! it's really well done.
It actually reminded me of some of my MN relatives. He really got the vibe right.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)
Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (+gK6I)
How the heck do you model that?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)
Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...
They can't. It's time has been fully booked by the climate change people.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:34 PM (Riz8t)
All blue states are 80%+ Democrat.
All Democrats are going to vote because "hate Trump."
All Republicans are going to stay home because "Iran."
You should educate yourself.
Blue whatever-is-bigger-than-tsunami!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (Riz8t)
You can even get Claude to do 95% of that for you and have your own fake polling firm up and running before lunch.
This has already happened several timescwith fake firms and fake polls, all favoring Dems of course.
The last group that hot busted for it also called it a ‘social experiment’.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)
In 2024.
When Cruz won by 9.
Parties waste money. Super PACs waste money.
Who the fuck knows what it means?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)
It means I'm in the wrong racket.
I need to open Jame Gumb Expert Opinion Polling.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (5FlBj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Charles Darwin was descended from the Wedgewoods on his mother's side. She was a Wedgewood, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (77rzZ)
Wow: This MN Candidate's Ad May Be the Best of the Election Cycle - It Speaks to What We All Want
https://tinyurl.com/5t5bjndb
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)
No boobs or beer!
Seriously though, I like it. A lot.
Did anyone else catch at the very end, it sure looks like the *real* MN flag below the US flag?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (jb8Ss)
Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...
I was watching a video by a Christian theologian who pointed out you can't actually talk with the dead. If you are getting a response its not from someone that's died but from something else
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (3BwY8)
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (QJwZd)
https://tinyurl.com/52t6yfvk
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd
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The people go into frenzies about lawn jockeys would smash that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)
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Bingo
The media... they love them some Socialism and leftist violence. As the propaganda arm of the Democrats and GOP, the message is always to discourage conservatives from turning out. For the left, it cripples their plans to kill us, for the GOP it requires them to at least show some initiative... which they hate.
TL ; DR... it's all bullshit. All. The. Time.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (Ti9vn)
Then I think, of course they are. They are there somewhere among normal people. Who are as disgusted as the rest of us regarding Mogadishu, MN.
I hope they fight. I will pray they fight and add them to my prayers. Which wander around politics at the end. Sometimes I think God alerts my Daddy to come hear me..."She's here again!"
I have prayed for the health and safety of President Turmp, VP Vance, their families and friends, and his administration since the election. "That any plan against them fail."
This is after I pray against evil, corruption, fraud of our enemies, and protection of our country and military. And then conk out asleep.
I used to pray that evil and corruption would "be revealed" and here we are.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (Ti9vn)
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Polling is the weatherman saying there's a 70% of rain on one day in 4 months. Saying it day and day out for 3.5 months.
And then in the final two weeks going, "Well, it's really 50/50."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)
Does not compute.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (I43vL)
I actually asked an AI tool I have if anyone has ever polled strippers. Uh...phrasing...uh...asked their political views and the answer was no.
"Sex workers" vote D so I'd assume strippers do but that whole "no tax on tips" thing would be big for them so who knows...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
66 58, 61
Horde Mind is almost scary sometimes, innit?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)
You forgot 33...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)
Horde Mind is almost scary sometimes, innit?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)
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*virtual high five*
Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (3BwY8)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)
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$37 million of Talarico's $60 million spent in Texas for the general election was fundraising begs.
Consultants get paid on both ends for the ads asking for the money and a slice of the money coming in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (jb8Ss)
Yeah, that was our real state flag before the somali one.
Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (kX27y)
66 58, 61
Horde Mind is almost scary sometimes, innit?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)
You forgot 33...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)
The key is 4.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (jb8Ss)
Here ya go. Link goes to ebay.
https://tinyurl.com/52t6yfvk
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (r7+Q7)
Nice.
I'm partial to the Wedgwood Jasperware series myself.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: WisRich at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Charles Darwin was descended from the Wedgewoods on his mother's side. She was a Wedgewood, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (77rzZ)
Charles Darwin is also descended from Wedgwoods on his father's side. His parents were first cousins.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)
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$37 million of Talarico's $60 million spent in Texas for the general election was fundraising begs.
Consultants get paid on both ends for the ads asking for the money and a slice of the money coming in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qGAQr)
Is that wrong?
Posted by: Mrs Bernie Sanders at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)
Police Karen Gillan?
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (pV18s)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)
Disagree because pollsters usually keep it fairly close to the margin of error for the duration. Rarely will they give someone a double didn't lead.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)
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"30% of Republican voters in PA in November are going to vote for Kamala!"
-said frequently through October 2024
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (zZu0s)
Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...
I was watching a video by a Christian theologian who pointed out you can't actually talk with the dead. If you are getting a response its not from someone that's died but from something else
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)
What about Saul speaking with Samuel?
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (5FlBj)
Aren't any evil morons getting a little satisfaction out of Wedgewood's stunt? As long as they didn't charge anything for their data under some assurance that it was gathered and analyzed in good faith, I don't see it as fraud. It's a straight-up lie, but that's not illegal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (mmrXZ)
https://tinyurl.com/3bmfvtz6
Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (kX27y)
And Flanagan is very weird and has pushed every left-wing cause like wearing a "Support Trans Kids" t-shirt with a large knife on it.
Posted by: Dave at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (sbsMc)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)
I’ve never been to MN, know no one from MN, but damn did that get me verklempt.
Posted by: TxAnn at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (itAg7)
What did they do? I know Delta's CEO made a big public display of how much he hates Elon.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)
Minnesota’s problem is Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Like most states with problem cities that want to be socialist communes.
Everybody outside the cities of Minnesota, and probably 30% in the cities, can’t believe the nuthouse they've seen their state turned into.
Just recall who they were trying to deport and who was trying to stop ICE in Minneapolis and that’s the problem demographic right there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)
many, many texts from many different numbers. I kept typing "STOP", then blocked the number, but they kept coming for days...haven't seen one in a couple of days now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bilwis
Thanks. I did not know that.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)
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And a vineyard that sells empty barrels?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (kX27y)
But maybe this is a cover story. Maybe it was just a Democrat op to demoralize Republicans all along.
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My read on this is that it's neither. I think it was a straight-up cash money scam to hose down dumbfucks in newsrooms for $$$ by telling them what they want to hear.
"James Talarico will win by 56 points."
"Oooh, talk dirty to me, nerd! Here's more money. Say it again, like you really mean it."
But somebody finally called bullshit, so they're trying to pretend it was a high minded exercise in civic virtue.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (BI5O2)
...
You may now return to the scheduled programming.
"Space shot" used to mean an audacious attempt at something. Now it's so routine that it just slips in between the rest of the day's happenings. That's amazing when you think about it.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (vTZFs)
An inbred cocker spaniel could cheat him in a card game and he'd never catch on.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (qlLNh)
To be fair, no one ever expects it to happen to them...
Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (ke3zm)
Getting the Dem-commies to waste money on bullshit? Is Ace running this Wedgewood?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)
This is YOUR fault
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (pV18s)
Disagree because pollsters usually keep it fairly close to the margin of error for the duration. Rarely will they give someone a double didn't lead.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Ti9vn)
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By "rarely" do you mean "99% of the time except the final polls"?
If you limit the pollsters to their final polls, yes, they keep things to margin of error.
However, you should never limit them to final polls. And, you should be rigorous with them.
42-40 in a poll where the result is 50-48 is not right. The margin is the same, but each individual statistic is outside the margin of error of the final result, the actual data. They got it wrong.
But, we have this overall pattern of polls "tightening" or "moving right" from summer to fall and into election season. That's not a natural movement. That's pollsters trying to use their believability from their final polls 2 years before to get you to believe outright lies in summer in the next election.
Pollsters, as an industry, deserve as much benefit of the doubt as journalists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (qGAQr)
I got a mailer from the "Texas Transgender Student Union" addressed to my children that is a flyer about how to access troon resources.
Mother. FUCK. These people.
Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (3BwY8)
What did they do? I know Delta's CEO made a big public display of how much he hates Elon.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)
advocated for a wealth tax and 100% inheritance tax for certain estates.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Willie Horton at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r7+Q7)
A *moderate* amount of inbreeding works the same with people as it does with any other animal.
Do it right, you get Charles Darwin.
Do it wrong, you get the Habsburgs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
Cue Nelson Muntz
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (vJPf4)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (bX16E)
I saw it once about 6 weeks ago and it then it disappeared. Shame, really. I found it very amusing (and somewhat desperate).
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (ZgwKJ)
Walz lost 90k votes from his election to reelection.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (3cUTc)
But they hate the psychopathic put everyone back in masks and riding electric bicycles demshits even more
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (fapp/)
I got a mailer from the "Texas Transgender Student Union" addressed to my children that is a flyer about how to access troon resources.
Mother. FUCK. These people.
Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (3BwY
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I'd bet that this was a false flag by Republicans.
It's just too perfectly timed to the election. I mean, Democrats are dumb, but Talarico has spent the last 3 months saying that he never meant anything he said before, including the transgender stuff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: epador at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (4Djhy)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)
many, many texts from many different numbers. I kept typing "STOP", then blocked the number, but they kept coming for days...haven't seen one in a couple of days now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)
Huh. I've been getting shitloads of spam calls and texts, on my old CO number.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (jb8Ss)
Mother. FUCK. These people.
The Democrats are claiming that's a conservative op. If it is, I'd like to donate to whoever's doing it.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (2ocoG)
Said before that Darwin, living before the great genetic revolution, had that massive gap in his theory.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (88C+u)
What did they do?
They break guitars.
https://youtu.be/5YGc4zOqozo
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (vTZFs)
TBF, some of the more honest pollsters (I know, I know) admit they have an existential problem in getting conservatives to answer their inquiries.
In science, if you can't come to a conclusion because of a flawed methodology or defective data, you'd better bloody well say so. These are not scientists.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r7+Q7)
A *moderate* amount of inbreeding works the same with people as it does with any other animal.
Do it right, you get Charles Darwin.
Do it wrong, you get the Habsburgs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
It does of the genetics undergirding it are good. See the Rothschilds.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)
But they hate the psychopathic put everyone back in masks and riding electric bicycles demshits even more
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (fapp/)
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"I'm not going to vote for Paxton because he didn't pass the SAVE Act," is a level of stupid I hope is beyond the Republican electorate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)
This is YOUR fault
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (pV18s)
We would have gotten away with it if, it hadn't been for you meddling kids!
Posted by: Slotkin and friends at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (ZgwKJ)
It played every 10 minutes for a month on my Roku and other free streaming services. Bunch of weasel words.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (Ti9vn)
All of the shenanigans with Platner - all of the excitement around his race is gone. Poof. Evaporated. Using my tried and true inaccurate yard sign counting methodology, Jackson is a lot less popular than Platner was.
But the ads that are being run are brutal... "Collins sides with Trump 96% of the time". "Collins was the deciding vote for Trumps Supreme Court nominees who aborted Roe vs Wade...."
I mean I'm already gonna vote for her, they don't have to convince me anymore.
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (WYStd)
Despite the utility that polling has for propaganda and mind fuckening, the cycle *always* goes to "polling is useless" when the election cycle is done - so they're only riding the wave, not making news.
PLUS the Left doesn't want people to have trust in polling, just like how they treat every other institution. And of course accurate polls would make it far easier to suss out The Cheat after the fact. So they poison the well.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (pV18s)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (qlLNh)
To be fair, no one ever expects it to happen to them...
Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (ke3zm)
I dunno. A beagle you take a face value because they are all surface. Cockers are a bit shifty and more veiled...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (zZu0s)
I got a mailer from the "Texas Transgender Student Union" addressed to my children that is a flyer about how to access troon resources.
Mother. FUCK. These people.
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Yes. Got one.
It's creepy AF.
And the Dems are all-hands trying to find out who sent it.
Best take, throwing their shit back at them:
Even if it's fake, it still proves just how aggressive the Dems are trying to trans your children.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (3cUTc)
It's just too perfectly timed to the election. I mean, Democrats are dumb, but Talarico has spent the last 3 months saying that he never meant anything he said before, including the transgender stuff.
The "Texas Transgender Student Union" is registered to an address in Montana, so yeah.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (2ocoG)
And weighting always starts with +50 in dems favor before it magically becomes -1 dems 2 weeks before an election
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (fapp/)
TBF, some of the more honest pollsters (I know, I know) admit they have an existential problem in getting conservatives to answer their inquiries.
In science, if you can't come to a conclusion because of a flawed methodology or defective data, you'd better bloody well say so. These are not scientists.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Riz8t)
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Harvard-Harris is the best pollster of the last decade, at least on the generic congressional ballot.
Their average miss is about 1% over that period.
But EVERYONE dismisses them as "Republican aligned". Even Republicans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (qGAQr)
Maybe they should start reading coffee grinds...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)
I prefer to read signs in commie entrails...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (jnjlZ)
It's just too perfectly timed to the election. I mean, Democrats are dumb, but Talarico has spent the last 3 months saying that he never meant anything he said before, including the transgender stuff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (qGAQr)
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That's charitable. Also the GOP down here isn't exactly known for being THAT clever.
Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (3BwY8)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (Ti9vn)
Maybe they should start reading coffee grinds...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)
I prefer to read signs in commie entrails...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (jnjlZ)
before or after the helicopter flight?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (l3cgK)
And weighting always starts with +50 in dems favor before it magically becomes -1 dems 2 weeks before an election
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (fapp/)
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A pollster got a R+33 sample from whites in Georgia this year.
They weighted it down to R+11 because they thought it was more realistic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2ap+5)
Heh... just thought of the episode of Sanford and Son where Fred has come home from a trip and handing out gifts to everyone.
Aunt Esther asks where her present is.
He hands her the clear plastic bag the other stuff was in and tells her it's her Halloween mask.
In real life, Red Foxx and Lawanda Page were the best of friends. They'd known each other since the days of the burlesque circuit, when Foxx was a blue comedian and Page was a stripper. Foxx got her the gig on Sanford and Son.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: beckster
.......
More like Eta Bita Pi.
Those gals were adventurous.
Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)
And weighting always starts with +50 in dems favor before it magically becomes -1 dems 2 weeks before an election
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (fapp/)
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A pollster got a R+33 sample from whites in Georgia this year.
They weighted it down to R+11 because they thought it was more realistic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (qGAQr)
Just like what was done with the temps in the 1930s by Climate "Scientists"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (3BwY
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Some of the SuperPACs are run by smart people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qGAQr)
x.com NafisaFaiWashCo/status/2112237024480461042
Nafisa Fai had an event where the American flag was upside down, which I'll allow as probably not intentional, because these are all foreign retards. Ms Fai then planted an AI fake of the event and blamed Republicans for a (literal) false flag.
But real footage exists not just for the upsidedown flag Fai was standing in front of, but all her dumbass inbred supporters.
derrrrpppp
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (88C+u)
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But it's true! He didn't pass the SAVE act! We need to not vote for him where he could be in a position to finally vote for the SAVE act!
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (fapp/)
What did they do?"
The CEO (?) went full 'tard.
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (pfXMo)
What did they do? I know Delta's CEO made a big public display of how much he hates Elon.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)
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Interesting. I've had emails from Ed this year after our grandson's stuffed Lambie got lost on a flight. Which was, we think, thrown away as Lambie was no longer white afte 8yrs, and found in the window well of the plane and tossed.
Ed alerted his staff in 4 airports after I emailed him. The local PR person at the airport hand delivered a ton of stuff for our sweet boy later that week to help. I had people from JFK and Orlando emailing me photos of stuffed animals for ID. [I know this sounds wacky but it's true]
My dude said Ed was probably an assitant, but it was his phone, and the PR person said it was Ed.
Do I need to email Ed about this? Will look into it tonight after chores to see what he said.
We are Delta People for generations. Granted I flew anything in college that was cheap to return me home and back, but I'd rather walk, dragging my suitcase, then fly Frontier or some other airlines.
My husband hated United and AA when he flew for business. We've never had a problem with Delta.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)
NEVER TEXT THEM BACK.
The only thing you're doing is confirming that there's an actual human being at your phone number. And while they may remove you from one list, they're going to add you to 5 more.
Just mark them all as spam and block the numbers. Eventually they'll die down. I only get one or two a day now whereas a month ago I was getting 6+ a day.
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)
70/30 for the federation.
Carney will use this to forget just about everything he promised Danielle Smith in regards to oil exports and pipelines. They’ll drag that out like a high speed train in California.
He will treat it like a referendum on Canada’s direction and his leadership and proceed to join the EU at the hip while bending over for the CCP and turn Canada into a basket case.
All because of mean tweets, Netflix paying for Canadian TV shows, and the Quebec Dairy Cartel.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qlLNh)
Put it back on! Put it back on!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)
Hard to tell on the letters to children. It's the kind of thing the Left would do. It's pretty ballsy for our side and would still peg my creep meter.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (pV18s)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (bX16E)
***************
But it's true! He didn't pass the SAVE act! We need to not vote for him where he could be in a position to finally vote for the SAVE act!
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (fapp/)
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The irony is that all of the key senate races are open seats.
So, none of the Republicans running have had a chance to even talk to Thune or other Senators about passing the SAVE Act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Leupold at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (q3RLF)
Nice.
I'm partial to the Wedgwood Jasperware series myself.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qlLNh)
I like that stuff, too. Overproduced and copied, but I especially like the tri color stuff, though it gets pricey.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (2ocoG)
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Concur.
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (Ti9vn)
Well, Texas (historically) had a weak-governor system where the AG (and Lt Gov) have more power than in most states. These days the governor has been allowed more authority I think.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (88C+u)
A random walk would be errors that either favored Dems or GOP on a random bases. Consistent errors in the same direction over multiple races and election cycles indicate falsified research.
Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (p7BBy)
It's from Wyoming. Or something. It's a great bit of advertising...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (pfXMo)
In the story the witch is shocked when Samuel actually appears. This tends to indicate to me that she'd never actually had this happen before and was a completely different experience then normal.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qlLNh)
Put it back on! Put it back on!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)
For real.
That woman was not easy on the eyes.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (5FlBj)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AWaJQT-H6w8
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (Riz8t)
Aunt Esther asks where her present is.
He hands her the clear plastic bag the other stuff was in and tells her it's her Halloween mask.
I could stick your face in some dough and make gorilla cookies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qzRSU2NWmE
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (Iwv3U)
And I'm a guy who approves of playing dirty pool, in general. But this is too dirty.
Kids are being exposed to enough of this toxic garbage by actual Democrats, without the assist.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
Sometimes when I'm here I feel like I'm in a Bob Hope gag writers meeting in 1946
Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (p7BBy)
A random walk would be errors that either favored Dems or GOP on a random bases. Consistent errors in the same direction over multiple races and election cycles indicate falsified research.
Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (p7BBy)
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The bigger problem is the idea that the pollster's shield of "aggregate of a handful and their final polls" still seems to work with people.
Marist is in almost no aggregates, but because "the polls" were pretty close to "right" 2 years ago, we have to take Marist seriously even though Marist has a long history of sucking.
That's what giving the benefit of the doubt does. It lends credence to literal junk.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: snakeplizzken at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (G0Od/)
Oh ffs it's such a network of fraud and illegality that nothing is OT anymore, so now comes the prosecution of some Gonzalez bitch who ran a green card marriage scam in Massachusetts for TWELVE YEARS, not declaring any of her considerable income from it of course and therefore receiving SNAP benefits. She operated with impunity during the Biden administration, but admitted that it had gotten more difficult during the Trump admin. She's American-born, but I suspect she identifies more with her wise Latino heritage.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (88C+u)
Well, my original theory didn't take into account the possibility that the cousin might be smokin' hot.
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)
Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)
Well, Texas (historically) had a weak-governor system where the AG (and Lt Gov) have more power than in most states.
___________
Forgot me.
Posted by: Speaker of the TX House at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (p7BBy)
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Fair.
And black turnout is eroding...fast in Atlanta.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qGAQr)
The Road is over there...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (pfXMo)
This is why the west stopped doing it and why the Muslim world continues to...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)
What about Saul speaking with Samuel?
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (5FlBj)
Neither of them were Christian.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)
Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)
Winter of Love!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: Texas transgender student union at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (p7BBy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)
Ashkenazim (master-race) figured out after some nasty brushes with breast-cancers and Tay Sachs that we, uh, they can't be screwing our cousins no more. There are big databases now where we, uh, they can look up a prospective partner so our (sigh) kids don't get born with a death sentence.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (88C+u)
What a llng day
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (88C+u)
Well, my original theory didn't take into account the possibility that the cousin might be smokin' hot.
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)
True.
Posted by: Albert Einstein at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (l3cgK)
So, none of the Republicans running have had a chance to even talk to Thune or other Senators about passing the SAVE Act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (qGAQr)
Not sure if you're counting our Maine senate race as "key" or not, but Susan Collins has definitely been an obstacle to the SAVE act.
The thing is, if Troy Jackson gets elected, the Democrats will be able to do so much more damage than Collins possibly could by not passing the SAVE act (something I've written to her about several times - ineffectively it seems).
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)
Well, Texas (historically) had a weak-governor system where the AG (and Lt Gov) have more power than in most states.
___________
Forgot me.
Posted by: Speaker of the TX House at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (eRlcH)
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"MY POSITION ON THE RAILROAD COMMISSION WILL MAKE ME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE!"
-Bo French
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (qGAQr)
Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)
Everyone passes the SAVE act by voice vote.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (uhVAy)
More screams from the same screamers have been screaming for two years. At some point, you get desensitized to the noise.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (CwhoI)
This is why the west stopped doing it and why the Muslim world continues to...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)
The eldest son inherited everything, the others had to go fish.
Posted by: Albert Einstein at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)
Your marriage was otherwise a happy one from what I've read, so I dunno.
Family reunions must have been fun.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)
As I joke every election cycle, its now time for The Ceremonial Tightening Of The Polls
Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (AjL/0)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Schmukie Tumor in a dogs playing poker painting.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (ndZc7)
It is amusing watching the left ping pong from "there has never been and never will be any fraud in our perfect electoral system" and "Trump is stealing another election!"
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (6FR1E)
The thing is, if Troy Jackson gets elected, the Democrats will be able to do so much more damage than Collins possibly could by not passing the SAVE act (something I've written to her about several times - ineffectively it seems).
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)
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Collins was always going to win.
She won in the worst GOP environment in recent memory (2020) by 8 points when all the polls said she'd lose by 8.
And then the Platner drama, the Jackson switch, and then the Jackson burp.
And Collins does as leadership demands of her. She always votes for leadership goals when she needs to (Kavanaugh). She's miles better than someone like Murkowski.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (pV18s)
We would have gotten away with it if, it hadn't been for you meddling kids!
Posted by: Slotkin and friends at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (jb8Ss)
*****
Yep! My prayers are His favorites!
In reality I have faith that all will be well. Sometimes I am exhausted with trying to control stuff in life (my mother's recent hospitalization and now rehab). Then I slap myself and turn it over to God.
I turn all of this midterm wahoo over to God as I certainly have no control of the outcome. I will vote.
The pendulum swings and is swinging conservative with bells ringing. I hope for more riots in Paris to hammer this thought in, if any retard is "on the fence."
I'd rather mock the Dims than fall to their fear tactics.
I'd rather pray against them, as they are evil, their homo and trans and abortion stuff is evil. And, yes, that is also included as I get specific and have not fallen asleep.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)
Abbott took a demotion to Governor after years.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)
I saw the "Warlock" film from the late '80s again recently and there's a scene where the Warlock consults a medium to talk with his master, Satan. The scene starts out with the medium pretending to channel ol' Stan and the Warlock, played well by Julian Sands, sits back and says he'll wait for the real Old Scratch to show up and there's a minute or two more where the medium pretends she's really channeling him...and then there's a abrupt change and Satan really shows up.
Your description of that Saul and Samuel scene brought that to mind.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (oPFtC)
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (pfXMo)
The eldest son inherited everything, the others had to go fish.
Posted by: Albert Einstein at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (l3cgK)
__________
First son inherits the estate.
Second son goes into the army or navy.
Third son goes into the church.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)
Your marriage was otherwise a happy one from what I've read, so I dunno.
Family reunions must have been fun.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)
first cousin marriages are still legal in some states, California being one of those...
https://tinyurl.com/yc77v9uz
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)
Models are only as good as their least accurate measures
Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (p7BBy)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AWaJQT-H6w8
Posted by: Archimedes
......
None of those chicks are getting married anyway, unless they go on 90 Day Fiance.
Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (GEYDR)
first cousin marriages are still legal in some states, California being one of those...
https://tinyurl.com/yc77v9uz
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)
___________
That explains a lot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky
If nothing else, at least mine are keeping Him amused.
Posted by: 88C+u has that much going for him at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (88C+u)
Local banks ATM will occasionally spew 5s and singles...
Not bad, but 40 bucks in singles is...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: 88C+u
I had a female coworker who was Jewish, and her sister died of some Jewish genetic disorder. She vowed that she would marry a gentile because of that. She married a guy of Norwegian ancestry.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)
Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)
They’ll probably try their color revolution plan no matter who wins Congress.
I’d say preparing the battlefield for 2028, like 2020 Redux: Electric Boogaloo.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (6ydKt)
Models are only as good as their least accurate measures
Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (p7BBy)
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I thought the right had come to the conclusion that polling was inaccurate nonsense after Brat Summer, especially after Kamala's pollsters admitted after the election that the public polls had been wrong all along and that they had never had a lead ever.
But, nope.
"I'm worried that ahistorial things like states swinging 15 points from a presidential to a senate race in the next midterm, which has happened once this century and not for 20 years, is going to happen AT LEAST 3 times THIS YEAR!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (qGAQr)
I hope you're right.
I also hope LePage wins CD2 up in the sticks.
We're apparently f'ed when it comes to governor though. Ms. Nepotism apparently has run away with it and I've hear 2nd hand that my big time dem fundraiser neighbor has essentially stopped because she says that they have it in the bag.
Hope thats wrong because I can't afford to live here anymore.
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (WYStd)
In real life, Red Foxx and Lawanda Page were the best of friends. They'd known each other since the days of the burlesque circuit, when Foxx was a blue comedian and Page was a stripper. Foxx got her the gig on Sanford and Son.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Was her stripper name Mashed Potatoes?
(I wonder if anyone will get this joke.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (6FR1E)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (zZu0s)
None of those chicks are getting married anyway, unless they go on 90 Day Fiance.
I was amused because the Paki woman at first took histrionic umbrage at the very idea that Muslims have very high rates of first cousin marriage, and that that led to low IQs, and then fell back to the "others do it too" argument. Motte and Bailey much?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)
She was a 1 in her youth.
https://tinyurl.com/uryvsyc8
Hit The Wall hard at some point, I guess.
Probably the makeup people on S&S intentionally made the character look unflattering.
Plus she could breathe fire. Handy for dealing with inconvenient salesmen, Jehovah Witnesses, and politicians.
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (qlLNh)
Models are only as good as their least accurate measures
Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (p7BBy)
We used to call it "Inert Ingredients" and kept the levels to under 1ppm...
Posted by: Cereal Manufacturers at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)
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The Elon College poll has King Roy 11.x% ahead of Whatley. That's how stupid the polling is.
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)
Well, the first problem is that's it's Iceland; their choices are limited.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (zZu0s)
Good, because Mass Effect's already been raped to death, we don't need a ME4 to begin raping the the franchise's corpse.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (oPFtC)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ann Selzer at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (6bDIQ)
Posted by: Ann Selzer at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (6bDIQ)
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Thinking Selzer is wrong is just cope!
She's never been wrong!
And Kamala winning IA means that she's easily got WI in the bag!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (qGAQr)
https://tinyurl.com/uryvsyc8
Hit The Wall hard at some point, I guess.
Probably the salmonella from working with reptiles.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (77rzZ)
I don't get the joke, but she was billed as The Bronze Goddess of Fire.
Did a whole fire act, apparently.
This was back in the day when strippers needed to have an actually talent in addition to being willing to take off their clothes.
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (qlLNh)
🙏🏻AMEN!!!🙏🏻
I am a lot more chill once I learned to turn it over. I still worry but a lot less than I use to. It's in his hands because it's all his will. Doesn't mean I don't vote or get involved.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (+QXvY)
Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (oPFtC)
That is true, they were working on that, werent they? Oh well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Me too. It's getting really annoying.
I can't believe that Ohio would elect that POS Sherod Brown again.
Posted by: Tuna at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (lJ0H4)
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Well, what about: He is the God of the living, not the Dead.
I don't advocate for divination or any of that rot, but I'mma not go for the "dead" are dead and call myself a christian.
Posted by: Willie Horton at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (anL5R)
My husband hated United and AA when he flew for business. We've never had a problem with Delta.
I hear you. I was a Northwest die-hard when they were bought by Delta so all of my miles are on Delta. But not letting customers have the best possible in-flight WiFi because you're a Democrat is a level of retardation I didn't think possible. American and United both offered to transfer Delta miles after that blowup. (Both of them offer Starlink).
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (2ocoG)
That's what convinces me most of these polls are just pulled out of thin air to feed FUD
Posted by: or a thinner colon at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (jb8Ss)
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I saw someone claim margin of error isn't "it could swing inside that range" but more "if we ran this poll 100 time that's the percentage of results that would be different from this one."
Which, IDK, polls are fake and gay.
Plus retarded.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (zZu0s)
first cousin marriages are still legal in some states, California being one of those...
https://tinyurl.com/yc77v9uz
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)
___________
That explains a lot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (eRlcH)
Also legal in Florida, which might explain Florida man (and woman)...
Posted by: Cereal Manufacturers at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (l3cgK)
Not bad, but 40 bucks in singles is...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (pfXMo)
There’s an ATM machine there.*
They just charge a steep service charge for the convenience.
*a friend told me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (Ti9vn)
(I wonder if anyone will get this joke.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (6FR1E)
This is The Moron Horde. We didn't even know it was that kind of party, otherwise...
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (r7+Q7)
Which, IDK, polls are fake and gay.
Plus retarded.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (3cUTc)
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Margin of error is on each individual statistic.
So, a 47-50 poll with a 3.5 MOE means that it could be from 43.5 on the low end for the one point to 53.5 on the high end for the other.
It's borderline useless for precision.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (qGAQr)
I can't believe that Ohio would elect that POS Sherod Brown again.
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I'd love to believe that also, but for shits sake how many freakin times did the elect him already? 7 times to congress and three freakin times to the senate. So yikes.
Posted by: sorry for the math at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (pV18s)
Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (ZqqHB)
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:08 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (Ti9vn)
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That's the last time a state swing 10+ points from a presidential to a senate race the next midterm to deliver a senate race to an opposition party candidate.
And it was 20 years ago.
And it hasn't happened since. Not even in 2010, 2014, or 2018.
And we're expected to believe it'll happen in TX, IA, AK, and OH. This year. All at once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:08 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (jb8Ss)
"Minnesota trending red? Sure—right after the Vikings start trending toward a Super Bowl, I’ll start worrying. Until then, I’ll trust actual voters over a poll with a name that sounds like it was invented in a strip mall. Carry on, patriots; I’m sure this time the comment section has discovered the secret silent majority."
And it sounds just like our native trolls...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (ZqqHB)
Uh, bro, he's already suggested maybe you can just be friends
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (jb8Ss)
I dunno no. It seems kind of personal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (zZu0s)
In #twoweeks I suspect the comments will go back to just being the regulars. TJM talking about Prometheus and all that.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (2ocoG)
"Minnesota trending red? Sure—right after the Vikings start trending toward a Super Bowl, I’ll start worrying. Until then, I’ll trust actual voters over a poll with a name that sounds like it was invented in a strip mall. Carry on, patriots; I’m sure this time the comment section has discovered the secret silent majority."
And it sounds just like our native trolls...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)
except a bit more coherent.
Posted by: Cereal Manufacturers at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (2ocoG)
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I may consider it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (qGAQr)
She got schlonged.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)
She got schlonged.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)
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Because the polls said so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)
So, a 47-50 poll with a 3.5 MOE means that it could be from 43.5 on the low end for the one point to 53.5 on the high end for the other.
It's borderline useless for precision.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM
And that's the beauty of polling. Here in Texas they have talerico ahead by 2-3 points, well within the margin of error of the polls which is at 3.2% for most of them. Even when he losses they can claim they got it correct. It's literally a scam and people keep paying them to conduct polls.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)
I'm hopeless.
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (pfXMo)
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Need a new rifle or a new vision prescription.
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (rj6Yv)
What keeps happening is this:
-- Leftist activists set up a fake polling company
— Issue fake polls to push DSA candidates over Dem and GOP candidates.
— IF (note that word: "If") they get caught, then they issue a pre-written excuse: "We simply set up this fake poling company as a test to see how much the media could be fooled by fake polling companies. Gotcha!"
Uh huh.
— But IF they DON'T get caught (which probably happens all the time), then they never do their big Mea Culpa., and their polls continued to be used right up to the election to demoralize any candidate that opposes the communist agenda.
Even worse, these fake polls are always included in the "polling averages," and since they're left-skewing outliers, they skew the average of ALL polls.
So yeah, we outed two or three of these con artists, who then all falsely claimed to be social scientists performing an experiment. But, that raises the question:
How many HAVEN'T ben outed yet?
Probably dozens of them.
Conclusion: Do not trust polls. Even a little bit.
Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (HD2n/)
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Yeah, one of them claims Paxton--as Attorney General--gave billions in tax breaks to data centers.
so, you know, right on-brand with the intelligence of the anti-data center folks.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)
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"The polls in summer are 100% correct because the final polls from the last cycle were 60% correct."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)
I mean, the Vikings *are* 5-0.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (pfXMo)
Is the troll also a Prometheus fan?
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)
"We we tasked with asking 1000 Prometheus Fans..."--poll-stars
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (l3cgK)
He’ll be mumbling something about TJM and poll numbers while the EMTs are administering the Naloxone.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (6ydKt)
She got schlonged.
For the record, not by me right Webb?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)
It was used a lot on the Beastie Boys underground recordings -- the ones where they would prank call people.
It became a catch phrase among those who hung out in record stores and listened to underground recordings.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (6FR1E)
AI sounded a million times smarter and wittier. Now you'll have all the trolls use AI.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM
We know this problem.
Posted by: Playboy & Penthouse at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (0sNs1)
She got schlonged.
By Webb Hubble. Allegedly. (But *damn* Chelsea looks like him).
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
If the polls still favor Democrats, even a little, get ready for the screams that Trump stole the midterms.
Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw
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Well, we offered them the SAVE Act. Now prepare for the SAVE-MOR Act.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)
They know perfectly well that they need fresh genes, and Icelandic husbands and fathers have often been willing to look the other way.
There's a bit in Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, published 1871, where they're staying overnight in the cottage of an Icelandic peasant and the wife offers to "help them take off their trousers, as was the custom of the country".
There's a reason that US Troops called Reykjavík "Break Ya Dick".
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (qlLNh)
*see honey, I'm not the only one who thinks so*
*looks at Marlin lever....ohhhhhh
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Paul at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (XD+PD)
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That's an impossible task. There aren't 1000 Prometheus Fans in the entire world.
Posted by: sorry for the math at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
When I was in the drunk tank of Michigan Stadium, I was raving about how I had to go home and write a paper on Crime and Punishment.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (77rzZ)
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Oh, I see you're one of those "FM plastic banana hippie" types Rush was always talking about.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (3cUTc)
Slotkin is playing her part. Don't forget, they never really leave the CIA.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: choices, choices at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (3yrbS)
It was a major accomplishment to have that and produce such a piece of shit.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)
It was used a lot on the Beastie Boys underground recordings -- the ones where they would prank call people.
It became a catch phrase among those who hung out in record stores and listened to underground recordings.
Posted by: bob
I actually have some of those Redd Foxx underground comedy records. XXX-rated. It's astounding that he was ever given his own TV show.
I also have similar underground comedy records by Dolomite, Rusty Warren, and others. The '50s was actually a completely outrageous decade, if you peek behind the shutters.
Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (HD2n/)
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (qlLNh)
I am laughing so hard.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)
Even so the AI giveaway was the attempted self depreciation of his home state.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)
This is The Moron Horde. We didn't even know it was that kind of party, otherwise...
Posted by: Bilwis
Salutations, sir.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (6FR1E)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)
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I saw a video that contended Jesus' crown of thorns was made from palm thorns. Few days earlier, he was welcomed with palms on Palm Sunday but now, a few days later, the palm is used to torture him. A comment on the fickleness of worldly esteem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 04:17 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)
Should call it the S-MART act...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (pfXMo)
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That's an impossible task. There aren't 1000 Prometheus Fans in the entire world.
Posted by: sorry for the math at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (anL5R)
https://youtu.be/RrueZ7-F5oo&t=12s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (l3cgK)
It’s downright depressing. But. I guess that’s the point.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (W2Pud)
Henrietta somebody (name escapes me): first woman in House of Representatives, only one to vote against declarations of war in both WWI and WWII: democrat.
East half of the state: ranchers.
West half of the state: miners.
Posted by: Wenda at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (J5E68)
Posted by: Now it all makes sense at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (anL5R)
"Even Donald Trump no longer thinks Donald Trump will win the election, which is why he is spending so much time talking about the election being rigged and bragging about having gone to an Ivy League school.
"Campaign coverage at this point has the feeling of a party that has gone on too long, but which still has an hour left on the official clock. Some reporters are gamely trying to keep in the spirit of things, but others are ostentatiously looking at their watches and starting conversations about the shape of a future Clinton presidency, or getting an early jump on the campaign autopsies.
"An autopsy of the Trump campaign seems singularly pointless. To a first approximation, he has no campaign. The more interesting question is: What happens to the Republican Party in the wake of Trump?"
- Megan McArdle, October, 2016
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: zombie
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I heard a few, but I don't think I ever had any recordings myself. Good stuff to play when hanging around with friends.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (6FR1E)
CNN was weeping the other day because Talarico and El-Sayed are probably going down in flames.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (2ocoG)
"Now, it's time for me to tell you what MacArthur told the troops on Corregidor: BYE!"
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (eRlcH)
You need to message her that.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (Ti9vn)
It’s downright depressing. But. I guess that’s the point.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (W2Pud)
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Psyops everywhere - from the Persian Gulf to Santa Barbara.
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (eRlcH)
You need to message her that.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (Ti9vn)
Naw. It should be tattoo'd on her forehead.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (jb8Ss)
It’s downright depressing. But. I guess that’s the point.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (W2Pud)
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Psyops everywhere - from the Persian Gulf to Santa Barbara.
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (rj6Yv)
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"Two polls that make no sense next to each other? Throw them in the aggregate."
-Seat Trende, guy who runs RCP
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Now it all makes sense
But they wiped out Down's Syndrome though!
(By aborting kids with it.)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)
McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)
____________
Althouse commenters: The Marx Brothers
Althouse: Margaret Dumont
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (rj6Yv)
Well, I hope there was none of that rustic nonsense where the cook left parts she skin in the dish. Nothing more disgusting than trying to fuck an ill-prepared vegetable.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (5FlBj)
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (rj6Yv)
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Because the PhDs in the IRGC think we have a parliamentary system and that a Democrat House will lead to Trump no longer being prime minister of the USA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (Riz8t)
The Milly Vanilli of Pollsters?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ilhan O at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (6bDIQ)
McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)
____________
Althouse commenters: The Marx Brothers
Althouse: Margaret Dumont
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (eRlcH)
McArdle is the kind of gal who thinks extra "well, actually" makes up for the inferior tits.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (5FlBj)
In the immediate wake of 9/11 she wrote some interesting things. But that didn't really last long.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:24 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 04:24 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Framk Rizzo at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (kdVl9)
Posted by: Now it all makes sense
But they wiped out Down's Syndrome though!
(By aborting kids with it.)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)
Strangely... the Quackers did to... by not immunizing their kids apparently.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (mP0Kj)
Wut? The same groups that hated Jesus on Palm Sunday hated Him days later. The same groups that loved Jesus on Palm Sunday loved Him days later. There was no fickleness.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Ian S.
They're both going down flaming.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (ndZc7)
It became a catch phrase among those who hung out in record stores and listened to underground recordings.
Posted by: bob
The line is used at the opening of the song "B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak" on the ‘Ill Communication’ album.
Which I still have the CD.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)
You're preaching to the choir.
Posted by: DOCTOR Jill Biden at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N)
As long as I get to be on the bottom it isn't all bad though...
Posted by: Talarico at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)
I think they used the clip too, but not sure.
The Jerky Boys are the ones who would call the bar. The tunnel bar or something. the owner was red.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (6FR1E)
Posted by: Framk Rizzo at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (kdVl9)
Nothing beats a warm apple pie
Posted by: Jason Biggs at October 21, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (qGAQr)
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Gas prices in the US are plummeting because MORE oil is being exported from the Persian Gulf than what was exported pre-war. That's right - More oil now than was exported 12/31/2025.
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:27 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Framk Rizzo
Yeah, thanks. Those poor brain cells were hibernating and needed coffee after what, 30 years of slumber.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:27 PM (6FR1E)
You're preaching to the choir.
Posted by: DOCTOR Jill Biden
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and frankly that turned out to be the thing that came back to haunt me the most about my father
Posted by: Hunter at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (qlLNh)
I am laughing so hard.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)
And there were reasons why Sailors in the early 80's called Norfolk Virginia... No Fuck, Vagina.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (mP0Kj)
Yeah no fickleness that direction. It wasn't fickleness but more than a few who hated him subsequently became followers after his death.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Framk Rizzo at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (kdVl9)
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OH is looking like a wipeout against the Ds. Their metro numbers are trash.
GA is seeing rather steep black turnout declines already. Maybe not enough to undo Ossoff, but he can't like what he's seeing.
TX is just presidential turnout from both parties, and the state is deep red.
GOP is doing well in NV and FL.
NC is the only Dem bright spot (heck, even VA is less pronounced than last year where early voting analysis saw the D's winning pretty early and convincingly), and even that is eroding pretty quickly (quickly enough for Whatley? No one knows, but it seems doubtful). NC will be a 3 point or less race, and both parties will scream that they didn't spend enough on it when it's over.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (qGAQr)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 04:24 PM (ZxPkt)
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Makes quality china, too.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (rj6Yv)
Here you go, nurse:
At the end of the 2024 campaign, RCP’s average had Harris ahead by 0.1 point.
--AI
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (mmrXZ)
McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)
Both are aficionados of starfish sex?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 04:33 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
You're missing the opportunity to have fun with them, and return screeds on exactly what you think of them and their politics.
... of course I'm on the Leftist mailing lists, for some reason, so that's a bit more entertaining than text spam from people I can tolerate in office.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 04:35 PM (vJrRc)
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