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Antifar posted...

I'm done assuming Biden's imminent collapse.

I'm done with presidential politics for a few years, myself.

There is no unbiased news. The best you can do is collate a few different (reliable) sources of news.
24-hour cable news is mostly trash, for example, because they're looking to fill air time in a way that'll keep you from changing the channel. Regardless of which outlet it is.

Pogo_Marimo posted...

There's some validity to it based on how quinine-derived drugs interact with viruses with similar biology, but it's something that still needs robust study before it could be said to be ready for prescribed purposes.

Plus, hydroxychloroquine has some pretty severe side effects, so it's not the sort of thing you want to be trying just for the hell of it.

creativerealms posted...

They have been sold out for weeks.

Yeah, I've been hoping to get one for the past week, myself, but I'll be damned if I pay $200+ extra.

I really haven't had much opportunity to cook: been closing at work a lot. I'll finally be able to cook tonight though, and there's leftover ham. Maybe I'll do some sort of rice stir fry. Got lots of beans and some kale, so it would work out pretty well.

It got a little better, but CT is close to the epicenter, so people are still good and panicked.

s0nicfan posted...

I dunno, man. He's been an independent all his life, switched to dem to run in 2016, went back to being an independent, switched BACK to being a dem for this election, and even while signing his "I promise to govern like a dem" pledge he registered as an independent for the 2024 election. He may have many dem friends, but he very clearly doesn't believe in the party.

I think the intent is that even though he has misgivings, he doesn't want to destroy it and is very sensitive to being perceived as wanting to, and that this has made him loathe to even be perceived as going negative.
It certainly jives with Bernie going out of his way to disavow a Zephyr Teachout op-ed criticizing Biden for cronyism over his son Hunter that Sirota promoted on Twitter. He doesn't seem to like going negative, and he considers Biden to be a friend.

https://sirota.substack.com/p/the-tyranny-of-decorum
@Balrog0 , because I remember seeing you express interest in this sort of thing. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of drama to be had in Sirota's post-mortem, linked above.
Key takeaways:

1) Sirota thinks Bernie did not do enough to draw distinctions between himself and other candidates, especially Biden, particularly in regards to their records. He feels this is because Bernie was loathe to go negative on people he largely considers to be his friends and co-workers. He feels Bernie, in spite of his criticism of it, really believes in the Democratic Party and hates to be seen as tearing it down.

2) Electability was the electorate's primary concern, and former Vice Presidents are perceived as very electable in the eyes of voters (even though their track record in the general election isn't great).

3) Polite, civil, pleasant primaries are bad for the party and this tendency to silence any criticism(and primary challengers) will hurt the party going forward.

4) He decries the villainization of himself, Nina Turner, and Briahna Gray, for pointing out other candidate's records on Twitter.

Make of it what you will. Primary sources are always useful and interesting, even though they unfailingly favor the source and their position.

voldothegr8 posted...

OBJ may have had a down year but he still pulls double coverage almost every play. Losing that is huge to the other WRs.

I was talking about the Vikings. I just assume the Browns are being dumb and getting the worst end of everything.

Summer_Ashigara posted...

Because Biden was the only one besides Bernie who had notable PoC support, and the billionaire donor class prefers literally anyone over Sanders.

Yeah, this is it. Biden, purely by association with Obama, was the only other candidate with broad support (other than Sanders). If they had Voltron'd behind Butt or Klob, they would have still lost. They simply couldn't have done half as well in Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina as Biden(not to mention you could see a really silly scenario of Bernie getting almost all of California's delegates).
It'll be interesting to see how things play out: Jim Clyburn(whose endorsement secured a big win in SC for Biden) seems to expect the VP will be a black woman, but the rumor is that Klob was promised that in exchange for her endorsement.

They net picks while more or less maintaining the quality of their receiving corp?
That's really good. Now, if only their offensive line weren't total garbage...

In fact, some on another forum compared Boomers turning out in droves for Biden to farting just before getting off an elevator.
Now well have their rancid fart to remember them by!

Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

Tbh, that makes the accusations against him LESS likely, not more. A real rapist should be paranoid constantly of people finding him out, he sure as shit wouldn't be acting creepy out in public constantly. Look at all the republicans that have said how evil gays are for their whole political careers only to be found servicing glory holes or similar shit later down the line.

I don't think you understand how power works.

TendoDRM posted...

Because young people don't vote and old people vote for terrible people.

Young people actually did show up to vote, it's just that there are a lot more old people who make political decisions purely based upon what their cable news channel of choice says (bonus points if it makes them feel comfortable).
Almost like there was a baby boom ~60-70 years ago and all subsequent generations are smaller.

Barack Obama coordinated with the two other centrist candidates and arranged for them to drop out and endorse Biden(along with Beto O'Rourke, who had dropped out months before) after Biden won South Carolina. This combined with months of cable news treating Biden as the sensible, electable candidate and treating Bernie as either crazy or non-existent enabled Biden to win big on Super Tuesday in spite having barely invested in any of those states, and Bernie never recovered.
( https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/barack-obama-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-democratic-primary-2020 )
(https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/09/barack-obama-joe-biden-2020-campaign-178115 )

The next week, as coronavirus was firing up, Bernie's campaign called for delaying the primaries, greatly expanding access to absentee ballots, and/or implementing mail-voting, while the Biden campaign assured everyone that it was safe to to go out and vote.

I mean, I really liked the Wii one. But yeah, the main Mario series is great(NSMB Wii is unquestionably inferior to both Galaxy games) and NSMB ultimately doesnt offer a lot that feels new.
I mean, Sonic Mania is more ambitious than any of the NSMB games Ive played.

CARES just gets lamer and lamer...

Mezcla posted...

well for one he's old!

well

not like bernie sanders old. in fact hes younger. but like, he's old enough!

He has brain worms, which is very comforting to the brain worms demographic the Dems were previously ceding to Trump.

He can also hold an item while climbing, he just has to catch the item while climbing.

LampChop posted...

It was solid. The end boss tried so hard to be like a FF boss. Fun still.

The end boss fight was so damned long, I lost interest in fighting it 2/3 of the way through and was ready to just walk away from the game entirely if I died.
Luckily, I didn't die, because the ending was really good, just like everything else in that game.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Viruses don't replicate the way cells replicate either sexually or asexually. They replicate more like facehuggers from aliens.

Specifically, they inject their RNA into cells, reconfiguring the cell to produce copies of the virus until it is so full of viruses it explodes. Thus the primary immune response is the destruction of infected cells, as it's difficult to catch them out in the "open".
HIV is so terrifying because it infects the T-cells that direct the immune response. Without T-cells, the immune system is basically inert.

Joe Biden: Believe all women, chief.
*Tara Reade accuses Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her*
Joe Biden *nose buried in 12-year old girl's hair*: Err...not that woman jack. Umm...text JOIN to 3...3...0..3...3...3...0?

21WIVES_CHILL posted...

Which is why this piece of shit virus is a bio weapon made in a lab.

Why would a Chinese science team be implying that, though?

https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-not-human-made-in-lab.html

Yeah, it's hilarious, and the whole Wutai business is great too.
He and Palmer are fantastic comic relief.

SkylightNight posted...

April 6: 8174/19247 = 42.46%
April 7: 10453/25095 = 41.65%
April 8: 10621/26396 = 40.23%
April 9: 10575/26336 = 40.15%
April 10: 9946/23095 = 43.06%
April 11: 8236/20621 = 39.93%
April 12: 6337/16756 = 37.81%

It's not exactly going downturn, they're just not testing enough -.-

Yeah, that's definitely the rub. Maybe New York *is* starting to drop off, or maybe we're not doing enough testing and it actually isn't.
Until we can implement test-and-trace, we can't be certain this thing is actually under control.

andel posted...

so...trump? the answer to not getting 100% of what you want isnt electing an orange manchild

If a vote for not-Biden is a vote for Trump, then isn't a vote for not-Trump a vote for Biden?

I was just thinking we didn't have enough disasters happening.
Goddamn does everything suck.

shockthemonkey posted...

Does the House not have the ability to work remotely or are they just choosing not to? Seems dumb as hell to stop governing in the middle of an emergency.

The latter - Pelosi shot down remote voting, IIRC.

Edit: https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1248451094113468417
I think his interpretation is correct: it's a power-play by Pelosi to duck accountability for passing bad bills.

That's good for him.

Politicians operate on different rules. Biden and Bernie are friends, and Bernie is keen not to burn bridges in a way that would damage other politicians and to get concessions from Biden. They have to be flexible.

We; however, have the luxury of being inflexible. I won't vote for racists or rapists.

AirFresh posted...

So are you actually claiming the 179 people who voted in agreement are ignorant and transphobic?

It's a genuine physical advantage and it's not just one basic characteristic. It's also causing resentment and drama between feminists and the LGBTQ but that's just because they are all pigs, right?

It's pretty clear cut that I don't think you actually really care about sports, you care about inclusion but the simple fact is sports will never be all inclusive (on a professional level) because that goes against the very nature of the activity. There's for fun and there is world record based activities and that's why you saw no trans-athelete participate in the 2016 Olympics despite it being legal.

Ah, an argument ad populum. "It's a popular position, so it must be right!"
It's hilarious watching you scold a trans woman for being angry or undecorous or whatever because ya'll politely agreed discriminating against trans women was fine because it gives you good tummy feels or whatever.

Stellaris.
Finished Hellblade : Senua's Sacrifice not long ago, and it was pretty great.

It's weird that it's seen as weird.

The Master System/Game Gear Sonic games are interesting, and Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Chaos are both actually good, weirdly enough.

Also, it's worth noting that Jesus, not Muhammed, leads the Army of God at Armageddon in the Koran. Muslims love them some Jesus.
Muhammed shows up for Judgement Day.
What I'm saying is that Roid Jesus is the savior Kratos deserves.

hockeybub89 posted...

Yeah it's really not a "cool" mythology

Eh, some of the wackier Jewish stuff is pretty good, like Enoch/Metatron. Like, some rabbi ascends to Heaven and sees the Metatron on a throne and proclaims there are two Gods, so then a bunch of angels grab Metatron off it and beat the crap out of him.
But yeah, monotheistic mythologies just aren't as fun as polytheistic ones.

Season 3 premiered tonight! RIP Kenny
It's a great show.

I get $2 extra an hour, but only temporarily. Bezos and Mackey could totes afford to make that permanent, for starters.

Damn.

I honestly really didn't like Strange Journey Redux. Never played the original, I just found getting around to be immensely frustrating and recruiting demons felt way more hit-or-miss than even Nocturne, due to how influential alignment is.

FFV is about 25 hours or so. The GBA translation is funny as hell.

Ommegang Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Smoked Porter.

Hexenherz posted...

Hella was Pacific NW slang in general, not just California slang, and I love it and I love that game and the game is perfect.

Ah, so it is wider spread.
I bet people would also find it weird and stilted if they encountered Bostonian "wicked" without having heard it for themselves, but my cousins used it liberally and still drop it occasionally even though they now live in California and Texas respectively.

IIRC, "hella" is actually commonly used in California(or, at least, was), and Chloe is a poser who undoubtedly only uses the word because Rachel Amber used it.

Hinakuluiau posted...

Not to sound complacent or naive, but this sort of news happens every couple of years. And every couple of years, they manage to figure out a way to fix this issue.

In February of this year, the House passed a bill that would remove the pension loophole s0nicfan has posted about. Obviously the Senate has just sat on it since then, but this sort of thing has several simple fixes that just require the passing of legislature.

It seems unlikely this will be fixed, given the indifference of Majority Leader McConnell and the the insane grudge Trump has against the USPS because he perceives it as being advantageous to Jeff Bezos, of whom he is undoubtedly jealous as all hell and definitely has a personal vendetta against.

It would be a terrible blow to our nation if the USPS ceased to exist in its current form. It's an efficient performer of its duties and no for-profit entity would be in any way willing to deliver mail everywhere. It could also be used for different things as well (a popular leftist proposal supported by people like Sen. Bernie Sanders, Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, and CE's congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez all support it becoming a community banking service as well, for example).

My cousins grandfather died of it last week. He was in his 90s, so the prognosis was poor from the jump.
No one else I know has gotten it, that I know of.

Can't believe I forgot to recommend Futurama and BoJack Horseman. I've been as dumb as Fry, now I'm going to go take a shower so I can't tell that I'm crying.