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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
You really should have seen this coming.
Pat Robertson, televangelist and long-time Republican activist/political operator once blamed the 2010 Haitian earthquake on the Haitian people “making a deal with the devil” during the 1791 slave rebellion.[1]
Certainly, I'm well aware that they've used natural disasters for hateful reasons.
But, that's not quite what I meant by "not politicizing earthquakes". Rather, I mean they haven't made doing nothing about earthquakes a central part of their ideology. Not like their view of Covid.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangI just realized...
...Trump and the GOP are trying to pull an Chernobyl-moment here aren't they?
(And that series terrified me when I saw it.)
I mean, how many of them are going to blame the rising death-count on the flu rather than Covid-19 now when the flu-season is approaching?
And for that matter, how is the rest of Okt-...
...(Realization)...
Yikes, Trump actually managed to remain as president for four years already.
It feels surreal now in hindsight when thinking back on when he first appeared as the "winner" back then.
Assuming he makes it through the month, that is...
Oh, this is a nice spreadsheet drawing data from various polling sites (mostly 538 now) to illustrate vote outcomes.
However, I'm linking it mostly because of the cartogram once you scroll down a bit.
Much better for illustrating electoral college results than an actual geographical map.
Great, more people doing non-partisan (one of them absolutely vital) jobs suffer due to partisan hackery.
And in similar yet more pressing news; several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are self-isolating after a Coast Guard Admiral tested positive.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/pentagon-leadership-self-isolating-coronavirus/index.html
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Oct 6th 2020 at 1:53:07 PM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Business Insider discusses how a 15 year old undermined Trump's cover up.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Biden's lead is insane.
He's up 17 points as of today. He's also in double digits among Senior Citizens.
I've never feared Trump winning a fair election. I just don't think that's likely.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Like a lot of what we consider "red" states, Texas is a lot more liberal in the major cities. I lived in Dallas for three years, and it has a lot of pretty progressive folk.
I'm not a political expert, so I have no idea how likely it is to flip, but my personal experience supports the notion that it's not wildly outside the realm of possibility.

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With the recent crackdown on Muslim face coverings in some non-English western countries, I'm going to dispute that. There is a strong sentiment in the West against covering your face.
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