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I also believe that kids these days have lost or never had a real sense of values.

I just don’t see that at all. Even in the least. Speaking as the father of 2 20-somethings plus the father-in-law of 2 more 20-somethings. I have some familiarity with their world and to me, it’s not what you’re describing. So fwiw we’re just experiencing that whole question (kids these days) differently.

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What do you think of Eliz Warren? And Tulsi?

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Andy Benoit@Andy_Benoit
What makes Aaron Donald’s dominance extra amazing is the #Rams have done almost nothing schematically to help him get 1-on-1 blocking. They likely will this year.

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Well….why would that be true?

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Sorry but “fuck the rich” is a very real thing. If its in the minds of people-and it is-then its real. I don’t buy polls when it comes to Trump. When it comes to polls people will say who they “like” . When it comes to pen to paper they vote on whats best for them regardless of who they like. I know too many people who don’t care for Trump at all but I know when they are in the booth they will vote for him if they believe he is a better for their own individual needs and desires. Like the person WV referred to above there are nice, friendly, people who genuinely believe the progressive will give a away too much-meaning they’re going to take stuff away from them. We are basically a selfish nation and Trump knows how to handle our fears and anxieties to his own benefit-maybe more than anyone ever who ran for President. Someone needs to take the mantel and somehow get us to think less about our selves and more about those in need. I think Warren and Buttigieg can do a far better job of that than Sanders. he looked so inept when he had to admit the middle class will pay more in taxes. He really didn’t want to do it and it showed. IMO what is needed is a candid who can face the nation and say: “We need to raise taxes because…” and make the case for it much like JFK’s “ask what you can do for your country” speech.

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Are you for single-payer health care, W ? Maybe we’ve talked about this, but i forget.

Is Warren for it?

Is health care in the top-3 issues for most voters? What are the top 3 issues for MOST American voters these days?

I ‘wish’ Imperialism-endless-deep-state-War was the big issue. But its not. Never will be.

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Mackeyser wrote:

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“… for establishment centrists, Warren was emerging as an acceptable alternative to Sanders…”

Yeah, and this is exactly what i expected. They’d love Biden, but if they think Biden cant win, they’d hold their nose and support Warren.

Anyone but Bernie for the centrists.

One wonders if they’d support Trump over Bernie?

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Well, they did before, in large numbers.

I’ll just put this out there.

Trump is GOING to get re-elected because the DNC is feckless. Bernie NEVER had a chance and the DNC would rather fundraise another four years on Trump’s tweets than actually engage in representative democracy that is responsible to the constituent base as opposed to corporate donors. That’s why campaign finance was never going to happen.

I really tried for a minute to hold out hope for a Bernie candidacy, but when the DNC argues in open court that they do not have a fiduciary responsibility to the Bernie supporters who gave money and that they can use the money in any way they like and appoint a candidate in a backroom if they choose because violating their charter is not criminal… well, that was game over.

I’m glad Bernie is running insofar as he is the gravity to keep this from being a 1981 Republican vs a 2019 Trumpian, but unfortunately, I’m not sure even the gravity of a black hole could move the Dems to the actual center left, let alone to the left (Bernie being on the Center left and all).

Oh, also, hi all. Mea culpa, I’m an ass for not posting… at all. Between medical issues and my damned “outta sight, outta mind” functioning, I’m just terrible at communicating, it seems.

Hope this little ray of sunshine finds all of you well. Only the ray of sunshine is meant sarcastically, of course.

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Hey Mack, send me an email sometime. I got some Braz. Jujitsu questions

Ike26501@yahoo

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TSRF wrote:

This blew my mind:

Initially, the case also included Florida-based publisher Moon Rocks Books, but the principal officer of the company, Dave Gahary, settled the case following a May deposition with Pozner.

“I looked him in the eyes, listened to his testimony, had frank discussions about our respective concerns, and, in the end, shook his hand,” Gahary said in a statement on Monday.

“My face-to-face interactions with Mr. Pozner have led me to believe that Mr. Pozner is telling the truth about the death of his son. I extend my most heartfelt and sincere apology to the Pozner family,” he said, also offering his condolences.

Gahary agreed to stop publishing future editions of the book and to stop selling it entirely by the end of the month.

The man who published the book actually BELIEVED that the whole damn thing was a hoax until he LOOKED A FATHER WHO LOST HIS CHILD IN THE EYE and then realized it wasn’t a joke?

Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that Trump was elected in the first place and may be elected again. Talk about the dumbing down of America…

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Well, my wild unfounded speculation is that he did not believe it was a hoax. I think he saw an opportunity to make money and took it. And now he’s telling a story that allows him to play the role of Mr Honorable Guy. Etc.

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waterfield wrote:

In a verbal war Trump has called Biden “a loser”. In response guess what Biden calls Trump? ” An existential threat”. This likely will raise the hair on James Carville’s head. . Do you really honestly believe that those who voted for Trump actually know what “an existential” threat is ? Worse: do they have any idea what “existential” means? There is a way to beat this guy but its not to speak over the heads of his voters.

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True.

Jon Kerry, Dukakis, Al Gore, and on and on. Democrats.

They are the “Ed Sullivans” of politics.

If the dems had any balls, they’d all call Trump a Sleaze-bag, Lying, traitorous, aldultering, Billionaire, Buffoon.

I’m serious.

Just keep pounding away at the ‘sleaze’ factor.

“Existential” ? Are you kidding me?

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Alt Shift X, sums it all up well, in a balanced way, I’d say. Here’s the last few mins of his vid:

Whitworth seems like he would make a good coach. He’s not just football-smart, like say, Faulk, but he seems like he’s got coach-smarts as well.

I just hope his knees are smart this year. And his ankles.

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zn wrote:

Doc is a great character. You know the actor is also in Lord of the Rings. Do you remember the scene where Doc breaks down because he remembers hearing the cries of the wounded and dying from civil war battlefields?
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I’m prettysure the actor is from WV. I think i heard that somewhere.

Havent seen the film yet. But i hear they rushed it. And they totally left out the Dragons,
is what i hear.

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Well, i agree it was one of the best, but I dont think it was nearly as good in its third and final season. Somethin went wrong.

I’d watch prettymuch anything with Ian McShane. He’s a mix of Al Pacino and Sean Connery. Or somethin. I dunno.

My favorite character on that show might just be the Doc, btw.

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