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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 10:01:26 PM

The government shut down the airspace around El Paso and announced we were being attacked by drug cartel drones due to a...party balloon. No word if the other 98 luftballons were involved.

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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 09:33:15 PM

They will be fine.  The Vic3 economy is even more fiddly and they got that running acceptably. 

#3

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by grumbler - Today at 09:21:40 PM

It boggles my mind that he's still at 37

It helps that there are no recent Gallop polls.  Other, more recent polls, have him as low as 31 (which I think is bedrock for him).

Fair enough, but still so high. Cursory look has Nixon at 24% at his lowest. And Trump is so much worse.

No argument that Trump is worse than Nixon, but 2026 voters are far worse than 1973 voters. We live in a post-truth society where people are convinced that they are right no matter how wrong the world tells them they are.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 08:18:28 PM

It boggles my mind that he's still at 37

It helps that there are no recent Gallop polls.  Other, more recent polls, have him as low as 31 (which I think is bedrock for him).

Fair enough, but still so high. Cursory look has Nixon at 24% at his lowest. And Trump is so much worse.

That was before the Republican propaganda machine which gives them a higher floor...but it also silos their base away meaning they cannot win like in 1972 or 1984 anymore.

#5

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 08:09:27 PM

Watching, Bondi's testimony is beyond painful.

If it were a Democrat-controlled congress (and assuming it had some balls)...I'd have pushed most of them, especially Bessent and probably Bondi, with charges of Contempt of Congress just for their attitudes/insults.

And not a flippant/performative contempt either...give some gumption to the Sergeant of Arms of the House and put them under arrest. 

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HVC - Today at 07:37:49 PM

It boggles my mind that he's still at 37

It helps that there are no recent Gallop polls.  Other, more recent polls, have him as low as 31 (which I think is bedrock for him).

Fair enough, but still so high. Cursory look has Nixon at 24% at his lowest. And Trump is so much worse.

#7

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by grumbler - Today at 07:13:55 PM

It boggles my mind that he's still at 37

It helps that there are no recent Gallop polls.  Other, more recent polls, have him as low as 31 (which I think is bedrock for him).

#8

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 06:52:04 PM

Also, this is likely going to get political

Van Rootselaar identified as a female, but was assigned male at birth. She started transitioning about six years ago. She dropped out of school around four years ago.

Oh shit.

#9

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Josephus - Today at 06:40:39 PM

I am still playing this for now, but I don't have any hope that this will be a great game. I think the issue is they tried to do too much with this, and in such a complex game, there's too much stuff going on that relies on other things, etc. etc.

And the start date...

Frankly I think they overreached.

#10

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Josephus - Today at 06:37:50 PM

no words

 

My niece is a counsellor in the BC school system....think she's gonna be very busy.