Welcome to Our Forums. Once you've registered and logged in, you're primed to talk football, among other topics, with the sharpest and most experienced fantasy players on the internet.
That's kind of my view. I still think Biden is the favorite, but he went from a huge one to being at best somewhere around 3:2 as of now. This can still swing obviously. The evolution of the electoral map into a truly coastal split continues to evolve as well. I could see Trump losing Arizona easily this cycle as the upper midwest and the old union type states shift more to the right over time.
Those who were going to vote Biden largely will and those that were going to vote Trump largely will. It's the middle that hadn't made up their mind that is in play. To them the message could be seen as, "sure it may in another city now - but your's will be next."
This assumes it only happens in a small amount of cities.
Could the message also be seen as...this is happening now...what makes anyone think re-electing Trump will help it?
Perhaps. It really depends on that undecided voter - how do they interpret a candidate's response.
That would lead to the question: Who is escalating the violence? Be real. Surely several anecdotal videos with “the Libs!” will follow but people should be highly skeptical. If something clearly benefits one side, is it a coincidence that armed Trump flag flying vigilantes are now showing up to these handful of places? Of course not, they’ve figured out it benefits them and they are continuing it.Stoneworker said:
Make whatever arguments you want, but the facts suggest the violence has given Trump a lifeline issue to take attention away from pandemic/economy.
We disagree.the moops said:
I think there is focus on the undecideds, which is fine, but I think the bigger battle is getting decideds that would have voted to stay home or decideds that wouldnt have voted to voted.the moops said:
Exactly. The pro Trump element is continuing the story in a roughly 3 square block area of the country and we’re all supposed to believe it’s the Antifa coming to your suburb nationwide. It’s the Trump supporters continuing this narrative hoping it will save him at the end.
Lol. This makes zero sense. Read the Vox article. Is David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report a Trump supporter**?
It is all over the news and Twitter every day. No need to take sides just watch and decide. Whatever is happening is being shown. This is Merica now.
Drinking out of a strangers glass during a pandemic? Yikes! I don` t think any of the people marching will be splitting an atom anytime soon.
Any other profession and this much overtime is framed as overburdening the employees not as some amazing perk.Summer Wheat said:
Any other profession does not get the overtime payment calculated into a pension, paid by taxpayers, that carries through for the rest of the employee's life.
There is a city in Metro-Detroit that has a few fireman retired after 25 years on the job. 2 of the men started when they were 19 the other 2 when they were 20. These guys retired at 44-45 with full pension and bennies. Kicker was their pension was based on whatever year they made the most money. These guys did not use hardly any sick days and had them all banked. 10 sick days a year was the norm. So when they retired they cashed out their sick days got a possible additional 225- 250 days of wages. One of their pensions was over 80K a year for life, and the day after he retired at 44 he took a job as a Captain with another FD for over 100K a year. It was all over the local news but it was in the city charter so nothing could be done. The other guys hooked up with different FDs as well.
This is a racket in Mass with the politicians...besides the ridiculous cash out on sick and vacation time their pension is based on their three highest earning years...therefore after they are done with their "public service" they all get overpaid patronage jobs as Assistant VP of Diversity/Inclusion/Intramural Games/listening to Yacht Rock Radio for one of the State Universities and pad their pension...complete scam...under no condition should anyone get a check for unused sick time...it is a benefit that if you don't use it you lose it.
Local city near me used to have the officers able to pick their pension based on 30 days of their choosing. Some officers about 15 years ago worked a few 80-100 hour weeks during summer festivals, retired with more than 100% of their salaries as a pension, took jobs in surrounding towns. Absolutely ridiculous. They have since changed the policy, but not before it crushed the city's finances.
This narrative didnt actually even make it out of Minnesota, at least not for anybody that pays any attention.Stoneworker said:
You really can’t make this stuff up, not sure what’s more sad the council or the citizens dumb enough to elect them. Wow.
Should really be it’s own thread. The Democrat defund the police crowd here will continue to avoid this.
And this is tied directly to the protests?Summer Wheat said:
Really not sure. Do tourists paying over 200 a night for a hotel usually like being in the middle of nightly riot/protest situations? Do they like eating at an outdoor cafe and have their food and drinks knocked off tables while protesters are screaming at them? Do tourists like being concerned about their safety?
