2024

[MICHHAWK]

my life never changes. the next 4.5 years ho hum. humdrum.

[KUTradition]

that’s fucking sad if your life never changes

[Sparko]

Oh it changes. Mich just pines for a return of the flying monkeys and pandemics.

[TDub]

we had flying monkeys? did you think wizard of Oz was a documentary sparko?

[Shirley]

@Coste1Costello

Polls are BS

Remember the red wave of 2022 that never happened?

[jfish26]

In new Fox News polls out today Trump is up by 1 over Biden--which means race is tied. The last Fox News poll in March had Trump up by FIVE points. As people pay attention to race, Trump's support keeps falling. But corporate media wants you to believe Trump is winning big.

https://x.com/deanobeidallah/status/179 ... q_-8Yt1KMA

[ousdahl]

How is it even close

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

How is it even close

Is that a question or a comment?
If it's a question, the correct answer is - because there are basically the same amount of voters in this country who don't like Biden and don't like Trump.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I'm wondering what would happen if I showed up to a Trump "rally" wearing his shirt.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7B7l77A ... _copy_link

[Sparko]

we had flying monkeys? did you think wizard of Oz was a documentary sparko?

I guess the children in cages were rounded up a different way.

[twocoach]

I'm wondering what would happen if I showed up to a Trump "rally" wearing his shirt.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7B7l77A ... _copy_link

I think if you showed up anywhere in public wearing that shirt that you would receive the unpleasant response you expected.

[Shirley]

How is it even close

Because we have short memories?

Short Memories - Graham Parker

They took their kids in their teenage years
Fitted them out with combat gear
Filled their hearts with mortal fear and sent them away
Some came home their pants in creases
Some came home in bits and pieces
The president made a lot of speeches and went fishing for the day

Cause they have short memories, they forget it all so quickly
They have short memories, now it's gone
They have short memories, it disappears just like quicksilver
They have short memories, now it's gone

My Daddy was in Nicosia, Egypt and North Korea
He came back to a good career, shovelling coal
I was just the village lout I never got my finger out
I never wanted for anything still I broke and entered and stole

You can't stop a train or catch the rain drops
As they come falling
Sure there'll be another war
Sure as sure the call-up will come calling

They took their kids in their teenage years
Gave them a God that they could fear
Said they could kill but not drink beer
And sent them away
Some came home in a body bag
Some came home wrapped in a flag
And on each toe there hung a tag saying there'll be more someday

Cause they have short memories, they forget it all so quickly
They have short memories, now it's gone
They have short memories, it disappears just like quicksilver
They have short memories, now it's gone

[jfish26]

How is it even close

As someone who tends to look for ulterior motives in how the media covers things, you might go back and read what I quoted more closely.

[MICHHAWK]

if there was/is a way for the mainstream media to spin it old uncles way, they would/will.

[jfish26]

if there was/is a way for the mainstream media to spin it old uncles way, they would/will.

As usual, beelining away from reality.

[ousdahl]

How is it even close

As someone who tends to look for ulterior motives in how the media covers things, you might go back and read what I quoted more closely.

Maybe I should just ask - what ulterior motive/s do you perceive here?

[ousdahl]

How is it even close

Because we have short memories?

Short Memories - Graham Parker

They took their kids in their teenage years
Fitted them out with combat gear
Filled their hearts with mortal fear and sent them away
Some came home their pants in creases
Some came home in bits and pieces
The president made a lot of speeches and went fishing for the day

Cause they have short memories, they forget it all so quickly
They have short memories, now it's gone
They have short memories, it disappears just like quicksilver
They have short memories, now it's gone

My Daddy was in Nicosia, Egypt and North Korea
He came back to a good career, shovelling coal
I was just the village lout I never got my finger out
I never wanted for anything still I broke and entered and stole

You can't stop a train or catch the rain drops
As they come falling
Sure there'll be another war
Sure as sure the call-up will come calling

They took their kids in their teenage years
Gave them a God that they could fear
Said they could kill but not drink beer
And sent them away
Some came home in a body bag
Some came home wrapped in a flag
And on each toe there hung a tag saying there'll be more someday

Cause they have short memories, they forget it all so quickly
They have short memories, now it's gone
They have short memories, it disappears just like quicksilver
They have short memories, now it's gone

Wait

Is this an anti-war anthem?!

Cuz, I mean, speaking of short memories…

[TDub]

we had flying monkeys? did you think wizard of Oz was a documentary sparko?

I guess the children in cages were rounded up a different way.

I think instead of a trump Biden debate we should have a sparko Mich debate and have everyone submit guesses as to what the hell you're actually talking about

[jfish26]

How is it even close

As someone who tends to look for ulterior motives in how the media covers things, you might go back and read what I quoted more closely.

Maybe I should just ask - what ulterior motive/s do you perceive here?

I think it's important to understand that there are at least TWO different constituencies within mainstream media that are served by the "race" being portrayed as closer than it likely is: (1) the constituency that desperately WANTS Biden to win (and does not want a single Biden voter to sit out on the assumption that the race is not close), and (2) the constituency that desperately wants as many eyeballs as possible, for as long as possible.

There is some, but not perfect, overlap between these groups.

But again, a Fox poll showing the race as essentially tied means, in reality, Trump is in pretty deep shit. That can change. But I do not think the characterization of the actual state of the race at the moment is very accurate.

[MICHHAWK]

i don't know what the polls are saying. i don't care what the polls are saying.

i assume if you are bloviating about them. they are not in favor. there is time to turn it around.