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  • Doctor PhibesD Online
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #8

    I would have expected the Republicans to win, based on the current climate.

    Everybody tells me it makes a huge difference and is enormously important, but I honestly haven't seen much evidence for that over the last 20 years.

    Does it matter who wins the Superbowl? People get very excited about that too, but it doesn't actually make any difference to their lives, either.

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      I would have expected the Republicans to win, based on the current climate.

      Everybody tells me it makes a huge difference and is enormously important, but I honestly haven't seen much evidence for that over the last 20 years.

      Does it matter who wins the Superbowl? People get very excited about that too, but it doesn't actually make any difference to their lives, either.

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      George K
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      #9

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Trends:

      Everybody tells me it makes a huge difference and is enormously important, but I honestly haven't seen much evidence for that over the last 20 years.

      Obamacare.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • George KG George K

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Trends:

        Everybody tells me it makes a huge difference and is enormously important, but I honestly haven't seen much evidence for that over the last 20 years.

        Obamacare.

        Doctor PhibesD Online
        Doctor PhibesD Online
        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
        #10

        @George-K said in Trends:

        Obamacare.

        TBH, that didn't affect me that much, but of course we already had Romneycare here not long after I arrived.

        I'm not trying to say things don't change, but my life now is very similar to how it was before, and indeed not that different to how it was in Canada. Most of the changes are relatively small.

        I was only joking

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        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

          @George-K said in Trends:

          Obamacare.

          TBH, that didn't affect me that much, but of course we already had Romneycare here not long after I arrived.

          I'm not trying to say things don't change, but my life now is very similar to how it was before, and indeed not that different to how it was in Canada. Most of the changes are relatively small.

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          @Doctor-Phibes Be careful, you are starting to sound like me!!!! LOL 👫

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          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

            @Doctor-Phibes Be careful, you are starting to sound like me!!!! LOL 👫

            Doctor PhibesD Online
            Doctor PhibesD Online
            Doctor Phibes
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            #12

            @taiwan_girl said in Trends:

            @Doctor-Phibes Be careful, you are starting to sound like me!!!! LOL 👫

            I've always said this.

            Admittedly, the Iraq War could well have been something Al Gore might not have pursued with such enthusiasm as the Bush boys did, or even at all, and was arguably even more destructive and harmful to human life than Obamacare.

            I was only joking

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            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

              I would have expected the Republicans to win, based on the current climate.

              Everybody tells me it makes a huge difference and is enormously important, but I honestly haven't seen much evidence for that over the last 20 years.

              Does it matter who wins the Superbowl? People get very excited about that too, but it doesn't actually make any difference to their lives, either.

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              @Doctor-Phibes said in Trends:

              I would have expected the Republicans to win, based on the current climate.

              Everybody tells me it makes a huge difference and is enormously important, but I honestly haven't seen much evidence for that over the last 20 years.

              Does it matter who wins the Superbowl? People get very excited about that too, but it doesn't actually make any difference to their lives, either.

              That's the beauty of how this government was designed. It's not supposed to make a huge difference, just regulate what must be regulated, defend what must be defended and then let the citizens take care of themselves. It's when we try to make government solve all problems for all people that we get into trouble.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • MikM Mik

                @Doctor-Phibes said in Trends:

                I would have expected the Republicans to win, based on the current climate.

                Everybody tells me it makes a huge difference and is enormously important, but I honestly haven't seen much evidence for that over the last 20 years.

                Does it matter who wins the Superbowl? People get very excited about that too, but it doesn't actually make any difference to their lives, either.

                That's the beauty of how this government was designed. It's not supposed to make a huge difference, just regulate what must be regulated, defend what must be defended and then let the citizens take care of themselves. It's when we try to make government solve all problems for all people that we get into trouble.

                Doctor PhibesD Online
                Doctor PhibesD Online
                Doctor Phibes
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                @Mik said in Trends:

                beauty

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                I was only joking

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                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                  LuFins Dad
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                  #15

                  43%

                  https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/

                  The Brad

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                    Horace
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                    Someone should do a poll regarding whether Americans prefer Dem policy platforms or Republican policy platforms. The tribe that prefers Republican policies (even if you have to infer it, as they do not like to say it out loud), but are terrified of siding with the Republicans for the social and status ramifications, is large and common. I dare say it’s the mainstream viewpoint among triple digit IQ lefties.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      LuFins Dad
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                      #17

                      44…

                      The Brad

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                      • JollyJ Offline
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                        Jolly
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                        #18

                        Hmmm...Could account for some folks being a might testy about politics the last week.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          LuFins Dad
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                          45...
                          81 for the House.

                          There's something odd, though. The models still have the Dems maintaining control of the Senate 55 out of 100 times, but they also show the Republicans winning control of both houses to be more likely than Dems winning the Senate and Republicans winning the House.

                          https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/

                          WHO WILL CONTROL CONGRESS?
                          Republicans win both chambers
                          45 in 100
                          Republicans win the Senate
                          Democrats win the House
                          <1 in 100
                          Democrats win the Senate
                          Republicans win the House
                          36 in 100
                          Democrats win both chambers
                          19 in 100

                          The Brad

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                            Undecideds are breaking towards GOP, I suppose.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • JollyJ Jolly

                              Undecideds are breaking towards GOP, I suppose.

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                              LuFins Dad
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                              #21

                              @Jolly said in Trends:

                              Undecideds are breaking towards GOP, I suppose.

                              And some of the decided. The poll numbers among registered Democrats are going down…

                              The Brad

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                                Jolly
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                                #22

                                If you're putting up money, 62% as of right now...

                                https://electionbettingodds.com/

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  I’m chuckling because there seems to be an editorial difference of opinion at FiveThirtyEight. The number is still at 45-55 as there aren’t any polls coming through today, but the headline has changed three times from “Democrats are *Slightly * favored to win the Senate” to “It’s a Dead Heat for the Senate, then back to “Democrats are Slightly…” and now back to “Dead Heat”…

                                  My guess is that somebody wants to keep giving the moral support to their side and Silver keeps overriding them and reminding them that the numbers are the numbers…

                                  The Brad

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                                    LuFins Dad
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                                    LOL

                                    The Brad

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                                      LuFins Dad
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                                      Aaaaaand it’s back to a Dead Heat

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                                      The Brad

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                                        LuFins Dad
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                                        #26

                                        46, if anybody is still interested.

                                        The Brad

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                                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                          46, if anybody is still interested.

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                                          George K
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                                          @LuFins-Dad said in Trends:

                                          46, if anybody is still interested.

                                          Well the title of the thread is “Trends.” Let’s see how that shakes out in 14 days.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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