eotech.bsky.social
Retired political and competitive intelligence consultant, PI, CFE, fraud professional in tech. Food and wine enthusiast. Love soccer (Everton, Timbers), college basketball (Jayhawks), and music (punk, emo, metal, jazz)
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Definitely. I’m glad he’s at Rangers.
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I think we have two seasons with Moyes in front of us. I really hope they have a succession plan put in place early. That Davide Ancelotti is at Rangers is interesting…I’ve heard suggestions that Dunc might be joining his staff…I think Poch will be done with the US by then…all random musings.
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States’ rights, but only for the Right states.
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And this was the previous post on my timeline: bsky.app/profile/more...
Republicans overturning the will of the voters on health care and wages. It’s a straight line from that to “moving to blue states.”
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And this is the next thing on my timeline: bsky.app/profile/rude...
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@chrisgeidner.bsky.social’s theory makes a lot of sense: bsky.app/profile/chri...
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How many popes are they going to let him kill?
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3 points and Seamus starting. All I want.
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Without a doubt. I’ll be scouting for a home/home weekend to bring my daughter and son over (and to surprise them with the brick I bought in their names at BMD).
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I’m #teamecoli
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I grew up loving March Madness and the idea that anyone can win. There’s also an amazing movie from the 1980s, Hoosiers, about an underdog team in the Indiana all-team high school basketball tournament. Probably a uniquely American experience and perspective.
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I miss Portland summers every day.
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Hell no. That’s protection for the 18th place club. The 2.BuLi 3rd place team essentially NEVER wins the promotion tie against the 16th place BuLi club.
Honestly, if the worst PL qualifier is cannon fodder, expand the playoff. Have 3-8 qualify with 3rd & 4th playing the winner of 5v8 & 6v7.
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💯. Compensation/transfer fee cap plus luxury tax paid to other clubs would truly help the smaller clubs while still allowing the richest clubs to spend (and not limit what players can make).
I also love the romance of the promotion playoff.
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There were some great acts rained out.
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So a contractor can come in and do a worse job for a lot more money.
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The Day After Tomorrow, and we’ll rejoin the Paris Accord.
War Games, and he’ll shut down AI development.
28 Days Later, and he’ll re-fund the CDC
Cocoon, and he’ll re-fund NIH/Alzheimers research.
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Moyes’ PPG would have us fighting for 8th. So the European places should be the goal.
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The only thing that’s consistent is the victim-blaming.
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If I’m choosing overrated young strikers, I’d rather have Evan Ferguson.
And Beto over both.
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Thank God for you and webmd.
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I made so many bad decisions as a teen and young adult male without the influence of these too-readily accessible internet scammers. It’s like PT Barnum’s line “there’s a sucker born every minute”, and the suckers are every male with a not-fully developed brain.
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This is the dumbest timeline.
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Getting old.
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We could sign three French 21 y/o strikers for what he’d cost. He doesn’t fit the profile for what we want at all.
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Agree. It assumes that the ONLY reason someone wouldn’t want to talk to a stranger on a plane is that it’s an “inconvenience” and ignores the MILLIONS of valid reasons, including “I just don’t want to talk to anyone.”
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Who is shocked that this guy is married to the “I miss when I could force you to listen to my shitty takes on airplanes” lady?
Exactly no one.
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Not alone, no, but I think they’re an effective measure of the success of protests and negative news coverage. I’m really curious to see change over time of generic congressional polling in swing districts.
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Because not requiring people to pass a driving test WHO ARE GOING TO DRIVE ANYWAY is a brilliant idea.
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Paul, what do you think the number is that leads to the House and Senate GOP caucuses abandoning him? 63%, 64%?
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The Jewish are next. Evangelicals would just as well have Israel a Christian holy land.
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Also true.
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I share that response. But it’s a structural issue. Getting more people to vote requires a combination of inspiration (AOC, Bernie, etc) and infrastructure (registration drives, GOTV investment, etc).
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And they will, when the voters take them there.
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You’re not wrong, but it’s more of a side-effect of focusing policy and messaging toward “likely voters” who are undecided.
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That’s why Howard Dean’s “50 State Strategy” was so effective in the run up to the 2006 and 2008 elections (besides the massive unpopularity of the Iraq War and Bush’s response to Katrina). We were challenging EVERYWHERE, and it was working! (6/6)
FIN (I think)
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Early in each cycle, we absolutely were looking at all registered voters, but that narrows as the election gets closer. Individual campaigns don’t have the resources to run the registration drives necessary to expand the voter pool. That should be the role of the Party. (5/x)
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And that’s what Republicans want!
They want as few people to vote as possible, because they know their voters show up. That’s why they knew that groups like ACORN were so important, and why they targeted them. Expanding the pool of likely voters moves the average voter left. (4/x)
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But that means that the opinions of those who aren’t regular voters aren’t considered! The calculus is that it’s more financially efficient to convince someone who is committed to voting to vote for you than it is to convince someone to vote AND THEN vote for you. (3/x)
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I’ll expand: there’s a structural bias toward looking at the electorate as those LIKELY to vote. That group is divided between devoted Reps, devoted Dems, and those who can’t decide, I.e. “The Middle.” So fascist-lite policies might appeal to those voters who can’t decide between the two (2/?)