mrdubyadee.bsky.social
Army vet. Intel vet. IT vet. Many roles in many places. Politically a centrist and adamant anti-Trumper.
Southerner who supports the Union.
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And the winner battles Robobiden.
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Didn’t we already know or assume that? I want salacious details.
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A mere flesh wound!
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I'm totally opposed to Newsome. His arrogant flouting of COVID rules was just a tiny part of it. He represents everything that decided the election in Trump's favor. No Newsome, no Schumer, no anyone whose "principles" move with the political winds.
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He can Putin but he can't pullout
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I thought that the (R) next to her name was the first initial of the Romulan word for "asshole" which in Romulan is "Romulan".
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Well, if you're going to die anyway, do it now. Don't procrastinate. We can all just lie down now and wait for the Rapture or whatever.
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Don’t be ashamed of your ancestors’ history, but be aware of its immorality and don’t repeat it.
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Those lights disturb the sleep of the homeless who find shelter there. Part of the plan or an error? You decide.
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I wish I could say that I gave it to him.
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And yet he found it necessary to import a wife.
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2/ a computer can understand itself and to the extent its component parts are dynamic it can rewire itself to meet requirements.
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I don’t see why that would be necessary. We’re not starting from nothing. We have a blueprint for brain construction, interfaces to the world and a means to receive, store and modify data. Every computer boots from some code which recognizes enough of its own internals to get going.
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Penrose believed that consciousness could not be explained or implemented as a computer. I've never understood why he thought that because every demonstrable characteristic of consciousness I can think of can be implemented in a computer, therefore consciousness could very well be physical.
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Define consciousness because I believe it is indirectly programmable. It’s a collection of data organized as information with knowledge (insights) derived from that using algorithms created the same way. Computers can modify their own programming and code is information that can generate insights
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Be serious. They weren’t real primaries for 2024. Biden had all the funds and the nomination was his for the asking. The others were going for name recognition possibly in preparation for 2028. And then there was the anointing of Harris as the nominee.
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I unsubscribed from the NYT. Much of their "journalism" is pretty piss poor. They have some big name, talented reporters, but it seems they shot their wad paying for them so the rest produce garbage. Do they even pay their headline writers?
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I'll let Mike Johnson know.
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Very enlightening! I always imagined her with cloven hooves.
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I'm a former Army officer. I don't think I could have made it through this "ceremony".
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So how many Hispanics voted for Trump?
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I think you took the comment you’re replying to exactly the opposite of what was actually written.
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Do you recall the names of the authors of the other 2?
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How much of the information gathering do you think Alex accounted for? I see Jake talking to big shots and editing Iike a senior professor while the grad student gathers data.
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Thank you. This is the sort of thing I’m looking for. I’d like this to go away and focus on 2026 and 2028.
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I saw Biden’s decline and heard the rumors. The book adds to that and offers an explanation as to what happened. Knowing what I do about Washington politics makes it plausible and I’d expect denials from the parties. So I discount them unless they can refute a claim.
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What would they ask Biden, "Joe, are you senile?". I don't expect Biden's closest aides, the ones they fingered as the conspiracy leaders, to confirm any of what they were told either. I didn't think Joe was fit in 24, and there were rumors, but I'd prefer a dead Biden over a living Trump.
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Yeah, yeah. Not serious ones. It was assumed Biden would be the candidate if he wanted to be. He should have closed the door on that and the Dems have a good contest.
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Thanks, I'll have to look for that. I expect denials by some of their sources as its par for the course. What I'll be looking for is if they have evidence to contradict the claims. I hate that it takes focus off of Trump's crimes, but an angry Dem reaction to the book does that. Streisand effect.
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I agree. The people Tapper got this information from weren't elected office holders as I understand it - don't have the book. So, I'm hoping none of the Dem candidates will be tarnished by this. I'd have voted for a corpse over Trump just to keep him and his out of power.
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You aren't denying any of the claims made in the book. So, you have a problem with the truth? If Biden and some other Democrats had been honest we would have had a round of primaries in 2024 and might have selected a stronger candidate. Do Democrats want to win or whine?
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They don't say he can't serve more than 2 terms. They say he can't run for more than 2 terms. He could be a VP candidate for a surrogate with a deal that the surrogate will resign once in office. Now, who would be dumb enough to agree to that? I'll bet my Trump NFT on that.
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Oh yeah? How many sucks can you do with that straw between rests? I use a 2.5kg for my light days. For serious sucking I use a 5kg straw. That's a workout.
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I really do have a set of stainless steel straws. Stainless steel doesn't pick up any tastes or stains from drinks. I have a small brush for cleaning them. I have a couple of insulated water bottles that I use them with.
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I'm man enough to admit I sometimes drink out of a straw. It's a stainless steel, manly straw. Tough and reusable. None of those feminine plastic straws for me, no sir.
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That's not what it says. You said she's qualified and I'm saying that being qualified is not the same as being a great candidate. Great candidates are not always the most qualified.
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You keep missing the point. Every article is written by somebody. You aren't actually witnessing anything. You have to take the word of a stranger about what another stranger is doing and how that is being perceived by others. Different people will trust different conflicting accounts.
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Look "it" up where? Wherever "it" is it's somebody's account and its biased toward whatever perception they want you to have. So you pick a source you think you trust. In any case, that's not the point. The point is that she lost for a variety of reasons and she should have won against Trump.
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A great job at what? It's hard for any of us to say how good a job she did as VP because we only know what is reported by the media we listen to/read. But that doesn't matter. Racism and misogyny were barriers and she wasn't able to overcome them. They weren't insurmountable barriers though.
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Maybe they were correct perceptions and they didn't agree with them. You keep assuming the worst of everyone. I hope you don't campaign for any Democratic candidate because you will alienate most voters and cost us the election, again.
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You're lying. I can read my own posts & replies you know.
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I never said she wasn't qualified. Great candidates know how to put together winning coalitions and drive voter turnout. She didn't do either.
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Well you're mistaken about that. Some people did not vote at all out of apathy. Some voted against her because of perceptions about her policies. I voted for her because Trump is a danger to country. Keep pretending you know how other people think if you like. Get used to losing.
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You're thinking about qualified candidates. Qualified candidates are not always great candidates because a great candidate can 1) get people out to vote and 2) bring in new voters to join the coalition we need to win. Obama was a great candidate - because he did that despite racial bias.
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You're wrong about that. I had no problem voting for Harris, but elections are won on the margins - the disinterested independents. Liberals are about 25% of the electorate and 35% identify as conservatives. So we're fighting for the 40% and we need more of them than the Republicans do.
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If Democrats think the way you do, we'll keep losing elections.
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Great candidates are the ones that win. It has nothing to do with their personal qualities. Evidently the voters were not convinced. She didn't win over enough women, lost among white women (the mysogynist vote) and she didn't inspire a big enough turnout among people of color. It dropped.
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Got a whole lotta replies that are nothing more than name calling. Not a single fact or rational argument. One argument says that Harris was a great candidate but lost because of prejudiced voters. A great candidate would have won. She had an awful opponent. Keep blaming the voters. Keep losing.