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Quote from: Kid In the Hall on November 10, 2022, 01:47:54 PMQuote from: Pete on November 10, 2022, 12:57:56 PMPitt! Forgot PittSEK native shop talk... Pittsburg is an interesting example of a formerly entirely blue area that's now purpleish, but likely on it's way to being red. It was a huge union area in the early/mid 20th century due to coal mining being the major industry and those democratic leanings held fairly strong through the early 2000s even though coal mining had basically evaporated. But, in the last decade or so, it's gone from being one of the only reliably blue counties in the state to more red than blue. Also, Big Brutus is pretty damn cool.Have you every gone to see the mined land / superfund sites?SEK is a great example of what Thomas Franks talks about in his book "What's the Matter with Kansas:QuoteGrandstanding leaders never deliver, their fury mounts and mounts, and nevertheless they turn out every two years to return their right-wing heroes to office for a second, a third, a twentieth try. The trick never ages; the illusion never wears off. Vote to stop abortion; receive a rollback in capital gains taxes. Vote to make our country strong again; receive deindustrialization. Vote to screw those politically correct college professors; receive electricity deregulation. Vote to get government off our backs; receive conglomeration and monopoly everywhere from media to meatpacking. Vote to stand tall against terrorists; receive Social Security privatization. Vote to strike a blow against elitism; receive a social order in which wealth is more concentrated then ever before in our lifetimes, in which workers have been stripped of power and CEOs are rewarded in a manner beyond imagining.
Quote from: Pete on November 10, 2022, 12:57:56 PMPitt! Forgot PittSEK native shop talk... Pittsburg is an interesting example of a formerly entirely blue area that's now purpleish, but likely on it's way to being red. It was a huge union area in the early/mid 20th century due to coal mining being the major industry and those democratic leanings held fairly strong through the early 2000s even though coal mining had basically evaporated. But, in the last decade or so, it's gone from being one of the only reliably blue counties in the state to more red than blue. Also, Big Brutus is pretty damn cool.
Pitt! Forgot Pitt
Grandstanding leaders never deliver, their fury mounts and mounts, and nevertheless they turn out every two years to return their right-wing heroes to office for a second, a third, a twentieth try. The trick never ages; the illusion never wears off. Vote to stop abortion; receive a rollback in capital gains taxes. Vote to make our country strong again; receive deindustrialization. Vote to screw those politically correct college professors; receive electricity deregulation. Vote to get government off our backs; receive conglomeration and monopoly everywhere from media to meatpacking. Vote to stand tall against terrorists; receive Social Security privatization. Vote to strike a blow against elitism; receive a social order in which wealth is more concentrated then ever before in our lifetimes, in which workers have been stripped of power and CEOs are rewarded in a manner beyond imagining.
This one is so good (x-post facebook thread, victimization of Rural America thread, America is a Constitutional Republic, etc).
Tom Charles you are 100% correct. I work on a farm and this entire state is controlled by people who have no idea what it’s like to put in a hard days work. It’s very sad
That is why she didn't campaign in our neck of the woods. Our vote didn't matter. In this day of age, Urban areas will always outnumber rural areas.
So I am gonna say this. If you don’t like my post or my views. Then unfriend me. Period. This was a shared post.
I was still looking for Kayne🤣 he promised a million bucks 🤣
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1590925908671492096
Quote from: MakeItRain on November 10, 2022, 11:10:31 PMhttps://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1590925908671492096I always think statements like this are weird because the candidates did nothing! Votes were already cast! Kind of an election night pet peeve
people who don't have a good grasp on odds should just spend a little time playing poker. Like i'm fading a 9-outer so that means i probably got somewhere around a 75-80% chance of winning the hand but that doesn't mean i'm going to unclench until i'm raking in thos chips
Saw a tweet suggesting that if 217-218, democrats could convince a republican of their choice to be speaker. Would be amazing.
will be interesting to see how this holds in 2024.https://twitter.com/ECaliberSeven/status/1592236247409651712
https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1592340964982808576
