Five or six years ago, I had a shit ton of respect for Cenk, even if I disagreed with a lot of his critiques of Obama.
Now?
Fuck both him and everyone on that piece of shit network.
Nope, that bit by sanders isnt opportunistic at all.
What does this mean?
So today, I am going to teach all of you how to use the benchmark system to follow along on election night. There are three key take home points that you should know before you consider.
- In early elections, benchmarks are not predictions. This is a common misunderstanding. Benchmarks won’t differ that far from polls, and over time, the benchmarks will be more accurate in calling a race before the race begins.
- On that same note, benchmarks allow you to make accurate projections with minimal precincts reporting. Benchmarks let you follow along with the election returns in a knowledgeable fashion. Rather than guessing how a candidate is doing based on early returns, you can make calls based on how they are expected to do in later ones.
- With this system, you can make an accurate call with 10-20% precincts reporting. It’s simple really. If 10 counties come in and 5 show Sanders doing 10% worse than expected and 5 show him doing 2% better than expected, you can feel solidly convinced that Sanders will lose by a 6% worse margin than expected in the benchmarks.
Nope, that bit by sanders isnt opportunistic at all.
Also why is AIDS/HIV any more of a moral crisis than hepatitis C?
Because it's "scarier." Zika is s joke compared to malaria but people are mobilized on it. Because deformed babies!Also why is AIDS/HIV any more of a moral crisis than hepatitis C?
We have a hep c cure! It is just absurdly expensive.
If Trump succeeds in imposing a fascist regime I feel like the Bernie bros would be the first to collaborate and point out where the minorities are hiding.
What is Trump to the left of Hillary on besides trade (which I argue is not a left-right position in the first place)?
what do you think conservatives picture in their heads when you say "muslim"?
can you think of an external trait that might serve as differentiation between their in-group and their prototypic image of "muslims" - these are the people who think sikhs and hindus are "muslims", what could their reason be for that?
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If Trump succeeds in imposing a fascist regime I feel like the Bernie bros would be the first to collaborate and point out where the minorities are hiding.
Haven't paid much attention to the primaries since Super Tuesday... Does Clinton still have a lock on the nomination?
We also have pretty effective treatment for HIV. It's also incredibly expensive. In fact, Truvada and Sovaldi/Harvoni are both made by Gilead! Why focus on HIV? Why not just make every drug free to all?
If Drumpf succeeds in imposing a fascist regime I feel like the Bernie bros would be the first to collaborate and point out where the minorities are hiding.
I'll give you trade and campaign finance (though I expect this changes when he gets the nom)Well, trade is a huge part of his platform, but I would argue campaign finance reform (which is also not exactly a left-right position). He's also less hawkish than Hillary when it comes to foreign policy. And I suspect he is more progressive than Hillary on some aspects of healthcare
I'll give you trade and campaign finance (though I expect this changes when he gets the nom)
The rest, no way. He wants to send tens of thousands of troops to the Middle East and bully the world into imposing his will. That's way more hawkish.
On healthcare, it used to seem that way but his actual plan is just as shitty as any other "republican free market" bullshit thing. It's way worse than the ACA.
Wut on foreign policy
On health care its not way worse than the ACA or republican free market bullshit (which ACA basically is one step above). If you wanna quote the thorpe analysis go for it but its an ok plan (won't get voted in but its still decent).
Wut on foreign policy
On health care its not way worse than the ACA or republican free market bullshit (which ACA basically is one step above). If you wanna quote the thorpe analysis go for it but its an ok plan (won't get voted in but its still decent).
Looking at target delegates for Trump on Tuesday (from 538), he needs to win 272/367 delegates. To break it down by state, he needs to win both Florida and Ohio, which are WTA.
Right now he's looking good for Florida, but probably won't win Ohio. If he loses Ohio to Kasich, I'm trying to draw up a best possible scenario for Trump. He's leading in all the other states iirc.
Florida (WTA): Trump wins 99/99
Illinois (WTM): Trump wins ~60/69
Missouri (WTM): Trump wins ~40/52
North Carolina (proportional): Trump wins ~40/72
Ohio (WTA): Trump loses to Kasich 0/99
In such a scenario where polls mostly hold, he would win ~239 delegates, still falling short of his target. It would give him about 700 total delegates our of 1237 needed.
It seems like he would need to win Florida and the other 3 big states by a substantial margin to be on track to actually win the nomination. If he loses Florida, or if he loses 1-2 of the other states, he's in big trouble.
They're talking about in what ways is Trump more left than Hillary.
...Are you serious right now. The narrative of: "You can't be a minority and support Bernie" continues.
Can't he afford to slightly miss his delegate target on Tuesday because he's slightly ahead now?
What has Trump said he'll do on campaign finance reform? He just shit talks people with PACs. He hasn't proposed any legislation to curb it and his SCOTUS nominees (which he's said would follow a Thomas-Scalia template) wouldn't overturn Citizens United.
He hasn't even ruled out taking external money for the general.
your responses to cerium highlight that whole "either stop posting in poligaf or chill out immensely" point someone brought up a week or two ago
because he does this partly to get a rise out of OT, and if you frequented this place instead of passive-aggressively referencing it whenever it fits an argument of persecution you'd know this
because he does this partly to get a rise out of OT
Where did you see this?Except there's nothing pointing to Bernie being on Drumpf's end of that curve at all. The studies I've seen point to him being equal with Hillary on the Libertarian/Authoritarianism curve.
It's the populist vs establishment curve that Drumpf and Sanders share, not libertarian vs authoritarian.
Well he was 113% after Super Tuesday and now he's down to 104%. Cruz has been gaining more momentum and overperforming ever since Nevada (when I think Trump was strongest). If Trump underperforms again this Tuesday I think it will be very difficult for him to win the nomination outright.
That's the point. They can't just ban anyone who "looks" Muslim. It's not real policy. It's rhetoric designed to evoke a certain imagery in the minds of certain voters and elicit an emotional response.
I'm 100% sincere and could go on at length about why I believe that, but Y2Kev doesn't want this to become an extended topic of discussion.
Well, trade is a huge part of his platform, but I would argue campaign finance reform (which is also not exactly a left-right position). He's also less hawkish than Hillary when it comes to foreign policy. And I suspect he is more progressive than Hillary on some aspects of healthcare.
That's the point. They can't just ban anyone who "looks" Muslim. It's not real policy. It's rhetoric designed to evoke a certain imagery in the minds of certain voters and elicit an emotional response.
So Greenwald is RTing Bernie supporters who have been harrassed by Hillary supporters. But why? I thought one of his original points on the BernieBro narrative was that people are mean in any movement?
So Greenwald is RTing Bernie supporters who have been harrassed by Hillary supporters. But why? I thought one of his original points on the BernieBro narrative was that people are mean in any movement?
Maybe to support that point? Maybe someone was saying that Hillary or XXXX group doesn't have that type of person.
I don't see the problem. Just because it's common in any movement doesn't mean that it shouldn't be discouraged or exposed.
Well he was 113% after Super Tuesday and now he's down to 104%. Cruz has been gaining more momentum and overperforming ever since Nevada (when I think Trump was strongest). If Trump underperforms again this Tuesday I think it will be very difficult for him to win the nomination outright.
So Greenwald is RTing Bernie supporters who have been harrassed by Hillary supporters. But why? I thought one of his original points on the BernieBro narrative was that people are mean in any movement?
I think the assumption is that he's going to dissolve Congress before his first term ends and never face reelection himself. Campaign finance won't be an issue without campaigns.
I guess? But it seems kind of silly to RT one person who got called ugly by a Hillary supporter instead of actually talking about why the BernieBro narrative misses the point.
I would daresay it would be an indication that Bernie will be the eventual nominee if Bernie beats Hillary in Ohio and especially Illinois.
your responses to cerium highlight that whole "either stop posting in poligaf or chill out immensely" point someone brought up a week or two ago in response to a few of your posts
because he does this partly to get a rise out of OT, and if you frequented this place instead of passive-aggressively referencing it whenever it fits an argument of persecution you'd know this