And then there was an article/poll in today's NYT that stated that 17% of all voters, including 12% of Democrats blame Biden for the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The comments ran along the lines of:
'I'm pro-choice, but I blame Biden because he should have done something to stop it.'
'This is Biden's fault, because he's in charge and it happened on his watch.'
A) If any group/person is responsible, it's the Senate for affirming these SCOTUS clowns
B) The Yam is running around, claiming credit for Roe's reversal to all and sundry.
C) These 'voters' have no idea how the separation of powers works.
I fear for my country. The electorate is teh stupid.
I have read that article multiple times, and learn something new each time. Mostly because I've forgotten what I learned the last time. But one day I plan to write English language versions of Japanese light novels, and I'm sure the advice in that article will serve me well. Except for how "run over by a truck" often happens at the beginning of those stories rather than the end.
The Times was also comparing this election to Obama's first run as a change agent.. Instead of using the 2nd term that would correlate to Biden's 2nd. The explanation by Cohn on the Daily was pretty perplexing. And they don't seem to want to address the Nikki factor. As if all those nearly 20% of primary voters she's drawing are just Dems voting in Repub primaries.
Tell them not to worry. No matter who wins the election, the immigrants and poor will lose and the rich will win. The capture of government by business is a systemic issue, it is not specific to certain people or parties.
Or, using Occam's Razor: perhaps these polls are right; perhaps young people really ARE increasingly turning towards fascism; and maybe Black and Latino communities really ARE deciding that racism is a lesser evil to liberals. For evidence of the former, you just have to go online and see the Andrew Tate fan club; for evidence of the latter, see: "they really don’t care what race you are as long as you’re racist.” https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2022/09/the-jeffersonians-on-the-margins-of-natcon/
I'm not sure you're using Occam's Razor correctly here, but it is something that needs to be looked into. A depressingly large part of the world has become pro-genocide, pro-police state, and pro-fascism.
Ta, Dok. NYT can run it up the flag poll and see who salutes.
WE have the power. VOTE!! Encourage and help others to vote. Talk to people. Write postcards. Check your registration and polling place. Get out the vote, and VOTE.
I got a cell phone poll! It was a terrible, no good awful push poll that was clearly biased for the PAB and against Biden. I finished filling out the poll, telling them what a no goodnik I thought the Turnip was despite their awful questions, then replied back to the survey text line and called them trash before opting out of future surveys. I somehow doubt a poll of that quality was coming from NYT, but if that's the kind of surveys being sent out via cell phones, then do not trust ANY polls at all.
that ending was definitely in the 99th percentile of quality statistical discussion. encore!
And then there was an article/poll in today's NYT that stated that 17% of all voters, including 12% of Democrats blame Biden for the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The comments ran along the lines of:
'I'm pro-choice, but I blame Biden because he should have done something to stop it.'
'This is Biden's fault, because he's in charge and it happened on his watch.'
A) If any group/person is responsible, it's the Senate for affirming these SCOTUS clowns
B) The Yam is running around, claiming credit for Roe's reversal to all and sundry.
C) These 'voters' have no idea how the separation of powers works.
I fear for my country. The electorate is teh stupid.
Suddenly, Trump was hit by a truck. Now, there's an ending that'll make your work a best-seller. #M'OD
"but suddenly I am run over by an average truck," - link to https://workableweb.com/_pages/tips_how_to_write_good.htm
That is the single best writing advice I've ever read. Thanks. I think I will start a new career as writer now that I've mastered it.
I have read that article multiple times, and learn something new each time. Mostly because I've forgotten what I learned the last time. But one day I plan to write English language versions of Japanese light novels, and I'm sure the advice in that article will serve me well. Except for how "run over by a truck" often happens at the beginning of those stories rather than the end.
Speaking of "I plan to write..." I promised my mom to find or write a Dutch summary of Proudhon's argument that property is inherently contradictory.
But I haven't found the motivation yet.
I intend to use this as a source:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/pierre-joseph-proudhon-what-is-property-an-inquiry-into-the-principle-of-right-and-of-governmen#toc20
I have heard that you're supposed to read Japanese stories backwards, so that makes sense.
The Times was also comparing this election to Obama's first run as a change agent.. Instead of using the 2nd term that would correlate to Biden's 2nd. The explanation by Cohn on the Daily was pretty perplexing. And they don't seem to want to address the Nikki factor. As if all those nearly 20% of primary voters she's drawing are just Dems voting in Repub primaries.
Look, the New York Times and other wealtho-americans haven't had a new tax break since 2017! They really need this, okay?
Tell them not to worry. No matter who wins the election, the immigrants and poor will lose and the rich will win. The capture of government by business is a systemic issue, it is not specific to certain people or parties.
Or, using Occam's Razor: perhaps these polls are right; perhaps young people really ARE increasingly turning towards fascism; and maybe Black and Latino communities really ARE deciding that racism is a lesser evil to liberals. For evidence of the former, you just have to go online and see the Andrew Tate fan club; for evidence of the latter, see: "they really don’t care what race you are as long as you’re racist.” https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2022/09/the-jeffersonians-on-the-margins-of-natcon/
I'm not sure you're using Occam's Razor correctly here, but it is something that needs to be looked into. A depressingly large part of the world has become pro-genocide, pro-police state, and pro-fascism.
Ta, Dok. NYT can run it up the flag poll and see who salutes.
WE have the power. VOTE!! Encourage and help others to vote. Talk to people. Write postcards. Check your registration and polling place. Get out the vote, and VOTE.
Phonebanking is fun. Really, it is, when you're not being hung up on.
The Nyt is in the tank
I got a cell phone poll! It was a terrible, no good awful push poll that was clearly biased for the PAB and against Biden. I finished filling out the poll, telling them what a no goodnik I thought the Turnip was despite their awful questions, then replied back to the survey text line and called them trash before opting out of future surveys. I somehow doubt a poll of that quality was coming from NYT, but if that's the kind of surveys being sent out via cell phones, then do not trust ANY polls at all.
Anyway, I voted early in Georgia.
Remember November when the NYT was all OUR POLLS SHOW DEMS LOSE IT ALL, and then the election happened and Dems took practically everything?
I do.
And look, here it is in 2022.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/no-seriously-that-new-york-times?utm_source=publication-search
I'm beginning to think I shouldn't take the NYT seriously at all.
Late time I checked, polls this early were hardly ever accurate. Those polls wouldn't even make it to the minor leagues.
They need to change "Likely Voter" to people who still have land lines and answer the phone whenever it rings
“People dumb enough to answer the phone when the caller id says it’s a telemarketer” doesn’t have the same gravitas
"I was safely standing in the median. The driver was very mean."
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::folds arms sternly::
Is that supposed to be some sort of... math-related pun?
oh, hah! That joke has layers!
Wait so the youth vote isn’t 31-30 Trump??
Dok barely scratched the surface regarding the badness of this poll.
It's so bad it made me into a Substack author. (Just so I could publish lovely, colorful, uplifting charts.)
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulomatic/p/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and?r=edsu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web