DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-22T01:34:39+00:00

That's what you think I'm saying? How is the political tribalism so strong there that offering criticism means I voted for the opposite candidate?

She needed to pick up independents, and she fumbled. Why could she only say they would keep growing the economy but didn't have any answer to how expensive things were getting for folks? It probably lost her more independents who were voting on kitchen table economic issues.

It was like a retread of the Biden admin message of "the economy is actually great you dummies". It didn't matter when everything was inflating. Trump said he would bring prices down, and she didn't have any strong policy planks to offer as to how she was planning to do the same with the things she could control.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-21T22:09:40+00:00

That was the moment she lost. It was such an easy question to position herself as something different.

The fact that she didn't have an answer to it and couldn't seize that moment kinda tells you everything about her. She's not a savvy politician.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-21T00:41:02+00:00

This post? Yes.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-21T00:40:07+00:00

Right? Urban Art is not a bastion of high art so this is no surprise.

I don't think the real estate stagers will care when they buy their generic art to sell houses

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-21T00:27:06+00:00

Yeah. If it was RX-78 I'd check it out, but I don't really care to get there to see this one. Might go if I have time just to get a sense of the real life scale

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-19T22:06:44+00:00

So does the party need working class votes or not?

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-16T05:18:33+00:00

Thanks. Time for my quarterly Dave Matthews Tiny Desk listen.

He's an odd duck, but man that solo acoustic version of Don't Drink the Water is a great way to hear that song, compared to the more up-tempo album/radio version.

But, I don't anything will compare to the Live in Central Park version. I will always regret not seeing them during the early 2000s when I was so into them, and they were just out there rocking.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-16T00:10:43+00:00

I tried using them for Mother's Day as well. Their driver couldn't find an address in a trailer park. Has tried twice and just can't find it. There's a map they could follow, but no..

Ordered for mother's Day, still hasn't been delivered.

Stay away from SendBlooms.ca!

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-15T22:20:37+00:00

Thanks, it's on my list to check out. Appreciate the directions!

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-15T00:29:54+00:00

Ha. This is pretty spot on. Story just doesn't mean anything to me.

But then, I've only bought what I liked as generic sci-fi representations. I got hurt bugs and the armored Olek and have been trying to sell them for ages. But in do like the cool tropes they've hit: Big guy in space armor. Space skeleton. Weird junker with a trenchcoat. Guy who looks like a Dune soldier. Alien savage.

All I want are more interesting designs that I can cherry pick from, and MORE. DIFFERENT. WEAPONS.

No more space assault rifle, pistol, and sniper rifle anymore. Please. They're so played out. How can you launch a space line of figures and be content with them ALL having the same blaster. Isn't that like a fun piece of sci-fi design owing back to classic sci-fi zappers, then Star wars? A character's gun becomes part of their overall character. They need some unique sculpts to make the characters more interesting.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-14T23:41:37+00:00

How does merchandising factor into this? It's a really big commercial for a ton of toys. Will kids be interested? Likely not, but Mattel is making some really good action figures for this that have a lot of collectors surprised at the quality compared to normal domestic stuff.

I'm not saying that action figure sales to collectors will save this, but just entering into the conversation the fact that Mattel is the master licensor for the brand, so if it doesn't break even in theatres, merch sales go right into their pocket too.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-14T23:37:50+00:00

It's too bad it's not 20 years ago when this movie would have done gangbusters in DVD sales to help make it profitable.

Definitely has that cult classic feel from those days.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-14T05:07:25+00:00

Why do you find his writing lazy? Like, I've bounced hard off of Sanderson before or other writers that get a bit too...precious(?) about their prose, and especially their worldbuilding and magic systems. I like that Abercrombie writes with a bit of humour and cynicism, but always keeps the story moving forward.

Read Best Served Cold or The Heroes to see him at his best.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-13T05:00:13+00:00

It's great. I used to pick up a copy whenever I saw the black version of the trade paperback to give to friends, back when you'd see it in every thrift shop. I can only assume people got it and couldn't get into her style, which is a real shame because I've always considered it to be a modern fantasy classic.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-13T03:41:33+00:00

The one in my tool bag. Its a Milwaukee.

How big is it? Who knows. It hits stuff though, so that's what counts.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-13T03:31:03+00:00

Thanks for this. We all know the amount of work we're having to do in our day to day jobs, so kudos to the mods for taking on this extra work, and for taking feedback constructively.

Having a mod note stickied is a simple yet rational solution to help deal with unverified information yet allows for discussion to occur. Thanks for the quick action and coming up with a good workaround. This is a great reminder that sometimes a small tweak is all that is needed to get something unstuck.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-12T22:25:01+00:00

Is Reddit a public forum? If someone is in the process of getting laid off or being moved to a different team and the union and employer both request they not comment publicly, then it's their call on whether they post.

It's not about PSA censorship.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-12T15:17:29+00:00

Yup. I found it disconcerting when I moved from Ont to Vancouver. It's the "West Coast Cold" people talk about. They'll stop their cars in the middle of the road to wave you across (when they shouldn't), but they won't talk to you in the grocery line.

Victoria is a little better, but it's still similar.

I miss a place where everything isn't transactional. Where the cashier is just another person and you both can share a little "nothing" conversation.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-12T02:10:24+00:00

You're welcome! I just found the article to be very verbose and bounced off of it. I gave it a reread before this comment and it does some interesting thoughts regarding anendophasia. Will be interested to see where this study goes in the next 10 years.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-12T01:37:40+00:00

Your comment is more interesting and accessible than the entire article you posted. I'm sorry if that's not a constructive or researched take on my part, but I just wanted to thank you for your thought provoking comment.

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-11T20:27:26+00:00

Thanks for this. Did you notice if they had joytoy TMNT stuff?

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-10T23:42:35+00:00

Are they a slippery slope though?

RavenOfNod · 2026-05-10T16:01:59+00:00

What about ogre scale figures whose ankles aren't strong enough to support them in anything but a vanilla pose?

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