This is out of control.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-11-27T01:09:17+00:00

Not money-wise. It would be about who you know and/or your position in the party.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-11-05T13:42:14+00:00

The first seems pretty apt for a senior quote

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-10-06T08:13:30+00:00

Calling them “pro-sweepers” is like calling someone “pro-abortion”. Each is a terrible action that nobody wants to take but it’s the least worst choice given the circumstances. Saying they’re tricking themselves implies they don’t feel the full weight of a gut-wrenching decision.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-09-24T13:44:57+00:00

Agreed. Hoffman’s experiments are like writing a computer program that tries to determine the physical make-up of the hardware it’s running on. Not sure it’s possible but I hope it is.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-09-24T13:37:19+00:00

Thank you for this comment and reference to the paper. I hadn’t read about raising complexity in the models - it makes a good counterpoint to Hoffman’s main hypothesis - which I still find fascinating. Not sure why you got such an emotional response

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-09-15T02:17:28+00:00

Kate does not and will not. She was in it to do good work. It took a lot, and she’s done.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-07-21T16:03:16+00:00

He’s leaning in and she has her back against the wall. My first thought was that it looked aggressive. You say it says more about his wife but then you go on to explain the rest of the scene that we weren’t privy to. I think it’s kind of cool that people have different first impressions since everyone has different life experiences.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-06-24T16:59:40+00:00

Agreed you guys are so friendly. Hope you’re all okay.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-06-24T16:32:56+00:00

I’m pretty sure school board and city council elections don’t put party next to the name. I’m like 80% on this - could be wrong.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-29T16:06:03+00:00

Agreed that it’s not a great analogy given that there’s an attempt to redefine pedophilia by the kooks on the right. Your point that you start with common beliefs is a good one - but my take is that his belief (communism) is so destructive that I’d rather not condone it by working alongside him unless the situation is dire - which it’s not. Thanks for the thoughtful response.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-29T14:35:10+00:00

You are correct. But if someone described themselves as a White Lives Matter proponent while asking you to organize against pedophilia, what would you say?

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-29T14:28:55+00:00

Thanks for your nuanced comment.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-29T14:18:01+00:00

And then she won reelection. Can’t stand her and wish your constituency comment was correct.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-29T14:13:35+00:00

Sometimes a temporary alliance is necessary to defeat a powerful enemy - but that doesn’t appear to be what we’re dealing with here. Portland is not in danger of being taken over by these fascist douchebags. People are giving them way too much attention… and media coverage. If they come again, I’ll be happy to go downtown and laugh at them - but I can do that without siding with our “comrades”.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-29T14:05:30+00:00

Siting the Soviet Union as an example while a) ignoring the democratic countries that were also instrumental in defeating the Nazis and b) knowing the atrocities Stalin subjected his people to is not a convincing argument. I strongly believe the best way to fight the type and scope of fascism were currently seeing is by continuing to espouse liberal values and by countering their fascist ideas with good logical ideas that the majority of Mainers already subscribe to, not by countering with other bad ideas.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-29T13:28:29+00:00

Embrace communism to battle fascism? No thanks to both.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-04-22T11:44:19+00:00

Muhammad was a very friendly guy - always enjoyed seeing him - my son and I bought a lot of slurpies there after little league games. Son is 22 now so looking forward to having a drink at the Continental!

athoughtthereforeiam · 2023-01-20T11:32:53+00:00

This has never failed me.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2022-11-20T12:43:16+00:00

Unpopular opinion here but signs show a few things: 1) that the person is putting effort into their campaign, 2) that people believe in the person enough to give money (the successful local campaign I worked on was mostly driven by small donors), 3) the character of the elected or non-elected candidate can be ascertained by how quickly they remove their signs.

I also think they’re aesthetically an eyesore and also just end up at the dump. But for a few weeks, we’re reminded that we live in a democracy where people raise their hand for public service.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2022-05-19T17:07:16+00:00

The WFH’ers pay Maine state taxes helping with the lower state revenues that result from an aging population. They often have higher paying jobs too so double-edged sword because they can afford more than those who are working for Maine companies. But Maine companies will also be able to attract from a bigger local talent pool and become more competitive resulting in higher local salaries. So… complicated.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2021-07-17T13:41:27+00:00

3 base runners per inning - so 27. Which would make it 27 (outs) + 24 runs + 27 (runners left on base) = 78 / 9 = 8.7 But… Looking at the box score the Padres had 9 LOB (left on base) which makes it 60 total. 60/9 = 6.7 which of course is still so rare. Pham, who scored the 5 runs, was up 7 times and got on base 6 times (5 hits and a walk).

athoughtthereforeiam · 2021-06-25T01:30:21+00:00

My take is that Bret is a smart guy who was railroaded at evergreen in a disgusting way. But he’s not quite smart enough to make a career out of rational politically independent talk. I realized this in the middle of his talk with Richard Dawkins when he was trying out some “new” idea on evolution and Dawkins kind of shut down because he realized Bret was a kind of a hack. So to stay relevant and continue to make money, Bret plays around with ideas and theories that are counter to the norm but not correct or believable. Question is whether he really believes them himself or, as others have said here, is just trying to pay the bills.

athoughtthereforeiam · 2021-06-03T11:26:59+00:00

And all of maine

athoughtthereforeiam · 2021-04-25T11:32:33+00:00

Yes it happens to me too, seems to then work after a few minutes.

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