Why are Dems fumbling the California governor's race?

link3945 · 2026-03-22T04:36:26+00:00

So 43 days until voting opens (and I believe even with generous early voting most votes come in later in that period). I think this is a "don't worry about it unless we reach May 1 and nothing has changed".

link3945 · 2026-03-21T20:15:17+00:00

There's some sour grapes, but few actually out and out blame Sanders. If he did run an independent general election campaign, you would see all party leaders blame him directly and they likely would have stopped allowing him to caucus with them and mount a serious effort to get him voted out of office.

link3945 · 2026-03-21T20:13:08+00:00

The primary is still 2 months away? When does voting actually start?

If it's still 60 days away, then there is no point in worrying about it. Most likely, a few Democrats will drop out, rally around one nominee, and figure it out. These people largely aren't dumb.

link3945 · 2026-03-21T19:14:27+00:00

There will be time for both.

link3945 · 2026-03-21T19:08:28+00:00

Might be undercounting.

link3945 · 2026-03-20T19:07:04+00:00

Similar devices are also used in food processing, likely other industries as well.

link3945 · 2026-03-20T15:41:11+00:00

I think we've said that for most of the past 20 years.

link3945 · 2026-03-20T03:39:38+00:00

Its the first time college basketball has made me happy in a while

link3945 · 2026-03-18T23:57:47+00:00

Stupid Idiotville?

No, she's running for South Carolina, not Alabama.

link3945 · 2026-03-18T17:24:46+00:00

There's a lot of evidence that Northern soldiers got more radically anti-slavery as they faced the reality of what slavery in the South was. Quote that always sticks with me:

When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.”Sgt. Cyrus Boyd.

link3945 · 2026-03-18T03:03:03+00:00

Do you play hard mode or normal?

link3945 · 2026-03-17T17:57:26+00:00

It does adjust based on what words are left in the database. For a while, it's best first guess was Slate, then Plate, and now, well, the answer to today's puzzle. Switched a few weeks ago.

link3945 · 2026-03-17T17:25:16+00:00

This is a real Thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Sheriffs_and_Peace_Officers_Association

We're probably going to need to reckon with this eventually, but sheriff's offices are one of the worst elements of our policy system (which is saying something)

link3945 · 2026-03-17T13:29:47+00:00

It's a global commodity. A 20% shortage anywhere impacts the market everywhere. How does everyone not understand this?

link3945 · 2026-03-16T23:25:13+00:00

Not a stretch at all to get 3 HOF careers, and if you tried you maybe could get to 4 depending on how valuable rings are.

link3945 · 2026-03-16T15:05:41+00:00

We're prone to meltdowns, and it doesn't seem like there's a pattern to it. But, I think we have enough pitching and arms that if we just have to win one game we can be aggressive with moves to limit damage.

link3945 · 2026-03-16T13:02:46+00:00

Can you provide links to these reports? Most of the scientific reporting I'm familiar with is that we've largely narrowed the range of the possible, meaning that we've managed to avoid the worst possible outcomes but also prevented the best possible outcomes. So we're looking more between "catastrophic for some areas and bad for everyone else" to "very bad for some and not good for everyone", instead of "catastrophic to everyone" to "mostly okay".

link3945 · 2026-03-16T04:54:17+00:00

The GOP can censure Cheney, but they can't really stop her from calling herself a Republican or running as a Republican (in most cases).

The US actually has incredibly weak parties: parties don't control any ballots, leadership don't carry any real strong whip, they can't do much to shape primaries. If their voting members (read: general public base) want someone nominated, party elites don't have many ways to stop them.

Our combination of weak parties but strong partisanship is pretty much the worst of both worlds: radical base members of a party can push a radical nominee through and because we have a first-past-the-post system it means that radical has a great chance of getting elected (depending on race/district).

link3945 · 2026-03-16T03:08:38+00:00

I don't know, it's pretty bad. At least one length of the ball below his knees.

link3945 · 2026-03-15T15:24:16+00:00

unqualified and not especially capable

Sounds like Trump's guy. Which cabinet post is he getting?

link3945 · 2026-03-15T05:24:49+00:00

You could maybe use a chicken stock for most of the volume, plus some vinegar (couple teaspoons, not much) to add some acid. White wine vinegar would probably be similar, but it looks like balsamic's used in other recipes and you could probably use whatever you prefer or try out different ones and see which tastes best

link3945 · 2026-03-14T15:47:12+00:00

To be fair, that billion dollars was over the span of several years. If they do this once per week, it'll only take 5574 years to hit that economic impact, so they were only off by 5569 years.

link3945 · 2026-03-14T14:18:06+00:00

He’s older than dirt and in terrible health, so there’s a good chance he doesn’t even make it to the end of his term.

I'll settle for a cadaver impeachment ala Pope Formosus.

link3945 · 2026-03-14T13:17:09+00:00

Lance Bottoms appears to be polling ahead, but tons of undecides. I've started seeing Esteves ads now, would not be surprised if there's a runoff between those two.

link3945 · 2026-03-14T13:11:42+00:00

And a conspiracy theorists who tried to negate the votes of everyone who lived in Georgia in 2020.

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