Good to see that monmouth is trying a bit harder than most of the other pollsters. But one should keep well in mind that even if they managed to make every voter equally as likely to be in their poll as another (which would be a truly random sample permitting the 1/sqrt(N) rule) they still only:

But the polls! The polls, oh Dr Fishbein! The polls consistently show Biden in the lead. And how are these polls conducted (you ask)? Well, a “random” bunch of phone calls are made (probably less than ten thousand) and when approximately one thousand are answered by folks who don’t bother with caller-id and yet have…

Damn. Now THAT’S a good poll. The two best candidates are at the top and the ones who I personally think are not the best are down at the bottom

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but Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu loves trump! and since Bibi is the leader of all Jews ipso facto quatly quat all Jews loves trump! Just like trump is our leader, so that means... [insane laughter fades into the distance followed by a door slam]

duck-rabbits have been a thing for quite some time (~127 years)

Could some intrepid contributor to splinter(gawker) phone up the major media outlets (oh, NYT, WaPo, LaTimes...) and ask them something akin to “sooo given the heightened trump meltdown status, when are you-all going to call for his resignation?” (here’s a good primer on that question) Thank you! (and yes yes, of…

Perhaps the secret service should keep Stephanie Oyen’s contact information on file. In fact, here’s hoping that they really ought to.

Wrong! False! you total idiot you! (this is same guy berating the same guy, by the bye. it’s the only thing i consistently do well). i apologize for my hubris.

On the command-line: shuf -i 1-<d-whatever> -n <number_of_dice>

Wellll... he killed himself when he did many horrible things to underage girls with ridiculously rich guys and kept evidence of it - so it’s just suicide with extra steps, right?

If by “Democrats still don’t understand the south” you mean that they don’t accept the republican’s purely cynical “Southern strategy” then yes, democrats often fail by assuming there’s still hope and essential good to be encouraged, (“call it the curse of Luke Skywalker”)

‘guns’ schmuns! just need a few of these devices scattered about

The Trump administration is like the morally bankrupt black hole at the center of a galaxy of craven, depraved stars.

There will be fewer and fewer Democratic candidates on primary ballots, caucuses, and, debates as we progress in time. This is winnowing; there will not be an increase in their numbers (“the exact opposite of winnowing”). It’s not a perfect system by a long shot, but now you’re just being obtuse. (o.k. too many…

But the winnowing process is being continued from September to October. So my point (which is dying upon the spit of your far deeper understanding) is that this represents a distinction of no difference. Ah well, i’m defeated, (and not for the last time).

I did, but consequently decided that it amounted to no substantive alternative. But i’m glad that others saw more in it than i did. Here’s hoping that they’ll continue to champion this superior interpretation. ...wait, you’re merely not being sarcastic, “Sarcastro6"?

Notably missing from this cranky post is how oh-so-much-wiser splinter managing editors would winnow the field of candidates. Because winnowed they must be, and numbers of supporters (in one form or other) is your only input data into that determination. So please enlighten us, alongside of traditional complaints for…

Fortunately some fast thinking journalist replied to Toomey’s “military style weapons are extemely popular, so I’m not going to ban them” with: ‘Heroin is extremely popular, so you’re against banning that?’ ...there was such a fast thinking journalist, wasn’t there? (“hey Toomey, there’s a bunch of other military…

So this must mean there’s a MAGA-video game out there? (“here’s the set-up: you’re going to a trump rally but without your QAnon t-shirt...”) (“worst.. video.. game.. ever.”)