Does that mean it’s better if (to use a hypothetical), 100,000 people in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania effectively decide everything (in terms of presidential elections)? That’s more or less the EC result.

Arguably a similar, but worse, outcome is true under the EC: A small number of less populated states (and a very small number of absolute votes in the vote margin in those states), ultimately decides the election in a manner inconsistent with the vote of millions more people.

I sold various items of furniture on CL over the last year and anything over a few hundred bucks seemed to trigger the scammers. I learned quickly to put “local only, cash only, no PayPal” at the end of larger listings. Scammers were always out of state area code texts, most of the time claiming to to be in the…

You aren’t wrong, but he’s not even in Walton’s league in that regard. I’ve been enjoying 94 feet though.

THIS. His entire schtick is to yell a player’s name at the top of his lungs the second he thinks something dramatic might happen. Even if it turns out not to.

I personally think he’s equally awful in all sports. His technique is the same in all of them. Give no particularly useful detail, yell player’s names, repeat.

I commented at more length about this further up. No, it’s not fun to listen to him do nothing but yell a player’s name at the top of his lungs any time he thinks something dramatic might happen. It quickly becomes grating.

The worst part was it made anyone watching have to endure the Gus Johnson Verbal Orgasm Method (TM) for that much longer. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but I can’t stand his announcing technique — yelling a player’s name (not actual meaningful descriptors of the action) at the top of his lungs in that rising tone at any…

Well, there has to be a counterbalance to Germain, right?

In Boise, ID. 25 (you read that right) people turned out. The country gets the president it deserves.

But the media did more than that. CNN hiring Corey Lewandowski while he was on Trump’s payroll, and adding the phrase “viewed as untrustworthy by some” to seemingly EVERY story on Clinton, whether called for or not — those things are unforgivable. Yes, the free publicity for Trump was offensive. The scale thumbing…

This is the same Norv Turner who was handed the keys to a 14-2 Chargers team and immediately turned it into a steaming dog turd of mediocrity (although, to be fair, AJ Smith helped). The same Norv Turner with 11 non-winning seasons out of 15 as a head coach. The reversion to the mean by the Vikings offense is so, so…

You didn’t see the last 20 minutes. Yowza.

+1 Ripley

Pence’s performance actually created a perfect opportunity to produce a longish Youtube video ad: Nothing but clips of Pence saying policy things juxtaposed with clips of Trump previously saying the exact opposite, and/or clips of Pence denying Trump said something followed by clips of Donald saying exactly the thing…

That would be the BEST. Louie makes DT look like a piker. There would not be enough popcorn.

City fan here. They got FANTASTIC value for him.

I used to read Life in Hell, in the Chicago Reader, religiously during college back in the mid 80s. Classic cartoon.

The thing that wasn’t your point missed the point. Blacks are only about 12% of the US population, while whites are about 64%. If only twice as many whites were killed (instead of just over 5x), then blacks are being killed by police at a disproportionately higher rate.

NU grad from long, long ago. Boy, does that take me back.