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Cult of Luna (also going to tonight's show at Slim's), Alcest, Julie Christmas (and Made Out of Babies), Elizabeth Colour Wheel, FACS, Full of Hell, Curse These Metal Hands
I am at the moment listening to my "Repeat Rewind" playlist on Spotify, so easy question. Marian Hill, Amos Lee, Charlotte Lawrence, Ruen Brothers, London Grammar, Léon, plus a little Dance Monkey, which is the Old Town Road of the winter for me (ridiculous but irresistible).
Well, I won two of them in a row -- one was 3 years ago and one was 2 years ago. I skipped out on last year because someone else gotta win ya know? The first time was a shark costume, randomly paired with a friend in a dolphin costume (not planned at all). It sounds simple, but you'd understand if you saw them. They were hilarious together. The second we were a pack of inflatable T Rex costumes.
He'll be remembered for his role in the Exorcist films, but I'll remember him as Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon) and Brewmeister Smith (Strange Brew)
When I used to go down to a mine to work on a physics experiment, they do teach people to hunk at every intersection underground. Maybe this guy used to be a miner?
No 2 just got an email that Vandy has cancelled classes this week. Just went back over the weekend for the end of spring break. Then no in person classes for the last 2 weeks of march. They'll do some sort of online instruction. They reserve the right to keep it going until finals start the last week of April. Maybe I should cancel my trip to Philly and NYC.
That was ugly. The Cal stream people are really hating on the modern defensive shift (which Cal did try in the 9th) and the Bears back their complaints up when a ground ball went between 2nd and short that probably should have been knocked down.
I was surprised that on the USC stream, they had Cal listed as the No.18 ranked team. That was clearly a mistake, but it was going to be tough for Cal to beat the 8th ranked USC anyhow. It's worse that Cal lost to ASU last week when the ASU program is only in the 2nd year of existence. When it's all over, I expect Cal to be ranked around 50th out fo around 100 schools in the final RPI...baby step forward.
These are always a tough thing to do (and yeah, I'm speaking from a little experience here). New logos (or "identities") rarely are well-accepted and typically bashed on first presentation. I agree, subjectively speaking, I don't love it for design reasons - not sure what it was trying to accomplish, though.
The NFL does have some very strict regulations around any branding changes (e.g., uniforms, logos, field design, etc.) and typically those things need to go through them, and sometimes even sponsors, for approval depending on what is being changed, for how long, and why. But they are learning from other sports in that more styles typically equates to more revenue.
Cal's "branding" is an entirely different set of problems that they simply cannot get out of their own way about - starting with our name. It has become a bit better in recent years - mostly due to Under Armor's interest in extending beyond revenue sports, but it is still a bit of a challenge. Heck, just referencing Oski can create some fierce debates in the hallowed walls of the Cal Sports administration (trust me!).
Anyway, logos are always a tough thing to change. It takes a lot of money, a lot of discipline, but the results (both financial and consumer support) can have huge dividends.
Ohio State trying to register "The" is a great example from one of the strongest and smartest brands in college sports.
Rams have been holding back a new logo design and uniform revamp to coincide with the opening of the new stadium. I remember reading about this years ago and was kind of surprised that the NFL actually has some rules about how often a team can change their uniforms.
I wonder if this is a new logo intended for any kind of prominence, or just some secondary logo that just gets put on small uniform patches or something.
Two weeks ago, today, Trump tweeted that “The coronavirus is very much under control in the United States … Stock market is starting to look very good to me!” At that point, there were a small number of cases, but public health experts clearly stated that the number was likely to spike. Nonetheless, Trump accused his critics of perpetrating a “hoax” and said their concerns was overblown. He said that the number of cases — 15 at the time — would soon be “close to zero.”
Today, there are more than 500 cases. There will soon be thousands.
Yet every new infection was viewed through the prism of political self-interest. Every warning was dismissed as media hype. Crucial hours and days ticked by without the urgent action that was needed.
Early on, public health experts and front-line doctors began ringing alarm bells. Testing kits weren’t available even for high-risk cases that were showing matching symptoms to covid-19. Trump responded by meeting with Fox News media performers Diamond and Silk at the White House. “Vote red, R-E-D,” Diamond said. “Remove Every Democrat.” Trump nodded and smiled."
Poetic justice in a germophobe constantly bragging about the stock market being undone by this. But people’s memories are short. Look at China where many are now buying into conspiracy theories about the US planting the virus there to undermine Xi. We see similar patterns here - initial shock of bad event X brings honest criticism of T, but with passage of time Hannity and the like figure out some angle and people go back to their camps believing whatever nonsense is needed to bring them back home
I don't think so, not for anyone that's not part of 25-30% of the population that are true believers of trump. This is going to be months in the making, and I can already envision the ads of T saying something stupid contrasted with number of deaths. The administration was so utterly clueless at the beginning of this.
You guys underestimate the power of telling people what they want to hear. “It was all the Democrats’ fault” is like chicken soup to a lot of people - a warm and comforting thought even if it makes no logical sense
The difference is that the previous idiotic things Trump did had very little impact on most people's day to day lives. Here, his stupidity is exacerbating both a public health crisis and a likely recession and causing much more widespread pain.
all internal trainings/meetings postponed or sent to virtual. Client site visits as essntial. We go to a lot of places with strict health and safety programs, so our clients tend to be more strict than internal. we had someone turned around at the gate because he wasn't "in person essential" to a meeting at a client site. Told to park on the street and call in. Another client asking for all meetings to include 6 feet of separation.
they had the solano county public health director on local NPR this morning and he basically said community spread was so widespread here they switched from containment to impact mitigation two weeks ago (I assume speaking for the bay area generally, as they're not reporting any cases in solano county).
Don’t buy into the manufactured consent. They’ve been slow walking results in the states Bernie won for 6 days now and there are valid claims of rigging fuckery in Massachusetts, Maine, Texas and California. If all the delegates were counted Bernie is tied or winning right now.
What we’ve witnessed is the power of corporate media in coordination with the old guard Dem establishment. The drop out/endorsement kabuki last Sunday was a Hail Mary to stop Bernie. And boy did it work.
Joe fucking Biden? Seriously? The man can barely form a complete thought anymore. They’ve been throwing shitlibs against the wall praying for one to stick, Beto, Kamala, Mayo Pete, Bloomberg, and on and on, a different one every few weeks. Super Tuesday was coming and Bernie was going to seal it.
It would be amazing to see the Dems fight for anything like they fought to stop poor people from getting healthcare😂😂😂
We’ll see what happens tomorrow. Polls are looking big ugly for Bernie but he overperformed polls ~20% in 2016 so we’ll see. If Michigan goes the polls are saying it will that will be a big blow, and if they can protect Biden in the next debate (first 1 on 1 debate, already watered down to townhall format to help Biden get through it with canned responses and little confrontation) and nothing changes in the next round (which includes Florida) then it will be over.
Your first couple of paragraphs is conspiracy theory bullshit.
I agree that it's slightly mystifying that we've landed on Biden, whom I see as a needlessly risky and uninspiring choice. But it's fucking over. If you look at the polling, the demographics, the delegate map and election dates, Bernie's got like a 1% chance of pulling off an upset here. He just doesn't have the coalition to do it.
Bernie hasn't overperformed any polls in 2020 so far; Biden has. I don't think a 1 on 1 debate with two septuagenarians is going to accomplish anything we don't already know.
I think it's confirmed that some people within the DNC were doing things around the margins to try to make Hillary Clinton the nominee. Scheduling debates on Friday nights when fewer people are likely to be watching, etc. By far the biggest factor was that everyone else just decided to clear out and leave Hillary alone. So you can argue that the lack of a competitive primary plus the general attempts to suppress attention on the race would hurt an insurgent like Bernie and were also a bad approach to take, as it left a lot of people feeling disconnected from the party and its nominee.
That said, it's highly unlikely that even with highly watched debates and high turnout that Bernie would have been able to beat Hillary in a one-on-one race that year. She just had too big an advantage over him in terms of name recognition and support within the party. And THIS year, with a high-turnout competitive primary with many highly-watched debates, all of that DEFINITELY doesn't apply. People had plenty of chances to get a good look at Bernie and everyone else. They didn't pick him.
Sure, the mainstream media outlets and party leaders were tilted against him. It's still entirely possible to win as an outsider insurgent if you have enough popular support (see: Barack Obama and Donald Trump). Bernie didn't have it. Take the L and move on. A lot of Bernie's ideas have already taken root within the party platform, which presumably is the long-term goal here.
You know how some sitcoms are an American version of one from the UK? I feel like this comment is the US version of the true believer Corbynites before the last UK general election.
This his narrative was bulls*** in 2016 and it's even more so now. Bernie isn't winning because he's failed to expand his base in the last four years. All of the kabuki by the Democratic Party leaders would have meant nothing if more voters supported Bernie Sanders. They don't.
And hey, I voted for Bernie. I wanted him to win. I'm just not about to embrace conspiracy theories about why he's not winning. I don't think that's helpful to the cause. Reflect on what did work and try new ways to reach a broader swath of voters next time.
Dude, no offense intended, but the thing I like the least about Bernie is his constant rambling about the corporate media out to get him. It is Trumpy and harmful to the health of our society. I really really really really really want to turn the page from such nonsense.
By the way, anyone see that front page article over weekend profiling some Bernie voter saying he’d vote Trump out of spite were Biden the nominee since Biden is the status quo?? Dude, DONALD F—-KING TRUMP is the status quo!!! I want to throw people like this off a bridge. Let’s focus on the big fight here guys. The field was big and most did not get their preferred candidate through. But childish nonsense like that is totally insane
"The Russian media is freaking out about Biden’s resurrection.
“The pro-Kremlin newspaper Vzglyad complained that Biden ‘rose from the ashes like a phoenix,’ prevailing ‘in spite of the corruption scandals’ that have long been alleged and cultivated by the Russians—and the Republicans—concerning his son, Hunter, and his own activities in Ukraine,” the Daily Beast reports. “With notable irritation, Vzglyad griped about [Biden’s] primary victories in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Alabama, claiming that the pro-Biden votes in rural states were secured by ‘rednecks, who shoot skunks for fun, bowl, beat their wives and associate the word ‘socialist’ with the communist threat.’ The newspaper bitterly surmised that through Biden’s anticipated nomination, the U.S. elites won yet another Cold War against socialism.”
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Also, when I won an award from the NVCA (national venture capital association) but then the market tanked (2009)
ouch.
When are we going to be able to post gifs in the comments?? This is an outrage!!
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What are you listening to now? (Just what happens to be on your current rotation).
This Japanese band called Monkey Majik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWo627F7CeU
The new(ish) albums from Best Coast, Tame Impala, and Holy Fuck.
looking at amazon recents... Cal Band, Weezer, Baby shark, Final Countdown, Pink Floyd
The Nats baby shark, Gerardo Parra, is playing in Japan this year but I saw the start of their season has been delayed because of the virus.
I suspect the kids in many of these requests.
Cult of Luna (also going to tonight's show at Slim's), Alcest, Julie Christmas (and Made Out of Babies), Elizabeth Colour Wheel, FACS, Full of Hell, Curse These Metal Hands
Wow, I would have expected Katy Perry and Madonna from you.
if it's any consolation I gave the Harry Styles album a listen over the weekend
My "old school" playlist that's 2009 and before. Actual song right now is '03 Bonnie and Clyde.
Been listening to Cult of Luna a bit lately. Going to the show at Slim's tonight.
The Mrs has been watching Glee on netflix, and then getting into the songs they do. So we've been listening to a lot of Glee-pop.
I am at the moment listening to my "Repeat Rewind" playlist on Spotify, so easy question. Marian Hill, Amos Lee, Charlotte Lawrence, Ruen Brothers, London Grammar, Léon, plus a little Dance Monkey, which is the Old Town Road of the winter for me (ridiculous but irresistible).
Lo-fi playlists because I'm a basic bitch.
Run the Jewels if I'm about to work out.
Umm...graduating from Cal?
What was the last thing you won an award for (no matter how trivial)?
Does a scholarship count? I won a scholarship to do my Ph.D in Japan
Received a "Service Excellence" award at work. I got an attaboy email.
It's been years. Pretty sure it was a corporate suckup award in like 2000 - got a free weekend in Montreal out of it though.
Pub Quiz (Wednesday Nights, the Camel) - seasonal champion - Fall/Winter 2019.
I won a beer drinking contest with a group of friends at Schroeder’s and I got a mug
I honestly don't remember.
work
before that I won $90 at an "adult spelling bee" at a bar in SF
of course you did
The company Halloween costume contest.
What did you wear?
Well, I won two of them in a row -- one was 3 years ago and one was 2 years ago. I skipped out on last year because someone else gotta win ya know? The first time was a shark costume, randomly paired with a friend in a dolphin costume (not planned at all). It sounds simple, but you'd understand if you saw them. They were hilarious together. The second we were a pack of inflatable T Rex costumes.
left shark or right shark?
Neither, just a really shitty shark costume.
Won some Beats by Dre wireless headphones for making a donation to United Way. That was several months ago and I've used them only once.
Company Doubles Pool Tournament. Got like $75 Target gift card out of it.
Puffin award in summer camp when I was 8. That prob (hopefully) wasn’t the last but that one made me proud.
Honestly, I think when I was back in school (Berkeley), a painting I did received an award & I got $500 IIRC.
a volunteering award at work.
I won a "Performance Excellence" award for my work last year. The prize was...nothing. Woohoo.
not even a plaque?
Nope.
Mrs Slug and I co-won Volunteer of The Year Award for our Little League.
Holi
RIP Max Von Sydow
He also played Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told. Usually on TV somewhere during Easter Week.
He'll be remembered for his role in the Exorcist films, but I'll remember him as Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon) and Brewmeister Smith (Strange Brew)
Exorcist films? Fie! Wild Strawberries & The Seventh Seal!!!! (although Flash Gordon was a lot of campy fun)
Who's still alive that you're surprised isn't dead yet?
The current occupant of the Oval Office. Remarkably unhealthy man, should have keeled over some time ago.
The jackass across the street who honks every time he leaves his driveway.
I can recall when that was a pretty common way of saying "Goodbye" to the family members inside the house. I very rarely see/hear that anymore.
When I used to go down to a mine to work on a physics experiment, they do teach people to hunk at every intersection underground. Maybe this guy used to be a miner?
Which mine?
Is he also white? That would make him a honky honky.
If he’s buff, he would be a hunky honky honker.
If everything is okay with him, he's a hunky hunky dory honky honky
His fat ass is known as the hunky hunky dory honky honky chonky donkey.
If you open up his freezer for some ice cream, what will you find?
The hunky hunky dory honky honky chonky donkey's Chunky Monkey
snort
Moment in your life when you felt you reached some degree of enlightenment?
Seeing Jimmy Johnson's hair get messed up in 100+ different directions after the Super Bowl one year. Nothing was the same after that.
Paris, November 2001 outside at the restaurant Georges; a profound, physical, almost hallucinatory felling of well-being. Hard to explain.
maybe it was the shrooms?
Probably NSFW.
I'm a bit skeptical on my achievements in enlightenment.
CAL
UC Berkeley suspends in-person class, all on-campus events over 150 people.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/03/09/as-coronavirus-spreads-uc-berkeley-suspends-in-person-instruction/
No 2 just got an email that Vandy has cancelled classes this week. Just went back over the weekend for the end of spring break. Then no in person classes for the last 2 weeks of march. They'll do some sort of online instruction. They reserve the right to keep it going until finals start the last week of April. Maybe I should cancel my trip to Philly and NYC.
Go Bears!
GO BEARS!
Cam Bynum and Elijah Hicks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PE6ojRwTCU&feature=youtu.be
WBVB: #11 Cal beats #5 USC and Arizona State
https://calbears.com/news/2020/3/8/beach-volleyball-cal-extends-unbeaten-run-defeats-asu-5-usc.aspx
Thank God for BVB. Only team that won this weekend I think other than men's swimming
Baseball won 1 of 3, Softball won 2 of 4. Women's Tennis lost to UCLA, beat USC.
BB: Cal leads 3-1 going into top of the 9th. Really young pen gets shelled, loses 3-8.
https://calbears.com/news/2020/3/8/baseball-extra-inning-defeat.aspx
That was ugly. The Cal stream people are really hating on the modern defensive shift (which Cal did try in the 9th) and the Bears back their complaints up when a ground ball went between 2nd and short that probably should have been knocked down.
SB: Bears drop games to James Madison (3-10) and UConn (0-8)
https://calbears.com/news/2020/3/8/softball-cal-vs-jmu.aspx
https://calbears.com/news/2020/3/8/softball-cal-vs-uconn.aspx
WLAX: Bears drop match vs. Trojans 9-16
https://calbears.com/news/2020/3/8/lacrosse-cal-ends-five-game-road-trip-with-16-9-loss-at-no-8-8-usc.aspx
I'm noticing a pattern here and I don't like it.
I was surprised that on the USC stream, they had Cal listed as the No.18 ranked team. That was clearly a mistake, but it was going to be tough for Cal to beat the 8th ranked USC anyhow. It's worse that Cal lost to ASU last week when the ASU program is only in the 2nd year of existence. When it's all over, I expect Cal to be ranked around 50th out fo around 100 schools in the final RPI...baby step forward.
PRO
Leaked: New LA Rams logo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESnkqklX0AAAROM?format=jpg&name=900x900
These are always a tough thing to do (and yeah, I'm speaking from a little experience here). New logos (or "identities") rarely are well-accepted and typically bashed on first presentation. I agree, subjectively speaking, I don't love it for design reasons - not sure what it was trying to accomplish, though.
The NFL does have some very strict regulations around any branding changes (e.g., uniforms, logos, field design, etc.) and typically those things need to go through them, and sometimes even sponsors, for approval depending on what is being changed, for how long, and why. But they are learning from other sports in that more styles typically equates to more revenue.
Cal's "branding" is an entirely different set of problems that they simply cannot get out of their own way about - starting with our name. It has become a bit better in recent years - mostly due to Under Armor's interest in extending beyond revenue sports, but it is still a bit of a challenge. Heck, just referencing Oski can create some fierce debates in the hallowed walls of the Cal Sports administration (trust me!).
Anyway, logos are always a tough thing to change. It takes a lot of money, a lot of discipline, but the results (both financial and consumer support) can have huge dividends.
Ohio State trying to register "The" is a great example from one of the strongest and smartest brands in college sports.
ARE YOU VANESSA CORREA???
LOL! No. Have a great deal of respect for Ms. Correa and we have colleagues in common, but that's about it. Plus, I'm a bigger Cal fan (grin).
https://twitter.com/the_smitty_show/status/1236878368341020677
That sucks!
Rams have been holding back a new logo design and uniform revamp to coincide with the opening of the new stadium. I remember reading about this years ago and was kind of surprised that the NFL actually has some rules about how often a team can change their uniforms.
I wonder if this is a new logo intended for any kind of prominence, or just some secondary logo that just gets put on small uniform patches or something.
If it's the former, then yikes.
They had an instagram post where a player walked up and took the old logo off the wall at HQ then something like "new logo loading"
someone has made a terrible error.
ooh...that's bad.
If I was a Rams fan I think I'd stick to wearing the traditional gear above this.
I only own a Goff jersey in the Joe Roth-era like colors they have for their throwbacks, I'll be keeping just that. The new logo looks terrible.
The Rams really should just wear those uniforms full-time. Seems clear it's what the LA fans like the most.
My Goff jersey is that color rush gold one.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
"Those lies will kill.
Two weeks ago, today, Trump tweeted that “The coronavirus is very much under control in the United States … Stock market is starting to look very good to me!” At that point, there were a small number of cases, but public health experts clearly stated that the number was likely to spike. Nonetheless, Trump accused his critics of perpetrating a “hoax” and said their concerns was overblown. He said that the number of cases — 15 at the time — would soon be “close to zero.”
Today, there are more than 500 cases. There will soon be thousands.
Yet every new infection was viewed through the prism of political self-interest. Every warning was dismissed as media hype. Crucial hours and days ticked by without the urgent action that was needed.
Early on, public health experts and front-line doctors began ringing alarm bells. Testing kits weren’t available even for high-risk cases that were showing matching symptoms to covid-19. Trump responded by meeting with Fox News media performers Diamond and Silk at the White House. “Vote red, R-E-D,” Diamond said. “Remove Every Democrat.” Trump nodded and smiled."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/09/coronavirus-is-trumps-chernobyl/
I was just saying this last night to my son.
If this continues to go as it's been going, it's starting to look like Trump will be toast in November.
One can only hope.
Poetic justice in a germophobe constantly bragging about the stock market being undone by this. But people’s memories are short. Look at China where many are now buying into conspiracy theories about the US planting the virus there to undermine Xi. We see similar patterns here - initial shock of bad event X brings honest criticism of T, but with passage of time Hannity and the like figure out some angle and people go back to their camps believing whatever nonsense is needed to bring them back home
I don't think so, not for anyone that's not part of 25-30% of the population that are true believers of trump. This is going to be months in the making, and I can already envision the ads of T saying something stupid contrasted with number of deaths. The administration was so utterly clueless at the beginning of this.
They had time, but they wasted it.
You guys underestimate the power of telling people what they want to hear. “It was all the Democrats’ fault” is like chicken soup to a lot of people - a warm and comforting thought even if it makes no logical sense
The difference is that the previous idiotic things Trump did had very little impact on most people's day to day lives. Here, his stupidity is exacerbating both a public health crisis and a likely recession and causing much more widespread pain.
Bingo. It's way harder to spin away sick/dying people and a recession.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
When I was at Safeway over the weekend I noticed the checkers were wearing gloves. First case in Arlington identified last night.
My company just told everyone to work from home for the rest of the month.
all internal trainings/meetings postponed or sent to virtual. Client site visits as essntial. We go to a lot of places with strict health and safety programs, so our clients tend to be more strict than internal. we had someone turned around at the gate because he wasn't "in person essential" to a meeting at a client site. Told to park on the street and call in. Another client asking for all meetings to include 6 feet of separation.
they had the solano county public health director on local NPR this morning and he basically said community spread was so widespread here they switched from containment to impact mitigation two weeks ago (I assume speaking for the bay area generally, as they're not reporting any cases in solano county).
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1236980284744241154
Bernie's got virtually no chance at this point, so get ready to hop aboard with ol' Amtrak Joe
Don’t buy into the manufactured consent. They’ve been slow walking results in the states Bernie won for 6 days now and there are valid claims of rigging fuckery in Massachusetts, Maine, Texas and California. If all the delegates were counted Bernie is tied or winning right now.
What we’ve witnessed is the power of corporate media in coordination with the old guard Dem establishment. The drop out/endorsement kabuki last Sunday was a Hail Mary to stop Bernie. And boy did it work.
Joe fucking Biden? Seriously? The man can barely form a complete thought anymore. They’ve been throwing shitlibs against the wall praying for one to stick, Beto, Kamala, Mayo Pete, Bloomberg, and on and on, a different one every few weeks. Super Tuesday was coming and Bernie was going to seal it.
It would be amazing to see the Dems fight for anything like they fought to stop poor people from getting healthcare😂😂😂
We’ll see what happens tomorrow. Polls are looking big ugly for Bernie but he overperformed polls ~20% in 2016 so we’ll see. If Michigan goes the polls are saying it will that will be a big blow, and if they can protect Biden in the next debate (first 1 on 1 debate, already watered down to townhall format to help Biden get through it with canned responses and little confrontation) and nothing changes in the next round (which includes Florida) then it will be over.
Your first couple of paragraphs is conspiracy theory bullshit.
I agree that it's slightly mystifying that we've landed on Biden, whom I see as a needlessly risky and uninspiring choice. But it's fucking over. If you look at the polling, the demographics, the delegate map and election dates, Bernie's got like a 1% chance of pulling off an upset here. He just doesn't have the coalition to do it.
Bernie hasn't overperformed any polls in 2020 so far; Biden has. I don't think a 1 on 1 debate with two septuagenarians is going to accomplish anything we don't already know.
While it's currently conspiracy theory bs for 2020, wasn't this basically confirmed in 2016?
I think it's confirmed that some people within the DNC were doing things around the margins to try to make Hillary Clinton the nominee. Scheduling debates on Friday nights when fewer people are likely to be watching, etc. By far the biggest factor was that everyone else just decided to clear out and leave Hillary alone. So you can argue that the lack of a competitive primary plus the general attempts to suppress attention on the race would hurt an insurgent like Bernie and were also a bad approach to take, as it left a lot of people feeling disconnected from the party and its nominee.
That said, it's highly unlikely that even with highly watched debates and high turnout that Bernie would have been able to beat Hillary in a one-on-one race that year. She just had too big an advantage over him in terms of name recognition and support within the party. And THIS year, with a high-turnout competitive primary with many highly-watched debates, all of that DEFINITELY doesn't apply. People had plenty of chances to get a good look at Bernie and everyone else. They didn't pick him.
Sure, the mainstream media outlets and party leaders were tilted against him. It's still entirely possible to win as an outsider insurgent if you have enough popular support (see: Barack Obama and Donald Trump). Bernie didn't have it. Take the L and move on. A lot of Bernie's ideas have already taken root within the party platform, which presumably is the long-term goal here.
Wasn't *what* confirmed, precisely?
You know how some sitcoms are an American version of one from the UK? I feel like this comment is the US version of the true believer Corbynites before the last UK general election.
pqtm
This his narrative was bulls*** in 2016 and it's even more so now. Bernie isn't winning because he's failed to expand his base in the last four years. All of the kabuki by the Democratic Party leaders would have meant nothing if more voters supported Bernie Sanders. They don't.
And hey, I voted for Bernie. I wanted him to win. I'm just not about to embrace conspiracy theories about why he's not winning. I don't think that's helpful to the cause. Reflect on what did work and try new ways to reach a broader swath of voters next time.
Dude, no offense intended, but the thing I like the least about Bernie is his constant rambling about the corporate media out to get him. It is Trumpy and harmful to the health of our society. I really really really really really want to turn the page from such nonsense.
By the way, anyone see that front page article over weekend profiling some Bernie voter saying he’d vote Trump out of spite were Biden the nominee since Biden is the status quo?? Dude, DONALD F—-KING TRUMP is the status quo!!! I want to throw people like this off a bridge. Let’s focus on the big fight here guys. The field was big and most did not get their preferred candidate through. But childish nonsense like that is totally insane
"The Russian media is freaking out about Biden’s resurrection.
“The pro-Kremlin newspaper Vzglyad complained that Biden ‘rose from the ashes like a phoenix,’ prevailing ‘in spite of the corruption scandals’ that have long been alleged and cultivated by the Russians—and the Republicans—concerning his son, Hunter, and his own activities in Ukraine,” the Daily Beast reports. “With notable irritation, Vzglyad griped about [Biden’s] primary victories in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Alabama, claiming that the pro-Biden votes in rural states were secured by ‘rednecks, who shoot skunks for fun, bowl, beat their wives and associate the word ‘socialist’ with the communist threat.’ The newspaper bitterly surmised that through Biden’s anticipated nomination, the U.S. elites won yet another Cold War against socialism.”
Bowling? *gasp*
Whoa, another Russian bot?
Are you sure he's Amtrak Joe? Maybe he's more Tilden Park Steam Train Joe.
Hard to say anymore
also FiveThirtyEight https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primary-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo
No gifs. No pics. No embeds. Just links. Some deviants are using their real names. Never refresh. Same price for same DBD premium subscription.
I miss the old dbd for all these reasons.
Oh, yeah. I forgot to add. No daily polls.
NO MORE GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE!
I still have kimchi slap ready! :) btw - you got your acct back!
kimchi slap means i have to click a link. P A S S
I actually only realized now that I have been DBDing under my real name.