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Interesting statistic regarding the claim Latino's are racist and sexist.

Much has been made of Starr County on the Texas border which allegedly has the highest Latino population in the country. [approx 75%]
Starr County went for Trump, 57-43 surprising many. The left has decided the reason is Latino's and especially men are racist and sexist and therefore wouldn't vote for a Black woman.
So i went back and looked at a couple recent Presidential elections.
2012 - The vote in Starr County was 90-10% for Obama over Romney. No problem overwhelmingly voting for a black that year.
2016 - The vote in Starr County was 80-20% for Hillary over Trump. No problem overwhelmingly voting for a woman that year.

So in 2 recent elections they showed zero inclination their vote would be anti black or anti woman. -

I wonder what it could have been? Geez, these people are disingenuous.

The missing 13 million voters from 2020

This would be easy to check out. Look at the statistical history of each state vote totals over the last 5 or 6 elections. Those 13 million should be somewhat evenly distributed over 50 states, with perhaps a more significant amount in heavy Dem held states like CA, WA, OR, etc.. If the voter totals are consistent over time for each state, but only show a significant statistical variance in the 7 swing states, then........Roger, we had a problem. The missing 13 million along with the bell weather counties certainly adds fuel to the conspiracy theories. Is it really possible that 13 million more Dems voted in 2020 than any other year on record, but then were a no show this year......particularly with all the hate towards Trump?

My Tin Foil Hat Prediction

There's obviously a reason why 25 House races and two Senate races still haven't been called. The two sides are negotiating.

The DNC understands that if they don't take back the House, the GOP owns all political capital and there will be no negotiations going forward. So there are currently 25 House seats still "up for grabs" and two Senate seats. Of these the DNC would have to "win" 19 of 25 to get the House and give their side a shred of hope for the future. It might be enough just to come within 1-2 seats of taking back the House so they have a more realistic shot of taking back power in 2026 or before through resignations, people switching sides etc.

The GOP understands that if they don't give the Dems SOMETHING and the one thing they can still give is limited political power i.e. control of the House, then the next few years are going to be brutal. They only have a very small mandate (51%) to cut the federal government at the levels they are promising their base. But, the U.S. government is the most powerful, well-funded organism in the history of the planet and if the incoming Administration has ANY hopes of gutting about 1/3 of it they are going to need the DNC's cooperation.

So, in exchange for letting the DNC take back a small majority in the House by "finding" just enough votes in the races where only 58% or so of the votes have been tallied PLUS the GOP promising not to further investigate any past/current voter integrity issues (and not prosecuting DNC election officials), the DNC will
1. perhaps let the GOP "win" the Arizona Senate race so it doesn't look as suspicious,
2. agree to cooperate with the big issues like border security, energy policy, etc. now that there is a nationwide mandate to do so
3. cut down on the divisive rhetoric

Then both sides can be seen as solving our nation's problems TOGETHER and abate much of the anti-establishment sentiment which threatens both sides and is strongly shared by people on both the right AND the left right now.

OT: LIV Golf and PGA Merge

The PGA Tour has agreed to merge with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf in a deal that would see the competitors squash pending litigation and move forward as a larger golf enterprise.

The two entities signed an agreement that would combine the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s commercial businesses and rights into a new, yet-to-be-named for-profit company. The agreement includes DP World Tour, also known as the European PGA Tour.

General playoff thoughts and questions

Hypothetical question: As a fan, would you rather your team win a conference title (unlikely this year for Penn State) and lose your first round playoff game OR not win a conference title and win a first round playoff game and making the elite eight? Conference titles are forever.

Financially for a school, does it benefit them to not finish in the top four but rather five through eight and host a first round playoff game? Certainly seems that way and for the school's town/area hotels, restaurants, etc.

When I was working, those that couldn't get their work done were rewarded with overtime which to me was rewarding inefficiency. Seems like finishing ranked five through eight is better financially than finishing in the top four.
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A Democrat Ponders a ‘Thumping Rebuke’

I am so glad the left ignored Ruy Teixeira. He's been the voice of reason on the left for years now. My suggestion is to keep on ignoring him.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-democ...-over-progressive-centrism-ed02e17f?st=hGkCNE

Ruy Teixeira says the party went wrong when it abandoned ‘progressive centrism’ and embraced a hard-left cultural ideology.​


In a Zoom interview from his home in Silver Spring, Md., he says the ideological impulses that made his old workplace intolerable were the same forces that “consigned Kamala Harris and the Democrats to defeat in the election.”

“Millions of people,” he says, “swallowed their nervousness about Trump and said, ‘Well, he’s unpredictable. Maybe a bit of a risk. But I don’t want to see another four years of the Biden-Harris administration.’ ” These “normie voters”—working-class Americans who aren’t “enclosed in the professional-class bubble”—cost the Democrats the White House and the Senate majority.

They were turned off by a party that has veered sharply away from its “greatest strength, which is uplifting the working and middle classes. The Democrats are no longer the party of the people. They’ve lost touch with the working class.” With the Democrats having embraced identity politics, the Republicans are “the party of the working class in this country now. Who’d have thunk it?

2024-25 PSU Lineup (The Dynasty Continues)

Seriously amazing accomplishment tonight but if a certain 4x champ comes back I could easily see next year's team beating this record.

LL should outscore Davis' output
Davis/Nagao should score more
Bartlett should at least equal this season
SVN/Kasak should score more
Haines should at least equal this season
MM should score more
Carter should score more if he has access to both legs
Barr should be able to match Truax
Mirasola will score less but will score
Kerkvleit should at least equal this season

That's three weights were they improve and only one where they take a hit. There is no doubt this is the most dominant team in sports.

Iowa State news 2024-25

Getting beat pretty good right now by Stanford on ESPN+

At this point 19-9 Stanford thru 165. ISU got 6 with a forfeit at 125.

Thought they’d be pretty good but look like crap. No Swiderski at 141 or Paniro at 157 but still. ISU putting Redding out at 141 and he got pinned by the frosh Aiden Valencia. Stanfords 157 (don’t know his name but fun to watch) pinned the ISU 157 who I never heard of.

Echemendia beat Abas via decision

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I really hope Rojas improves being he's such a great athlete.

Watch second play 3:15. Rojas shoots wrong gap, run goes for little chunk gain. The blown gap was so clear.

Third play 4:20....Instead of reading and reacting, Rojas is to quick to just react. Outside pitch, Rojas and Vanover give up edge.
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