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    Random Political Thoughts Inc.

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    Of course, we might repeat one more time that much of the food and weapons and other goods America sends to places like Israel and Ukraine are actually made by Americans. And yet many Republican leaders (and their propaganda arm at Fox and other outlets) continue to talk about aid as if some State Department phantom in a trench coat meets the president of Ukraine or the prime minister of Israel in an alley and hands over a metal briefcase filled with neatly wrapped stacks of bills.

     

    We need to stop asking people in diners about foreign aid. (Populists who demand that we rely on guidance from The People should remember that most Americans think foreign aid should be about 10 percent of the budget—a percentage those voters think would be a reduction but would actually be a massive increase.) Instead, put our national leaders on the spot to explain what they think foreign aid is, where it goes, and what it does, and then call them out, every time, when they spin fantasies about it. Otherwise, legislators such as Johnson will be able to sit back and let the folks at the pie counter believe that he’s going to round up $75 billion and send it back home.

     

    https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/10/the-diner-trap/675841/?utm_source=feed

     

    Good take!! Asking people in diners works for local politics, but not for national and global politics that they cannot possibly comprehend. 

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    Mike Pence Is Officially a Candidate for President of the United States of America

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    17 hours ago, BillsFanNC said:

    The King with the gallows reference..

     

    Who could have possibly predicted that?

     

    Funny how we still don't know a single thing about the DNC pipe bomber or the person(s) who constructed the mini gallows in front of the Capitol, in broad daylight, in the most surveilled city on earth.

     

    Yet trespassing grandmas are being thrown in jail to this day.

     

    Useful. Idiots. Cheer.


    Don’t do crimes.

    Week 9 thread - We’re on to Cincinnati

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    1 hour ago, balln said:

    Cincy going to stomp bills. Just like I said last year. Burrow is elite dink and dunker. Kills zone. And if you ever switch to man - like 4-5 plays a game- he immediately recognizes it and then hits chase over the top . Makes you pay. Our pass rush is basically coverage sack guys now - they won’t get to him bc he gets the ball out quick. No one on our team can tackle consistently - Mixon will have a big day 

     

    and w their D coordinator - I don’t trust Allen and offense to play flawless game which they’ll need 


    Ok, guess I shouldn’t even bother watching then

    Week 9 thread - We’re on to Cincinnati

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    14 minutes ago, Toyo321 said:

    This game is not going to bode well for us.  The Cinci is back on track and they really dominated SF.  SF looked really bad against Cinci, and Purdy was a turnover machine.  This is going to be a really tough game Sunday night.  The Bills have to play error free and must force turnovers to win this game.


    SF is quickly sliding into “overrated” territory for me, especially after that Cleveland game 

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    Week 8 - Around the NFL (i.e. NOT a Bills thread please)

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    1 minute ago, NUT said:

    I dunno, talent-wise the Chiefs can almost have anyone as a #2 to Kelce and they can gameplan for them. The Bills cannot do the same for Diggs.

     

    Bills have had better talent on defebse for a while now too, yet they choke when it counts. Hail mary plays come to mind.

     

    McDermott is a choker, Reid is not. That's the difference.


    Reid was notorious for his atrocious time management, it’s why he got fired from Philly. Do you watch football?

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