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JeffT819

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This also confirms that non citizens were receiving SSDI. I said that happened on this board, and was told repeatedly that they could not get SS.
Non citizens who are here legally and pay into the system can get benefits. Undocumented workers cannot.
 

AzIllini

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I read an opinion piece by a utility president that runs a multi-state utility that extends from NJ to Illinois. He kept talking about the crisis in electric rates (except not at his well managed utility....).

So I looked up the table below (I didn't pick the states) and surprise to no one, the rates are out of control in blue dominated states. Part of California's increase is to bury electric lines to prevent future wildfires, but I think it is obvious what states data centers won't want to locate in.

Approximate increase in residential electricity rates since 2020​

StateApprox. increase since 2020
California+60% to +70%
Massachusetts+45% to +55%
New York+40% to +50%
Texas+15% to +25%
Arizona+20% to +30%
Nevada+10% to +25%
 

tjfleck6

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Partisanship is basically linked to brain rot these days.

Last I checked Putin wins pretty fast!

Btw, the only material cheating in a recent federal election was in North Carolina and benefitted a Republican. And there was cheating. It wasn’t a huge number of votes but the race was close enough the courts ordered a new election (won by a new R candidate not involved in the prior cheating).
The only material cheating, lol. I feel better that it only happened in one small pocket of NC. Cardboard coverings in Philly, amazing well time water main breaks in Atlanta (and strange suitcases full of ballots on video).

So, if you only believe in guilty pleas as was the case in NC, how come you as a lawyer continue to cite wrt Trump - 2 impeachments and countless indictments? Always acquitted with the exception of civil court where we know the bar is low.
 
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rillaman

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A dry winter means 14 MAF vs 15.5. The people running the water allocations have been punting for years and Lake Mead is too low for more punting. Stating the obvious.

Some don’t seem to understand the concerns around adding a couple more million people in Arizona. The obvious doesn’t seem obvious to all.
 
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ILisBest

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These "abnormalities" (if true) have been seen before around elections. Always when the Dem candidate wins. Seems damn near unbelievable.

Are the Dems the same party that..

..ignored US border laws

..have soft on crime prosecutors that allow repeat offenders to repeat offend

..told us the Vax stopped the spread

..chose their presidential candidate going against the primary vote

..acted like the G Floyd riots/ vandalism/ assault/ murder were peaceful protest

Asking for a friend?
 

ILisBest

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I ran this information through AI and it thinks this "anomaly" did happen and the odds are similar to flipping a coin and having it land on heads 3,855 times in a row. Not possible. The only reason AI thinks it could realistically happen is that it has happened before. Of course, it acknowledged it only has happened in blue areas. Huh.
 
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I ran this information through AI and it thinks this "anomaly" did happen and the odds are similar to flipping a coin and having land on heads 3,855 times in a row. Not possible. The only reason AI thinks it could realistically happen is that it has happened before. Of course, it acknowledged it only has happened in blue areas. Huh.
 

Uncoach

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These "abnormalities" (if true) have been seen before around elections. Always when the Dem candidate wins. Seems damn near unbelievable.

Are the Dems the same party that..

..ignored US border laws

..have soft on crime prosecutors that allow repeat offenders to repeat offend

..told us the Vax stopped the spread

..chose their presidential candidate going against the primary vote

..acted like the G Floyd riots/ vandalism/ assault/ murder were peaceful protest

Asking for a friend?
You forgot to mention the G Floyd rioters had invincibility to Covid and their gatherings met the approval of Democrats despite truly peaceful folks requiring masks and social distancing in public.
 

AzIllini

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Some don’t seem to understand the concerns around adding a couple more million people in Arizona. The obvious doesn’t seem obvious to all.
Except I don't have an issue with more people living in Arizona. I don't want it to become like S Calif with 24/7 traffic jams but the amount of less water people use vs agriculture is significant. Water is extremely low priced to farmers in the Colorado river basin - no wonder 70-80% is used for agriculture. If they made the farmers pay for the infrastructure the taxpayers paid to build Hoover Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, and all the canals and machinery to get the water to the Imperial valley, China wouldn't be able to buy alfalfa at subsidized rates. Why are water rates subsidized? (politics, incl Gavin Newsome who loves to spend Federal monies)

AZ has been pushing water conservation and has limits on population growth so we are not the problem despite people in semi-arid Denver throwing stones. I have a zero-scape yard (no grass), how about you?

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I ran this information through AI and it thinks this "anomaly" did happen and the odds are similar to flipping a coin and having it land on heads 3,855 times in a row. Not possible. The only reason AI thinks it could realistically happen is that it has happened before. Of course, it acknowledged it only has happened in blue areas. Huh.
The LLMs you love to use are specifically designed to agree with you and reinforce your current beliefs.
 

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As much as C-Span covering our Congress was supposed to make things more transparent, what it’s done in reality is create more grandstanding by politicians (both sides, and, in particular on the Republican side, I think Jim Jordan is all show and no go). WTF do shoes have to do with the Foreign Affairs Committee?

 

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I ran this information through AI and it thinks this "anomaly" did happen and the odds are similar to flipping a coin and having it land on heads 3,855 times in a row. Not possible. The only reason AI thinks it could realistically happen is that it has happened before. Of course, it acknowledged it only has happened in blue areas. Huh.
The Whoopi Goldberg of this forum laughed at your post.
 
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dtrain79

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Yep, fraud in Medicare, fraud in SS, fraud in the Supreme Court (leaking), covid lies for something funded and created by Fauci, but elections are pure. LOL. That is why so many states had more votes that adults and PA had more mail in ballots received thjwn sent.

You are definitely book smart, but your street savvy is lacking. Taking the vax when you had the Italian data, believing elections are not ridden with fraud, supporting RINOs who do not have voters interests front and center - how do you defend Rs preventing an R president from recess appointments?

Anyway, name me the last Republican to overcome a deficit in the lengthy vote counting process? Democrats always make up huge ground. Rs, never.



So I'm book smart but not street smart because you change the argument to argue about SS and Medicare fraud??? Huh? What are we talking about here?

The reason that the late count favors Dems is because Republican voters tend to VBM earlier and to the extent in-person voting is utilized (I think it's available in Cali, but not much used), it's all Rs. So R ballots are overrepresented in the early count.

There's an argument about voting earlier actually reflecting having one's act together more, but apparently your street smarts (hahahahahahaha) caused you to miss that.
 

dtrain79

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Yes. They “find votes” until the Democrat is ahead and call the race then.

Republicans have won like half the federal elections since Trump told GOP voters the Dems were constantly cheating. If they were, wouldn't Rs win less?

Trump won comfortably in 2024 ... where was the cheating?
 

dtrain79

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Ivy League grad, Ron DeSantis, understands what’s going on.



Ron DeSantis knows his GOP voters, he implies nefarious behavior without alleging it. RDS also understands why the Dems tend to gain late (btw, that hasn't happened in every election, there have been a few situations where the timing of the county made it seem rigged for Rs, ala Ohio 2020). Truth was just that Ohio counted mail ballots first, and in-person last, and Rs went from well behind to easily winning.
 

dtrain79

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dtrain79

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Does @dtrain79 believe RDS has brain rot?

No, I believe he thinks you are stupid, and you are busy proving him right.

He's making an implication for you without making a factual assertion, because he knows the actual reason for these late Dem surges - more Dems voting late in the VBM process.

Now DeSantis is right that it's insane California takes 30 days to count. I've agreed with him 100% on this for years. We should have a result in even close races within 24 hours. But it's not because Dems are cheating, it's because their voters tend to be less organized in getting their ballot in early.

I would pose a question for you. If Texas mailed you a ballot for a general election (Rs versus Ds), how long would it take for you to return it?

Btw, the Supreme Court is likely going to rule that no state can count ballots received after Election Day (in federal elections). That decision is probably coming this month. Not sure how it will apply this November, but it's really going to screw over Cali's asinine system of allowing ballots to come in well after ED. So they'll be a little faster, even though their counting process will still be too slow.
 

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So I'm book smart but not street smart because you change the argument to argue about SS and Medicare fraud??? Huh? What are we talking about here?

The reason that the late count favors Dems is because Republican voters tend to VBM earlier and to the extent in-person voting is utilized (I think it's available in Cali, but not much used), it's all Rs. So R ballots are overrepresented in the early count.

There's an argument about voting earlier actually reflecting having one's act together more, but apparently your street smarts (hahahahahahaha) caused you to miss that.
Not changing the argument, you are better than that.

The reason the late count favors the Democrats is because it is rife with fraud. The Democrats are much better at cultivating the vote early, too. Anyway, you have declared it to be clean in contrast to actual watchdog organizations which inherently understand (it is just common sense) that extended counting leads to extended cheating and opportunities to cheat.

Apparently you are no longer an RDS guy since he agrees 100 percent with me. RDS beat the drug addicted Dem loon in 2018 by a handful of votes. After producing clean, timely, and fair elections, the state is now plus 10 Rs. Thanks to Stone and Jeff, we know the idiot Dems remain idiot Dems. Ron simply removed the fraud and the ability to cheat. Of course, in your world, extended counting is totally legit and fraud free.
 

dtrain79

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Not changing the argument, you are better than that.

The reason the late count favors the Democrats is because it is rife with fraud. The Democrats are much better at cultivating the vote early, too. Anyway, you have declared it to be clean in contrast to actual watchdog organizations which inherently understand (it is just common sense) that extended counting leads to extended cheating and opportunities to cheat.

Apparently you are no longer an RDS guy since he agrees 100 percent with me. RDS beat the drug addicted Dem loon in 2018 by a handful of votes. After producing clean, timely, and fair elections, the state is now plus 10 Rs. Thanks to Stone and Jeff, we know the idiot Dems remain idiot Dems. Ron simply removed the fraud and the ability to cheat. Of course, in your world, extended counting is totally legit and fraud free.

What is your proof Dems are cheating? Please provide actual proof. You have none, so that will end this dumb discussion.

Ron DeSantis didn't "remove the fraud" in Florida elections lol. There wasn't material cheating when he arrived, and there isn't now. Like me, he knows Dems are voting late in Cali, and the late count will be better for Dems. Go figure! The fact that you are the third person he suckered with this take is hilarious, but on the policy of ending late counts HE'S 100% RIGHT. The better policy is having immediate knowledge of the winner ... because then partisans like you have one less argument that it must be cheating.

Apparently it takes book smarts to understand the argument that "extended counting is bad on its merits, even if it doesn't mean cheating."'

Good news is that you can blame cheating instead of Trump for the 2026 GOP debacle that is incoming.
 

dtrain79

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Just to be clear on the upcoming elections, here's where I stand.

I hope the GOP loses the House but keeps the Senate (for court appointments).
I hope Paxton loses in Texas (a couple of the other crappy GOP candidates for statewide office also losing would be great, but not Abbott/Patrick).
I hope the Nazi co-splayer Platner loses in Maine.
I hope Mike Rogers (R) wins the Senate seat in Michigan, especially if he faces the loon El-Sayed.

It's long past time to have these two clown parties rewarded for clown choices.