Mike Goodman

a lot of folks on here see themselves as holy crusaders to harass people online they don't like. that's bad, in my opinion

Nuclear block is great because you rally just get to remove annoying posters from your life.

One category of extremely annoying poster is the poster that loudly and authoritatively shouts about a subject they know nothing about while blocking anybody with any expertise to know they’re wrong.

Here’s the quotes.

I certainly think so!

Yeah she very much didn’t do that…what she did was a different bad thing in that she basically said Mamdani wasn’t a Dem as a way of taking a swipe at the left and promoting herself as a *true dem* which is bad in other ways maybe (and would be and for Mamdani if it mattered but thankfully doesn’t).

I don’t think she really said that here though?

It matters a lot to people whose politics is dependent first, and only, on politicians saying things that make them feel good.

It was potentially bad for Mamdani, but he’s cruising to victory so it all seems fine and good!

Making voters hate the party: bad

Getting voters who already hate democrats to vote for you: good

It’s a tricky balance and tbh I think most dems saying they are not like the democratic socialist mayor of New York City is good for them on balance!

There’s just a whole category of voter who wants economic populism but won’t believe Dems are actually for economic populism unless they are also socially conservative. It’s a very hard problem to solve!

The idea that voter preferences matter but also that voter preferences map imperfectly to candidates stated positions just seems so obvious and yet all anybody does is strawman the two halfs of that belief against each other.

Broadly they’re just extremely transactional on the whole.

Eh. Conservatives have always tried to make politics national (as have democrats for that matter) but it used to be harder for it to work. The media environment has well and truly changed in that regard.

I mean conceptually the people who believe the progressives are the problem believe that to be the case *because* of the nationalization of politics.

Classic Blunders
1. Don’t get involved in a land war in Asia.
2. Don’t go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
3. Don’t call Wallace Shawn “Dr. Strugis in Young Sheldon”

If you see people trying to make this endorsement about anti-Zionism feel free to wish them persistent hiccups at bedtime.

This is a prime example of Jewish politics in America having a lot more to do with, well, Jewish politics in America, than Israel.

Sometimes you wake up one Sunday morning and your eight-year-old has decided they’re really into Ticket To Ride now. And out of nowhere you’re just having a great parenting board game weekend.

Nancy Pelosi’s ice cream was too expensive though.

The ideal Moises Caicedo performance involves people like me being extremely annoying after the match as I tell you that you don’t appreciate Moises Caicedo enough.

Moises Caicedo is so so so good. But dear god do you not want to watch a match where the stand out performance is Moises Caicedo.

You’re welcome.

I mean they may not like believe it in their heart of hearts but they are set up to play as if they do (though executing terribly at the moment).

Somewhere between 5 and 7 I imagine?

Tottenham seem really annoying to play against if you think you’re supposed to beat them and not at all annoying to play against if you think they’re supposed to beat you.

Lol that’s worse than anything I’ve gotten:

Did you know there’s no fresh food anywhere in America?

Arsenal have allowed four shots on target across their last five Premier League games.

18 teams have conceded four or more *goals* across their last five Premier League games.

NBC Sports obsession with having Gary Neville read the promos is a great bit.

It’s definitely some of it.

I think if you watch teams defending they aren’t doing much differently than they do against every other team they face.