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Synode

Anyone else using Firefox on desktop? Are pages on Boards taking ages to load for you?

Synode

aloooof wrote: »

Anyone else think this decision to have Leaving Cert students in for 3 days a week at the moment is madness?

There's far too many exemptions for this 'lock down' to have the desired effect imo.

molloyjh

While I dont believe for a second that hardcore Republican-Trump supporters supporters are even remotely close to "seeing the light", i do think the Republican party is in serious danger of tearing itself apart in the next few years. Will supporters align with Trump jn large numbers? If so, and if the Trumps are really bothered to keep at this for the next year or two, the Republican in-fighting could ensure the Democrats have a decent run at it for a little while.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/eric-trump-republicans-2022/index.html

aloooof

swiwi_ wrote: »

Trump did that?

Fake News!

swiwi_

aloooof wrote: »

Anyone else think this decision to have Leaving Cert students in for 3 days a week at the moment is madness?

Trump did that?

aloooof

Anyone else think this decision to have Leaving Cert students in for 3 days a week at the moment is madness?

molloyjh

irishbucsfan wrote: »

He’s really going off the deep end now. Could be 25th amendment territory by Inauguration Day

What has he done?

irishbucsfan

He’s really going off the deep end now. Could be 25th amendment territory by Inauguration Day

Neil3030

I think one thing is becoming clear - the cult turn out for Trump, not for Trumpism. When DJT isn't on the ballot, GOP have underwhelmed (2018 interims, GA run off) and overperformed when he is (2016, 2020).

We'll know more in time, but the party have alienated themselves from so much political competence, I have no earthly idea how they rebuild from this.

[Deleted User]

Definitely think there is a before Trump 'BT' and post Trump perspective to US politics that renders predictions moving forward very hard to gauge. Biden is in a similar situation to Obama in the sense that the Dems hold all three houses for the next two years. Losing that majority cost Obama any ability to effectively govern for the latter half of his Presidency.

Democratic party leadership might fall into the same acquiescence but I wouldn't be surprised to see a more aggressive administration given the last few years. Trump really was a bizarre aberration of a presidency but given the numbers he turned out in November it's clear the rot runs very deep.

Going to be an interesting few weeks through to January 20.

kuang1

Hope you and your OH are doing well Bazzo.

Happy birthday Venjur. Always imagined you to have 7/8 years on top of that tbh!
(it's a compliment... Wise beyond your years!)

Hard to see a 2 year recovery for the GOP imo. Their support base isn't passing through to younger generations like it used to. Trump has pretty much taken them on a botched kamikaze attempt in the last few months, with nothing left but outright wreckage and debris of what used to be the Republican party, and little or no damage done to the Democrats.

Thing is, the US needs the GOP to be somewhat seaworthy. It's definitely a long way from that right now.
Can't see how they'll turn around things in Senate elections in 2 years either, unless they completely amputate Trump.

Bazzo

Sweeping election reforms coming for America?

No, probably not.

irishbucsfan

swiwi_ wrote: »

No in the interest of a fair and free democracy, congress will outlaw the Republican Party.

That would just turn them into lobbyists and they’d have more power than ever before

swiwi_

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Based on recent history, this means you can be pretty certain that the Republicans will have control of both the house and the senate by 2024

No in the interest of a fair and free democracy, congress will outlaw the Republican Party.

sydthebeat

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Decision Desk just called both races for the Democrats

https://twitter.com/decisiondeskhq/status/1346717051314966528?s=21

Looks like they’ll have no one to blame but themselves now!

They'll certainly have one particular person to blame

irishbucsfan

Based on recent history, this means you can be pretty certain that the Republicans will have control of both the house and the senate by 2024

irishbucsfan

Decision Desk just called both races for the Democrats

https://twitter.com/decisiondeskhq/status/1346717051314966528?s=21

Looks like they’ll have no one to blame but themselves now!

[Deleted User]

Neil3030 wrote: »

Dave Wasserman has called it for Warnock.

swiwi_

If the democrats do in fact take Georgia I expect republican senators to turn on trump. By thinking only of himself he has not only cost himself the presidency but also senate control. Biden will have 2 years to ram thru legislation before the next senate elections. Trump would go down as the loserest of losers.

Neil3030

Dave Wasserman has called it for Warnock.

Looking good for Ossoff too. NYT now have him at 81% likely to win.

Narrative from earlier seems to be spot on: combination of a huge black turnout, disappointing GOP turnout and Venjur predicting a GOP win.

[Deleted User]

They seem to count the mail-in votes first in Georgia so there could easily be a swing towards republicans as it goes on

Neil3030

Needle is beginning to tilt toward the good guys

ClanofLams

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Quelle surprise. It's Georgia.

CNN have apparently re weighted the poll so it points towards a much closer race. Early voting numbers in terms of margins turnout etc also look good for Democrats.

Dave_The_Sheep

Quelle surprise. It's Georgia.

ClanofLams

CNN exit polls look ugly for the democrats.

awec

mfceiling wrote: »

Happy birthday Venjur.

Bits of you will starting creaking, breaking, failing, snapping and stop working.

On the plus side.....nothing.

Bit closer to the free bus pass.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

Happy birthday Venjur.

Bits of you will starting creaking, breaking, failing, snapping and stop working.

On the plus side.....nothing.

Is it not after 40 that a beer gut is acceptable?

mfceiling

Happy birthday Venjur.

Bits of you will starting creaking, breaking, failing, snapping and stop working.

On the plus side.....nothing.

thomond2006

I was thinking Venjur was about half Jaco's age.

Apologies for thinking you were 60, Venjur.

Dave_The_Sheep

dregin wrote: »

I had him a lot younger, but then again, I'm not far behind him and still get flashes of thinking I'm still 16, so lord knows.

I can fully get behind that.