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One of the very few things Ukraine and Russia agree on is that any "peace deal" would just give Russia a chance to regroup and try again to eliminate Ukraine. But somehow, the West still has its doubters.

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I don't think "polls are worthless" is at all a self-evident conclusion, however personally comforting I might find it right now.

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No, I said politicians get consideration when they're winning. If Biden were comfortably leading this race, as every fundamental says he should be, he'd be getting much more deference.

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I'm not sure what answer you want here. I'm absolutely not defending the NYT, but the problem is the poll numbers suck. What's the point in trashing people for noticing?

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When they're winning.

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That's not really fair, either. She's a veteran politician and very does not run the campaigns of every member of the House Democratic Caucus. If one believes the polls and doesn't see a decent possibility of improvement, it's a reasonable position, regardless of the fairness of the age criticism.

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I think the clues Pelosi is looking at are poll numbers. Biden being assumed to be losing a step is barely more fair than blaming him for inflation, but that's politics.

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Context clues, and I don't see why it wouldn't.

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She can't remember this or chooses not to?

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Under communism my in-laws had bosses they had to obey *and* they starved

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Yes. Russia tires of dumping endless blood and treasure into the conflict and goes home.

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The writers went with Dr. Cannard because Dr. DeStraction was too obvious.

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Kamala campaigns as the incumbent VP, while Joe keeps absorbing the arrows of actually existing policy. It could work, especially on I/P.

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When are oral arguments on the request for additional briefing?

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Yes, all of that gets bumped up a level or several. Constraints removed, scapegoating intensified.

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Not having to take any specific positions on I/P is the big advantage of the no resignation scenario. It's an absolutely no-win issue. She's either Genocide Kamala or terrorist sympathizer Kamala.

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When it ceases to be a meaningful democracy for anyone, it tends to become something far worse for minorities and oppressed classes.

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If Harris becomes president before election day, she'll have to have an Israel/Palestine policy, which will fuck her up in the general. One of the big upsides of replacement is Biden taking all that shit on and with him.

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It would have been pretty typical for W, tbh. I had a whole desk calendar of lines like that.

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Corbynistas do not appreciate such puns. Own it like Farage, I say!

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The liberals who have spent the last week yelling at the NYT for refusing to drop the matter?

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Why solve a supply issue when you can resolve a distribution against people you don't like? The NIMBY code.

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If people don't like hotels. They can be converted into housing. If the hotels are full, more building needs to take place. "Hoarding " is a silly concept in this context. The buildings are being occupied by someone. If you build more, they will also be occupied by someone. This is a good thing.

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Tourists and locals are demanding the same housing stock. There is not enough. It is a lack of housing. Just like money or any other resources.

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Could be worse - groping the dog and eating the babysitter.

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Penises for some women. Miniature Union Jacks for others.

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I thought it was pretty clear those guys were tankies. Syria atrocity deniers too, iirc.

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Accepting reality does not mean being apathetic to it. The bliss is in the ideoligically comfortable fantasy world I choose to keep out of.

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Clinton did it with Dole in 1996. Dole was 72.

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Just enough time to get branded "Genocide Kamala" when Israel policy doesn't change.

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The right does better PR for communism than do communists.

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"This issue is too important to be rational about."

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"According to fans of a regime that murdered millions, your collaboration with a regime that murdered tens of thousands is unconscionable."

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In order for Biden to fail to meet it, the bar must be raised. All of these arguments ignore huge swathes of what Nixon, Reagan, and Trump actually did. They have to in order to preserve the point.

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A country that might elect a president Sanders or Warren is well to the left of this one. I'd not expect marginally more pressure on Israel that an Obama might employ to result in much change on the ground, given Israeli enthusiasm for continuing violence and congressional enthusiasm for Israel.

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US politics on Israel is fucked, has been for decades, and nobody who would unfuck it now would have ever been elected president. To properly calibrate expectations.

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