Raptorpat

I don't think "disarray" is the right framing. The coalitions I think are contextually different, in part because the Electoral College and geographical advantages minimize what Republicans need to win while maximizing what Democrats need to win. So that means like the Republican coalition is much narrower, because it only needs a smaller cohort to win power, and is more effectively purging it's outlying members because it can. Meanwhile the Democratic coalition is a much broader tent, so it's always prone to a lot of natural disagreement but everyone needs to stay in that tent to break even. There are localized examples of "disarray", like GA statewides will be real interesting to see how Republican voters act, given Kemp and Raffensperger are probably more dangerous to maga than a Democrat Trumpistas can easily vilify. But I think the Mastriano-type GOP Christian Nationalist candidate is going to be the new norm more and more.

I heard on the radio that the Ukrainians damaged the major bridge crossing on the Dnipro River that Russia uses to supply the Kherson urban area. Not totally destroyed, but unable to shuttle military supply convoys to the west bank. As Russia grinds its way through in the northeast, I think this is probably where there will be a lot of activity soon, fighting for the western bank.

the follow-up will be that they were also trying to find a way to write off the sandwiches as a charitable donation

was the boy Ukrainian? then the Russian robot has a motive

I cleaned out the sidebar now that it's resolved, so as not to distract from the actual topic carry on edit: i posted this before i realized someone moved it to GD, i put it back in CE

That one was 120 pages long and had a bunch of drama in it, I'd rather you make a clean v3 if that's cool

I don't know if I actually touched the grass or not

rules that I definitely didn't break, right? RIGHT???? I went to a yankees game once around that same time period. and I fell asleep a couple innings in and woke up when it was time to go.

one time (of the three times) I hit the ball, i was running from first to second and the other kid had picked up the ball and just stood there and looked at me smugly. so with my expert knowledge of the rules at the time (which was just something like "the running part is tag but it's the ball that's "it"), I brilliantly just stepped around him, stepped back, and kept running as he continued to just stand there and not touch me with the ball. when I made it back to home plate, the coach said something like "good job, but don't do that" and I was legitimately pissed because i strongly felt i definitely did the right and correct thing in the absence of any additional information.

when i did junior pee wee, i caught the ball once except instead of my glove, i caught it with my eye socket

But man, imagine how much less video there probably would have been plastering McCarthy's hypocrisy across the wall if only he didn't pull his five appointments to the commission from consideration.

From this vantage point, given the federal law being executed was of the peaceful transfer of power, the practical difference between the one charge and the other (notwithstanding everything I previously explained about the complexities of proving the requisite elements of an outdated penal statute and how some crimes as written are unprovable) is the degree of violence necessary for a court to entertain insurrection. And because the violence of storming barricades, fighting and injuring security, breaking into the US Capitol, etc. did not rise to a high enough degree of violence, I can only really say that the best argument that it wasn't an insurrection was because the Congress and Vice President successfully evacuated before the rioters, including people with zip ties, weapons, walkie-talkies, and a makeshift gallows outside reached them. Which is to say that you're right to the extent that technically it was a failed insurrection. As far as this, well the committee answered this directly in the five minutes beginning at the time stamp: Not only did multiple witnesses corroborate the gist of the story Hutchinson relayed (that there was a heated dispute between Trump wanting to go to the Capitol and the detail refusing to take him), but the Secret Service is finally beginning to play ball with more to come down the road.

The aberration was a one-off gimmick thread. https://unevenedge.com/topic/31410-remember-that-one-thread-in-ib-that-got-to-10000-posts

I am a bit of a caveman so I don't fully understand the scope of NFT opportunities, but this is definitely the first time I've seen an announcement about a game company and NFTs that hadn't gone the other way.

This folder isn't IB, there's a club and a discord that are both IB. This is General Discussion and no folder camp has dibs, so you best start discussing your generals.

Right. So traffic and activity have declined significantly over the past few years. Routine visitors have declined by between one half and one third, however actual content has fallen off significantly more than that. Below is a basic chart for context: Set aside "new blood" for the sake of discussion, because I included it just to make the point that it's not even a target at this point. The "active user" category is self evident - people who both log in and engage in content. The "other ASMB" category are people who never made the jump, or popped in once or twice but never engaged. The "lapsed user" category is made up of people who were formerly active, and have either left the site completely or lurk for one reason or another, and their absence represents about four times the amount of content that is posted in the current normal. This is obviously unrefined (it doesn't distinguish between the types of content being posted for example), but it paints the picture. So we conducted a survey to seek out opinions from active users, lapsed users from all corners, and maybe even some of the other ASMB folks who never joined. What do people like about the site or wish the site did better, what don't they like or why did they leave? The goal was to try to construct a path that might give everyone a little of what they want and see if we can increase numbers from the orange and yellow categories without alienating the red category. It may be that we can't, due to one too many mistakes in the past or just that it's the natural life cycle of a near-20 year old internet community. But it's the people that say things like "I don't come around often, but I really value that we still have a home" or "the ASMB was really important to me in a vulnerable time and I appreciate that you're still out there" that make it worth the effort to try. The 20th anniversary date isn't a guaranteed kill-switch date if nothing changes, but at a minimum I think we've agreed that it would be a pivot point in one way or another.

My father told us a story once about the first time he ever ordered delivery by himself. To paraphrase: He was about 10-12 and home alone (he was the youngest in a huge family), and called the pizza place or wherever to ask how much xyz was as he's counting his change and thinks "yes! I have that exact amount, perfect!" Fast forward and the delivery guy drops off his order, he proudly and confidently hands over exactly change. The guy counts it and, "Is that it?" "Yup!" Moment of silence until the guy realizes he has no idea what tipping is, just had to laugh it off and go on his way.

The omnibus gun package was so over-the-top but towing the line Thomas articulated that they're basically daring the federal courts to start carving it up.

hazalappy birthday minmaxwell

The second site tab next to "Browse" is "Activity" and there's all sorts of customizable feeds that I guarantee none of us have ever looked at.

As a general FYI because there have been some questions, the default landing page for the club is the "overview" which is just a chronological feed of all activity in the club. The tabs at the top of each club include the overview, the member list, and at least one traditional board. Click on that board tab, whatever it may be named, and use it/create threads like normal. If I can find a way to disable the default overview tab I will (it doesn't really make sense unless there's multiple boards or other features enabled within the club).

Actually nevermind.

Can you simplify what you're asking for, in like 20 words or less? I genuinely don't know whether you're trying to be serious.