Good list, but I am afraid that there’s at least a 10% chance that the nominee will be Liz Cheney (got to keep chasing those moderates)

I’ve never heard that the Ainu were associated with red hair or pink complexion in any way. My guess would be that the woman and the boat went adrift off the cliffs of Moher and unusually strong currents just took them to Japan.

I think this is just a flex on Trump

Well then you didn’t have any pre-existing conditions.

I don’t know why you would assume that, or why you would imagine that I was unaware of this change.

That was huge for me and millions of other people. A game-changer.

Of course this was huge for people, but it wasn’t a huge reform for the health insurance agency. It didn’t change the for-profit nature of health insurance; it just put a guardrail on it. It softened one of the hardest edges of private health insurance, which made it palatable enough to escape real reform.

I agree that we got change under Obama, but I wouldn’t call it any more than that. Softening the edges of the existing system just enough to gut any real push toward change isn’t reform; it’s entrenchment fundamentally different systems like universal healthcare wasn’t reform; it was entrenchment.

Situated several hundred feet above sea level, routes through the caves pass along steep cliff edges and over deep ravines like the one Andic tragically fell down.

Several areas include tricky terrain, like rocky pathways without proper fencing or support.

Might make a great location for a corporate retreat

On the other hand, a colorful sorting would only negatively affect you when you are actively looking for a book.

No, unfortunately, it would remind me every time that I looked at it that I had somehow married someone who thought this was acceptable.

So, don’t make empty threats?

Given the country’s current mood, is it really wise for the oligarchs to threaten the livelihoods of the very group that gave us the expression going postal?

Pretty thorough in its search, but hardly complete. As a test case, I searched a sample sequence and looked for an expected match.

Of 9218 results for the sequence “7, 8, 9”, I was unable to find any output matching “why was 6 so nervous?”

Ideologically similar candidates dropped out of a race and put their support behind someone ideologically similar when it became apparent that they were splitting support

ie, like a team

You brought up how the candidates seemed to view the contest in more of an us vs. them, or team competition, sort of way. This isn’t how primaries typically work. Primaries are typically contests of individuals. Sorry if that was unclear enough that I had to explain it to you.

Anyway, the point is that the voters didn’t decide on Biden so much as Biden was decided for them.

Putting aside how primaries are really not like team sports, I think that you have to admit that it was the DNC (or, charitably, the candidates) that chose Biden to remain in the race, rather than the voters. My whole point is that voters have had little say in the DNC primaries. That is what is strange. Voters should drive candidate selection, rather than just “coalesce”.

OK, let’s just say she’s a hero. I’ll say it for you. Lena Khan is a hero everyone!

With that out of the way, look at the last, say, five decades. Look at income disparity over that time period. Look at wages. Look at the health of labor unions. Look at how much more money political campaigns cost now. This has all been happening under Republican and Democratic administrations. Both parties have been moving to the economic right.

You can find heroes like Khan throughout this time period. Point them out if you like. Just don’t ignore the fact that these trends continued despite their best efforts.

I just think you need to recognize that sometimes civic engagement requires more than just a vote

Oh, things will be different for us. The rich, however, will be just fine. They’ll still gatekeep who can run for president. They’ll still actively co-write legislation. They’ll still buy lobby legislators and cozy up with regulators. We’re living in a second guilded age. We didn’t just vote our way out of the last one

The rich and powerful would also have won if Harris had managed to get elected. You may really care which party wins, but I doubt most of our oligarchs do.

It’s hardly a diversion. As stupid a choice as Trump is, he was still viewed by voters as their pick. While the Republican party is held hostage to the populist Trump and his supporters, the DNC won’t even let voters participate in the selection of candidates. Can you really say that Biden won a normal primary (coming from behind as other candidates strategically dropped out)? Would you say Harris was selected by voters at all? Did Clinton’s bailing out of the DNC in 2016 not register with you?

I understand why voters haven’t been that excited about the Democrats for over a decade.

That isn’t what invalidated the primaries.

Until a few more palms get greased…

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The DNC hasn’t had a real primary since 2008. That’s the real problem.