I’m currently in a swing state, and I really enjoy getting the postcards. It makes me feel a little less alone in the sea of red.

Oh nice, thanks for the recommendations

That definitely makes sense. What’s a good SF book you’ve read recently?

I just had a friend tell me he loved the whole series (with caveats), why didn’t you like it?

It is a good sign, I was just saying that Georgia is definitely not for sure blue without interference from Republicans though (they do absolutely interfere though).

Nah dog. Georgia has some super red areas. The recent swing of the Atlanta suburbs to blue is a very recent phenomenon. Outside of Atlanta, it’s all trump country.

My favorite internet video on the subject: https://youtu.be/WlP9aJnzyZw

Sounds like you are wanting a system that punishes an ethnic group of children for being given worse opportunities.

But if the pool of candidates between the races were equal, why did fewer black candidates make it in? Is the new system racist against against black candidates, are black people less deserving of slots, or is there something that happens pre-applying for college that makes black candidates less appealing?

So the question then becomes, why are there less black candidates that can get in when race blind? Are black people just dumber? Or has the system they grew up in acted on them in a way that disadvantaged them? Because if we agree with the former, we are racists, and if we agree on the latter, well then it’s unfair to them because the system actively worked against them.

I agree that income matters more than race. Obviously. But they cut out considering race, and then less black people made it through the admission process. You can’t say that you are a big fan of the process AND you wish there were different outcomes.

Black people experience racism that has disadvantaged them, and it seems silly to think that we shouldn’t acknowledge that in processes that could give them a leg up.

So you are happy with less black students getting in?

They had a way of weighting a person’s background as a part of their application. So imagine 2 students: -4.0 through high school, AP classes, a bunch of extra curriculars, great test scores -3.8 through high school, one AP class, no extra curriculars (because of family responsibilities), great test scores.

If the second student is a black student coming from a disadvantaged community, they legally can’t consider that in their admission process.

It’s time to use the good ole “don’t attribute to malice, what can be explained by incompetence”

He’s one guy compared to multiple companies? I think I would bet on the multiple companies.

That would be great, but I’m not sure she would win. Obviously I don’t know, but it seems like moderates on the democratic side do better.

Foresters. You have to have a degree(most are 2 years, but still), and you can make less than the fed poverty rate. The exception is a federal job, but those are very competitive.

It’s Calvinball. They change how they are making the rules to weed out what they don’t like. Don’t like Roe? Throw out the 9th amendment. Don’t like firearm restrictions? Rewrite how we are supposed to interpret the grammar of the constitution. Don’t like other rules? Make up that it has to apply to “history and tradition”. It’s ruling on top of ruling that are impossible to universally apply meaning they get to remain with all of the power to strike down what they don’t like.

President Biden had classified documents when he wasn’t president. This is a no no. A special counsel was created to investigate and see if he broke the law (which requires showing a level of intent). The special counsel interviewed Biden and afterwards put out a report and was like “we shouldn’t procecute this case, the jury would see him as a forgetful old grandpa” (this is not a real quote).

Now congressional Republicans want the justice department to release the audio of the interview. They say they want this to find evidence of criminal activity (as if the justice department wasn’t doing the same thing?) And Merrick Garland is refusing under the reasoning that it wouldn’t serve a purpose, and disclosing information on someone who hasn’t committed a crime, you are going to prosecute, is bad. Imagine if the government did that to all people they didn’t like, start an investigation, get a bunch of dirt, and then publish it?! It’s insane to me IMHO. So then they decide to hold Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress which is the only escalation they have in this position.

I do agree with you about the ick of it all, especially with it winning the tony like you mentioned. I think musicals have a weird relationship with reality, which can make creepy characters/situations hit different people in different ways. I think phantom/love never dies is a prime example of this.

And I get that this is a forum, but people get replies to their comments sent to their inbox, and it feels weird when I post something and then people disagree as if they aren’t in a discussion with me.