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Interesting, so in November the seat was +33 R but this round it was ~ +10 R, pretty big shift.
That swing is the off-year, special election cycle, the 10:1 spending and the fact that Randy Fine is probably the worst candidate the FL GOP could have possibly run.

And with all that against him, he still won. Dems are cooked in Florida.
 
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Tldr: Trump team apparently uses Gmail, but WaPo admits to being unable to be unable to provide evidence when asked (though they claim they have it). Trump team denies this.
We still doing this?

Call it "transparency" or whatever helps you sleep because the only people they are hiding shit from are you and me, not China and Russia and Iran.
 
Is this not pretty normal for a special election? Even midterms have notably depressed turnout.
Bad turnout for special elections is normal, this was just a bad time to stay home.

Midterms used to, but much less so in the Trump era.

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This was Ron DeSantis’ district… Must have a lot of wealthy Jews there.
 
No and it's retarded for you to even think that. A judge is a referee, he sees that the rules of the court and the law are being followed and no more. He cannot determine facts.

Scenario 1: Paco is accused of murder. The jury convicts him. The judge can find that the conviction was based on unlawful evidence or the jury was prejudiced, but he cannot determine whether or not the murder happened or if someone else was responsible.

Scenario 2: Paco is accused of murder. The jury determines they cannot conclude the murder happened. The judge has no recourse. Let's go with your interpretation that he could throw out the acquittal. There is still no proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Paco committed the specific murder. The judge is not legally empowered to determine facts, so the end result is a mistrial.

This is by design. The judge exists to prevent "convicted because we just don't like you" or the prosecution abusing their power. If a judge could determine guilt, juries would be useless.

Lastly, look up jury nullification.
 
An oil change costs like a hundred bucks or so. Healthcare is not so cheap out of pocket, which is a whole other problem.
If you actually bother keeping yourself healthy, the upkeep costs don't amount to much.
I spend a few hundred dollars on bloodwork a year, keep an eye on my waist size, and spend some money occasionally to expand my collection of weights.

You don't have to pay for medication if you don't need any, out of pocket bloodwork is cheap nowadays for the basic stuff, I get mildly sick maybe every other year and that doesn't require any meds just some broth and tea until I'm feeling better. Even some regular monitoring procedures is cheaper out of pocket than it was through insurance anyway.

The biggest savings I've ever achieved was getting healthy and getting away from insurance in favor of what is essentially catastrophic coverage.

It does require not being a fat fuck and doing some basic research into how to eat to prevent shitty chronic diseases though.
 
To use a popular analogy, no one uses auto insurance to pay for an oil change or other kinds of routine maintenance. Instead you go to any number of providers who will quote you a price up front, do the work requested, and then bill you for the agreed upon amount. Imagine how much more fucked it would be if you had to go through insurance to get an oil change.

This is a stupid analogy.
Insurance is for when things happen that are out of your control.
Noone insures and oil change because it is basic maintenance. It's pointless since every car need an oil change and there is no point pooling money when everyone's going to get a payout. Cars are expected to break down. Insurance doesn't pay out when your engine blows up, or your transmission breaks. Auto insurance is only for accidents.
 
I just woke up, but you kinda got me with this one. Granted China doing shit in Taiwanese sea or airspace is just a normal Tuesday for them.
The real April fools is when you check the sources and realize its all real and all happened today and none of its a joke
 
From what I have seen of him I agree. If he wasn't wearing a diaper, I might respect that a little more. Men have died from burst bladders.

Are you willing to risk death for your convictions, Mr. Booker? Or are you, to use your own words, being performative?
thing is, wouldn't we notice a wet stain on his pants regardless?
 
This is a stupid analogy.
Insurance is for when things happen that are out of your control.
Noone insures and oil change because it is basic maintenance. It's pointless since every car need an oil change and there is no point pooling money when everyone's going to get a payout. Cars are expected to break down. Insurance doesn't pay out when your engine blows up, or your transmission breaks. Auto insurance is only for accidents.
That actually depends entirely on your policy. For instance, Amber Heard used her homeowners insurance to pay for legal representation when Johnny Depp sued her for defamation. This was entirely caused by her own negligence. Totally unrelated to her home, but as it was in her policy it was paid for.

You could get insured for oil changes, but the insurance company will charge you more over time than the cost of the oil changes. The more likely to occur an event is, the more the insurance policy costs.
 
Republicans hold Florida US house district despite being outspent ~10:1.

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I find it odd that democrats are still trying to consider this a win because it shifted blue when this is a special election and they barely funded the R candidate compared to the democrat.
If you lose when your opposition barely spends any money comparatively then it's not a good look for you
 
Insurance doesn't pay out when your engine blows up, or your transmission breaks. Auto insurance is only for accidents.
Lets take this all the way. Health insurance shouldn't be paying for life extending procedures like open heart bypass, just injury as the result of accidents. Oh wait, maybe not covering engine and transmission replacement is how auto insurance is affordable by the masses?
 
I find it odd that democrats are still trying to consider this a win because it shifted blue when this is a special election and they barely funded the R candidate compared to the democrat.
If you lose when your opposition barely spends any money comparatively then it's not a good look for you
it's been said before and should be said again, it wasn't just spending, Fine is a shit candidate who ran a lazy campaign.
so yeah, "we didn't lose as badly" when you have an opponent the base is decidedly unexcited about, you outspend him ten to one, AND he doesn't even bother to do much of anything until the last week as early voting is already going
this is like losing to that aussie breakdancer chick
 
Lets take this all the way. Health insurance shouldn't be paying for life extending procedures like open heart bypass, just injury as the result of accidents. Oh wait, maybe not covering engine and transmission replacement is how auto insurance is affordable by the masses?
New Hampshire is the only state in the union where you aren't forced to buy car insurance. That's another way to make it cheaper. One of the reasons why Healthcare is expensive in the US is the fact the American Health Association lobbied to cap the amount of doctors. They later admitted this was a mistake, and are now trying to reverse it decades later.
 
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