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Here is a quadrant chart using CNN’s exit poll. It shows what issues hurt Republicans, by how many voters called each issue crucial and how they voted. Cost of living (49%, D+34), corruption (55%, D+28), & Iran (34%, D+46) made people vote D. Only immigration (36%, R+15) helped Rs.
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None of the Republicans who voted were actually mad about Railroad Commissioner Candidate Bo French’s tweets.
For context, French got 45% of the vote. Incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott got 45.6%.
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Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Exit polls are showing the GOPs perceived strict immigration enforcement was one of their few winning issues.
The Iran war was a massive losing issue.
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The election hinged on Iran because the war with Iran drove up gas prices and inflation and poured fuel on the fire of bipartisan concerns about corruption, Israeli influence, Epstein, and government spending. Iran was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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It's amazing how much my 102 IQ wife pretends not to have food preferences, thus making dinner reservations impossible
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“That guy’s the best general. Put him in charge of the troops.”
“But he’s the enemy’s general, sir.”
“Oh, didn’t realize you hate meritocracy.”
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The tombstone of Tiberius Claudius Maximus, a cavalryman of Legio VII Claudia, provides us with unique evidence as to how soldiers got ahead in the army.
It records that he was promoted to decurion by Trajan in the Dacian Wars "because he had captured Decebalus [King of Dacia] and brought his head back to him at Ranisstorum"
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This reminds of a joke: A young priest asks a wise older priest, "What's the difference between the Jesuit and Dominican Orders?" The older priest says wearily, "Well, actually they have a lot in common. They were both founded by Spaniards, St. Dominic for the Dominicans, and St. Ignatius of Loyola for the Jesuits. They were also both founded to combat heresy: the Dominicans to fight the Albigensians, and the Jesuits to fight the Lutherans." The younger priest says, "I see. But where do the Jesuit and Dominican Orders really differ?" The older priest looks at him and says, "Well, have you met any Albigensians lately?"
I hung out with Oliver Stone twice via a mutual friend. He was very intelligent and interesting, and a little nuts. He indulged my questions about his films and we talked a lot about history.
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The most captivating thing about Jennifer Lawrence’s face was her heavy-lidded eyes, which gave her that enigmatic, mysterious look. But now she’s gone and had the trendy upper blepharoplasty, and all that charm is gone.
She doesn’t even look like herself anymore. What a shame.
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98% of the refugees admitted to the U.S. under Trump have been white South Africans.
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My dear Wormwood, Four years suits us. Better still is the native who calls it mercy while his own suffer. Preferring the stranger to one’s neighbor is the precise inversion of the Enemy’s law- our finest recruits march under that banner. Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.
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I regret to inform you that the only political party who actually believes their own rhetoric is the Libertarian Party and this has had disastrous political, moral, and social consequences for everyone involved
