Why was the popular vote so close in the US presidential election?

BD66 comments on Nov 6, 2020:

Polls rely on people to voluntarily comply to give information to the pollster. Trump supporters tend to not trust government, and they tend to not trust pollsters. Then there is the "busy factor". I received multiple calls from pollsters while I was working, and I just hung up the phone. A retired grandmother who sits home watching CNN all day listening to anti-Trump propaganda is more likely to spend the time talking to the pollster about her opinions than someone like me who is running 2 businesses.

many of you have successfully tracked down old classmates etc. by searching the Internet?

BD66 comments on Nov 5, 2020:

My first roommate in college graduated in 1985, got married, moved to St. Louis, and I didn't see him for 33 years. Then I went online and found out he lived 2 blocks away from me!

We are all anxiously waiting!😬😳

BD66 comments on Nov 3, 2020:

And they are guaranteed to get one form of STD or the other form of STD.

Looks like that meme template was much older than imagined

BD66 comments on Nov 3, 2020:

The guy's nose is a bit suggestive too.

Pastor Rick Joyner, Who Said the U.

BD66 comments on Nov 2, 2020:

And he's going to defeat it with prayer! :-)

Earned my first block from Joanne who claims not to be marxist, yet supports all marxist policies.

BD66 comments on Nov 2, 2020:

A higher minimum wage makes it harder for unskilled US workers to compete with unskilled foreign workers.

Have you ever listened to a Trump speech and thought to yourself....

BD66 comments on Nov 2, 2020:

Sounds like professional wrestling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkghtyxZ6rc

sometimes we have to be cheesey ... [agnostic.com]

BD66 comments on Oct 28, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnSeKHnB_k8

What the Duck McDonald's!!! [ca.news.yahoo.com]

BD66 comments on Oct 24, 2020:

Ronald doesn't look like he has eaten many of those fries.

If you insist...

BD66 comments on Oct 19, 2020:

My great-great grandfather walked off his Missouri farm at age 50 to go fight in Sherman's army.

Deroy Murdock: Trump vs.

BD66 comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Here's the problem. If you repeat a lie often enough, most people will believe it. That's why the majority of people in this county believe they have a friend in the sky. That friend is a 2000 year old Jew who had a mother who was a virgin and a father who created 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars. If they can believe that, it's easy to convince them of bad things about Trump as long as they feed them that information over and over again.

I love snide remarks.

BD66 comments on Oct 15, 2020:

Jesus caused a lot more trouble over 2000 years than those other 2 ever could.

I'm just curious to see what the community thinks about this.

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2020:

It's an absolutely fantastic time in human history. Better than 2010. Better than 2000, Better than 1990. You should read Enlightenment Now and stop watching the BS on nightly news.

Not sure how to caption this...

BD66 comments on Oct 12, 2020:

It boggles the mind.

Political humour.

BD66 comments on Oct 9, 2020:

VP Pence might not even understand what he meant by that.

You caption it...

BD66 comments on Oct 9, 2020:

I'd prefer Miley Cyrus.

But of course you have.

BD66 comments on Oct 8, 2020:

100% guaranteed that Trump has the absolute best strain of Covid. :-)

Trump's latest mistress exposed....

BD66 comments on Oct 7, 2020:

Yikes!

If they were a band, what would you call them? Please share your suggestions

BD66 comments on Oct 7, 2020:

Get Off My Lawn!

Chastised for wearing a mask at church: My brother has a friend who went to church wearing a ...

BD66 comments on Sep 27, 2020:

Don't argue with the result.

Trump nominates Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court- [thefederalist.com]

BD66 comments on Sep 26, 2020:

I hope the Democrats tear into her the same way they did Kavanaugh and alienate all the female and religious voters.

From the time I spent on Slug, where people were constantly decrying Marxism (and defining every ...

BD66 comments on Sep 26, 2020:

You can look at like a progression from: Almost no government control: The best example would likely be the USA before the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to Complete Government Control: Best examples would be the old USSR during Stalin or the PRC during Mao's time. The conservatives are saying each increase in taxes, government regulation, and government control is taking us from minimal government control (19th century USA) to complete government control (Stalin's USSR or Mao's PRC). Conservatives believe we need to go back the other way and move in the direction of the 19th century USA.

Truth from Mr Clemens that is still poignant & meaningful after all these years...

BD66 comments on Sep 26, 2020:

That was before the Sherman Anti-trust act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act_of_1890

The common flu kills about 50,000 people per and to date year COVID 19 has allegedly killed 200,000 ...

BD66 comments on Sep 24, 2020:

The big difference is that people can get vaccinated for the common flu, so each year we achieve pretty good herd immunity without any deaths from the vaccines. There is currently no vaccine for Covid-19, so we're faced with social distancing or a whole lot more than 200K deaths to achieve herd immunity.

Big Pharma strikes again....

BD66 comments on Sep 23, 2020:

Want some crazy dreams? Try singulair: The generic pills are only about 10 cents each and the dreams beat paying $10 to see a movie. https://www.rxlist.com/singulair-side-effects-drug-center.htm

It's just mind boggling. 😑[youtube.com]

BD66 comments on Sep 22, 2020:

Has AOC ever heard of email?

I think I can answer this one....

BD66 comments on Sep 21, 2020:

Maybe smart people have too much going on in their heads to hear want God is saying. No problem with most of these people. :-)

What make one decide whether there is s God or not?

BD66 comments on Sep 21, 2020:

Reading the Bible.

We told them the wealth would 'trickle down'.

BD66 comments on Sep 19, 2020:

It’s best to look at the issue in terms of supply and demand. During WWII, almost every industrial country in the world had its infrastructure bombed out. The countries were almost bankrupt as well. The United States was the most notable exception. We emerged from the war with a large portion of the world’s investment capital, a large portion of the world’s industrial infrastructure, and only 5% of the world’s labor. In terms of supply and demand, there was a huge demand for US labor and a small supply of US labor, thus US laborers enjoyed a standard of living they never had before and never will again. During that time, (the 1950’s), a kid in my home town could drop out of high school, get a job at CAT operating a drill press, get married, buy a house, buy a car, raise a family, then retire at age 50 with a pension and healthcare benefits for the rest of his life. What killed all that was the Marshall Plan and our obsession with winning the Cold War. If US Corporations had been allowed to keep more of their profits, they would have had more money to pour back into their factories, so the demand for US labor would have continued to grow, but The Marshall Plan and Cold War related spending took most of the profits from running factories and industries in the United States and sent those profits overseas to countries like Japan and Germany to help them build their factories, and it also sent the profits into the defense industry so we could defend the entire “Free World” By the early 1970’s you started to see VW bugs, Mercedes, BMW, Toyota, and Honda cars on the road. You also started to see Sony consumer products in the home. That would not have been possible so early if the US Government had not taxed US companies at such extremely high rates and sent that money overseas to be invested in foreign factories. By the late 1970’s there was so much foreign competition it took away almost all collective bargaining power of US unions. When CAT workers went on strike in 1978 and 1983, CAT management crushed the unions. Similar things happened in the same time frame in the auto industry. There was already enough labor that could be tapped in foreign countries that it was no longer possible for US workers to demand a huge premium over their foreign counterparts. Now move forward to the end of the Cold War. When the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain fell, the labor of people in Eastern Europe, the USSR, China, Vietnam, and India became available to anyone who had money to invest. The world’s supply of free-market labor increased by a factor of about 5, while the world’s supply of capital did not increase by much at all. So with much more labor and only a little bit more demand for that labor, the price of industrial labor...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at age 87- [kwtx.com]

BD66 comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Trump will get to appoint another Supreme Court justice.

Why he is called "The Last Great Republican..."

BD66 comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Another very simple example to explain how completely insane the 2nd point is. Assume you have two companies. Company A and Company B. Both companies make $1,000,000 per year in profits. Company A is taxed at 90%, so at the end of each year, after paying taxes, Company A has $100,000 to reinvest back into growing the business. The takes the taxes from company A and 50% goes to defense, then 40% goes to Company B. So at the end of each year, after paying taxes, the money each company has to reinvest back into its business is: Company A: $1,000,000 (- 90% taxes) = $100,000 Company B: $1,000,000 (+40% subsidy) = $1,400,000 If Company B has competent management, it will grow much faster than Company A because Company B has 14 times more money to reinvest back into growing the business each year. Now assume all Company A's are in the United States, and all Company B's are in Japan and West Germany. I have described exactly what happened in the 1950's when US companies were taxed at 90% and Japanese and West German companies were heavily subsidized. That's why we started to see so many Toyota, Honda, VW, Mercedes, and BMW cars in the road by the early 1970's.

Why he is called "The Last Great Republican..."

BD66 comments on Sep 18, 2020:

I will explain why the second one is completely insane. It’s best to look at the issue in terms of supply and demand. During WWII, almost every industrial country in the world had its infrastructure bombed out. The countries were almost bankrupt as well. The United States was the most notable exception. We emerged from the war with a large portion of the world’s investment capital, a large portion of the world’s industrial infrastructure, and only 5% of the world’s labor. In terms of supply and demand, there was a huge demand for US labor and a small supply of US labor, thus US laborers enjoyed a standard of living they never had before and never will again. During that time, (the 1950’s), a kid in my home town could drop out of high school, get a job at CAT operating a drill press, get married, buy a house, buy a car, raise a family, then retire at age 50 with a pension and healthcare benefits for the rest of his life. What killed all that was the Marshall Plan and our obsession with winning the Cold War. If US Corporations had been allowed to keep more of their profits, they would have had more money to pour back into their factories, so the demand for US labor would have continued to grow, but The Marshall Plan and Cold War related spending took most of the profits from running factories and industries in the United States and sent those profits overseas to countries like Japan and Germany to help them build their factories, and it also sent the profits into the defense industry so we could defend the entire “Free World” By the early 1970’s you started to see VW bugs, Mercedes, BMW, Toyota, and Honda cars on the road. You also started to see Sony consumer products in the home. That would not have been possible so early if the US Government had not taxed US companies at such extremely high rates and sent that money overseas to be invested in foreign factories. By the late 1970’s there was so much foreign competition it took away almost all collective bargaining power of US unions. When CAT workers went on strike in 1978 and 1983, CAT management crushed the unions. Similar things happened in the same time frame in the auto industry. There was already enough labor that could be tapped in foreign countries that it was no longer possible for US workers to demand a huge premium over their foreign counterparts. Now move forward to the end of the Cold War. When the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain fell, the labor of people in Eastern Europe, the USSR, China, Vietnam, and India became available to anyone who had money to invest. The world’s supply of free-market labor increased by a factor of about 5, while the world’s supply of capital did not increase by much at all. So with much more labor and only a ...

Why he is called "The Last Great Republican..."

BD66 comments on Sep 18, 2020:

#2 is completely insane and the reason why American workers have such a low standard of living today.

The things I find....a whole potato....lmao...

BD66 comments on Sep 18, 2020:

This looks like an Onion article.

Spock always makes sense:

BD66 comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Never knew Spock was a Libertarian.

While this is amusing, it belies the reality of what an asymmetric "civil war" would be like.

BD66 comments on Sep 16, 2020:

My brother spends a lot of time wading up and down creeks and rivers fishing. He said this year, he's heard more gunfire than ever before. After they saw the WalMarts they shop at vandalized and looted, the rural folks have stocked up on guns and ammunition, and they are improving their marksmanship.

Refugees from socialist countries warn Americans: Don't let it happen here

BD66 comments on Sep 16, 2020:

I know a bunch of Silicon Valley Russians who got out of Russia as fast as they possibly could after the collapse of the Iron Curtain. They are just shaking their heads in stunned disbelief at the all the collectivism nonsense they see in California.

SPANISH - aDIOS means bye but GOD IN SPANISH IS DIOS. Still its just a word.

BD66 comments on Sep 15, 2020:

It literally means "Go with God"

Be careful guys! Rosecute1982 is ascammer !

BD66 comments on Sep 14, 2020:

What did she scam you out of Val? :-)

What spices are in your pantry?

BD66 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Kicken Chicken Montreal Steak

So tell the truth how many of you could read this article without laughing so hard you pissed ...

BD66 comments on Sep 9, 2020:

That Covid-19 is one hell of a virus: It spreads like crazy at motorcycle gatherings, small businesses, and polling places! It doesn't spread at all at WalMart and Social Justice protests!

Kind of disturbing. But then.... I look at the Democratic Party's choices.

BD66 comments on Sep 8, 2020:

That Democrats engage in the same thing: Bill Clinton -> Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama -> Michelle Obama It seems to be an inherent weakness in humans to want to put a family member of a former President into the office of President. It could be the same flaw in the human brain that allows religion to proliferate.

Happy Labor Day!

BD66 comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Prior to WWII, there were labor unions, but laborers were desperately poor. During WWII, almost all the other developed countries in the world bombed out each other's industrial infrastructure and bankrupted themselves. The United States was the only country in the world that survived the war with an industrial infrastructure in tact. From 1945 to 1980, unskilled laborers in the USA enjoyed a standard of living that they never had before, and never will again. The people to thank for that are the people who started WWII. Hitler, Stalin, and Tojo. Not labor unions. Give credit where credit is due.

Well, fair's fair: 😎🍷

BD66 comments on Sep 6, 2020:

My money is on Barron Trump.

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

BD66 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

Here is what I believe to be an unbiased story on the whole issue. https://www.bullshido.net/anatomy-of-a-catastrophe/?fbclid=IwAR3rL0naei7dI78TGeHZOz-8VOWtys5rvCLoxk-s6RyovcJFL5wz00S_hB0 Here's a thorough account of the two sleazeballs that Kyle Rittenhouse killed in self-defense" https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2020/08/28/kenosha-shooting/?fbclid=IwAR2HAZqm0kqgiFUNn4SG9VZ2PXvzHm-6WtAX63tI28-WMDdsviP-TcoMuqc

Sending the wrong message...to everyone.

BD66 comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Maybe Gary came out in a big way.

Are there any conservative Atheists who don't support Trump?

BD66 comments on Aug 31, 2020:

I agree with bigpawbullets. I'm no fan of Trump, but the GOP is definitely the lessor of 2 evils.

Funny and stupid true.

BD66 comments on Aug 30, 2020:

That was one badass 17 year old kid.

Here’s a question.

BD66 comments on Aug 30, 2020:

If this is a serious question, you can spend your entire life studying the natural sciences, the social sciences, and history. There is plenty "to believe in".

Why do Atheist like to talk about God so much?

BD66 comments on Aug 28, 2020:

It's usually a response to having those with idiotic beliefs impose their irrational decisions based on those idiotic beliefs upon us.

The perfect meme for 2020!

BD66 comments on Aug 28, 2020:

Turn off the news. The rate goes way down.

Identities, mainly race, gender and sexual orientation, are today's substitute for religion.

BD66 comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Climate Change too.

Do as I say, not as I do.

BD66 comments on Aug 25, 2020:

All cults of human sacrifice are not created equal :-)

Republican cowardice? [revolver.news]

BD66 comments on Aug 24, 2020:

Crazy!

Should be some interesting parties in the White-House if these folks win!!! 😆🍷

BD66 comments on Aug 23, 2020:

Willie looks happy! You won't find any Bill and Hillary Clinton photos that look like that.

Demon Pillows | claytoonz I Hate This Guy a Much as I Hate Trump

BD66 comments on Aug 19, 2020:

I'm jealous. I wish I could convince people to buy a pillow for $40 when you can get one at Walmart for $3

Scary.....

BD66 comments on Aug 16, 2020:

I'll pass.

What color was Jesus?

BD66 comments on Aug 16, 2020:

Brown.

It was bound to happen

BD66 comments on Aug 8, 2020:

What did Joe Biden say or do? I don't watch network news, so I don't get it.

What the ____

BD66 comments on Aug 8, 2020:

I've seen women swimming in those things.

Finally in female friendly format....

BD66 comments on Aug 7, 2020:

Where do you find this stuff?

Alabama Pastor & GOP State Senator Prays at KKK Founder's Birthday Church Forces Resignation

BD66 comments on Aug 6, 2020:

They don't burn a cross for nothing.

Can you name this photo?

BD66 comments on Aug 4, 2020:

$16,000,000,000,000 increase in the national debt during those 24 years.

Some assistance please.

BD66 comments on Aug 3, 2020:

My girlfriend would probably dump me if I got rid of the television in the bedroom.

"A Whim o' Wap, A Whim o' Wap" Gonna kill me a lion

BD66 comments on Aug 1, 2020:

These songs always did it for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYsMjEeEg4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc

Have you heard about our lord and savior Smokey the bear?

BD66 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Thats some fine smelling BBQ. Mind if I join you?

I remember my first time swinging a hammer.

BD66 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Swinging a hammer at a police officer. Assault with a deadly weapon? Hope that damn fool gets several years in prison.

Preacher Sean Feucht Is Holding COVID-Ignorant Worship Services for Thousands | Hemant Mehta | ...

BD66 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

They have been holding science-ignorant worship services for 2000 years.

This is why I don’t want to date men anymore. Sickening! 😷

BD66 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Where I live, the women are at a "Bible study" which is really a potluck where the focus is on eating. The men are at Buffalo Wild Wings drinking and watching a sporting event.

I mean, 4 might be true....

BD66 comments on Jul 29, 2020:

I like #3 the most.

Atlanta Megachurch Pastor Calls Slavery ‘Blessing’ – Divine Gift For White People | Michael ...

BD66 comments on Jul 29, 2020:

I couldn't stand to listen past the first 15 seconds.

Atleast leave those animals alone, bastard. 😠😠😠😠

BD66 comments on Jul 28, 2020:

I wonder what the Pope's position on this issue is?

Is that how Bit Coin works?

BD66 comments on Jul 27, 2020:

If William Tecumseh Sherman said it, it has to be true.

And if any candidate gets less than 80%, they should be disqualified to run!

BD66 comments on Jul 27, 2020:

I'd love to see Trump vs. Biden on Jeopardy, but I'd rather see them choose from the last 10,000 categories that have been presented on the show. It would be good to see which one has retained his mental ability into his mid to late 70's.

So first post. Woo. So much pressure um. Well first off. Hey?

BD66 comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Join a local atheist/humanist group and make new friends. If your old Bible-thumping friends don't want to be your friends any more, you are better off without them.

Although I've seen him in many things, it's gotta be Rocky Horror for me... and Earth 2.

BD66 comments on Jul 26, 2020:

He was great in Home Alone 2.

[twitter.com] You call this protest? I feel like they just escaped from the mental hospital.

BD66 comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Another day, another peaceful protest.

Bill Nye Says ‘We’re All One Species’ As He Simplifies Race In Viral Video | ETCanada.com

BD66 comments on Jul 23, 2020:

A very simplistic view of a complex topic. It all comes down to evolution, an how long have reproducing populations been apart. Humans split from chimpanzees 5 to 7 million years ago. Since then, there were enough genetic mutations that Humans and chimpanzees could not have sex and produce offspring. Humans split from Neandertals 300K to 500K years ago. Mondern humans and Neandertals were close enough genetically that they could reproduce with each other and produce offspring, so Europeans and Asians get about 2% to 4% of their DNA from Neandertals. The limit for most species that they be sufficiently different that they cannot reproduce is about 1 to 2 million years. Modern humans migrated out of Africa about 50K to 60K years ago, so there was very little interbreeding between modern humans in Europe and Asia with modern humans in Africa for about 50K to 60K years. The modern humans who became Europeans and the modern humans who became Asians split about 40K years ago. So for about 40K years: Modern humans who became Europeans did not breed with Asians or Africans Modern humans who became Asians did not breed with Europeans or Africans Modern humans who became Africans did not breed with Europeans or Asians. This 40K years of evolving separately led to physical differences, skin color, hair texture, facial features, that was very different among the three different groups (or races) of people. Then all of that changed due to people like Vasco De Gama, Christopher Columbus, and Ferdinand Magellan. Once modern humans started traveling in large numbers from continent to continent, they started interbreeding with each other, so the physical (racial) differences that were so apparent in the 1400's are diminishing rapidly.

What's up Doc?.... [youtu.be]

BD66 comments on Jul 22, 2020:

I don't know what is more obnoxious, the singer, or the Fauci worship. Here's Anthony Fauci telling people not to wear masks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRa6t_e7dgI

Well the god thing definitely doesn’t work. [kmov.com]

BD66 comments on Jul 22, 2020:

The sad thing was that most of them would have had good careers and/or been good wives and mothers, but they gave their lives for their imaginary friend in the sky.

Not all heroes wear capes.

BD66 comments on Jul 20, 2020:

That's how you protest!

I now have to wonder if in a few years will the news headlines read something like this?

BD66 comments on Jul 20, 2020:

Lawsuits against mask manufacturers.

My favorite demotivational poster

BD66 comments on Jul 19, 2020:

I love those posters.

If they both work, then why...

BD66 comments on Jul 19, 2020:

It's like trying to explain probability to a racoon.

Vote now....

BD66 comments on Jul 17, 2020:

Tacos.

Math problem 2020 edition

BD66 comments on Jul 16, 2020:

Herd Immunity.

Saharan dust storm didn’t work. Next?

BD66 comments on Jul 16, 2020:

I don't think I have used a coin since the Covid-19 lockdown started in March.

Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Man Threatens to Kill “in the Name of Jesus” | Hemant Mehta ...

BD66 comments on Jul 14, 2020:

People have been killing "In the name of Jesus" for almost 2000 years.

Surfs up!.....

BD66 comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Sounds like a better religion than Christianity.

Not my research or authorship, but good details.

BD66 comments on Jul 13, 2020:

How about "Wear your damn face masks, and kill the spread of the disease like all of the other developed countries on earth!" That's a better slogan.

A little sobering thought for a Sunday

BD66 comments on Jul 12, 2020:

That's 100% true, and if they didn't make that decision, a competitor would have made the same decision and run the corporation out of business.

Trump just commuted the sentence of Roned Roger Stone.

BD66 comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Stupid move. Roger Stone is an old man. They could have had him released from prison because he is high-risk for death from Covid-19, then pardoned him after the election. Maybe I should be Trump's strategist. I might last a few hours.

Paranoia can be productive .... [agnostic.com]

BD66 comments on Jul 10, 2020:

The government can't track down 11,000,000 illegal aliens, but they can force kids who want to go to public school get vaccinated.

Just couldn't resist this sarcasm. 😂

BD66 comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Bring a big hammer.

Another one on religion

BD66 comments on Jul 7, 2020:

I'd prefer to stay out of the bar, stay out of the temple, not think about God, and not think about whisky.

I had the rare occasion to watch live TV yesterday day and the president was doing his 4th of July ...

BD66 comments on Jul 5, 2020:

I was over at my mother's place for a 4th of July dinner, and she had CNN on. I was unbelievable! Rather than reporting on what was actually happening, it was non-stop anti-Trump propaganda. I asked her if we could please have dinner without being bombarded by leftist propaganda.

Apparently all lives DO NOT matter to Walmart.

BD66 comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Looting and arson are powerful motivators.

Colleges do not pay taxes on tuition and income tax yet recieve massive amount of taxpayers money!!...

BD66 comments on Jul 3, 2020:

At least churches aren't brainwashing the kids into becoming Socialists and Communists.

I need some logical input on this subject. Am I overthinking this?

BD66 comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Brain surgeons wear masks for 9 hours while doing brain surgery every single day they are work. Your kids will be fine.

More like "oh shit..."

BD66 comments on Jul 3, 2020:

She should get at least 3 votes. One vote for every 200 pounds.