mercano

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[–] mercano@lemmy.world 7 points 51 minutes ago

That’s some top quality Dwaven battle bread there.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I’m curious with all the nonsense Trump and Vance are spewing about Springfield if Ohio starts to come into play. I may be dreaming, they were up 8 or 9 points before the debate, but I haven’t seen any new numbers since.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

They also had gone over budget on a few episodes earlier in the season (Elementary, Dear Data and Q Who, the first Borg episode, usually get blamed), and didn’t have much money left.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 100 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Some dev was very happy when they figured out how to get work to pay for their trip to the furry convention.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Dispatch, suspect is asking if we know who they are. Contact the local Alzheimer’s care facilities, see if they have any runaways.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

It’s not intentional gerrymandering the same way that can happen when laying out congressional districts every 10 years, but it’s a form of gerrymandering from where the state boundaries got drawn. In addition, smaller population states have a disproportionate number of electoral votes, because every state gets 2 votes from their senators + a number of votes from their House members proportional to their population (minimum 1 representative, so minimum 3 total.)

Other than Nebraska and Maine, that splits their electoral votes, its winner take all within each state, so if you win a state by 1 million votes or just 1 vote, either way you win all of the state’s electoral votes.

Someone ran the numbers, based on the 2012-2021 congressional map, and worst case, you could win the popular vote 78.7% to 21.3% and still loose the election.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The Republicans have won the presidency three times this century, but have only won the popular vote once, on George W. Bush’s second campaign in 2004. The Electoral College screwed us over in 2000 (Bush vs Gore) and 2016 (Trump vs Clinton).

The Deomocrats have also won the presidency three times this century, but also carried the popular vote every time they did. (Also, every time they won, Joe Biden has been on the ticket…)

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The last Grumman LLV rolled off the assembly line 30 years ago, and has been probably been driven six days a week, except federal holidays, ever since. I’m not surprised they’re on their last legs.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You’re not going to get the Roller Coaster achievement without really trying for it.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I heard the Dawg Pound in Cleveland is going to pretty empty this Sunday, too. (I’m sure it has nothing to do with Browns having a road game in Jacksonville.)

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

If he floods the market with shares, I wouldn’t be surprised if the price craters so hard it gets delisted.

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