The Sicatoka

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2000: Some called it for Gore.

By that standard shouldn’t all games be canceled?

Teeder11 can claim to have won the President race and be as valid as a claim by either Trump or Biden. (Congrats Teeds!) Why? None have certified results by states nor do they have a vote by the electors (the electoral college).

The media does not declare a winner. There is a process that must be executed. State legislatures certify results and electors to the electoral college. I find it fascinating that right after “media declared a winner” the coalition of state legislatures tested a link to this. https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/after-the-voting-ends-the-steps-to-complete-an-election.aspx

Even when the word appears everywhere in just one overnight news cycle. Good demographics must spread fast in the overnight news rooms.

Esquire, if I may, do you telegraph, or as you say, forecast, the nature and proof of you suit (claim, allegations, evidence) before you make your filings? At most, I’d expect, you’d announce that you’ll be brining suit.

But the same word ends up on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, et al? Hint: The NYT more than likely first used the word and the rest glommed on — orchestras follow conductors.

@dynato — A singular corporate vision/mission statement from all branches and divisions of a single media outlet (Sinclair) is ... well ... expected. You walk into an Ace Hardware and you seem the same red vests, signage, and product lines in every one wherever, don’t you? Now when all the various outlets, not under a single ownership umbrella, sound alike (gravitas, grifter) please explain that.

Yeah, “gravitas” in all of these peoples’ extentive daily lexicon.

5-4 or 6-3? If I set the over-and-under at 5.5 vs 3.5 what would you take?

Today’s words of the day? Baseless Widespread Listen for them. You’ll hear them in nearly every major media outlet. Someone is setting a narrative (aka programming your brain for you).

Really? I heard JBD is kinda OK at D. Same for Kierstad.

Michigan GOP on television making that claim earlier today. This could be fun. The most advanced nation on earth can’t count, even using software as crutch.

You bet I legally conceal carry my .40 at times. I’ve had a rabid coyote walk out of a tree line with malice at me. And I’ve been in the wrong convenience store at the wrong time. Neither of those times was I properly equipped; but, I won’t be fooled again. PS - the ugliest feeling in the world is seeing a robber pointing a gun at a store clerk and knowing there’s not a thing you can do to stop it or help.

Virus. Gonna. Virus. Next question.

Grifter? Grifter. Was that word in your (not you jdub, the plural greater ‘your’ reading this) common vocabulary until recently? A couple years back it was ‘gravitas’ as the word to use to sound “in the know.” We are all subconsciously being programmed by media of all ilks. Because they pick a word and echo chambers it upon us all. In doing so they set their narrative.

I’d say your half right: One is fracturing; one appears to be forming a new coalition that few expected.

Remember: Those commentary shows are all about the Benjamins. Ratings numbers matter.

Owens is a non-starter. She's got no resume to hold that job. If you tap Tim Scott you have to go Noem. You can't have two from SC. Cruz / Haley or Scott / Noem would be intriguing.

We're picking candidates by melanin, not political mentality. We're doomed.

Because I also enjoy finding out the hard way when I've forgotten to wear an athletic cup? I'm also a fan of unsedated colonoscopies and doing at-home, do-it-yourself root canals with a Dremel and a bottle of Jack (Tito's also works).

Rubio / Noem 2024

Media calls mean exactly zip dot squat aside from attempting to mold public perception.