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I can’t see D’s being that motivated. They got their main objective. How much appetite among lower propensity voters (especially the youths) to turn out for a Senate primary in January?

Pennsylvania should be done by morning. Trump is toast.

The runoffs will be wild. I think Perdue definitely wins (Ossoff is just bad) but Loeffler has a wild one. She’s less popular and up against a better candidate in Rev. Warnock

@approxinfinity just saying, zero prominent Republicans are supporting Trump’s bizarre claims. He’s increasingly isolated and we’re only 48 hours out.

I do think you’ll see R’s dump Trump like a bad habit as this thing is increasingly dire for him. Georgia looks gone, Nevada is gone, and then PA, AZ don’t matter. Though Biden will eventually win them both.

@approxinfinity said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

They also don't directly denounce the President. Say his name.

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Rep. Kenzinger had a strong statement. Sen. Sasse as well.

@approxinfinity said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

@FarmerJayhawk it most definitely is progress. It relies on much more stable, cheaper means of transportation of data. It means that upgrades in process / ballot contents could be deployed much more quickly and without enormous costs (see removal of dead people from the ballot). It cracks the door on direct democracy. What do you think about direct democracy? Do you believe people can and will make informed choices when entrusted with more opportunities to vote on policy? Do you think that is a good thing? I do, and I do again. There will take some learning and have hiccups but yes, I believe in the people.

As far as mail in being better because people don't have computers, what about people who don't have homes? Do you need an address to get mailed a ballot? There should always be a physical backup solution just as absentee has been our backup to date.

I only say "in theory" because there are those who know more than me about this, but I have confidence that it can be done. I fully agree we can roll this out on a smaller scale and build up, but ultimately I don't think that security is what will hold us back from getting there.

I would think that just as banks have fraud detection looking for anomolyous data, you would use machine learning to identify potential fraudulent voting as votes are cast. Even analog votes now should be used as training models for fraud detection in eventual online systems.

Very much not a fan of direct democracy. I hate ballot referenda and wish we'd just get rid of them. The language is usually very confusing (like voting yes actually means no and the like), and voters generally aren't familiar with the issue on the ballot. Half of American adults can't even name all three branches of government, so I definitely don't trust the electorate to vote on complicated matters of policy. And I say that as an instructor in a school of public policy. Even students routinely get basic things wrong about how things work (e.g. a common exam answer is "the Supreme Court should say thing X is unconstitutional." Well, they can't just do that.

Can you imagine getting Americans up to speed on a really complex, convoluted piece of legislation like the ACA, when most people can't even tell you the difference between a copay and deductible or average vs. marginal tax rates? Or Dodd-Frank, which regulated markets most people don't even know exist, let alone understand? I'm perfectly happy entrusting to elected representatives with the responsibility to represent my interests. Even as a policy guy, I don't know every issue and don't have the time to dig into a lot of them. When it was my full time job, I could keep a closer eye on things but frankly Americans have better, healthier things to do than politics.

@approxinfinity said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

@FarmerJayhawk I don't think the government hires the best and brightest IT people at all. They're paid less than in the private sector, with less interest work using old technologies. Also, the government has done a poor job with contracting IT companies who are similarly below the grade. While not the Government, see the most recent DNC contract re: the app developed by Shadow for the Iowa Caucus. Amateur hour.

This would obviously have to be done by people who know what they're doing. This is simply at its core the guaranteeing of one piece of data (ballot with a few fields) that may be written once only per unique user, and then have an adequate checksum system / redundancy to guarantee its integrity / availability. This does not seem very hard in theory tbh. We aren't talking about continued access to update the data. One time. Read only thereafter. They need to do one simple thing but do it very well.

Hire the best and brightest. Make it transparent and redundant.

Fear should not stop us from progress.

Key point there: in theory. We don't have any track record of being able to secure people's data. Not in the public or private sectors. Feels like I'm in constant free credit monitoring because of some breach by a random Russian kid. I'm also not sure it's progress? Sure, it's voting by screen and not paper. I'm just not convinced that's progress other than using a more sophisticated technology. Let's at least have one election using online voting that has actually worked before saying let's all do it.

I think a better way is universal mail-in voting, like a bunch of states out west have done for years. It doesn't depend on developing entire new systems, doesn't require everyone to have a stable internet connection, is secure (especially with the 2 envelope system), and it's accurate.

@benshawks08 said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

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Someone who knows more than me tell me about this?

There was some polling evidence (especially in Florida) that Trump was making significant gains with minority men. There was also some evidence Trump really lost ground with seniors. In looking at a few counties, it looks like the first materialized, the second did not. We’ll know more when final exits come out.

@approxinfinity said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

@mayjay hear me out.

We have social security numbers right? Just like a ss #, your password would be issued on a card that you'd be responsible to stash in a safe place. That is reasonable and not very different than a system we already have.

As far as people without internet, as I said, a fallback system would still be present.

This isn't a pipe dream. It's a goal that we should strive toward aggressively.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/03/15/136607/darpa-is-trying-to-build-an-unhackable-open-source-voting-system/ ↗

At least we didn’t have major hacks that revealed everyone’s personal information over the last several years! DIA was breached after all. If someone (like, say, a country that rhymes with Prussia) can breach one of our most secure intelligence agencies, how could we secure a nationwide voting system? Does DIA not hire real IT pros? Same with the banks. Our national track record does not inspire confidence.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

@FarmerJayhawk here in ks the pacs just killed us! The mods got beat in the primary and we got some psycho right wing nut jobs. Here in hutch was the worst! It's to long of a story.

I know the story well! I consulted on a few KS races this year. Was a fun time. I talked to a few GOP types last night in the state and nobody anticipated what was going to happen (with the exception of Jared Suhn, because he's a freaking savant). My early thoughts are the D's got out hustled in JoCo. Kellie Warren is a freaking machine, as an example. I think D's nominated some candidates that were poor fits for the district. Constance was a bad candidate in SD-10. Jim "interns make the best DD's" Ward was truly bad against Petersen. Shoot, most Democrats are even lukewarm at best with Ward. They really need to do a better job recruiting candidates. R's had some rock stars in some of these races. Kristen O'Shea flipped Laura Kelly's old seat by 20 points (against a bad candidate in Tobias). Beverly Gossage got in a tough race late and pulled it out (full disclosure: I was a bundler for her waaaay back in the day). Brenda Dietrich will be very good. And have to give a shout to my best girl, Senator Elaine Bowers. She's an incredibly lovely human.

The House is going to be pretty cranky and hard to deal with but Laura and the new Senate President (likely Longbine) will be able to drag the House around a bit. Should be an interesting couple years over there.

@approxinfinity said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

Why do we cast physical ballots? Why don't we have a secure government website where we can cast our vote easily and securely? It can be done with the same level of checksums and transparency. This whole process is sloppy, inefficient and an avenue for greater voter suppression.

In short, they're unhackable and a permanent, unalterable record will always exist. Several places have experimented with online voting, and to an attempt there have been potentially fatal security flaws. The Feds released a pretty spiffy report ↗ on it not long ago.

Plus, there are still households in Louisiana without electricity due to hurricanes. It would be a total mess to deal with power outages. Think if a big ice storm hit Minneapolis right before Election Day. What's the backup plan? Paper ballots. We even use them as a backup to voting machines. Paper ballots are still the most secure and failsafe way of voting. It's not super efficient and takes awhile to count, but I'd rather keep doing it this way than reinventing the wheel for something so important.

@approxinfinity hard disagree on the evilness of Cocaine Mitch.

Anyways, we got a nice AZ vote dump from Maricopa. Trump +18. Wouldn’t surprise me to see the AP retract its call.

@approxinfinity said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020:

@FarmerJayhawk you don't think having Trump at the top of the ticket had the most to do with the turnout?

Also, what makes Mitch the greatest? Winning?

I do not. Down ballot candidates ran pretty far ahead of Trump in a ton of districts D’s thought they had in the bag. Like in JoCo, Marshall and Adkins ran a couple points ahead. Legislative candidates ran WAY ahead of Trump. A similar pattern emerges around the country. Biggest example is Collins in Maine. If anything, down ballot candidates had coattails for Trump.

Cocaine Mitch, the grim reaper, Midnight Mitch, whatever totally badass nickname you prefer, is the most consequential Senator since LBJ, and he may end up surpassing LBJ in accomplishments. He’s incredible at keeping his slim majority together and playing the long game. He runs circles around Schumer and previously Harry Reid. He kind of used Trump as a useful idiot in his ultimate goal of remaking the federal judiciary. Really a masterclass in parliamentary leadership.

Related observations. I’m always amazed how awful Democrats are at non-Presidential politics. They spent $200 million to lose by 35 points combined to Cocaine Mitch and Lindsey Graham. Well done folks!

Cocaine Mitch is the all time greatest. Keeping the Senate majority is massive. And I firmly believe if you shot Biden up with truth serum, he’d rather have ML McConnell than Schumer. They can make deals and Biden can blame McConnell for anything. And he’d be happy to take the barbs.

The GOP picked up state legislative seats nationwide, which has big redistricting implications.

There was an EPIC polling failure in JoCo and Kansas broadly this year. Someone in the party showed me a poll that had D’s picking up 10-15 House seats and 5 Senate seats. The GOP expanded their supermajority in the state legislature, including a big upset in knocking off Sen. Hensley, who’s been Minority Leader longer than I’ve been alive. Can’t blame anyone but themselves. The GOP just outhustled D’s.

I think Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Schumer should step down from leadership, especially if Senate R’s keep 52-53 seats. They flat blew it.

@approxinfinity they won’t be as Democratic given what we know about how many were mailed, dropped off, and come from the rural parts of the state and county. I think it was smart to hold off, like most other news organizations and aggregators like DDHQ have.

The AP call of Arizona looks premature to me. There are still over 600k ballots outstanding there, and Trump needs about 58% to win the state. He was running a little over 60% in late ballots last night, so it’s doable. Though not super likely.

If all goes as it should, it’ll end up 279-259 or 290-248. Talked to one of my friends in the RNC orbit and PA looks like it’ll go Biden by 70-100k. Wisconsin already called. Michigan will only get bigger for Biden (though hopefully not big enough to beat John James), and I don’t have a great feel for AZ.

There’s not 270 out there for Trump. Enjoy your day, folks. This one is ovaaaaaaa

Patience. Right now we’re at 233-232 Biden. We have AZ, GA, MI, PA, WI out. As of now, I can’t say Trump is any kind of favorite to get to 270.

I do think R’s keep the Senate at 51-52.

Should add. My lord Trump’s speech was disgraceful. We will count the ballots.

Guys, it sounds like there’s a legit chance Christian Braun is out leading scorer this year. Dude has had a phenomenal preseason.

@stoptheflop said in ISU Game:

15 yds rushing in the half on 12 carries. Why does our Oline struggle/fail every year? I thought the Oline turned the corner last year, but this is the worst unit yet.

I think Beaty signed something like 5 HS OL in 4 years so that has a lot to do with it

Heyyy Kenny

Folks we have something with these young pups

Kyler what is you doin

True freshmen balling out

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For reference, the rim is 120” above the floor. Doke’s fingertips would be at 147.75”. Like wut

OH WE BACK

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Whither JoJo ?:

@FarmerJayhawk said in Whither JoJo ?:

Simmons for Harden. Let's get weird.

Too weird for me

What, you don’t want to go back to the 90’s when 3’s were alien life forms?

Well fellow Bucketeers, I did my duty and voted. Biden for POTUS, Tillis for Senate, Cooper for governor, and OH MY GOD is our ballot long. Two full pages, everything from POTUS to governor to Senate to statewide offices to state legislature to Supreme Court to lower courts to county commissioners to the water and soil board. So as a word of caution, if you see a shatload of stories about long lines to vote in NC, it's in part because there are over 30 races on the ballot.

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@FarmerJayhawk said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@FarmerJayhawk said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 I'd rather have medical experts in each community decide what is a safe number to have inside each arena. Basketball arenas aren't football or baseball stadiums that are almost exclusively outdoor venues with much better ventilation that reduces the risk of transmission. These are indoor venues that mostly rely on recirculated air which increases the risk of transmission.

I don't want someone sitting in a corporate office in Dallas determining what is safe in Lawrence, Kansas. I want health officials in Lawrence that are familiar with the Covid situations in the Lawrence, KC, and Topeka areas determining what is safe for Allen Fieldhouse to minimize the risk of transmission. I want local health officials determining what is a safe capacity in each arena because each community has different issues and risks that determine what an appropriate capacity should be.

Even the NFL hasn't standardized the capacity of each team's stadium. They have allowed local health officials to determine what is safe and that's the way it should be.

I'm just not OK with an un fair playing field when it comes to the sports side of it. - - Again hell let's just not let or allow ANY fans in - -that way not imbalanced any where and a lot less chance of COVID if we wanna go that route.

But to allow some Colleges to allow more fans then others ? - -You can twist this around in any shape or form you want to try but you'll NEVER get me to agree with that BS when you get to the Sport aspect of it. We all know fans can help make it rougher - -we have seen it from our own PHOG when the place gets to rocking - you don't think that doesn't effect the other opposing team?

So If we are Allowing a Team like Baylor or Tech to come to the Phog and play before only 1,500 fans and thein return we have to go play in front of their packed arena's? - just because the COVID is less there? - -there is NO WAY that is a fair balanced schedule. - -in the sports aspect you talking about messing with a teams schedule - - their ranking - - and their positioning for post season and even possibly not making a post season if the fan difference makes difference which we know how it does - -there is just NO WAY in hell that's on a even field - - NOPE - - NOPE - - NOPE

So to satisify - - let's just not allow any fans in any arena's if were worried because of the COVID which we should be worried but just saying to allow otherwise - - umm no that DOES NOT work

Since when has sports ever been about being fair? Is it fair the FBI and NCAA targeted Adidas schools while not investigating Duke or Kentucky's recruiting practices?

If a 1,500 limit for AFH is what it will take to see KU play basketball this season while Baylor is at 25%, then so be it. Life and sports have never been about being fair.

Feeble response - -NOPE you can talk till your blue in the face - -no way your changing how I feel on this - I could give a GD about the FBI right now they not playing in our Conference - It's got to be fair on the court or not at all

So should the Big 12 limit AFH capacity to 13,000 when KSU comes to town? Because that’s what Bramlage holds and it’s not fair they have to play in front of 16,300 when they come to Lawrence.

EXACTLY my point - -why would it be a fair if we can only have 1,500 - - when where the pandamic isn't as bad they are allowed to hold more fans. -if there are limitations and yet some are allowed to hold more - -v then just ban all fans play every where in empty field houses only fair way if they are letting some in. - - Why should Baylor be allowed to come to Allen and only have to play in front of 1,500 and then when we have to return the trip to Waco KU has to play in front of 3-4-5 thousand, same goes for Tech - -K-State any other team ? -is that fair to KU ? - easy answer - - umm NO.

Just like Coach said yesterday the way he looks at it with less then there will be less chance for gimmicks these other teams fans like to use signs noise and such. like he says Ku always gets eveyones best shot anyways - So why or how could it be possibly be fair when these teams get the chance to come to the Phog and play in front of under 10 %of our fans and then we have to go to their place like K-state who is going to allow right at 25 % they said or Baylor - -Or Texas Tech - -or West Virginia and they be allowed more fans - -your telling me you think thats fair ? - - umm no fricken way - -any way you try and twist it around.

So if counties want to restrict or schools want to restrict certain % - -the just play with zero - -only right way for that to be done period

I think you're proving my point. Artificial constraints are part of the sport. Allen Fieldhouse is massive, and TCU's arena seats less than 7000. How is that fair? Should the Big 12 limit Allen to 1/3 capacity when TCU comes? Of course not. That's insane. Should the crowd at Allen be forced to be quiet since Texas's arena is a ghost town? Of course not. You play under the conditions the local situation gives you. In this case, the pandemic is changing the conditions on the ground in a geographically diverse league. We'll deal. We're Kansas, not Kansas State.

gotcha - - so let's not limit Ku when TCU comes to town - - -When the ghost riders TEXAS comes to Town - -When the High School for down the Inner State comes to town - -EXACTLY

No, we’re limited by local conditions on the ground. As we have been since Naismith put up peach baskets. The league has never dictated equality in attendance so why should they start now?

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@FarmerJayhawk said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 I'd rather have medical experts in each community decide what is a safe number to have inside each arena. Basketball arenas aren't football or baseball stadiums that are almost exclusively outdoor venues with much better ventilation that reduces the risk of transmission. These are indoor venues that mostly rely on recirculated air which increases the risk of transmission.

I don't want someone sitting in a corporate office in Dallas determining what is safe in Lawrence, Kansas. I want health officials in Lawrence that are familiar with the Covid situations in the Lawrence, KC, and Topeka areas determining what is safe for Allen Fieldhouse to minimize the risk of transmission. I want local health officials determining what is a safe capacity in each arena because each community has different issues and risks that determine what an appropriate capacity should be.

Even the NFL hasn't standardized the capacity of each team's stadium. They have allowed local health officials to determine what is safe and that's the way it should be.

I'm just not OK with an un fair playing field when it comes to the sports side of it. - - Again hell let's just not let or allow ANY fans in - -that way not imbalanced any where and a lot less chance of COVID if we wanna go that route.

But to allow some Colleges to allow more fans then others ? - -You can twist this around in any shape or form you want to try but you'll NEVER get me to agree with that BS when you get to the Sport aspect of it. We all know fans can help make it rougher - -we have seen it from our own PHOG when the place gets to rocking - you don't think that doesn't effect the other opposing team?

So If we are Allowing a Team like Baylor or Tech to come to the Phog and play before only 1,500 fans and thein return we have to go play in front of their packed arena's? - just because the COVID is less there? - -there is NO WAY that is a fair balanced schedule. - -in the sports aspect you talking about messing with a teams schedule - - their ranking - - and their positioning for post season and even possibly not making a post season if the fan difference makes difference which we know how it does - -there is just NO WAY in hell that's on a even field - - NOPE - - NOPE - - NOPE

So to satisify - - let's just not allow any fans in any arena's if were worried because of the COVID which we should be worried but just saying to allow otherwise - - umm no that DOES NOT work

Since when has sports ever been about being fair? Is it fair the FBI and NCAA targeted Adidas schools while not investigating Duke or Kentucky's recruiting practices?

If a 1,500 limit for AFH is what it will take to see KU play basketball this season while Baylor is at 25%, then so be it. Life and sports have never been about being fair.

Feeble response - -NOPE you can talk till your blue in the face - -no way your changing how I feel on this - I could give a GD about the FBI right now they not playing in our Conference - It's got to be fair on the court or not at all

So should the Big 12 limit AFH capacity to 13,000 when KSU comes to town? Because that’s what Bramlage holds and it’s not fair they have to play in front of 16,300 when they come to Lawrence.

EXACTLY my point - -why would it be a fair if we can only have 1,500 - - when where the pandamic isn't as bad they are allowed to hold more fans. -if there are limitations and yet some are allowed to hold more - -v then just ban all fans play every where in empty field houses only fair way if they are letting some in. - - Why should Baylor be allowed to come to Allen and only have to play in front of 1,500 and then when we have to return the trip to Waco KU has to play in front of 3-4-5 thousand, same goes for Tech - -K-State any other team ? -is that fair to KU ? - easy answer - - umm NO.

Just like Coach said yesterday the way he looks at it with less then there will be less chance for gimmicks these other teams fans like to use signs noise and such. like he says Ku always gets eveyones best shot anyways - So why or how could it be possibly be fair when these teams get the chance to come to the Phog and play in front of under 10 %of our fans and then we have to go to their place like K-state who is going to allow right at 25 % they said or Baylor - -Or Texas Tech - -or West Virginia and they be allowed more fans - -your telling me you think thats fair ? - - umm no fricken way - -any way you try and twist it around.

So if counties want to restrict or schools want to restrict certain % - -the just play with zero - -only right way for that to be done period

I think you're proving my point. Artificial constraints are part of the sport. Allen Fieldhouse is massive, and TCU's arena seats less than 7000. How is that fair? Should the Big 12 limit Allen to 1/3 capacity when TCU comes? Of course not. That's insane. Should the crowd at Allen be forced to be quiet since Texas's arena is a ghost town? Of course not. You play under the conditions the local situation gives you. In this case, the pandemic is changing the conditions on the ground in a geographically diverse league. We'll deal. We're Kansas, not Kansas State.

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Well Might as well be Empty Phog:

@jayballer67 I'd rather have medical experts in each community decide what is a safe number to have inside each arena. Basketball arenas aren't football or baseball stadiums that are almost exclusively outdoor venues with much better ventilation that reduces the risk of transmission. These are indoor venues that mostly rely on recirculated air which increases the risk of transmission.

I don't want someone sitting in a corporate office in Dallas determining what is safe in Lawrence, Kansas. I want health officials in Lawrence that are familiar with the Covid situations in the Lawrence, KC, and Topeka areas determining what is safe for Allen Fieldhouse to minimize the risk of transmission. I want local health officials determining what is a safe capacity in each arena because each community has different issues and risks that determine what an appropriate capacity should be.

Even the NFL hasn't standardized the capacity of each team's stadium. They have allowed local health officials to determine what is safe and that's the way it should be.

I'm just not OK with an un fair playing field when it comes to the sports side of it. - - Again hell let's just not let or allow ANY fans in - -that way not imbalanced any where and a lot less chance of COVID if we wanna go that route.

But to allow some Colleges to allow more fans then others ? - -You can twist this around in any shape or form you want to try but you'll NEVER get me to agree with that BS when you get to the Sport aspect of it. We all know fans can help make it rougher - -we have seen it from our own PHOG when the place gets to rocking - you don't think that doesn't effect the other opposing team?

So If we are Allowing a Team like Baylor or Tech to come to the Phog and play before only 1,500 fans and thein return we have to go play in front of their packed arena's? - just because the COVID is less there? - -there is NO WAY that is a fair balanced schedule. - -in the sports aspect you talking about messing with a teams schedule - - their ranking - - and their positioning for post season and even possibly not making a post season if the fan difference makes difference which we know how it does - -there is just NO WAY in hell that's on a even field - - NOPE - - NOPE - - NOPE

So to satisify - - let's just not allow any fans in any arena's if were worried because of the COVID which we should be worried but just saying to allow otherwise - - umm no that DOES NOT work

Since when has sports ever been about being fair? Is it fair the FBI and NCAA targeted Adidas schools while not investigating Duke or Kentucky's recruiting practices?

If a 1,500 limit for AFH is what it will take to see KU play basketball this season while Baylor is at 25%, then so be it. Life and sports have never been about being fair.

Feeble response - -NOPE you can talk till your blue in the face - -no way your changing how I feel on this - I could give a GD about the FBI right now they not playing in our Conference - It's got to be fair on the court or not at all

So should the Big 12 limit AFH capacity to 13,000 when KSU comes to town? Because that’s what Bramlage holds and it’s not fair they have to play in front of 16,300 when they come to Lawrence.

Simmons for Harden. Let's get weird.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in No Silvio:

So Silvio beat the shit out of someone after leaving a New Year's party at one of the bars/clubs on Mass St. it sounds like.

I'm guessing Silvio was blackout drunk if he doesn't remember the incident, but I'm still wondering why it took LPD almost 9 months to investigate this incident and present the case to the DA's office?

This did strike me as odd, "Dorothy Kliem, trial assistant for the Douglas County district attorney’s office, said via email that the DA’s office received an affidavit and reports from the Lawrence Police Department on Sept. 30. She said the office received an updated affidavit from LPD on Oct. 16, then filed the case on Monday."

Did nobody see anything the night of the incident? If they did, why didn't they call the cops? You don't charge a felony for a minor tussle leaving a bar.

Officially done defending Silvio. KU really moved mountains to make sure he could stay, then the does a couple really dumb things and is basically leaving in disgrace.

@rockchalkwyo I doubt it. It would be pretty out of character for Self to know about it and not do anything. Vick, Bragg, Giles, Jackson etc. were all suspended immediately when Self knew about legal issues.

@benshawks08 said in Election:

@FarmerJayhawk Yeah. You don’t get to decide who are nincampoops. Sorry if you don’t like the way they vote but that’s democracy.

Your vote isn’t more important or better than anyone else’s.

Citizenship tests for voting is a TERRIBLE idea. Now a test for the candidates I could be down for.

If I have to pass a certification test to teach I could get behind a certification test to take public office.

The problem is who writes the test? Every test is biased and that could be a big problem considering the current state of biases in the US.

I don’t think I ever said I wanted them barred from voting. Just they should really take it a lot more seriously. And we do decide who gets to vote. We literally changed it like 40 years ago to include 18-20 year olds. There’s a movement to drop it to 16. Some states (wrongly, IMO) exclude felons. A fundamental part of the system is setting up the rules we use to choose our elected officials.

I’m totally ok with them taking the exam (https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/100q.pdf) ↗ we give to immigrants wanting to become American citizens. Take it when you register and then you’re good to go. I’m not talking the old literacy tests, those were gross and obviously discriminatory. But if you don’t know the branches of government, might want to sit this out.

@benshawks08 well, we don’t have that so I’m working with what is, not what I want to be. Not even sure how you’d force campaigns to release the oppo they have?

To me, it’s not a clear good. I don’t want a bunch of nincompoops canceling out my vote when half the country doesn’t know who the VP is. That’s just being intentionally ignorant and lazy and I don’t want those people voting. Sometimes I think having people take the citizenship test to be able to vote isn’t a bad idea.

@KirkIsMyHinrich I’m ok with ballots postmarked before the election being counted, so long as that’s state law. They can arrive by the Friday after the election and still be counted in Kansas, and they don’t have issues with it. There’s no doubt local governments screwed up in estimating the demand for voting when early voting started. They generally suck at that kind of thing.

@benshawks08 said in Election:

@FarmerJayhawk that is why no one is required to vote early...

But lots of people do, with actual consequences. And there's no undo button. We should be in the business of having a more informed electorate, not less. By voting in September people are devaluing information about the candidates.

Voters should really use the FarmerJayhawk test, which necessitates voting very near or on Election Day. 1) does the candidate have the character requisite to the office he or she seeks? If not, doesn't get my vote. 2) if yes, does the candidate align with my political views and priorities? If yes, I can vote for the candidate. By voting early, people are bypassing step 1 (e.g. the Corrupt Cal affair).

@benshawks08 said in Election:

@FarmerJayhawk Why is more opportunities for people to vote bad? Shouldn't the goal to be to get EVERYONE to vote? I mean, it's clearly not the goal of one side. But who cares if you vote in September, October or November? I've known who I was going to vote for for that long...

Because people can't have all the information available (especially for down ballot races) 6 weeks out. Scandals could break, like Cal Cunnilingus here in NC, someone could die, like happened in Minnesota, or a classic October surprise like W. Bush's DUI arrest breaking. If I vote and the person I voted for turns out to be a criminal, I'll be very not happy about it and probably regret the vote. I wasn't voting for Cunningham, but if I was on the fence and did, then found out he was banging a subordinate's wife, it would certainly change my calculus.

I'm pumped for Gonzaga. Have always wanted to play them. Neither outcome would really surprise me, but gun to my head I think we win.

Congress set the day where the electors are chosen as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and electors vote the Monday after the second Wednesday in December. That's why ballots are due the 3rd. I don't want SCOTUS rewriting state or federal laws especially when the meaning is pretty obvious. If anything states should significantly reduce the early voting window. In NC, people have been voting since mid-September. Just insane.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Easters may be better, but it’s too soon to say for sure either way. It is worth noting he’s actually a little older than Daniels. I didn’t love him when I’ve watched him but it should be a fun competition this spring.

I’m not ready to give up on Daniels yet. Dude can’t even vote yet. Came in with no spring, a short fall camp, and a trash line. Let’s at least wait until he can buy a lottery ticket and has an off-season before throwing him on the trash heap.

*parts of it. Don’t drink and post.

@Crimsonorblue22 I honestly don’t know. This is one I’m not going to really pry on. I wish nothing but the best for Silvio.

@Crimsonorblue22 seems to me they already decided he would be gone but didn’t want to hint at it until it was announced.

Apparently this was filmed back in like July so we basically learn nothing. A Late Night tradition unlike any other.

Awww that was too short.

Tyon looks really good. All the tools, just super sped up.

And @Crimsonorblue22 you nailed it. He’s been great