On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 12:07:44 -0500, Ed P wrote:

> The past few days have been terrible. Not sure if it is blocknews or
> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday. On my other
> computer it is not connecting as all. I even deleted and re-installed,
> no change.
>
> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

I've been on it like flies on shit. The problems are so
random it seems like a general meltdown of the Highwinds
servers which now serve 90% of the Usenet traffic.

Google may have sucked for it's interface, but in the
background they served as a news backbone relay between
major news hosts. And they actually did that very
competently.

Now Higwinds, Astranews, and Giganews (The Feds!) have had
to pick up that traffic. And Highwinds (AKA Blocknews.net
and a hundred other news services) are sucking at it big
time.

-sw

On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>
>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>
>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>
>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>
> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?

I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
will withhold their vote.

On 05 Mar 2024 15:16:17 GMT, Mike Duffy wrote:

> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>
>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>
> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
> myself in a few seconds.

That's what you get for using blocknews! <snork>.

They've been choking lately but rest assured that I have
been documenting all the shit in the last 5 days and
communicating with them. Highwinds support and I are like
.... THIS! [grabbing my scrotum too hard [ouch?]].

-sw

On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>
>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>
>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>
>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>
> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?

I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
will withhold their vote.

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 15:23:14 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwertzme@gmail.compost>
wrote:

>On 05 Mar 2024 15:16:17 GMT, Mike Duffy wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>
>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>
>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>> myself in a few seconds.
>
>That's what you get for using blocknews! <snork>.
>
>They've been choking lately but rest assured that I have
>been documenting all the shit in the last 5 days and
>communicating with them. Highwinds support and I are like
>... THIS! [grabbing my scrotum too hard [ouch?]].

You're a VERY important man, Steve. That much is clear!

On 05 Mar 2024 21:53:50 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:

>On 2024-03-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>
>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>
>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>
>>>The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>>protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>
>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>> to vote for Trump.
>
>Not enough.

If it's a close race, 10-15% could make the difference.

>> And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>> the difference.
>
>No, it won't. Most state primaries are "winner take all". Even
>if Haley got 49% of the votes, all of the delegates to the GOP
>convention would go for Trump. A handful of states pledge their
>delegates in proportion to the number of votes received in the
>primary, but not enough to matter.

Ah, yes, you don't do a popular vote. But it could still make the
difference in a few close states. If he needs all the Republican votes
in a particular state to beat Biden, but only gets 85% of them, that
could make the difference.

>> Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>
>It already is.

So you're saying Trump will be the next president.

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 11:12:53 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
> another reply. Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently uploaded
> or downloaded new mail.

Perhaps Thunderbird has deemed them unworthy. And i can't
imagine any posts of yours that are worth the C&P + repost.

--

This post is a forgery

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 15:00:25 -0700, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:

>On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>
>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>
>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>
>>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>
>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>
>I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
>However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
>not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
>will withhold their vote.

There must be states where these anti-Trump Republicans can make the
difference, assuming Biden doesn't have the same problem.

On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>
>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>
>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>
>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>
> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?

I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
will withhold their vote.

On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>
>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>
>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>
>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>
> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?

I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
will withhold their vote.

On 2024-03-05 10:07 a.m., Ed P wrote:
> On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-03-05 10:16 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>>
>>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>>> myself in a few seconds.
>>>
>>   It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently
>> uploaded or downloaded new mail.
>>
>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over
>> that time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting
>> anything good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually
>> ends up screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>
>>
> The past few days have been terrible.  Not sure if it is blocknews or
> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday.  On my other
> computer it is not connecting as all.  I even deleted and re-installed,
> no change.
>
> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

I'm having the same problems. BlockNews.

On 2024-03-05 10:07 a.m., Ed P wrote:
> On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-03-05 10:16 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>>
>>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>>> myself in a few seconds.
>>>
>>   It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently
>> uploaded or downloaded new mail.
>>
>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over
>> that time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting
>> anything good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually
>> ends up screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>
>>
> The past few days have been terrible.  Not sure if it is blocknews or
> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday.  On my other
> computer it is not connecting as all.  I even deleted and re-installed,
> no change.
>
> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

I'm having the same problems. BlockNews.

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 12:07:44 -0500, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:

>On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>  It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently uploaded
>> or downloaded new mail.
>>
>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over that
>> time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting anything
>> good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually ends up
>> screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>
>The past few days have been terrible. Not sure if it is blocknews or
>T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday. On my other
>computer it is not connecting as all. I even deleted and re-installed,
>no change.
>
>I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

Eternal September's working well as far as I can tell. I see lots of
double, triple etc posts, but I don't think that's a problem with
Eternal September.

On 2024-03-05 10:07 a.m., Ed P wrote:
> On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-03-05 10:16 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>>
>>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>>> myself in a few seconds.
>>>
>>   It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently
>> uploaded or downloaded new mail.
>>
>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over
>> that time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting
>> anything good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually
>> ends up screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>
>>
> The past few days have been terrible.  Not sure if it is blocknews or
> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday.  On my other
> computer it is not connecting as all.  I even deleted and re-installed,
> no change.
>
> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

I'm having the same problems. BlockNews.

On 2024-03-05 10:07 a.m., Ed P wrote:
> On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-03-05 10:16 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>>
>>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>>> myself in a few seconds.
>>>
>>   It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently
>> uploaded or downloaded new mail.
>>
>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over
>> that time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting
>> anything good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually
>> ends up screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>
>>
> The past few days have been terrible.  Not sure if it is blocknews or
> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday.  On my other
> computer it is not connecting as all.  I even deleted and re-installed,
> no change.
>
> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

I'm having the same problems. BlockNews.

On 2024-03-06, Alex <Xela777@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>
>>> Vote early and vote often.
>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>
>
> EVERY appearance she has if the same speech.  I'll give it to her for
> going on SNL!

I really don't care. She's just as bad as all the other Republicans.
The only reason I voted for her is to cast a vote against Trump.
In November, I'll enthusiastically cast my vote for Biden.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 2024-03-05, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
> On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-03-05 10:16 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>>
>>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>>> myself in a few seconds.
>>>
>>  It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently uploaded
>> or downloaded new mail.
>>
>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over that
>> time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting anything
>> good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually ends up
>> screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>
>>
> The past few days have been terrible. Not sure if it is blocknews or
> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday. On my other
> computer it is not connecting as all. I even deleted and re-installed,
> no change.
>
> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

Blocknews is definitely acting up. I posted around noon yesterday
and it hadn't shown up by 6 pm. It's there now, so it perked in
sometime in the last 11 hours.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 05 Mar 2024 21:53:50 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On 2024-03-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>>
>>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>>
>>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>>
>>>>The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>>>protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>>
>>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>>> to vote for Trump.
>>
>>Not enough.
>
> If it's a close race, 10-15% could make the difference.
>
>>> And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>>> the difference.
>>
>>No, it won't. Most state primaries are "winner take all". Even
>>if Haley got 49% of the votes, all of the delegates to the GOP
>>convention would go for Trump. A handful of states pledge their
>>delegates in proportion to the number of votes received in the
>>primary, but not enough to matter.
>
> Ah, yes, you don't do a popular vote. But it could still make the
> difference in a few close states. If he needs all the Republican votes
> in a particular state to beat Biden, but only gets 85% of them, that
> could make the difference.

Trump and Biden are not in contention against each other at this time.
Trump is in contention against Haley (everyone else having dropped out)
and Biden is in contention against Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson.
For the most part, the contenders who are not Biden or Trump are racking
up single-digit percentages of the vote, so we might as well say it'll
be Biden vs. Trump in November.

It's a primary, not a general election. We're choosing the candidates
who will be on the ballot in the November election. Both Trump and
Biden will win their respective primaries. This will trickle on
for a few more months, then the parties will have their conventions
in August to formalize the nomination of Biden and Trump.

>>> Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>>
>>It already is.
>
> So you're saying Trump will be the next president.

That won't be decided until November. It's not looking good, though.
Biden's going to have to mount a hell of a campaign to counteract
people's false impressions of him and his accomplishments. Jesus,
Americans are stupid.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 15:00:25 -0700, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>>
>>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>>
>>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>>
>>>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>>
>>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>>> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>>> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>>
>>I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
>>However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
>>not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
>>will withhold their vote.
>
> There must be states where these anti-Trump Republicans can make the
> difference, assuming Biden doesn't have the same problem.

The only difference they'll make is to hand the election to Trump.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 2024-03-05, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
> On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>
>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>
>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>
>>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>
>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>
> I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
> However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
> not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
> will withhold their vote.

And that's functionally equivalent to voting for Trump. He won in
2016 because of people not voting or voting for a third-party candidate.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 06 Mar 2024 10:07:46 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:

>On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 05 Mar 2024 21:53:50 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2024-03-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>>>
>>>>>The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>>>>protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>>>> to vote for Trump.
>>>
>>>Not enough.
>>
>> If it's a close race, 10-15% could make the difference.
>>
>>>> And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>>>> the difference.
>>>
>>>No, it won't. Most state primaries are "winner take all". Even
>>>if Haley got 49% of the votes, all of the delegates to the GOP
>>>convention would go for Trump. A handful of states pledge their
>>>delegates in proportion to the number of votes received in the
>>>primary, but not enough to matter.
>>
>> Ah, yes, you don't do a popular vote. But it could still make the
>> difference in a few close states. If he needs all the Republican votes
>> in a particular state to beat Biden, but only gets 85% of them, that
>> could make the difference.
>
>Trump and Biden are not in contention against each other at this time.

I know that. What's happening now isn't interesting. Trump will win
his nomination and so will Biden. I'm looking ahead, when they'll be
up against each other.

>Trump is in contention against Haley (everyone else having dropped out)
>and Biden is in contention against Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson.
>For the most part, the contenders who are not Biden or Trump are racking
>up single-digit percentages of the vote, so we might as well say it'll
>be Biden vs. Trump in November.

Yes.

>It's a primary, not a general election. We're choosing the candidates
>who will be on the ballot in the November election. Both Trump and
>Biden will win their respective primaries. This will trickle on
>for a few more months, then the parties will have their conventions
>in August to formalize the nomination of Biden and Trump.

I know.

>>>> Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>>>
>>>It already is.
>>
>> So you're saying Trump will be the next president.
>
>That won't be decided until November. It's not looking good, though.
>Biden's going to have to mount a hell of a campaign to counteract
>people's false impressions of him and his accomplishments. Jesus,
>Americans are stupid.

Politics aside, they should be able to see through an egomaniacal thug
like Trump.

Graham wrote:

> On 2024-03-05 10:07 a.m., Ed P wrote:
>> On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05 10:16 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>>>
>>>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>>>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>>>> myself in a few seconds.
>>>>
>>>   It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently
>>> uploaded or downloaded new mail.
>>>
>>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over
>>> that time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting
>>> anything good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually
>>> ends up screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>>
>>>
>> The past few days have been terrible.  Not sure if it is blocknews or
>> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday.  On my other
>> computer it is not connecting as all.  I even deleted and re-installed,
>> no change.
>>
>> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

> I'm having the same problems. BlockNews.

I'll add that it's a genuine burden on us to see your rubbish posted *repeatedly*, Graham...!!!

:-P

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Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On 2024-03-06, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 05 Mar 2024 21:53:50 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2024-03-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>>>
>>>>>The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>>>>protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>>>> to vote for Trump.
>>>
>>>Not enough.
>>
>> If it's a close race, 10-15% could make the difference.
>>
>>>> And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>>>> the difference.
>>>
>>>No, it won't. Most state primaries are "winner take all". Even
>>>if Haley got 49% of the votes, all of the delegates to the GOP
>>>convention would go for Trump. A handful of states pledge their
>>>delegates in proportion to the number of votes received in the
>>>primary, but not enough to matter.
>>
>> Ah, yes, you don't do a popular vote. But it could still make the
>> difference in a few close states. If he needs all the Republican votes
>> in a particular state to beat Biden, but only gets 85% of them, that
>> could make the difference.

> Trump and Biden are not in contention against each other at this time.
> Trump is in contention against Haley (everyone else having dropped out)
> and Biden is in contention against Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson.
> For the most part, the contenders who are not Biden or Trump are racking
> up single-digit percentages of the vote, so we might as well say it'll
> be Biden vs. Trump in November.

> It's a primary, not a general election. We're choosing the candidates
> who will be on the ballot in the November election. Both Trump and
> Biden will win their respective primaries. This will trickle on
> for a few more months, then the parties will have their conventions
> in August to formalize the nomination of Biden and Trump.

>>>> Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>>>
>>>It already is.
>>
>> So you're saying Trump will be the next president.

> That won't be decided until November. It's not looking good, though.
> Biden's going to have to mount a hell of a campaign to counteract
> people's false impressions of him and his accomplishments. Jesus,
> Americans are stupid.

Lol...

And the above is a *perfect* statement of why women should *never* have been given the right to vote...

Ideally, only white male property owners should have the right to vote...

O:-)

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On 3/5/2024 10:00 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2024-03-05 10:07 a.m., Ed P wrote:
>> On 3/5/2024 11:12 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-05 10:16 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Happy 'Super Tuesday' to all my USA friends!
>>>>
>>>> Re the double post: I checked a few minutes later and it did
>>>> not show up, so I re-posted. Usually, my posts show up for
>>>> myself in a few seconds.
>>>>
>>>   It could be worse. Thunderbird gets a little stubborn here. I often
>>> send things out and find out later that they never turned up here. I
>>> have to go to my sent folder to find them and then cut and paste to
>>> another reply.  Curiously, it doesn't happen if I have recently
>>> uploaded or downloaded new mail.
>>>
>>> It's annoying because I have been using Thunderbird for years. Over
>>> that time they have upgraded many times. I don't recall ever noting
>>> anything good in the alleged upgrades. On the contrary, it usually
>>> ends up screwing up something that had been working fine.
>>>
>>>
>> The past few days have been terrible.  Not sure if it is blocknews or
>> T-bird but nothing was showing up Saturday and Sunday.  On my other
>> computer it is not connecting as all.  I even deleted and
>> re-installed, no change.
>>
>> I wanted to try eternal-september but that did not work either.

> Same here with Blocknews

yawn

Sometimes servers just run slow. Have some patience.
All 4 of your tries showed up.
Same with your other repeated posts.

On 3/6/2024 5:09 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2024-03-05, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> On 2024-03-05 1:39 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>>> On 05 Mar 2024 16:37:11 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-03-05, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-03-05, D wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you should solve this the american way
>>>>>
>>>>> To all my USA friends, Happy Super Tuesday!
>>>>>
>>>>> Vote early and vote often.
>>>>
>>>> The primary in which I voted was February 27. But thanks. My
>>>> protest vote for Nikki Haley was symbolic, at best.
>>>
>>> I wonder how many Republicans will have the brains or the decency not
>>> to vote for Trump. And if that number (10-15%, for instance) will make
>>> the difference. Or will the Zombie Invasion be complete?
>>
>> I have an American friend who is a Republican but detests Trump.
>> However, although he will not vote for him next November, he will
>> not vote for Biden either. I would imagine a lot of decent Republicans
>> will withhold their vote.
>
> And that's functionally equivalent to voting for Trump. He won in
> 2016 because of people not voting or voting for a third-party candidate.
>

That can easily happen. I'm not voting "for" a candidate, I'm going to
vote "against" one. I really prefer neither.