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It's complicated: Republicans

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:46:29 +0000

In reply to Is He The One? Doubful ...

It's complicated: Republicans And Democrats Should Be Worried About 2020

A new projection of the voting population shows demographic problems for Republicans and Electoral College problems for Democrats.

By Perry Bacon Jr. and Dhrumil Mehta @ FiveThirtyEight.com, April 20

[....] Our poll of the week is not technically one poll, but an in-depth study that looks at the changing demographics of the U.S. electorate and how those shifts are likely to affect future presidential elections. The study was a joint project of the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Brookings Institution, the Center for American Progress and the Public Religion Research Institute, all think tanks based in Washington, D.C. [....]

It helps to have focus of a

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:02:10 +0000

In reply to P.S. It's generational, the

It helps to have focus of a single obvious (for some) issue. Same with things like LBGTQ/gender acceptance. Get into economic, trade, war, whatever, and the unity will likely fracture, unless there's a slam dunk framings in these others that I'm not seeing. Though the partially successful Bernie technique *was* to create slam dunks, and then push those forward. So if they can get hold of Democratic messaging and strip out the dross and overkill, while maintaining an appreciation that not every issue is Simple Simon, maybe we have reason for optimism.

Maybe not the plant (she says

barefooted — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:49:16 +0000

In reply to I haven't been to the Bronx

Maybe not the plant (she says wide-eyed) but the NY fashion line of hemp products is alive and well ...

I haven't been to the Bronx

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:39:08 +0000

In reply to Oops, it was tobacco that

I haven't been to the Bronx in a while, but isn't tobacco good enough still? Though I'd guess hemp outsells it in S. Bronx at least...

Oops, it was tobacco that

barefooted — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:00:06 +0000

In reply to Since her day job *is*

Oops, it was tobacco that kept him - and Raleigh, NC - going, once upon a time. Quite a lucrative crop, though not particularly aesthetic enough for home gardens.

Since her day job is

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:28:00 +0000

In reply to Tulips, and they're not just

Since her day job *is* appraising, she certainly knows the bottom will fall out of those bulbs, while the Christian kids can always be sold off to one of those pizza rings or as Mideast domestic help/consorts, so on a purely financial basis, I think she's betting the wrong horse. Of course if it increases the value of that Bronx brownstone to sell... but on an artistic level, maybe she's betting a resurgence of still lifes over cameos. A lot of ways to cut it in the end - guess that's why she brings home the big bucks and we're just the outsiders.

PS - tulips are so 17th Century - can't we move on? rhododen drones or something more genetically space shifting? It's like we're trying to keep Sir Walter Raleigh going.

Investment in mental heath.

artappraiser — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:25:36 +0000

In reply to Tulips, and they're not just

Investment in mental heath. And ya know, it's the only thing I do lately where I get positive feedback. When I'm out and about doing work work or errands in NYC, I come back more depressed than when I left because everyone seems so negative, mean and/or cranky, ruthlessly going about business. When I'm out working in the yard, it never fails that someone stops to thank me for my gardening.

Real estate investment: not sure. More likely, the way it's going on around here: next owner tears it up and puts up a parking lot (plus one or two or three sheds for rent...)

Tulips, and they're not just

ocean-kat — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:07:04 +0000

In reply to You sold out your values for

Tulips, and they're not just flowers. They're an investment. I can honestly say that there are men who saw the price of the tulip bulbs they purchased raise in value a hundred fold. It's a fact that many made a fortune buying and selling tulip bulbs. So I can understand why Arta is worried about proper watering of what is likely her retirement investment.

You sold out your values for

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:01:13 +0000

In reply to best lines from the Politico

You sold out your values for some begonias - sheesh!

best lines from the Politico

artappraiser — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:12:16 +0000

In reply to I'm sure you can feel how

best lines from the Politico article:

an audience more politically and racially diverse than you might expect. TBN alone has more local stations to its name than Fox or the three major networks. “It’s about as direct a route as you can go,” says Michael Wear, a former Obama White House and campaign staffer who has appeared on CBN.

Also, comes to mind that Parkland may intersect here some.Especially after the Las Vegas shooting. What Parkland has to do, I think, is maintain a "good kids" image. They have to be "good kids," not liberals.

The stylings of Emma and her haircut et. al. are only an issue with some rural greatest gen. There are kids that dress like that allover the country, including Nazi skinheads. Christianist kids can have body piercings now. It all depends on how she and her friends act,not how they dress.

Edit to add: I betcha a lot of working class in the NYC boroughs watch,lots of my neighbors in the Bronx seem like the type. Heck, there's a "Christian day care" in a house at the end of my block. About 8 yrs. ago I hired one of the teen girls who lived there to water my garden while I was on a trip. She was telling me how they had "calling" to adopt an unwanted baby or two or three.and she was all excited about how they were going to get a new one.I didn't dare mention the abortion word. I was just happy to find someone to do the watering that I could trust with a key to go on the back porch.