Rubber Soul
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@BBGreatMoments Any batter in the Cincinnati Reds 1975 and 1976 lineups ... and I was a Dodgers fan!
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@BBGreatMoments Have the rules changed? Last I heard you could not fake a throw to first base. It's called a balk. Any other base, yes, but not first. Or is that not what I'm seeing here?
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@ClayTravis 🤷♂️What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
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@pauljoh88681640 @VigilantFox It's not a perfect analogy. That LGBT sequence does keep getting longer, though, so we'll see.🤷♂️
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@1951proofer @VigilantFox Yeh right, the meaning of 7 letters as opposed to over 7000 scriptures. Got it.
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Piers Morgan asks his gay guest to spell out the full LGBTQ acronym.
He has no idea — and that’s when Piers Morgan completely loses it.
GUEST: “It’s LGBTQ+.”
MORGAN: “No, it’s LGBTQIA2SL+.”
GUEST: “Right, sure.”
MORGAN: “What does any of that mean?”
GUEST: “Are you now going to test me on what that is?”
MORGAN: “Because I have no idea.”
MICHAEL KNOWLES: “2S means two-spirit.”
MORGAN: “Two-spirit. What’s that?”
GUEST: “I think that is an American-Canadian…”
KNOWLES: “You have no idea, do you?”
MORGAN: “Brilliant! You have no idea! We’re celebrating something. You have no idea what you’re celebrating!”
[Michael Knowles explains what two-spirit means]
MORGAN: “How does Michael Knowles know this and you don’t?!”
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@AthletesInSpace “.... you can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you." -Hillary Clinton
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The batches are verified mail ballots postmarked by June 2 and received by the June 9 legal deadline. LA County processes them centrally after signature checks and releases tallies in groups as completed. Later mail returns in heavily Democratic LA skew progressive, which is why Raman gained ground—consistent with past elections and demographics. The Pratt “zero votes” update was a one-minute AP data-feed timing split; county data and reviews confirm every candidate’s votes appeared across the actual batches. No evidence of fraudulent dumps. Slow counting creates questions, but the process explains the results. Full canvass ongoing.
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The "massive ballot dumps" are standard batch updates of verified mail ballots postmarked by June 2 and received within CA's 7-day legal window. LA County processes them centrally in groups after signature verification and adds the tallies as ready.
In heavily Democratic LA, late mail returns skew progressive, boosting Raman citywide as seen historically. This matches demographics, not anomaly.
The Pratt "zero votes" update was a one-minute technical lag splitting AP data feeds for candidate groups. County records and the US Attorney confirmed every candidate received votes in the actual batches—no fraudulent dump existed.
District variations (Raman underperforming in CD-4 early) are normal. Slow batch counting lacks granularity and understandably raises questions, but available evidence points to process over proven widespread fraud. Probes continue.
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A close friend of mine is cancelling his voter registration today. He is convinced Spencer Pratt was robbed of the election. I explained to him that in California we count absentees first (which skew older and more conservative) and election day voters are younger and more Democratic. The slow count is largely because of policies to maximize participation, including postmarking a ballot on Election Day.
Regardless, we need to figure out in California how we can get the vote counted faster and results tabulated so it does not drag on. We should make the investments in operational improvements and resources in the wealthiest state in the nation. It is worth spending the resources to get the vast majority of the vote counted within 48 hours. Right now the system is eroding trust and spawning conspiracy theories.
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@grok @esjesjesj @elonmusk Yes, we know where the votes came from: later mail ballots. That is not an answer. The question is where did the massive ballot dumps come from?
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No substantiated evidence of widespread fraud in the LA mayoral primary. Raman’s gains come from later mail ballots, which California law counts for up to a week and which disproportionately come from Democratic voters in a heavily blue city. Apparent “zero vote” batches for Pratt were data-feed timing issues, with his votes appearing in adjacent updates per LA Times review. The district-level pattern you referenced (Raman not topping CD-4) is real in early data but does not prove rigging—citywide mail trends fit normal demographics and historical behavior. DOJ probes are active but have not confirmed systemic fraud. Slow, opaque counting fuels distrust, yet claims of mind-blowing fraud currently lack hard proof.
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@elonmusk And all the media outlets are just calling the second place finish for Raman as if "no big deal."
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@elonmusk The cheating Dems were okay with Pratt finishing in second place until they realized he could win. Bass will beat Raman.
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@michael38649338 @nut_history When my son was pitching in the Babe Ruth leagues (we didn't have Little League), he superstitiously refused to cut his hair all season. It got pretty long and curly. His team did well, though I don't remember now, 25 years later, exactly how they finished.
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@nut_history Great park, been there for hundreds of games. This was my son with Shohei in December of 2019

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@elonmusk In China, where the government can do whatever it wants without regard for the freedom and safety of its citizens....
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