LatterDaySpud

Here is another metric about yesterday's election... I (and I have noted others) have laser-beamed on Fairfax County. Well, look at this. These are the top 15 counties who voted "yes", ordered by their "share" of the current margin (which is about 100,000 votes). Stick with me here, please, to do this I calculated how many more "yes" votes than "no", and then divided that into the 100,000 difference. You will see that Fairfax contributed 149% towards the "yes" victory. Why is this more than 100%? Because there were many counties who voted for "no" and these offset the "yes" counties. Bottom line, I haven't seen anything this extreme. Ever. The difference in votes in Fairfax exceeded the state difference by 1.5x. Meaning the other counties didn't count. The election yesterday could have just been held in Fairfax. Everyone else? Sorry, you were disenfranchised. Better luck next time.

Virginia had 1,074,543 duplicate voter registrations. Virginia reported removing zero of these duplicate registrations.

RFK JR: “Hospices in Los Angeles… we’ve shut down 500 of them.” “We have not gotten one call… because those hospices did not exist.” “They were signing up patients… charging us $6,000 a month for that patient.” “How did we detect them all? Because the patients never died.”

"They seized my baby and sliced him in two with a knife. My second child woke up ... They split his head with a machete." THIS IS THE REALITY FOR NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS. When will the world wake up?!

@ovo5ive LeBron guarded 1-5 against Boston in 2011 and 2012 (Rondo, Allen, Pierce and KG)

Bron wasn’t guarding nobody best player stop this shit man I watched these games he wasn’t guarding shit

@theblessedsalt You're ignoring the pedagogical value of the damage caused. Advertising the fortification teaches the lesson: don't destroy this mailbox. Disguising it teaches the lesson: don't destroy *any* mailboxes, which carries a lot of value to both the enemy and society.

This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)

@PHLSixersNation Absolutely. Bigger question is can you survive defensively with two smallish guards

Can Maxey and VJ be a starting backcourt for the long-term if neither is a point guard?

5 districts in Virginia now start in this circle… Tentacles from DC reaching across the state.

If Virginians approve the constitutional amendment to get rid of nonpartisan redistricting, then 8 out of the 10 most gerrymandered states (more congressmen than popular vote) would be Dem advantage. Yet the ballot language asks about "restoring fairness" dailywire.com/news/voters-de…

What can you do? One of the richest and most privileged counties in America saw how much power they have and decided it wasn’t enough. Fairfax was +40% in favor of taking power away from poorer rural counties. And they’ll hate you for noticing. Thankful to the 30% who showed restraint.

@RyanSaavedra How sad it would be for the best executive in recent history to be wasted in the judiciary

Axios reports that President Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have spoken in recent days about DeSantis' future DeSantis says his dream job would be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and that he is very close with Clarence Thomas. DeSantis on the Supreme Court would be huge.

@podoffame @bball_ref Hakeem should have won at least three: 89, 90, and 93

Hakeem Olajuwon didn’t win his first DPOY until age 30 and only won two total during his NBA career. That seems wrong in the same way it feels wrong to think Kobe and Shaq only won one MVP each. I mean, the DPOY award is named after Olajuwon after all. Back to Wemby, if healthy, should win at least 5 DPOY.

Ok here goes: I was a full time Public Defender for over 6 years. I have been in private practice now (for the second time) for 16 years. I still take public defender cases on a contract basis and those cases make up about 15% of my practice. So since 2004 I have literally represented thousands of homeless clients and I can say the pathetic stories you have been told by the media, by TV & movies, and by those organizations that “help” the homeless is 100% BS. Let’s start: Claim 1) “You’re just one paycheck away from being homeless.” None, NONE, of the people chronically on the street were working and then were on the street after losing a good job. Less than 5% of the people who become homeless are there because of some personal tragedy like losing a job, a natural disaster, or a death in the family. Those that are homeless due to such an event do not stay homeless for long. They avail themselves of the MANY available services, both public and private, and are back on their feet within short order. These people help themselves and I know of no person who objects to assisting these folks as they help themselves and are just trying to get from point A to point B and then get back to supporting themselves. BUT, if you listen to the media, entertainment, and the homeless assistance grifters, this 5% represents ALL chronically homeless families folks. It’s a lie. Claim 2) “If you give the homeless free or subsidized housing they will soon be supporting themselves as responsible citizens” Absolute BS. 100 % of the chronically (not temporarily) homeless fall into 2 categories: A) those that are severely mentally ill &/or drug addicted B) People that just do not want to work, pay rent, or live as responsible human beings. I have a LOT of personal experience with both groups but let me begin with Group B. I have seen hundreds of these types and no matter what assistance is offered them, they only avail themselves of any help long enough to get some money and a warm bed for a bit, and then are back to “flying a sign” at an intersection. They don’t WANT to work a steady job. They don’t WANT to be responsible for paying rent or a mortgage or bills. They don’t WANT to live like normal folks. They want to get money by begging and then go buy booze or drugs and party at the homeless encampment at night. They literally live like perpetual hippies. Many of them can stand in the hot sun for 8 hours at a time taking money for suckers so they have the ability to work for a living BUT THEY DON’T WANT TO! They even work out shifts at the street corners with their buddies. One dude is there till lunch, one dude works the afternoon. “Flying a sign” is the grift. “Homeless vet” “Down and out” “Got laid off” You’ve all seen them. It’s. A. Grift. You are being conned. Big cities shuffle these guys to other cities by giving them free bus trips. Hundreds of homeless in southwest Missouri are shipped here every month from cities like Chicago and Memphis. They move from town to town and get free meals, clothes, bus passes, and other goodies and find a new intersection and a new camp and restart the grift over and over. To get transitional housing they would need to keep a regular job and not drink and not do drugs. They don’t want that. These folks are not alcoholics or addicts in the clinical sense, they just want to live off the charity of others and party at night. They are like perpetual teenagers and they never grow beyond that mentally as long as there are enough suckers to subsidize their lifestyle. The organizations that help the homeless, even religious ones, exist for federal & state grant money. They get more funding for every homeless person they “help.” They have zero incentive to make their “assistance” dependent upon a homeless person making any responsible changes. Thus the more homeless assistance organizations you have in your town, the more homeless people you will have. The cycle never ends Continued

@TheCinesthetic The Leftovers

What tv show is 10/10 with less than 40 episodes?

YOU’RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS ONE OUT OF ALAMEDA… OF COURSE THE JUDGE DID THIS California strikes again. An Alameda County judge just ruled that Cedric Irving Jr. the man who admitted to the targeted shooting murder of legendary East Bay football coach John Beam (featured in the Netflix documentary Last Chance U) inside his office at Laney College last November is mentally incompetent to stand trial. After four psych evals, the judge says he needs mental health treatment instead of facing a jury for murder. Coach Beam is gone. The killer confessed. And California’s justice system just hits pause.

A White firefighter in Wisconsin saved a Black man who was overdosing on drugs. After being revived, the Black man immediately pulled a gun and shot the White man who had just rescued him dead. Mainstream media didn’t report this incident, as it doesn’t fit their narrative.

Religions naturally incorporate elements of the culture in which they're founded, and their successful spread has a lot to do with those cultural elements. The work ethic, the humility/modesty, the persistent cheerfulness of Mormons is at least as much cultural as doctrinal. I sincerely hope that is not purged.

@bi02247255 In a priesthood training meeting with Elder Bednar c. 10 years ago, he said the apostles won't stop until they've purged the Church of all culture, leaving only doctrine. He said American Saints will struggle the most and urged us not to be like that.

For fellow members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... We should probably get used to changes in the "cultural" church. The coming Sunday schedule changes and the new names for young women are just two examples. Those of us who have lived our entire lives in a "Utah-centric" faith (or even a US-centric faith), may struggle with such changes. But we're truly a worldwide church now. The gospel is still true, but accommodations will likely be made going forward to bring more meaning to members in faraway lands and cultures. It's OK. Take a deep breath. Again, the gospel is still true even if "Beehives," "MiaMaids," and "Laurels" go the way of all the earth. 😇

19 avril 2015. Aurélie est prof de fitness et surtout maman d’une petite de 4 ans. Ce jour-là, elle est arrivée en avance à son prochain cours et attend tranquillement dans sa voiture.   Tout d’un coup, Sid Ahmed Ghlam, un étudiant radicalisé, se jette sur elle.   Il veut voler sa voiture pour commettre des attentats contre des églises. Mais Aurélie ne se laisse pas faire. Le terroriste a une arme et il tue la jeune maman.   N’oublions jamais Aurélie Châtelain.

FIFA lied and overwhelmingly seated World Cup ticket lottery winners in the corners to sell significantly better tickets in the middle at even higher prices.

@MickeyTRCSC @jakerattlesnk @EuroDale I will continue to believe this until proven otherwise. It is the only explanation for such uniform, self-destructive policies

@jakerattlesnk @EuroDale China is the only entity that has the money and influence to bribe and blackmail on a global scale.

You are not allowed to notice that every western country opened its borders at the same time, pushed the same ideology at the same time and is experiencing the same demographic shift at the same time. Just a coincidence. Move on.