Herschel

[skuthorp]

"….But Mr Walker last played pro football 25 years ago……"
How is his head Keith? Any signs of long term concussion damage? (#65)

[Paul Pless]

sports illustrated claims 30% of nfl players file for bankruptcy within five years of the end of their career

the number is 65% for former nba players

[Canoeyawl]

a kind of grotesque minstrelsy

Now, if Clarence would read and understand this, some things might be a little different.
But he has grabbed for and seized the golden ring and he will never let go.

[Keith Wilson]

Pro athletes who fail in business or commit crimes make the news, not because its common, but because they are the exceptions and they are celebrities.

You could be right; there's certainly some selection bias. 'Bad news sells' is as true as it ever was, and an ex-professional athlete going on to have an ordinarily successful life is not news. But Paul's figures about bankruptcies, assuming they're accurate, correspond with the stereotype.

[Nicholas Carey]

sports illustrated claims 30% of nfl players file for bankruptcy within five years of the end of their career

the number is 65% for former nba players

When I lived in Ann Arbor, University of Michigan football players had a graduation rate of, IIRC, c. 40-45 percent. And that was higher than most of the Big 10.

They generally weren't exactly doing academically rigorous majors.

[Rich Jones]

Warnock wins!!!! Herschel can go crawl under a rock.
Trump loses again!
It's a good day.

[CWSmith]

^ It's a projection, but I hope you are right.

[Rich Jones]

FOX has now called it for Warnock.
Game over.

[Paul Pless]

can't wait to hear trumps reaction

[LeeG]

Walker can go home to Texas now.

[Jim Mahan]

can't wait to hear trumps reaction

Why? What could numbnuts possibly have to say that would be worth hearing? His opinion is worthless on any subject, and every statement he makes is a lie.

Worse, by far, he just stated publicly that he thinks it's time to toss the Constitution so he can be president again. He's admitted he's a domestic enemy of the country. The exact opposite of the explicit promise in the oath of office he once swore to protect and defend the Constitution.

[Paul Pless]

Why?

schadenfreude is a guilty pleasure of mine

when the misery is deserv-ed

[Dave Gray]

Amazing that 1.7 million people, at the current count, voted for an eminently unqualified candidate for a senator who would not have represented their interests.

[Nicholas Carey]

"If we was ready for the green agenda, I'd raise my hand right now. But we're not ready right now. So don't let them fool you like this is a new agenda. This is not a new agenda," Walker said at a campaign stop in Peachtree City. "We're not prepared. We're not ready right now. What we need to do is keep having those gas-guzzling cars, 'cause we got the good emissions under those cars. We're doing the best thing that we can."

“They’re bringing pronouns into our military, they’re bringing wokeness into our military—I don’t even know what the heck is a pronoun,” he said at a rally Sunday. “I can tell you that I’m sick and tired of this pronoun stuff. What I want our military men and women to do is to be at war fighting.”

He does, almost, make TFG sound erudite.

[Dave Gray]

A very cynical attempt.

[Joe (SoCal)]

Amazing that 1.7 million people, at the current count, voted for an eminently unqualified candidate for a senator who would not have represented their interests.

Owning the libs is strong in Georgia

[Jimmy W]

Christian Walker
@ChristianWalk1r
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The Truth: Trump called my dad for months DEMANDING that he run. Everyone with a brain begged him: “PLEASE DON’T DO THIS. This is too dirty, you have an insane past… PLEASE DONT DO THIS.”

We got the middle finger. He ran.
9:34 PM · Dec 6, 2022

[Chip-skiff]

Just in from NBC:

[elf]

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[HRDavies]

Amazing that 1.7 million people, at the current count, voted for an eminently unqualified candidate for a senator who would not have represented their interests.

As dumb as he may be, at least he can recognize himself in the mirror, which DiFi has a problem with these days

[elf]

As dumb as he may be, at least he can recognize himself in the mirror, which DiFi has a problem with these days

Hopefully her days are numbered - in the low end.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

Owning the libs is strong in Georgia

Fortunately for us all, the libs own Georgia.

[Figment]

Why? What could numbnuts possibly have to say that would be worth hearing? His opinion is worthless on any subject, and every statement he makes is a lie.

Worse, by far, he just stated publicly that he thinks it's time to toss the Constitution so he can be president again. He's admitted he's a domestic enemy of the country. The exact opposite of the explicit promise in the oath of office he once swore to protect and defend the Constitution.

Exactly.
Trump's reaction to this injury is likely to be more self-inflicted injury.

I imagine that some rational adult in trump's sphere has hidden all internet-connected devices away for at least a day or two.

[Garret]

Astounding to me that out of 3.5 million votes, Warnock only won by 100K.

I guess being dumber than a bagful of hammers is a feature?

[Figment]

Being assuredly obedient to The Tribe is a feature, yes.

[LeeG]

I wonder how much of the evangelical vote he got.

[Osborne Russell]

Amazing that 1.7 million people, at the current count, voted for an eminently unqualified candidate for a senator who would not have represented their interests.

It's a right wing thing, authoritarian: not only couldn't he, from lack of ability, he wouldn't, from self-interest, do anything we didn't tell him to do. That's the point. This so-called democracy or republic or whatever label you want to paste on this deep state of godless baby rapers is only something to be gotten through.

With victory -- hail victory! -- we'll have authority, and we won't need Uncle Toms. We'll rule by naked authority, which is just. Meanwhile, Herschel. Oops! . . . next.

[Paul Pless]

I wonder how much of the evangelical vote he got.

safe bet he didn't carry the vote of 'the black baptist convention', 'the national baptist convention' nor 'the progressive national black baptist convention'

once again white elitist libs the nation over owe a debt of gratitude to black georgians

[Keith Wilson]

I wonder how much of the evangelical vote he got.

White evangelicals overall, I'd guess a very high margin. Rural white evangelicals, pretty close to all of them. The only reason this doesn't make our heads explode is that we're used to it.

But by a lot of measures, you could legitimately call Rev. Warnock himself an evangelical Christian.

Maybe the best thing about this is that it will dilute the power of Joe Manchin to screw things up.

[LeeG]

White evangelicals overall, I'd guess a very high margin. Rural white evangelicals, pretty close to all of them. The only reason this doesn't make our heads explode is that we're used to it.

But by a lot of measures, you could legitimately call Rev. Warnock himself an evangelical Christian.

Maybe the best thing about this is that it will dilute the power of Joe Manchin to screw things up.

Really is confusing. Down the road is a black couple with a year old Trump 2024 sign. I wonder if it’s a kind of social camouflage or they really are supporters.

[Paul Pless]

Maybe the best thing about this is that it will dilute the power of Joe Manchin to screw things up.

yeah but when you add the other sellout apologist's vote, kysten sinema to joe manchin, then what have you?

[Osborne Russell]

White evangelicals overall, I'd guess a very high margin. Rural white evangelicals, pretty close to all of them. The only reason this doesn't make our heads explode is that we're used to it.

But by a lot of measures, you could legitimately call Rev. Warnock himself an evangelical Christian..

But not a white nationalist one, AFAIK.

There are EC's, a subset of which is evangelical EC's. Both can't be right. Fundamentally, they are enemies, not allies.

[Bobcat]

I am pleased to see that Walker lost---- it's hard to imagine anyone less qualified to be a senator

Glad too that Oz lost. Too bad about Vance getting to the senate.

Trump's track records for back senatorial candidates is poor and even the GOP is noticing he is a loser.

[willin woodworks]

schadenfreude is a guilty pleasure of mine

when the misery is deserv-ed

Im with you

[LeeG]

Esquire essay about mental health, Murica, football and head injury. Lots to think about.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politic...-runoff-essay/