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Commentator was very excited by Limnios being nowhere near on target a minute ago

All the streams I've found so far are for the Aris-AEK game. Perhaps they'll switch over

Okay so it looks like I was very wrong.

Dems spend a lot of money in places like Texas, which is trending blue as the Hispanic population grows. The bigger issue (from their perspective) is that much of the deep-red states (mostly in the South) have a very well-organized Republican base. I think I mentioned a few pages back that the Republicans have been very good at organizing a few intense interest groups into a coalition that will move in lockstep; these groups are particularly well-represented in the traditionally red states. Even in states like Georgia, where there are broad swaths of the state that are predominantly black, the minority population is still deeply a minority - wiki tells me that blacks make up only 27% of Georgia, while its capital (Atlanta) is 51% black. I think that media tends to forget that all because you see one concentration of one group, doesn't mean that they are actually the largest group. There is a possible realignment actually happening now anyway, wherein the southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) may be trending more liberal as the Hispanic populations both grow and exercise the vote. Meanwhile, the midwest and great lakes regions (which used to be full of swing states due to their large "blue collar" populations) seem to be trending more conservative outside of the bigger cities. There is a very real belief that the Democrats have abandoned them as their traditional manufacturing and agricultural industries have been hit by global markets falling grain prices. The Republicans do listen (though I'm sure liberals would tell you the conservatives are just taking advantage of the rubes, which is itself a hilarious way to look at it IMO). This ultimately may be an example of the right-wing identity politics tantra might be alluding to. Ultimately it is difficult to allocate money to all states because money is a finite resource. Believe it or not, these parties do not have billions of dollars in reserve, so they need to target carefully for maximum effect. It is often easier to cede control of a place like Arkansas, if they think they have a better chance to take control of Pennsylvania with those same funds. Of course that's on a national, party-wide level - there are plenty of locally based candidates who will gladly take and spend all of your money regardless of which locality you look at. Not sure what you mean by Nancy Pelosi going up against Trump? Like, in which way? Oh and for those of you who are questioning the existence of radical leftist candidates - the tone of your question implies that you don't believe they exist, so I'm not sure what the point of trying to convince you of that would be? Like we get it, most of the western world is more liberal than the United States. What's your point?

I saw something go viral a few weeks ago in relation to the George Floyd killing. Some little girl was holding a sign in support on a bike trail, and this older man accosts her (I didn't bother watching the video). Twitter then immediately went internet sleuth and "identified" him, based on the fact that he was white, older, conservative, and lived in that general area (it was in Washington DC). Hundreds of thousands of retweets targeting him, with people happily contacting his employer demanding he get fired. A few days later I see someone retweet a post made by this same man, who went and turned himself in to police with proof that it wasn't him who yelled at the kid. Was the retweet meant to clear his name? No, it was a person who basically said "F*** this guy, he doesn't even get his privilege, who does he think he is? DOES HE WANT PITY?! HE'S PROBABLY A RACIST" It's absolutely insane. Sickening. Humans really are a stain on this earth. And yes the anti-Trump accounts I followed around 2016 have skewed all my algorithms. In the last few months I've circled around to following mostly finance-related and libertarian sources but re-targeting the algorithm is like moving a river. VERY HARD! All of this is to say that all politics is poison and our anonymous online lives are letting us be the worst possible versions of ourselves. No matter what happens after this election, this is not getting better.

Out of curiosity, do you spend time on twitter? I ask because I spend more time than is healthy on there, and the echo chamber is absolutely insane. You'd think every person in the world were a socialist, judging by them. This is all to say that perception is not necessarily reality. I actually do agree that radical leftists are dangerous. In fact, I have never in my life wanted even a run of the mill Democrat to win the presidency until these past two cycles. So I am sympathetic to what you're saying...however, I also think that much of what we see is just background noise. At least, I hope it is.

Not gonna happen but it would be quite interesting if they pay us for him. Ferreira + Mauricio (free) gone in return for Ivic? What a strange world that would be. https://inpaok.com/646975/fereira-gia-tsska-moschas/

Some overnight news:

I guarantee you we'll play a 4-4-2, mark my words!

Esiti a must-start in that midfield for me. Keep him in front of the CBs and let him do what he does best

Can't help it. I find his particular blend of horseshit hilarious. He literally couldn't form a cogent thought to save his life and these sycophants are lapping it up. Delicious.

This is THE FUNNIEST RALLY I've seen in, well, ever?? Kung Flu! Ten minutes on how he is good at ramps!

3-1, El Kaddouri off of a Swiderski attempt. Stoch with the build up/pass

Something about the expression just made it impossible for me to think it wasn't Leo Matos hahaha

Matos went down in the box, I guess it's a check for a penalty. Probably isn't one. -edit- sorry that was Akpom that went down. Makes it more likely then. He's less dirty ?

Hey man, that was the most entertaining thing that's happened in this match! -edit- assuming you're talking about the header by our illustrious GK, of course

So lemme get that straight - the linesman thought that was offside? He was onside by like two meters ffs (I was walking in and out of the room so I missed most of that, just saw a flag being waved and then a few seconds later the replay)

Nice goal by Tzolis

Goal, easy as pie for them. While I don't think Ferreira needed to be fired going into this, I am increasingly thinking I'd be unbothered if he gets fired at the end of the season.

Could be. I don't get the same feeling from them as I did in the darker days, though, where the team looked like it was committing suicide. The play of our defenders in particular has been a little better than I'd expect from a team without confidence. 2.5 games done, no goals

Disgusted by what I see here. OFI is literally no threat, they couldn't score if their lives depended on it. However, the fact that literally any pressure applied by them results in them getting the ball has allowed at least 30 minutes of game time to be wasted. This is pathetic. Giannoulis can't shoot on target to save his life today. Why are we playing with defenders at all, though? Stick another three wingers on and call it a day. I've lost track of Akpom and Biseswar; haven't even seen them do anything in like 25+ minutes. Limnios and Matos can't pass or cross. In other news, I think with today's cap Matos gets his contract automatically renewed.

Cannot believe how easily OFI is controlling this game

If there's ever a time for Lamprou to show an improvement in effectiveness, this is it. Looking forward to Akpom manhandling a few people. Hopefully Esiti also has another good game here. Half hour to go!

ahaha what a shitshow

Here's the squad list, no surprises from what I can see. Pelkas and Vieirinha picked up some knocks a few days ago and are sitting this out as a precaution.