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I'm an atheist because all religions are cults

I feel like you think this was an intelligent or insightful take.  Unfortunately, it’s pretty low hanging fruit spam of the neck beard variety.

This was not spam. This is my real opinion. Wasn’t intending to be insightful. You seem to have no sympathy for people whose childhoods were ruined by being raised religious. So instead, you decide to personally attack me because I quit the denomination you are a part of (probably because you see me as a traitor)

This seems like a ridiculous number of things to read into my comment, haha.  I did not insinuate you were some type of "traitor," and I certainly know nothing of your childhood.  However, I do think that this forum should generally be held to the standard that others' religious beliefs should be respected, and our discourse should come from a perspective of wanting to learn and have fruitful discussion ... and I think answering this OP the way you did functioned more as a quick dig at those of us who have a religion and didn't really serve as an actual answer in the spirit of the OP.

Liberal parties in Europe aren't left of center in Western Europe.

That's Lib Dem, LREM, etc. I don't consider that left-of-center really. That's center.

Agree with Republican being further right than most traditional conservative parties though.

You may dislike me for saying this but I stand by this. I don't think i'm saying anything controversial here.

What you're saying is false. That's it. The analysis that measured it proves you wrong.

Democrats would be left of center of Western Europe. END OF STORY.

I don't think he is.

Perhaps for the USA he is, but that tells you a lot about the USA.

No, it tells a lot about the mindset of you and others who still believe in the "American liberals would be right-wing in Europe" falsehood.

That BS was already debunked: "The Republican Party leans much farther right than most traditional conservative parties in Western Europe and Canada...The Democratic Party, in contrast, is positioned closer to mainstream liberal parties."

SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.html

Liberal parties in Europe aren't center of left in Western Europe.

That's Lib Dem, LREM, etc. I don't consider that left-of-center really. That's center.

Agree with Republican being further right than most traditional conservative parties though.

Don’t want to diverge from the thread topic too much, but I think the answer to this question depends on the issue. On some issues, Democrats may be “further right” just because of the baseline of where we currently are - for instance our healthcare system is nowhere near as robust as many Wueopean countries so Democrats goal here right now is to largely just get to where these other European countries currently are.

On a lot of social issues (I.e. gay marriage) the US has been ahead or in line of its Western European counterparts.

It's giving recession vibes!

Yes, and I am glad you seem happy about it. This job market is f**king terrible.

What? With unemployment under 4%?

[atheists are incel neckbeards]

I'm an atheist because all religions are cults

I feel like you think this was an intelligent or insightful take.  Unfortunately, it’s pretty low hanging fruit spam of the neck beard variety.

This was not spam. This is my real opinion. Wasn’t intending to be insightful. You seem to have no sympathy for people whose childhoods were ruined by being raised religious. So instead, you decide to personally attack me because I quit the denomination you are a part of (probably because you see me as a traitor)

I, personally, hold no ill will towards you nor do I hold any ill will against Torie. I sympathize that religion was used as a form of abuse towards you. Some of us just think that pithy and derogatory comments ("religions are cults," "religious people are mentally ill," "atheists are incel neckbeards," "atheists hate God," etc.) are better reserved for other places.

That would have somewhat more resonance if you hadn't liked a post by RINO Tom that pretty much hit on that trope.

Guilty as charged for not taking the high road here, but I also would have never said that in this thread if he hadn't gone there first.  I have a genuine interest in the more high-level and respectful discussion on this forum, and I think it is clear that it was his comment that took us down this path ... in other words, I didn't click on this thread ready to call someone a neckbeard atheist, lol.

Walmart had pretty good earnings , maybe a shift of middle income consumers to trashier Walmart ?

Walmart said as much on its earnings call that more high earners were shopping at its stores mainly through its Walmart+ delivery.

we don't do plus, but we do pick up at store and have them shop for us and put it in the back of the car.  Like every other normal person, I like Wal Mart's prices, but gawd damn I hate going into their stores.  Wal Mart customers are the worst people on Earth (ya know, poor Americans).

Maybe it's because this is an upscale area, but our local Walmart is clean, spacious, and the customers (and staff) seem to be ordinary suburbanites for the most part.

I don't think he is.

Perhaps for the USA he is, but that tells you a lot about the USA.

No, it tells a lot about the mindset of you and others who still believe in the "American liberals would be right-wing in Europe" falsehood.

That BS was already debunked: "The Republican Party leans much farther right than most traditional conservative parties in Western Europe and Canada...The Democratic Party, in contrast, is positioned closer to mainstream liberal parties."

SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.html

Liberal parties in Europe aren't left of center in Western Europe.

That's Lib Dem, LREM, etc. I don't consider that left-of-center really. That's center. In some countries even right of center due to economic positions of mainstream liberal parties (like FDP). And in a lot of ways Democrats also resemble christian democratic parties that aren't too much right of center, like CDU.

Agree with Republican being further right than most traditional conservative parties though.

You may dislike me for saying this but I stand by this. I don't think i'm saying anything controversial here.

I’d tell him to pick either Scott or Burgum and the criteria would be who can bring in the most cash flow as his campaign desperately needs it

The really bizarre thing about this thread is that whenever non-news worthy story threads go on this long it's because Fuzzy Bear comes in and says something and that crew who are inexplicably obsessed with him and must reply to every single thing he says pile it on and drag it out....but here Fuzzy hasn't even posted once in this thread?

Same situation as before -
Biden gets 86% of Ds, Trump gets 89% of Rs
Biden gets 84% of 2020 voters, Trump gets 90%

The two are tied again with Independents, which ties Biden's best result among that group for the MC poll.

Biden is probably winning this thing if he pulls into a tie with independents somehow.

The electorate is likely R+ with registration trends, so a tie with independents is a PV win for Trump most likely.