SeanFromQueens
SeanFromQueens t1_jdkxc6d wrote
Reply to comment by Maximum_Acanthaceae6 in Typical Connecticut Attractions by nickrac
A Dunkin Donuts? That indefinite article implies that there's only one Dunkin at that exit. I don't accept that there aren't multiple DDs at every exit in CT.
SeanFromQueens t1_jdkx1c5 wrote
Reply to Typical Connecticut Attractions by nickrac
That's more a function that it costs money to go up on those signs, at least restaurants have to pay, i assume non-restaurant businesses would too.
SeanFromQueens t1_jbfw52i wrote
This is at least the fourth MAGA sign, the first was stolen, as was the second, the third was night vision pic of the guy who stole the 2nd sign "Stop The Steal".
SeanFromQueens t1_j27dtgz wrote
So this America First MAGAette filled his lawn with Disney princesses? I thought Disney was persona nongrata for tolerating and accepting gays and casting non-whites in white entitled roles or opposing the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
SeanFromQueens t1_izt7u1q wrote
Reply to What to do there? by jdizzlecomp
Ernie's Pizza is as good as those on Wooster Square without the crowds. Westville has Pistachio, Mew Haven Cafe (obviously not the best place if you are allergic to cats), and my favorite Manjares. On the east side there's Koffee?, Katalina's, and Olmo Bagelry.
SeanFromQueens t1_izt62n5 wrote
Reply to comment by MCFRESH01 in What to do there? by jdizzlecomp
If biking from Westville, you can take newly installed bike lane along Edgewood Ave it gets you nearly all the way to down town.
SeanFromQueens t1_ixxyzlo wrote
Reply to comment by kbeks in What Does Queens Need More, a New Park or a New Train Line? by mikeymiggz
The linked article is about the abandoned railroad being turned into a longer Highline styled park or into an elevated subway line parallel to Woodhaven Blvd. It's mutually exclusive in this instance and not a way to make the same space both a park and transit.
SeanFromQueens t1_ixxyk5s wrote
New subway line.
SeanFromQueens t1_ix8hysd wrote
Reply to comment by and_dont_blink in Democrat Chris Poulos Won His Connecticut House Race by a Single Vote by poliscijunki
But much like the presidential votes determined by the US House (which appeared in your list of really close elections), when it's such a small number of voters it's more likely to be single digit margin of victory. Statistics would also make it likely with enough small elections, that resulted in a narrow or tied election there would a close to 50-50 break out, but only if there were thousands of instances. Most smaller elections are lopsided making the number of instances to occur take hundreds of years to see the result of near even outcomes. It's likely there will be drastic changes in partisan make up or demographic shifts or even electoral reform that would avoid the enough occurrences to have that result.
SeanFromQueens t1_ix8ebza wrote
Reply to comment by Kodiak01 in Democrat Chris Poulos Won His Connecticut House Race by a Single Vote by poliscijunki
The problem that I'm pointing out is that the news outlets filling their airtime/column inches with the least informative races and it turns off the low information voter who judges the election just on the most reported candidates. I suspect that if the news outlets were informative and went in depth into policy differences, the same low information voters that judged that the candidates are all bad/corrupt/liars/what-have-you would still not vote because it was too boring. Shaming the non-voter is not effective at turning them out to vote but neither is informing them because there's a segment of the public who simply will not ever be interested in voting, they will come up with a rationale after the fact.
SeanFromQueens t1_ix89t7x wrote
Reply to comment by and_dont_blink in Democrat Chris Poulos Won His Connecticut House Race by a Single Vote by poliscijunki
In 2016 Democratic Iowa Caucus, there were handful of ties that were decided by coin flip
>The Des Moines Register has identified six coin flips through social media and one in an interview with a caucus participant. Of those seven, Clinton was the apparent winner of six. It's unknown if there is any overlap between the coin flips identified by the Register and the coin flips the state party confirmed.
So in a small enough election the possibility of a one vote margin of victory or a tie goes up exponentially. The statistics of even distribution (such as coin flips) need a large number of attempts made and there aren't enough ties and 1 vote victory margins for that to be expressed, it's just more likely in smaller elections.
SeanFromQueens t1_ix88aj1 wrote
Reply to comment by Kodiak01 in Democrat Chris Poulos Won His Connecticut House Race by a Single Vote by poliscijunki
It's because the races that are most profitable to report on (statewide or has a candidate who is incendiary) is all those individuals are basing their judgment on. If news outlets reported on policy differences those same individuals would complain about it all being too boring, but the rest of the electorate would be better informed at the detriment of the news outlets' profit margins.
SeanFromQueens t1_ivk4jeq wrote
Reply to Where to vote by eddie964
It would be better if the voter registration lookup was separate from the poll site location lookup. Where to vote shouldn't require knowing an individual voter's birthday, but if the individual wants to check if they are already registered to vote then they self-check. If you are canvassing door-to-door trying to get people to go out and vote, it's not anything personal to say "yeah, you're poll site is this school/library/etc"
SeanFromQueens t1_iva9lqb wrote
Reply to comment by twoshovels in New Haven 1640 by twoshovels
Like if you were 50+ years old in England, were going to risk the 6 week voyage and all the dangers of settling virgin territory or just sit back and in England and live out your old age in relative certainty of your last days that you won't starve, attacked by wild animals, or killed by Natives who are interloping on their lands?
SeanFromQueens t1_iva6241 wrote
Reply to New Haven 1640 by twoshovels
How old would you have to be to known as Old Mr. Nash in 1640 within the first decade of the settlement existing? I had the assumption that those who mad the trip across the ocean in 17th century were young adventurous types, not Old Mr. Nash.
SeanFromQueens t1_iu10yxq wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in This is nuts. by therealcocochanel
But the next disease is what we're trying to avoid not the disease discovered from a surreptitiously decline of biodiversity that gave rise to disease carrying mice in South Eastern CT 40+ years ago. Let's learn from our past and do better.
SeanFromQueens t1_iu0x77r wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in This is nuts. by therealcocochanel
This is CT, being against biodiversity being on team Lyme Disease and other parasite born diseases. Kill off the bears, then down the food chain critters like mice breed without any problems.
SeanFromQueens t1_iu0w49r wrote
Reply to comment by okwhynot64 in This is nuts. by therealcocochanel
More like he needed... a Lyft or an Uber, he doesn't have license.
SeanFromQueens t1_jdyizs7 wrote
Reply to comment by drumsplease987 in New York City is absolutely gorgeous by ProGamerMatt
Maybe if you wanted to fly a kite with a little bit of rain, it was the perfect day for you.