Jackmannii:
*my favorite photo of Rubio is the one where he’s uncomfortably sporting the badly-fitting Florsheim shoes that Donald reportedly bought for his Cabinet members, and which they were afraid not to wear,
The Shoes photos will be hard for Little Marco to overcome—not to mention the damage done by the Little Marco moniker.
The right likes its candidates to seem at least marginally Dominant and Strong, and those traits are not called to mind by clown shoes.
Pundit Mona Charen has a good takedown of Rubio, published today:
(For what it’s worth, I’d support a thread-title change to something less violent-sounding.)
So original.
Gordon_G:
Kalshi prediction market
I’m not familiar with their paradigm. Does someone set those odds, or are they just the current betting line from all bettors, or something else? Personally, I do not rate the intelligence or perspicacity of Kalshi bettors enough to pay attention to. They are gamblers, are they not? That makes most of them losers.
Frodo
November 12, 2026, 10:43pm
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Haven’t those poor people suffered enough ?
He should ask this guy about the power of images, even ones that look innocuous when taken.
Agreed. He may get on the ticket, but I doubt if he’ll be elected.
Of course, we’ve said that before about other candidates.