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I'll not stand for this Less Than Jake erasure.

 

Not so fast, my friend

Election Betting Markets Swing Towards Trump As RFK Jr. Mulls Dropping Out

 

I was a weird kid by nature and nurture. Having a grandfather who was a trumpet player, I grew up on Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, polkas and big band jazz. I played trumpet in junior high and marched in the high school band for four years (Still have my silver Blessing ML-1 and gold Denis Wick mouthpiece). One of the things we did in high school when we had drivers licenses and cars was, over Christmas break, head to the Shadyside section of Pittsburgh to the Balcony jazz club to check out the house big band on Monday nights. My college roommate was a DJ at the college radio station, did a jazz show and I we got into a bunch of shows as a result. So, when ska came out it was grunge with a horn section and I was all in.

 

Yup. High school and college band geek here too (euphonium). For me, not only was it ska, but the swing revival was a big deal. Royal Crown Revue, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ... they all were in the 5-disc changer back then. And they still are heard, though now in my YouTube music library.

And @Regan MacNeil ... Dope Man is a great song by them.

 

I graduated high school in 1978. One year our reunion committee hired a dj whose knowledge of 70s music was disco. Lots and lots of disco.

 

Forbes basing (cough, clickbait) a headline on a bunch of crypto bros moving one betting line is right on-brand for them.

 

I would have bet on Alma posting that link.

 

I do hope both parties take note that if they are able to put on an entertaining show, keep things moving, keep the undercard speeches tight, and even the major speeches on a leash, and create great television - non-political people just might watch. They also might consider putting a musical bed underneath some of the speakers - it really seemed to help the roll call.

 

Betting markets are just as susceptible to whom their demographic is as any other body is.

I doubt those who put a future bet down on the presidential race are very representative of the electorate at-large.

When it's a bunch of crypto bros - many of whom skew MAGA - so much more so.

Edit: And for the record? I don't doubt that RFK Jr. dropping out helps Trump. The devil in the details is whether Harris has already received the bump some of RFK Jr.'s Democrat support would provide. All of RFK Jr.'s support isn't automatically transferred to Trump.

 

Trumpet, euphonium … I played sax and drums. SJ Band Nerds, assemble!