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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#148328: Nov 3rd 2016 at 2:59:15 PM

American Indian Movement. They once occupied the sight of they staged an armed occupation at the sight of the Wounded Knee massacre and also occupied Alcatraz. Mind you it wasn't as if these groups didn't face police pressure, CONTERPOLO was a thing, and both the Panthers and AIM dabbled in criminal activity to fund themselves.

Edit:[nja]

edited 3rd Nov '16 2:59:29 PM by JackOLantern1337

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#148329: Nov 3rd 2016 at 3:05:30 PM

After thinking about it, I'm conceding my point on whether hate speech should be illegal or not.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#148330: Nov 3rd 2016 at 3:15:38 PM

[up][up]So no relation to that other AIM is what you're telling me?tongue

edited 3rd Nov '16 3:16:03 PM by kkhohoho

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#148332: Nov 3rd 2016 at 3:33:31 PM

[up] Yeah.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#148333: Nov 3rd 2016 at 3:42:10 PM

So Trump accuses Hillary of rigging the election yet he sends literal domestic terrorists to intimidate voters and possibly make them vote for him or not vote at all...

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#148334: Nov 3rd 2016 at 3:52:25 PM

Trump's voice kinda creeps me out. The way he talks.

edited 3rd Nov '16 3:54:51 PM by BearyScary

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#148335: Nov 3rd 2016 at 3:53:43 PM

Quick question: Someone told me that if people try voting twice (ex, if they send in an early voting ballot and then appear in person, like Trump suggested), both their votes will be voided. Is that true? It seems more likely they just wouldn't be allowed to vote again.

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#148336: Nov 3rd 2016 at 3:58:02 PM

They won't be able to vote again. It's extremely hard to commit voter fraud.

New Survey coming this weekend!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#148337: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:00:27 PM

Trump's voice kinda creeps me out. The way he talks.

That's kind of funny, because I've thought for awhile his weird speech pattern might even be a bit endearing if it was used by a less horrible person.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#148338: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:06:27 PM

[up]I am literally unable to imagine that voice being used by a non-horrible person. I'm not sure if it's the actual voice or the association with the person owning it.

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#148339: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:11:25 PM

@voting twice: At least in Canada you could vote twice by claiming there was an error (because those do happen) and fill out a form but here's the thing: I've worked four or five elections and handled at this point thousands of votes and never have I had this happen.

If we had a rash of people coming in doing this it would raise big alarm bells, like call elections canada and possibly have the RCMP look into it. Now if it was found that yes, in fact, your absentee ballot was used/you voted at the early polls you would now have committed a very bad crime and go to very real prison.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#148341: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:22:15 PM

If that 30 point lead is True, LOL, Rubio is Fucked beyond all recognition.

New Survey coming this weekend!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#148342: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:24:21 PM

Not voting for Trump doesn't necessarily translate into not voting for Rubio.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#148343: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:28:38 PM

Heer Jeet notes you keep an eye on Stephen Bannon, one of Trump's allies. He's aiming to let the GOP shatter over multiple election cycles so he can rebuild it into the US version of the UKIP: A purely Whites Only Party
Wouldn't that result in the Party's death in the long term considering our country's changing racial demographics? (This is aimed at anyone who could answer)

The Trump Apocalypse Might Not Come, But the Republican One Will: The GOP was extreme under Obama. It may get much worse under Clinton
I can't help but wonder how they could possibly behave worse under Clinton than how they've behaved under President Obama.

In blow to Trump, U.S. court denies Republican poll monitor request in Pennsylvania
Ha.

Clinton's 30-point lead in Florida Hispanic poll is 'terrifying' to GOP nationwide
Maybe if I'm lucky I can live to see the dissolution of the GOP in my lifetime.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#148344: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:31:19 PM

Wouldn't that result in the Party's death in the long term considering our country's changing racial demographics? (This is aimed at anyone who could answer)

It's a pretty consistent assessment that the Republican party has ALREADY been the whites only party for a while now. And yes, they're basically doomed.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#148345: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:34:29 PM

[up] Excellent.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#148346: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:36:21 PM

I mean, the Republican party just going away and that being it wouldn't be a good thing. Something would need to fill the void in someway. Hopefully in a less insane way but still.

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#148347: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:40:22 PM

It won't go away, merely erode into a Rump Party. It's more likely you'd see a fracture in the Democrats as the Republicans keep eroding and tightening their circle.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#148349: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:45:39 PM

God I hope those numbers in Florida are accurate....

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#148350: Nov 3rd 2016 at 4:46:06 PM

If the Republicans hold onto the House who do you guys think would replace him?


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