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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I disagree. Other industries enjoy the same level of corporate power. The gun industry basically owns the entire red half of Washington.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.@Fourthspartan 56 It would not be too late because there is a full 2 months between the election and the new congress convening.
I’m not sure what to say about this.
Yeah, no. It’s deeply messed up that people were arrested for protesting on PUBLIC property. The right to protest is in the freaking bill of rights; this isn’t just a “oh of course you can be arrested for trespassing” thing.
I'm seeing reports
of the vote.
Nomination advances 51-49.
Manchin, Collins and Flake voted yes.
Murkowski voted no.
It's sad that this is a better result than I was expecting (four yes votes). Collins has stated she will be giving an explanation on the final plan later on today (3pm EDT, I think).
Roll on tomorrow, I guess.
Edited by Wyldchyld on Oct 5th 2018 at 4:04:52 PM
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I can’t even bring myself to care about what he tweets any more. It has nothing to do with what’s going on down here in reality.
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There are limits to the right to assemble, and I’ll point out that the interior of a government building isn’t public property.
Edited by archonspeaks on Oct 5th 2018 at 8:00:53 AM
They should have sent a poet.Yes. It'll be interesting to see what the confirmation vote will be like.
The optimistic observation is that some 'yes' votes may be about quashing the debate, rather than supporting the confirmation (as in, they just want to get the process done and dusted, and don't view the procedural vote as any kind of reflection on how they'll vote on the man himself).
Edited by Wyldchyld on Oct 5th 2018 at 4:08:40 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.What prompted Manchin to vote Yes to advance, I wonder. Isn't he the one who's supposed to vote party line when it matters?
Also:
"Special Report: The Trump trap - Republicans duck president in key House races" - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-battleground-special-rep/special-report-the-trump-trap-republicans-duck-president-in-key-house-races-idUSKCN1MF13Y
An excerpt:
Some disenchanted Republicans take issue with Trump’s policies, particularly on immigration, the environment and U.S.-Russia relations, polling shows. More often, they condemn the president for being divisive and disrespectful.
Now, with polls and analysts favoring Democrats to win the House majority, battleground Republicans need every vote. And few questions loom larger than how closely they should align themselves with the president.
The answer for many: keep quiet.
Among 56 House battleground districts, the Republican nominees in 19 – more than a third – have offered no support for Trump on their campaign websites or on campaign Twitter and Facebook posts made this year, a Reuters analysis shows.
The trend is particularly profound in the 10 wealthiest of those battlegrounds. Just four of the Republican candidates in those districts have supported Trump on their websites or social media accounts. In the 10 battlegrounds with the lowest median incomes, eight of the Republican candidates have expressed support for him
Edited by sgamer82 on Oct 5th 2018 at 9:12:04 AM
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I am hoping that he only voted yes to advance the vote to save face and will actually vote no for the actual confirmation vote. Because if he does, with one Repuplican gone and Murkowski having defected to our side, we might actually be able to eke out a win.
Edited by kkhohoho on Oct 5th 2018 at 10:11:35 AM
He almost certainly only voted yes because Collins and Flake voted yes, he'll vote depending on where the wind is blowing. The odds of him being the deciding vote and voting yes is incredibly unlikely given his record, he'll vote yes if the voters are there but won't otherwise.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang"New information of a material nature regarding temperament during the September 27th hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee has prompted a re-opening of the Standing Committee's evaluation," a representative for the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary said in a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley.
"The Committee does not expect to complete a process and re-vote prior to the scheduled Senate vote," they said, adding that their former "well qualified" rating would stand until their evaluation was complete.
"At that time, I thought (Kavanaugh) had the qualifications for the Supreme Court should he be selected," former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said at a Florida event on Thursday. "I've changed my views for reasons that have no relationship to his intellectual ability … I feel his performance in the hearings ultimately changed my mind."
Edited by Wyldchyld on Oct 5th 2018 at 4:23:06 PM
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.What prompted Manchin to vote Yes to advance, I wonder. Isn't he the one who's supposed to vote party line when it matters?
If the Rs already have 50 votes, then it doesn't matter.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Would Pence be uncomfortable with being the tiebreaking vote (due to further damage to his reputation)? I have no doubt that he would do it anyway, though. He might just wish he weren't the one sticking his neck out.
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."If Manchin and Murkowski vote no, and Daines is absent for the final vote? That's 49-50, game, set and match.
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No. Pence is a theocrat of the same breed as Moore. He'd embrace putting a rapist on the Supreme Court, because it isn't rape if she doesn't scream because you're holding her mouth shut, or something equally noxious.
Edited by Ramidel on Oct 5th 2018 at 7:37:58 AM

I'd hope that after Telltale and EA's fiascos and the Midterms that the the US (and the UN) starts taking a good long look at this and rectify it before it grows worse.
Edited by MorningStar1337 on Oct 5th 2018 at 7:19:43 AM