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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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While it’s true that any country is vulnerable, it’s false to say that we’re always balancing on a knife’s edge. Sure, there’s the potential the US could become a dictatorship, but we’re not “a few bad decisions away”. And moreover worrying about a dictatorship that isn’t going to happen is, like I said, obfuscating actual concerns.
It’s like focusing all your energy preparing for a meteor strike but never wearing your seatbelt. Let’s focus on what’s actually going on rather than worrying about what ifs. That’s how we keep democracy working.
Edited by archonspeaks on Oct 26th 2018 at 6:45:04 AM
They should have sent a poet.Because, again, he's a liar.
Yes, and she believed him because she was a selfish moron who wanted to believe that a man who chose Mike Pence as a running mate could possibly have LGBT interests in mind.
The real reason she supported Trump was that she liked those tax cuts and/or racism. All of this are just lies to pretend that she was just a giant moron instead of a giant moron who's also a terrible person.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangEh, let's not be hasty. They'll like it but that doesn't mean that it will necessarily have a measurable impact, it's possible that they'll approve but it won't significantly change their voting patterns this midterm.
Imprisoned felons voting is a plus not a minus in my eyes, furthermore considering how incredibly rare voting fraud is I don't really see any real problem with having dead people on the voting rolls. The possible benefits far outweigh the downsides that I'm seeing.
And leaving it as a business day helps them... how? I am highly skeptical that this is actually true, or even if there's a cost that it's not outweighed by the benefits.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangThe addresses are printed off to evade handwriting analysis, so he probably only wrote FLORIDS once and then printed it however many times for each bomb he made.
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I'd also like to point out that what caused Republican voter enthusiasm to briefly surge wasn't Kavanaugh getting appointed to the Supreme Court, but instead the possibility that he wasn't going to be. People tend to be more inclined to vote when they feel they have something to lose, which is also a large part of why there are so many signs toward a Blue Wave. So if the Republicans think that Trump is taking care of the border and they have nothing to worry about, where's the incentive to vote?
Edited by kkhohoho on Oct 26th 2018 at 9:32:31 AM
It occurs to me that if these were indeed sent from Florida, that could explain why Debbie Wasserman Schultz was on the return address for at least some of those - being a Florida Congresswoman, she might have been more prominent in this guy’s mind than she would have been in other parts of the country, even with the DNC controversies.
Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Oct 26th 2018 at 10:45:32 AM
Oh God! Natural light!Thing is the Soros package was aparently hand delivered, so either that means the bomber has an accomplice or theyare located near Soros.
So far it seems like they out a ton of packages in the mail over a 1-2 day period and hand delivered the Soros package at either the start or end of that.
Meaning that it should only be a few more days before all the packages get I Ded within the postal system, as postal collection workers have probably been put on the lookout for any more packages going into the postal network.
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Edited by NoName999 on Oct 26th 2018 at 8:06:16 AM
Why not both?
We can have a federal holiday so people who need it to vote can vote and we can have more early voting places so people who can't afford to use a Federal holiday can still vote.
I don't think that many will respond like that.
When they're predisposed towards seeing their side as winning then this isn't really going to change that, it'll just be more evidence that they're doing well and thus why spend the time voting?
It's hardly a certain thing but I just don't see any reason to assume it will spur a significant number of people to vote.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Oct 26th 2018 at 11:30:26 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangWe don’t have a problem with Radicalized White Males...
Kroger Shooting Suspect Tried to Enter Black Church Before Killing 2, Police Say
The man, Gregory Bush, 51, of Louisville, was arraigned Thursday on two counts of murder and 10 counts of wanton endangerment. He was ordered held with bail set at $5 million. The police said they were investigating the motive for the attack, which killed Vickie Lee Jones, 67, and Maurice E. Stallard, 69.
Both were black, while Mr. Bush is white, and the son of a witness said his father heard the gunman make a racist remark during the episode, though the police said they could not confirm that account. Mr. Bush has a history of mental illness, Chief Sam Rogers of the Jeffersontown Police Department said at a news conference on Thursday.
The police said there was no indication that Mr. Bush knew either of the victims, nor did he have any known connection to the grocery store.
Chief Rogers and church officials said that surveillance video had recorded Mr. Bush’s unsuccessful attempt to enter the nearby First Baptist Church of Jeffersontown shortly before the attack.
Billy Williams, the church administrator, said eight to 10 people were inside the church when Mr. Bush arrived after a midweek service. A church member in the parking lot grew alarmed when she saw him aggressively pulling on the historic church’s front doors. Mr. Bush drove away after less than 10 minutes.
“There were 70 people here at our weekly meeting service just an hour before he came by,” said Mr. Williams, who was among them. “I’m just thankful that all of our doors and security was in place.”
Granted, he apparently did suffer from schizophrenia, but my point still stands.
Edited by megaeliz on Oct 26th 2018 at 11:31:41 AM

I don’t get it. The package addressed to Cory Booker was also found in Florid(s), meaning that it was also misaddressed. How could a guy who ended up building multiple (admittedly rather incompetently assembled) explosive devices be this dumb?
Edited by megaeliz on Oct 26th 2018 at 9:32:52 AM