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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Poll Tax! How I love you! How I love you! My dear old Poll Tax!
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Go right ahead and call it what it is.
Edited by megaeliz on May 7th 2019 at 1:09:02 PM
You might as well call it what it is - a poll tax in the form of the ability to get to the polling station.
If your "local" polling station requires you to drive, and no one in your family can drive / afford a taxi then I guess you are just out of luck this time.
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On the one hand, it is utterly despicable. On the other hand, you have to admire the lengths that the GOP will go to knock out troublesome demographics with almost surgical precision.
My assumption was that once they vote the outcome becomes immediate, so if they vote to charge him on Wednesday then he’s officially charged with contempt of Congress, he presumably then gets a limited amount of time to surrender himself for arrest before the capital police are sent to bring him in by force.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe stock market is dipping again, due to Trump's plans to intensify tariffs on China.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/investing/global-selloff-whats-next/index.html
This.
Edited by Rationalinsanity on May 7th 2019 at 2:29:28 PM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects."The thing is they’re not doing anything. They have been doing procedure after procedure with no end in sight."
They're doing what they're supposed to do. Unless you were hoping for Jerry Nadler to suddenly become a loose cannon cop who doesn't play by the rules this was always the best case scenario.
As cathartic as it might be to see Nadler chomp on a cigar and toss on his shades while a building explodes behind him with Barr being dragged along in cuff... Actually hold on. Let me savor that image for a while.
That's untrue, legally speaking. The police have no duty whatsoever to stop a crime in progress. Their job is to arrest people who have committed a crime, not to stop crimes from being committed. The police can totally just stand there watching someone get murdered without lifting a finger, as long as they arrest the murderer afterward.
Well, sort of. They don’t have a legal duty to prevent crimes that have not yet happened, such as the murder in the case that established that ruling, but if you’re on duty you’re required to respond to any breach of public order as best you can.
Edited by archonspeaks on May 7th 2019 at 11:27:40 AM
They should have sent a poet.Yeah, the key word there is “as best you can”. If you’re a police officer and you come across a rioting crowd while you’re by yourself you wouldn’t be expected to jump in. In that case, the best way for you to respond to that breach of public order would be to keep yourself safe and radio for backup.
They should have sent a poet.Wow, I actually didn't know that either. That is horrifying.
I guess we can chalk that up as another symptom of our country's emphasis on punitive retribution over prevention and rehabilitation.
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The obstructionism continues...
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Edited by megaeliz on May 7th 2019 at 12:53:24 PM