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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
They'll probably be replaced but *shrug*
Ok, so the thing that happened earlier was that there was a scheduled voice vote (ayes and nays per state) to formaly approve the rules of the convention (and the nomination) - a voice vote is on the floor chair's judgement as to who's louder. The Never Trump faction believed they had enough signatures to force a roll call vote with votes counted individually but the chair went ahead with the voice vote. (Twice.)
Instead, we should be putting the pressure on the supply line.
Exactly my point. We should be punishing the illegal manufacture and sale of drugs, not their consumption. And none of these "intent to distribute" rules that automatically imprison anyone walking around with more than a half-ounce of whatever. It's all part of a comprehensive package of reforms:
- Eliminate felonies for possession or use of controlled substances.
- Establish safe, regulated manufacturing and sale of controlled substances that provides an alternative to street buys. Customers who purchase are given the opportunity to enroll in treatment programs.
- Persons found to be abusing controlled substances would be involuntarily enrolled in such programs.
- The unregulated manufacture, sale, or distribution of controlled substances would remain a heavily punished felony, as long as we prosecute the act of selling, not just having a bunch on you.
edited 18th Jul '16 2:27:18 PM by Fighteer
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The clean needle programs present in certain states are shown to be cost-savers, and they also reduce the amount of imprisonment for those people prone to drug incarceration.
You don't need to steal someone's property to get a clean needle, you don't use contaminated needles and spread infection/disease that is going to be treated in an ER/ED with the costs passed onto the paying customers. Lots of benefits.
Anyone want a ticket to my underwater city so we can laugh as the rest of the world falls to collectivism and collapses?
Leviticus 19:34Oh no, I've seen how that ends.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.@bat178: Given Trump's answer to "how will you make Mexico pay for the wall" carried vague implications of regime change, I'm not sure Mexico would be a nice place to be under President Trump. Or any of Latin America, given he probably thinks the CIA can just wave its hands and install dictators there just like the "good old days."
Steve King just said on MSNBC that white people were the only ones who contributed to Western civilization and everyone else did nothing...
I fucking can't.
Here's the clip for context
edited 18th Jul '16 5:35:18 PM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!

It means that it won't participate at the convention for now. Wonder if Ted Cruz's heavy string pulling in Colorado may have something to do with this...
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