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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168851: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:31:11 AM

[up][up] Well, that was timely.

See what I'm talking about?

edited 24th Jan '17 9:31:17 AM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168852: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:34:16 AM

We're two diametrically opposed countries sharing the same geographical landmass.

Our country's name is a misnomer.

New Survey coming this weekend!
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#168854: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:35:58 AM

Ugh, at least Russia is run by an autocrat with a brain. Same with China.

Disgusted, but not surprised
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#168855: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:36:10 AM

[up]x6: At least the governor can veto.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:36:28 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#168856: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:37:48 AM

Well, its not all bad. Forget civil rights And children's initiatives are so last administration. Ladies and Gentlemen, the first lady has a wonderful jewelry line up on the White House website... Call and Order Now!

Also, on the protest thing, you might be overestimating the public there. Back during the Palmer Raids, there was a tendency to see people getting repressed a getting hat they deserve. Going around town here, even in the city, people just talk about demonstrations as being an annoyance, and I doubt they'd mind suppressing protesters for as small a reason as to keep trafficking flowing. And even now, if people were getting hosed down on the 11 O'clock news, many would rightly be horrified but enough might just go "meh, those are criminals and ne'er-do-wells, shoulda been at work..."

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#168857: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:38:50 AM

[up][up][up] And that Russian autocrat having a brain is one of the reasons we are currently becoming a shithole.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:39:28 AM by Bat178

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168858: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:39:06 AM

So, what can we do right now to help the water protectors at Standing Rock? Because right now, they're in for what is, at best, a four-year battle. And at worst, a massacre waiting to happen. I wouldn't put it past Trump for a second to just order his goons to kill all of the water protectors.

And Spicer would deny it ever happened.

I wish I was kidding.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#168859: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:39:55 AM

If something like that happens in my state, moving to New York. Got family there.

EDIT: Talking about protesting being cracked down on. Damn this thread is fast.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:41:27 AM by RedRob

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Unless I grew it. In that case, throw it in the trash.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#168860: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:40:59 AM

[up] Right where Trump lives. Not the smartest course of action.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:41:17 AM by Bat178

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#168861: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:41:21 AM

I'm moving to a blue state as soon as I graduate and get some experience with local politics.

Done putting up with the bullshit.

New Survey coming this weekend!
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#168862: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:42:03 AM

It's times like these I feel fortunate to live in California.

Disgusted, but not surprised
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168863: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:42:27 AM

Trump does live here, but we also hate his guts and disavow him.

Well, most of us city-dwellers do. The rural areas are a no-mans-land.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#168864: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:42:57 AM

I'm in Idaho and beginning to wonder just what the GOP in my state has been getting up to lately, of anything

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#168865: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:43:16 AM

[up][up] Bet you really hate your state now for birthing him?

[up] They tried to pass anti-protester laws.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:43:36 AM by Bat178

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#168866: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:43:28 AM

At the rate things are going, I will not be surprised if Trump Tower gets pelted with garbage and covered with graffiti sometime in the following year or two.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:43:42 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#168867: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:43:35 AM

@Bat Yeah, I'm not a city kind of guy, family lives near closer to the border near Penn. than NYC. Plus, it's a blue state from what I remember.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:45:32 AM by RedRob

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Unless I grew it. In that case, throw it in the trash.
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#168868: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:44:02 AM

You can't just impeach anyone you feel like for whatever reason. They have to commit a Crime and be found guilty of actually doing it.

Congress alone gets to determine what is an impeachable offence, the Senate alone gets to determine if something is worthy of conviction. If you end up holding hearing on Trump's entire time in office something small will likely come up for his S Cs nominees, if the House if Dem and the Senate has a Dem supermajority that would be enough to remove his SC nominees.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:44:57 AM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#168869: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:45:42 AM

nvmind you fixed it

edited 24th Jan '17 9:45:58 AM by blkwhtrbbt

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#168870: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:45:56 AM

About Minnesota, given that the current governor is a Democrat and the Republicans don't have veto proof majorities, I don't think that bill will pass.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#168871: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:47:17 AM

Granted, said Governor collapsed earlier during a speech. He's fine for now but...

edited 24th Jan '17 9:47:31 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168872: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:48:08 AM

It says something about how vile the Republican Party is today that my very first thought was "did they poison him?"

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#168873: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:49:29 AM

Actually, what happens if a Governor dies? There's a chain of succession, or is an emergency election held?

[up] That or you need to calm down and take a deep breath. The guy looked pretty old from what I saw on TV.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:50:39 AM by RedRob

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Unless I grew it. In that case, throw it in the trash.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#168874: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:52:54 AM

Lt.Governor takes charge, I think.

[up]69.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:53:20 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#168875: Jan 24th 2017 at 9:54:22 AM

That or you need to calm down and take a deep breath. The guy looked pretty old from what I saw on TV.

It can be both.

edited 24th Jan '17 9:54:49 AM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."

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