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DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#171601: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:24:43 PM

Blaming enemies is work. Movies are fun!

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#171602: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:25:21 PM

[up][up][up]Wait, what? He's actually watched Finding Dory?

edited 31st Jan '17 3:25:46 PM by kkhohoho

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#171603: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:26:48 PM

An organization called Citizen's Oversight after many delays won a case proving Election Audit Fraud in San Diego county. The central person who was breaking the law in the case was Michael Vu who in the past had been convicted for this kind of fraud in Ohio during the 2004 election. They've proven that he did this both in the primary and the general election. Having won the case they're pressuring the board of supervisors, and his Chief Administration officer to either urge Michael Vu to retire or have him fired.

They're thinking of appealing to apply the case to other counties in California, because San Diego county is the second largest county in state, and the other counties (they say) tend to follow the vote that they have. They're also working on an open ballot initiative to get ballots scanned and put online to make these audits easier and less expensive. They're raising money to get new equipment to do this (because the equipment the counties use are extremely out of date), and apparently Google has reached out to them and offered to host the digital ballots online for free.

edited 31st Jan '17 3:33:53 PM by xanderiskander

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#171604: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:27:54 PM

Trump's planned visit to a Harley-Davidson factory in Milwaukee has been cancelled, due to the company fearing protests.

Better get used to it, you orange bastard.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#171605: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:31:44 PM

I would not count on Michelle Obama running for president. I don't want all of that shit coming down on her. sad

Do not obey in advance.
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171606: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:36:45 PM

@Madskillz way back there: it's going to take way, way more than that for Calexit to be anything resembling a viable option.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#171607: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:50:01 PM

Wrong thread.

edited 31st Jan '17 3:50:15 PM by rmctagg09

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#171608: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:50:38 PM

I'd guess Chelsea Clinton would run, wouldn't she?

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#171609: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:50:55 PM

[up] And she'll lose to Trump due to her association with the Clintons. If somebody beats Trump, it's going to have to be a relative newcomer. Not Chelsea Clinton, not Michelle Obama, not Elizabeth Warren, probably not Cory Booker, and not Bernie Sanders.

edited 31st Jan '17 3:53:20 PM by CaptainCapsase

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#171610: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:53:04 PM

@vandro: The DNC really does not need another Clinton running for president.

i'm tired, my friend
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171611: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:53:19 PM

I kind of feel like working towards being a member of the government if I can become one, but I'm not really sure how or where to start. It's one of three possible futures I want to have for myself.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#171612: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:55:06 PM

[up][up]That's probably for the best.

Do not obey in advance.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#171613: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:55:27 PM

Sean Spicer grilled by NBC Correspondent over Tweet about Muslim "Ban". The Trump administration is lying so much that the lying is starting to not work.

That's terrific news in my opinion.

edited 31st Jan '17 3:56:22 PM by DingoWalley1

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#171614: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:55:55 PM

@Capsase: Yep. We basically need another Obama.

I don't think we should bank on Trump messing up so much that a flawed candidate will defeat him effortlessly. They need to basically be the whole package (charismatic, sensible, young, targets the right issues in exactly the right way, etc).

edited 31st Jan '17 3:57:25 PM by Draghinazzo

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#171615: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:57:46 PM

No. Obama was a middling. above average President at best. We need another Roosevelt, another Lincoln.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#171616: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:58:50 PM

Obama did win his election, which is obviously a plus.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#171617: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:59:36 PM

To me it's more likely that she runs rather than Michelle, that's all.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#171618: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:00:48 PM

[up][up] Well yes, but we desperately need a great leader at this point with a great number of structural factors at his or her back; merely good won't suffice.

edited 31st Jan '17 4:00:57 PM by CaptainCapsase

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#171619: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:01:04 PM

[up][up]Which Roosevelt? And what about Kennedy?

And why is Carter such an Un Favorite? The man is brilliant!

edited 31st Jan '17 4:01:17 PM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171620: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:01:16 PM

Is there some kind of site I can see what bills both the federal and state congresses have on the table at any given moment of time?

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#171621: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:01:51 PM

[up][up] Kennedy was one of the worst presidents insofar as he nearly destroyed the world. I'm talking about FDR btw in terms of effectiveness, less in terms of policy.

edited 31st Jan '17 4:03:51 PM by CaptainCapsase

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#171622: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:03:04 PM

Kennedy was "great" only in the sense that he (unintentionally) became a martyr.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#171623: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:03:12 PM

~Link To The Future: Not one website. You'll need to check out the various legislature websites. This appears to be the California one, for example.

edited 31st Jan '17 4:03:27 PM by SeptimusHeap

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171624: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:05:10 PM

[up]Thanks.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Ludlow Since: Apr, 2013
#171625: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:09:43 PM

So, on a scale of 1-10, how hopeful should I be that democracy will prevail? How likely do you all think it is that the opposition will be silenced, that protesters might be fired upon, or that any form of opposition will be rendered completely useless. Because I'm seriously wondering if I should take my Masters in Library Science in Canada instead, despite the fact that it'll likely cost me several tens of thousands of dollars to do so.


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