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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#187701: May 9th 2017 at 1:42:24 AM

Good news, comrades! California is trying to end its ban of communists in government jobs.

@m84 Thanks for the info.

edited 9th May '17 1:42:53 AM by MadSkillz

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#187702: May 9th 2017 at 1:44:01 AM

[up] Why am I not surprised that Republicans are throwing a hissy fit over this?

Disgusted, but not surprised
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#187703: May 9th 2017 at 1:50:06 AM

From Southern California specifically, once a major part of the Cold War defense industry.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#187704: May 9th 2017 at 2:09:36 AM

Lifespans by county, with some interesting demographical implications:

  • Appalachia and the Deep South are short lived, predictably.
  • As are Oklahoma and even more so some counties in the Dakotas, not so predictably
  • The south border is imperceptibly longer lived
  • As are some counties in Texas which I believe coincide with the big liberal cities
  • As are Wyoming's Teton County, Utah's Summit County and California's Mono and Alpine Counties. Not sure why these places are long lived. Or liberal leaning
  • Three noticeable longevity belts: A diffuse one centered on southern Minnesota, two more discrete ones in coastal California from Sonoma southward and in central Colorado, following the Rocky Mountains or so it seems to me.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#187705: May 9th 2017 at 2:21:55 AM

Go Coastal Californians! Hopefully I live at least the average of my County.

More Californian news.

Currently the Sanders loyalists and Establishment wing are battling it out for the leadership of the Californian Democraric Party.

The Establishment candidate is currently the target of pedophilia rumors but they don't know by who. To her credit, the Sanders candidate is defending him.

We'll find out who wins on May 20th.

edited 9th May '17 2:22:21 AM by MadSkillz

Superdark33 The dark Mage of the playground from Playgrounds and Adventures Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
The dark Mage of the playground
#187706: May 9th 2017 at 3:07:26 AM

Why do you still call it "The Sanders Wing"?

Call it the Socialist wing, cos its what it is and also to avoid an amalgamation of the Democratic party, socialism and KFC.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#187707: May 9th 2017 at 3:29:35 AM

More on that

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#187708: May 9th 2017 at 3:47:50 AM

I know that the Republicans are firmly in power, but if a German politician would be caught up in this kind of scandal, you can bet that its party would act knowing perfectly well that if they don't, they loose voters - as the Af D just learned when it refused to get rid of a Holocaust denier. There is always a next election after all.

Concerning TYT and other similar Youtube shows: What bothers me about them that they consider themselves as much better than the evil, cooperate media - but they actually aren't. They aren't really journalists, they are just commentator of what is already common knowledge. It is rare that they draw attention to a piece of legislative which would otherwise slip by, and there is no investigative journalism whatsoever happening. The only difference between them and the cooperate media is that they have a general "all politicians are trying to screw us over" stance. Which is exactly the same dangerous rhetoric Putin likes to use in order to defend his own actions. This is bull. There are good and bad decisions in politics, independent from the party which makes said decisions, and sometimes what looks to be a bad decision turns out to be a good one after all.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#187709: May 9th 2017 at 3:50:05 AM

[up] The kicker is that TYT's youtube vids often use the corporate media as their sources. Including conservative ones such as the Wall Street Journal which is owned by Murdoch.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#187710: May 9th 2017 at 3:53:32 AM

[up] Exactly. This isn't journalism, it is more an ongoing political commentary. And not even a good one, at least not when it comes to what is going on in foreign countries. The commentaries on the French Election and German politics were hilariously off the mark in all those left-wing channels. They all make the mistake of just assuming that European politics is similar to US politics.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#187711: May 9th 2017 at 4:54:03 AM

So, apparently Trump's official website has a bug where any url you go to under /press-releases/ that wasn't a previously existing page (that has been wiped but not deleted) will take you to his health care plan, for example:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/why-should-i-be-impeached

or:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/the-ultimate-proof-i-shouldve-never-been-elected-president

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#187712: May 9th 2017 at 5:00:42 AM

Why do you still call it "The Sanders Wing"? Call it the Socialist wing, cos its what it is and also to avoid an amalgamation of the Democratic party, socialism and KFC.

Because that's what the article called it.

The Sanders wing really isn't a socialist wing. Sanders is a socialist but his followers aren't.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#187713: May 9th 2017 at 5:16:58 AM

The kicker is that TYT's youtube vids often use the corporate media as their sources. Including conservative ones such as the Wall Street Journal which is owned by Murdoch.

WSJ is actually pretty good despite being conservative. I use it, NYT and the Economistz

The danger isn't that their sources are bad but the narratives they might try to sell you.

But that's true for any news sources. It's only worse in corporate media because it can reach a much wider audience and their messages are pounded into society so regularly that it's the norm.

edited 9th May '17 5:18:26 AM by MadSkillz

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#187714: May 9th 2017 at 5:22:05 AM

[up]The point is that TYT mines the maligned corporate media for their stuff. Which effectively makes them hypocrites. And as Swanpride pointed out, that's not really journalism. It's punditry and commentary.

It's like someone decrying the evils of technology who has no compunctions against buying the latest smartphones and notebooks for their own use.

edited 9th May '17 5:22:44 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#187715: May 9th 2017 at 5:40:34 AM

It's like someone decrying the evils of technology who has no compunctions against buying the latest smartphones and notebooks for their own use.

So basically fake woke people on Twitter.

i'm tired, my friend
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#187717: May 9th 2017 at 6:00:46 AM

I guess they should abor...murder that bill and focus on the budget instead.

Inter arma enim silent leges
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#187718: May 9th 2017 at 6:02:07 AM

Which Earth does these guys belong to?

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#187719: May 9th 2017 at 6:03:17 AM

[up]One that does not have much in common with reality.

Disgusted, but not surprised
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#187720: May 9th 2017 at 6:04:49 AM

What I'd like to see is for liberal politicians and other opponents to say "Abortion, which by such and such law must now be called murder" every time they would say the word.

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#187721: May 9th 2017 at 6:11:59 AM

[up][up] Bizarro Earth then.

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
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?
#187722: May 9th 2017 at 6:34:19 AM

They may have some priorities straight...
Trump has just begun massively reshaping American appeals courts

President Trump is reportedly naming 10 nominees to federal courts on Monday — and, intriguingly, at least two of the people he's appointing are likely contenders for the Supreme Court in the future.

By putting Larsen (who’s only 48), Stras (42), and Thapar (48) on appeals courts, Trump is further burnishing their credentials for future Supreme Court vacancies. All three of them, and especially Stras, will remain safely within the same age range as recent SCOTUS nominees for the next eight years; all of them would be able to serve, and would keep a seat in reliable conservative hands for up to three decades. They could even be appointed this same year, if a vacancy opens up, just as Souter was.

The most likely next vacancies are either Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an 84-year-old two-time cancer survivor who might need to retire for health reasons, and Anthony Kennedy, who’s now 80 and who former clerks told Reuters is pondering retirement this year or next, especially now that his former clerk Gorsuch is on the Court. Replacing either of them with Larsen, Stras, or Thapar would create a bloc of five solid conservatives (Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Thomas, and the new justice) who could consistently overrule the remaining liberal bloc.

Replacing Kennedy, who sometimes rules with Democrats on reproductive rights and LGBTQ issues but is otherwise fairly conservative, could provide the votes to end Roe v. Wade. And replacing Ginsburg, a thoroughgoing liberal, would move the Court to the right on a whole variety of issues.

There are currently 129 vacancies for federal courts of all types: 101 at district courts, 20 at courts of appeals, and eight at other specialty courts. There are now more than twice as many district and appeals court vacancies as when President Obama took office (as 13 have opened up since the above chart was made).

And as analysis from the team at Ballotpedia shows, the aging of the federal judiciary means that by the end of 2020, slightly over half of district and appeals court judgeships will be a) vacant, b) filled by Trump, or c) held by a judge old enough to take senior status and semi-retire, opening up the seat for another judge.

Not all of those judges will take senior status, of course. But some will. And regardless of how many do, the core point remains that Trump will have considerable power to use his Republican Senate majority, and the 50-vote threshold that Democrats established for lower court judgeships in 2013, to move the lower courts solidly to the right over the next four years. If he’s committed, and if he nominates people fast enough, there’s little that can stand in his way.

According to NYT’s Liptak, the 10 Monday nominees are expected to be part of "near monthly waves of nominations." If Trump keeps up this pace and no one else retires, then he'll have nominees for every vacant federal judgeship by May 2018. He could easily finish the process before midterm elections, and the 2018 Senate election map means it’s very unlikely those will end with Democrats retaking the body and slowing down confirmations.

This is a less visible way that Trump is remaking the federal government. But it’s hugely significant, including to the survival of Trump’s policy initiatives like the travel ban, and it’s a process that’s being guided less by him personally than by the broader conservative legal movement. If you ever wonder why rank-and-file Republican activists are tolerating this administration, this is a very good explanation.

My work is going to be more fun than I thought.

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
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#187723: May 9th 2017 at 6:38:34 AM

Yup. Ever wonder why those seats are vacant? Blame the GOP when they took control of the Senate

New Survey coming this weekend!
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?
#187724: May 9th 2017 at 6:47:01 AM

Indeed, but they and their voters did their due diligence to ensure a firewall of allied judges to keep things from going to far forward. Boring, but Practical.

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
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#187725: May 9th 2017 at 7:04:30 AM

Beating a rotten, larvae infested slab of decaying meat, that was once called a horse, there's yet another study that shows, yet again, it was bigotry, that made the wwc go for Trump, while the ACTUAL economically anxious wwc went for Clinton.

But to add something different, apparently working class white males see college as futile and risky.

edited 9th May '17 7:06:50 AM by NoName999


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