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Quo Vadis GOP?

Started by Syt, January 09, 2021, 07:46:24 AM

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Caliga

Quote from: Syt on March 26, 2021, 10:39:33 AM
She would have added unwelcome color to the signing, I suspect.
I'm shocked they are all wearing masks. :hmm:
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Berkut

Quote from: Syt on March 26, 2021, 01:21:47 AM
Quote from: Zanza on March 26, 2021, 01:20:05 AM
Quotemakes it a crime for third-party groups to hand out food and water to voters standing in line
:lol: How can they even pretend with a straight face that this is in any way contributing to the supposed goal of the bill?

I think the official explanation is that handing out food etc.., when done by groups with political affiliations, might influence people to vote a certain way.


...which of course is complete bullshit, since that is already illegal.
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But now it's double-secret probation illegal. Duh. Good law!
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Valmy

What if you just happen to drive a truck past where some people are lining up to vote and some food and water accidentally falls off? Is that legal?
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Quote from: Caliga on March 26, 2021, 02:25:52 PM
I'm shocked they are all wearing masks. :hmm:

It was a condition Hugo Chavez and the Chinese attached when they bribed them to rig the election.

Syt

Valmy mentioned Republicans coming from out of state into Texas to run for office Here's a fun example:

https://twitter.com/markhelenowski/status/1375500976170340360?s=20

"Big Dan Rodimer" - video contrasts how he runs in Texas this year vs. how he ran in Nevada last year.

What a difference a state makes! :D
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Caliga

That sounds like a porn star name. :cool:
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Solmyr

Quote from: Caliga on March 26, 2021, 03:33:28 PM
That sounds like a porn star name. :cool:

He will totally shaft his constituents.

Razgovory

It's like no matter what happens, things get worse.
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I got this terrible feeling that 10 years from now we are going to be saying "The Trump years were good compared to this!".
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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I got this terrible feeling that 10 years from now we'll need to clarify which Trump years we're referring to.

Tonitrus

Quote from: Caliga on March 26, 2021, 03:33:28 PM
That sounds like a porn star name. :cool:

That would be spelled "Rodinher".

The Brain

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on March 26, 2021, 10:14:15 AM
Most federal laws are not 95 pages or more; most are only a few pages.  However many federal laws don't really do very much; here a just a few examples taken in chron order from a list of laws passed this year:

+A bill to authorize the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to delegate authority to approve payroll and personnel actions.+
+ Redesignates the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Georgia as the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.
+ Addresses the use of descending devices to release reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico.
+ Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants to institutions of higher education (or their consortia) to support multidisciplinary, fundamental research with potential relevance to suicide,
+ Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development to award at least 50% of the number of scholarships under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program to Pakistani women for each of the calendar years 2020-2022.
+ Reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2026 and revises the National Estuary Program, which provides grants to protect or restore estuaries of national significance.
+Directs the Department of the Interior to study the sites associated with the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a part owner and President of Sears, Roebuck and Company

Every now and then Congress passes a omnibus bill that addresses some important area in a comprehensive fashion (like a tax reform bill or Obamacare) or takes care of a bunch a different stuff at one go (like the COVID relief bill).  Those ones get into the hundreds of pages.

Interesting. The law regulating nuclear technology in Sweden is something like 16 pages.
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Maladict

Quote from: Valmy on March 26, 2021, 02:35:14 PM
What if you just happen to drive a truck past where some people are lining up to vote and some food and water accidentally falls off? Is that legal?

Yes. But if the voters take it they would be stealing.

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Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2021, 08:19:59 PM
I got this terrible feeling that 10 years from now we are going to be saying "The Trump years were good compared to this!".
I wonder if Americans, in 1856, thought the future would be brighter?
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