Everything posted by Orale
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Court Expansion / Adding PR and DC as States
Thought this deserved its own thread as this will soon be the defining political issue of our time. Assuming Barrett is a fait accompli, the question will be how Democrats respond should they take the Senate and WH. Do they dispense with the filibuster and add two, four, or more SC seats? I heard a podcast yesterday where doubling or even tripling the number of SC justices was entertained based on the view that the court would be less politicized and ideological if a nomination was unlikely to significantly sway the court's ideological composition. Likewise, how realistic is adding PR and/or DC as states and what are the pros and cons? A 6-3 court could potentially overturn any major Democratic legislation for decades if Democrats do not add justices. What's the point of holding the trifecta if your major legislation is repeatedly shot down by the SC. I don't see the advantage of adding two seats versus four as two only gets you to a 6-5 minority. Republicans are going to scream and howl regardless of the number, so might as well go for the 6-7 majority IMO. Same for adding DC and PR as states. Again, Republicans would scream bloody murder, but fuck em and their insincere protestations. The fear of course is that the traditionalists/moderates in the Democratic party will sabotage these efforts for fear of upsetting "bi-partisanship" and the way things have always been done. In my view, any Democratic member of the Senate/House that doesn't go along should be primaried. I'm tired of scared milquetoast Democrats too afraid to fight fire with fire. Some fear that Republicans will respond in kind should they ever win the trifecta again. However, there are no conservative states they could add, so adding DC and PR is a no-lose proposition. Likewise, it wouldn't be a bad thing, IMO, if Republicans add additional SC seats in the future because that would further dilute the power of individual SC seats. The more justices on the court, the better.
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Amy Coney Barrett
Can you please change your god awful profile pic? That dish is fucking disgusting!
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KState at BlowU - 11 am CST - Fox
A little behind?
- KState at BlowU - 11 am CST - Fox
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Texas Court elections 2020
Word. I practiced in San Antonio off and on for 10 years and we had some seriously terrible Democratic judges and some excellent Republican judges. However this election is about punishing anyone who aligns with Trump by having an R after their name. I won't be voting for an R again until they blow it up and start over. So straight ticket it is.
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Ron Paul appears to suffer stroke while livestreaming today
I'm gonna kind of have to disagree with you there. I would feel great personal glee if Trump, McConnell, Cruz, Graham, et al. were to suffer from a severe case of the CovidheartattackstrokeAIDsseverebeating.
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The best beer you have ever drank
Pyramid Apricot Ale. Used to get it all the time in SA. Now can't find it anywhere.
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Comic Relief: Satirical Tweets and Memes
I'm sure you're a likable person in real life.
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Thing$ $till not going well for Joe Rogan, I $ee.
That's the thing, it was a horrible and obviously wrong take that he served to millions of gullible listeners. Biden's appearances the last month have clearly dispelled that smear all while Trump legitimately is mentally impaired. Aside from being a dick thing to say about Biden, it dangerously misinforms his listeners. That's a strike 1 2 3 for me.
- Amy Coney Barrett
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Thing$ $till not going well for Joe Rogan, I $ee.
I liked some segments of interviews I saw a while back on Youtube with interesting non-political people. At the time I thought he sounded reasonable and thoughtful. I also like his views on cannabis and legalizing drugs. Then as I saw more of his interviewee list, I realized far more of his interviewees are these Ben Shapiro and Jordan Petersen types. Giving voice to that kind of toxic masculinity is too much for me. It legitimizes what any decent person should abhor. I guess that's the UFC machismo nonsense.
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2020 Presidential Election -- Biden v Trump: Sleepy Joe vs Dopey Don [Results begin on page 409]
You're no doubt correct. But I, like the vast majority of people, saw only highlights of it. And he looked pretty damn good. Your average voter isn't watching this stuff. Don't get too mired in the minutiae.
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BJ Foster, destructive back
Your mom's skin is thicker than that?
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Louisiana at Iowa State
That's a good breakfast, but what about lunch?
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Tell me about "Clear Travel" biometric check-in
Yep. I don't see the benefit of Clear anytime soon. Global Entry gives you TSA Pre-Check for 5 years for $100. Even non-TSA pre-check security lines will probably be non-existent for six months or until a vaccine, so what's the usefulness of Clear?
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Tell me about "Clear Travel" biometric check-in
I had to fly for work last week, Chicago to Seattle. The airports were fairly busy. Obviously nowhere close to before, but not a graveyard either.
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2020 Republican National Convention
Jesus that was boring and low energy. Look at that awful family. They all deserve bad things.
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2020 Republican National Convention
White House = a couple soldiers on a beach. Whatever dude.
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Kellyanne quitting
She seem's well adjusted.
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All Things Brisket
I'm going to smoke a 15 pound prime using the hot and fast method (300 degrees) for the first time on my WSM. I saw some videos where they separate the point from the flat prior to smoking. Is there an advantage to going that route?
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Comic Relief: Satirical Tweets and Memes
Have you seen a Trump rally?
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2020 Democratic National Convention
Joe Biden and this convention was so much better than I dared to hope. Whoever was in charge is a rock star.
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2020 Democratic National Convention
Yeah, that was really great. Imagine a president with empathy and compassion.
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2020 Democratic National Convention
Jesus dude, stop the thread shitting.
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2020 Democratic National Convention
The video of the poor dude with ALS is really powerful.