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Board 8   »   A person is charged with a crime...
red_sox_777
04/18/2024
01:43 PM
#24
Regarding OJ, I wasn't old enough in 1995 to have an opinion about this, but I feel like it's generally a bad idea to think that you know better than the jury based on what you've seen reported by the media. Like, if you've seen a few minutes or hours of curated info, why would you know better than the jury who's heard all the evidence over months?
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Board 8   »   A person is charged with a crime...
red_sox_777
04/18/2024
01:29 PM
#22
I assume they are innocent in this case. If, as a result of a plea bargain, someone is convicted of a minor charge and given a light sentence after being charged with a serious crime, I also generally assume they are probably innocent.
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Board 8   »   Fandom bans politics on GameFAQs (outside of Current Events)
red_sox_777
04/16/2024
04:42 PM
#240
GranzonEx posted...
They will do away with the boards soon enough. The content (FAQs and walkthroughs) are the only things worth anything to them. The message boards are like comments on a blog post, nobody really reads them. This is a wake up call.

Unless GameFAQs changed the terms by which users submit content at some point, they don't own the content. The copyright belongs to the contributor.
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Board 8   »   Fandom bans politics on GameFAQs (outside of Current Events)
red_sox_777
04/16/2024
01:09 PM
#197
KokoroAkechi posted...
Does this mean no more Redsox polls

Sadly, it looks like the end of the line for these polls.
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Board 8   »   Fandom bans politics on GameFAQs (outside of Current Events)
red_sox_777
04/16/2024
01:02 AM
#188
When did the URL change? Was it under CNet?
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Board 8   »   Fandom bans politics on GameFAQs (outside of Current Events)
red_sox_777
04/16/2024
12:29 AM
#181
LeonhartFour posted...
he's already lost tracking Crono/Mario and Crono/Vincent trends

the man has suffered enough

I guess we're never going to get another contest. Sad day.
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Board 8   »   Fandom bans politics on GameFAQs (outside of Current Events)
red_sox_777
04/15/2024
06:00 PM
#126
Wish CJayC had never sold.
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 412: A Bad Deal on the Good Book
red_sox_777
04/10/2024
03:34 PM
#177
Money is very overrated in terms of presidential campaigns. Everyone has already heard of both Trump and Biden; throwing an extra $500 million at campaigning just doesn't move the needle much.
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Board 8   »   What's your most important issue for Elections 2024?
red_sox_777
03/06/2024
06:17 PM
#8
Oh wow somehow I forgot about including Climate Change. But I'm not sure what it would have displaced on the poll. I guess I could have combined War and Foreign Policy into one option.
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Board 8   »   What's your most important issue for Elections 2024?
red_sox_777
03/06/2024
04:47 PM
#1
Vote away!
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
red_sox_777
03/04/2024
05:57 PM
#178
CoolCly posted...
What does this do to the plenary authority argument?

If the delegate system supposedly allows states to decide their votes for president however they individually want at the end of the day (they don't even need to hold a vote or respect the vote), then why would the federal government be able to decide what they have on their ballots like this? Is that argument in shambles or does this not interact with it somehow?

I'd imagine it would end up being similar to the plenary authority an employer has to fire an employee - you don't need a reason, and you can do it for any reason EXCEPT one of the prohibited reasons stated in the Civil Rights Act or similar legislation.

I don't think this is very well thought out. Suppose Congress responds to this by passing a new law to create a Congressional Commission on Disqualification, to be filled entirely with political appointees. Then the Commission start disqualifying anyone from the other party they don't want to run. This is clearly a worse result than many states doing this because this can functionally end democracy in one blow.
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
red_sox_777
03/04/2024
12:46 PM
#173
Expected. Not a big fan of the rationale but I don't really see anything better they could have done.
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
red_sox_777
03/02/2024
11:46 AM
#142
Unless the claim is that Gen X is going to be skipped over? As in, the crown for richest generation would pass directly from Baby Boomers to Millennials without Gen X spending any time in the #1 spot? I suspect that's possible if measured in total assets because the Baby Boomer and Millennial generations have significantly more total people in them than Gen X. But it would still be surprising to me.
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
red_sox_777
03/02/2024
11:40 AM
#141
In general, every successive generation becomes the richest generation in history. But not until they are in the 50s/60s age range, and that is becoming later. So millennials becoming the richest generation in history at some point is about as surprising as real estate and stocks being higher than they were 30 years ago - i.e. not surprising at all.
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
red_sox_777
02/29/2024
03:03 PM
#123
Not_an_Owl posted...
I think there's a very good chance they give him immunity just based on the math of the court. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are Trump appointees and Clarence Thomas is Clarence Thomas, so really it just comes down to Roberts and Alito. I think Roberts probably sides with the liberals on this but I can't even be sure of that, and I'd give better than even odds Alito votes for immunity, even if it's in a very limited "Trump has immunity but no other president does or will and this does not set precedent" kind of way.

Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are not voting to give presidents immunity. I think this is probably a 9-0 decision, but if it's not, only Thomas and Alito have any real chance of jumping through the mental hoops necessary to carve out an exception for Trump.
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
red_sox_777
02/27/2024
05:24 PM
#40
I don't think this will work for Wendy's because they have too much competition offering similar products.
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Board 8   »   Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
red_sox_777
02/23/2024
12:47 PM
#3
Wait, was abortion illegal in the UK before this?

In the US, we have many laws that are on the books but are never enforced because everyone understands that they are unconstitutional. However, in the UK there is no written constitution and I thought the courts are not empowered to strike down any act of Parliament as unconstitutional. So if there was an act of Parliament prohibiting abortion and it hasn't been repealed then it would be in force - am I missing something?
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Board 8   »   Which would you choose? Obamacare vs. Trumpcare vs. Hillarycare
red_sox_777
02/05/2024
06:47 PM
#1
For purposes of this poll:

Obamacare is what it is now.

Trumpcare is exactly the same as Obamacare, except with Trump's name on it, and it doesn't cover abortions or any other treatment Trump would not approve of. It would cost marginally less than Obamacare because of that (but the vast majority of the cost savings will go to insurance companies or the rich).

Hillarycare is what Hillary proposed in the 90s.

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Board 8   »   Would you prefer to receive welfare, financial aid, or a refundable tax credit?
red_sox_777
02/05/2024
05:51 PM
#1
Which of these things would you prefer to receive?
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