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shokan_warrior posted...

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Done differently? He should have actively campaigned in the South instead of essentially ceding it to HRC. That was pretty much how she won the nomination.
Pepys Monster posted...

shokan_warrior posted...

he needed to be a tougher and stronger person

he looked like a legit CUCK when he had his own rally interrupted by blm

after that bernie looked like a weak old man

Damn, they came up on the stage acting so aggressive, screaming "fuck off!" at that other guy. And Bernie just let them on the microphone instead of ejecting them from the event.

Because he's a good man? He had some trouble with minorities because he was slow to acknowledge that leftist economic policy is insufficient for addressing racial inequality without being paired with equally progressive social policy.
But, again, Senator Sanders is a good man. He listens. He learns. That's more than most politicians.

just imagine him sitting across from putin with his head down and chest caved in

he'd be a complete push over

That would be twice as tough as Trump is on Putin.
But it's telling you're equating Black Lives Matter activists with a Russian dictator.

Done differently? He should have actively campaigned in the South instead of essentially ceding it to HRC. That was pretty much how she won the nomination.
Pepys Monster posted...

shokan_warrior posted...

he needed to be a tougher and stronger person

he looked like a legit CUCK when he had his own rally interrupted by blm

after that bernie looked like a weak old man

Damn, they came up on the stage acting so aggressive, screaming "fuck off!" at that other guy. And Bernie just let them on the microphone instead of ejecting them from the event.

Because he's a good man? He had some trouble with minorities because he was slow to acknowledge that leftist economic policy is insufficient for addressing racial inequality without being paired with equally progressive social policy.
But, again, Senator Sanders is a good man. He listens. He learns. That's more than most politicians.

ThePrinceFish posted...

iPhone_7 posted...

Nancy Pelosi never did anything good for anyone. The Democratic Party would have been better off without her. What has this **** contributed to this country or the American people? Nothing.

She's an amazing fundraiser for her party tho

She also did a great job getting bills through the House in 2008-10.
But, in spite of that, she sucks and should be replaced by some one who doesn't such ideologically.

ExtremeLuchador posted...

Wasn't Dunleavy killing both of them in the polls?

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/governor/ak/alaska_governor_dunleavy_vs_begich_vs_walker-6669.html
Correct, BUT, as you can see, he's never getting more than 50% of the vote. He could be in trouble if Walker endorsed Begich, for example.

I mean, this was a pudgy 59 year-old man. Those 15 Saudi dudes and the bone saw feared for their lives.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/alaska-governor-suspends-election-bid-225625487.html
Bill Walker was the nation's only independent governor. This just three days after his Lt. Governor, Democrat Byron Mallott, resigned suddenly with little explanation. This leaves the race between Democrat Mark Begich and Republican Mike Dunleavy.
Just...what the hell is going on in Alaska?

https://imgur.com/E53RJrB
Here's a chart of David Johnson's rushing attempts per game.
Just wow. Who looks at David Johnson and thinks the best way to use him is as a between-the-tackles runner?

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25024875/arizona-cardinals-fire-offensive-coordinator-mike-mccoy
This is the third season in a row in which Mike McCoy has been fired mid-season. I wonder who will be dumb enough to hire him next?
You have to figure Head Coach Steve Wilks has a chance of being one-and-done if things don't improve.

Milkman5 posted...

ArmieBuff posted...

Do the States not do this

no, because it has been politicized.

Democrats coined Voter Identification as "Voter Suppression" and that it is how it's described in the news.

They take this strange race angle. They claim that a lot African Americans don't have any form of identification. That they don't have a home, a proof of residence, an ID, or any proof that they exist, meaning that they can't drive, don't have a job, don't buy alcohol or anything for people over 18 etc.

I literally have never met a single person, let alone a black person, who didn't have some form of ID.

I have no idea who they are even talking about. Like a group of black people completely off the grid in the deep south or some shit?

It's very strange and it's basically the mainstream opinion here in America that these mythical people without any proof of who they are exist.

Because that's literally the stated goal of people implementing these laws?

We battled to get voter ID on the ballot for the November 16 election, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, who defended the law in court, told conservative radio host Vicki McKenna on April 12. How many of your listeners really honestly are sure that Sen. [Ron] Johnson was going to win reelection or President Trump was going to win Wisconsin if we didnt have voter ID to keep Wisconsins elections clean and honest and have integrity?
That's the Attorney General of Wisconsin.

"Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania: done,"
-Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai(R), 2012

"Yeah, I think a little bit," Gleason said. "We probably had a better election. Think about this: We cut Obama by 5 percent, which was big. A lot of people lost sight of that. He beat McCain by 10 percent; he only beat Romney by 5 percent. And I think that probably photo ID helped a bit in that."
-Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Robert Gleason
https://tinyurl.com/y8mkpbjz
That's not even all of them. All but the first one come from a single article(it has video!) Like, they straight-up say these laws are designed to help Republicans win more elections.

But, let's ask France!

elections-legislatives.frThe requirements are fairly limited :

- Age: 18 years;
- French citizenship ; EU citizens residing in France may, however, require to be registered on the supplementary electoral roll to vote in municipal and/or European elections.

Disfranchisement is limited to persons under guardianship and to persons serving certain criminal sentences. When disfranchisement isn't part of the sentence, detained persons may vote by proxy
How does one register to vote in France?

Registration is automatic with coming of age.

Voters may choose to be registered on the electoral roll:

-of their official domicile;
-or of a commune where they have been paying local taxes for at least the last 5 years;
-or of a place of residence if the residence has been actual and continuous for at least the last 6 months;
-or of a commune where civil servants/military personnel have been mandatorily posted.

Is voting compulsory ?

Voting is not compulsary.
How does one vote ?

French voters, once registered, are send a voter's card providing them the address of their polling station, at least 3 days prior to the election. In the smaller municipalities (with a population under 3,500 people), voters may cast their votes when presenting their voter's card only. In the more populated municipalities, a recognized identity document ( i.e. French identity card, driving licence or passport) is required and presenting a voter's card being optional.

Voting is strictly personal and strictly secret : it is an offense to try and control voting choice. It is even an offense to try and know one's voting choice.

Thus polling stations are equipped to protect voting freedom and secrecy :
At the polling station, upon presentation of voter's card and/or identity document, voters are issued an opaque envelope made of recycled paper.

There is one ballot paper per candidate.

All ballot papers are on one same table. Voters must take at least two different ballot papers prior to proceeding into the opaque polling booth where they fold a ballot paper into the envelope. They do not seal the envelope. Once their names are checked by the electoral officer, voters are allowed to put their ballot envelope in the ballot box and sign the electoral register.

http://www.elections-legislatives.fr/en/voting.asp
If you're wondering about how much it costs to get a French I.D. , it runs 35 euros, which is a little more than half what it cost for me to get a driver's license from the state of Connecticut.

http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=ids&document=index&lang=e
Valid I.D. for voting in Canada

1)One of the following:
-Driver's License
-Provincial/Territory I.D. card
OR
2) Two of the following(at least one must have your address):
-health card
-Canadian passport
-birth certificate
-certificate of Canadian citizenship
-citizenship card
-social insurance number card
-Indian status card
-band membership card
-Mtis card
-card issued by an Inuit local authority
-Canadian Forces identity card
-Veterans Affairs health card
-old age security card
-hospital card
-medical clinic card
-label on a prescription container
-identity bracelet issued by a hospital or long-term care facility
-blood donor card
-CNIB card
-credit card
-debit card
-employee card
-student identity card
-public transportation card
-library card
-liquor identity card
-parolee card
-firearms licence
-licence or card issued for fishing, trapping or hunting
-utility bill (e.g. electricity; water; telecommunications services including telephone, cable or satellite)
-bank statement
-credit union statement
-credit card statement
-personal cheque
-government statement of benefits
-government cheque or cheque stub
-pension plan statement
-residential lease or sub-lease
-mortgage contract or statement
-income tax assessment
-property tax assessment or evaluation
-vehicle ownership
-insurance certificate, policy or statement
-correspondence issued by a school, college or university
-letter from a public curator, public guardian or public trustee
-targeted revision form from Elections Canada to residents of long-term care facilities
-letter of confirmation of residence from a First Nations band or reserve or an Inuit local authority
-letter of confirmation of residence, letter of stay, admission form or statement of benefits from one of the following designated establishments:
student residence
seniors' residence
long-term care facility
shelter
soup kitchen
So, like, for example, I could vote if I brought them my vehicle registration and my Whole Foods Market employee discount card.

It sucks that Nepal is governed by idiots(at least in regards to this subject, I don't know much about Nepal).

Darkman124 posted...

Damn_Underscore posted...

Darkman124 posted...

depends on whether you measure evil by outcome or intent

the cultural revolution killed less people, but it was meant to kill people

Yeah, that's why I asked that question.

Also I wanted to discuss these two events which I personally never heard about in school.

the 1994 taiwannese film, To Live, provides a useful contextualization of each event.

fwiw, I voted Cultural Revolution, since your question was about morality, and not net human impact. The Great Leap Forward definitely caused more human suffering.

I voted the Cultural Revolution too, for this reason. If you're making moral judgments, then intent matters quite a bit. Particularly, the Great Leap Forward was partly modeled off of Stalin's Five-Year Plans, the sheer brutality of which was not nearly as well appreciated at the time(and likely would have been dismissed by the CCP as Western propaganda, in any case). What made the Great Leap Forward so disastrous was profound ignorance, a lack of communication/trust and stubbornness. It wasn't malicious in any way, whereas the Cultural Revolution was essentially Mao's way of muscling out and punishing everyone who had (in his mind) slighted him and cut him out of the loop(mostly as a result of the Great Leap Forward). It was 100% malicious in intent.

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

Why not, a return to actual federalism?
More state autonomy and less federal dominance may actually serve to lessen division, via intentionally dividing.

The last time states made a serious effort to assert their autonomy, a civil war was fought. Right now, you literally have people saying combatants on that side were traitors, even though federal oversight and reach was not really a thing in the way that it is now. I dont think most people would be open to actual state autonomy, especially now that so many are pushing for more and more federal government involvement in their lives.

Not to mention that state identities aren't much of a thing anymore. Virtually everyone identifies as an American first, not as a Texan or New Yorker or a Californian.
And, of course, we already did the "loose confederation" thing. It went so well it got replaced within 20 years without any serious disagreement.

Seems imminently reasonable.

Basically, the issue is this: there's a growing consensus that our government is illegitimate. Republicans have very much become a white identity party which views Democrats as inherently illegitimate. This explains their treatment of the last two Democratic presidents: since they both lost the white vote, their victories cannot have been legitimate. Thus, the drive to, wherever possible, restrict the voting access of non-whites and codify Republican power into law.

These efforts, of course, have badly exacerbated our already undemocratic system of government. The Founders were chiefly concerned with codifying their political dominance and getting 13 very different and very independent states to agree to form a federation. Nowadays; however, the states are not what divides us: ideology is. Functional democracies do not award all of the power to the party that wins a minority of votes, but ours did. In 3 of the last 7 presidential elections, the electoral college winner did not win a majority of the popular vote. In 2 of those cases, they did not even win a plurality. The Democratic Party consistently receives more votes in aggregate in House and Senate races, but is a minority in both chambers of Congress(the former isn't even in accordance with our Constitution's undemocratic design). To win the House, the Democrats must earn(again, in aggregate) 7-8% more votes than the Republicans. As population becomes more concentrated in urban areas, that will only get worse. The Senate, if trends continue, will soon have a permanent Republican majority elected by 30% or less of the entire population.
Basically, there's a growing awareness on the left of just how rigged the system is. Making D.C. and Puerto Rico states would help, as would packing the courts and expanding voting rights, but A)It's unlikely the Democrats have the political will or will obtain the necessary power to do so and B) It would do nothing to address the inherent inequities of our present system. Oh, and of course the Republicans would view it at all as a disgusting, illegitimate power-grab.

As our governmental system's legitimacy decays, the present divisions will worsen. Barring a radical change, the prognosis is grim.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/governor/
You can mouse over individual states to see a projection, and the table below has more detailed statistical information on each race(they're sorted by projected margin of victory).
It's a good way to get a feel for the lay of the political landscape.

But there is: fixing our broken system of government that enables minority rule.

I'm playing a lot of Europa Universalis IV and some Stellaris.

soylentgreen posted...

300 million people aren't going to stop 7+ billion (and growing) from changing the climate. Anything short of a climate change tyrant isn't to make a difference.

I'm willing to give up on the issue. We just aren't the generation to do it.

Yeah, you're right. The country that produced the 2nd most carbon emissions in 2016 definitely can't do anything about this(http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/en/CO2-emissions) and the absence of the premier global power in all efforts to do anything about it has no effect at all, I'm sure.

As per the topic, I'd say the Democratic politicians quoted were being realistic given the likelihood that the Republicans will retain a Senate majority and the fact that the president believes this is all a Chinese hoax or whatever, but then there's also no reason to believe that they have any intention of doing anything ambitious policy-wise.

lilORANG posted...

DarthWendy posted...

What are "shoggoths" ?

Lovecraftian monsters

Specifically, the bio-engineered slaves used by the Ancient Ones who lived in modern-day Antarctica.
They eventually overthrew and slaughtered their masters.
Lovecraft actually has several distinct alien races/entities kicking around Earth at various times(up to and including modern times). Most, if not all of them, are terrified of Cthulu.

I, for one, would like to congratulate drugs on their victory in the War on Drugs.

"Bring more Macca next time!"

We basically took a local conflict that would have been resolved swiftly in the same way it eventually was, and dragged it out for ~10 years at an incredible expense in human life, money, and to American prestige. No one really won(even though North Vietnam did eventually absorb South Vietnam), but we certainly lost.

Oh yeah, this was totally done by random thugs/accidental.
This post paid for by Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.

"This is real, right?"

"Oh, a Hunter."

ThanksUglyGod posted...

Stop acting like Warren was the loser here for not putting up with his bullshit.

You idiots letting Trump get away with his bullshit is how he wins in 2020.

Actually, she owned herself by engaging with a bottom-of-the-barrel right-wing jibe and doing so insensitively enough to piss off the Cherokee. She was already doing the smart thing before: ignoring this idiocy. Now, she looks like an idiot and no one's mind is going to be changed by Trump welching on a pledge, because everyone either already knows he's a lying sack of garbage or has convinced themselves otherwise.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/917921-baten-kaitos-eternal-wings-and-the-lost-ocean/faqs/41892
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/917921-baten-kaitos-eternal-wings-and-the-lost-ocean/faqs/33879
Just look at that. Look at it! It's goddamned insanity. There are magnus combos to simulate cooking.

CiIIIantro posted...

ElatedVenusaur posted...

She owned herself by pointlessly engaging a racist conservative jibe and doing so in a way that was sufficiently insensitive as to (rightfully!)anger the Cherokee nation. I now have severe doubts as to her political instincts.

She literally spent time in the video discussing this and saying she is not entitled to any tribal membership. You people have been watching too much Fox News.

"A DNA test is useless to determine tribal citizenship. Current DNA tests do not even distinguish whether a persons ancestors were indigenous to North or South America," Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. said. "Sovereign tribal nations set their own legal requirements for citizenship, and while DNA tests can be used to determine lineage, such as paternity to an individual, it is not evidence for tribal affiliation. Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong. It makes a mockery out of DNA tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonoring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens, whose ancestors are well documented and whose heritage is proven. Senator Warren is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage."
http://www.cherokee.org/News/Stories/20181015_Cherokee-Nation-responds-to-Senator-Warrens-DNA-test
ITT, the Cherokee are Fox News, apparently. The best thing Senator Warren can do at this point is to eat the crow and apologize profusely to the Cherokee Nation.

DevsBro posted...

apocalyptic_4 posted...

Baiten katos on the Gamecube.

Looked like a rpg but the actual combat is all card based. I almost returned the game cause I hated the mechanic but I got use to it.

When you go into the Imperial capital near the middle of the game, that damn dungeon went on for hours.

Overall the game was ok.

Yeah, some sections in both games drag. Still good, of course.
The first one is by far the weirder one mechanically. Lots of cards change over time(often for the worst!) and there are all kinds of ridiculously esoteric combos that create an insane variety of items.

Yeah, Venus blows. Makes freaking Mars look like a paradise.
It would be cool to turn Mercury into a giant solar panel though.

She owned herself by pointlessly engaging a racist conservative jibe and doing so in a way that was sufficiently insensitive as to (rightfully!)anger the Cherokee nation. I now have severe doubts as to her political instincts.

Worked against Max Cleland, and winning is all they care about.

Let me just say this: this is dumb and pointless. Everyone outside of his fan base knows Donald Trump is a race-baiting hypocrite, and pointing that out accomplishes nothing and will convince no one of anything.

Vertania posted...

I get the feeling Biden will be swarmed with sexual assault allegations if he runs. "Creepy Biden" is basically already a meme at this point.

I actually really like Biden, but I think running him would be a mistake.

Plus, he was very publicly mean to Anita Hill back during Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearing, and recently doubled-down on it when asked about it in relation to the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. That's probably not going to go over well with Democratic voters in 2020. Or, at least, I hope so.

The Beats got Brock Lobster'd. I guess it's less embarrassing than Petermaning yourself for the third time though.

electricbugs2 posted...

ElatedVenusaur posted...

and Ariados is also really bad.

It was at least solid in it's introduction gen though. Ledian never even had that.

It has better-distributed stats than Ledian(90 Base ATK is almost respectable!), but it's slow as hell and its movepool is dire. The only good move it learns naturally is Psychic(good luck running it off Ariados's special attack). It can get Sludge Bomb though, if you're willing to burn the TM(and why not?) which automatically makes it leagues better than Ledian, but it's still really bad.
I've always had a soft spot for both Spinarak's and Ariados's designs though.

Ledian makes Ariados look good by comparison, and Ariados is also really bad.
Butterfree was the most successful starter-bug back then, because it could lean on Confusion for a bit. I wish they could all be half as good as Scolipede.

The Bills may struggle with things like blocking, catching and the forward pass, but Josh Allen owns.

ForestLogic posted...

Allanon23 posted...

ForestLogic posted...

The Simpsons bit at the end made no sense

huh? The episode was called A Problem with A Poo.....Apu. It's basically like they came up with the title and built the episode around it. There was a huge PC outrage over the stereotypes in The Simpsons in the last year or so.

It made complete sense.

I know about what it was based off of and I understood the title pun from The Problem With Apu.

I'm saying it doesn't make sense for South Park, one of the most offensive cartoons of all time, to call out The Simpsons for a character like Apu.

I'm pretty sure that's the joke.

The Brothers Karamazov
Go Team Venture! : The Art and Making of The Venture Bros.
A Peace to End All Peace
Any Man
Great Tales of Horror(decent Lovecraft compilation).

Nothing now. I have a lot of reading to do for school.

FaultyGourry posted...

Why do you think that? Did Eli get injuried?

That would be addition by subtraction.

Yeah, they still employ Bret Stephens, yes.

The only game I care about achievements in is Europa Universalis IV(because it gives me fun directions to go in).
Still, it is a major oversight on Nintendo's part, I agree.

Negative economic indicators would hurt the incumbent party, yes.

It's almost like a candidate for governor shouldn't have control over the voter rolls...

Glad to see Dan Malloy where he belongs. Dude is trash.