Statistically, China or India is more likelyWhat if instead of Morgantown, I'd grown up somewhere like, say... Welch.
I don't wanna think about it.
Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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GasBandit
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Some areas do, I think. Such things are handled at the state level, not federal.
In Texas basically all you have to do is cohabitate and present yourselves as married.
The urban legend when I was a kid was that if you signed into a hotel together would be enough to be common law married.
figmentPez
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Former Houston police captain accused of violent attempt to prove election conspiracy was hired by GOP activist's group
"Mark Aguirre is accused of running a man off the road and threatening him at gunpoint. The ex-cop was hired as a private investigator by a group whose CEO is GOP activist Steven Hotze."
The fucking moron though there were thousands of fake ballots in a truck, so he ran the truck off the road, held the guy down at gunpoint and had someone steal the truck. There were no fake ballots, just air conditioner parts and tools.
"Mark Aguirre is accused of running a man off the road and threatening him at gunpoint. The ex-cop was hired as a private investigator by a group whose CEO is GOP activist Steven Hotze."
The fucking moron though there were thousands of fake ballots in a truck, so he ran the truck off the road, held the guy down at gunpoint and had someone steal the truck. There were no fake ballots, just air conditioner parts and tools.
What, you mean more people voting can change the outcome of an election?!? What madness is this!?
They not even trying to hide the intentions anymore.
Why does the British government want children of poorer families to starve? First they needed to be shamed by footballer Marcus Rashford into providing free meals during school holidays & now Jacob Rees-Mogg is criticizing Unicef for supplying breakfast boxes to a South London charity over Christmas.
Tucker Carlson Doubles Down on Mocking "Illiterate" Jill Biden
Again, fucking assholes. How anyone can watch Tucker Carlson, human cockroach, and be a fan is beyond me.
Apparently he found typos in the paper and then declared her illiterate as a result. Which is hilarious, because he's a dumbfuck. But it's also obnoxious. I know he's just trolling, but it still makes me wish someone would punch him in his fucking face. If someone had done that more often earlier in life, maybe he wouldn't be such a dipshit.
Dave
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And even more fun.
McConnel and the republicans are now saying they are down for another stimulus check of $600 per person (great for moving if you've been evicted /s). Why the change of heart? Georgia runoffs.
www.commondreams.org
McConnel and the republicans are now saying they are down for another stimulus check of $600 per person (great for moving if you've been evicted /s). Why the change of heart? Georgia runoffs.
'Republican Party Doesn't Give a Damn About You': McConnell Admits Direct Checks Only Included to Help GOP Win in Georgia
"Given that this conversion only came after 'Kelly and David got hammered,' no one should be fooled—or let him get away with it."
www.commondreams.org
figmentPez
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This map from Randall Munroe (XKCD) is an interesting look, see the thread for his comments:
I would like a version that also shows dots for those eligible to but did not vote. I suspect that would be very telling.
I would like a version that also shows dots for those eligible to but did not vote. I suspect that would be very telling.
GasBandit
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I think Whitaker is back in the spotlight because in November 2020 the cops paid his family a 3 million dollar settlement... but no word on criminal charges for the cop that murdered him.
I'm constantly disappointed that the "right to bear arms" doesn't mean Americans are walking around with kodiak arms genetically grafted onto them.
I saw this as well, and came to the same conclusion. Carrying a gun might justifiably brand you as an elevated threat, but it does not grant the police a free and clear license to kill you at their discretion.
Cross-species transplants? Please. We can't even contain a pandemic.
--Patrick
Because police hold a monopoly on violence against the populace, there are no actual rights. Freedom of speech, right to protest, right to bear arms, all of these can be rescinded at any time as the state chooses to execute you via police.
If I weren't at work I'd be really tempted to get on an anarchist soapbox here, but who has time for that?
Once in a while I've considered running for office just to have someone who knows how a fucking computer works in the room when laws are made. That said, I follow AOC partially because she makes me feel better about this sort of thing. She really gives off the "Here dad, let me show you how Instagram works" vibe with the people in charge of our country.
Which is exactly why so many politicians, including her fellow Democrats, have NO CLUE how to handle her. And it's hilarious how they try to spin things against her.
"The People may like her but she makes us uncomfortable because she doesn't know how to play The Game."
MAYBE WE'RE TIRED OF THE GAMES WHADDYA THINK
--Patrick
She's not just playing it better, she's playing directly with her perspective voters. Unlike the mainstream Democrats and Republicans, she knows that the youngest voters aren't at fucking political events... they are at home, on the internet, and that is where she's reaching them. Her net game is great and I can't imagine anyone else in the party actually doing it like this.
Exactly. She has politicians playing frigging Among Us to reach young voters. I could maybe - MAYBE - see Obama do that, and even that is a stretch.
I knew she was different when she appeared on Hbomberguy's charity drive stream. What other politician would be like, "Hey, I'll pop on this Twitch stream for trans rights put on a guy from YouTube!"
Most politicians don't even know how YouTube or Twitch works (or even know what Twitch is). They sure as hell wouldn't be ballsy enough to come on a stream to openly promote trans rights.
I've said it before but if she runs for president in the future, she'll be unstoppable.
figmentPez
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I have no idea how reliable this story from The Hollywood Reporter is, but:
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony
"If passed, illegal streaming of works including movies and music tracks could carry a penalty of up to 10 years in jail. "
"The spending bill also appears to adopt a long-discussed plan to create a small-claims adjudication system within the U.S. Copyright Office. "
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony
"If passed, illegal streaming of works including movies and music tracks could carry a penalty of up to 10 years in jail. "
"The spending bill also appears to adopt a long-discussed plan to create a small-claims adjudication system within the U.S. Copyright Office. "
