Bannon may not be in The White House anymore, but his plan to start over by burning democracy to the ground appears to be continuing apace.
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I like to think that, if there are still people around, that when they unlock these archives it will transpire that they have been paying for a records management team to piece together a bunch of newspaper photographs of pro athletes with slurs scrawled across them.Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View PostComment
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Kudos to De Niro before introducing Springsteen at the Tony Awards last night. "Fuck Trump."Comment
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Interesting piece from the LA Times
For years Democrats ran from the healthcare issue as though it were a heap of flaming rubble, which, politically speaking, it was.
Passage of the Affordable Care Act cost them control of Congress, gave rise to the upstart tea party movement and helped install Donald Trump in the White House.
But polls show support for the law increasing as it becomes more imperiled, and the result has been a political sea change.
A backlash to GOP repeal efforts has emboldened Democrats, who think they can seize back the House, dramatically expand coverage and turn healthcare from an albatross to an advantage even in red states like Idaho, with the help of Republicans like Christy Perry.Comment
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Interesting piece from the LA Times
For years Democrats ran from the healthcare issue as though it were a heap of flaming rubble, which, politically speaking, it was.
Passage of the Affordable Care Act cost them control of Congress, gave rise to the upstart tea party movement and helped install Donald Trump in the White House.
But polls show support for the law increasing as it becomes more imperiled, and the result has been a political sea change.
A backlash to GOP repeal efforts has emboldened Democrats, who think they can seize back the House, dramatically expand coverage and turn healthcare from an albatross to an advantage even in red states like Idaho, with the help of Republicans like Christy Perry.Comment
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Back at you Ursus. Always interesting.
Cal asked about the state of things in North Carolina. Well, good ole North Cackalacky is heading for another bruising. Cooper allowed for pay raises for educators in his recent budget and the Reps are, reportedly planning to veto. Teachers are talking about strikes, as was the case recently in WV and OK. School is out right now but if there is no raise there will be blood on the rug at the start of the next school year. NC's congressional representatives (10 of 12 are Republican) are keeping their heads down ("It's a State matter...") but when the crap starts flying they will be hurt.Comment
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I'm shocked and stunned that the Democrats should have a small number of very safe districts in North Carolina, and the Republicans lots of moderately safe ones. Shocked, I tell you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_...onal_districts
I trust that awful Mark Meadows is safe?Comment
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There is, of course, the slight potential downside to this kind of gerrymandering. In a big enough Democrat wave, the Republicans could lose almost all their seats. There is no Republican wave where the Democrats could lose all their seats.Originally posted by Tubby Isaacs View PostComment
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Yeah, here's hoping.
The comparison between the latest map and the earliest (1975-82) is quite something. The earlier one is big blocks, the current one (er) less so.Comment
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The Supreme Court just upheld Ohio’s purge of its voter rolls, which is very bad newsComment
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Oh fuck.Comment
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Ah, always good to have a rigged Supreme Court to help with rigging of elections.
edit: Am I right in assuming that Garland would have swung it the other way?Last edited by anton pulisov; 11-06-2018, 15:40.Comment
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Virtually certainlyComment
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I'm wondering if it is the time to start talking about this seriously:
It has been speculated as early on as 2005 that Canada could—some say should—join the European Union.[10] Proponents argue that the cultural and political values of Canadians and Europeans have much in common, and that Canadian membership would strengthen both sides politically and economically. While conceding that Canada and Europe are over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) distant,[a] being separated by the North Atlantic, proponents note that the EU already has a member, Cyprus, that is geographically outside Europe.
It has been speculated as early on as 2005 that Canada could—some say should—join the European Union.[10] Proponents argue that the cultural and political values of Canadians and Europeans have much in common, and that Canadian membership would strengthen both sides politically and economically. While conceding that Canada and Europe are over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) distant,[a] being separated by the North Atlantic, proponents note that the EU already has a member, Cyprus, that is geographically outside Europe.
In addition, CETA is possibly the farthest-reaching FTA between the EU and a foreign country. Because of the nature of CETA, some have said that it wouldn't be that far of a leap to EU membership. There have not been any polls conducted on the opinions of Europeans or Canadians regarding closer relations and EU membership.The province of Quebec would help to strengthen the Francophone bloc in the EU, with Francophone nations such as France, Luxembourg and Belgium likely to support Canadian membership. EU membership may also help to curb separatist sentiments in Quebec. In addition, it may decrease Canadian dependence on the United States regarding trade, and security. It would also easily meet the Copenhagen Criteria for EU membership. Additionally, the EU is Canada's second-largest trading partner, and with EU membership, it could become the largest. Canadian and EU officials have not yet commented on this. — WikiComment
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Did anyone listen to Malcolm Gladwell's recent podcast popularising the argument made in some obscure law journals that the law admitting Texas to the union also gives Texas the power to subdivide into 5 states, creating 8 new senators?Comment
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Mmmmmmmmm no.
[To Amor's post...]Comment
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That open Supreme Court seat was a huge motivator for Republicans. If Scalia had still been alive, it wouldn't have been anything like the same.Comment
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Piece in Haaretz on the real function of the N Korean summit https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/....iran-1.6163006Comment
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We'll let's be fair he's wound up everyone on the planet ,from the G7 pictures he looks like he was willing them on for a scuffle , perhaps draining the swamp is a bigger project than we think .Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
Strangely for a man folk think is an idiot ,he is capable of changing the order of the world .Comment
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The whole Greece debacle underlined my greatest reservation (practically my only one, tbh), which is the whole common-currency / economic interdependence thing.Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
Basically, you're throwing in your economic lot with countries both upstanding and utterly feckless.
It would be like tying your household's finances to everyone else in your neighborhood, hoping they were paying their taxes and topping up their retirement account like you were.
And all the checks and balances to ensure compliance? Pfft.Comment
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I could see Canada getting the same opt out of the Euro that the UK is in the process of pissing away.Comment
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Basically, you're throwing in your economic lot with countries both upstanding and utterly feckless.
More feckless than our present largest trading partner?
Common currency isn't a requirement — unless the rules have changed(?) and all trade deals imply some degree of interdependence.
In any case, I'm really suggesting opening the discussions, rather than rushing into it. If nothing else current events highlight how vulnerable a single medium sized nation is with one dominant trading partner.Comment
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It would be hilarious. Maybes Scotland could join hands across the Atlantic and become a Maritime Province in a proper federal state, seeing as it’ll never go for Indy no matter what.Comment
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