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Re: Only in America

Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:57 pm

Four people shot and killed in Texas at birthday party for 1 year old. Woo-hoo!!!!!!

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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:58 pm

Witness me! :zombie:

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Re: Only in America

Post by Jason » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:03 pm

Yes... because guns. Whoop.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:10 pm

Holy shit, this thread has been around since 2014! It should be full by now. I guess most of us just don't bother posting the wacky shootings that happen around us.

I bet I can fill it up with Texas alone. :hehe:

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Re: Only in America

Post by Jason » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:15 pm

At least it'll be appropriate to the subforum. :cheer:

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Post by Tero » Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:30 pm

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Re: Only in America

Post by Forty Two » Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:27 pm

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Why should living in a less populated area mean that your vote for the president is worth 3 times that of a city dweller? I cannot see that as being anything other than a betrayal of basic democratic principles...
I tried to explain it. It's not that one person's vote is worth less. It's that the head of government is not elected by popular vote. Rather, the head of government is elected by another mechanism - that being the choice of the individual states as coequal entities. It's a similar concept to the UN giving each country one vote, even though China has 1.5 billion people and Norway has 4.5 million, they both have the same vote in the UN, meaning 4.5 million Norwegians have the same relative voting power as 1.5 billion Chinese.

In a federal system, the States are sovereign "states," and as such one small state like Rhode Island is afforded equal status as Texas or California. That's why they each get two Senators in the Senate - because they are coequal states. The interest of the populace as individuals is represented in the House of Representatives and elected by direct popular vote of the residents of each district.

The head of government, in a parliamentary system, is not generally elected by the popular vote - instead, it's the legislature/parliament that "votes" for the PM by appointing the leader of the majority party (or majority coalition by negotiation of a combination of a plurality of parties). So, you're not getting a person that the majority of the voters would vote for in a national election. In the US system, the head of government is elected by Electors, who are chosen by the States. The number of electors is determined by combining the interests of the States (two electors each for each Senator), then a proporational number of 435 electors based on relative proportion of total population (plus 3 for Washington DC). So, as I explained, the election of the head of government is not determined by which party gets a majority of congressmen, but rather by a combination decision based on vote of the people AND vote of the States as juridical persons/entities.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Jason » Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:43 am

Tennessee father run over by lawn mower while trying to kill son with chainsaw

Police in Tennessee say a man was run over with a lawn mower while he was allegedly trying to kill his son with a running chainsaw.

According to the Kingsport Times News, authorities were called to a home in Bristol in June, where they discovered a 76-year old man bleeding from his head and leg.

Authorities said the man allegedly tried to attack his son with a chainsaw while he was riding a lawn mower. The two men apparently had an ongoing feud.

“The son defended himself against the attack by running over the suspect with the lawn mower,” the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “The injuries that the suspect sustained were as a result of the lawn mower striking and running over him.”


https://globalnews.ca/news/4549407/fath ... globalnews

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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:44 am

:funny:

edit: just saw it was globalnews. That's a parody site if I remember correctly.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Jason » Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:52 am

pErvinalia wrote:
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:44 am
:funny:

edit: just saw it was globalnews. That's a parody site if I remember correctly.
Nope. It's a legit Canadian news outlet.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Seabass » Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:54 am

And that is some legit Murican redneckin'.
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Re: Only in America

Post by pErvinalia » Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:59 am

Śiva wrote:
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:52 am
pErvinalia wrote:
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:44 am
:funny:

edit: just saw it was globalnews. That's a parody site if I remember correctly.
Nope. It's a legit Canadian news outlet.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Sean Hayden » Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:01 am

He couldn't have been trying too hard, poor bastard. He should've just clotheslined him as he rode by.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Sean Hayden » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:19 am

I done blowed my arm off.




He set a trap with a shotgun at his backdoor and then forgot about it. :nono:

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Re: Only in America

Post by pErvinalia » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:42 am

:funny:
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