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by Tero » Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:36 pm
Sean Hayden wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:49 pm
Democracy's stupid. Look, we've been at this long enough now that we should be able to define a set of standards for any office, and government in general. Now, just fill the positions with the people best able to execute those standards. Instead of voting for a dog catcher, you hire the most qualified catcher of dogs.
Or, even better, put a coin in charge. You keep your crazy parties, but now they only agree on a set of possibilities from which The Coin decides. "We had some good flips this year"... "Well, with a set like that it's hard to miss"... "That's an interesting point. What do you make of Republican concerns that this year's set favors Democrats"... "Ultimately, I think the coin decides Bob"... "Indeed"...
I took your challenge and developed it further:
https://karireport.blogspot.com/2020/10 ... -coin.html
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by Sean Hayden » Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:41 pm

I'm flattered.
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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by laklak » Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:58 pm
I'm fatter.
Seriously.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by Joe » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:08 pm
Got a text that my ballot has been accepted. My daughter in school got one today as well, which I guess counts as anecdotal evidence that the mail still works.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Wisdom requires a flexible mind." - Dan Carlin
"If you vote for idiots, idiots will run the country." - Dr. Kori Schake
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by laklak » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:16 pm
Tero wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:15 pm
Aside from the amendments, that deal with blacks voting etc., I don't see anything in the constitution that would allow the court to rule on vote counting.
In my last post about this I incorrectly stated that Wisconsin judge(s) tried to change Wisconsin law. It was, in fact, a Federal judge who ruled they could count ballots after election day. So all the more reason for both the Federal Court of Appeals and SCOTUS to strike down that ruling, since, as you correctly pointed out, there is nothing in the Constitution permitting the Federal government to rule on state vote counting.
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Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by Sean Hayden » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:16 pm
laklak wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:58 pm
I'm fatter.
Seriously.
Are you also hatted?
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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by laklak » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:17 pm
I'm the Fat in the Hat.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by Sean Hayden » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:23 pm
No ordinary brat in a cap then.
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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by laklak » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:41 pm
At my age I don't get "brat" very often. "Asshole", yeah, or "Fucking old coot", but not "brat".
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by laklak » Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:27 pm
I doubt they do. I don't think much "moves" voters now, people have already made up their minds.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by NineBerry » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:57 pm
This idea of having judges sit on the supreme court until they die seems really odd. That new judge is really young. So, she will be sitting on the court for half a century or even longer.
In the German constitutional court, the judges aren't allowed to serve longer than 12 years and not allowed to serve longer than when they become 68.
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by laklak » Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:10 pm
Yeah they need term limits.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by Scot Dutchy » Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:12 pm
The US is not a democracy.
"Wat is het een gezellig boel hier".
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by Tero » Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:15 pm
NineBerry wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:57 pm
This idea of having judges sit on the supreme court until they die seems really odd. That new judge is really young. So, she will be sitting on the court for half a century or even longer.
In the German constitutional court, the judges aren't allowed to serve longer than 12 years and not allowed to serve longer than when they become 68.
Yeah but you have a constitution that is new. What's to confuse? Hitler was evil.
Ours is so old that you need years reading it and and...then decide what it says about fetuses and guns. You need a lot of imagination.
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