Trumps First week
Jan 31st 2017, 5:19 am
#91
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Re: Trumps First week
Earlier seasons had some gems starring Nixon and Goldwater but, at one point the plot became silly, the audience was expected to believe that a mad conservative (by the standards of the time) was a real life gun nut and shot a hunting buddy in the face. That was like Bobby Ewing being reborn.
Jan 31st 2017, 12:25 pm
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Jan 31st 2017, 1:44 pm
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I don't have a problem with rule by a democratic elite. I think it would bring about better outcomes. Particularly in an age when the votes of many can be manipulated so easily through internet news and blogs. Look at Trump's appointment of Myron Ebell to the EPA, in theory a legitimate product of the democracy that brought us Trump, in practice, someone who may inflict tremendous damage on the entire planet.
Jan 31st 2017, 2:43 pm
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I hope this gif works, made me chuckle this morning.
Jan 31st 2017, 2:58 pm
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Jan 31st 2017, 3:43 pm
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Limited democracy. Narrow the range of eligible voters to those who can understand the complexity of the issues. We already do that to some extent, by denying young people the vote, and the irony is that there are plenty of young people better informed than some of the thick or mad voters. One person, one vote is always deemed sacrosanct, it need not be.
Jan 31st 2017, 3:50 pm
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Limited democracy. Narrow the range of eligible voters to those who can understand the complexity of the issues. We already do that to some extent, by denying young people the vote, and the irony is that there are plenty of young people better informed than some of the thick or mad voters. One person, one vote is always deemed sacrosanct, it need not be.
Who will choose who decides who is eligible?
Jan 31st 2017, 3:52 pm
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His British passport will state 'Mogadishu' but being born in a country doesn't necessarily make you a citizen or means you remain a citizen of your country of birth. There was no argument from Farah, just a complaint about The Donald being mean to a Knight of the Realm.
Jan 31st 2017, 4:04 pm
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Obviously. Low info voters appear on both sides of any ticket, as do high info. The issue is not about disqualifying voters of an opposite persuasion, but disqualifying those of lesser capacity.
Jan 31st 2017, 4:14 pm
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If they pick a nonsense statement, they still get to vote, but their vote is on whether zebras are black with white stripes, or white with black stripes. I know, I know 'that's racist!'
Jan 31st 2017, 4:20 pm
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Could do the 'pre-article' surveys that some news sites have "Before continuing on to your vote, we ask for your opinion on which statement you agree with most" - give them 2 statements that moderately-informed voters could agree with easily, and 2 statements that are utter nonsense.
If they pick a nonsense statement, they still get to vote, but their vote is on whether zebras are black with white stripes, or white with black stripes. I know, I know 'that's racist!'
If they pick a nonsense statement, they still get to vote, but their vote is on whether zebras are black with white stripes, or white with black stripes. I know, I know 'that's racist!'
Zebra or Zee bra?
Jan 31st 2017, 4:52 pm
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Limited democracy. Narrow the range of eligible voters to those who can understand the complexity of the issues. We already do that to some extent, by denying young people the vote, and the irony is that there are plenty of young people better informed than some of the thick or mad voters. One person, one vote is always deemed sacrosanct, it need not be.
Jan 31st 2017, 4:56 pm
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Trump Fires Attorney General after Copy of Constitution Is Found on Her Computer
“Sally Yates was hatching a covert plot to require my actions to be in accordance with the Constitution,” Trump said. “We caught her red-handed.”
Trump said he hoped Yates’s firing would send Justice Department staffers the message that “if you are caught flagrantly obeying the Constitution, you will be out of here.”
Trump said he hoped Yates’s firing would send Justice Department staffers the message that “if you are caught flagrantly obeying the Constitution, you will be out of here.”
Jan 31st 2017, 5:00 pm
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