Pidesco
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If they have something really juicy they are three weeks too late to do anything with it. And as Shady said, anything other than flagrant illegality would not have changed anything. Well, when I say juicy, I mean juicy. Career ending, jail time. Stuff that would make his own kids disavow him.
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I can't help but think that there are Democrats sitting tight on really, really juicy Trump scandals. I imagine that the only reason they don't release the info is that they can't figure out which is better/worse for their party; the GOP in charge of everything with Trump at the helm or the GOP in charge of everything with Trump pushed aside.
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His name is Accurate Christmas.
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Th good news is that Lindelof has been kicked to the curb. The bad news is that Michael Green, the new writer, wrote Green Lantern. He has also written the new Blade Runner, and he is the show runner of American Gods, the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. I'm bracing myself for a lot of disappointment.
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Citation so ****ing needed. He was asked if he would accept results of the election, and he responded (rough quote) "I can't tell you now, I'll have to look at it at the time." Unless you've got some other interview or source I'm not aware of, don't blatantly misquote a guy to make him look bad. That's disgusting. If you've got one, share it. If you don't, get your misinformation out of here. I can't find it right now but there was some rally where he said he would only accept the results if he won. Here ya go: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/20/politics/donald-trump-i-will-totally-accept-election-results-if-i-win/
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Anglo-Saxons? That's not far back enough. When will the "Make the Neanderthal Great Again" movement start to be taken seriously is what I want to know. Homo Sapiens go home and take your foreign ways with you. The Neanderthal don't need climate change myth proponents around and, anyway, Homo Sapiens are a bunch of intellectual liberals who are out of touch with working class cavemen.
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And yet here we are. Of course you can always take the view that party id is so strong that you could have a literal zombie and mummy as DNC/GOP nominees, and the results would still be the same. Whoever is on the ticket goes, no matter what. Trump would be evidence of that.
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Obviously Pidesco thinks that Trump is just the greatest guy ever. I remember that he said Trump's words about illegals was, "Charming stuff". Now he thinks Trump is honest and charismatic too. I guess Trump supporters really are cult-like. :) I think he is honest about wanting to use minorites as scapegoats. I think he is honest when he says he is great and awesome and perfect. He is not self-aware or intelligent but honest, nonetheless. He honestly thinks he is the bee's knees, he honestly thinks he can do whatever he wants as a rich, white guy, he honestly thinks people love him, He honestly thinks he is a the best and yuge. As for charisma, he apparently seems to be have it according to large swaths of the American public. I personally don't get it, but that's besides the point. As far as charisma goes, Trump seems a lot like Berlusconi, to me.
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Iago the parrot, feigning surprise.
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Proportional states' votes in the EC would be more likely, but still not that likely. You'd have to have some sort of simultaneous adoption else you'd have, say, California going proportional while Texas keeps giving its votes to the R candidate wholesale which gives the R candidate a big advantage. I know a couple of states do it anyway, but they're small states. Complaining about the EC is a bit like complaining that someone with more wins finishes behind someone else in a football league or the Golden State Warriors not being NBA champions despite having the most wins. It is what it is, everyone knows the rules beforehand and while it may not be a perfectly fair system, it is balanced. I was kinda agreeing with you until the last three words. It's not, in any way balanced. It's a way of effectively discarding, perhaps 80% of votes. (Made up number. The actual percentage may be worse) I don't understand why Americans who vote aren't more up in arms about it. Because it makes sense. We'd have 4 states choosing our pres every single time without the EC. With all due respect mate, we don't want to be Sweden. Instead you have, like 10% of the population choosing the president. How is that better? "For the people and by the people" not "for the states and by the states."
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You forgot the blue text.
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Proportional states' votes in the EC would be more likely, but still not that likely. You'd have to have some sort of simultaneous adoption else you'd have, say, California going proportional while Texas keeps giving its votes to the R candidate wholesale which gives the R candidate a big advantage. I know a couple of states do it anyway, but they're small states. Complaining about the EC is a bit like complaining that someone with more wins finishes behind someone else in a football league or the Golden State Warriors not being NBA champions despite having the most wins. It is what it is, everyone knows the rules beforehand and while it may not be a perfectly fair system, it is balanced. I was kinda agreeing with you until the last three words. It's not, in any way balanced. It's a way of effectively discarding, perhaps 80% of votes. (Made up number. The actual percentage may be worse) I don't understand why Americans who vote aren't more up in arms about it.
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And this here is just what's wrong with the Electoral College. You know what's more important than individual rights? State's rights. Because government can totally be trusted as long as it isn't federal. No it can't. But it takes a hell of a lot fewer angry citizens to so something about State government problems than Federal government problems. All this talk about the EC is entirely academic. to get rid of it we would need 3/4 of the States to agree. That means the citizens of those states literally voting for their own marginalization. Talk about a tough sell. Actually they'd be voting to equate everyone's votes. The marginalization of voters in presidential elections happens now, and would be solved without the EC. At the very least, forcing the EC to vote as proportionally as possible to each state's popular vote should be a no brainer.
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http://amultiverse.com/
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This retail edition was actually done by a German publisher, I think, so Paradox wasn't the decision maker here.
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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread
Pidesco replied to Rosbjerg's topic in Way Off-Topic
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That image highlights the problem with racism and xenophobia perception, nowadays. To wit: "Why are you complaining about racism? It's not like you were recently lynched or something." And this here is just what's wrong with the Electoral College. You know what's more important than individual rights? State's rights. Because government can totally be trusted as long as it isn't federal.
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It's a Spanish phone, and I'm sure there's some setting that makes the picture less orange but I can't be arsed to change it.
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I finally got my retail Archon Edition so I now have the loot. The poster and the art book are quite small but I regret nothing and I'm chuffed anyway. Here are some terrible pictures:
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The most racist story you'll ever hear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PObvnI_U1qU
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If the current American situation has taught us anything human behavior is more like this: "If I'm busting my ass growing beans only to get a much smaller portion of beans than that jerk who sits on his butt all day doing nothing then sooner or later (probably sooner) I'm going to put that guy in charge, and figure that guy is going to fight for my right to beans and allow me to get the benefit from all my hard work growing these beans".
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well, trump is wrong 'bout one thing: the theatre has never been a safe place for those in power. perhaps rosenberg would be better to be speaking 'bout the theatre? *shrug* the theatre has frequent needed be subtle. the theatre has sometimes been subversive. the theatre, sadly, has been a tool of the State or wealthy patrons more often than not, but there is no question the theatre has also been brave, rude, crude, terrible and beautiful. we would weep if we genuine believed there were even a possibility the theatre would need become a safe place for those in power and am glad we live in an age and in a nation where performers can be so open and forthright. if the cast of hamilton offended beyond the pale, then people will stop going to see the show and their message will die. they took a risk. personally, am not believing pence deserved the treatment he received, but am indescribably proud o' an America where nobody is safe from ridicule in the theatre. not tyrants. not businessmen. not journalists. not saints. some will see what happened as evidence o' divisiveness. it is. is also proof o' freedom. thank God. thank America. ... btw, the writers o' hamilton need a history lesson. got the hero and villain largely reversed. HA! Good Fun! I have to say I have never heard the cast of a US theater making such a political statement so openly to a politician ? Has this happened before? For example Finland's independence movement started from theaters in 1800s. If you go to beginning of theater as we now it in ancient Greek you find that lots of their plays had political message and were aimed towards those in power. Also there are lots of examples from the history where theater crews have imprisoned or even killed because they offended those in power. Thanks to that awesome typo, you are effectively stating that theater crews are a powerful shadow organization that metes out deadly punishment to anyone they deem deserving. That could make a good book.
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Yeah, it's long but it's also relevant and insightful.
