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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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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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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
Why the NRA is horrible ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGOg1xElBc -
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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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.
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Let's not forget that most people that turn out to vote, vote Republican because they are Republicans or vote Democrat because they are Democrats. Who the candidate actually is, policy, economic factors don't have all that much influence on the popular vote. If not for the electoral college's winner takes all model, they influence bugger all. I'm guessing that if you had an alternate reality where everything else was exactly the same but Trump was the Democratic candidate and Clinton was the Republican nominee, the popular vote results would have been about the same.
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This might be more accurate for the before picture. Alternatively, you can replace the Euopean men now image with someone from Hello! magazine or something.
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Also discrimination against law enforcement officers with fewer than 6 legs.
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Why Political Correctness (Cultural Marxism) Must End!
Pidesco replied to Valsuelm's topic in Way Off-Topic
I like this speech, but I don't see how it would serve Trump in any way. It also seems to lump all protesters in with those who are getting violent, which is the same problem with lumping all Trump voters in with racists. If every time we talk about Trump supporters, we feel the need to lecture on racism, it is just going to cause people to tune out. The perception of Trump is that he not in support of any of those things that the symbol is supposed to represent. That may be totally inaccurate and irrational, but I don't see how it will hurt him to show support. He already won the election, now would be a good time to start mending bridges (because people are flipping out over fences.) Image problem right now? Another thing that baffles me about Trump followers is that he always had an image problem. Or ever since he has been in the public eye anyway. He has been getting sued for shady things since like the 70s, and he was always the poster boy for the evil landlord that screws over tenants for a buck and a half. It's not like the racist/sexist/clueless idiot born with a silver spoon in his mouth deal is a new thing either. My dad used to buy Mad magazine, and this election cycle reminded me of how I came across Trump for the first time: The internet tells me this is 1989. And here's a bonus picture. I had completely forgotten about this until I just saw it in a google image search: That's 1991. -
They are giving to a cause they believe in. Is that foolish? Meanwhile, what the greatness of America is all about: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-muslim-registry-immigrants-policy-kris-bobach-reinstate-wall-a7420296.html
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This week, in "People are dumb" news:
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Is that like when Trump complained about the negative attacks ads that were just a collage of his quotes?
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Properly enforced regulation should fix the issue of too much power.
