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September 19th, 2020 at 12:10:04 PM permalink
AZDuffman
Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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Quote: Evenbob
The first 20 sec of this video is
how the Left is reacting to
RBG kicking the bucket. Look
familiar?


Why do these liberal women think screaming and stomping their feet means anything to anyone?

Any man who would put up with that one for more than 5 minutes is insane.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength
September 19th, 2020 at 12:46:19 PM permalink
Gandler
Member since: Aug 15, 2019
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Quote: AZDuffman
How about a different way. When did she break with the liberal position? NEVER!

She was clearly wrong on the gay marriage ruling. Made law from the bench.



See above. Not to mention her side on Bush v. Gore and not treating all votes as equal in that case.


The gay marriage ruling? That was a fair interpretation (and the majority). As was the right for homosexuals not to be discriminated against. She was not an outlier in either case (and in the second had support from conservative justices).



If you want to see somebody who is rarely in the majority look at Clarence Thomas.....

https://ballotpedia.org/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg

"The cases where Ginsburg authored a 5-4 opinion pertained to the following issues: criminal procedure (6), economic activity (4), judicial power (4), civil rights (2), federalism (2), First Amendment (1), and unions (1). The cases where Ginsburg authored an 8-1 dissent pertained to the following issues: economic activity (5), criminal procedure (2), and federalism (1)."
September 19th, 2020 at 7:27:54 PM permalink
petroglyph
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Quote: petroglyph
Glen Greenwalds opinion: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/glenn-greenwald-shocks-explanation-why-mainstream-media-ignoring-assange-trial
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
September 19th, 2020 at 7:52:58 PM permalink
terapined
Member since: Aug 6, 2014
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Quote: petroglyph

People lose interest
I lose interest
The media loses interest
MSM is all about money. They cover what gets eyeballs
Besides
Who cares
We have the internet
MSM is a dinosaur.
You want to follow Assange trial and report it here. Go ahead.
MSM totally ignores many of my interests, no biggie, I have the internet
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
September 19th, 2020 at 8:04:20 PM permalink
petroglyph
Member since: Aug 3, 2014
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Quote: terapined
People lose interest
I lose interest
The media loses interest
MSM is all about money. They cover what gets eyeballs
Besides
Who cares
We have the internet
MSM is a dinosaur.
You want to follow Assange trial and report it here. Go ahead.
MSM totally ignores many of my interests, no biggie, I have the internet
Who cares about freedom of the press? Free speech? We all should. And most of all the press should. If Assange is allowed to be imprisoned [as he has been for years] for exposing heinous human violations, then we any of us can be victims of authority, for any reason. It's ironic to me, that you can support BLM "protesters" because you think they should have that right, but on the other hand a journalist that wants to tell the world about who our government is killing without reason, is just pooh pooh'd.

Obviously you didn't read the links. Manning may get 60 years, even after being pardoned by Obama. Who's next?
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
September 21st, 2020 at 8:27:34 PM permalink
petroglyph
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http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2020/september/21/the-war-on-assange-is-a-war-on-truth/

"Earlier this month, a US Federal appeals court judge ruled that the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records was illegal. That bulk collection program, born out of the anti-American PATRIOT Act, was first revealed to us by whistleblower Edward Snowden just over seven years ago.

That is why whistleblowers and those who publish their information are so important. Were it not for Snowden and Assange, we would never know about this government criminality. And if we never know about government malfeasance it can never be found to be criminal in the first place. That is convenient for governments, but it is also a recipe for tyranny."

"Ron Paul for president"
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
September 22nd, 2020 at 11:37:54 AM permalink
Dalex64
Member since: Mar 8, 2014
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Ranked choice voting will be used in Maine in the presidential election.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ranked-voting-in-maine-a-go-for-presidential-election

There will be 5 candidates on their ballot. All a voter has to do is rank them in order of preference. I don't think you have to rank everyone - for example you can pick a first choice and a second choice and then stop.

This will benefit 3rd party candidates, as it allows people to not feel like they are either throwing away their vote, or taking away a vote from a major party candidate that they would prefer as their 2nd choice.

I don't know if anyone has done the math, but the 1992 election is a good example of where this could have helped.
Bill Clinton got about 45 million votes, George Bush about 39 Million, and Ross Perot almost 20 million.

The most likely scenario is that under ranked choice, Ross Perot would have gotten more votes, and if he still didn't get more votes than Bush, the 2nd choice for most of those Perot voters would have most likely been Bush.

That swing of votes from Perot to Bush would have likely flipped the electoral votes in enough states to have gotten Bush elected.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan
September 23rd, 2020 at 9:13:11 AM permalink
gamerfreak
Member since: Feb 19, 2018
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The police officer in this video was indicted this week by a Texas Grand Jury

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/iy9eyf/untrained_cop_panics_and_open_fires_at_bystander/
September 23rd, 2020 at 12:45:12 PM permalink
Shrek
Member since: Aug 13, 2019
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Mother, 2-year-old kicked off American flight after toddler refuses to wear mask

Unbelievable. We're talking about a 2-year-old here!

But what's even worse is the comment section of the article. A boatload of bootlicking libbies were criticizing the mother and they basically cheered the fact that she got kicked off.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Libbies will eventually destroy this country. 🙄
September 23rd, 2020 at 1:21:46 PM permalink
Mission146
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Quote: Shrek
Mother, 2-year-old kicked off American flight after toddler refuses to wear mask

Unbelievable. We're talking about a 2-year-old here!

But what's even worse is the comment section of the article. A boatload of bootlicking libbies were criticizing the mother and they basically cheered the fact that she got kicked off.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Libbies will eventually destroy this country. 🙄


Well, it was going to be one side or the other.
"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman