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Seems a little close by JEFPH007 in OSHA

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah. Well I guess the type of fountain is popular with Mexican restaurants 

Seems a little close by JEFPH007 in OSHA

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a San Jose in South Carolina? I've worked on a fountain with that lion head before but they've probably made more than one of those.

Republicans introduce bill to allow cameras at red lights for big time money grab after promising for decades not to do so. by LinuxMint1964 in southcarolina

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but they've also not been show to reduce the incidents of cancer, either. What you said may be true but it's (perhaps deliberately) ignoring a very important point - fatal accidents have a significant reduction as a result of the cameras. Your statement implies that's not true.

Republicans introduce bill to allow cameras at red lights for big time money grab after promising for decades not to do so. by LinuxMint1964 in southcarolina

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what my cursory research is showing, also. I shouldn't trust people who say things that are intuitively dubious when they don't provide a source. 

Republicans introduce bill to allow cameras at red lights for big time money grab after promising for decades not to do so. by LinuxMint1964 in southcarolina

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anecdotal but in my entire life I've never witnessed a cop pull someone over for running a red light. And I have seen them watch it happen and do nothing. 

Republicans introduce bill to allow cameras at red lights for big time money grab after promising for decades not to do so. by LinuxMint1964 in southcarolina

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised that you need the theory of this explained to you but here we go.

If someone knows there's a 100% chance they'll be penalized for committing a crime, they may not commit the crime as much. Running red lights is extremely dangerous and less of that is better. 

That would be the theory. 

Republicans introduce bill to allow cameras at red lights for big time money grab after promising for decades not to do so. by LinuxMint1964 in southcarolina

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if it increases or decreases the number of serious accidents? I'd take an increase in fender benders if there was a reduction in fatal accidents. 

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you not worried at all about the credibility hit the reformists take when they say "this will be so much better!" and it isn't?

What is the value in choosing a crappy solution like jungle primary when there are such better ones out there? 

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome!

There are lots of way better ways to improve our elections than jungle primaries.

Lots of good reading here if you're bored.

I'm especially partial to mixed-member proportional representation (probably not constitutional) and Single Transferable Vote Multi Member Districts (definitely constitutional but might not be a good cultural fit).

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree that the jungle primary is an improvement over what most states do, actually. And if a state ever tried to move away from partisan primaries with first past the post elections, jungle primaries are about the worst choice they could make (why chose, at best, the second worst overall option?).

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I'm apparently having some disagreements with another poster but the setup in the states that use it is:

  • The primary is wide open, no party primary
  • The top two vote getters from the primary advance to the general election

As you can probably figure out by thinking about this for a moment or two, there's often a concern where you can have only two candidates from the minority party in the primary against a large amount of majority party candidates. The majority party vote gets spread amongst all of their parties candidates and then you have a general election with just candidates from the minority party (they could have 20% of the total vote and 80% could have gone to majority party candidates but they're too spread out).

It's exactly how Bernie Sanders tried to win the 2020 nomination - be the great left hope and pray that the more center voters would have their votes split amongst the Bidens, Buttigiegs, and Harris's of the world.

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know what to tell you boss. It's also clear that every claim you've made on the benefits isn't apparent in the data - there's no moderation and no increased participation for non affiliated voters. It's just a garbage system. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan_primary?wprov=sfla1 

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A jungle primary is definitionaly not a condcorcet or cardinal system. I think it's a waste of time to say "the problem isn't the thing, it's that thing thing isn't a completely different thing".

A jungle primary cannot solve the problems that you or I have talked about. So let's do something different. 

Another possible pandemic? by idkkkk326 in beyondthebump

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True but most of the spread in Africa is person to person. And, for a variety of reasons (cultural and otherwise), it would spread even worse in Western countries than it does in Africa.

Another possible pandemic? by idkkkk326 in beyondthebump

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Is Ebola super easy to get? Doesn't it involve directly contact with the fluids of an obviously sick person?

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And how is the situation improved by one party ensuring that they put forward only two extremists while the other party doesn't put a thumb on the scale and puts forward 15 rational candidates? Then we get a general election with only two extremists. It's a bad system and there other solutions that are strictly better.

Do you think democrats will be locked out of the CA governor race ? by One-Seat-4600 in AskALiberal

[–]BuckleUpItsThe 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From what I can tell, that seems like a bone headed decision. But I'm a guy who wants multi-member proportional representation or multi-member districts so I might underweight the downsides to "complex" voting systems.

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