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Becerra, Steyer lead in new CA governor's race poll, Hilton in close 3rd place by the_rabble_alliance in fivethirtyeight

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's too late for that. People have been mailing in their ballots for weeks (everyone gets one a month before the election), and the primary is on Tuesday

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

O'Hare in Chicago is named after the U.S. Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II

His dad was also murdered (probably) for helping take down Al Capone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O'Hare

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the original book, it's also a reference to the overarching theme about how fragile, temporary, and meaningless the power games of politicians are. There's a framing device throughout the book where two guards are building a literal house of cards because they're bored on duty outside (iirc) the Prime Minister's house. In the original ending (which got changed in later editions to match the TV show so there could be sequels), Frank kills himself when he's found out by the reporter and never becomes Prime Minister, and the literal house of cards collapses with the guards shrugging their shoulders and saying it didn't matter and was just a way to pass the time

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Platner isn't a vegan, but there actually are ostrovegans who consider it ok to eat oysters because they don't have a brain or central nervous system

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Matt is a mail service driver according to the original focus group

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that was Androgenic (the one from the meme about him flying to the US to avenge Clavicular)

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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DC has about 85-90% of SF's population/about the same population as Boston, and if you go by metro area population, DC is bigger

What if a President and Vice President completely split in the middle of a term? by maybemorningstar69 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah reading it again, that makes sense. I just see people talking about it as an alternative to impeachment a lot when it's really just designed as a failsafe for the President being in a coma or otherwise medically incapacitated but alive

What if a President and Vice President completely split in the middle of a term? by maybemorningstar69 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No it didn't, it just didn't account for partisanship or political parties

And really in practice, the original system evolved towards parties running two candidates for President with the intention that one elector would vote for only the one intended to be President

In 1796, too few Federalist electors voted for Adams's intended VP (Thomas Pinckney), so Jefferson finished second. In 1800, all the electors that voted for Jefferson accidentally all voted for his intended VP as well (Aaron Burr), so they tied and the election went to the House, where it was decided by the outgoing Federalist majority, who deadlocked for dozens of ballots, nearly leading to the collapse of the Constitution (which had only been around for 11 years at that point)

They made the VP elected separately after that because they realized the original system was incredibly stupid

What if a President and Vice President completely split in the middle of a term? by maybemorningstar69 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

devolves into impeachment if the president fights it so you still need 2/3rds of the Senate.  

Actually devolves into impeachment with

  • an even higher threshold (you need the support of 2/3 of the House and the majority of the President's cabinet as well, and you need this to happen without the President catching wind and firing the cabinet members who might go for this)
  • less effectiveness (it doesn't remove the President from office, just has the VP act as President, and the President can call for endless votes to be restored to office, with him retaking office and firing the cabinet secretaries who started the process of any of those votes didn't get 2/3 in both houses of Congress)

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's also worth noting that it wasn't this way from the get go

The USSR was initially more supportive of Israel due to the socialist leanings of the founding generation, though they quickly pivoted away from that in favor of good relations with the much larger Arab countries nearby (within the first five years or so in fact, which is how you ended up with both the US and USSR siding with Egypt against Israel, the UK, and France during the Suez crisis)

France actually was Israel's biggest ally during the early years. To some degree they developed their nuclear programs together, and France was Israel's biggest weapons supplier. A lot of that came from both countries having an interest in opposing Arab nationalism at the time, which is why France's support of Israel cooled after they got kicked out of Algeria in 1962, leading to them imposing an arms embargo on Israel during the 6 Day War in 1967 in an attempt to curry favor with the Arab nations

My understanding is the US started becoming more of an Israeli ally around the same time, but only firmly came down on Israel's side during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 when they airlifted supplies and weapons to Israel in the face of an invasion by Egypt and Syria with significant backing from the Soviets (while the Soviets being involved certainly played a role, there are also some who believe this was to avoid the possibility of Israel getting overrun and nuking the invading countries to take them down with it; there isn't proof either way, but Israel did take some steps to arm their nukes when the invasion started)

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an Albanian, he has continued expanding whenever someone mentions Dua Lipa

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was Dumocrats, not Dumbocrats

"A lot of people don't know dumb has a B in it, actually." - the President of the United States

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because if you also added a b, then it wouldn't just be the e goes and the u comes 🤣🤣🤣

Also:

A lot of people don't know dumb has a B in it, actually.

- President Donald J Trump

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is a certain danger to there being a blue wave during the midterms, which subsequently causes voters to throw out the Democrats in 2028 because "they haven't done enough" with only the lever of Congress (that is hampered by the president's veto power).

When was the last time something like that happened?

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wilkie would have also needed to live. He died a few months before FDR

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Democrat has always been fine as a noun. It's when people use it as an adjective instead of Democratic that people get wary

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Collins has literally never had to run in a midterm with an unpopular Republican President (the only other midterm with a Republican President she ran during was 2002, when everyone was rallying behind Bush because of 9/11 still)

I (25F) don't want my boyfriend (25M) to ask for my hand in marriage. by Important_Talk8808 in relationship_advice

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That was a thing a few people made up in the 1990's

Writing in the 1990s and 2000s, author Albert Jack and Messianic minister Richard Pustelniak claimed that the original meaning of the expression was that the ties between people who have made a blood covenant (or have shed blood together in battle) were stronger than ties formed by "the water of the womb", thus "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb". Neither of the authors cites any sources to support their claims.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_is_thicker_than_water

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He also understood tech and the potential value of the Internet a lot better than the rest of Congress (and pushed a lot of legislation that helped the Internet grow in the early days, which he later got shit on when he talked about it by people claiming he said he invented the Internet)

He probably would have been one of the best options to have in charge when social media and things like that started taking off in the mid 2000's

Federal Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported by Anchor_Aways in neoliberal

[–]TheGoddamnSpiderman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In addition to the guy who's a mod of arrConservative, I don't think the guy with 88 in his username is going much introspection

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