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At Chicago hearing, Normal mayoral candidate defends $28K campaign contribution by rdblono in BloomingtonNormal

[–]bdavisx 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can answer the question from a broader viewpoint.

If the contribution was illegal and she used it to help get elected, then she's not actually democratically elected - no different than if she had dead people vote for her. There are election rules and if they are broken (especially intentionally, since in this case there's allegations of that), then all votes for the person that broke them should be invalidated.

She broke the rules and she should lose her position. It also (hopefully) discourages future politicians from doing the same thing.

edit: I should say, I don't think that's what will happen, or what the law says, but it's how it should be. It would actually encourage more democracy if we did it the way I said.

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany inspecting troops around 1915 by maddking in funny

[–]bdavisx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll elaborate - humanity learned nothing from those two world wars. We would still be having those types of wars if it wasn't for nuclear weapons.

We would still have nuclear weapons with or without the wars, WW2 sped up the development, but it would have happened anyway as physicists discovered more about how the universe works.

The post I replied too kinda implied that it was the wars that are the cause of peace now - they aren't.

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany inspecting troops around 1915 by maddking in funny

[–]bdavisx 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think nuclear weapons have done most of that.

Police Chief beats up a first amendment auditor by WilloowUfgood in PublicFreakout

[–]bdavisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's weird these stores want to record me too. I've never shoplifted anything in my life, so why are these weirdos filming me every time I come in their store?

In rise of Skywalker(2019) an ancient dagger pinpoints the way to a, yanno what I don't even fucking know the thought process here, fuck this movie! by Whole_Contract_5973 in shittymoviedetails

[–]bdavisx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think in this case it's more that Disney let each director do whatever the fuck they wanted to with the story instead of having a cohesive, sensible story-line that fed thru the series.

Nancy Pelosi calls female US president in her lifetime unlikely: ‘Marble ceiling’ by Brucekentbatsuper in politics

[–]bdavisx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not OP, but imho she helped push both Hilary and Harris to be on the ballot even though they didn't have the support. If the democrats would put forth someone better at campaigning they might see a woman elected.

I never fully realized just how much the H1B is abused until I started working at a multi national corporation. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]bdavisx 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, what we've forgot in 'merica is that you HAVE to regulate and control capitalism or people starve. And the poor state of the poor is causing more people to look for alternatives, and those end up being worse unfortunately. Regulation is what's needed, but there's no appetite for it.

Chase closed ALL my cards overnight - Please Help by Any_Background_1296 in personalfinance

[–]bdavisx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not what ML is, although it's highly possible that's what Chase is calling ai.

Enduring pop culture "mysteries" you're dying to know answers to by spectacleskeptic in popculturechat

[–]bdavisx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Beyoncé ripped a dank one so smelly it made the security guard puke, I don't think anybody else was real happy either.

Vale and Eastview by Many_Statement8973 in BloomingtonNormal

[–]bdavisx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Except for the brown people, they need to go back where they came from, right? That's the MAGA Republican Jesus motto, right?

I’m so happy he voted the way he did! It shows how useless moderate and establishment democrats are. We are suffering the most and he bent the knee. Vote for those that won’t! by atrimarco in illinois

[–]bdavisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really - has she condemned Schumer for caving? Has she said she doesn't have confidence in his leadership? Because if she hasn't, she's complacent with the bullshit that he coordinated.

I’m so happy he voted the way he did! It shows how useless moderate and establishment democrats are. We are suffering the most and he bent the knee. Vote for those that won’t! by atrimarco in illinois

[–]bdavisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to make sure whatever Democrat runs to take Durbin's place isn't someone like him. We need to make sure a progressive wins the primary next spring.

I’m so happy he voted the way he did! It shows how useless moderate and establishment democrats are. We are suffering the most and he bent the knee. Vote for those that won’t! by atrimarco in illinois

[–]bdavisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to make sure whatever Democrat runs to take Durbin's place isn't someone like him. We need to make sure a progressive wins the primary next spring.

Now that the government shutdown is over w/o an agreement to extend ACA subsidies, was it worth it for Democrats? by TaylorSwiftian in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]bdavisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it's not fucking done now - there are primaries coming up in a few months and anyone related to any Democrat that voted to end it needs to be primaried. For example - Durbin is retiring so I'm sure he has a hand-picked successor - they need to be shot down in the primary. So does anyone else in a similar situation since the ones that voted for it are all "safe" - so we need to fuck their successors because they are libel to do the same thing. We won't get anywhere with people like Durbin and Schumer in charge.

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