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Orale

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  1. This sounds good, but it's not that great here in rural Texas.  The ID might be free, but it can be a pain in the ass for some of these folks.  Elders who don't drive trying to get into the DPS office that is only open afternoons on Tuesdays and Thursdays....or is it Mon and Thursday?   Then once they get there, they have to wait in line with all the people trying to get licenses.  It's bullshit and designed to make it frustrating enough that people say fuck it.  
     
    Now if they are truly married to the idea of such IDs, then they should have mobile units that cover the state like bloodmobiles to show up, set up and service people in these rural communities.  
    Personally, I think the signature is more reliable than a number.  Much more room for fraud if people start selling their numbers.   
    The signature falls apart when someone can't make the same signature they did on the application. Strokes and accidents are examples.  Texas election officials are allowed to go back to previous signature cards if available.  
     
    Every election should be based on rank choice voting, IMO.
    Yep. I'm not opposed to requiring an ID to vote necessarily, but only if obtaining the ID is free and easy for everyone no matter their condition. If they're elderly and/or infirm and located in boondock Texas, they get a free mobile registration that comes to their residence.
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  2. 17 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    The anger started as soon as it was discovered what he was doing with elderly Covid patients, and that was as the press was playing him up for a potential presidential run so peddle your expatriate revisionism somewhere else.

    Um, how about your president completely fucking up the covid response and killing 500,000+ Americans? We'll take your outrage more seriously when you acknowledge that Republicans have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans with their purposeful negligence. And to be clear, Cuomo sucks and should resign.

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  3. 10 hours ago, TechTech said:

    Alright, heading to Colombia for my second time on Saturday for an undecided amount of time. First time was three weeks and I did Medellin, Cartagena, Baranquilla, Palomino and Tayrona NP.

    Any recommendations on areas to do other than these. I am also working so anything without wifi will have to be weekend trips. Anybody done the amazon? Recs? Also sounds like Salento is a good spot?

    I was at Salento March last year and really enjoyed it. It's a small town surrounded by coffee bean farms. The town itself has a surprisingly good selection of restaurants and of course coffee shops. Spend a day hiking the famed Valle de Cocora which you get to in about 15 minutes on colorfully painted Jeep taxis from the town center. Do a coffee farm tour which is really interesting and drink some great coffee at the end. 

    You can take a bus from the big cities, but I read a lot of people had mixed experiences. So I flew from Bogota to Armenia which is about a 45 minute taxi ride to Salento. The B&B I stayed at arranged a driver for me which I appreciated because I knew the price ahead of time and didn't have to worry about getting ripped off by some random taxi driver at the airport. The drive from Armenia to Salento was pretty cool because, aside from being very pretty, my driver pointed out some of the abandoned cartel mansions. Salento is definitely worth a few days visit.  

  4. 17 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Something like denying a sitting POTUS a SCOTUS judge 9 months before an election, winning a trifecta and nuking the filibuster to seat SCOTUS justices and then ramming through a judge a couple weeks before midterms? 

    I can't even begin to imagine!

    Exactly. The status quo. I don't see how the evil turtle's rhetoric helps him convince the moderate democrats when he's already done all he's threatened while there's been a filibuster.

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