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Orale

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  1. 43 minutes ago, Xian said:

    Packing the courts is going to come back to haunt us. Might not be for another 25 years, but it will. 

    Democracy is facing an existential threat right now. We can worry about it haunting us 25 years from now, 25 years from now. Though I'm curious of the basis for that assertion. 

  2. 6 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

    13 Federal Circuit Courts = 13 Supreme Court Justices.

    The number of Justices has changed over time. 9 is not a magic number.  

    Not a big deal. 

    I would add that Republicans effectively reduced the number of justices from 9 to 8 for the bulk of Obama's last year in office. 

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  3. 19 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

    These types of discussions will allow Trump to win. Take office and then start unfucking the worst fuckery first. When you've done that, you can start correcting further. Without power it's pointless.

    My boy Beto can say "Hell yeah I'm gonna take your guns". He's chillin in El Paso and isn't doing shit. But he rallied the gun nuts.

    There are plenty of issues to run on that a huge majority of the country are motivated to vote for in This cycle without pushing and creating more wedge issues.

    I agree with regards to Biden and elected Democrats. I think it's pretty safe to discuss it on an obscure football forum political board without tilting the election for Trump. 

  4. Thought this deserved its own thread as this will soon be the defining political issue of our time. Assuming Barrett is a fait accompli, the question will be how Democrats respond should they take the Senate and WH. Do they dispense with the filibuster and add two, four, or more SC seats? I heard a podcast yesterday where doubling or even tripling the number of SC justices was entertained based on the view that the court would be less politicized and ideological if a nomination was unlikely to significantly sway the court's ideological composition. Likewise, how realistic is adding PR and/or DC as states and what are the pros and cons?

    A 6-3 court could potentially overturn any major Democratic legislation for decades if Democrats do not add justices. What's the point of holding the trifecta if your major legislation is repeatedly shot down by the SC. I don't see the advantage of adding two seats versus four as two only gets you to a 6-5 minority. Republicans are going to scream and howl regardless of the number, so might as well go for the 6-7 majority IMO. Same for adding DC and PR as states. Again, Republicans would scream bloody murder, but fuck em and their insincere protestations. 

    The fear of course is that the traditionalists/moderates in the Democratic party will sabotage these efforts for fear of upsetting "bi-partisanship" and the way things have always been done. In my view, any Democratic member of the Senate/House that doesn't go along should be primaried. I'm tired of scared milquetoast Democrats too afraid to fight fire with fire.

    Some fear that Republicans will respond in kind should they ever win the trifecta again. However, there are no conservative states they could add, so adding DC and PR is a no-lose proposition. Likewise, it wouldn't be a bad thing, IMO, if Republicans add additional SC seats in the future because that would further dilute the power of individual SC seats. The more justices on the court, the better. 

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  5. I'm getting there.  I reserve my right, with respect to judicial races, to someday recommend a non-D candidate because the D is extra bad, corrupt, etc.  But these days, sorry, having an R and being a loyal party member is a disqualification, across the board.
    Word. I practiced in San Antonio off and on for 10 years and we had some seriously terrible Democratic judges and some excellent Republican judges.

    However this election is about punishing anyone who aligns with Trump by having an R after their name. I won't be voting for an R again until they blow it up and start over. So straight ticket it is.
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  6. 1 hour ago, hayden_horn said:

    damn, that was really tough to watch.

    as much as i may agree or disagree with a person, i can safely say that i don't wish ill on anyone when it comes to personal health.

    I'm gonna kind of have to disagree with you there. I would feel great personal glee if Trump, McConnell, Cruz, Graham, et al. were to suffer from a severe case of the CovidheartattackstrokeAIDsseverebeating. 

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  7. I pick and choose rogan videos in youtube. For the ones I open, I’m entertained by them. I’m just hearing about how he went on about Biden’s “obvious dementia” earlier this year. That was a horrible and wrong take.  
    That's the thing, it was a horrible and obviously wrong take that he served to millions of gullible listeners. Biden's appearances the last month have clearly dispelled that smear all while Trump legitimately is mentally impaired.

    Aside from being a dick thing to say about Biden, it dangerously misinforms his listeners. That's a strike 1 2 3 for me.
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  8. 59 minutes ago, NAVY said:

    Couple friends tried to get me to listen to this guy. Who has time to listen to long ass podcasts? 

    I liked some segments of interviews I saw a while back on Youtube with interesting non-political people. At the time I thought he sounded reasonable and thoughtful. I also like his views on cannabis and legalizing drugs. Then as I saw more of his interviewee list, I realized far more of his interviewees are these Ben Shapiro and Jordan Petersen types. Giving voice to that kind of toxic masculinity is too much for me. It legitimizes what any decent person should abhor. I guess that's the UFC machismo nonsense. 

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  9. 15 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

    biden was fine tonight, especially when contrasted with trump nonsense, but he needs better prep. he needs to stop with all the “by the way” sidetracking he does during his longer, rambling answers. 

    the content was great, and he went hard after trump, but he meanders. that said, he sounded like an actual empathetic adult, which is nice to see. but in a debate setting, he needs clarity. he needs the 8/20/50 word answers. he needs them memorized. 

    the headline everyone is ready to write is “trump is crazy; biden is senile”. it needs to be “trump is crazy; biden is sensible”. if biden can keep his answers calm and clear while trump filibusters, i will be happy. 

    You're no doubt correct. But I, like the vast majority of people, saw only highlights of it. And he looked pretty damn good. Your average voter isn't watching this stuff. Don't get too mired in the minutiae. 

  10. 8 hours ago, Landomatic said:

    I imagine they'll be lucky if they're not bankrupt in 3 months.

    Yep. I don't see the benefit of Clear anytime soon. Global Entry gives you TSA Pre-Check for 5 years for $100. Even non-TSA pre-check security lines will probably be non-existent for six months or until a vaccine,  so what's the usefulness of Clear?

  11. 3 hours ago, midtown said:

    My CLEAR just came up for renewal.   Negative on that right now.  So I logged on to cancel the renew and they offered to pause it for 3 months with the option to cancel at the end of that 3.  Seemed like a no brainer with the hopes we are up and flying again but still doubtful.

    I had to fly for work last week, Chicago to Seattle. The airports were fairly busy. Obviously nowhere close to before, but not a graveyard either.

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