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Rancid wrote:I don't know if they really would have tried to kill the VP

when they attacked the governor's mansion in Mich. their avowed purpose was to capture the governor and hang her.

blackjack21 wrote: be careful what you ask for.


Not me pal. the president of the United States was clearly asking for a mob insurrection.
#15150019
jimjam wrote:Not me pal. the president of the United States was clearly asking for a mob insurrection.

The media is saying on the one hand, Trump incited this with his speech in Washington. Yet, now we have evidence that people were pre-planning these activities on their own using Facebook. So it's clear Pelosi's latest fake impeachment is just political opportunism. Also, it's probably very unlikely that Trump inspired leftists too.

Left-wing activist charged in Capitol riot after saying he was just there to 'document'

Inside the building, he told rioters that "We got to get this s--- burned," and "it’s our house m------------," according to an affidavit signed by FBI Special Agent Matthew Foulger.

He faces federal charges of civil disorder, entering a restricted building and violent entry or disorderly conduct.

Sullivan also allegedly told Foulger that he had been in the Capitol during the riot, entering through a broken window while wearing a ballistic vest.

As protesters climbed over a wall near the Capitol entrance, he allegedly exclaimed in the video, "You guys are f------ savage. Let’s go!"
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blackjack21 wrote:The media is saying on the one hand, Trump incited this with his speech in Washington. Yet, now we have evidence that people were pre-planning these activities on their own using Facebook.


Try to wrap your powerful brain around this : both happened :?:

The Fat Donald's cesspool is broad and wide and will leave it's stink on America for years to come …… thanks Fatso.

and …

"He enjoyed every second of it,” Mary Trump told Sirius XM Radio host Dean Obeidallah on Friday. “He is a physical coward but he’s perfectly happy when other people commit violence on his behalf.”
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"The Movement We Started Is Only Just Beginning", Donald Trump January 19th, 2021.

This is very reassuring considering you've never followed through on anything in your life.

Your real-estate empire. Your casino. Your college. Your evidence that Obama wasn't born in this country. Your marriage vows. Your wall that Mexico was going to pay for. Your healthcare plan. Your trade deals. Producing your tax returns. Your re-election.

You're a failure at everything you've ever tried to do.
#15151316
It has been reported that 14 national guardsmen were removed from the Capitol detail today due to their links to far-right organisations.

This figure appears low.

I hope the rest don't do a 'Sadat' on Biden and his friends.

#15151333
Trump's such a sore loser sissy-fuck, that he won't even attend the inauguration. Him and his supporters are complete twats. :lol: :lol: :lol:


At least Trump never got his fucking pardon! That'll bite him in the ass.
#15151861
In hindsight Fat Donald's closing act unfolded quite predictably in it's faux unpredictable fashion.

first: an attack by innumerable lawyers whose 50 or so "law suits" were, with one minor exception, laughed out of court.

second: in impeccable Mafia Don style an attempt to shake down Mike "The Pussy" Pence and Georgia state officials.

third: inciting a mob of morons to attack and destroy the U.S. Capital building itself.

fourth: Not much left. I guess he could have shown up on the capital floor itself buck naked and threatened not to put his clothes back on unless he was declared the "winner" :eek: .
#15152823
This is cool. As was Bill Clinton on the Arsineo Hall show. Republicans simply can't match them.
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Stormsmith wrote:This is cool. As was Bill Clinton on the Arsineo Hall show. Republicans simply can't match them.

Buddy Guy, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards !!!!! WOW, I doubt they would allow themselves to be in the same building as Fat Donald. I was raised on Buddy and friends.

I dedicate this riff to the memory of "Fat Donald and the Incompetents": https://youtu.be/KnnbYagLaXM
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wat0n wrote:Right, although turnout can only go so far. I can imagine an uncompromising strategy can only work for so long, and possibly at a future cost depending on the future median voter (maybe that's what will happen to the GOP?)


My point is, there's no point in having a system that can fail in such a way in the first place. Ranked choice voting would already solve a lot of issues with FPTP, in fact there's literally no reason to prefer the latter over the former (other than "complexity", although voters with experience of RCV find it simple). RCV cannot address the rural/urban divide and gerrymandering though, only multi-member districts can.

I finished the book
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While it's a bit repetitive and not exactly well written (like most such books), I think it succeeds at demonstrating how broken the American political system is and shows a possible way out (no pie-in-the-sky ideas that require constitutional amendments).
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Rugoz wrote:My point is, there's no point in having a system that can fail in such a way in the first place. Ranked choice voting would already solve a lot of issues with FPTP, in fact there's literally no reason to prefer the latter over the former (other than "complexity", although voters with experience of RCV find it simple). RCV cannot address the rural/urban divide and gerrymandering though, only multi-member districts can.

I finished the book
Image

While it's a bit repetitive and not exactly well written (like most such books), I think it succeeds at demonstrating how broken the American political system is and shows a possible way out (no pie-in-the-sky ideas that require constitutional amendments).


Yeah, I guess RCV can be an improvement as well. Although I wouldn't say the US has a two-party system only because of FPTP voting, even if it does help.

One good thing about RCV is that it would probably punish those who try to use polarization as a strategy, so even though I don't think it is (or that there is) a fool-proof protection against it, it would at least provide a disincentive for people who try to pray on polarization as an electoral strategy.
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