So my rural state will get basically no political say in picking a President?
Yeah, there's a reason things like the electoral college were set up and it was to give states good reasons for being part of the union.
If we want to keep dividing the country up into two coasts, and "flyover country", then shit, why talk about getting rid of the Electoral College? Maybe its time to get rid of the entire union.....
Besides if the country is now made up of groups that hate each others with nearly unbounded passions, an amicable breakup is possibly the best bet.
Oh and don't worry Millenials in "flyover country" the east and west coast have loads of sanctuary cities and open borders, so you're totally free to go there....
Maybe the GOP had better IT people. I know that's hard to believe but the facts coming out about Hillary's server make it look like script kiddies could have gotten all her emails.
If Leo really cared about the climate then maybe Maybe, he could fly on jets with lots of other people on them to minimize his carbon footprint.
Flying around the world on a private Fucking plane is literally the WORST thing you can do on your own to contribute to pumping more CO2 into the atmosphere.
If you really believed that CO2 is so bad, wouldn't you try to do almost any other thing to avoid doing the worst thing???
In it little Leo flies all over the world in his private jet so he can cluck-cluck at all us little plebs that won't just live in caves to save the world!!!
It's kind of scary that the people who want to be elected to run the branch of government that is in charge of implementing cyber security are such a bunch of damn clueless morons about it.
I mean there are high schoolers who would do better securing and safeguarding their emails than this crew...
I love how once a black person is deemed a conservative it is totally to be as racist as possible towards them. You progressives are so enlightened. Nice to know you hold no standard so sacred as to never violate it.
Recently at a meeting that was centered around observing the Earth and Earth sciences, someone noted that "all the money is going into modeling the climate, what about funding for figuring out more about how the Earth's climate system operates?"
This was a very insightful observation, and the danger of that line of thinking is seen here. Be careful how staunchly you claim to have the only possible viable definitive answer. Because when you have that, why would you need to be funded to ask any more questions?
The kids winning these competitions today were not taught Common Core math in elementary school.
Or to put it another way, these gains will not be long lived as the inadequately taught youth in elementary school today make their way into the secondary levels.
You are making the grand assumption that people who blog about the news and events are incapable of doing so effectively without charging a fee.
The mainstream journalism outlets (how am I including gawker in that? ugh) want you to believe that because some blogs are bad at journalism that all blogs must be ignored.
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So my rural state will get basically no political say in picking a President?
Yeah, there's a reason things like the electoral college were set up and it was to give states good reasons for being part of the union.
If we want to keep dividing the country up into two coasts, and "flyover country", then shit, why talk about getting rid of the Electoral College? Maybe its time to get rid of the entire union.....
Besides if the country is now made up of groups that hate each others with nearly unbounded passions, an amicable breakup is possibly the best bet.
Oh and don't worry Millenials in "flyover country" the east and west coast have loads of sanctuary cities and open borders, so you're totally free to go there....
China is moving hard on the fake news thing because they couldn't stand it if the US got more censorious than they are....
That free speech thing is a bitch to deal with...
If everyone gets to say what they want interpreting what they say becomes harder.
But that's just tough shit. It's the work you have to put in to live in a free country.
People who want rules and laws to "stop fake news" can just go to hell.
Yeah because the system we use to choose Presidents is brand new, right?!?
Go read the Constitution and STFU!!
Free Speech, always always fight for free speech.
ALL limitations on free speech are a path that eventually leads to subjugation....
Maybe the GOP had better IT people. I know that's hard to believe but the facts coming out about Hillary's server make it look like script kiddies could have gotten all her emails.
1) free and open internet
2) government mandated web site fact checking
They are doing everything, EVERY. GOD. DAMNED. thing they said would be unacceptable for Trump supporters to do if Hillary won.
They have NO self awareness, NONE.
Sorry, not buying that we need to "fact check" (read: censor) Facebook to save us....
This thing is all new technology. That's like saying that building a skyscraper takes too long because you already knew how to build a house.
This thing is an amazing piece of technology.
I arguing that Government solutions very often do not produce the expected results. In fact they sometimes product OPPOSITE results.
I wonder where you could find evidence of that.....
I know someone who is working on a new reactor design.
The HARDEST part is getting past all the government red tape.....
Government could make innovation in Nuclear power much much easier.....
As far as that goes we should DEMAND that they make it easier to do.
You sure as hell can have it one way over the other.
In all honesty I see it this way.
Chance of saving us from Climate Change:
The Market/Green Industry/Innovation: 80 %
Government Regulation: 20%
So can I just patiently wait for an affordable electric car an buy one when its ready?
Can I support politicians who support nuclear power? No wait that one's not acceptable.
Theres already more wind power in my county than in yours....
So I'll just go on living my life and waiting for technology to solve this.
I'm fully in agreement there. What I don't like is climate change being used to implement other government controls to run my life.
If Leo really cared about the climate then maybe Maybe, he could fly on jets with lots of other people on them to minimize his carbon footprint.
Flying around the world on a private Fucking plane is literally the WORST thing you can do on your own to contribute to pumping more CO2 into the atmosphere.
If you really believed that CO2 is so bad, wouldn't you try to do almost any other thing to avoid doing the worst thing???
Otherwise you are a HYPOCRITE....
Yep.
Watch this movie!!!
In it little Leo flies all over the world in his private jet so he can cluck-cluck at all us little plebs that won't just live in caves to save the world!!!
It's kind of scary that the people who want to be elected to run the branch of government that is in charge of implementing cyber security are such a bunch of damn clueless morons about it.
I mean there are high schoolers who would do better securing and safeguarding their emails than this crew...
Heh, who's the JV team?
I love how once a black person is deemed a conservative it is totally to be as racist as possible towards them. You progressives are so enlightened. Nice to know you hold no standard so sacred as to never violate it.
Yeah, just look at how awesome the Soviet Union is..... Oh, wait.
Yeah, because they are the party that's backing unlimited immigration... Oh wait.
Recently at a meeting that was centered around observing the Earth and Earth sciences, someone noted that "all the money is going into modeling the climate, what about funding for figuring out more about how the Earth's climate system operates?"
This was a very insightful observation, and the danger of that line of thinking is seen here. Be careful how staunchly you claim to have the only possible viable definitive answer. Because when you have that, why would you need to be funded to ask any more questions?
The kids winning these competitions today were not taught Common Core math in elementary school.
Or to put it another way, these gains will not be long lived as the inadequately taught youth in elementary school today make their way into the secondary levels.
So the advice is: don't delete your all you files if you want your computer to work? Huh, whoda thunk it?
You are making the grand assumption that people who blog about the news and events are incapable of doing so effectively without charging a fee.
The mainstream journalism outlets (how am I including gawker in that? ugh) want you to believe that because some blogs are bad at journalism that all blogs must be ignored.
Hey look you, set you strawman nicely on fire!!
Well done.