Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo — Page 271

thejediknighthusezni said:

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

STOP HARSHING MY BUZZ!

Sorry! 12 Governorships! 12! Totally reasonable chance!

TRULY INSANE!!!

The Democrat Party has been ENTIRELY subsumed by the SAVAGELY DEPRAVED TOTALITARIAN Left and their Globalist puppet-masters.

The Republican party is completely in the thrall of PROFOUNDLY LEFT-WING Globalist-Fascists, with a bunch of right-wing private wannabe oligarchs selling them the rope.

What we are looking at is a show designed to systematically divide the denizens of North America exactly 50/50 to achieve a maximum culling.

^insanity

Tyrphanax said:

Everyone voted against Hillary because of the things Trump is actively doing right now.

Don’t forget that she was on Death’s door.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-exhausted-skipped-saudi-arabia-forum-social-media-sends-ivanka-trump-israel-a7748546.html

CatBus said:

For those watching the CSR negligence fiasco unfold, the Trump administration just punted, and (I think) that means the CSR payment obligations will be met for 90 days. The problem? While the 90-day extension means they’ll be funded through the insurers’ rate filing deadline (June 21st), insurers like to look a little further into the future than 90 days when setting their rates for the whole year. And it would be very reasonable for them to assume the negligence will return in 90 days, and set their rates accordingly higher.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2017/05/22/blame-for-obamacares-next-rate-hike-shifts-to-trump-and-gop/#1be75bce47c9

A metaphor?

https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/866276121427488768

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

Everyone voted against Hillary because of the things Trump is actively doing right now.

Don’t forget that she was on Death’s door.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/05/22/trump-said-what/?utm_term=.d9483c9b38e2

Was Trump “exhausted,” as a briefer claimed yesterday in explaining why he muffed the phrase “Islamic extremism” in his speech in Saudi Arabia? If so, we are reminded that a 70-year-old obese man with a horrible diet and refusal to exercise (except for a weekend of golf) may not have the wherewithal to make it through the rigors of the presidency. He was only a couple of days into the trip when, apparently, he couldn’t spit out his lines correctly. The alternative explanation is that he is not, as he famously said, “like, a smart person.” That realization should petrify both Americans and our allies and entice our enemies, who are probably convinced they can fool the hapless president again and again.

Trump’s error is so laughably horrible it left many observers shaking their heads. “I can’t imagine why the President would be commenting on this in a public setting on camera,” said former ambassador Eric S. Edelman. “To the extent that information was unintentionally shared in the conversations with the Russians, he will now be seen to be confirming the origin. It is just further evidence of his total lack of understanding of the uses and abuses of classified information.”

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/north-carolina-gerrymander/index.html

The Supreme Court struck down two congressional district maps in North Carolina Monday, holding that the state had engaged in an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

The ruling is a victory for the black North Carolina voters who had argued the plans packed African-Americans in districts that already had a high percentage of African-Americans, thus diluting their presence in other districts.

As a result, the ruling sends the North Carolina legislature back to the drawing board – with significant potential implications for the 2018 midterm elections. The state has been nearly split along partisan lines in recent statewide elections – such as for governor and president – but Republicans control 10 US House seats compared to only three for Democrats.

Gorsuch did not participate, but it wouldn’t have mattered as the vote was 8-0 and 5-3 in the two different cases.

TV’s Frink said:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/north-carolina-gerrymander/index.html

The Supreme Court struck down two congressional district maps in North Carolina Monday, holding that the state had engaged in an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

The ruling is a victory for the black North Carolina voters who had argued the plans packed African-Americans in districts that already had a high percentage of African-Americans, thus diluting their presence in other districts.

As a result, the ruling sends the North Carolina legislature back to the drawing board – with significant potential implications for the 2018 midterm elections. The state has been nearly split along partisan lines in recent statewide elections – such as for governor and president – but Republicans control 10 US House seats compared to only three for Democrats.

Gorsuch did not participate, but it wouldn’t have mattered as the vote was 8-0 and 5-3 in the two different cases.

Why didn’t Gorsuch participate? He is on the court now. He already participated in one decision not to hear a case.

CatBus said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/north-carolina-gerrymander/index.html

The Supreme Court struck down two congressional district maps in North Carolina Monday, holding that the state had engaged in an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

The ruling is a victory for the black North Carolina voters who had argued the plans packed African-Americans in districts that already had a high percentage of African-Americans, thus diluting their presence in other districts.

As a result, the ruling sends the North Carolina legislature back to the drawing board – with significant potential implications for the 2018 midterm elections. The state has been nearly split along partisan lines in recent statewide elections – such as for governor and president – but Republicans control 10 US House seats compared to only three for Democrats.

Gorsuch did not participate, but it wouldn’t have mattered as the vote was 8-0 and 5-3 in the two different cases.

Why didn’t Gorsuch participate? He is on the court now. He already participated in one decision not to hear a case.

I don’t know in this particular case, but considering the length of cases in general, he may have been around for the opinion-writing section, and even most of the arguments, but if you weren’t on the court when the arguments started, it would be pretty expected not to participate.

Yeah, if he weren’t around when it started at the Supreme Court level, it could be argued that he shouldn’t participate in the ruling.

From the article:

Justice Neil Gorsuch didn’t participate because he was not on the bench when the case was heard.

Of course, it’s a CNN article, so it’s automatically fake news.

SilverWook said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/22/sinkhole-forms-in-front-of-mar-a-lago-metaphors-pour-in/

http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1078072

TV’s Frink said:

From the article:

Justice Neil Gorsuch didn’t participate because he was not on the bench when the case was heard.

Of course, it’s a CNN article, so it’s automatically fake news.

Yes, indeed. I’ll have to check with FOX News before I believe it.

CatBus said:

Uh oh. He threw down.

Nobody can leave the thread until the dance-off challenge is answered.

I don’t get it.