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The Democrats would be a more liberal party if the electorate were more liberal.
IMO the positions of both parties have drifted right to attract donors, which are unfortunately worth quite a bit more than voters.
This. Since “Citizens United”, it’s getting harder to distinguish when a politician is trying to attract voters, and when they are trying to attract funding. You’re right it’s more usually the latter, since that generally leads to the former (sadly).
Hasn’t it always been practically impossible to tell?
In many cases, yes. But there’s some “They Live glasses”-style giveaways. Like every time Mr. Environmentalist Al Gore said the words “Clean Coal” during the Presidential debates, he was very clearly angling for Energy Sector funding.
You know, it’s a sad day when my post using farts as a (surprisingly apt) metaphor for media bias is more on point than this predictably stupid backbiting some of you engage in on a regular basis. Seriously, don’t you have anything better to do with your time?
Beats working.
With PDFs?
pdf, college student.
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is seeking to question President Trump in the coming weeks about his decisions to oust national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with his plans.
Mueller’s interest in the events that led Trump to push out Flynn and Comey indicates that his investigation is intensifying its focus on possible efforts by the president or others to obstruct or blunt the special counsel’s probe.
Trump’s attorneys have crafted some negotiating terms for the president’s interview with Mueller’s team, one that could be presented to the special counsel as soon as next week, according to the two people.
The president’s legal team hopes to provide Trump’s testimony in a hybrid form — answering some questions in a face-to-face interview and others in a written statement.
Those discussions come amid signs of stepped-up activity by the special counsel. Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for several hours by Mueller’s investigators, according to Justice Department officials.
answering some questions in a face-to-face interview
Whoops.
I never said that!
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16905794/marijuana-legalization-polls
Only 16 percent of Americans favored keeping the current policy. About 29 percent backed only medical legalization, 5 percent backed decriminalization, and 49 percent backed full legalization. The remaining 1 percent were not sure.
Even among Republicans, who tend to be more conservative on drug policy issues, current federal marijuana law fared poorly: Only 25 percent of Republican voters supported keeping the policy as is, 36 percent backed medical marijuana, 2 percent backed decriminalization, and 36 percent backed full legalization. The majority of Republican voters were for some form of legalization — medical or recreational.
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And the great majority of voters oppose current federal marijuana law. This kind of result — 83 percent of Americans choosing anything but a current policy — is exceedingly rare in any kind of polling.
Those are insane numbers. 83%!
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16905794/marijuana-legalization-polls
Only 16 percent of Americans favored keeping the current policy. About 29 percent backed only medical legalization, 5 percent backed decriminalization, and 49 percent backed full legalization. The remaining 1 percent were not sure.
Even among Republicans, who tend to be more conservative on drug policy issues, current federal marijuana law fared poorly: Only 25 percent of Republican voters supported keeping the policy as is, 36 percent backed medical marijuana, 2 percent backed decriminalization, and 36 percent backed full legalization. The majority of Republican voters were for some form of legalization — medical or recreational.
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And the great majority of voters oppose current federal marijuana law. This kind of result — 83 percent of Americans choosing anything but a current policy — is exceedingly rare in any kind of polling.
Those are insane numbers. 83%!
In the membrane.
Oh, and this.
Sater is one of those lesser-known names to watch for. He is deeply and centrally involved in, well, anything he’s involved in. A very big fish, with extensive knowledge of his …ahem… “business”. If he’s truly cooperating now (and that’s still unclear but more promising than before), that means the investigation could likely spread to dozens of new high-to-top-level targets. If Sater completely flips and is proactively cooperative, they’re going to need to build a new prison. The Feds will likely try to cut a deal with him, as they have before – if he gets charged with something minimal like lying to investigators, there’s your sign.
Funny I came across an aspect of this story in the course of my work today and wondered what it was all about, thanks for the post.
The blue elephant in the room.
With almost 40,000 people killed in the U.S. each year in car accidents, should self-driving cars be required in the not distant future?
The blue elephant in the room.
With almost 40,000 people killed in the U.S. each year in car accidents, should self-driving cars be required in the not distant future?
Yes.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16905794/marijuana-legalization-polls
Only 16 percent of Americans favored keeping the current policy. About 29 percent backed only medical legalization, 5 percent backed decriminalization, and 49 percent backed full legalization. The remaining 1 percent were not sure.
Even among Republicans, who tend to be more conservative on drug policy issues, current federal marijuana law fared poorly: Only 25 percent of Republican voters supported keeping the policy as is, 36 percent backed medical marijuana, 2 percent backed decriminalization, and 36 percent backed full legalization. The majority of Republican voters were for some form of legalization — medical or recreational.
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And the great majority of voters oppose current federal marijuana law. This kind of result — 83 percent of Americans choosing anything but a current policy — is exceedingly rare in any kind of polling.
Those are insane numbers. 83%!
I found a more insane number: 84%!
The federal government shutdown was “mainly unnecessary” 84 percent of American voters say…
The blue elephant in the room.
With almost 40,000 people killed in the U.S. each year in car accidents, should self-driving cars be required in the not distant future?
I guess it depends when the technology will be reliable enough. But I suspect there will be a big fight about it. People will not like being forced not to drive and being forced to buy a self-driving car.
I suspect there will be a big fight about it. People will not like being forced not to drive and being forced to buy a self-driving car.
Yep. Ain’t happenin’.
It probably should happen at some point, but people love their cars.
I suspect there will be a big fight about it. People will not like being forced not to drive and being forced to buy a self-driving car.
Yep. Ain’t happenin’.
Yet it could save a lot of lives. Think about the drunk driving accidents that could be avoided. Also a group a friends could go out and they wouldn’t need to appoint a designated driver.
Does the average person trust a machine to do the driving? How hacker proof are these driverless cars? Ordinary cars with wireless connections have already been hacked into.
Where were you in '77?
Does the average person trust a machine to do the driving? How hacker proof are these driverless cars? Ordinary cars with wireless connections have already been hacked into.
I guess it depends when the technology will be reliable enough.
I think the hangup on self-driving cars will be elsewhere. The tech will work, the price will be decent, the people will be alright with it. But the lawyers won’t be able to entirely figure out the liability issues.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hating-gerrymandering-is-easy-fixing-it-is-harder/
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hating-gerrymandering-is-easy-fixing-it-is-harder/
The difficulty in defining what qualifies as a gerrymander is why states with bipartisan redistricting commissions end up generally being successful. i.e. if no plan can pass without buy-in from both parties, then it doesn’t matter what sort of crazy gerrymandering strategies are invented – as long as the other party’s not completely clueless, they can block it.
The redistricting commissions aren’t perfect – their biggest flaw is that they’re not constitutionally protected, and if one party controls the government, they can simply disband the commission by party-line vote, and revert to the old system. But aside from that, it’s the difference between bipartisan and nonpartisan. If both parties benefit from disenfranchising a population (say, a geographically concentrated third party), then nothing about the design of the redistricting commission would stop it. And shenanigans are still possible, albeit at a much more subtle level. That said, they are so much better than the systems used in most states, I’m in favor of them.
Does the average person trust a machine to do the driving? How hacker proof are these driverless cars? Ordinary cars with wireless connections have already been hacked into.
I guess it depends when the technology will be reliable enough.
Were both exchanging posts on devices that are wide open to hacking and yet we still bought them.
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Does the average person trust a machine to do the driving? How hacker proof are these driverless cars? Ordinary cars with wireless connections have already been hacked into.
I guess it depends when the technology will be reliable enough.
Were both exchanging posts on devices that are wide open to hacking and yet we still bought them.
Who says I bought it?
Does the average person trust a machine to do the driving? How hacker proof are these driverless cars? Ordinary cars with wireless connections have already been hacked into.
I guess it depends when the technology will be reliable enough.
Were both exchanging posts on devices that are wide open to hacking and yet we still bought them.
I just let the hackers post for me, it’s easier.
Does the average person trust a machine to do the driving? How hacker proof are these driverless cars? Ordinary cars with wireless connections have already been hacked into.
I guess it depends when the technology will be reliable enough.
Were both exchanging posts on devices that are wide open to hacking and yet we still bought them.
Someone hacking my cell phone isn’t nearly as scary as someone hacking my car.
I don’t keep anything important in my phone. I’m in the car.