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All of the Dem questioning of Amy Coney Barrett went like this: Dems: "Do you promise to implement our preferred policies?" ACB: "No, I'm going to interpret laws according to the constitution." Dems: "So you hate our policies?" ACB: "I didn't say that." Dems: "So you must support our policies." ACB: "As I've already said, I'm going to interpret laws according to the constitution. That's what a judge does." Dems: "You hate people and want them to die, don't you?" ACB:
Actually, this is not quite accurate. ACB was uncommonly kind and gracious to every single one of those vacuous pudknockers, whereas if it were me, I would've been saying things like eabod, lolgf, diaf, stfu you rat bastard commie, foad, etc. So, much respect to her. But let's talk about 'originalism' for a bit. I don't understand what the big controversy is. All it is is trying to understand written communication in the way in which the original author intended it to mean. We all do this every day. So when I give Mrs. Muse a recipe to try that I found on the internet, and it says it calls for a tablespoon of butter, that means she should add a tablespoon of butter. She may be able to get by with a tablespoon of margarine, but maybe not, depending on what qualities of butter the recipe is trying to make use of. But she probably will not be able to substitute two tablespoons of diet Coke. That probably doesn't come close to what the writer of the recipe intended. Or e-mail. When your boss sends you an e-mail and asks you for the status of the Farkle project, you probably do not consider whether this request is racist, or is in service to the patriarchy, and then invent a bunch of woke stuff that isn't there, and than claim that's what the e-mail says. You might get reprimanded, or maybe even fired. Tax documents, too. If the heard from the IRS about a problem on your tax return and you claimed that the 1040 you sent them was a "living document", they probably wouldn't accept that as an reason for for your failure to disclose some item of taxable income. You'd still owe interest plus penalties. Some texts can be tricky. Like poetry or song lyrics, where the meaning is cleverly concealed for artistic reasons, or maybe the text is deliberately ambiguous, so there's are more than one meaning possible. Fortunately, the constitution is not in this category. Although to listen to some progressives, you might think that it is. The constitution is in the other "tricky" category, that is, older texts. Word meanings can change over time, and some words may be unfamiliar to our ears. So it may take a bit of work to figure out what the authors intended by, say, "inalienable" or "well-regulated." So perhaps you need to consult dictionaries from that time (if they exist) or other documents where the same word or concept is used, only the meaning is perhaps more clear. Whenever the progressive saint Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a memo to her clerks and other office staff, I guarantee you she expected them to use the 'originalist' approach to understanding it and carrying out any of her instructions. 'Originalism' just means treating the constitution just like any other document written by humans. In other words, originalism is just common sense.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:13 AM (+rZgP)
Posted by: Dad of Had at October 16, 2020 11:13 AM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (MkuC5)
Posted by: Roland THTG at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (cJEnq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (+rZgP)
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (OYAWg)
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (MkuC5)
Posted by: Cosda at October 16, 2020 11:15 AM (++x9X)
Posted by: patti o'table, oxidizing slowly at October 16, 2020 11:16 AM (wtnJT)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 16, 2020 11:17 AM (Do5/p)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 16, 2020 11:17 AM (W2Pud)
Progressivism: Constitution protects government from the people
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 16, 2020 11:17 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2020 11:17 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: DR.WTF at October 16, 2020 11:17 AM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:18 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: BignJames at October 16, 2020 11:18 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: mindful webworker at October 16, 2020 11:18 AM (21UM+)
Posted by: Buckaroo at October 16, 2020 11:18 AM (6egPo)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:18 AM (Zmnko)
Posted by: Roland THTG at October 16, 2020 11:18 AM (cJEnq)
*******
REPORT: Swing Voters Standing By Trump - Don't Blame Him For Coronavirus Pandemic
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SO the Whole Deep State Sloe Joe Bidet campaign isn't worth a shit
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 16, 2020 11:19 AM (9jfdT)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2020 11:19 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at October 16, 2020 11:19 AM (KGlll)
And all my friends are junkies
Posted by: H Biden at October 16, 2020 11:19 AM (kVjCi)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Buzzion at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (G2zl5)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (XpDOS)
Posted by: Gov. Stacey Abrams, Topless at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (9vQJW)
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (MkuC5)
689 For those who cannot afford to collect the voter history data, you can get a rough idea by simply tracking the early votes by counties that are heavily Rep. or Dem. and perform something called ecological regression to estimate turnout.
Posted by: whig
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There is a free online service (run by a Dem firm though, so you get Dem talking points) that tracks early voting in WI and MI by party using this. They are pretty accurate.
This is why you can trust the Trafalgar poll and not the others. Other polls say D/R early vote turnout in MI is 3:1, but actual early turnout is 1:1. Ergo, the polls showing a Biden lead there are wrong. Trafalgar took the time to check their results against the early vote as a validation step.
Shockingly, a lot of polls, even ones in states that provide early vote results by party, don't check their polls against them.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (5p7BC)
He is the Druginator.
Nothing will stop him from getting his next fix.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (p3tmI)
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (nUhF0)
Posted by: brak at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (cG+eD)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (XpDOS)
After Cats.
Fucking Cats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Helluva way to celebrate!
Posted by: rickb223 at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (4RLKt)
Posted by: JT at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: garrett at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (VKPSj)
I'm on the fence. What do other CO morons think?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (hYcqw)
Common Sense = Whiteness
/The Smithsonian
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 11:22 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:22 AM (XpDOS)
'Originalism' just means treating the constitution just like any other document written by humans. In other words, originalism is just common sense.
THIS!
Simple, ain't it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2020 11:22 AM (xT2tT)
After Cats.
Fucking Cats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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this is what you might call a euphemism, right?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:22 AM (3vIkC)
vacuous pudknockers, whereas if it were me, I would've been saying
things like eabod, lolgf, diaf, stfu you rat bastard commie, foad, etc.""
10,000 years from now they would still be reading about the shit I would have said. Scholars would be arguing over what the phrase "suck the fart out of my ass" means.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Javems at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (ofIwF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (p3tmI)
Crime does pay.
Maybe I can get Joe Biden to adopt me.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (Z+IKu)
"Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range. The Uzi 9mm. Twenty-four-inch Executive bong with enlarged carb. The skull-shaped glass pipe..."
Posted by: Zod at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (xK9An)
Gads that photo of Weiner. Hard to unsee even after all these years.
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:22 AM (3vIkC)
I thought that was Screech from Saved by the Bell
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (k/TB6)
Posted by: JT at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (arJlL)
She seems like such an amaxing, impressive person.
I hope she inspires this generation of self-hating young girls to rethink their life choices.
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (nUhF0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (p3tmI)
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Ugh...
Yes...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (+rZgP)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (hYcqw)
I'm stuck on that one too. I do not easily comprehend that kind of legal mumbo jumbo to begin with, and this one seems even more unclear.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (xPJvm)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (XpDOS)
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (Eicbe)
His legacy for me was damaged just a bit.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (2DOZq)
9mm. Twenty-four-inch Executive bong with enlarged carb. The
skull-shaped glass pipe..."
Posted by: Zod at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (xK9An)
Only what you see buddy
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (k/TB6)
Very few were wearing masks!
I've noticed a few Biden signs in my neighborhood, almost no Trump signs, but a lot of American flags. My personal opinion - many Trump supporters think they'll get vandalized if they put out a sign, while Biden supporters know they're safe.
But everyone who believes they're under threat is pissed off as hell because of it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: garrett at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (VKPSj)
So extract THC with milk fat and make coffee with that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (xT2tT)
Oh, and please vote no on EE. Thanks.
Posted by: Old Blue at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (VNmG1)
I'm stuck on that one too. I do not easily comprehend that kind of legal mumbo jumbo to begin with, and this one seems even more unclear.
When I'm not sure I look at who's for and against it...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (Zmnko)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (hYcqw)
Who is backing it? If a bunch of leftists are, you know it's a bad idea.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (HabA/)
Posted by: Mishdog at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (xYtIV)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (hYcqw)
I lived in CO for 35 years and voted for TABOR and against anything that would gut it. I'm no longer there so I don't have a vote. But with TABOR they left never changes: If the language is deliberately vague, they are coming for your money. It always works that way.
Also, find out who is supporting it. If the media and the usual suspects (chamber of commerce, mayors, school board members) support it, then it's a bad deal.
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (3vIkC)
first put on Trump's list , but the confurmation process has turned me
into an ACB fan girl.
She seems like such an amaxing, impressive person.
I hope she inspires this generation of self-hating young girls to rethink their life choices.
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (nUhF0)
Same here. I heard her name tossed around, but didn't know who she was. She is way frigging impressive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (9Om/r)
THIS!
Simple, ain't it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Like a 100 comment rule !
Posted by: JT at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
..........
We have a similar Constitutional Amendment here in Illinois on the ballot this year again.. they tried 2 years ago and it failed.
The wording of the proposal is, at best, misleading.. with promises that only billionaires will see tax hikes.
But the change to the Constitution says nothing about limiting who they can jack up tax rates on going forward.. the Dems are spending millions on TV ads pushing this. I hope Illinois voters can see thru the bullshit.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (CjFDo)
Posted by: The shooting times are approaching at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (t1zLB)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (XpDOS)
I don't think so. She has no producer credits in imdb.com. Who do you think she is?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (kai08)
One of my coworkers almost barfed in his mask when I explained Rebel was in that movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (p3tmI)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (XpDOS)
Posted by: Tropical Lutefisk at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (/SaL2)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (kai08)
Thought the new deal was to allow everything but mark it with some grading system.
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Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (+Dp5p)
dimocraps are the American ISIS
Posted by: Uncle Rick at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (48/MM)
My Grandfather wanted us to make something called "monkey bread" which sounds disgusting but does not involve actual monkies. His recipe was actually a type of Panettone soaked in what he called "leftover" alcohol - empty the partial bottles in the cabinet into the bread. Nothing like the mashed up canned cinnamon roll recipes on the internet.
These are two very different breakfast breads.
Posted by: batterup at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (K4I9O)
Oh, and please vote no on EE. Thanks.
Posted by: Old Blue at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (VNmG1)
++++++
EE is a no-brainer. B is my biggest question mark. And yes, I am thinking similarly to you and Mookie. The wording is complicated enough that I suspect they're out for something.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (S00tp)
I live in a pretty liberal part of the country, and I have seen more Trump signs in the next town over than I did in 2016. No idea what that means, but it is certainly a pleasant sight.
None in my town of course, because it is filled with bien pensant assholes.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (xT2tT)
small man he is.
Posted by: Tropical Lutefisk at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (/SaL2)
Tom Nichols doesn't deserve to be called pond scum. He's lower than pond scum. He's yeast.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (kai08)
'Originalism' just means treating the constitution just like any other document written by humans. In other words, originalism is just common sense.
THIS!
Simple, ain't it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2020 11:22 AM (xT2tT)
Sure. And common sense to the Leftists is that 8 year olds can transition. It's all relative.
Let's think of Originalism as we would contracts. The Constitution is a Contract. Expectations of both sides are clearly laid out and agreed upon. You can revise, but only if both parties agree to and sign an amended contract. But you can't just ignore your end of the bargain without expected, and agreed upon consequences. Leviathan is NOT living up to its end of the bargain. The only question is what are we, the plebs, going to do about it?
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (Oka5v)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (XpDOS)
A man is real, not made of steel.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (9Om/r)
One of my coworkers almost barfed in his mask when I explained Rebel was in that movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (p3tmI)
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I just had to watch it. And it came to HBO Max, so I didn't need to expend any extra effort to watch it.
Despite it's rampant awful decisions about making a terrible adaptation of a stupid stage musical, it's remarkably fascinating. It's so earnest, especially in its final number where Judi Dench sings to the camera about how cats are not dogs.
Not recommended, but Jesus, it was fascinating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (+rZgP)
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (3vIkC)
I'm on the fence. What do other CO morons think?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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"Do democrats support it" is good advice.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - fight like you're the third monkey in line for the ark at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (em09h)
Because Hunter ain't no ZZ Top in some cheap sunglasses.
Seriously it looks like a police video image of Arnold. from that movie
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (p3tmI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (3vIkC)
"Vice President Biden..."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (Oka5v)
Posted by: The shooting times are approaching
Agree 100%!
also the Erbie & Bert meme made me LOL
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (nUhF0)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (XpDOS)
Posted by: Decaf at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (nL4fk)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - fight like you're the third monkey in line for the ark at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (em09h)
++++++++++
Sadly, this one has "bipartisan support" - which is also often bad...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (hYcqw)
The left believes the Constitution is invalid. All of it. It was "poisoned" from the start, so they ain't got time for no amendment process or whatever.
The Constitution as written is NOT a guide, it's not a how-to manual, it's just a thing that gets in the way of what they want to do.
Period.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (hku12)
After Cats.
Fucking Cats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:14 AM (+rZgP)
#ReleaseTheButtholeCut
https://youtu.be/LiQVAgPTwVI
Posted by: Buzzion at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (G2zl5)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (hYcqw)
Thought the new deal was to allow everything but mark it with some grading system.
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Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (+Dp5p)
Twitter stopped me from retweeting it yesterday, but I was able to this morning. So something has changed.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (kai08)
I wonder if this was during the sex session they video'd.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...don't ask me why I'm smiling at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (o9ePR)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (Zmnko)
The only ads I've seen on tv are the firefighters unions and teachers unions are all for it.
Posted by: Old Blue at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (VNmG1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (p3tmI)
Tom Nichols doesn't deserve to be called pond scum. He's lower than pond scum. He's yeast.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (kai0
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Hey, dude, we give you beer and wine. So you better watch it with the names.
Posted by: Yeast at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (OYAWg)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (XpDOS)
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (kai0
What the hell did we do to you?
Fine! No more bread or booze for you!
Posted by: Yeast Local 234 at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (xT2tT)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (hku12)
Also, it has no black signatories, so racism.
Posted by: Zod at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (xK9An)
His legacy for me was damaged just a bit.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:24 AM (2DOZq)
I believe Scalia was from a generation which still sincerely believed that Constitutional Interpretation was a purely intellectual exercise that should have no party affiliation. All of the Justices used to take great pride in that, and RBG was a true intellectual, able to express her opinions clearly. She was a good sparring partner for Scalia's intellectual exercises. Nothing at all like Kagan, who is an intellectual lightweight who does't even know how to write a rational, well structured opinion.
The Judicial World changed when Joe Biden and the dem party led the attack on Judge Bork. That's when it all began to get purely political, nothing but another Washington Power Game.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (Kpl3J)
The only ads I've seen on tv are the firefighters unions and teachers unions are all for it
Then no...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (Zmnko)
Posted by: zeera I should be writing right now at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (zUdXR)
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East Texas will delivery a huge vote differential for Trump, at least 20 point margin.
Seniors are the most reliable voters, 78% of them will vote.
If they are lining up to early vote in East Texas, that is a very good sign.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (Oka5v)
We do not have peerage in this nation. You leave office you no longer have the title. Got that, "MISTER" Biden?
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (3vIkC)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (hku12)
Snowing lightly here, and it is freezing out. Damn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (Hyjh0)
TABOR? That's the fifth of the six symphonic poems in the cycle "My Fatherland" by Bedrich Smetana.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (mht8P)
small man he is.
Posted by: Tropical Lutefisk at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (/SaL2)
Tom Nichols doesn't deserve to be called pond scum. He's lower than pond scum. He's yeast.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:27 AM (kai0
Even Patterico has shown a brief sign of humanity, like being against further prosecution of the Central Park dog girl. The Expert is just ambulatory dogshit with no redeeming characteristics.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (E3jXy)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (XpDOS)
You are correct, but what film or tv series or whatever did she ever produce?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (kai08)
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Ha. As was mentioned above, move on to B.
If it's not one page (or, even better, one paragraph), vote no until it is.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - fight like you're the third monkey in line for the ark at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (em09h)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (XpDOS)
*Gorilla*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (EGyGV)
Posted by: Tropical Lutefisk at October 16, 2020 11:26 AM (/SaL2)
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That is an expert opinion.
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (p3tmI)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (2DOZq)
Speaking of Colorado, we were there last week, flew into & out of Denver but all time was spent up in the mountains. Glad to have avoided Denver while the shooting and murdering was going on. We were supposed to spend our last day there in Denver, but because of the antifa presence we skipped it. Shame it is, haven't been to Denver in over 20 years and probably won't be back anytime soon.
Posted by: Boots at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (oGBso)
Posted by: creeper at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (XxJt1)
One of my coworkers almost barfed in his mask when I explained Rebel was in that movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:25 AM (p3tmI)
Apparently she has slimmed way down and so of course people are raging at her for losing weight.
Posted by: Buzzion at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (G2zl5)
I love Smetana's The Moldau...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (Zmnko)
Posted by: Decaf at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (nL4fk)
Posted by: Old Blue at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (VNmG1)
And that tells you to run the hell away from it. Vote no.
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (3vIkC)
Martha Hyer and Edward Judd in First Men in the Moon.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (E3jXy)
You are correct with the trifecta!
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (kai08)
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (Oka5v)
We do not have peerage in this nation. You leave office you no longer have the title. Got that, "MISTER" Biden?
Posted by: Mookie at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (3vIkC)
I thought before the first debate, Trump's best chance to make Plugs meltdown was to repeatedly refer to him as "Mr. Biden."
Then Chrissy went native....
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (Oka5v)
Posted by: Gov. Stacey Abrams, Topless at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (9vQJW)
No, Cotton is a monkey...
Posted by: Alfalfa at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (2DOZq)
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This is remarkably true. She reminds me of Pam Poovey from Archer (when she's all coked out) now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (+rZgP)
dem party led the attack on Judge Bork. That's when it all began to get
purely political, nothing but another Washington Power Game.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (Kpl3J)
So basically another dick in biden's cap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (XpDOS)
Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (O2PCU)
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Not recommended, but Jesus, it was fascinating.
I'm thinking I need to visit a state with legal weed so I can watch it the way it was intended to be watched.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (qc+VF)
Posted by: Midwesterner at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (DMUuz)
Then the guy is with her in 'First Men in the Moon.'
Can't remember his name at the moment.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: JB1000 at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (Kf5r9)
Posted by: BignJames at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 16, 2020 11:28 AM (hku12)
Also, it has no black signatories, so racism.
Posted by: Zod at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (xK9An)
The "original sin" of the Constitution has little to do with modern Woke. It's the fact that not only are there no black signatories, but when the signatures were drying on it, blacks were being whipped and having their limbs chopped off and being sexed by the signers.
That's the story, and they're sticking to it.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (hku12)
Apparently she has slimmed way down and so of course people are raging at her for losing weight.
Posted by: Buzzion at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (G2zl5)
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Skinny appropriation?
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (Eicbe)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (XpDOS)
That's a good comparison.
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (sjdRT)
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
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I can understand it. I know what it is going to do. I just don't know if it is a good idea or a bad one or a neutral one. In essence:
- Property taxes are fixed in ration in CO. 45% of gross revenues come from residential taxes; 55% from commercial taxes.
- The rates were set in the initial amendment, with commercial assessment at 29%
- Over time, residential property has become much more valuable in aggregate than commercial property
- As a result of this shift, residential tax rates have fallen to be lower than many other states, while commercial tax rates have remained static, and fairly high in comparison.
The repeal with end the gross revenue mix requirement by repealing the amendment, and freeze both commercial and residential rates where they are now. Due to another amendment - TABOR - increases still have to be approved by taxpayers.
I get the argument, but it strikes me as potentially a bad solution because if they want to raise residential taxes, they can do it today - by cutting commercial tax rates to maintain the mandated revenue mix.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (hYcqw)
What major groups are for it, and against it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2020 11:35 AM (Hyjh0)
The Judicial World changed when Joe Biden and the dem party led the attack on Judge Bork. That's when it all began to get purely political, nothing but another Washington Power Game.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:30 AM (Kpl3J
This. The borking of Bork was the game-changer
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:35 AM (kai08)
That kind of fascination?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (p3tmI)
One of the best weird Texas stories from the 1890's was the "Crash at Crush". A promoter in 1896 came up with the idea of running two surplus locomotives from the Katy railroad into each other, and selling tickets. Picked a spot out in the countryside, near Waco - 40,000 spectators attended!!! It was considered a great success because only two of the spectators were killed by flying debris, although many more were injured when the crowd was showered with shards of flaming metal. Everyone who wasn't maimed had an absolutely marvelous time!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:35 AM (Kpl3J)
No. "TABOR" is the Robot Rabbit ski-fi movie directed by Ed Wood.
Everyone knows this!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2020 11:35 AM (EERbD)
So in their view the Constitution "had to change".
Since then it's just become bitching about how far the Constitution is "falling behind".
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:35 AM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 16, 2020 11:36 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: BignJames at October 16, 2020 11:18 AM (AwYPR)
Not Donna Reed.
Mrs. Texan looks like a cross between Donna Reed and Dawn Wells. Utterly gorgeous.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at October 16, 2020 11:36 AM (9IdCK)
Posted by: CN at October 16, 2020 11:36 AM (ONvIw)
Did y'all see The Expert calling for doxxing the black woman over Trump's left shoulder because she was nodding in agreement with Trump?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (wPVhA)
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
I know nothing about this ballot measure, but my rule of thumb is: when in doubt, vote against it.
Also, vote against any and all tax increases, no matter what.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (kai08)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (oVJmc)
Yes...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM (+rZgP)
Are you being paid to do this, or just a masochist by nature?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (Hyjh0)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (EERbD)
The left tends to argue from dictionaries written *after* the Constitution to try to twist words to their ends.
Posted by: TexasDan at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (yL25O)
It probably helps to live near the corner penthouse of Spook Central.
Also, the idea that an orchestra musician can afford that penthouse in NYC is easily the least believable thing in Ghostbusters.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Gov. Stacey Abrams, Topless at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (9vQJW)
No, Cotton is a monkey...
Posted by: Alfalfa at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (BgMrQ)
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Stop picking on Cotten!
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (Eicbe)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm)
Right. I suspect this is what prompted the original comment.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (kai08)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (D79US)
The original story was inspiration for the manga/anime Spirit of Wonder in which the Scientific Boys Club, three now late middle age men, finally get to realize their dream to visit Lowell's Mars in the 1950s due to something called the Aetheral Current.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (p3tmI)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (i0wNm)
They identified her.. She actually ran for Congress in FL as an independent...Loves Trump
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (Zmnko)
Can't remember his name at the moment.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (oVJmc)
Edward Judd.
Posted by: CN at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (sjdRT)
I've got some Black Barrel....want some?
Posted by: BignJames at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (AwYPR)
I'm on the fence. What do other CO morons think?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:21 AM (hYcqw)
Any ballot measure that has the word "tax" in it, even if the language is "this is totally not a tax, and you won't never ever ever pay a single cent more in tax if you pass this thing," it's about the bastards getting their hands on more money.
So no. The vote is no.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 16, 2020 11:39 AM (hku12)
Libs on Twitter are slamming her as obviously stupid because she's an immigration lawyer who loves Trump, and everyone knows Trump hates immigrants.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 16, 2020 11:39 AM (ZGrMX)
Yes, yes, it is.
One of the very best early 60s sci-fi movies.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2020 11:39 AM (EERbD)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (XpDOS)
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (Eicbe)
Cotton is racist.
Posted by: Gov. Stacey Abrams, Topless at October 16, 2020 11:20 AM (9vQJW)
No, Cotton is a monkey...
Posted by: Alfalfa at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM (BgMrQ)
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Stop picking on Cotten!
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (Eicbe)
Bold move, lets see if it plays out
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (k/TB6)
Because if there is I missed it.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (NYS7S)
I suspected I missed context, but with The Expert it's hard to know if all of his assholery has been mentioned.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Midwesterner at October 16, 2020 11:33 AM (DMUuz)
Dang it, I forgot.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (kai08)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm
The expert needs to be set on fire.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (lgiXo)
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
Want to know what the dirtiest trick of all is? When they write an extremely complicated proposition that no one can understand, and then structure it so that "no" actually means "YES!" That's happened a lot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (Kpl3J)
Take Prop 19...
PROPOSITION 19 - Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment
It basically says that people who have lost their homes can buy a new one in Calizuela based on the old tax rate. It also makes it easier to pass on family farms and not get slaughtered by the née tax rate.
Sounds great, huh? Whodathunk this would get on the ballot.
But here is the Trojan horse.
The bill would also limit tax benefits for certain transfers of real property between family members
That means that inherited trusts do not get to keep the old tax rate. It screws over inheritance. That is the big win for those weasels in Sacramento, because they will make a ton more money based on that.
So your old family home that you have lived in and passed down for generations? It has just been reevaluated at Calizuelas ruinous housing market prices.
Regretfully, this will pass. It is another attempt to destroy Prop 13, which has gnawed at the Demonrats for almost 50 years. There is another one in there which also destroys part of it.
So, to answer the question about Colorado and its propositions.
If it is not immediately clear....
ALWAYS VOTE NO
Unless it sounds like it repealing crappy laws (like the propositions that allows the crazed homeless to steal themselves and drug themselves up blind and not get arrested).....
ALWAYS VOTE NO
Posted by: Loki at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (OwMV4)
Posted by: BignJames at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (AwYPR)
Oh oh Black Barrel
Bam A Lam.
Posted by: Lead Belly at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (AiZBA)
Posted by: CN at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
Dave is that actual votes for the democrats candidates or just party affiliation of the voter? Do we know for certain that the registered democrats have voted democrat and not crossed over to vote Trump?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (Vxu+H)
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No. "TABOR" is the Robot Rabbit ski-fi movie directed by Ed Wood.
Everyone knows this!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2020 11:35 AM (EERbD)
No, it's the guy who played Hank Kingsley, and is now wearing lipstick and a dress on some stupid Amazon show nobody watches.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (hku12)
The left tends to argue from dictionaries written *after* the Constitution to try to twist words to their ends.
Posted by: TexasDan at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (yL25O)
I love how ACB mentioned this in the hearing, that the farther you get from the time something is written the more you can screw it up the meaning.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm
The expert needs to be set on fire.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (lgiXo)
You know who else liked killing those who disagreed with their philosophy?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (GV8+D)
Posted by: some guy out west at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (XpDOS)
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (S00tp)
Posted by: creeper at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (XxJt1)
Gonna have so many experts proving there is no way those are Hunter's emails
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (aO8Gd)
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Anonymity is happiness.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (3P/5p)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm
The guy with the confederate cooler is upset about some uppity ************?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (p3tmI)
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Obama?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (S00tp)
The left tends to argue from dictionaries written *after* the Constitution to try to twist words to their ends.
Posted by: TexasDan at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (yL25O)
You know that a lot depends on what the meaning of "Is" is.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (9jfdT)
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (lgiXo)
After he gets transformed into a tire tootsie roll.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (9Om/r)
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
I know nothing about this ballot measure, but my rule of thumb is: when in doubt, vote against it.
Also, vote against any and all tax increases, no matter what.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional
If it reads like the Federal Tax Code vote against it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...don't ask me why I'm smiling at October 16, 2020 11:42 AM (o9ePR)
I know nothing about this ballot measure, but my rule of thumb is: when in doubt, vote against it.
Also, vote against any and all tax increases, no matter what.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (kai0
Thats my approach too. Works rather well. I also add in "vote against the Donk always, and vote out the incumbent, unless i have a REALLY good reason to keep them on."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (EGyGV)
Posted by: fixerupper at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (8XRCm)
The reason has to do with a lot of polls simply are pushed out to create media narratives---not actually to tell you who is winning the race. I can tell you that such early voting/absentee data is used to correct internal polling and where candidates are sent.
When I did surveys for a govt. agency that is nameless for a number of years, there was a master list of all individuals in a particular career in a state. However, individuals came and went due to death, moving to other states, etc. The master list was used to survey folks that they could reach by phone. Then a designated number of geographic blocks were designated in a random pattern that were about 600-700 acres in size. Field folks were then dispatched to do in person interviews within these random tracts to determine the known--unknown which is churn on the master list and used to correct that data. It was and is an expensive gold standard test for adequate understanding of limitation of the primary sample.
But, respondents are not generally coded by precinct in a poll and thus to correct the data, you would need early voting results from that particular poll respondent's voting precinct and replicate that for each poll respondents for minimal error correction. That is much too expensive for anyone other than well funded national campaigns. It is simply easier to call more numbers in an attempt to get a much larger sample than sending people out in the field or crosschecking the data on early voting/absentee.
Dunno what California, Colorado, Oregon, or Washington campaigns do with voting by mail or vote harvesting which is another whole kettle of fish.
Posted by: whig at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (OLiBJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (wPVhA)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (4RLKt)
No. "TAVOR" is the Israeli bullpup select-fire rifle.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (i0wNm)
Posted by: creeper at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (aO8Gd)
which will be hilarious when Rudy releases the private pictures and movies of Hunter that are right there with the emails. Explain that one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Yeast at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (OYAWg)
Also bread.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (kai08)
It is not the court's job to update the law, it is Congress's job. That is why you see legislation with a year in the title, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for instance.
Want a revised version? Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1965, 1968, 1990, 1991 or more.
Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (EMi53)
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
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I can understand it. I know what it is going to do. I just don't know if it is a good idea or a bad one or a neutral one. In essence:
- Property taxes are fixed in ration in CO. 45% of gross revenues come from residential taxes; 55% from commercial taxes.
- The rates were set in the initial amendment, with commercial assessment at 29%
- Over time, residential property has become much more valuable in aggregate than commercial property
- As a result of this shift, residential tax rates have fallen to be lower than many other states, while commercial tax rates have remained static, and fairly high in comparison.
The repeal with end the gross revenue mix requirement by repealing the amendment, and freeze both commercial and residential rates where they are now. Due to another amendment - TABOR - increases still have to be approved by taxpayers.
I get the argument, but it strikes me as potentially a bad solution because if they want to raise residential taxes, they can do it today - by cutting commercial tax rates to maintain the mandated revenue mix.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (hYcqw)
I read what you said as a repeal allowing for hypothetically a tax decrease for commercial(without a corresponding adjustment for residential) or a tax increase for residential(without a corresponding increase in commercial). Unless commercial rates are really so damaging that it's driving away investment, I wouldn't risk it.
Posted by: Someguy at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Old Blue at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (VNmG1)
Well, there you go. Vote "no".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (Hyjh0)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (sjdRT)
*********
Jenna?
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (9jfdT)
intelligent college graduate, can't understand an issue after reading it
2 or 3 times, I vote NO.
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
I know nothing about this ballot measure, but my rule of thumb is: when in doubt, vote against it.
Also, vote against any and all tax increases, no matter what.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM
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And that is how Montville, CT got a brand new $19 million Police Station when most everyone voted against it.
They way it was worded meant a yes vote meant you were against it and a no vote meant you were in favor of it. They had tried to get a new Station for years before they pulled the ballot language shenanigans.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (JUOKG)
I remember a couple times the language was so tortured that a NO vote meant you wanted the proposition to pass.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:45 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:45 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 11:45 AM (S00tp)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional
Cicero's wise advice to Daughter Tulliana: They will always have a great reason for needing just a little bit more of your money.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 16, 2020 11:45 AM (wPVhA)
So in their view the Constitution "had to change".
Since then it's just become bitching about how far the Constitution is "falling behind".
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:35 AM (Eicbe)
I've been taking Hillsdale's Constitution 101 course and they've been talking about the progs lately. Part of the problem with pinheads like Woody Wilson is their insistence on scientific analogies of Newtonian physics to the Constitution and Darwinian theory to a living Constitution. I'm surprised they were able to smoke so many people with such spurious, and ascientific, comparisons and that not more people pushed back with "what the fuck are you shitheads nattering about?" I'm sure it was a populist viewpoint at the time and I guess now DJT spearheads a populist response.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 11:45 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: gp's Electro-Tonic Tension at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: prashant kumar at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (kvtMP)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (2DOZq)
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She does look great now!
But you know what? She looked good when she was a fatso. Seriously.
What I mean is that she took her weight into account and dressed well for it and she was beautifully groomed.
The bright smile helped too.
Compare that to Lena Dunham, who is not as fat as Rebel was but always looks like a self-loathing pig.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (M/9m0)
Posted by: Yeast at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (OYAWg)
Also bread.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (kai0
And infections.
Posted by: BignJames at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Tropical Lutefisk
Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Journalists, if you don't find out who that woman is nodding behind Trump at an "undecided" voter town hall, then I don't know what you're getting paid for
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Sarah Cooper
@sarahcpr
A parody of Taken about a black woman who follows Trump around nodding at everything he says. It's called... Token
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (+y/Ru)
Referenda on school bonds or property tax increases for education are always held on an odd weekday, coincidentally a school holiday.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 16, 2020 11:43 AM (EGyGV)
Also, I look at the "recommendations" in the editorial page of my local commie rag newspaper they publish the day before the election.
And whatever they recommend, I vote the opposite.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (kai08)
Posted by: BignJames at October 16, 2020 11:38 AM (AwYPR)
Hell yes!
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2020 11:47 AM (sjdRT)
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 11:45 AM (y7DUB)
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My wife is taking this course also. I'm getting some of it by osmosis--it's really quite good.
Posted by: TexasDan at October 16, 2020 11:47 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: Mishdog at October 16, 2020 11:47 AM (xYtIV)
Jameson's sounds really, really good right now.
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2020 11:34 AM (sjdRT)
*********
Jenna?
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (9jfdT)
The alcohol in Jameson's Irish Whisky isn't strong enough to kill what you'd get from Jenna. Nor is penicillin.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 16, 2020 11:48 AM (N39Ws)
We have that here in CA.. Except it's all D's
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:48 AM (Zmnko)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 16, 2020 11:45 AM (wPVhA)
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Even if it's just a little more crack.
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (Eicbe)
F*ck stare decisis. SCOTUS gave the thumbs up for slavery, forced sterilization, separate but equal, child labor, internment camps, eminent domain, and baby killing. This conservative is A-OK with a good deal of case reversals.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Mishdog at October 16, 2020 11:47 AM (xYtIV)
I'm in Dallas. Happy that straight ticket voting is gone. The "R" was always the first name listed on my machine, so made it much easier to vote for the R. Wonder how much that impacts votes in aggregate.
Unfortunately in Dallas, the unopposed elections are all for Ds.
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (kzzyk)
Posted by: Sophistahick at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (z3LzY)
I don't like the idea of early voting but I may do it to put one on the board for PDT and one against the smarmy D candidate for TX-22.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm)
Mayra Joli, ex-beauty queen,US citizen, from the Dominican Republic. NY Post did an article on her today. - She spoke to PDJT after the event.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (JriyX)
Voters are then classified first by partisanship--e.g. faithful voting in a party's primaries over time indicates a strong partisan unlikely to vote for the other team. Switching voting in primaries from side to side indicates a swing voter.
Second, there is about 8-10 percent of the electorate that votes on EVERYTHING, school board, special elections, conservation districts, and so on. Then there are those in the voter history that only vote in presidential primaries and general elections. Then those that vote only in general elections. Then the degree of how often they vote can help determine and crosscheck any response as to whether they are a likely voter or not.
Survey responses over the phone alone overestimate whether people are likely to vote because of socially acceptable answers. People do not want to admit that they are not going to vote or that they did not. The National Election Survey conducted since the 1950's after the elections was up to about 10-20 percent lying about the fact that they voted when they tried to verify whether respondents did in fact vote.
Posted by: whig at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (OLiBJ)
The alcohol in Jameson's Irish Whisky isn't strong enough to kill what you'd get from Jenna. Nor is penicillin.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 16, 2020 11:48 AM (N39Ws)
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You do know she is a staunch Conservative now ?
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (9jfdT)
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (kzzyk)
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Boy not in Austin. Here it's nothing but R's from here to the horizo...wait.
Posted by: TexasDan at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (JUOKG)
Our locals pulled that same trick with a school bond vote 2 or 3 years ago.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (Kpl3J)
"Cindy Hyde-Smith is not who we are today."
Hey you dumb blond. your candidate is over 60 years old. His whole career has been in politics like Bidet. He IS the problem.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (p3tmI)
Posted by: Floridachick at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (Afibv)
I saw Vacuous Pudknockers open for the Boomtown Rats in Southie in '03.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)
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We don't know the actual votes. Those aren't opened until election day. States start absentee counting in the morning.
But since we have high confidence that there will be more D>R crossover than R>D, returns showing 1:1 ratio is very bad news for the Dems. 70% of their voters say they will vote early, Dem generally need to hold a 40-50 point lead in early voting to overcome.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (5p7BC)
- As a result of this shift, residential tax rates have fallen to be lower than many other states, while commercial tax rates have remained static, and fairly high in comparison.
This is good.
Residential tax rates should be low or zero.
You have a choice if you pay sales tax...
You can even chose not to work and not have to pay income tax.
But your HOUSE IS YOUR HOUSE! You should not be paying rent to the freaking state. They can get their money from sales tax. Raise the damn sales tax if you want
Cannot believe that New Hampshire residents tolerate the ruinous 2.25% (on average) property tax, creating property tax rates greater than a mortgage.
Thats why I do not believe that NH people are really libertarians. If they were, they would push sales tax and a flat income tax. Property taxes really are theft.
Posted by: Loki at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (OwMV4)
They way it was worded meant a yes vote meant you were against it and a no vote meant you were in favor of it. They had tried to get a new Station for years before they pulled the ballot language shenanigans.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
State of Texas tried that shit on the last election.
Damn near burned up Farcebook spreading the word. It failed.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (4RLKt)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm)
Mayra Joli, ex-beauty queen,US citizen, from the Dominican Republic. NY Post did an article on her today. - She spoke to PDJT after the event.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (JriyX)
Everyone knows that Black Dominicans aren't really Latino.
Or Black.
Posted by: The MSM in 3... 2... 1.... at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (6FeV1)
Regardless of what it is.
People that write propositions are specialists in torturing English language.
Posted by: Attila the unreasonable at October 16, 2020 11:29 AM (w7KSn)
Problem is, if you don't understand it, Voting NO may actually be voting for it.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (JriyX)
Not only will the content of Hunter's laptop prove its veracity, Hunter Biden's idiot lawyer emailed the shop on the day the story dropped to try to retrieve the laptop. Giuliani has the email from the shop owner.
If Hunter Biden's lawyer thinks it's genuine, it's genuine.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 16, 2020 11:48 AM (N39Ws)
You're aware that Jenna is a MAGA huntress, mother of two, destroyer of all cucks, no?
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (kzzyk)
as you well know, living there, most of Dallas proper is ghetto now. The suburbs, on the other hand...
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: TexasDan at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (yL25O)
I'm honestly considering running as a D for something at some point. Would be an interesting exercise. I have a pedigree that reads like a D. Would totally fall apart if anyone looked at my political donations, though...
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (kzzyk)
Posted by: Zod at October 16, 2020 11:23 AM
Only what you see, pal.
Posted by: Head shop owner at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Sock Monkey...don't ask me why I'm smiling at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (o9ePR)
Posted by: spindrift at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (elT/s)
We have that here in CA.. Except it's all D's
Posted by: It's me donna at October 16, 2020 11:48 AM (Zmnko)
Ugh I hate that...I hate whats become of CA. I used to love to visit some aunts and uncles there in the 90s, LA and San Diego. But they've all moved back to Louisiana and Texas after they retired.
Posted by: Mishdog at October 16, 2020 11:53 AM (xYtIV)
I agree with that. I always said you can take identical twins who were overweight and depending how they conducted themselves could make them look completely different .
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:53 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Max Power at October 16, 2020 11:53 AM (q177U)
this video (actually 4 videos) is interesting:
https://twitter.com/All50News/status/ 1317080910504824832?s=20
Posted by: BlackOrchid_j9HX3 at October 16, 2020 11:53 AM (j9HX3)
mumbo jumbo to begin with, and this one seems even more unclear.
Basic rule: if it is written so you can't understand it, it is written to benefit the people who wrote it that way, and not to benefit you.
Posted by: An Observation at October 16, 2020 11:53 AM (frl74)
They did, of course. She's stunning as you'd expect.
Now she gets to look over her shoulder for the rest of her life.
Awesome job, you sick fekking animals.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 16, 2020 11:09 AM (8B6Ng)
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She looked stunning from what I could see of the tapes. Got a link?
Posted by: Axeman at October 16, 2020 11:12 AM (Eicbe)
She posted videos all over her facebook. She is pretty, what I can't believe is that she is 55!! Holy shit. Definite MILF
Posted by: Timon at October 16, 2020 11:16 AM (8lMIN)
Posted by: Timon at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (8lMIN)
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (kzzyk)
One of the best things Trump has done is ignore stare decisis and eliminate two or more regulations for every new one.
F*ck stare decisis. SCOTUS gave the thumbs up for slavery, forced
sterilization, separate but equal, child labor, internment camps,
eminent domain, and baby killing. This conservative is A-OK with a good
deal of case reversals.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (i0wNm)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THIS
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (N39Ws)
I think I gave up after the second one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (+rZgP)
overweight and depending how they conducted themselves could make them
look completely different .
How about the matching Vindaloomon twins? Bearclaw and Berlin
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (p3tmI)
https://youtu.be/hpCSCQJEmnk
Posted by: notsothoreau at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (JKNZq)
The alcohol in Jameson's Irish Whisky isn't strong enough to kill what you'd get from Jenna. Nor is penicillin.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 16, 2020 11:48 AM (N39Ws)
********
You do know she is a staunch Conservative now ?
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (9jfdT)
Trump looks at her twitter feed & is like "damn, tone it down a bit!"
Posted by: Troy McClure at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (mht8P)
Or Black.
Posted by: The MSM in 3... 2... 1.... at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (6FeV1)
See MSM, there's part of your problem.
Never said she was black or latina.
Didn't say she was a lawyer or that she may sue you for defamation either.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (JriyX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (6FeV1)
She's reportedly looking to sue the media outlets that doxxed her. She and the Covington kid will co-own most of the major outlets at this rate.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 16, 2020 11:55 AM (ZGrMX)
Referenda on school bonds or property tax increases for education are always held on an odd weekday, coincidentally a school holiday.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (mht8P)
Heh. Imagine how shocked I am.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:55 AM (kai08)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:50 AM (JriyX)
Everyone knows that Black Dominicans aren't really Latino.
Or Black.
Posted by: The MSM in 3... 2... 1.... at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (6FeV1)
I think the reason "The Expert" is pushing this, but not Dems themselves, is because he's too stupid and hate filled to realize that it's catastrophic to make a big public spectacle around Black Supporters of Trump. The Dems know that the best play is to pretend they don't exist, and radiofreeTom is not helping.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:55 AM (Kpl3J)
Everyone knows that Black Dominicans aren't really Latino.
Or Black.
Posted by: The MSM in 3... 2... 1.... at October 16, 2020 11:51 AM (6FeV1)
She's at least as black as Kamala Harris.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 11:55 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: FriscoJim at October 16, 2020 11:55 AM (+56GQ)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 16, 2020 11:56 AM (a5ALn)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM (i0wNm
The expert needs to be set on fire.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 16, 2020 11:40 AM (lgiXo)
You know who else liked killing those who disagreed with their philosophy?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 16, 2020 11:41 AM (GV8+D)
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The Greeks?
Posted by: Socrates at October 16, 2020 11:56 AM (CAJOC)
this video (actually 4 videos) is interesting:
https://twitter.com/All50News/status/ 1317080910504824832?s=20
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Sorry, that page doesn't exist. Must have been good though.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 11:56 AM (S00tp)
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 11:56 AM (S00tp)
Take the space out.
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (sjdRT)
Same here. Was pleasantly surprised. My precinct also ran a pretty tight ship on process--no shenanigans. Harris County, on the other hand...
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (kzzyk)
And fuck administrative law too. We have more laws from the alphabet agencies than we have from Congress. That FCC section 230 crap for example.
Posted by: gp's Electro-Tonic Tension at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (mht8P)
So in their view the Constitution "had to change".
Since then it's just become bitching about how far the Constitution is "falling behind".
Posted by: Axeman
I've been taking Hillsdale's Constitution 101 course and they've been talking about the progs lately. Part of the problem with pinheads like Woody Wilson is their insistence on scientific analogies of Newtonian physics to the Constitution and Darwinian theory to a living Constitution. I'm surprised they were able to smoke so many people with such spurious, and ascientific, comparisons and that not more people pushed back with "what the fuck are you shitheads nattering about?" I'm sure it was a populist viewpoint at the time and I guess now DJT spearheads a populist response.
Posted by: Captain Hate
First off, great comment by Axeman. Really, right on point. This is an outgrowth of the adoption of really decadent European philosophy. They are still trying to figure out why WWI ruined everything, and come up with a clever intellectual excuse for it.
And to Captain Hate, ditto. I remember a college English professor talking about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, and how we could not know anything for sure.
Another weak tea argument for moral relativism, which they all love, because they don't want to be judged by their perversions and animal lusts (which we all harbor, to one degree or another).
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle just says that we cannot know momentum and location of sub-atomic particles simultaneously, because the energy needed to know one fact changes the other.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (vcOmj)
Chinese fellow talking about the hard drive
from two weeks ago
Posted by: BlackOrchid_j9HX3 at October 16, 2020 11:58 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: JAS at October 16, 2020 11:58 AM (2BZBZ)
262 am a little scared about what else is on Hunter's computer
this video (actually 4 videos) is interesting:
https://twitter.com/All50News/status/ 1317080910504824832?s=20
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Sorry, that page doesn't exist. Must have been good though.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 11:56 AM (S00tp)
Take the space out between the "/" and the "1"
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 16, 2020 11:58 AM (N39Ws)
And fuck administrative law too. We have more laws from the alphabet agencies than we have from Congress. That FCC section 230 crap for example.
Posted by: gp's Electro-Tonic Tension at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (qpX6U)
Hey, if we're gonna have an 800-lb gorilla in the room, he might as well be trained to fight for us.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 16, 2020 11:58 AM (6FeV1)
Well, I was going to mow the yard, but it started raining. Pity, that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (mht8P
Cutting the grass is what tomorrow is for.
Reminds me of a sign in my garage.
Free beer tomorrow.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 16, 2020 11:58 AM (GV8+D)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 16, 2020 11:59 AM (PiwSw)
What I mean is that she took her weight into account and dressed well for it and she was beautifully groomed.
The bright smile helped too.
Compare that to Lena Dunham, who is not as fat as Rebel was but always looks like a self-loathing pig.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 16, 2020 11:46 AM (M/9m0)
Concur. Wilson is not bad looking. even if overweight. But Dunham is just ugly, no matter how little she weighs.
I guess I'm saying that Dunham is ugly on the inside.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:59 AM (kai08)
Posted by: Alanis Morissette at October 16, 2020 11:59 AM (elT/s)
Posted by: gp's Electro-Tonic Tension
The purpose of Title 9 actions in universities is to condition college students to administrative law rather than judicial law.
It may be working. People can be brain washed.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 16, 2020 11:59 AM (vcOmj)
Are they following 538? Black pill shit
Posted by: burnitup at October 16, 2020 12:00 PM (rRFlr)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 11:55 AM (Kpl3J)
He really seems to have serious issues and probably only the threat of spurious academic freedom lawsuits keeps him gainfully employed.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 12:00 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 16, 2020 12:00 PM (PiwSw)
Well, I was going to mow the yard, but it started raining. Pity, that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 11:57 AM (mht8P)
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Woke up to snow this morning. Granted it didn't stick around long, but wasn't quite ready for the first snow of the season just yet.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at October 16, 2020 12:00 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 16, 2020 12:01 PM (S00tp)
I called them to find out which ballot I should submit, and which I should destroy. Wanna know what I learned? I learned that they're freaking closed on Fridays.
In the run up to a major election, they're closed on Fridays. I guess I won't be dropping off my ballot until Monday...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 16, 2020 12:01 PM (hYcqw)
Are they following 538? Black pill shit
Posted by: burnitup at October 16, 2020 12:00 PM (rRFlr)
New corporate backers, apparently. Just like Drudge
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 12:01 PM (kzzyk)
Very, very well done. I doff my hat to you, good sir.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 16, 2020 12:02 PM (HaL55)
Or Black.
Posted by: The MSM in 3... 2... 1....
They're the crackers of the Caribbean.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 16, 2020 12:02 PM (+y/Ru)
oh and lil George large and in charge as a "neutral party"
Posted by: BlackOrchid_j9HX3 at October 16, 2020 12:02 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 16, 2020 12:02 PM (6FeV1)
The last time Great Britain tried to violate it they got the Siege of Boston for their effort. There is a useful lesson for politicians in that fact.
General Howe packed up his gang and sailed off to Halifax.
Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (EMi53)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 16, 2020
They learned it from us.
Posted by: Washington State Legislators at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (o9ePR)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 16, 2020 11:52 AM (JriyX)
Which is why you check to see how the Usual Suspects want you to vote, and then vote the contrary.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (o/Guy)
Said every mauled zookeeper ever. We add layer on top of layer on top of layer of restrictions and regulations, a new gorilla every time the political pendulum swings. Just laying more landmines for future lawyers to profit from and future citizens to suffer under.
Posted by: gp's Electro-Tonic Tension at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Weaning is hard at October 16, 2020 11:31 AM (2DOZq)
you made me curious.
so i went to DDG and an image search ONLY shows the fat photos.
curious no?
and yeah, she does look good skinny.
Posted by: SturmToddler at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (8D42x)
Are they following 538?
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If so, they'll get it wrong.
538 uses the latest snazzy models for analysis and predictions that are always wrong.
The Kool Kidz don't care that all of 538's analysis and predictions are always wrong because they use the latest snazzy models.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: Floridachick at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (Afibv)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 11:49 AM (i0wNm)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THIS
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 16, 2020 11:54 AM (N39Ws)
Even Federal Judges admit that "stare decisis" is like the Pirates Code - a guideline, not an actual rule. Mainly, it's the excuse Judges give when they agree with an old rule and don't want to go to the trouble (or take the heat from) explaining why they think so.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2020 12:04 PM (Kpl3J)
I know nothing about this ballot measure, but my rule of thumb is: when in doubt, vote against it.
Also, vote against any and all tax increases, no matter what.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 11:37 AM
Doesn't matter what you vote for in WA, the Dems have the best Supreme Court money can buy. If the rigged election can't beat it, then the SC will.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2020 12:04 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: JM in Florida at October 16, 2020 12:04 PM (g9RhN)
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HUH?
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 16, 2020 12:04 PM (jUVms)
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:04 PM (BRkq2)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y5tzprze
Looks like a youth baseball game. Some commie decided not to play the national anthem. The announcer tells the crowd, who is having none of it. The crowd spontaneously sings the national anthem.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 16, 2020 12:04 PM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 16, 2020 12:02 PM (6FeV1
For every deep thinker there exists someone ready to misinterpret their ideas in pursuit of an agenda.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 16, 2020 12:05 PM (GV8+D)
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:05 PM (BRkq2)
Most of the graduate programs were German philosophy based and the krauts were determined to fuck up everything in the 20th century, like giving Lenin safe passageway from Zurich to Petrograd during a world war.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 12:05 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Downcast at October 16, 2020 12:05 PM (RMNb+)
There was a 3rd Amendment lawsuit where police confiscated a person's house to conduct surveillance of a house next door. The homeowner sued claiming that the 3rd Amendment barred the police from evicting him from his own house based on their use of the house to conduct surveillance.
Dunno whether it went anywhere but it was a few years back.
Posted by: whig at October 16, 2020 12:06 PM (OLiBJ)
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 16, 2020 12:06 PM (Oka5v)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 12:03 PM (mht8P)
Reminds me of the old joke about an economist:
"It works in practice, but does it work in theory?"
Posted by: In Exile at October 16, 2020 12:06 PM (kzzyk)
At every rally I see PDT supporting Republican candidates.
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:05 PM (BRkq2)
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Sure would be nice if Republican candidates reciprocated.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2020 12:06 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: notsothoreau at October 16, 2020 12:06 PM (JKNZq)
YOu WiLL dENoUnCE WHOMEvEr i tEll yOu TO DEnOUnCE. i AM THe lAw!
Posted by: Savannah "Harpy" Guthrie at October 16, 2020 12:07 PM (i0wNm)
Duncanthrax's Busy Moron's Guide To Voting
1. Find the election issue (print or online) of your local lefty "alternative" newspaper. (In Austin, it's the Austin Chronicle.)
2. Note their recommendations. (This is particularly helpful with those way-down-the-ballot positions and propositions.)
3. Vote the opposite of their recommendations.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 16, 2020 12:08 PM (DMUuz)
Thank you.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 12:08 PM (kai08)
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:04 PM (BRkq2)
Ted Cruz and Devin Nunes. Maybe some others but it's not a long list.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 12:08 PM (y7DUB)
Why is it that no one knows the difference between "WOMAN" and "WOMEN"? Pretty soon, Merriam-Webster is going to update the spelling due to overwhelming usage trends by the ignorant.
Posted by: red speck at October 16, 2020 12:08 PM (gS3OW)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 16, 2020 12:09 PM (oVJmc)
I just listened to the first fifteen minutes of the Trump town hall from last night.
Savannah Guthrie -- what a nasty beeyotch.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 16, 2020 12:09 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:09 PM (BRkq2)
Most of the graduate programs were German philosophy based and the krauts were determined to fuck up everything in the 20th century, like giving Lenin safe passageway from Zurich to Petrograd during a world war.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 16, 2020 12:05 PM (y7DUB)
For our consideration - a unified Germany (post 1871) was one of the worst things to happen to Western civilization
Posted by: Troy McClure at October 16, 2020 12:10 PM (Izzlo)
Posted by: An Observation at October 16, 2020 12:11 PM (frl74)
Posted by: An Observation at October 16, 2020 12:14 PM (frl74)
Posted by: Gilded
The progs are counting on W to kill the Orange Dragon. They hope/expect that W will help them force Trump out if they can sufficiently confuse the election. The future of our country may hang on W's rock ribbed backbone.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 16, 2020 12:15 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:15 PM (BRkq2)
1. Find the election issue (print or online) of your local lefty "alternative" newspaper. (In Austin, it's the Austin Chronicle.)
2. Note their recommendations. (This is particularly helpful with those way-down-the-ballot positions and propositions.)
3. Vote the opposite of their recommendations.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 16, 2020 12:08 PM (DMUuz)
This is what I do with my local "standard" newspaper which has become more and more lefty shrill over the years, so much so that there's little difference between it and our local "alt-weekly" lefty rag.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 16, 2020 12:15 PM (kai08)
They way it was worded meant a yes vote meant you were against it and a no vote meant you were in favor of it. They had tried to get a new Station for years before they pulled the ballot language shenanigans.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 16, 2020 11:44 AM (JUOKG)
Ah, my old stomping grounds. Why didn't they just ask the Mohegan Sun to pony up the dough?
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Si Vis Pacem, Pac Bellum) at October 16, 2020 12:16 PM (N3El/)
TABOR? That's the fifth of the six symphonic poems in the cycle "My Fatherland" by Bedrich Smetana.
No. "TABOR" is the Robot Rabbit ski-fi movie directed by Ed Wood.
Everyone knows this!
Not to be confused with "Tobor the 8 Man"
Posted by: jollyr at October 16, 2020 12:16 PM (H0i5z)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 16, 2020 12:15 PM (+y/Ru)
What is expected is that the entire "Republican" party will play the "neutral" party, which in itself is a major backstab, and the turn to backstabbing in earnest like all hell breaking loose.
I'm not shocked the "Republican" party has a plan to try to convince the little people that its W's doing.
So far, we have 2 names.
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:19 PM (BRkq2)
Posted by: Gilded at October 16, 2020 12:21 PM (BRkq2)
Posted by: Esteve` at October 16, 2020 12:28 PM (2IA0F)
I always love how complicated they make a Supreme Court Justice's job seem.
It's not. An attorney trying to sort out the minutiae of our bloated, self-contradictory justice system at the rural county circuit court level has a way more complex job than what SC Justices are *supposed* to do.
What they do in reality makes it seem complex, because they bloviate endlessly as a means of justifying what their actual job is, and it's even simpler than that. For the most part, they just stick their finger in the wind and then rule in whatever way will maximize the power of the federal government, short of a decision that would place their own branch at a disadvantage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 16, 2020 12:28 PM (eXmcp)
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Yeah, it's bullshit.
A "living constitution" just means that the constitution doesn't actually mean what the words say, and you can read all sorts of other crapola into it that isn't there (like a constitutional right to abortion) because that is what leftists want the constitution to say and think it should say, but they can't convince enough other people of that to formally amend the constitution to actually say it, so instead they convince leftist judges to infer it (i.e., read it in the invisible emanations from the penumbras).
IOW, a "living constitution" is whatever leftists want it to say, and it changes as leftists change what they want.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at October 16, 2020 12:38 PM (k4dH2)
Apparently [Rebel Wilson] has slimmed way down and so of course people are raging at her for losing weight.
Posted by: Buzzion at October 16, 2020 11:32 AM
Wow, she has! She actually looks quite curvy and attractive now, while maintaining her nice boobage.
https://et.tv/3dvTs7N
I like how she called it her "Year of Health". The Left hates that, because it insinuates that her previous body type was unhealthy. Which it was. But that's not what the Left believes. They think being morbidly obese is no health risk and is something to celebrate.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 16, 2020 12:45 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: Timon at October 16, 2020 01:10 PM (8lMIN)
In order to change a Law or the Constitution, the people must agree (either directly or indirectly) to the change. This is precisely why the Constitution has an amendment process and why Laws should only be changed by legislative action.
Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at October 16, 2020 01:20 PM (FR+I0)
Posted by: MrObvious at October 16, 2020 01:26 PM (k+h+d)
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Posted by: Ray Van Dune at October 16, 2020 01:32 PM (Wf9oM)
Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at October 16, 2020 01:32 PM (FR+I0)
Overly generous.
Posted by: Cluebat at October 16, 2020 01:34 PM (S8ld5)
Posted by: hadsil at October 16, 2020 01:41 PM (tqjLf)
Posted by: Harry'sNotHere at October 16, 2020 02:04 PM (vFzt2)
e.g. in Acts when the KJV has Peter say "God is no respecter of persons," the plain 17th century meaning of that is what we today would render as something like "God does not show partiality."
Posted by: Henry O. at October 16, 2020 02:51 PM (fUP82)
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Posted by: Henry O. at October 16, 2020 02:51 PM
This jibes with my comments above. The important thing is what the people who VOTED for the Law understood it to mean. THAT is what they voted for and therefore THAT is what the Law IS.
Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at October 16, 2020 03:32 PM (FR+I0)
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