Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 351: Super Spreader Santa

(+) Yeah! (+)

Hes not just bringing coal to every house this year
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Also, I'd like to point out that the Presidency is decided by the states, and the Senate is decided by the states, and the courts are decided by a combination of the Presidency and the Senate. So out of three branches of government, 2.5 of those branches are determined by the states, rather than allowing for representation of the people themselves. If this negatively impacted Republicans, you bet your ass you'd be against it Corrik.

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https://apnews.com/article/russia-banned-name-flag-olympic-games-a8bd342806883f66152859701d5ae5d4

This will go over well
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It's just a popular vote then with a certain number of disenfranchised voters for whatever makes you the remainder that doesn't meet 1? Sounds dumb and pointless.

I've read this a few times and I can't figure out what Corrik is trying to say here.

But the "point" is that the house becomes representative again, like its name suggests. 435 is a pretty arbitrary number that wasn't even set in stone until 1929.

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In "I don't get why Dems hate Tulsi" news:

Tulsi Gabbard introduces bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks.

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Jakyl25 posted...

https://apnews.com/article/russia-banned-name-flag-olympic-games-a8bd342806883f66152859701d5ae5d4

This will go over well

They weren't allowed to use their flag or name at the last olympics either. It wasn't the end of the world.

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VintageGin posted...

I've read this a few times and I can't figure out what Corrik is trying to say here.

But the "point" is that the house becomes representative again, like its name suggests. 435 is a pretty arbitrary number that wasn't even set in stone until 1929.

If you decide every 2000 voters is a house seat. Then you have 3999 voters. 1999 voters didn't matter.

Where as a state with 4000 voters has 2 seats.

Why would an X number make a difference? If it isn't proportional then at that point you might as well just have straight popularity votes.


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i want the leaked audio of biden telling buttigieg "Get on the fucking bus, pete" when offering him transportation secretary after he turned down every other position that was offered for not having enough clout

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Corrik7 posted...

If you decide every 2000 voters is a house seat. Then you have 3999 voters. 1999 voters didn't matter.

Where as a state with 4000 voters has 2 seats.

Why would an X number make a difference? If it isn't proportional then at that point you might as well just have straight popularity votes.

At least it's applied equally among all the states rather than certain states having a higher threshold than others (yes it's more complicated than that, but you are also simplifying it)...


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"It won't ever be perfect so you might as well give up" sure is a mindset that he has, huh

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Corrik7 posted...

If you decide every 2000 voters is a house seat. Then you have 3999 voters. 1999 voters didn't matter.

Where as a state with 4000 voters has 2 seats.

Why would an X number make a difference? If it isn't proportional then at that point you might as well just have straight popularity votes.

Proportional representation will always have that issue to some extent, but it is better than the existing structure which gets increasingly less accurate due to the cap and population growth.

Also I read a suggestion that the smallest unit simply be the state with the smallest population (Wyoming). You'd use that amount for defining the number of districts/reps. Another upside is smaller districts where the rep is more closely aligned with their constituents.

Plus we'd get to used "Wyoming'd" again.

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I have seen various different models and surprisingly none of them change results much.

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https://twitter.com/brady_dennis/status/1339650576292954123?s=21

Biden did a good
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Dancedreamer posted...

In "I don't get why Dems hate Tulsi" news:

Tulsi Gabbard introduces bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks.

Ah, yes. Tulsi Gabbard. Strong in character, strong in what she believes in. This can be seen in her consistency where she

*Checks notes*

Voted against this three times but is now suddenly sponsoring it.

...Huh.

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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/brady_dennis/status/1339650576292954123?s=21

Biden did a good

Side note: it annoys me that the flag is hanging incorrectly in that picture
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/trump-betting-markets-sportsbooks-offshore-2020-election-gambling.html

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https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/12/rand-paul-is-very-very-concerned-with-eligible-voters-voting/

Im very, very concerned that if you solicit votes from typically non-voters, that you will affect and change the outcome, he continued. So Im very worried that the Democrats will control all three branches of government. (Here, Paul seems to be joining new Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville in thinking that the Housenot the judiciaryis the third branch of government.)

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https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1339744969721049092?s=21

Fuck Tucker

Anyone with a platform doing this is essentially a murderer

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Tulsi is setting herself up for a run in 2024 for the Republican nomination.

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But Tucker's one of the good ones, right?! Somebody here vehemently insisted so!

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https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/1339269224347430915?s=21

Is this message on Georgia ads every day? I sure as hell hope so.

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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/brady_dennis/status/1339650576292954123?s=21

Biden did a good

Biden did a great!

Wow surprisingly good job, Biden.

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Remember that suspected Russian hack into the federal government I posted about the other day?

https://apnews.com/article/technology-malware-hacking-russia-software-b3f993fb7bc9390302f0df26ecb6c10e

Let's take a look into how that's-

The AP reports...

Another U.S. official, speaking Thursday on condition of anonymity to discuss a matter that is under investigation, said the hack was severe and extremely damaging although the administration was not yet ready to publicly blame anyone for it.

"This is looking like it's the worst hacking case in the history of America," the official said. "They got into everything."

At the Department of Energy, the initial investigation revealed that malware injected into its networks via a SolarWinds update has been found only on its business networks and has not affected national security operations, including the agency that manages the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, according to its statement. It said vulnerable software was disconnected from the DOE network to reduce any risk.

The intentions of the perpetrators appear to be espionage and gathering information rather than destruction, according to security experts and former government officials. If so, they are now remarkably well situated.

.........well fuck

So now in addition to Treasury and Commerce, we can add the Department of Energy as well as "critical infrastructure." to the list. So far. And always comforting when DOE has to put out a statement to say, "Oh no, it was just our business side that got hacked not the nuclear weapons part."

Meanwhile Trump has said nothing about it instead focusing on such important and critical information such as his latest conspiracy nonsense and retweeting calls to jail the GA Governor and Secretary of State.

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It's almost like electing our nation's biggest narcissistic piece of shit four years ago was not the greatest choice!

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xp1337 posted...

Meanwhile Trump has said nothing about it instead focusing on such important and critical information such as his latest conspiracy nonsense and retweeting calls to jail the GA Governor and Secretary of State.

You are giving him too much credit.

Trump spent decent time today shit talking McCain.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

It's almost like electing our nation's biggest narcissistic piece of shit four years ago was not the greatest choice!

It was the only choice this country had. The alternative was Hillary Clinton.

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Hillary Clinton would have been a better President than Biden.

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Why is Pence getting a vaccine. Didn't he already have it? Seems like a waste of a vaccine.

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The idea is that they take the vaccine to show that the vaccine is safe.

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neonreaper posted...

The idea is that they take the vaccine to show that the vaccine is safe.

I am pretty sure a vaccine to make an immune response happen to the coronavirus is wasted and not going to react the same to someone who already has an immune response happen to the coronavirus.

It's pointless and bad optics.

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I forget, is this the vaccine that you need to take in 2 doses?

I wanted to make a "If I use 2 vaccines, I will be immune twice as long!" joke until I remembered that.

Though I believe that this isnt a second dose case here anyway.
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Corrik7 posted...

I am pretty sure a vaccine to make an immune response happen to the coronavirus is wasted and not going to react the same to someone who already has an immune response happen to the coronavirus.

It's pointless and bad optics.

I agree that the administration has had a lot of idiocy and a total lack of leadership. But I mean people literally voted for Donald Trump so this is what they get.

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htaeD posted...

I forget, is this the vaccine that you need to take in 2 doses?

I wanted to make a "If I use 2 vaccines, I will be immune twice as long!" joke until I remembered that.

Though I believe that this isnt a second dose case here anyway.

Both PFE And MRNA are two jabs, yeah.

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Corrik7 posted...

Why is Pence getting a vaccine. Didn't he already have it? Seems like a waste of a vaccine.

They are recommending you still get the vaccine even if you have had it.

Edit: looked at our hospital FAQ again and basically it says that since some early evidence suggests natural immunity may not last very long so they recommend getting the vaccine if it's been longer than 90 days to be safe.

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I shouldn't be the least bit surprised about going to see a Hard Bastard video where one comment insists Biden will only make it to the White House by "some miracle of hell" (how delusional can these people get?), but somehow I was. It feels like there has never been so much anger over an election, not even in 2016, and I think I know why.

The best explanation I can come up with is that there is so much anti-liberal sentiment that might have propped Trump up, and then that combined with the perception, whether accurate or not, that no one is particularly enthusiastic about a Joe Biden presidency, fuels an awful lot of baseless conspiracy theories. I fear for the human race if these people are really in such a bubble they can't comprehend why so many hate Donald Trump.

I was also surprised this morning when I went to the Twitter feed of the actor Robert Davi (The Goonies, Die Hard) and saw him retweeting posts accusing the Supreme Court of corruption and cowardice in throwing out the Texas lawsuit. Excuses, excuses.

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Maniac64 posted...

They are recommending you still get the vaccine even if you have had it.

Edit: looked at our hospital FAQ again and basically it says that since some early evidence suggests natural immunity may not last very long so they recommend getting the vaccine if it's been longer than 90 days to be safe.

It hasn't been 90 days for him.

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Never mind I found out the rumors of the Supreme Court dismissing the Texas lawsuit for fear of riots originated from an alt-right conspiracy site. Oops.

Still, the nerve of these people.

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i mean it's technically a waste of a vaccine yes. he isn't old enough to need it, he had it, and he's in office for about a month in a lame duck session. hell, he had it so recently that he'll be out of office before the immunity's worn off. the vaccine technically works differently than your body's immune system would with covid so there'll be an effect but it's redundant. on this end yeah it's not useful.

that said, for him personally it's a good look and makes him relevant for future elections and positions in the party. it's a PR move all around on a limited supply he shouldn't be eligible for.

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https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1339949049361952770

6-3 SCOTUS vote dismisses the challenge to Trump's EO to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census. They explicitly say they're not ruling on the merits but that they're dismissing because the lawsuit is premature because it technically has not happened yet. The 3 liberals dissent from that reasoning and say the policy is unconstitutional.

Now it seems to come down to whether the Census Bureau can put together the data needed to exclude them from the count. They've said they're not sure they can pull it off before Biden's inauguration. If they can't, Biden can simply undo it. If they can then we're in a clusterfuck.

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There is no way they meant for illegal immigrants to be counted. It definitely needs to have the rule defined and/or changed to reflect that.

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Corrik, i know we've explained to you before that when the census was developed there was no such thing as an illegal immigrant.

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Are you saying Corrik bounces back and forth about which policies of the founding fathers are meant to be considered gospel and which need to be thrown out depending on how it impacts his own personal politics?

Noooooooo...

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Random comment, but Fox News is one of the channels that always has a TV tuned to it in my gym, and I can not stress enough how accurate all the Tucker memes are. He truly does have that look on his face at all times.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/pfizer-waiting-on-government-to-ship-millions-of-coronavirus-shots-2020-12


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Peace___Frog posted...

Corrik, i know we've explained to you before that when the census was developed there was no such thing as an illegal immigrant.

Peace__Frog, I think I've explained to you before that when the census was developed there was no such thing as an illegal immigrant.

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When the 2nd ammendment was created there was no such thing as automatic weapons, either.

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https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2020/12/17/covid-19-wayne-county-sheriff-benny-napoleon-dies/6466323002/

He was a fairly high profile politician/sheriff around here
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In line now for voting, about 60 people or so in line outside, doesn't seem TOO bad, pace feels like I'll be inside in about half an hour. Don't know if the line extends indoors though, at a different place than usual.

Exactly one person without a mask, guy who seems to be in his late 40s with a MAGA hoodie.

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I got in an argument on YouTube with someone who insisted they had seen two dozen controlled studies showing that masks don't help curb the spread of the virus and that the only reason to enforce masks is for control. What world do these people live in?

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Correction, he's wearing a red hoodie with the exact same color red MAGA Tshirt...OVER the hoodie?

Uhhhhh...

Also there was a woman in her 60s without a mask who just tried to cut in line like 30 people ahead of me near the front. She went back to her car in a huff lol.

Some guy with a red scarf covering his head was just removed from the building in front of me saying something about the Vietnam War. Couldn't make anything else out.

It is an odly uncomfortable experience waiting I line to vote. First time I haven't been in and out right away.

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