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The only consensus seems to be that each district have an equal number of people. There isn't a law that outlines how to divide the population into these smaller groups. It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court can rule on a law that doesn't exist. Here's an idea; does a district even have to be connected, or can you carve up a city like swiss cheese.
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The Mizzou/Yale/PC/Free Speech Topic
unbillievable replied to FireChan's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
“I don’t think a man is going to try and sneak in as a woman and pay $75 to go sit (in a pool). For what purpose?” The above quote from a gender studies professor proves that feminists live in their own bubble. Has she never even talked to a man? -
We've taken big steps left and small steps right for a while now. (Which is how Socialism works in the west -one concession at at time.) How else do you explain a lifelong Democrat being considered a far right candidate? Make no mistake, liberals of today will find themselves called far right conservatives in the future. You don't believe Trans-Species is a thing? Bigot! So what happens when the President decides that he can use his Pen and Phone to execute the will of HIS people instead of laws passed by Congress? Even go on a tour apologizing for things his country is doing?
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I don't believe this is true, otherwise, the president would be picked by the government, (like a prime minister) and not elected by the people. (and no, you can't use the electoral college as an excuse.) I know people are saying that he represents the country as a whole, but that just means he executes the will of our combined interests.
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I think you guys are arguing semantics over the difference between national and local interests. At some point, there is a disconnect between representing Me vs Us. I think (sorry if I'm assuming) that Azalin believes the President is not his representative, but everyone's. Although I'm curious to know where that line is drawn. I've never thought of it that way, but you guys bring up a good point about the actual impact of politicians; especially the difference between elected and appointed officials. If an elected official appoints a cabinet, did the voters choose them both as representatives since we knew they came as a set?
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Universal Basic Income - From the left to the right
unbillievable replied to Magox's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The answer to your question is that Person B would not exist at all because we have programmed him to feed his kids and not want an Xbox. GB808's proposals start with a great end result. What he wants is a perfect world. We all do. A perfect outcome revolving around perfect people with noble intentions working towards selflessly improving the community. Where you run into problems is how we get there; Problem: greed is evil (makes sense) Solution: remove profit as a motivation (noble) Method: re-education camps (WTF?) It's textbook leftist reasoning; presenting an ideal world that everyone can agree on, then hits you with an idiotic methodology to force the result. There is a reason why Utopian civilizations are only found in sci-fi/fantasy books and are creepy as hell; we know that something is wrong with the way people are behaving. The above statement in particular is disturbing: "...bettering your security within the society". Your desire for personal gain is to be replaced with acceptance by the society; A subjective mob evaluation of your worth over concrete financial reward. How loyal are you to the political party? Did you thank dear leader today? -
Universal Basic Income - From the left to the right
unbillievable replied to Magox's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I'm only guessing, but he did state that people are tested for their best job. So we must create a quiz that can determine who will become what... including dear leader. I think I saw this movie. -
Universal Basic Income - From the left to the right
unbillievable replied to Magox's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
To sum up: Your entire economic model is based on the assumption that capitalism provides a good foundation for production, but wastes it's resources on unnecessary luxuries, that needs to be re-allocated by an arbitrary government assigning jobs based on common community needs, through personalty and intelligence based job placement, and hoping to accomplish this peacefully by socially re-engineering individual motivation. No more luxuries. Bread and Water is equal. Baconator, and the Cronut are unnecessary wastes. Supply is determined by the state. We obviously need more plows than cell-phones. Demand is determined by the state. You have to buy volts, not mustangs. It's better for everyone. Prices are determined by the state. Profit must be eliminated. Re-education camps for all. Mandatory skills and intelligence testing to determine your entire life path. State supervision to make sure you're working as hard as you can. Pretending to do less is an attack against your fellow man. Anyone using more than they need is robbing the community. The state determines what you need. Innovation and efficiency will occur by state mandate. It will happen because they said so. Kim Jong wants a hoverboard. make it happen, or else! So how do you decide who's going to be in charge, and do we call him "dear leader"? -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
unbillievable replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
People wanted Transparency. They have it with Trump.... and we don't like it. Is it really a surprise that the government is run by idiots? -
June Movies: Wonder Woman. Mummy, Transformers, & Cars
unbillievable replied to Mark Vader's topic in Off the Wall Archives
I don't think that guy has seen the movie. If he did, he understood very little of it. I had to stop watching the video because it was frustrating to see him bring up problems with the movie that were addressed. -It explains why there are no older women. We know how and why Diana got her powers. The circumstances of the island are explained. Did he only see the trailer? -
Universal Basic Income - From the left to the right
unbillievable replied to Magox's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Even Star Trek doesn't believe in UBI, and they have replicators and holographic slaves. -
Universal Basic Income - From the left to the right
unbillievable replied to Magox's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
So you're saying that I will get my robot's salary? -
June Movies: Wonder Woman. Mummy, Transformers, & Cars
unbillievable replied to Mark Vader's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Saw wonder woman: It's the best DCEU movie to date, but not by much. It's an entertaining movie, and they seem to have thrown in more humor, but it still suffers from bad writing. (especially in the third act). It's obvious "girl power" message doesn't beat you over the head, but it makes a dent. I think everyone wants this movie to succeed for many reasons, and it's best accomplishment is that it's not bad. It will probably push Gal Gadot into the DCEU feature role that Robert Downey Jr enjoys at Marvel. -
Your tax dollars at work Episode #124
unbillievable replied to \GoBillsInDallas/'s topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Doesn't the economy of increasing scale force more efficiency as the population grows? Ratios in production get better as numbers grow because only real workers increase after the initial startup. (while management numbers stay low- 1 boss, 1 employee vs 1 boss 50 employees, etc.) Not to mention the contribution of improving technologies and automation. I only took basic business, so I'm not sure about the numbers, but it makes sense. -
Global warming err Climate change HOAX
unbillievable replied to Very wide right's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
You don't know what you're asking. Observation is just the first step in the process. It's more important trying to figure out what's causing it and by how much. The only thing the climatologists have proven is that they don't know how any of it works; and they don't even want to find out. So why waste so much money on a random guess? -
June Movies: Wonder Woman. Mummy, Transformers, & Cars
unbillievable replied to Mark Vader's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Dracula was supposed to be the start, but it flopped. So they're rebooting the reboot with a bigger name. The Studio is trying to force a franchise. -
Global warming err Climate change HOAX
unbillievable replied to Very wide right's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
That's not how science works. Especially when they want us to believe it's "settled." They need to show that they can predict and reproduce results. Right now it's all just guesses. It would be the same if someone got a fever and a shaman told people it's because he's possessed by a demon and we must all pay him 10% of our income to burn incense. What could it hurt? Think of the children! -
Your tax dollars at work Episode #124
unbillievable replied to \GoBillsInDallas/'s topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
HB 3897 was originally introduced to also give the Department of Labor the ability to establish fees for initial registration or renewal of registration of trampoline courts and deposit those fees in a “Trampoline Court Safety Fund.” It's easy to figure out what the Democrats really want. It's just another way to hide a tax hike.