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Nivek

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  1. I think it means he is part of the cult. I challenged him to be a conservative when he pretends it, listed out a few of their own core principles and how none of them are being upheld by the Republican party, and of course this is ignored, because at the root of it, he knows he cannot challenge my assertion which is a insulting to him and feels like violence, that he is unprincipled and has no political values, only a membership and identity tied to a social club. Like the aggys, they frequently get caught cheating and justify their mediocrity simply because if they lose, they must have been cheated. Admitting the Randolph Duke laid out evidence of their school's mythology instead of actually just being proud of who they are requires a little self introspection which they refuse to undertake, because they are far to insecure to admit, "I was wrong." California had 26 counties vote for Harris and 33 vote for Trump. That is 9.3 million people in those 26 counties and 6.1 million in the 33 counties, winning 10 counties more that previously went to Biden. Which means 36 counties voted for Blue and 13 voted Red in the previous election. Of the congressional districts, Harris won 41 of 52 congressional districts. So let us look at how this breaks down. In the previous (2020) voting 73% voted blue by county, and 79% voted blue by district. In the previous election Biden carried the state by 65% of the total votes. Well maybe this is totally rigged right? Who draws these districts? It is handled by an independent commission consisting of 5 Rs, 5 Ds, and 4 Independents, and they whittle it down and then draw names at random. You can read about it here. Read about how Texas does it here. Here is an excerpt. So @Ag with kids we have one system which uses an independent system to draw congressional districts to make sure they have and equal population, which has members of both political parties present an in equal numbers, drawn at random, which more or less is close to the outcome of the counties, and this you cite as being unfair. However, in Texas we have the republican legislature draw it up, or the members of the republican party executives and house, decide on how the districts will be drawn. Let's look a little bit more into it. We have 254 counties, of which 91% voted republican in 2020. We have 36 districts of which 61% voted republican. Yet based on popular vote, we have only 52% vote Republican. This article outlines something important. While they have to have an equal population in each district, they do not in-fact have to have equal number of voters. So felons, kids, immigrants, can be counted towards a districts population, even if they include people who are not permitted to vote. So this is kind of like the 3/5ths compromise all over. We count people when we need to boost the numbers, but they have cannot have a voice or role in their own governance. Furthermore, Federal law allows for up to 10% discrepancy off the total number of members per district. So which system is inherently unfair? The bipartisan commission based district drawing or single party redrawing?
  2. same.
  3. First they will start with the SCOTUS, and reduce that to only approved judges.
  4. I think the person called you out to discuss how the gerrymandering to extreme has allowed some politicians to no longer be tied to the region in which the represent and he brought this up as a continuation of a former discussion, when there was evidence that some politicians couldn't bother to show up or opted to no longer represent their constituents when forced to choose between the people that elected them or the self-proclaimed king. The mob is kind of egging you on but it isn't really that bad, if you wanted to engage or change your opinion you could have. But I agree that you are not a conservative. Just like I think most christians ain't christian. It is just a social identity label, not actually a principled position. Here is a link and some comments about why I am correct. Conservatives believe in Individual Freedom, which should mean to allow people to providence over their marriage and bodies. Republicans do not believe in this. Conservatives believe in Limited Government, that government has a separation of powers, checks and balances, and that the government is supposed to serve the will of the people not the interest of government official. Do I really need to provide examples as to why Republicans do not believe in this? Conservatives believe in the Rule of Law: I don't really need to expand on this either. The SCOTUS ruling that the POTUS is above the law, EOs that violate amendments, etc. The pardoning and refusing to impeach the instigator of an insurrection. Conservatives believe in Peace through Strength: especially the part about moral leadership: Tell that to Ukrainians and Kurds and a whole list of others fucked over. Conservatives believe in Fiscal Responsibility: Uh nope. Republicans always keep blowing up the debt when in power working towards a singular goal of enriching the elites while simultaneously piling on regressive taxes. Conservatives believe in Free Markets: You republicans put in a person in power whose entire business model largely revolves around government contracts and sues public companies for not advertising. Once again, republicans fail this one. Conservatives believe in Human Dignity: except for these people, those people, Republicans value public education so much they seek to underfund it and destroy it at the local and federal level. And of course the human dignity of having school shooter drills, also entirely the responsibility of Republicans.
  5. Alternatively you could have ended with, "barely has any tailor fitted discount Texans' jerseys ADs."
  6. I guess you might have missed his old comment about who doesn't read the Financial Times, which had racist undertones. In other words, it was a joke for us, not a serious question for him.
  7. We have a bunch of olds and drunks in washington and on the supreme court, and representatives who fail to do what is in the best interest of their constituents, failed to honor their oath, and failed to live up to their obligations, but none of that was unknown. The fraud is their livelihood.
  8. Oh, look! ^Crackhead Bob's here with his hot take!
  9. Will @Macklemore read this?
  10. Adults are back in charge?
  11. Nivek

    UK Patent Scam

    That is hysterical.
  12. Does anyone know what Crackhead Bob has to say on the subject? How about JaRule?
  13. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY!!!!!!!
  14. Everyone needs to suffer. It sucks for all of use who didn't vote for it, but we are suffering nonetheless. Maybe if more people who voted for this actually lose their ass, homes, lives, they might consider it a mistake. But they didn't learn from covid that having an idiot is dangerous, so I doubt they will learn again.
  15. I am OK with this one. I want the olds to suffer, lose their homes, lose their revenue, and lose their insurance. They need to feel the consequences of their actions.
  16. He is the most thin skinned pussy around. He absolutely gives a fuck, but pretends he doesn't. Remember when he told advertisers to go fuck themselves, and now wants to sue companies for not advertising? He is also surrounded by 20 yr old children who he empowered to like him because they were largely unhireable by anyone else due to their ethical failures, he hires people to play video games for him so he can claim to be the best at something. And he is targeting government organizations which have or are investigating his malfeasance. He didn't buy hair plugs and try to remove images of himself because he gave no fucks. He absolutely cares. He is an empty vessel of a person and probably watches old Andrew Dice Clay comedy specials and thinks that is masculinity defined.
  17. So much respect right @realgreggym
  18. I recently heard that Tesla only counts accidents in Teslas where the airbag deploys as a Tesla accident, but they count that against any other car where regardless of airbag deployment, so they can fudge the numbers. In 2023 there is a Forbes article about Tesla having the highest rates of accident, 23.5 per 1000 drivers, and since then their numbers have gone up to over 26/1000 drivers. No one gives a shit if they were harmed by FSD or Autopilot modes.
  19. Do you have kids? Because if you do, you understand it is a complicated balance between figuring out what they are mature/responsible enough to handle and what they are not. My son did not diagnose himself as being on the spectrum, nor was he excluded from the process because we were seeing some differences from neurotypical children. I cannot feel how his brain reacts to ADHD medication, but I can work with him to find a better one. When an acquaintances daughter had panic attacks, they did not consult me about it. SSRI's which were prescribed helped this little girl feel like a little girl. She was high strung and struggled with separation anxiety from her mom. In some ways, I do think being trans is like a mental health challenge. Because I imagine it is challenging to not feel right in their own body/gender and I can guess this goes beyond just feeling off. I can never really understand, but I also do not have to. I simply do not need to understand why someone wants to change something about themselves to make themselves feel better. And the lengths people go to to endure this change to feel better is something that is very daunting. From surgery to medical, to wardrobe, changing fucking information with the government, altering social identities and crowds (which if you read Cialdini's work, you would know is fucking huge). The issue I see it, is that the people on the right, downplay this process and liken it to changing your shoes. We even had a scumbag in a wheelchair talking about kids going to school and having sex change operations at schools, which we all know was complete horseshit but the right never bothered to call this out. (Schools of course lack the budget, expertise, will, and authority to do something like that. They also can't give my kid an advil when she has a headache and for my son to carry an inhaler, I have to fill out several forms and get them all signed by physicians so he can keep an inhaler on him whenever he needs it for wheezing. ) But back to the commented I quoted. I would value the vote of my ASD child. He is probably more informed than many adults and certainly more compassionate and empathetic to others even with his diagnosis. He might not have the context or full history that comes with years, but he knows quite a bit less propaganda and quite a bit more facts, especially relative to my parents.
  20. That part is fair, but when the Nazi element is coming out, and the wounds are fresh, you should expect to get flack. I am more than a little pissed off at my family members who voted similarly as you did. Despite the numerous conversations I have had with them about the struggles of working within public education to get appropriate special education support in Texas, we always had the threat of the denial of FAPE, which is at the Federal level and acted as a guardrail to protect those with special education needs. For those of us in Houston (HISD), we have the governor's appointee and non-elected school board which does not answer to us, but has behaved in ways which have undermined the school system and lead to the loss of life at school (this is not an exaggeration). So this puts me in a predicament. I either, decided to use money I have to educate the kid on my own, which can range between $20-40k/yr or I hoard that, invest it, and use it to possibly supplement his life when I am no longer? Will the education be worth it and will the supports help him achieve a level of independence to enjoy a full life? Or will I have to put my hope that his little brother will be mature enough to take that responsibility on when I am no longer? You probably don't have to think about shit like this. But these types of protections being eroded are maddening to me. Because they harm the most vulnerable members of our society, they cannot vote and lack the maturity to know what is best for them, meanwhile we talk about children and family values but we have historically been underfunding education (and tinkering with it in such ways that have not had great outcomes particularly for boys). And for what? Why are we doing this? So billionaires can what, get rich? To drive more people to religion? To punish people like my son for being born a little atypical? To punish my family? Give me a real fucking reason that makes it worth it? Because while you may not have intended this to happen, it is. It has.
  21. Do you know what caused the inflation?
  22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juwanna_Mann The other part, is who really gives a fuck about the WNBA?
  23. Look Hitler had some good ideas about using debt to rebuild Germany's industry post WW1. But for the mass murder and wars, he might have been good for Germany. <- This is how we read your post. Sometimes it is important to look around you to see how the party and people who agree with you are also voting. When you are aligned with anti-vax, anti-intellectuals, pro-nazis, that should give you pause. And because our politics is a winner take all, then when you pull the lever for MAGA, you get the Nazis, because they are intertwined. And here is the thing, no one was saying you couldn't defend your home, family or property. That is a bogeyman threat from the right-wingers. I, along with other people on the left, have firearms, can use them, and hunt on occasion (though it is getting less frequent for me). What people like me want, is the removal of accessibility for weapon systems that are designed for suppression or mass casualties. I also want to stop the police from being a pseudo-unionized militia which has limited oversight. That doesn't mean I want them to be killed or removed entirely. But we should not look to the Catholic Church for inspiration on how to deal with bad actors within the organization.
  24. So what are you going to do about it?
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