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RayDog

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  1. Recreational drugs can be manufactured very cheaply so they do not have to cost much more than beer or cigarettes. While some people may still turn to theft and prostitution the numbers will be much lower.
  2. Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 and it has worked very well for them. They have good treatment programs as well including needle and methadone distribution. Their rates of drug use, drug deaths and HIV have fallen. We should adopt their strategy ASAP. But, I don't think it goes far enough since allowing a 10 day supply for personal use still does not deal with the large distributors. I think we should allow pharmacies to distribute recreational drugs at reasonable prices and methadone for free. That way we eliminate illegal distribution as well as drug related theft and prostitution.
  3. A lot of Trumps plan sounds like big government "solutions" that will not affect pricing. I like the pricing where I am. A doctor's visit with a weeks worth of antibiotics is $14 with no insurance, for example. Cialis is $18 otc, while in the states that was the co-pay. When it goes generic in September it will probably be $1. Note that I am a recreational user like many guys here. There are lots of models around the world that the USA could follow. We dont need to reinvent the wheel here.
  4. I once did a survey of Republican actors and I suggest they go with Vince Vaughn.
  5. From the original post setting the supreme court to 9 seats is a good one. To go with that I would give the senate a time limit (ex. 120 days) to vote on an appointment with perhaps a longer time frame for other federal judges. Term limits, yes. To cover gerrymandering require that states appoint a politically neutral body to set districts used for federal, state and local representation. I am not a fan of a balanced budget amendment since we need the US to participate in bond markets at the federal level. Maybe a percentage of gdp cap instead.
  6. I probably won't be counted since it is unlikely I will be in the US. I have no desire to leave the Philippines.
  7. Yes. My brother went to work for GTE right out of UT and has been with Verizon since that buyout. Since he was one of the few people left at Verizon who knew those old systems he ended up helping set up the transfer.
  8. Yes, based on What I think is the likeliest UN projections. Their mid range estimates have been too high over the past decade plus, and the low growth projection has been a little too low but the closest.
  9. Messer's stunt recommending Trump for the Nobel Prize failed to help him in the primary as Braun has been declared the winner.
  10. It is. We should reach peak population around 2045, based on the most believable UN estimates. Native populations in the economically developed countries already have negative birthrates and many are in decline. China's population for example will peak around 2023 and start falling fast. We will have a glut of most resources going forward and shrinking economies. The U.N. estimates do show birthrates rebounding later in the century for no good reason. The problem of how to stabilize population and encourage woman to have more children is already emerging as one of human's most important problems to solve. If we don't humans will die off within 1000 years.
  11. Now we know where Putin is parking some of his wealth.
  12. Angry and emotional? You are confusing Democrats with Trump Republicans.
  13. Democrats already know not to run against Trump and not to mention impeachment unless asked about. And then the standard response is to wait for the Mueller report and see what it says. Trump is destroying the credibility of his party and publicises it fine on his own.
  14. In the Penthouse interview Stormy says if she wins her lawsuit she will donate $130000 to planned parenthood in Trump's and Cohen's names (Daily Beast) The interview and it's fallout are going to be epic. Only 1 more day.
  15. The polling showing sitting democrats leading in every poll does not include the 8% predicted polling advantage. The same is true in AZ and TN. So not even factoring turnout it looks like Democrats gain two seats based on current polling, with NV bring a tossup, but likely 3rd seat
  16. Dems are running +8% nationally at the moment. If that happens in Texas it will be more than enough to put Beto over the top.
  17. It is like Kennedy vs. Nixon, but after we knew the real Nixon.
  18. And the vast majority of independents including the 3% who voted for Johnson in 2016. O'Rourke's floor is 47% based on the 2016 presidential vote before factoring in that Beto is far more likable than Hillary and Cruz won't have the support Trump had in 2016.
  19. It seems to me that there comes a time when government regulation or even manufacturing by or under government supervision becomes necessary, particularly if we move to a single payer system.
  20. The substance of the debate won't matter. Cruz will still look like an asshole and Beto will still come of as a guy the guys would want to have a beer with, and the women would want to fuck after having a beer with him.
  21. My personal guess at this point is Republicans lose 4 seats including Texas and the Democrats lose only 1 leading to a Democrat controlled Senate. I don't think Trump increases his approaval rating enough in the next 6 months to avoid both houses flipping. The McCain family through a spokesperson has said they expect him back in DC this summer. I hope for his sake that it is true. I think he is holding out thinking he will get better, not to prevent an election in 2018.
  22. The Javelins have already been delivered.
  23. I will go with 2019 with impeachment and removal from office by the Senate. I think he refuses to retire even when presented with a losing Senate vote and ultimately forces the vote. I think there will be enough Republican senators wanting to end the Trump era of the party on top of the Democratic majority.
  24. I have been following O'Rourke on facebook, and he will destroy Cruz in any debate. Plus any debate improves O'Rourke's name recognition and approval ratings. I suspect Cruz will decide against doing the debates as there is no upside for him and a huge downside.
  25. Mueller already knows the answers to many of those questions. This is a perjury trap for Trump.
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