BrickHorn

You’re right. I misunderstood. But I believe the point is that if Congress does not certify, then it goes to a state-by-state vote in the House. So an overall Dem House majority can only save us at one step; the next one is the bigger problem.

I encourage you all to read the article before asking questions that are clearly answered in the article. In this case, it is likely that the GOP will still maintain the majority of state delegations in the House, which is what matters.

I actually think this ploy might cause a military intervention.

That is addressed in the article, and it turns out Jan 3 may be too late.

“Antifa strikes again!” ~ @Incredulity

I can’t imagine how fucked you have to be to make your uncle say “Whoa, that’s a little too fascist for my taste.”

“Classic Antifa move.” - @Incredulity, probably.

I know I speak for everyone when I say that you are a fucking idiot.

I’m still talking to my MAGA family, but only to tell them that they’re shameful embarrassments.

“I’m a comedian.”

Makes sense, as they’re both unfunny hacks.

Motherfucker. Oops. Offside?

He’s my least favorite Red and it’s not even a close competition.

I think it boils down to the difference between reason and emotion. Our rational capacity is deliberative. It makes decisions based on reasoned analysis of facts. But it’s slow and rational choices aren’t always good for the real driver of human decision-making (gene propagation). So we also have things like instinct and emotions, which short-circuit our decision making process so that we don’t fuck up by deliberating too long. “Oh, a wife and kids will prevent you from reaching your financial goals on your preferred time table? Too bad. She’s ineffably hot and your balls are shutting down your brain for the next several minutes to make sure your DNA survives you and your smart little plans.” Every single brilliant mind is vulnerable to dumbass emotion. We’re human beings, not computers. Politicians appeal to emotion because it’s more powerful than reason. Some of us insist on thinking through policy at a rational level, but emotion is inevitable. (Even many policies we liberals believe are rational are only so in the sense that they tend to favor outcomes that we emotionally prefer.) My guess is that your friends indulge their emotional reactions to political issues, responding to things like fear, resentment, aggrievement, etc. They could think through issues logically, but it’s easier to go with their gut feeling. And they probably get a dopamine hit from it, to boot.

Yes. Hemp-derived THC products are legal, marijuana is not. But as to edibles, there’s no meaningful difference between the end products. So there’s a weird paradox where Texans have greater access to THC edibles than residents of states where marijuana is legal. Enjoy it while it lasts.

In a startling irony, D9 THC products are available all over Austin. I was recently disappointed by the selection and inconvenience in Colorado, where weed is legal. Here, it’s illegal but you can buy it all over town. Stay away from gas station gummies. Go to a specialty shop like Ropeace or Tribe. Once you find a brand / form you like, you’ll start noticing it’s available in random shops all over town. Good luck. Migraines are the worst.

Cornette is awesome. I could listen to him discuss politics or tell war stories from the territories days for hours.

Clown carton WHO DO WE APPRECIATE?!? the three possible conclusions to a story posted in the shart thread.

*buys 120 guns and 250,000 rounds of ammo* “There. Just like the founding fathers intended. I’d like to see a tyrannical government come take me by force!” *gets arrested without incident*

You’re on a dumb analogy roll today. The leopards eating faces metaphor applies when a minority knowingly aligns with a bigot and against an open-minded candidate for selfish or opportunistic reasons. That only seems to fit if you focus exclusively on the Trump side of the decision, and completely ignore the Biden administration’s (and Harris campaign’s) record on this issue. This is not a case where Muslim voters would knowingly chose evil over good because they calculate that they could be on the inside track with evil. It’s a case where they judge, based on an actual track record, that one side is more evil than the other. You just can’t see why they would ever consider the administration that has funded the Gaza assault as evil. Like I said, total blind spot. Y'all are seemingly incapable of seeing this objectively. It’s weird, but I guess that’s the shitty part of partisan politics.

@Brisketexan concluded that, by voting their conscience, Muslim Americans were throwing a tantrum and seeking to harm anyone who disagreed with them. That is a ludicrous take. Meanwhile, @Js1 and others expressed rather startling schadenfreude, indicating no sympathy for the eventual suffering of Muslims who voted against the candidate of their choosing. His position was that if Muslim Americans don’t vote the way Js1 demands they vote, then he won’t do shit about it and won’t feel any sympathy if Muslims end up persecuted by Trump. Which is orders of magnitude closer to what Brisket accuses the Muslims of doing, as compared to what the Muslims are actually doing. Some of y'all are exceptionally smart but have a massive blind spot when it comes to partisan politics. I’m as liberal as it gets and a loyal Democratic voter. But on this issue, it’s understandable why Muslims could not bring themselves to support a Democrat or might come to a different conclusion on the risk calculus compared to the rest of us. I don’t agree with it. I think it reflects a massive underestimation of what a second term Trump would be capable of. But it’s based on legitimate concerns and the actual track record of the current Democratic administration, and being wrong or misjudging the likelihood of future events is not the same as being unreasonable. It’s too bad the DNC didn’t let a Palestinian speak at the convention, because I think that could have helped. As it is, the party basically signaled that four more years of Democratic rule would be more of the same and Palestinians could fuck off. So now many Muslim Americans are left with two shitty options, from their perspective.

Apples and oranges. Trump altered the Supreme Court composition specifically to get rid of Roe. He has provably been worse for women than the Biden admin. That’s not at all similar to the situation for Muslims.

Okay then. Lay out your argument.