Are we witnessing the death of american democracy?
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Republican senator says 'democracy isn't the objective' of US system
Mike Lee makes inflammatory declaration in morning tweet after claiming US ‘is not a democracy’ during Wednesday debate
www.theguardian.com
Republican senator says 'democracy isn't the objective' of US system
Mike Lee makes inflammatory declaration in morning tweet after claiming US ‘is not a democracy’ during Wednesday debate
Quite the constitutional scholar
What?
www.huffpost.com
'Just Grab The Bitch': Militia Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Governor, Feds Say
Six defendants have been charged in a kidnapping scheme targeting the Michigan Democrat, who came under fire from President Donald Trump.
Hang em high.
What?
'Just Grab The Bitch': Militia Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Governor, Feds Say
Six defendants have been charged in a kidnapping scheme targeting the Michigan Democrat, who came under fire from President Donald Trump.
I can see them having a possible defense of 'the president told us to'. That could have some interesting legal consequences.
How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics
To anyone following American politics, it’s not exactly news that Democrats and Republicans don’t like each other. Take what happened in the presidential debate…
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"Were the party of Law and Order!" - GOP
Dick Wolf production
Seems more likely a Dick Tatur production...
Silverman, Adam via DPS.VSPMedia <dps.vspmedia@list.vermont.gov>
5:46 PM (18 minutes ago)
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
Vermont State Police investigates report of possible gunshot near state lawmaker’s home
ENOSBURGH, Vermont (Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020) — The Vermont State Police is investigating a report of a possible gunshot fired at or near a state lawmaker’s home Thursday morning, Oct. 15, 2020, in Enosburgh.
State Rep. Felisha Leffler reported the incident at 12:45 p.m. Thursday and said she was awoken at about 5 a.m. by the sound of a gunshot. No injuries were reported.
Members of the Vermont State Police Criminal Division and Field Force Division are investigating the incident, assisted by the Capitol Police Department. At this point in the investigation, there is no additional evidence of a gunshot beyond the sound that was heard, such as obvious signs of damage to the residence.
Rep. Leffler reported that the incident occurred a day after she received a post card in the mail calling for her arrest. That post card was reported to Capitol Police, and further questions should be directed to that agency.
Anyone who has any information possibly related to this incident is asked to call the Vermont State Police in St. Albans at 802-524-5993. Anonymous tips also may be submitted online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
No further information is currently available. Updates will be provided as the investigation continues.
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5:46 PM (18 minutes ago)
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
Vermont State Police investigates report of possible gunshot near state lawmaker’s home
ENOSBURGH, Vermont (Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020) — The Vermont State Police is investigating a report of a possible gunshot fired at or near a state lawmaker’s home Thursday morning, Oct. 15, 2020, in Enosburgh.
State Rep. Felisha Leffler reported the incident at 12:45 p.m. Thursday and said she was awoken at about 5 a.m. by the sound of a gunshot. No injuries were reported.
Members of the Vermont State Police Criminal Division and Field Force Division are investigating the incident, assisted by the Capitol Police Department. At this point in the investigation, there is no additional evidence of a gunshot beyond the sound that was heard, such as obvious signs of damage to the residence.
Rep. Leffler reported that the incident occurred a day after she received a post card in the mail calling for her arrest. That post card was reported to Capitol Police, and further questions should be directed to that agency.
Anyone who has any information possibly related to this incident is asked to call the Vermont State Police in St. Albans at 802-524-5993. Anonymous tips also may be submitted online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
No further information is currently available. Updates will be provided as the investigation continues.
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Bah, you'll get used it.
No different than a poleax or mace.
Gun Control
I remember reading news articles about the Gabby Giffords shooting and noticed that the type of gun, brand, caliber and model were mentioned. Sales of that particular weapon increased immediately following the massacre. I expect this time to be no different as the the weapons used in yesterday's...
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If you want to pretend you live in a functional democracy for a few hours, NZ election counts are coming in now, we’re on 30-odd % counted and the good guys are winning.
www.tvnz.co.nz livestream.
Enjoy!
www.tvnz.co.nz livestream.
Enjoy!
Labour may yet take it with only just over 52% counted and a 600 margin, but Chlöe has run an amazing campaign for the Greens.
Either way it's a GTFOH for the National party in Central Auckland.
looking 50/50 that
Also Gerry just got his arse kicked out of Illam!
Also Gerry just got his arse kicked out of Illam!
GOP proves existence of election fraud by committing election fraud
“You can’t tell me there’s nothing fishy about unofficial voting boxes labeled ‘official’, distributed by Republicans, to gather ballots collected by Republicans, and delivered to a polling site by Republicans. This just shows you how rampant election fraud is. Which we know, because we’re the...
www.thebeaverton.com
Similar instances of election fraud have been reported by state Republicans across the country, including Texas governor Greg Abbot limiting ballot boxes to one per county, and Florida governor Ron DeSantis mandating all voters run a gauntlet where they have to eat a dozen Chick-Fil-A nuggets and listen to Ted Nugent’s entire catalog before casting their vote.GOP proves existence of election fraud by committing election fraud
“You can’t tell me there’s nothing fishy about unofficial voting boxes labeled ‘official’, distributed by Republicans, to gather ballots collected by Republicans, and delivered to a polling site by Republicans. This just shows you how rampant election fraud is. Which we know, because we’re the...
On 11/4/16 I'm pretty sure I told someone "It's gonna be real difficult to tell the difference between The Onion articles and real life for the next few years..."
Trump tweeted an onion story, so...
I didn’t capitalize it because I meant an Onion-like story. You know, like when you google something using Bing.
GOP proves existence of election fraud by committing election fraud
“You can’t tell me there’s nothing fishy about unofficial voting boxes labeled ‘official’, distributed by Republicans, to gather ballots collected by Republicans, and delivered to a polling site by Republicans. This just shows you how rampant election fraud is. Which we know, because we’re the...
I'm pretty sure the Beaverton is Canada's answer to The Onion.
I assumed.
It's not dead, but it still needs saving:
www.newyorker.com
By Declaring Victory, Donald Trump Is Attempting an Autocratic Breakthrough
For all the apparent flailing and incompetence of his Administration, Trump’s authoritarian aspirations have largely succeeded.
i see tinfoil is still a strong investment option.
www.theatlantic.com
America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
Trump was ineffective and easily beaten. A future strongman won’t be.
www.theatlantic.com
AltaVista, man
I think WC predated AV by a few years...
Ah, you're right. One year earlier.
Short History of Early Search Engines – The History of SEO
Short history of early search engines on The History of SEO website including Excite, Yahoo!, WebCrawler, Lycos, Infoseek, AltaVista, Inktomi, Ask Jeeves, Google, MSN Search, Overture, and AllTheWeb.
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I didn't get on the internet until November 1995, iirc. Was only on BBSes before.
I think it's high time we start addressing the problem of complete bullshit being allowed to spread so easily online.
This is getting stupider
www.ksl.com
This is getting stupider
Utah Valley Hospital strained by conspiracy theorists trying to enter ICU
Officials stressed that the situations were few and far between, but the attempts are taking away care from those who need it.
www.ksl.com