Octopus Overlords

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:40 am

Unagi wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:21 am

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:10 am The military could step in and call a constitutional convention, clear out the dead wood. They will not.

Lol. What!?

What is it you picture the military doing ?

Ordering legislators to DC so that they can be executed?

I thought in certain times of deep national crisis the military is allowed to do such. Maybe I'm wrong?

waitingtoconnect wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:23 am One wonders what Thomas will do when the other judges override the interracial marriage ruling of 1967. The wedding cake controversies started with interracial not same set marriage.

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:40 am

Unagi wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:21 am

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:10 am The military could step in and call a constitutional convention, clear out the dead wood. They will not.

Lol. What!?

What is it you picture the military doing ?

Ordering legislators to DC so that they can be executed?

I thought in certain times of deep national crisis the military is allowed to do such. Maybe I'm wrong?

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:40 am

Unagi wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:21 am

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:10 am The military could step in and call a constitutional convention, clear out the dead wood. They will not.

Lol. What!?

What is it you picture the military doing ?

Ordering legislators to DC so that they can be executed?

I thought in certain times of deep national crisis the military is allowed to do such. Maybe I'm wrong?

Drazzil wrote: Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:20 pm

I can drive really REALLY well. I'm a phenom at making a spectacle. I'm REALLY good at customer service. I know how to cook and bake commercially. I can scale recipes into formulas. I know all of what a nursing assistant can do. I can do dosages for medications. I am a decent writer. I know how to run projects. I can operate a pistol, I'm a decent shot, but I am not a front lines fighter.

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:40 am

Unagi wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:21 am

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:10 am The military could step in and call a constitutional convention, clear out the dead wood. They will not.

Lol. What!?

What is it you picture the military doing ?

Ordering legislators to DC so that they can be executed?

I thought in certain times of deep national crisis the military is allowed to do such. Maybe I'm wrong?

Unagi wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:56 am

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:40 am

Unagi wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:21 am

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:10 am The military could step in and call a constitutional convention, clear out the dead wood. They will not.

Lol. What!?

What is it you picture the military doing ?

Ordering legislators to DC so that they can be executed?

I thought in certain times of deep national crisis the military is allowed to do such. Maybe I'm wrong?

Honestly. Your frustration with the government is totally reasonable. That’s where it ends. What you just proposed is totally weird if not batshit nuts. How do you feel normal/reasonable proposing the US army purges the US government of ‘the dead wood’. Listen to yourself.

I don’t think I could picture a deeper national crisis than the US military rounding up democratically elected citizens for execution.

Unagi wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:03 am

Drazzil wrote: Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:20 pm

I can drive really REALLY well. I'm a phenom at making a spectacle. I'm REALLY good at customer service. I know how to cook and bake commercially. I can scale recipes into formulas. I know all of what a nursing assistant can do. I can do dosages for medications. I am a decent writer. I know how to run projects. I can operate a pistol, I'm a decent shot, but I am not a front lines fighter.

I think you should think about adding “I’m a stranger to reason” to your list of skills there.

hepcat wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:58 am For someone who hates what’s happening to our country at the hands of the extremist right, Drazzil sure sounds like someone from the extremist right sometimes.

malchior wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:56 am I was pointed by a overseas former colleague who said they can't believe the police in our country. I suspect police rioting against suburban moms is going to play differently than "antifa".

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:18 pm

hepcat wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:58 am For someone who hates what’s happening to our country at the hands of the extremist right, Drazzil sure sounds like someone from the extremist right sometimes.

Yeah. I guess I'm what happens when someone who would normally be from the extremist right reads a lot of books, goes to college, looks at his earning and income potential and his skin tone and decides he better do his extreme"ing" from the other side of the fence.

I wear that tag with pride.

Back on topic. I'm amazed that the riots aren't larger.

hepcat wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:24 pm

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:18 pm

hepcat wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:58 am For someone who hates what’s happening to our country at the hands of the extremist right, Drazzil sure sounds like someone from the extremist right sometimes.

Yeah. I guess I'm what happens when someone who would normally be from the extremist right reads a lot of books, goes to college, looks at his earning and income potential and his skin tone and decides he better do his extreme"ing" from the other side of the fence.

I wear that tag with pride.

Back on topic. I'm amazed that the riots aren't larger.

Just a reminder: you voted for Trump. You made your bed. Sadly, we also have to sleep in it.

waitingtoconnect wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:01 pm Military coups rarely end in a positive outcome. Just ask the Roman Empire and its successor the Byzantine Empire.

A military coup would mean American emperors.

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:16 pm Stupid question... What would happen if large swaths of Democrats who didn't like what the party was doing decided to pack up and move to the locales with "outsize representation" What if the progressive voices in the Democrat party decided to register as Republican in those areas? Wouldn't that essentially mean that the Republican strategy would be nullified?

Little Raven wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:14 pm

Drazzil wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:16 pm Stupid question... What would happen if large swaths of Democrats who didn't like what the party was doing decided to pack up and move to the locales with "outsize representation" What if the progressive voices in the Democrat party decided to register as Republican in those areas? Wouldn't that essentially mean that the Republican strategy would be nullified?

Yup. You don't even need millions of people....many of these "deep red" states have surprisingly small margins. Move 200,000 Democrats to Wyoming and it turns deep blue permanently. You can get South Dakota for just 120,000. You can have Montana for just 100,000. And if you're willing to dig a little more, you can get Florida for just 500,000.

Of course, I suspect that you'd run into the problem that once someone moves to, say, South Dakota....their new environment may change their political orientation fairly quickly.

malchior wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:01 pm We're once again reminded that the police have chosen a side. It is not the people. They don't deserve our support

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday said she believes it's an "impeachable offense" for a Supreme Court justice to lie under oath.

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Ocasio-Cortez, speaking in an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press," said she believes the court is facing a "crisis of legitimacy" and justices must face consequences if they lie under oath.

"If we allow Supreme Court nominees to lie under oath and secure lifetime appointments to the highest court of the land and then issue, without basis," she said, "we must see that through. There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and a hostile takeover of our democratic institutions."

"To allow that to stand is to allow it to happen," she continued. "And what makes it particularly dangerous is that it sends a blaring signal to all future nominees that they can now lie to duly elected members of the United States Senate in order to secure Supreme Court confirmations and seats on the Supreme Court."

Little Raven wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:14 pm
Of course, I suspect that you'd run into the problem that once someone moves to, say, South Dakota....their new environment may change their political orientation fairly quickly.

Little Raven wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:58 am Time to impeach!

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday said she believes it's an "impeachable offense" for a Supreme Court justice to lie under oath.

...

Ocasio-Cortez, speaking in an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press," said she believes the court is facing a "crisis of legitimacy" and justices must face consequences if they lie under oath.

"If we allow Supreme Court nominees to lie under oath and secure lifetime appointments to the highest court of the land and then issue, without basis," she said, "we must see that through. There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and a hostile takeover of our democratic institutions."

"To allow that to stand is to allow it to happen," she continued. "And what makes it particularly dangerous is that it sends a blaring signal to all future nominees that they can now lie to duly elected members of the United States Senate in order to secure Supreme Court confirmations and seats on the Supreme Court."

LawBeefaroni wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:27 am

Little Raven wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:58 am Time to impeach!

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday said she believes it's an "impeachable offense" for a Supreme Court justice to lie under oath.

...

Ocasio-Cortez, speaking in an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press," said she believes the court is facing a "crisis of legitimacy" and justices must face consequences if they lie under oath.

"If we allow Supreme Court nominees to lie under oath and secure lifetime appointments to the highest court of the land and then issue, without basis," she said, "we must see that through. There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and a hostile takeover of our democratic institutions."

"To allow that to stand is to allow it to happen," she continued. "And what makes it particularly dangerous is that it sends a blaring signal to all future nominees that they can now lie to duly elected members of the United States Senate in order to secure Supreme Court confirmations and seats on the Supreme Court."

That she believed what they said under oath is more telling of her than them. Hopefully lesson learned for next time, although it's likely too late now.