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Post by stb12 on Aug 29, 2024 15:59:56 GMT
He does seem to really be going off the rails at the moment, even by Trump’s more eccentric standards |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Aug 29, 2024 18:29:36 GMT
Vance has told Peter Thiel to "get off the sidelines" and hand over a load more cash.
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Post by hullenedge on Aug 30, 2024 19:17:30 GMT
EC still popular:-
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Post by swanarcadian on Aug 30, 2024 19:29:57 GMT
stb12 bjornhattan mattbewilson Just to ask if you might consider (or indeed be able to) create a sub board with a thread for each state plus DC and the congressional districts of Maine and Nebraska with prediction polls for the swing states? This was done in 2020 and 2016.
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Post by mattbewilson on Aug 30, 2024 19:40:17 GMT
stb12 bjornhattan mattbewilson Just to ask if you might consider (or indeed be able to) create a sub board with a thread for each state plus DC and the congressional districts of Maine and Nebraska with prediction polls for the swing states? This was done in 2020 and 2016. will query |
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Post by stb12 on Aug 30, 2024 19:45:52 GMT
stb12 bjornhattan mattbewilson Just to ask if you might consider (or indeed be able to) create a sub board with a thread for each state plus DC and the congressional districts of Maine and Nebraska with prediction polls for the swing states? This was done in 2020 and 2016. Was actually thinking about this, as I’ve mentioned I’m trying to press to get more powers related to editing the forums but even if not I’ll just ask for that sub board to be added as it’s a relatively easy one |
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Post by cathyc on Aug 30, 2024 20:18:49 GMT
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 30, 2024 20:21:26 GMT
I’m glad you confirmed what I was thinking… I thought I was reading it wrong. The poll actually shows that the EC is remarkable UNpopular. |
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 30, 2024 20:22:47 GMT
He does seem to really be going off the rails at the moment, even by Trump’s more eccentric standards Bacon consumption is declining due to wind turbines. |
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Post by andrewteale on Aug 30, 2024 21:00:03 GMT
He does seem to really be going off the rails at the moment, even by Trump’s more eccentric standards Bacon consumption is declining due to wind turbines. I understand that this is because the pigs keep flying into the wind turbines. |
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Post by timmullen on Aug 30, 2024 22:25:54 GMT
Bacon consumption is declining due to wind turbines. I understand that this is because the pigs keep flying into the wind turbines. And they were beautiful pigs, really really beautiful, some people say I’m just as beautiful…oh, hang on. |
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 30, 2024 23:17:32 GMT
I understand that this is because the pigs keep flying into the wind turbines. And they were beautiful pigs, really really beautiful, some people say I’m just as beautiful…oh, hang on. They were beautiful pigs, like no-one has ever seen before. They flew up to him, with tears in their eyes, and said “President Trump, you are the greatest piggy advocate our country has ever seen”. And he said “yes, I have done more for Israel than any person in history, so you will not be killed”. And the millennials who craved bacon avocado toast were mad. Fury in their minds. “Destroy the wind turbines”, they said, the crazy crooked Kamala communists. And RFK Jr. pledged healthy organic meals for all. So the pigs were saved!! Four legs good, two legs bad. And Trump was their saviour. |
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Post by timmullen on Aug 31, 2024 0:21:48 GMT
And they were beautiful pigs, really really beautiful, some people say I’m just as beautiful…oh, hang on. They were beautiful pigs, like no-one has ever seen before. They flew up to him, with tears in their eyes, and said “President Trump, you are the greatest piggy advocate our country has ever seen”. And he said “yes, I have done more for Israel than any person in history, so you will not be killed”. And the millennials who craved bacon avocado toast were mad. Fury in their minds. “Destroy the wind turbines”, they said, the crazy crooked Kamala communists. And RFK Jr. pledged healthy organic meals for all. So the pigs were saved!! Four legs good, two legs bad. And Trump was their saviour. You could spend the next Administration explaining that to him and he still wouldn’t understand it…although it might keep him from actually doing anything! |
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 31, 2024 0:45:52 GMT
They were beautiful pigs, like no-one has ever seen before. They flew up to him, with tears in their eyes, and said “President Trump, you are the greatest piggy advocate our country has ever seen”. And he said “yes, I have done more for Israel than any person in history, so you will not be killed”. And the millennials who craved bacon avocado toast were mad. Fury in their minds. “Destroy the wind turbines”, they said, the crazy crooked Kamala communists. And RFK Jr. pledged healthy organic meals for all. So the pigs were saved!! Four legs good, two legs bad. And Trump was their saviour. You could spend the next Administration explaining that to him and he still wouldn’t understand it…although it might keep him from actually doing anything! And I approached him, with tears in my eyes, and explained that they weren’t suckers and losers, and that newly born children couldn’t be killed, but he said that Fox News told him it was a witch hunt, and the crooked DOJ were outrageous, and wrong, and Russia Russia Russia, and it was wrong, and it was shown to be wrong, but God said, President Trump, you are the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, your porn star hush money adjudicated rape business fraud insurrection classified document crimes are forgiven. And America now eschews the first amendment… it is a Cristian Country, and the Evangelical SCOTUS ensures this. And ensures the eternal victory of President Lord Trump. It is so bidden (not Biden). Amen. |
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Post by timmullen on Aug 31, 2024 1:48:35 GMT
You could spend the next Administration explaining that to him and he still wouldn’t understand it…although it might keep him from actually doing anything! And I approached him, with tears in my eyes, and explained that they weren’t suckers and losers, and that newly born children couldn’t be killed, but he said that Fox News told him it was a witch hunt, and the crooked DOJ were outrageous, and wrong, and Russia Russia Russia, and it was wrong, and it was shown to be wrong, but God said, President Trump, you are the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, your porn star hush money adjudicated rape business fraud insurrection classified document crimes are forgiven. And America now eschews the first amendment… it is a Cristian Country, and the Evangelical SCOTUS ensures this. And ensures the eternal victory of President Lord Trump. It is so bidden (not Biden). Amen. I’m going to have nightmares now! |
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Post by cathyc on Aug 31, 2024 8:45:08 GMT
I’m glad you confirmed what I was thinking… I though I was reading it wrong. The poll actually shows that the EC is remarkable UNpopular. Does anyone know if it's actually possible to remove the College and have a uniform kind of majoritarian system? Has the current one just evolved out of the original necessity or is it embedded somehow in the Constitution? Would it have to be prised from 'cold, dead hands'? |
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Post by WJ on Aug 31, 2024 8:48:15 GMT
I’m glad you confirmed what I was thinking… I though I was reading it wrong. The poll actually shows that the EC is remarkable UNpopular. Does anyone know if it's actually possible to remove the College and have a uniform kind of majoritarian system? Has the current one just evolved out of the original necessity or is it embedded somehow in the Constitution? Would it have to be prised from 'cold, dead hands'? It's firmly embedded in the constitution, so it wouldn't be simple to change. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 31, 2024 8:48:37 GMT
I’m glad you confirmed what I was thinking… I though I was reading it wrong. The poll actually shows that the EC is remarkable UNpopular. Does anyone know if it's actually possible to remove the College and have a uniform kind of majoritarian system? Has the current one just evolved out of the original necessity or is it embedded somehow in the Constitution? Would it have to be prised from 'cold, dead hands'? It is embedded in the Constitution - Article II Section 1. |
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Post by cathyc on Aug 31, 2024 9:06:59 GMT
Does anyone know if it's actually possible to remove the College and have a uniform kind of majoritarian system? Has the current one just evolved out of the original necessity or is it embedded somehow in the Constitution? Would it have to be prised from 'cold, dead hands'? It is embedded in the Constitution - Article II Section 1. Thank you. It looks like I have a reading morning. |
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Post by cathyc on Aug 31, 2024 9:21:30 GMT
Well, that didn't take nearly as long as I thought. It seems fairly clear straight away that it can be changed but only within each state. It wouldn't be possible to instigate a uniform system across the country. I do find it extraordinary that a country elects its national leader without having universal rules and can't think or anywhere else that applies to.
I know the argument will be that these are in effect 51 separate contests that elect College members rather than the President directly but imagine the situation here if each constituency set its own rules.
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