Triple Espresso of Coffee Talk

[forty_three]

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“I blame President Trump for turning the Grand Old Party into a lame, extreme right-wing group of people unwilling or unable to see the truth.”

Letting people like Dick Cheney, Mitch McConnell, Bob Dole and Karl Rove off the hook?

Trump didn't make the GOP this way. He just exploited it.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

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“I blame President Trump for turning the Grand Old Party into a lame, extreme right-wing group of people unwilling or unable to see the truth.”

Letting people like Dick Cheney, Mitch McConnell, Bob Dole and Karl Rove off the hook?

Not until they die and they have a big funeral where they're all called American Heroes.

 

[elocomotive]

Supreme Court hearing off to a hilarious start. Bush lawyers turned over 42,000 pages of documents to the committee late last night. Dems are protesting that they need time to review these.

Senator Grassley (R-IA) is claiming that the Republicans have reviewed all 42,000 pages since last night. Again, 42,000 pages. Since last night. The last day of a holiday weekend. Riiiiiiiight.

 

[elocomotive]

Grassley has improperly not allowed a motion that has been seconded. So Republicans delayed Obama's proper SC nominee for 10 months. But they won't even give the Democrats a couple days to properly evaluate the evidence REQUESTED by the committee.

Makes me wonder what is in that report.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Chief of staff John Kelly describes Trump as an "idiot" and "unhinged," Woodward reports. Defense Secretary James Mattis describes Trump as having the understanding of "a fifth or sixth grader." And Trump's former personal lawyer John Dowd describes the President as "a fucking liar," telling Trump he would end up in an "orange jump suit" if he testified to special counsel Robert Mueller.

"He's an idiot. It's pointless to try to convince him of anything. He's gone off the rails. We're in crazytown," Kelly is quoted as saying at a staff meeting in his office. "I don't even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I've ever had."

Bob Woodward's Trump book: Author details aides' worries about Trump - CNNPolitics

 

[dash]

I find that pretty insulting to 5th and 6th graders...

 

[elocomotive]

If this were put to some kind of vote, I'm curious how would you all (Canadians and Americans alike) feel about it?

 

[dash]

If this were put to some kind of vote, I'm curious how would you all (Canadians and Americans alike) feel about it?

Can we trade California for Nevada?

/Second pick would be Alaska

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

If this were put to some kind of vote, I'm curious how would you all (Canadians and Americans alike) feel about it?

What's Alberta doing blue there?

I'd union with those States but there are a lot of people in those places who would probably like to remain with the red part, especially in the western states and Wisconsin. On the flip Nevada is becoming pretty blue.

 

[dash]

What's Alberta doing blue there?

Good point, it should be orange.

 

[puckhead]

going from grade 5 to toddler status
people hiding documents on him so he doesn't sign as much stupid shit.

 

[forty_three]

Grassley has improperly not allowed a motion that has been seconded. So Republicans delayed Obama's proper SC nominee for 10 months. But they won't even give the Democrats a couple days to properly evaluate the evidence REQUESTED by the committee.

Makes me wonder what is in that report.

We should be more interested in the 101,000 pages the White House refused to turn over.

If this were put to some kind of vote, I'm curious how would you all (Canadians and Americans alike) feel about it?

Michigan has militias. And Ted Nugent. Trade them for Ohio to the Blue/Canadian team.

 

[forty_three]

Also, in case anyone is unclear on how Gerrymandering works:

 

[forty_three]

 

[puckhead]

 

[forty_three]

 

[elocomotive]

Also, in case anyone is unclear on how Gerrymandering works:

Democratically controlled Maryland certainly knows this...

Too many states that do this. Both parties. Figure out a system that a computer can do and let it redraw the lines with the same basic rules after each Census. This isn't something a legislature should even be wasting time on, it's a bureaucratic process.

 

[forty_three]

Democratically controlled Maryland certainly knows this...

Too many states that do this. Both parties. Figure out a system that a computer can do and let it redraw the lines with the same basic rules after each Census. This isn't something a legislature should even be wasting time on, it's a bureaucratic process.

That is soooo bad. Md 2 is 1/3 of Harford County (the blue collar portion), South Baltimore and Liberal AA county. And they are trying to counteract most of Baltimore City with all of Timonium and Hunt Valley. But not places like White Marsh and Perry Hall.

Also love how 5 has deep Red St Mary's surrounding those articulate PG county... uhhhh... residents. 8 Also takes Montgomery county and balances it out with the residents of Fredneck. And 3 is desperate to find all the affluent white folks in the middle. Uh yeah, Laurel, Towson, Owings Mills and... Annapolis and Severna Park?

Also, looks like where I lived I would be in 1, but a few miles south would be 2. A few West would be 7 and my drive to work would have taken me SW through 3 and 2 and back into 7.

 

[thedddd]

^ Ohio is pretty bad:

Fixing Ohio's gerrymandering problem - Out of Line: Impact 2017 and Beyond

 

[thedddd]

Here is another one:
http://mcimaps.com/how-floridas-congressional-districts-voted-and-the-impact-of-redistricting/

Florida isn't great but it used to be shady to the point the old district 5 was done that way so the republicans have a guaranteed two seats by putting all the Democrats in one district (hence the landing strip (eh not so much landing strip as it looked like Italy up the middle of northern FL).