I see the merit to the 17th amendment being repealed. It would definitely get people more interested in local politics

If your assembly is tasked with appointing a senator, you'll be more concerned with who's in it

I think it should be amended to let the states decide how they want to appoint senators. We will see in a hurry which methods work and which ones don't. Some states will maintain the popular electorate, some will have appointment only.

Omfg

https://www.foxnews.com/us/baraboo-school-district-weighing-legal-action-after-students-purportedly-photographed-doing-nazi-salute

The freak out about Nazism is the biggest reason the young joke about it and the extremists take the joke seriously

That's also local to me

Absolutely, to the degree that the alt right, Nazis and all that crap actually is a thing, it owes it entirely to the hysterics of the left.

http://sendcoal.org/ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH @SteelandSouls @Salacious Swanky Cat @wolfman1911

@grant

I'll set aside my budget

Give some rust belt workers a good Christmas

That sounds amazing.

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/kansas-city-health-department-pours-bleach-on-food-meant-for-homeless-people?fbclid=IwAR2nyBMPkkYwJ8GjF9KZDRuuc17IE46WCEGu9nXnAAxm23uEv8gbN097JbE

https://nypost.com/2018/11/11/topless-woman-chases-down-trumps-motorcade-in-france/
Do they think Trump would dislike this? I don't understand the strategy here.

Nothing says "I'm fighting a sexual harasser" by showing up nude and harassing him

This is also the same group that did a topless protest at a mosque and got the shit kicked out of them

oh! is there a video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH3_dJArFV8

Ah, yes they got the peace beaten into them by the religion of peace.

Challenged the religion of peace, returned from the religion in pieces

At least they’re slightly more dignified than most leftist groups imo

Equal opportunity harassers

How deluded do you have to be to think that as a woman, you can show up topless at a mosque and not get beaten at best?

As deluded as I am that I'll be a billionaire

@Deleted User I’m totally going to send one to the head of an environmental group. Lol.

@Deleted User I bet they get dozens per year.

Lol

@SteelandSouls Don't let your dream die! I still want that pizza.

I'll keep pursuing it for the both of us!

sweet

Outrage from someone with no idea what is going on https://twitter.com/ocasio2018/status/1062203458227503104?s=21

Why would Amazon choose New York? Any promised tax breaks are like 5 minutes from being turned into extra taxes above the normal level.

1.5 billion worth

What's to keep New York from going back on its promise the next election they have?

It's hard cause they pass a law. NYC would then have to pass an new law to undo them. And NYC would be scared of how that would look to any new bus to move into the city..

these things never get repealed

I think that ocasio-cortez tweet says otherwise about them being scared of how it would look to business.

oh fun: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/11/13/cnn-sues-president-trump-and-white-house-for-banning-reporter-jim-acosta.html

she is national. NY or NYC would have to do it...

people in NYC voted for her most recently. so its not out of reach to think they might be heading that way

If CNN wins the lawsuit Trump should just stop having white house press events

no way. Cuomo won her district easily over Nixon. you give her too much credit. She more likely won cuz she is a minority in a vastly minority district against a old white guy with 13% of people showing up for the primary....

Now she is 1 out of 422 and needs to keep making waves in order not to be forgotten.....Be interesting if a broke 29 year old bartender will keep her faith when the money starts to get thrown at her

I'm still stuck on that college thing with her. Boston college must be complete garbage if she can get a degree and believe the things she does.

well its always possible she was fucking for grades.....happens all the time on Porn hub

She literally has a horse mouth

she might disappear being in the house. In 2020 she is pretty useless since NY will go Dem....

https://news.gallup.com/poll/244658/democrats-favor-someone-pelosi-speaker.aspx

but who?

Cortez. Lol

Maxine waters? Tulsi Gabbard?

Ugh on Maxine.

NYS Dem Ron Kim to introduce legislature to block Amazon from coming to NYC...

Cuomo is against it and he would have to sign it....soooooo....dead on arrive if it were to pass.....unlikely for that one

I live in NY Ron Kim is a grand stander he is always trying to grow his profile

Cuomo strikes me as old school democrat. (Political machine, corruption, back door deals, family dynasty, unions) does that sound about right?

correct

I know its still not a positive, but sometimes im relieved when they are corrupt. After all a parasite doesn't want to kill its host, but a fanatic would happily get us all killed if its consistent with their ideology.

depends who they a corrupt to. Just like ideologs depends on the ideology

Well in this case I'm referring specifically to democrats. A corrupt democrat versus a true believer in socialism.

Cuomo is corrupt to his friends and donors. And things are slowly getting worse here......NY loses about 100k people per year moving out net. NYC has lost 1 mill in the last decade....I see Cuomo with Amazon trying to reverse that.

Like I said at the end of the day he realizes he needs the business to be corrupt. A true believer would send amazon packing (or at least demand more taxes) and say the people leaving are greedy (kulaks).

Maybe when California collapses the masses will realize the flaw in leftist ways.

I think Illinois is trying to beat them to it.

Lol. Good point

The new Dems in Illinois want to raise the min wage. Allow medicare buy ins and strengthen unions.....thats what the think will turn around their economy

Is Rauner still there?

Trump’s southeast regional EPA administrator indicted on Alabama ethics charges http://www.al.com/news/2018/11/trumps-southeast-regional-epa-administrator-indicted-on-alabama-ethics-charges.html

I need to look into this.

no one said a Trump admin was going to be pure

Raunner was voted out for Pritzker. A dem billionaire

Hum new congress could be interesting. https://twitter.com/abcpolitics/status/1062388018814836736?s=21

@I Know a Fat Guy yeah. I agree, but this points to what I’m getting concerned about. It puts more fire under radical environmental groups.

they are always going to be a problem but I doubt they will ever gain real national power

@I Know a Fat Guy They’ve already had a bunch of negative influence. Climate change wouldn’t have been such a challenging issue if they hadn’t gone on an antinuclear crusade. They’ve almost completely won that war. It’s annoying.

well yes didn't think of nuclear. I was thinking of them trying to ban gasoline. Which reality would set in the way

Like how france think they will be off it by 2040

@I Know a Fat Guy thankfully, they may not be able to do that at the federal level. I do think that the natural transition to electric cars will be somewhat quick anyways. I think that by 2040, at least 75-80% of all cars will be electric, but that doesn’t justify banning gas. The problem is that not all vehicles can get off gas with the current technology. Most can, but all can’t.

well I see the issue is in Europe populations are more concentrated..How many houses, parking garages, parking in general would need to have charging points added.....Electric cars still don't have the charge time or distance capability to be main stream yet. Haven't seen any evidense (other than Elon Musk promises) that they will be there. Almost everyone now with a electric car has another car

If the tech gets there I'll be happy to drive one. But I want only 1 car. Best I've heard is 300 miles on 1 charge....well I drive more than that a few times per year.

I want a good electric motorcycle. Tech isn't there yet, but I'm watching the industry.

@I Know a Fat Guy I get your point. Most charging happens at home. Some power companies offer rebates for installation. The real issue is the number of quick dc charging stations. The network is being constructed now. It’ll be ready for prime time by 2020.

@I Know a Fat Guy there are some batteries being made that can charge to 80% in about 25 minutes.

25min over the 5 it takes now......hmmmmmm

The trade off is that it’s cheaper and you don’t need to use stations around town. I’m looking at getting a plug in hybrid. Best of both.

Well I cool if its cost effective. Its just if forcing a worse/more expensive option I would object too

Yeah. That’s the problem I have with the environmental ideologues. The cars are getting cheaper and a pure electric offers cost savings on both fuel and maintenance, but that doesn’t mean forcing people to buy them is the right approach. These environmentalist compare the transition from gas to electric to the transition from horses to cars. It’s a terrible comparison.

New York should already have a ton of stations I think.

@grant do you ride a motorcycle now?

I'm in NY. Haven't seen one yet

ok found them....I haven't seen them cause they aren't at gas station....they are stand alone

Makes sense, they don’t advertise the locations. If you download the app plugshare, you should see them.

I argued with some idiot that lack of advertising hindered electric vehicle sales. He told me that I just wasn’t dedicated to the ‘revolution’

Man I drive by one all the time. I thought it a abonded gas station since I never see a car there

They are everywhere up north.

There are hardly any in Alabama.

how? I don't know anyone with a electric car. And I see them so rarely that you remember seeing them..

I mean stations are everywhere.

I see Tesla’s every now and then.

no way they are making money

More people are buying the cars.