Verge is a Vox property? Everything makes so much more sense now.

maybe they're just pretending to be retarded to get more views

https://imgur.com/gallery/uosp522 I saw this on imgur. What are peoples' thoughts on lobbying?

And before anyone shits on me I only use imgur because it's less effort to click on every individual post when you have gallery view

I'm not entirely against lobbyists, it's good to have some expert groups inform politicians. But there should be a cap or restrictions on how one can lobby and how much they can spend, and it must be made public.

Looks like they took down the PC Build Video

Lobbyist and Unions. Two things that are good in theory, but have too much power and all about money in their current iterations

What if lobbyist power was based around how many signatures they could collect

Wouldn't those lobbyists just pay to get those signatures?

Wanna bet that Capital one came throuth the phoneline and bashed "the Verge"??

Rumor is that Feinstein has something else on Kavanaugh.

I'm registering the theory now so that the time stamp can confirm or deny my prediction over the next several weeks. It's going to be More sexual assault allegations. Again from anonymous people at first and then by other democrat or democratic leaning women. The strategy will be to flood the next week with allegations of increasing veracity (though all will be ultimately dubious) to make Kavanaugh appear to be a serial rapist.

The veracity of the flood of allegations will be difficult to ascertain. As with the current one, there's going to be a large number of holes in the individual stories and some are likely to be completely made up. But the idea these days is to lie and expect cover from partisans in your institutions. I expect it will Bork Kavanaugh at the end of the day and then everything will vanish before anyone can confirm or refute the specfics of any of the stories in particular.

Justice Thomas survived Anita Hill as he was able to regain the offensive. The Kavanaugh case is just he-said-she-said. The idea there will be to just flood the field with allegations to prevent any study of any in particular.

If this theory holds, I have no words for Feinstein except to say it will be a disgusting political ploy that can only be complimented for its viciousness and skill in organization

Can't you impeach a senator for false allegations??

It's not going to happen. It would be too political and open too big a door for later abuse.

I'm just issuing predictions for the next week before anything else happens so no one can accuse me of making stuff up after it happens.

It could very well not happen. But I got a hunch as to exactly how this will play out and it hinges on the assumption DiFi is making up stuff and looking to derail everything. We shall see if the assumption and logic holds.

This is just my public declaration of what I think could happen. It could build my credibility or potentially destroy it. We shall see.

I severely doubt Feinstein has anything credible on Kavanaugh. She can manufacture accusers all damned day but there's nothing legitimately wrong with the guy that would've slipped by 6 FBI investigations and decades on the bench.

I doubt that too.

I mean she's 85 or so. How much brain can be left at that age?

Do you know what is not likely to happen but would be beautiful regardless? Feinstein's driver that worked for her for 20 years before being found out to be a Chinese spy... Spoke up about a #metoo allegation. Lol

I feel like this is very counterproductive for the Democrats, kavanaugh will be supreme justice eventually and he gonna resent the peope who dragged him through the dirt

The problem is the Democrats have no proble with the SCOTUS being partisan, its just not the right kind of partisan

"I first decide the way the judgement should read and then figure out the reason" -- Actual left leaning law professor (won't identify whom)

This attitude is not unique either. There are reports from Ivy League law schools laying out long term plans for jurisprudence to fundamentally alter US law in areas like Free speech.

I know you guys don't believe me, but the 1st amendment is in mortal danger.

Senators can lie and slander with out recourse. Remeber Harry Reid "Romeny didn't pay taxes" he later admitted saying it worked, right.

The question is Pratel, do you think that the leftist law professor would give you the same leeway?

Because that is a serious violation of the basic laws of the country

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2018/09/17/raising-kids-with-religion-or-spirituality-may-protect-their-mental-health-study/#601d89003287

Eat that, Radical Atheists!

damn, that explains a lot

@grant I was trying to remember who said that. Pretty Much. I got a feeling DiFi is rehashing an old trick here.

@Blackhawk342 Nope. But the real question is what anyone would do about it.

Basically that report is: if you meditate in some way, regardless of reason, you have better mental health.

Or at least if you choose a random person from a crowd and they tell you they meditate/pray they're more likely to have better mental health. It could be a correlated rather than causal. Maybe there's something else about the raising of those kids that is improving their mental health which is more likely to be found in families that are spiritual.

Or maybe the meditation only is a big help if you're in an abusive family, or something else of that nature, and so wouldn't be needed in many families, but for those whom it is needed it helps.

America should return to a confederacy so heavily blue states can live out their socialist dreams and libertarians/centrists/any political ideology? I think so.

america is too big to not be one honestly, we should have never stopped being one

so long as we use the same currency it should be fine, or at least have it be worth the same value across all states and just let them design the bills however they want.

Absolutely.

Everything in the US constitution language basically sets forward that the big decisions that affect you should be at state level at the highest.

The Federal Government is supposed to serve as a framework, with congressmen essentially operating as stewards of the Union.