Honestly she doesn't sound like a very good dietician. She likes the idea that he's trying to reduce his soda intake?! Just tell him to stop drinking non-diet soda, jesus christ it's not that hard, both taste like fizzy syrup water.

Or she realizes that he's only going to her because it's free, and if she pushes him too hard, he won't do anything.

She likely realizes that he really doesn't want to be her patient, and he's just going because he's "tried" everything else.

How many hot dogs?

I can confirm that it was not me.

bushie's diet and exercise plan were casualties of the tornado, i see.   

He had a plan?  Perhaps a pipe dream, but hardly a plan.  A plan is something you intend on executing.  The tornado is an excuse, sadly.

How is it an excuse?  What was I supposed to do, walk 30 minute in large hail with the tornado sirens going off? Or walk in rain with lightning?  I don't exactly feel like being fried!!

Walk in the morning, before the rain.  Like I suggested.

In hindsight, I could have done that, but I didn't.

I know you could have.  Because you were posting on the forum, and I told you that you had time to go walk, yet you kept posting.

bushie's diet and exercise plan were casualties of the tornado, i see.   

He had a plan?  Perhaps a pipe dream, but hardly a plan.  A plan is something you intend on executing.  The tornado is an excuse, sadly.

How is it an excuse?  What was I supposed to do, walk 30 minute in large hail with the tornado sirens going off? Or walk in rain with lightning?  I don't exactly feel like being fried!!

Walk in the morning, before the rain.  Like I suggested.

I would like to file an addendum to my brief to respond to the motion to dismiss for lack of standing.

Nowhere in the Mideast Campaining in Voting Booths Statute nor the Constitution does it say anything about a vote having to materially affect the outcome of a race.  One who campaigns in a voting booth can be subject to criminal prosecution as well.

Counsel for the defendant has given no evidence that drj101's ballot does not affect the final results of the election.

Furthermore, even if the final results in terms of who was elected will not change, the order of elimination would change (at least according to my calculations).  In times of a vacancy arising in the Assembly, Governors may look to past election results to see who was a runner-up in an election, and the order of elimination, while not necessarily material in terms of who was elected, may be material in the future if a vacancy has to be filled.

I'll look into it.  Give me about 15 minutes.

Isn't it accepted that tea party groups were targeted? I'm no fan of theirs by any means, but I feel like y'all are grasping for straws here.

It isn't a matter of whether they targeted groups. It's a matter of who okay'd it. I expect nothing less from this forum than to dismiss this all.

Exactly... I mean, it was admitted to.  The scandal already exists.  Sure, it doesn't reach up to Obama like a lot of the GOP wants, but it's not like nothing happened. lol

You didn't even address the point that I (or anybody for that matter) should've been infracted for personal attacks in that thread.

I really don't understand why you care so much about what I do.

All signs point to this being the second sock of a poster who is yet to be banned.  Once Nym gets on, we'll have more details for the forum.

it remains a state secret 'til then?

We're still trying to get to the bottom of what all exactly happened.  So we'd actually like to know what we're dealing with before we say what we're dealing with.

In the interest of not being (any more of) an asshole to the Mideastern Region, I hereby withdraw my case and formally apologize for my shenanigans. Having heard by residents of the affected region I realized my stunt wasn't funny to everyone, but was also pretty annoying.

hugs n kisses

Translation: Inks's brief was uber-scary, so I shouldn't even waste my time trying to outwit him.

May it please the court:

I wish to challenge the certifications of the May Mideast election on the grounds that drj101's vote should have been counted as invalid due to campaigning in the voting booth.  drj101's vote called a candidate "boring", which should be found to be considered campaigning against that candidate.  I am prepared to present evidence that a candidate who is seen as "boring" is likely to have some type of change in the number of votes he will receive, due to being seen as boring.

Should the court decide to hear this case, I will present my full brief.

Inks.LWC

Since Scott is doing his best Herr Inks impression.

Inks, your death point for personal attack hypocrisy will be exposed.

Snowy is, of course, a FF

Also, I didn't infract anybody  in that thread.  Once again... check your facts before making accusations.

Since Scott is doing his best Herr Inks impression.

Inks, your death point for personal attack hypocrisy will be exposed.

Snowy is, of course, a FF

i strongly encourage everyone from now on to report inks' abusive, condescending and boorish posts towards bushie.

You're welcome to do so.  However, just to set the record straight on the alleged hypocrisy, Inks hasn't given out any death points in weeks, if not months.  Badger and Mikado are doing all the modding in Forum Community now, and they're the only ones who've given out any infraction points here for the last several weeks.

One wonders how many Inks received.  His attacks are far more vicious than what mitty said, at snowguy's invitation, by the way.  I'd be glad to stand corrected if Inks did receive death points for some of his postings on Bushie's thread.....which Bushie also invites, just like Snowguy did.

I don't think I've made a personal attack since Bushie revoked his agreement that we would not infract personal attacks.

Technically, I shouldn't have received the points that I did get, since it was still under the old Bushie agreement, but I'm not going to actually fight a few minor points.

Since Bushie has revoked his agreement, I have stuck to describing his actions, rather than Bushie as a person.

But, once again, Gramps, you're calling for death points when you don't know the whole situation.  Your vendetta against me seems to have led you to jump the gun on your conclusions when you don't actually know the facts... so once again, you are wrong.

She was arrested for what seems to be statutory rape / sex with a minor (not sure what FL calls it).  She wasn't arrested for being in a same-sex relationship.  It's not like this is the first time someone was arrested for statutory rape.

That said, I support the loosening of such laws, but until that's actually done, the law is the law.

All signs point to this being the second sock of a poster who is yet to be banned.  Once Nym gets on, we'll have more details for the forum.

So you can mock Jeff's religion, because religion mocks itself; that has essentially no impact on getting Jeff to stop doing harmful habits.

Jeff doesn't even act like a real Christian. Does Jesus approve of lying, taking advantage of others while avoiding any responsibility? "Religion" is a very useful for him as an excuse to keep his ways.

I understand that; however, that's not what Mitty is doing.  He's not pointing out those things.  He's just mocking the base of Jeff's religion.

If a candidate was boring, how would this affect your vote?

But like... how is the chart interpreted?  What are all the red lines?

[Press Release from the Campaign Office of Inks.LWC]

Press Release from the Campaign Office of Inks.LWC

I would like to thank everyone who voted for me, making it possible for me to serve in my 21st Assembly session.  I look forward to serving with those who were also fortunate enough to get elected, and I look forward to a fun and productive session.  I hope the budget will go smoothly, and I look forward to getting that started soon.

[29th Assembly Statistics - Issue 6]

29th Assembly Statistics - Issue 6

Through 5-20/13
Final Votes: 12
Amendment Votes: 4
Veto Override Votes: 2

Member	Not Voting	Voting	ABSTAIN	YES/NO
Inks.LWC	0%	100%	0%	100%
ZuWo	6%	94%	6%	89%
Gass3268	11%	89%	0%	89%
LumineVonReuental	0%	100%	0%	100%
TexasDem	6%	94%	0%	94%

Member 1	Member 2	Matching Vote Percentage
Inks.LWC	ZuWo	76%
Inks.LWC	Gass3268	31%
Inks.LWC	LumineVonReuental	67%
Inks.LWC	TexasDemocrat	41%
ZuWo	Gass3268	40%
ZuWo	LumineVonReuental	82%
ZuWo	TexasDemocrat	56%
Gass3268	LumineVonReuental	56%
Gass3268	TexasDemocrat	73%
LumineVonReuental	TexasDemocrat	65%

[Amicus brief from Inks.LWC]

Amicus brief from Inks.LWC

Summary of Facts
Recently, the Ratification Decentralization Amendment (RDA) was ratified, giving regions the choice between hving their legislatures ratify amendments or having public referendum to ratify amendments.
At least one regions' legislatures have not yet chosen which option will be adopted.

Question Presented
Can a region ratify amendments to the Federal Constitution by employing the method that was used prior to the passage of the RDA if that region's legislature has not yet elected to adopt the choice of Art. VII, §1, cl. 3.3c of the current Constitution?

Argument
A region's legislature must elect between options 3a and 3c before said region can ratify a proposed Federal Amendment.

When the RDA passed, it amended the entirety of Art. VII, §1, as evidenced by the language, "Article VII, Section 1 ofhte Constitution shall be amendedto read the following:"[1]

The language of that section was changed from:

1.The Senate, whenever two-thirds of its number shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of this Constitution when ratified by a majority of the People voting in public polls in17 three-quarters of the Regions. Such votes shall last for exactly one week and shall be administered by the Governor of the Region or other officer as the Law of the Region may provide. Citizens will cast their vote by public post.

to

The Senate, whenever two-thirds of its number shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of this Constitution when ratified by three-quarters of the Regions.

The two options given to the region are as follows:

3a. Approval by vote of the Region's lawmaking body, or
3c. Public referendum wherein each citizen shall vote via public post, in a length determined by the Region's lawmaking process.

Nowhere in Art. VII, §1 could anything be construed to allow a region to hold a week-long ratification vote, as was established under the old version of Article VII, §1.

Clause 3 of the RDA is quite clear that the ratification form must be "chosen by [a region's] legislature", and that if a public referendum is chosen, the length of time for that referendum is to be "determined by the Region's lawmaking process."

Nowhere in the RDA is there any language that would allow for a week-long vote to be taken if that is not what a region's lawmaking body has elected to do.  The amendment does not address the protocol for what should happen if a region does not choose how to ratify a federal amendment, and federal law is completely silent on the matter.  The language outlining week-long votes for ratification was expressly removed by the Senate and supported by a majority in four of five regions.  To allow for week-long votes to continue in the absence of a region's legislative body choosing between options 3a and 3c is simply not constitutional, unless a federal law is passed that outlines the procedure for ratification if a region does not choose a ratification process.

Conclusion
The RDA is silent on the issue; unless there is a federal statute saying otherwise, there is no possible legal grounds to say that a region can ratify an amendment before its legislature has chosen how amendments are to be ratified.

Inks.LWC

How come Ghostwhite's ballot is invalid?  He's a mideast citizen.

IIRC, Ghostwhite was de-registered from Atlasia last year and only re-registered one day before the most recent election began. However, in order to vote in an Atlasian election, you must have been registered for at least 7 days.

Does that apply to regional races as well? 

The Mideast adopted the federal standards.

US National Weather Service Norman Oklahoma
A tornado watch will be issued soon for much of Oklahoma and parts of north Texas. Stay alert! We expect storms to start developing between now and 2pm

Nobody else here is from that area.  Who is "we"?

I think he copied and pasted that from NWS Norman's Facebook or Twitter.

Jesus H, Inks, just infract mitty if  he was a bad boy and move on. 

Ahh, I figured you missed me as a mod!

I'd rather you slap us all with death points than read your granny-style lectures. 

Then don't read my posts.