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[TDAS04]

It's almost as if Republicans don't see the wisdom of holding the line on an issue when public reaction is massively against them.

Right, like when they dropped their opposition to gun control after the Newtown school shooting.

[Mr. Smith]

Governor TDAS04, on the Dakotas

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[Goldwater]

Sacramento, CA vs Madison, WI
Atlanta, GA vs Olympia, WA
Boston, MA vs Salt Lake City, UT
St. Paul, MN vs Austin, TX
Santa Fe, NM vs Nashville, TN
Raleigh, NC vs Salem, OR
 

[RR1997]

Context:

Hallelujah!

[Tetro Kornbluth]

The 3rd worst state where there in an expression for crazy crap vs the absolute best and most diverse state where you can get Florida, NJ, Vermont, Iowa, or any state you want just by crossing county lines?

California easily.

[solarstorm]

All of them look blue and black to me.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Both counties in those Republican strongholds have almost always voted Democrat in statewide races since 1992.

[Goldwater]

Inspired by a discussion with Goldwater a couple months ago, and more recently by all the State polls we had. There are 50 States, so divide them into 5 categories of 10 each (say, great/fine/average/meh/awful). Ideally, you should try to balance out quality of life, aesthetics, weather, culture and politics (but of course you can weigh these factors as you wish).

Here's my map:

[TDAS04]

Support (not an old man)

[Türkisblau]

This shouldn't be too lopsided.

Colorado (D), but California has some great areas. 

Because I really like Colorado. Gotta stick with my neighbor

[IceSpear]

Finally, a sensible result!

This time, Japan.

They're developed but still not quite white, thus Atlasians feel OK voting for them!

[RR1997]

California (likes condoms).

[JerryArkansas]

We've all heard the statement that "nice guys finish last", but most people refer to dating/sucess with attracting females when using that cliché statement, but do nice guys finish last in general? Some argue that being nice is bad because people will take advantage of your niceness. Others argue that being nice is vital because it will get people to like you, and the help of others will help you suceed. Do nice guys finish last in business/the world of finance? Do nice guys finish last in dating? Do nice guys finish last in regular, everyday life? You guys also have to remember that a lot of times jerks win (example: Mitt Romney). I'm personally a nice guy and I dislike jerks. There are plenty of arguements for both sides, and I want to see what you guys thing.

[TDAS04]

So, what I am, what Wolverine is, what Clark is, what many of the people in the forum are is shameful.  Have you no sense of decency sir.   The argument you right now are using is the same one that opponents of interracial marriage used in the 1960's.  It is sicking and people like you who use a book which is well written for you prejudices are what is wrong with our country today.

[Antonio the Sixth]

What do you have against Kristi Noem?  Anything in particular?

She's a typical right-winger, and I got a bad impression from her campaign in 2010.  Her ads were both negative and stupid, and she had a record of receiving numerous speeding tickets and not showing up in court (resulting in warrants for her arrest) and her good looks helped her get elected.

To be fair, she could be worse.  She's not as bad as Michelle Bachmann, but she's worse than even many South Dakota Republicans.

[Lief 🗽]

Inspired by a discussion with Goldwater a couple months ago, and more recently by all the State polls we had. There are 50 States, so divide them into 5 categories of 10 each (say, great/fine/average/meh/awful). Ideally, you should try to balance out quality of life, aesthetics, weather, culture and politics (but of course you can weigh these factors as you wish).

Here's my map:

[The Other Castro]

It's basically impossible to ruin a cut of meat anyway. It's not like we're telling you to make a souffle or something. Worst case scenario you overcook it and it's a little bit tough. It'll still be better than 90% of the over-priced garbage you routinely stuff down your throat. A 35-year-old man being afraid to cook a simple cut of meat for himself is pathetic.

[TDAS04]

No in practice, I would not kill a million guilty people if it meant killing one innocent person. Even with perfect knowledge of guilt and innocence, the only situation I could see myself supporting it is if you have someone like the Joker who is able to keep escaping prison and kill more people (which probably wouldn't happen).

[Mr. Smith]

I don't agree all the way but

Vienna, Austria vs London, UK
Brussels, Belgium vs. Stockholm, Sweden
Sofia, Bulgaria vs Madrid, Spain
Zagreb, Croatia vs. Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nicosia, Cyprus vs Bratislava, Slovakia
Prague, Czech Republic vs. Bucharest, Romania
Copenhagen, Denmark vs. Lisbon, Portugal
Tallinn, Estonia vs Warsaw, Poland
Helsinki, Finland vs Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paris, France vs Valletta, Malta
Berlin, Germany vs Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Athens, Greece vs Vilnius, Lithuania
Budapest, Hungary vs Riga, Latvia
Dublin, Ireland vs Rome, Italy

this, just because it took a bit of time to get down.

[RFayette]

Love the crunchy kind, so-so on smooth, averages out to "like it".

Ultimately though peanuts just aren't best nut to derive flavor.

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is the woman who didn't know who we fought in World War II 7 years ago.

Seriously.

She's quite representative of many Americans on that point, though.

[Mechaman]

What is the constitutional rationale behind this? It seems utterly nonsensical to me.

The text of the Constitution, that specifically states that it is the state legislatures that draw the lines, rather than merely referring to the states as having that power.

I assume you refer to Article 1, Section 4: "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

First of all, one could make the argument that, in States where popular initiatives are recognized, the people itself constitutes one branch of the "legislature". Since the US Constitution contains no precise definition of the term, the legislature has to mean "those who hold legislative power". If the State Constitution recognizes a right for the people to legislate directly through initiatives or referendums, then the people voting for these initiatives are functionally equivalent to elected representatives voting on a bill.

If the power to alter electoral regulation is vested in the holders of legislative power in a given State, then it follows that citizens have the same right as their representatives to enact electoral regulations. Secondly, the exercise of the power must always come with the possibility to delegate such power to a different body. If the people, in their quality of legislators, resolve to grant their redistricting power to a nonpartisan commission, they are merely exercising their Constitutional right to its full extent.

[Maxwell]

In the course of our nation's history the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of man have been threatened...

yes like their god-given right to not go to school with negroes

Because yes a few bad apples dictates what the whole city of Boston was like during the 1960s. Those people failed at the ballot box (except for maybe a fluke victory by Louise Day Hicks), and for good reason.  Bostonites were very divided over the issue but they more often than not in those days fell on the right side of history.  Your strawmanning is absurd.

If you want to pull out examples from history, however, I can think of a few times in history where the Harvard Faculty would be on the way wrong side of history.  Needless to say, an academic institution that had Jew quotas as late as the 1920s has been on the wrong side of history more than a few times, probably a good deal more so than the Citizens of Boston.  You can criticize the people of Boston for not being quick and zealous in support of equal rights for non-whites, but where the hell was Harvard when the Know Nothings came into power?  Where the hell was Harvard when the state's election laws favored only the wealthy landowning elites?  Where the hell was Harvard when the Robber Barons were running the state's politics?  Where the hell was Harvard when the state police were putting down unions with impunity?

They were on the wrong side of history, of course.  And sure, a lot of this was decades ago (but so was your atrocious strawman), but I know my history enough not to trust a bunch of rich eggheads with the future of society (again, would you have preferred America where only the rich vote?  Because that is what your heroes supported in times past).

[TDAS04]

Context:

Bottom of the barrel.

[Brewer]

Last night, I had I dream that I was at a hotel, and staying in the room next to mine were Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and their adopted son IceSpear.