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But it seems Mitch didn't support the request to reconvene so the trial could begin asap. So it's still going to happen but the GOP won't help fast track it.
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@Paekakboyz said in US Politics:
But it seems Mitch didn't support the request to reconvene so the trial could begin asap. So it's still going to happen but the GOP won't help fast track it.
Volatile time with 1 week to go until inauguration.
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@NTA That is a great thread. Particularly impressed with the posters concerned soliders won't have access to donuts. Gotta avoid those low carb uprisings.. As a guest to a marine bar I can attest those lads enjoy things other than donuts.
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@nostrildamus said in US Politics:
As a guest to a marine bar I can attest those lads enjoy things other than donuts.
You're a Polish chick?
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@Siam said in US Politics:
@Kiwiwomble no race of people has suffered more throughout history than the Jews. Just making sure they're included in the new adjustment measures alongside the blacks. Righting past wrongs was the criteria wasn't it?
Just to correct you here, Jewish is not a race, rather a (large) group of people with similar or common religious and cultural beliefs. It is the same as calling Muslim/Islam a race.
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@Siam said in US Politics:
@RoninWC thanks, it seems I've mistyped race instead of group.
I guess only genetics determine a race. Shame there's no such race as Maori anymore then.Actually, as someone who works closely with geneticists here in NSW Health, genetics absolutely determine race and you can determine if someone has some of any race in them, Maori or not through genomic testing.
One of the systems my Group supports is the genomics system at NSW Health.
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@RoninWC cool. So how do we define who belongs to which group? Who are you going to exclude? What's the magic percentage? Colour samples with different shades of brown?
Race is the central tenet in the prop 16 style legislation, and the context of my post you fastidiously corrected.
Will genetics like you do determine who gets on the "benefactors of revenge" list?
Intersectionality: which group are you in? What if its many groups?
As I pointed out earlier, a system declared to prioritise or give preferential treatment to a particular race is a fools errand.
It fails at the first hurdle in precisely defining the recipients and non recipients so the whole concept keeps going round and round with basically no one getting help. Meanwhile billions are spent on task forces, steering committees, action plans, focus groups, consultation etc.
Oh, and the Jews will be discussed at these "oppression finding" meetings, as will the Muslims. Hope they know they're religions not races.
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@Siam said in US Politics:
@RoninWC cool. So how do we define who belongs to which group? Who are you going to exclude? What's the magic percentage? Colour samples with different shades of brown?
Race is the central tenet in the prop 16 style legislation, and the context of my post you fastidiously corrected.
Will genetics like you do determine who gets on the "benefactors of revenge" list?
Intersectionality: which group are you in? What if its many groups?
As I pointed out earlier, a system declared to prioritise or give preferential treatment to a particular race is a fools errand.
It fails at the first hurdle in precisely defining the recipients and non recipients so the whole concept keeps going round and round with basically no one getting help. Meanwhile billions are spent on task forces, steering committees, action plans, focus groups, consultation etc.
Oh, and the Jews will be discussed at these "oppression finding" meetings, as will the Muslims. Hope they know they're religions not races.
Woah there #@Siam
Think you've way over reacted to my correction. Again, I stand by what I said, Jew(ish) is not a race. Simples see.Everything else you've put out there has nothing to do with genomics.
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House votes for impeachment including 10 Republicans (one of whom is Dick Cheney's daughter).
McConnell has no intention of calling the Senate back early and has said as much, so it will be tried by a Democrat-controlled Senate. This is the anti-Trump Republicans chance to rid the party of Trump while also preventing him playing spoiler in 2024 by running as an independent like Perot.
A lot of online speculation that since only 1/3rd of Senators are up for re-election in 2022 (compared to 100% of Representatives), they might have more courage than Representatives, or at least just not turn up for the vote (only need 2/3rds of present and voting to convict - if enough Republicans just don't turn up, the Democrats will have the numbers alone).
A lot of stories coming out to suggest that while the mob was mostly chaotic rather than organised, there was a small group within it with a lot more organisation and planning, including police from other states and possible inside help. Some Reps had panic/alarm systems installed due to previous threats (including AOC), and the buttons had been ripped out.
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@scribe said in US Politics:
One of the surprising things for me in all of this is that Nancy Pelosi is 80. She looks in great nick for her age.
This place is getting really twisted lately.
She's not much good on her knees.
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@pakman said in US Politics:
@gt12 said in US Politics:
@scribe said in US Politics:
One of the surprising things for me in all of this is that Nancy Pelosi is 80. She looks in great nick for her age.
This place is getting really twisted lately.
She's not much good on her knees.
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