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bitchin bout biden

Microbeman

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buzzmobile said:
Gotta get back to bitchin:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...b8a53c-9d4f-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html


Mr. President, your misinformation on Georgia’s voting law is dangerous

Opinion by Gabriel Sterling
April 14, 2021 at 4:56 p.m. EDT

Gabriel Sterling is the chief operation officer and chief financial officer in the office of the Georgia Secretary of State.

“Someone is going to get hurt.” I made that prediction four months ago regarding misinformation about the 2020 election. I was horrified to see it come true on Jan. 6.

The reaction to Georgia’s new election law has me worried again. Though I have not received any threats yet, thankfully, that same foreboding is creeping up again as the president of the United States and others once again spread lies about what is going on in Georgia.

So I plead with the president once again: Someone is going to get hurt. Your words matter. The facts matter.


In the weeks and months after Nov. 3, my boss and I, along with local election workers, received death threats because we would not bend to pressure from one president to alter the outcome of the election. It is disappointing to see the new president engage in similarly dangerous hyperbole.

First, as The Post has correctly noted, the new legislation does not decrease early voting hours, though President Biden falsely claimed otherwise. In fact, early voting hours were expanded by adding an extra mandatory Saturday of early voting and continuing to allow Sunday voting. Early voting hours must be open from at least 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., a step up from the “normal business hours” required by previous law. Counties can extend those hours to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., as many have done in the past.

The president alleged last month that the bill “makes it a crime to provide water to voters while they wait in line.” But providing gifts of any value to voters to reward them for casting a ballot has been illegal in Georgia for years. A similar law exists in the president’s home state of Delaware, though it does not specify water or the infinite other things of value that could be used to persuade voters. Georgia’s legislation simply adds a buffer zone to close a loophole in the law that has been taken advantage of in the past. Notably, the bill allows groups to donate water for poll workers to give out.


The president has also said that adding a photo ID number requirement to absentee ballots “adds rigid restrictions . . . that will effectively deny the right to vote to countless voters.” Leaving aside that majorities of Black voters and Georgia Democrats support the added security measure, studies show that photo ID laws don’t decrease turnout.

In an ironic twist, Democrats who now decry adding photo ID numbers sued to get rid of the signature match process for absentee ballots last year, arguing it was subjective. Photo ID numbers are as objective as it comes. They are also widely available. Ninety-seven percent of Georgia voters have a driver’s license or a free state voter ID. Almost all have a Social Security number, the last four digits of which can now be used to cast an absentee ballot thanks to the new law.

Contrary to popular belief, the legislation writes ballot drop boxes into law for the first time in Georgia history. They were created by a temporary emergency rule in Georgia in response to the pandemic last year. Without legislation, drop boxes would be unlawful.


Another wild allegation is that changes to the State Election Board allow the legislature to overturn elections. That is false. There is nothing in the bill that allows that and nothing within the Georgia code that gives the election board, let alone the legislature, the power to overturn an election. The law allows the board to remove top elections officials of poorly performing counties after a lengthy review and appeal process. That can be used for elections officials who chronically fail to address long lines, lose absentee ballot applications or mismanage the process overall.

Don’t get me wrong, this section of the law removes the secretary of state, an accountable representative of the people of Georgia, from the election board and replaces him with an unaccountable appointee of the legislature or governor (depending on when the appointment is made). That is an ill-conceived part of the law. But it isn’t voter suppression.

The president has also repeated the lie that “this is Jim Crow in the 21st century.” Democrats have clearly realized this is a potential fundraising tactic regardless of the impact on voter confidence. It is no small wonder how a law, which election experts agree expands voting access to all Georgians, could be compared to the vast historical effort to disenfranchise and oppress Black Americans.


While this isn’t necessarily how Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, or I, would have written this law, it is not what President Biden claims. We saw just three months ago how election disinformation such as this can lead to violence. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now.

For the long-term health of our shared democratic republic, let’s turn down the rhetoric, both on the left and the right. Let’s tell the truth. Let’s make elections boring again.
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you goddam leftist liberal snowflake...posting such shit. [sarcasm - just in case; for those..um....well....just those]
 
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Brother Nature said:
So what are the odds on Russia vs 'Merka now? Just want to know where to invest my doge coins.
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The US has more military bases, and their Tomahawk missiles are thoroughly tested, via all the drive by bombings the US does in the Mid-East.


Russia - and China - have a far more mature culture in the Military industries that make their war toys.

The US literally gives financial rewards to military contractors that make their weapons MORE complex - and less reliable.

In a military conflict where Russia gets to use their fighter jets etc. I think they have the edge.

Partially from working on the F22 electronics myself & seeing what happened when Hurricane Michael swept through Tyndall AFB in 2018, previous home base for the F22. (They lost 22x F22's because they could not be flown to safety ... we're talking about $330 Million airplanes. AND Tyndall had 10+ days to prepare for the Hurricane - and the option to use trucks to move the airplanes.)
 
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fuutang

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Having received this advert in my email, I thought it would be funny to post it here. Not originally realising the connotations, I now realise I must state I am completely neutral, and in fact have no idea how you guys tolerate the smell of skunk in the air regarding this matter! Perhaps legalising cannabis will bring enlightenment and improvement on health insurance plans in the US.
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buzzmobile

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fuutang said:
Having received this advert in my email, I thought it would be funny to post it here. Not originally realising the connotations, I now realise I must state I am completely neutral, and in fact have no idea how you guys tolerate the smell of skunk in the air regarding this matter! Perhaps legalising cannabis will bring enlightenment and improvement on health insurance plans in the US.

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Read the fine print and hit the Unsubscribe.
;)
 
mowood3479

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St. Phatty said:
The US has more military bases, and their Tomahawk missiles are thoroughly tested, via all the drive by bombings the US does in the Mid-East.


Russia - and China - have a far more mature culture in the Military industries that make their war toys.

The US literally gives financial rewards to military contractors that make their weapons MORE complex - and less reliable.

In a military conflict where Russia gets to use their fighter jets etc. I think they have the edge.

Partially from working on the F22 electronics myself & seeing what happened when Hurricane Michael swept through Tyndall AFB in 2018, previous home base for the F22. (They lost 22x F22's because they could not be flown to safety ... we're talking about $330 Million airplanes. AND Tyndall had 10+ days to prepare for the Hurricane - and the option to use trucks to move the airplanes.)
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In a military conflict with Russia we all die..So let’s hope it doesn’t happen.
 
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igrowone

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St. Phatty said:
...
In a military conflict where Russia gets to use their fighter jets etc. I think they have the edge.

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been a while since there's been a head to head competition
but back in the 80s/90s there was a track record of Russian equipment vs western equipment
Russian equipment did not fare well, in fact that is why we have the Israeli Arab situation of today
Russian equipment fared very badly
but you can never rest on your laurels, it's always a new day and you're only as good as your performance out in the field
 
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igrowone

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Amynamous said:
Didn’t US forces go up against Russian forces in Syria?
How’d that turn out?
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been a while, kind of forgot about that little dust up
the Russian backed side didn't have much luck achieving their objectives
and from what I read there weren't any Russian forces directly involved, i.e. killed
 
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