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US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians
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There's a JP/eu co-production animated series also based on the original comics.
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Unpopular opinion obviously but I think age limits or term limits would be like putting a band-aid on a "booboo" that really needs stitches.
We bitch about Nancy Pelosi a lot and for good reason. She's also one of the most cited examples as to why we need muh term and age limits. However, look at who is electing her. If she'd been forced out at age 70 or so, San Fran would've just replaced her with someone equally as retarded, if not even more retarded (think an AOC-type) a long time ago. But I suppose it'd be alright because the replacement would be like 30-something and those are immune to getting sick or incapacitated? The same goes for Mitch McConnell. Righties have an immense dislike of him but they keep getting him elected because "at least he's not a Democrat" and he gets neocon/uniparty money.
A better option would be making it easier to oust a critter once they become incapacitated, regardless of their age.
We bitch about Nancy Pelosi a lot and for good reason. She's also one of the most cited examples as to why we need muh term and age limits. However, look at who is electing her. If she'd been forced out at age 70 or so, San Fran would've just replaced her with someone equally as retarded, if not even more retarded (think an AOC-type) a long time ago. But I suppose it'd be alright because the replacement would be like 30-something and those are immune to getting sick or incapacitated? The same goes for Mitch McConnell. Righties have an immense dislike of him but they keep getting him elected because "at least he's not a Democrat" and he gets neocon/uniparty money.
A better option would be making it easier to oust a critter once they become incapacitated, regardless of their age.
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Joe Biden's best friend came close.
USA: 94 YEAR OLD STROM THURMOND BECOMES LONGEST SERVING SENATOR
Oldest senator is 100 today
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No, "incapacitated" is a useless standard. The Constitution already requires the removal of "incapacitated" Presidents, and as we have seen with Joe Biden, this standard is utterly toothless. An age barrier establishes a bright line. Everything else gives you gray areas, loopholes, and wiggle room to continue having a demented, senile retard run the state by introducing subjectivity and gameable standards.
The more you try to broaden a standard so that it has no corner cases or exceptions, the more vaguely worded and subjective it becomes. Better to have an objective, unquestionable bright line. "Nobody over 75 years old" leaves no room for subjective interpretation like "incapacitated" does.
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A congressman should have to take a physical test to ensure they can still serve.
20 yards of hot coals. If they can’t complete the distance they will be raked over by with coals for the next congressional member to trot over.
20 yards of hot coals. If they can’t complete the distance they will be raked over by with coals for the next congressional member to trot over.
Rykel22
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There should be some sort of attendance requirement. If a senator or representative doesn't manage to attend a vote in a certain time frame, their seat is revoked and their governor sets a new election or appoints a replacement
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Nick is out in North Carolina talking to folks affected by the storms,
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Fuck it you have to have at least 425 lb deadlift to be in congress.
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I missed you, buddy. Fatpacks is like, the glowie Nihilist's Prayer.
He'll be in jail, he can't run.
If he runs, they're gonna kill him.
They couldn't kill him, but he'll never win.
He won, but they're going to block everything.
He's pushed shit through before even being sworn in, but he'll end up doing nothing.
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Okay, so every American has been given a Lambo and a solid gold toilet, but we're still gonna run out of toilet paper.
I hope your handlers sprung extra so you can at least get some Buffalo Trace instead of the usual Canadian Mist this Christmas.
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Many of the slaves of Barbados came from the Bight of Biafra. "Bight" refers to land turning sharply; in this case, it is refering to Africa's armpit.
*Island chain in the Bight had major slave markets
Wikipedia: "The Igbo were dispersed to Barbados in large numbers. Olaudah Equiano, a famous Igbo author, abolitionist and formerly enslaved person, was dropped off there after being kidnapped from his hometown near the Bight of Biafra. After arriving in Barbados he was promptly trafficked to Virginia.[13] At his time, 44 percent of the 90,000 Africans disembarking on the island (between 1751 and 1775) were from the bight."
The high HDI Caribbean islands had their slave populations sourced from the Bight of Biafra and were British colonies. George Washington visited the British colony of Barbados as a young man.
*The George Washington House in Barbados.
At 19 years old George Washington spent a year in Barbados with his 33 year old half-brother Lawrence in the hopes Lawrence's health would improve. Lawrence died of Tuberculosis and George got small pox that scarred his face. So, not the best trip.
The Barbados Slave Code only required a slave master to feed their chattel (slaves) and provide them one set of clothes. In fact teaching slaves to read and write was illegal. For example, a 1797 Act:
"made it the duty of every Anglican priest to try to convert the slaves, but made it illegal to teach them reading and writing."
After the native Barbados "Arawaks" were depopulated, Barbados was settled by British Whites. Wikipedia:
"In the period 1640–1660, the West Indies attracted over two-thirds of the total number of English emigrants to the Americas. By 1650, there were 44,000 settlers in the West Indies, as compared to 12,000 on the Chesapeake and 23,000 in New England.
Most English arrivals were indentured. After five years of labour, they were given "freedom dues" of about £10, usually in goods. Before the mid-1630s, they also received 5–10 acres of land, but after that time the island filled and there was no more free land."
But then Cromwell and the English Civil wars happened. Barbados took the side of the Royalists. Cromwell had them blockaded and defeated them.
"The introduction of sugar cane from Dutch Brazil in 1640 completely transformed society and the economy. Barbados eventually had one of the world's biggest sugar industries.[14] One group instrumental in ensuring the early success of the industry were the Sephardic Jews, who had originally been expelled from the Iberian Peninsula, to end up in Dutch Brazil.[14] As the effects of the new crop increased, so did the shift in the ethnic composition of Barbados and surrounding islands. The workable sugar plantation required a large investment and a great deal of heavy labour. At first, Dutch traders supplied the equipment, financing, and African slaves, in addition to transporting most of the sugar to Europe. Barbados replaced Hispaniola as the main sugar producer in the Caribbean.[15]
In 1655, the population of Barbados was estimated at 43,000, of which about 20,000 were of African descent, with the remainder mainly of English descent. These English smallholders were eventually bought out and the island filled up with large African slave-worked sugar plantations. By 1660, there was near parity with 27,000 blacks and 26,000 whites. By 1666, at least 12,000 white smallholders had been bought out, died, or left the island. Many of the remaining whites were increasingly poor. By 1673, black slaves (33,184) outnumbered white settlers (21,309). By 1680, there were 17 slaves for every indentured servant. By 1684, the disparity grew even further to 19,568 white settlers and 46,502 black slaves. By 1696, there was an estimated 42,000 enslaved blacks, and the white population declined further to 16,888 by 1715.[16]"
There were attempts to ban slavery periodically. For example a 1688 Act banned it:
"No person of the Hebrew Nation residing in any Sea-Port Town of this Island, shall keep or employ any Negro or other Slave ... for any Use or Service whatsoever."
But, shortly after it was restored.
Igbo are unruly slaves (I will spare making this post longer with quotations). They commited suicide at much higher rates than other chattel slave populations. They even did this while on the slave ships. They would secretly teach themselves to read. They constantly tried to start slave rebellions. In fact, even when slavery was being phased out the Igbo were impatient so Bussa busted loose and started a giant slave rebellion.
She does seem to be intelligent and capable. "Self-made" is an odd term. I'm sure if she went off the plantation like Kanye did, it would be apparent how "self-made" she is.
I agree, that ephebophile frog-eater knows how to put kino on the screen.
P.S. I left out referencing King Jaja of Opobo.
P.P.S. If you want to read the Nigerian equivalent of 4chan then head over to Nairaland. Plenty of Igbo supremacists over there.
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it's a good thing there are no other politicians-elect that are over that age
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you can always go back to the source. the comics are considered among the best eurocomics for a reason.
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Damn, annexing Canada and taking back the canal. Manifest destiny is back on the menu
If that's the requirement I think I know a guy that'd be perfect for Congress. He's a navy vet, played college football, strong MAGA supporter too.
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UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid
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Yes, the Velarian comics are quite good. They have some of that old-school pulp story goodness.
Another recommendation is The Incal written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and originally illustrated by Jean Giraud (aka Mœbius). There are always attempts to turn it into a film, but they keep falling through. Here is a "fan" trailor made by a bunch of artists from the original Heavy Metal movie.
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Speaking of old,
Ron Paul was on Tucker.
89 years old, had a stroke a few years ago, still sharp as a tack.
Ron Paul was on Tucker.
89 years old, had a stroke a few years ago, still sharp as a tack.
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They should have to be able to squat 200 pounds below parallel
All politicians should have to be able to break a katana in half with their bare hands.
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My man, these are the same people that attempt to redefine words like woman and recession. They'll squak about years having a completely different meaning and find a way to recontextualize it to whatever suits them. We need a trusted, uncorruptible arbiter. I nominate Mel Gibson.
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It would be nice and cozy to live in the timeline where Ron Paul won the Presidency. It would mean a corrupt oligarchy didn't run things. Elections wouldn't be rigged. The Fed would be dead. The military industrial complex would disintegrate. The Department of Education would be just one guy splitting his time as Department of Energy, who had to lick his own stamps. The IRS would be gone.
Ron Paul does the world a service by existing and spreading illumination in a calm and rational manner. He deserves a statue in front of the "Museum of Liberty" (housed in the Eccles Building, the former location of the dead Federal Reserve).
Ukraine is Big Gay
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Just think, his political career began when Hitler and FDR came to power and ended right before the invasion of Iraq.
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