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7 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

He's not a principled man.

I suppose “keeping power” and “feeling important” could be considered principles by some :p

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1 hour ago, sblfilms said:

I don’t think that is true. There are areas in which the actions of specific states (California in particular) have ramifications on the rest of the country simply due to the size of the California economy and the preeminence of the state in crucial industries.

 

Same with states like Texas. Their educational decisions specifically regarding textbooks have ramifications for the whole country.

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1 hour ago, Chairslinger said:

After the FBI investigation I became slightly less confident Murkowski would be a no because she seemed to be treating it as adequate cover like Collins and Flake. 

 

 

But this is the vote before the final vote, right? If Collins goes no, couldn't Manchin still switch for the final vote if it becomes clear he is the deciding vote?

 

How fucking tragic if both female GOPers swing no, and Kavanaugh still gets confirmed thanks to one defecting Democratic man.

 

That would look both morally wrong and be horrible for the party in November. With one vote, totally kill the impression that one party is for women and the other isn't.

 

It's been pretty clear to me the last couple of days that she was gonna be a NO. She's hearing it from her voters back home and I saw a piece on the news last night we're a group of female lawyers from her state met with her and basically said after the meeting that they were certain she was gonna vote no based on how the meeting went.

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13 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

I can't wait until the next time Flake puts on his performance and the media buys it up. "Swing vote." "Voice of reason." "Moderate."

 

not going to be a lot of opportunities left, he is not running for reelection in November 

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4 hours ago, SFLUFAN said:

To a certain extent, it's already started with so-called "sanctuary city" municipalities refusing to share immigration information on those in detention with ICE, but this a pretty insignificant issue.  As I mentioned, a definite acceleration would occur if California rejects a Supreme Court ruling declaring its CAFE standards to be unconstitutional.  That could be a catalyst for other states to engage in both progressive and regressive forms of rejectionism of both past (homosexual marriage) and future (net neutrality) rulings and laws that they disagree with.

 

In regard to China, I see no evidence that Beijing has any real desire to fulfill the "global arbiter" role that the United States assumed post-WWII.  China knows that role is both expensive monetarily and fraught with political risk, so the juice to be obtained from it ain't really worth the squeeze.  Beijing will certainly look out for its interests (hence why they are aggressively pursuing a blue water navy and the "Belt and Road" initiative), but they're not gonna be invading/occupying places for...reasons.  

I agree that China doesn't want to be the global arbiter, but I think they want to advance their interests in the West and elsewhere as much as possible, and without a United States, it would be a lot easier for them to step on everyone else.

 

As for it already starting, I think it doesn't really give a timetable. Anyone can see the United States is going to fall apart without giving a specific timeline. If it has started already, how long before it's done?

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4 minutes ago, Massdriver said:

As for it already starting, I think it doesn't really give a timetable. Anyone can see the United States is going to fall apart without giving a specific timeline. If it has started already, how long before it's done?

Why is a timeline necessary anyway?  It's enough to know that the process has already begun at a low level and there are factors on the immediate horizon that will influence its pace.

 

Much like pornography, you will know it's "done" when you see it.

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