Most Democratic gerrymandering was put into place to insure representation of minorities at a time when almost all congress critters were white (i.e., minorities were under-represented, quelle surprise). IOW, it was (in most cases) an attempt to correct racial/ethnic inequities, not a "power grab.

I have a problem with their rejection of the idea that there is an objective, falsifiable reality. They want to just make it up as they go along, in pursuit of power.

Life is about more than money (and guns).

Pretty much every major university (including Harvard and Yale, for example) offers degrees (including advanced degrees e.g., MFA). Education is supposed to be about learning for a better life, not a better job. Corporate America decided a degree was a great filter for hiring people who will do what is asked of them and get their work in on time.

They really want to repeal the 20th Century.

And you won't hear a peep from Boaz about protecting the rights of the minority.

#45 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Well, he believes in minority rule (as long as it is a rural "conservative" minority) with no protection of majority rights

like her feet--bigger than Li'l Marco's...

#6 | POSTED BY CATDOG

And you know this, how?

Ask any African why they are so poor always corruption.

#17 | POSTED BY BYRDMAN

The corruption that was created and exploited by the Colonial powers. They're still exploiting it today but today it's with corporations instead of armies The corruption is "burned in".

Your cult's only strategy is to pretend ethics don't exist. There is no good and evil. No difference between fighting for justice or fighting for fascism.

#54 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

And they accuse "liberals" of "moral relativism"!

Have Superman reject the vaccine.

#53 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

He can't be vaccinated. His skin breaks the needle.

It appears the original restitution was in the $100's of dollars (and is from 20 years ago). It's absurd to hold her up for 10's of $1,000's today. The right is so hung up on punishing people (except right-wing politicians, of course).

Possibly so but I would think they do have to report it to the state who probably then forwards the info to the FBI.

#6 | POSTED BY DANNI

...If they feel like it.

Your "deeply held beliefs" do not determine the functioning of physical reality. Airborne viruses neither know, nor care what your beliefs are, nor do your body's mechanism, what you believe.

Why do your beliefs entitle you to affect people who don't believe the same as you? If you are unvaccinated you are a transmission vector. What gives you that right?

--Among states reporting, children were 0.00%-0.27% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 7 states reported zero child deaths. In states reporting, 0.00%-0.03 of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death

#41 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

So it's just not killing enough children for us to worry about it (what's the right number?). Let's see what the numbers look like after winter break, or spring break with stupid people preventing students from masking and vaccination.

666,000 people died in car accidents in the last year (I don't think so)? And I suppose that car accidents, heart disease, and cancer can all be prevented by vaccination? Do tell. BTW, if there were, do you think right-wingers would take it if the CDC told them it would save their lives (like this one)?

I'm pretty sure POTUS can launch a nuclear attack for whatever reason he feels like.

#45 | POSTED BY REDIAL

And that doesn't scare the ---- out of you?

So obsessed with the politics,that won't save you either.

#22 | POSTED BY MIRANDA7

In a rational country, it wouldn't have been political in the first place.

I think we've discovered that the Constitution does not protect itself from an elected tyrant. Some problems can't wait until the next election.

Big tough brave cops afraid of a little shot.
Maybe that level of cowardice and selfishness explains why they need to empty their clip into anyone who startles them.

#10 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

But they'll get tatoos (3+% bad outcomes including serious infections)!

I think it's time to rethink the wall of immunity that "shareholders" have from the actions of the corporation. Why is it a good thing? Investments would be riskier without that, but wouldn't they also produce larger rewards? Isn't that the whole risk-benefit-calculation thing? We The People grant them a charter to operate, shouldn't they have to operate in the interest of We The People in exchange for the privilige (no, incorporation is not a right) of a reasonable liability shield.

They have used their money to influence law-making in a way that makes them accountable for nothing.

Boaz refuses to recognize that homosapiens is not a solitary animal and does not prosper by himself. If everyone was responsible to only himself and his perception of self-interest, civilization would never have happened. The beginning of "society" is marked by the division of labor. Somebody has to determine who does what. How does that happen. If everybody just does whatever they want to do, the group/family/tribe/clan dies out. Those that learn to cooperate build empires.

And as far as value of workers is concerned, look at the military. Do you really believe a Captain is worth more to the Army than an experienced Master Sergeant?

In what possible alternate universe could an American not think that?

#4 | POSTED BY MODER8

The one where Trump won re-election in 2020.

How does it label white men?

The South has never favored democracy. They favor(ed) a feudal (authoritarian) model. They don't trust "the masses" (or women, or non-white men) to make responsible decisions. All decisions are to be made by and for the benefit of the (white) ruling elite.

Chattel slavery allowed it to work (and prosper) in the 17th and 18th centuries, but the ending of legal slavery was catastrophic to their world. They have been trying to get back as close to it as they possibly can with wage slavery ever since.

They will never truly support democracy, even when they say they will (kinda like the Taliban).

But Jesus would say we're all the same: Sinners.