Nesrie
6763
The primary point is Trump does not have the support of 20 or 30% of the population; it’s the voting population. And in the last elections Trump supporters were especially motivated so it’s even less likely that a bunch of them just stayed home.
Actually that was aimed at this spurious “Segunda Parte” (from the Wikipedia article on Don Quixote):
It is not certain when Cervantes began writing Part Two of Don Quixote , but he had probably not proceeded much further than Chapter LIX by late July 1614. About September, however, a spurious Part Two, entitled Second Volume of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha: by the Licenciado (doctorate) Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda, of Tordesillas , was published in Tarragona by an unidentified Aragonese who was an admirer of Lope de Vega, rival of Cervantes.[18] It was translated into English by William Augustus Yardley, Esquire in two volumes in 1784.
And per the article (although it’s been so long I can’t remember this bit), at some point Don Quixote visits a printer’s shop and finds that they’re printing Avellaneda’s version of Part 2. Hence the “meta.”
What I loved at the beginning of the first part was the elaborate framing device where the writer claims that he found the text of the story proper with an introduction by a Muslim scholar of the work to a sultan of some kind, and that it was originally in Arabic.
She got a meeting with the President AND Giuliani… .so, you are both right and wrong.
Mandatory voting? Dear lord, where did you get that idea? I really hope there’s some nuance or something I’m missing.
ShivaX
6768
It’s not unheard of. In the US I doubt it would be Constitutional.
Ultimately ripping up your ballot and setting it on fire is almost assuredly protected speech.
That said you could register everyone and mail them all ballots automatically without much of a legal issue.
Alstein
6769
Spoiling your ballot is allowed in mandatory voting. You have to show up to vote though.
Qmanol
6770
Yep, pretty much this. The usual suspects have been writing about how we should end compulsory voting recently but, because you can just hand in a blank ballot or a spoiled ballot I don’t see the problem.
ShivaX
6771
I doubt this would be enforceable in the US.
But again, who cares? Just register everyone and send them ballots. Let them do whatever.
It kneecaps voter suppression and enfranchises literally everyone. What they do with that is up to them.
Nesrie
6772
I’m a fan for automatically registering individuals when they are of proper age and get their state ID or Driver’s License which Oregon does. It’s not the government’s responsibility to make someone vote though. If they want more voters… make it Federal holiday, mail votes all around, extend it for a couple of days so it hits weekends and a weekday.
This guy fucked up and may have significantly helped the rioters.
Michael Sherwin’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview on Capitol riot investigation subject of internal Justice Dept. review - The Washington Post
Judge is pissed -
Nazi’s lawyers trying to use Sherwin’s comments to get off -
Alstein
6774
2 weeks of early voting, 10 hours a day each day (like say 8am-6pm at a minimum) to me is more than sufficient in terms of time to vote.
Just make sure urban communities and marginalized rural communities have sufficient voting places.
Doubt they find that asshole unless someone snitches.
Did he wave at the cop/security as they drove by?
Seems like the perp practiced some good operational security.
Gonna need a break in the case.
Nesrie
6782
This doesn’t seem related to the siege.
Eh, I just assumed he was there and that’s why they were arresting him.
