The Right Side of the News

A bit ago, I heard that the support by "the people" for building the wall is inversely proportional to the distance they live from the Mexico border. In other words, the closer you live to "the problem", the less you like of the wall idea.I've also heard that more limited wall building projects passed during the George Bush 2 era are still tied up in court. Even if Trump got his 5+ billion for the wall, it would be a minimum of a LONG time before much of anything actually gets built.Moose

Seems to be a pretty good method of voter ID - You need to know your address.It's been a number of years since I did the voting judge thing in our tiny local precinct - Something like 120 voters is typical. I think Minnesota has also has both of those books, but IIRC, only the second one is normally used in the voting procedure. Our local system uses four election judges.The first is the registration judge - Minnesota has available instant registration at the same time as you vote. To register, the voter must have an ID and some piece of documentation that s/he is a precinct resident (which might also be the ID). An alternative is to have another already registered voter vouch for you, that you are indeed valid to be a voter at the site. The registration judge usually does a lot of sitting around doing nothing.The second is the person who signs you in in the registered voter roll book, adding you to that book if you are a newly registered. No ID procedure in involved - Just give your name.The third gives you a (numbered?) little piece of paper that you put into a slotted metal box at the fourth judge.The fourth judge gives you the paper ballot. At least at our location, there is no electronic voting, although there is a machine available to help you do your ballot.When you complete your ballot, you fold it and stuff it into another locked slotted box. In Minnesota there is no identification on the ballot that connects to the ID of what voter did that ballot.Moose

Pelosi Video Manipulated To Make Her Sound Drunk On Social MediaVideo Of Pelosi Manipulated To Make Her Sound Drunk Spreads Through Social Media

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A video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), with the audio slowed to make her speech sound drunkenly slurred, is permeating the social media landscape, already infiltrating Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

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The video is from Pelosi’s Wednesday speech at the Center for American Progress. The Washington Post reported on the spread of the video.

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The Facebook video in particular has already been shared more than 35,000 times. And based on some of the nearly 7,000 comments, viewers are buying it hook, line and sinker.

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More at source, including copy of video in question. TPM has it filed under "real fake news".Better watch your videos from more reliable sources.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Mention video is at source page.

There may be nuance to be considered in message 2439, but I feel considerable but not total agreement with what was said there. My impression is that Hyroglyphx has become considerably less right wing than he was a few years ago. I certainly would NOT file him under "alt-right".Moose

Should that same reasoning apply to funding the U.S. military/industrial complex?Iran shot down a $200M drone. Apparently that was a spy drone, not a weaponized drone, but isn't there a better way to spend $200M?I object to the government funding so many of these ultra-expensive military toys.Moose

Even if Donald was getting wonderful results as president, his basic personality is still "epic jerk" (to use non-profane terminology).I think that the "incompetent boob" charge, in a sane world, should be enough to get him impeached and removed from office.And sheesh, Faith - If DT proclaimed water to not be wet, you'd be saying that "water is wet" is FAKE NEWS.Or something like that.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Call it a typo fix.

Enough members of the House and Senate convinced that Trump is an incompetent boob and is unsuitable to be President, willing to vote in response to that, is enough to impeach, convict, and remove him from office.Moose

I don't recalll using "Amoral con man" (which Trump is), and I checked and certainly didn't in my most recent message where I did use "incompetent boob".While heavy incompetence certainly can lead to committing all kinds of wrongs, the point I was making is that if in the House's and Senate's judgement, Trump is incompetent, they could file that under "high crimes and misdemeanors".I guess Faith would say that his not having a reasonable ability to fulfill the requirements of being President is not a valid reason for Trump being removed from the Presidency. Hell, Trump could spend the all of his waking hours sitting in a corner doing nothing but drooling on himself, and Faith would still think there is no valid reason to remove him from the Presidency. Trump has risen well above his level of incompetency (re: "Peter principle"), and should be fired. And the House and the Senate are ones having the authority and power to fire him.OSLT.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : "Drool" or "drooling", that is the question.

Nonreligious Questions

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Neil Katyal, former Solicitor General, and two others have an op-ed in the New York Times citing the rules of impeachment in place since the Andrew Johnson impeachment in 1868 to establish that Chief Justice John Roberts has full authority to call witnesses and issue subpoenas for documents without needing the approval of Senate Republicans.

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Most critically, it would take a two-thirds vote not a majority of the Senate to overrule that. This week, Democrats can and should ask the chief justice to issue subpoenas on his authority so that key witnesses of relevance like John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney appear in the Senate, and the Senate should subpoena all relevant documents as well.

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More and links at source.Moose

This seems to be a devious use of non-reverse psychology by Democrats, in an attempt to enhance the dying off of Republicans. Or would it be reverse reverse psychology?OSLT.Moose

For lack of a better place, I'm putting it here."What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", hosted by Paul Fischer.Brief bio:"Paul Fischer is a former News Director of WBAI, former News Director of KPFA and 31 year veteran of CBS News...including 24 years as writer/associate producer on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. I've returned to my roots in public radio as an independent producer."His Facebook page: hereThe program is what he calls a "newsical". A mixture (mashup?) of music and news soundbites with a little narration from Paul.My little radio station, KTWH-LP (KTWH-LP player), broadcasts the show on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm (US central time).If you try, you can probably find other places/times to listen to it, but I don't think it comes as a podcast.Anyway, recommended listening. Entertaining and informative.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Better Facebook page link.

Highly recommended - The newest version of "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?".Host Paul Fischer puts out a new episode Tuesday nights. If breaking news, he puts out an updated version. He has put out 4 updates today, the most recent about an hour ago.My little radio station will be broadcasting and webcasting the most recent update at 10:00 pm (central time) tonight. That is, starting in about 1/2 hour from tonight.KTWH 99.5 FM Two Harbors Community RadioIf having problems getting the audio (there has been a Chrome issue lately), use the "Having problems? Try the MP3 Stream" link at the above link. Or just go directly to http://peridot.streamguys.com:7490/liveMooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Change subtitle.Edited by Minnemooseus, : Add a ".