buddha

my wife did it. she liked it. but its a long day. the real issue is that its run by state and local officials. america's issue with so many different units of authority spread out all over this vast country of ours, not every one has the same rules and abilities as others. so you get a hodge podge of different voting scenarios. i think the longest ive ever waited to vote was 15 minutes, but i go as soon as the polling place opens and its right across the street from me now. not everyone has that kind of luxury. when i was in college i took the local bus to the polling place, that's about as far as ive ever gone to vote.

oh he'll get paid. from kamara and from the place where he got his ass kicked.

yes. you might be surprised about kids today. theyre still mean little ass holes, but not a lot of racial stuff. i also live in la la liberal land so i imagine its different elsewhere. for example, once a month they have an "eye on equity" meeting with the principal and vice principal (both hispanic) where they talk to parents (all white parents) about race and racism. as you might imagine, i am often the lone dissenter (but only because my wife refuses to contribute). my wife is mexican, she gets more racist shit thrown at her by fellow mexicans (youre a coconut, anti-white and anti-american slurs) than anything in america. she had one incident once in arkansas, but that was it.

then volunteer to be a poll worker.

look at you white people judging who is biracial and who isnt. calm yourselves! i have two biracial daughters. one is dark skinned with brown hair and the other is white as a ghost with red hair. and yes, they are both mine. 😠 genes work in mysterious ways.

you might be surprised who is biracial in america....like this guy:

i know, right!

data says otherwise...

however he wants to do it is fine with me because he seems to have real talent.

i always vote in person because i dont trust that it was actually received and counted unless i can see it go into the machine.

i think when all is said and done, it wont effect voting at all, and may end up hurting republicans as much as democrats. but i dont know, we'll find out.

albany park is more diverse than your community, white dude. you can even ride your bike to a polling place, its that easy.

they have had some of the best special teams under jayharbs, so lets keep him there. good recruiter too.

there isnt bipartisan support for the voting rights act, but i thought there was some bipartisan support for amending the electoral act? i could be wrong though, its been a while aince i heard anything about it.

separate issue. that isnt a voting rights act issue and its not at issue in this case. that's an electoral act issue. they need to shore that up before the next election for the very reasons you said. if im not mistaken, there is bipartisan support for doing that.

most of this voting rights act stuff is about symbolism. not all of it, but most of it. in general, its very easy to vote in this country. that said, the voting rights act was put in play for a reason and not all of those reasons are gone. the roberts court deals with discrimination cases by saying - as roberts did - the best way to end discrimination by race is to stop discriminating by race. and by the letter of the law, they are right on discrimination cases. things like affirmative action do discriminate by race. the other question is why and if it is still necessary to do so because of the long history of discrimination. and while those acts do say that the government cannot diacriminate on the basis of race, the purpose behind those acts was to deal with a specific type of discrimination foisted upon a certain group of people by the majority group in society. roberts' view doesnt take that into account enough, imo. but by the letter of the law, he is right. the other issue is whether it is still necessary in today's world. but that's another debate altogether.

i assume this is directed at me. i wasnt attacking you, i was commenting on stern. sorry if it came across that way.

one correction to the above: bronvich changed section 2, not shelby county.

a couple things: 1) citing mark joseph stern on the supreme court is like citing triple7 about the tigers. does he know some of the facts and the basics? yes. is he occasionally insightful? as much as a broken clock is right twice a day. is he hyperbolic, over the top, and seeking attention for himself rather than offering any useful information? yup. 2) roberts didnt really take the liberals' position, he took a centrist position. like usual. 3) this ruling doesnt gut the voting right act. it doesnt say anything about the voting rights act. here is the deal, the alabama legislature passed a map that would have had one majority black voter district whereas the old map had two. instead, the new map puts some black voters in other districts. the district court (with two trump nominees who obviously forgot their marching orders) sided with the naacp and said this is a violation of section ii and they had to redraw the map. the legislature asked them to stay their ruling (which would have left the old map intact) while they appealed to the supremes. the district court said no. it said you have plenty if time to redraw the map now get busy. if you dont redraw it with a good map, we'll appoint an outside agency to draw one for you. the supreme court got the appeal and said yes, we will hear this and we will stay the district court's decision until we can rule. this means the ruling is stayed until the supremes can hear the appeal in the fall which, for all intents and purposes, means this new map is in effect for the next election. kagan says thats bs and the ruling should go into effect now and the supremes can hear the state's appeal while the state operates under the old map (or the redrawn map ordered by the court). kavanaugh says thats not fair to the state because it is planning the elections with the new map and that the supremes are not supposed to get involved in state elections so close to election time (technically kinda true). roberts says the case needs to be heard to clarify section two of the vra (which was changed in shelby county by roberts) and that the old maps should be in effect until the supremes can make that clarification. 4) i think kavanaugh is wrong and kagan/roberts are both kind of right. 5) democracy isnt dying. nor is it dead. life will go on in heavily gerrymandered states like illinois and alabama and pennsylvania and maryland and north carolina... 6) despite #5, i think gerrymandering is stupid and should be ended. post haste.

you're getting rid of your mask mandates at the end of the month, arent you?

i dont know. it would be helpful to know to determine whether this is outside the norm.

chicago icus are at 80% capacity and 14% of those beds are taken up by covid patients.

counter point

every team that hires a black head coach gets an extra first round pick. every team that hires a white head coach is stripped of all their draft picks and is required to write a letter of apology to the naacp.

if the lions want willia they'll need to take him at 2. or trade down to 4 or something. i dont think he'll be there in the 30s and i dont think either he or pickett gets past carolina at 6 or washington at 11.