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  1. Shiranui117

    The legality of Trump's Remain in Mexico policy is questioned

    And this is why I would argue for a split-delegate system to be the standard, like in Nebraska and Maine. Doing away with the Electoral College altogether would shut rural communities entirely out of the conversation; to reiterate, the only areas that candidates would need to worry about...
  2. Shiranui117

    Would you vote for Trump in 2020?

    I'll vote Democrat. If the Democrat I like doesn't get the nomination, I'll write their name in. I believe in voting for who I think would actually do a good job, not for the shiniest of two turds.
  3. Shiranui117

    The legality of Trump's Remain in Mexico policy is questioned

    Whereas a national popular vote would arguably be even more unfair, putting the election in the hands of only a few metropolitan areas concentrated mainly along the coasts. Rural America would have no say, because rural and urban America live in two entirely different worlds. We already see how...
  4. Shiranui117

    33 days to 'get out of dodge' or else

    This is really odd, if the people under threat of deportation are here thanks to a program which enabled them to legally be here for the sake of medical treatment they can't get back home. Is the program being terminated or something? Was there some kind of a mixup?
  5. Shiranui117

    The legality of Trump's Remain in Mexico policy is questioned

    This is making the argument that, just because a state fluctuates between the two major parties come election day, it enjoys more power than the rest of the states which consistently go for one party or another. One could very well conceive of different political coalitions and party platforms...
  6. Shiranui117

    The legality of Trump's Remain in Mexico policy is questioned

    Actually no, we have the EC because we're not electing a President to preside over the people, we're electing a President to preside over the union of States. So it's the States which pick the President.
  7. Shiranui117

    Derpy Donny Dollhands screws over military families. Again.

    If a soldier is not a citizen and fathers a child with a foreigner outside of the US, that soldier has no US citizenship to confer upon the child. And if the US employs locals (non-US citizens) to work desk jobs or custodial jobs or something of that nature at a given embassy or office, I don't...
  8. Shiranui117

    Derpy Donny Dollhands screws over military families. Again.

    I read the actual policy. They're making these changes to bring the law in conformity with amendments made to citizenship laws back in 2008. Trump's administration isn't doing anything new. They're just updating policy to reflect 11-year-old law, as page 9 of the policy indicates.
  9. Shiranui117

    Question for all religions on here

    Nobody can pull you out of your own body unless you consent to it, if such a thing is even possible to begin with.
  10. Shiranui117

    How did the Dark Ages begin and what occured?

    Not really. The Renaissance began in around the 1420's in Italy. The only areas the Ottoman Empire had control of or was encroaching on at that time were the former holdings of the Byzantine Empire and the southern Slavic nations (plus Albania), none of which ever experienced the Dark Ages or...
  11. Shiranui117

    Dr. Richard Dawkins vs. Evangelical Pastor Ted Haggard

    Both of them are pretty smug and condescending if we're all being honest here.
  12. Shiranui117

    How did the Dark Ages begin and what occured?

    This happened well after the period erroneously referred to as the "Dark Ages".
  13. Shiranui117

    A new energy source; maybe/maybe not?

    Something equal to or greater than 1200 foot-pounds? The air would have to be powerful enough to move the whole system.
  14. Shiranui117

    Life groups

    I think it's a social group for people of a given age range, marital status, etc. It's meant to put you in a small group/community of people in roughly the same circumstances as you and hopefully make it easier to find friends like you.
  15. Shiranui117

    A new energy source; maybe/maybe not?

    No. The fact that kinetic energy is inevitably lost via friction, drag, etc. means that this machine will inevitably grind to a halt. There has to be something externally applying continual force to the system to keep it moving and thus generating power, turning a turbine, etc.
  16. Shiranui117

    Trinitarian? Sure, sort of

    The Arian Ulfilas probably did in his Gothic Bible--or whatever the Gothic cognate for "Gott" was.
  17. Shiranui117

    Trinitarian? Sure, sort of

    You're not a Trinitarian. Sabellian would be a more accurate descriptor of your beliefs.
  18. Shiranui117

    "Our" lungs are burning

    It's far more likely that once large regions of the Amazon get cut down, they'll never regrow. The Amazon is a self-sustaining system as far as soil nutrients and precipitation goes, but it's also a holdover from millions of years ago when rainforests were more common on Earth. If the forest is...
  19. Shiranui117

    Police preventing shootings in last five days White Nationalist involved with one

    Giving guns to people doesn't make them more civil. If you want civility in society, then teach people to be civil, and model that behavior. This goes for politicians, journalists, police officers, celebrities, everyone. It doesn't matter if everyone has 10 guns or if nobody has any guns.
  20. Shiranui117

    AZ and NV face mandatory water cuts for the first time

    Yes, because there are parts of China (especially in Xinjiang Province, Tibet and other areas of Western China) where the people live in abject poverty or live largely according to traditional, pre-industrial lifestyles. Now compare that to the heart of China, where all the industry and commerce...
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