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by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-13 07:16am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

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Sure, I'm to blame for pointing out that mr friendly guy and others are dishonestly questioning an ongoing genocide and smearing those who acknowledge it. Not them for doing it, just me for complaining about it. Definitely no double standard in moderation here. As I told you when I made the report, ...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-13 07:11am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: The Chinese Government's Genocide of the Uighurs and Other Ethnic Minorities.
Replies: 1
Views: 4202

The Chinese Government's Genocide of the Uighurs and Other Ethnic Minorities.

As many of you are hopefully aware, the Chinese government is perpetrating a campaign of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uighur population, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority, and other minority groups. These crimes reportedly include forced cultural indoctrination, forced labou...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-12 12:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Its just frustrating to see people seemingly determined to refight these fights when the primary's been effectively over for months and Bernie and Biden have been nothing but gracious and cooperative toward each other in that time. It irritates me when Bernie or Busters do it. It irritates me when B...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-12 12:21am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

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Yes, of course. Despite Bernie's months of gracious cooperation with the Biden campaign, he was totally scheming to stab us in the back and destroy the party at the first opportunity. Seriously, FireNexus, you need help. Your posts about Sanders sound eerily like the fevered paranoia bordering on de...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 11:39pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Here's is Bernie's actual statement on Facebook regarding Harris's nomination: Congratulations to Kamala Harris, who will make history as our next Vice President. She understands what it takes to stand up for working people, fight for health care for all, and take down the most corrupt administratio...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 11:26pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
Replies: 19
Views: 15277

Re: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation

Just some notes, because I love how this has gone so far. Well, there's also the tradition thing. Slayers may be expendable, but at the same time, the Council probably has strong taboos against killing them (and humans in general). Especially as Watchers who have actually worked with a Slayer may o...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 10:23pm
Forum: History
Topic: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...
Replies: 14
Views: 17167

Re: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...

To illustrate how the dynamic of captain's authority vs democratic decision making could work on a pirate ship, there's an interesting story from Vane's captaincy (I believe I read it in The Republic of Pirates ): Basically, Vane's ship came upon a more powerful vessel. Vane's crew, and particularly...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 10:14pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Hmm, seems the early results were not indicative of the final outcome. Omar pulled it off, and the Squad remains intact for the time being.
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 10:10pm
Forum: History
Topic: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...
Replies: 14
Views: 17167

Re: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...

Elected/Appointed representatives serving on a central government body Did the Pirates have that? Or was it just "you're a captain, you have a say"? From what I've read on the subject*, the government of the "Pirates' Republic" was fairly lose and informal. Individual ships/crew...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 09:35pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Mixed bag today. Omar is struggling and may lose her primary. Also, a runoff in Georgia looks to be won by the Q Anon candidate, and given that its apparently a solid red district, there will likely be at least one open Q Anon believer in the House next year to shame America with their presence. On ...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 09:27pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

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Bernie's the way of the future? Democratic socialism has legs, but Sanders not so much I think. His moment was in 2016, and he blew it. I think he means Bernie's policies/movement, not Bernie himself. Realistically, Bernie will never be President. The question is who, if anyone, can succeed him as ...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 09:24pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Massive explosion of stored fireworks/explosives in Beriut, dozens dead, thousand injured, city evacuated.
Replies: 22
Views: 8124

Re: Massive explosion of stored fireworks/explosives in Beriut, dozens dead, thousand injured, city evacuated.

Conspiracies started on the first day, with claims that it was a nuclear detonation, and Trump falsely referring to an "attack".
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 08:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Dems just flipped a South Carolina House district by a twenty point margin:

https://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/Charlest ... 02.255596/#/
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 08:06pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Progressives (including myself) may not have been giving Harris enough credit. While she tacked Rightward a bit in the primary supposedly, her voting record is pretty damn progressive. In the 2017-18 Congressional session, for example, she voted with Bernie Sanders 93% of the time, breaking with him...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 07:32pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Why can't one take a shot at Sanders? Nobody would mind if we took shots at varied Republican politicians, or the massive cast of Democratic also-rans. Because its really tired, and because it serves no purpose other than to increase bad feeling and divisiveness. The primary is over. Biden's the no...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 07:05pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

The choice is fine. My only real concern with it is that there is some looming “declined to prosecute a cop who murders someone between now and November” that will shake shit up. It would be almost criminally negligent if they didn't carefully vet her record for that. I’m excited that a pick, any p...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 06:50pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
Replies: 19
Views: 15277

Re: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation

That's still alot of girls that now have active demonic energy in them. I think they're be an effort to find and cleanse them of the energy, preferably without hurting them. There are demons and demons in the Buffyverse. Not all "demonic" entities are inherently malevolent. And forcibly s...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 05:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Harris is basically the safe, popular (within the party) choice for Biden. She's not the best pick necessarily, but far from the worst he could have made.
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 09:53am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
Replies: 19
Views: 15277

Re: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation

You know, you have to consider something. Even using the Scythe as the power source for the ritual, it was shown in the series that all Slayers are powered by demonic energy. When Willow powered up the slayers, did she basically cause demonic energy to violate 1000+ girls? I took it more as releasi...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 09:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Indeed. Regardless of whether one believes a specific claim or source is valid, there's enough there that the overall picture cannot (honestly or morally) be ignored. Buddy, trace the sources where they get this information from. Go on, do some work for once. Most of them comes one way from another ...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 08:41am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

They're once again saying a VP decision this week. Biden has reportedly finished interviewing his top choices for VP, and plans for the announcement are in place. Somewhat bizarely, they plan to forgo a video announcement and release the decision by text message. However, the decision, if there is o...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 08:36am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

I do think the lineup does a very nice job of showcasing the depth and breadth of the opposition to Trump. A convention which has Bernie Sanders and AOC speaking alongside Doug Jones and John Kasich sends a strong message of unity.
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 08:19am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Unfortunately, due to the scaled-back nature of this convention, some news outlets reportedly likely won't cover the whole thing, possible only the "main" speech each night. So.. Monday: Probably Michelle Obama. Bernie may get cut away from, in the long tradition of mainstream news denying...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 08:09am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 762550

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Anyhoo, here's a possible speaker list for the Democratic convention, sourced from Morning Joe: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1293140821907312641 Monday: First Lady Michelle Obama Senator Bernie Sanders Governor Gretchen Whitmer Governor Andrew Cuomo House Whip Jim Clyburn Governor John Kasich Se...
by The Romulan Republic
2020-08-11 06:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Riots in Belarus, opposition leader flees country following suspect election results.
Replies: 0
Views: 8474

Riots in Belarus, opposition leader flees country following suspect election results.

I wonder if this is a glimpse of America's future. https://bbc.com/news/world-europe-53733330#_=_ Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has said she had taken a "very difficult decision" to leave the country, after disputing an election she claimed was rigged. Ms Tikhanovskay...