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re: Nebraska high court restores voting right for thousands of convicted felons
Posted by BigJim on 10/18/24 at 9:22 am
[quote]Lawmakers had included the new voting rights provision in a state law, LB 20, earlier this year. However, that right was invalidated by Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, who ruled in July that the law violated the Nebraska constitution and its s...
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re: Latest ABC/Ipsos poll: Harris +2
Posted by BigJim on 10/14/24 at 12:28 am
Tell me you know nothing about survey weights without saying you don’t understand survey weights.
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re: How long would it take for the US to pay off our debt if we said not a single $ leaves US?
Posted by BigJim on 10/8/24 at 5:10 pm
Never.
That is a tiny slice of our budget.
Entitlements
Military spending
Foreign aid...
re: Nate Silver is a fraud
Posted by BigJim on 10/7/24 at 2:35 pm
[quote]Most of the polling in the last week has moved to Trump by 4 points.[/quote]
Where the heck are you getting that? Trump is down in almost all polls nationally except Rasmussen.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/national/
https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls/nationa...
re: NC state police helping folks with supplies get through FEMA blockades?
Posted by BigJim on 10/5/24 at 11:11 am
Compare to the Cajun Navy...
re: How does the hurricane devastation impact voter turnout?
Posted by BigJim on 10/3/24 at 4:37 pm
Here is where the electoral college system helps some.
If NC vote totals are lower because of the hurricane, the state will still have the same impact as the winner gets the same number of electoral votes.
Compare that to a popular vote system, where a natural disaster could really lower voter...
re: Jeff Landry steps up effort to sell overhaul of tax system to state legislators
Posted by BigJim on 10/3/24 at 12:15 am
I don’t believe so. Maybe at the local level, but I don’t even think that. ...
re: Landry tax reform
Posted by BigJim on 10/1/24 at 1:56 pm
Digging into this as we type.
First take is that this looks great, but as always the devil is in the details.
Will add more when I know more. ...
re: EBR Mayoral race — why are republicans endorsing Ted James?
Posted by BigJim on 9/30/24 at 11:49 pm
[quote]He cannot be worse.[/quote]
Famous last words…...
re: Israel Is Straight Up Kicking Sand In Faces On X Now
Posted by BigJim on 9/28/24 at 12:59 pm
[quote]
Hezbolla was created to neutralize Yassar Arafat and the PLO. Supported by the state of ....... Israel ????.
..... I dunno...... interesting.[/quote]
Let me be clearer. I think you are making shite up. Now I am far from an expert on the middle east, but this is the first I am hearing o...
re: Israel Is Straight Up Kicking Sand In Faces On X Now
Posted by BigJim on 9/28/24 at 12:39 pm
[quote]This is all fine and dandy. Just right for that "good guy, bad guy" narrative. That is until you peal one more layer of this onion and discover Israel created Hezbolla.
.... Something to ponder ...[/quote]
What area of the dark web did you grab this from?...
re: Louisiana Senators want more on Gov Landry's tax plan before proposed special session
Posted by BigJim on 9/25/24 at 9:48 am
I have a ton of thoughts on the subject, but short on time.
The sudden change is political and fiscal reality. However, what he is doing is still [i]very[/i] ambitious. ...
re: Louisiana Senators want more on Gov Landry's tax plan before proposed special session
Posted by BigJim on 9/25/24 at 8:22 am
[quote]Believe it or not, that actually does not happen in Louisiana with unrelated bills. All the pork has to be thrown into HB1 (Budget bill) and the Capital Outlay bill.
Unlike D.C., legislators in Baton Rouge can't write up legislation about say...redfish limits, then throw in spending of $2 ...
re: FBI changed the way they report crime
Posted by BigJim on 9/23/24 at 11:24 pm
You mean that thing that happened a decade ago?...
re: EBR Mayor-Pesident
Posted by BigJim on 9/23/24 at 12:05 pm
Work through that scenario.
Best case without Sid is that Ted James beats Sharon in a run off.
I personally like Ted, but he is very progressive. Maybe the R’s funding his campaign can reel him in, but that is a risky proposition. ...
re: Debate: "Small Gov Conservatives are not really small Gov"
Posted by BigJim on 9/19/24 at 10:46 am
[quote]Some of the usual people are going after Trump again over a temporary cap on credit card interests... "It's not small Gov"[/quote]
[quote]Is is small gov to have NO limits or criteria to immigration?[/quote]
How the hell did you connect those two? So if someone believes in immigratio...
re: MTG with a hot take on the shooter having a GoPro
Posted by BigJim on 9/16/24 at 12:14 am
[quote]I guaran-damn-tee that she knows a lot more than you.[/quote]
Maybe you have a point…after all, she did know about those Jewish space lasers.
:lol:...
re: False report of ABC debate whistleblower demise (affidavit recorded)
Posted by BigJim on 9/15/24 at 11:10 am
[quote]
It won’t change votes, you can’t lose something you never had.[/quote]
So Trump can do no wrong, since if he makes a stupid political move, "they weren't going to vote for him anyway," right?
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re: Cook Political Report officially forecasts GOP control of the Senate
Posted by BigJim on 9/13/24 at 3:47 pm
51 (or even 53) is great for blocking legislation.
It’s not so good at passing legislation unless you want to blow up the 60-vote filibuster. ...
re: Has there been any talk of Debt control in the federal gov't?
Posted by BigJim on 9/5/24 at 2:24 pm
:lol: :lol:
:bwahaha:
:banghead:...
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