A Biden Victory Positions America For a 180-Degree Turn On Climate Change (seattletimes.com) 251
"Joe Biden, the projected winner of the U.S. presidency, will move to restore dozens of environmental safeguards President Donald Trump abolished," reports the Washington Post, "and launch the boldest climate change plan of any president in history."
destinyland shares their report: While some of Biden's most sweeping programs will encounter stiff resistance from Senate Republicans and conservative attorneys general, the United States is poised to make a 180-degree turn on climate change and conservation policy. Biden's team already has plans on how it will restrict oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters; ratchet up federal mileage standards for cars and SUVs; block pipelines that transport fossil fuels across the country; provide federal incentives to develop renewable power; and mobilize other nations to make deeper cuts in their own carbon emissions... Biden has vowed to eliminate carbon emissions from the electric sector by 2035 and spend $2 trillion on investments ranging from weatherizing homes to developing a nationwide network of charging stations for electric vehicles.
That massive investment plan stands a chance only if his party wins two Senate runoff races in Georgia in January; otherwise, he would have to rely on a combination of executive actions and more-modest congressional deals to advance his agenda.
Still, a number of factors make it easier to enact more-ambitious climate policies than even four years ago. Roughly 10% of the globe has warmed by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), a temperature rise the world has pledged to avoid. The price of solar and wind power has dropped, the coal industry has shrunk, and Americans increasingly connect the disasters they're experiencing in real time — including more-intense wildfires, hurricanes and droughts — with global warming. Biden has made the argument that curbing carbon will produce high-paying jobs while protecting the planet...
Some of the new administration's rules could be challenged in federal court, which have a number of Trump appointees on the bench. But even some conservative activists said that Biden could enact enduring policies, whether by partnering with Congress or through regulation... The new administration may be able to broker compromises with key industries that have experienced regulatory whiplash in the past decade, including the auto industry and power sector, while offering tax breaks for renewable energy that remain popular with both parties. And Biden can rebuild diplomatic alliances that will spur foreign countries to pursue more-ambitious carbon reductions...
Biden's advisers have said that they plan to elevate climate change as a priority in departments that have not always treated it as one, including the Transportation, State and Treasury departments. It will influence key appointments, affecting everything from overseas banking and military bases to domestic roads and farms.... Biden's pledge to achieve a carbon-free U.S. power sector within 15 years would mean the closing or revamping of nearly every coal- and gas-fired power plant around the country, and the construction of an unprecedented number of new wind turbines and solar farms. On top of that, engineers still need to devise a better way of storing energy when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing.
"If I were advising Biden on energy, my first three priorities would be storage, storage and storage," said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, who worked in the alternative energy businesses before running for office.
destinyland shares their report: While some of Biden's most sweeping programs will encounter stiff resistance from Senate Republicans and conservative attorneys general, the United States is poised to make a 180-degree turn on climate change and conservation policy. Biden's team already has plans on how it will restrict oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters; ratchet up federal mileage standards for cars and SUVs; block pipelines that transport fossil fuels across the country; provide federal incentives to develop renewable power; and mobilize other nations to make deeper cuts in their own carbon emissions... Biden has vowed to eliminate carbon emissions from the electric sector by 2035 and spend $2 trillion on investments ranging from weatherizing homes to developing a nationwide network of charging stations for electric vehicles.
That massive investment plan stands a chance only if his party wins two Senate runoff races in Georgia in January; otherwise, he would have to rely on a combination of executive actions and more-modest congressional deals to advance his agenda.
Still, a number of factors make it easier to enact more-ambitious climate policies than even four years ago. Roughly 10% of the globe has warmed by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), a temperature rise the world has pledged to avoid. The price of solar and wind power has dropped, the coal industry has shrunk, and Americans increasingly connect the disasters they're experiencing in real time — including more-intense wildfires, hurricanes and droughts — with global warming. Biden has made the argument that curbing carbon will produce high-paying jobs while protecting the planet...
Some of the new administration's rules could be challenged in federal court, which have a number of Trump appointees on the bench. But even some conservative activists said that Biden could enact enduring policies, whether by partnering with Congress or through regulation... The new administration may be able to broker compromises with key industries that have experienced regulatory whiplash in the past decade, including the auto industry and power sector, while offering tax breaks for renewable energy that remain popular with both parties. And Biden can rebuild diplomatic alliances that will spur foreign countries to pursue more-ambitious carbon reductions...
Biden's advisers have said that they plan to elevate climate change as a priority in departments that have not always treated it as one, including the Transportation, State and Treasury departments. It will influence key appointments, affecting everything from overseas banking and military bases to domestic roads and farms.... Biden's pledge to achieve a carbon-free U.S. power sector within 15 years would mean the closing or revamping of nearly every coal- and gas-fired power plant around the country, and the construction of an unprecedented number of new wind turbines and solar farms. On top of that, engineers still need to devise a better way of storing energy when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing.
"If I were advising Biden on energy, my first three priorities would be storage, storage and storage," said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, who worked in the alternative energy businesses before running for office.
Wouldn't a 180 degree change be excessive? (Score:5, Funny)
Lowering Eatth's average temperature by roughly 5 degrees Centigrade would reverse decades of climates change. Altering it by 180 degrees Centigrade would be too much.
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Lowering Eatth's average temperature by roughly 5 degrees Centigrade would reverse decades of climates change. Altering it by 180 degrees Centigrade would be too much.
I for one look forward to living on Popsicle Planet.
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You've misunderstood, obviously a 180-degree turn on climate change simply means we rotate everything half a turn.
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Oh? A "turn" is typically to the left or right, approximately a 90 degree change. Wouldn't half a turn be only 45 degrees?
This is one of the reasons good documentation is so very valuable. People often invent phrases to describe what they mean and don't see it from another point of view.
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I stand corrected, but can a full turn still be 360?
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As long as we're being over-pedantic, what rotation axis are we talking about here?
Alright folks, that's enough of this. /thread
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You've misunderstood, obviously a 180-degree turn on climate change simply means we rotate everything half a turn.
That might be ok, what's the range on the thermostat?
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I think it's about harm reduction, we just rotate things.
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Trump lost and however we all feel about that my advice to everyone is: have a beer!.
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At least they didn't say it would be a 360 degree turn.
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Microsoft: "Announcing the Xbox 360!"
People: "Wait, doesn't that make it exactly the same as the first Xbox?"
Microsoft: "No comment!"
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America uses Fahrenheit not centigrade.
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Does it really matter? A temperature change of 180F is still excessive.
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Not unless the Dems take the Senate (Score:5, Insightful)
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You don't think that voters could get tired of this toxic political climate, and vote in some level-headed senators to replace the bad ones?
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Sadly there are forces amplifying the idiots on both sides of the fence, because they don't want politics to get sane as they're the first in the firing squad of sane politics.
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You don't think that voters could get tired of this toxic political climate, and vote in some level-headed senators to replace the bad ones?
People have tended to get fed up with Congress as a body; but they usually don’t project that antipathy onto their own representatives.
This disconnect is not a new thing.
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You don't think that voters could get tired of this toxic political climate, and vote in some level-headed senators to replace the bad ones?
HAHAHAHAHA.
You must be European.
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You don't think that voters could get tired of this toxic political climate, and vote in some level-headed senators to replace the bad ones?
They might try, but most of the worst ones are Republicans, and Gerrymandering is overwhelmingly a Republican-led activity [rollingstone.com].
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Roughly 50% of the electorate voted against the Democrats. Not that many were really for Trump. This election was a massive defeat for the Dems. They face a bloodbath in two years.
Actually about 48.4% of cast votes went to Trump. Which is only 29.5% of the electorate. This election is a major defeat for TRUMP. A minor victory for the GOP.
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Re:Not unless the Dems take the Senate (Score:5, Insightful)
It'll look like it already looks.
Just 5 years ago, they were complaining that Obama signed too many executive orders, then fell silent as Trump signed several times the amount.
They disallowed Obama to make a Supreme Court appointment because 6 months was "too close to the election", but sprinted to approve Trump's nominee mere days before the election.
They pounded the podium for 8 solid years about the budget deficit and fiscal responsibility during the Obama era. When Trump took office and proceeded to grow the deficit even larger, nothing but silence.
You don't even have to get into the policy issues to see that they're morally and ideologically bankrupt. At least the Democrats' broke clock is right twice a day. The Republicans smashed their clock into pieces because they didn't like what it read.
Re:Not unless the Dems take the Senate (Score:5, Informative)
Biden isn't a king, he's a president. Without a Senate willing to work with him he'll just get blocked and obstructed until the Mid-Terms.
For starters, he can undo things that Trump has done unilaterally, like the Paris Agreement.
I think we learned both that president is not king, but also that they have a non-trivial amount of leeway. Trump had mapped out many of the limits (e.g., the Mexican wall funding redirection or payroll tax deferral tricks) of what the president can and cannot do without Senate support.
Re:Not unless the Dems take the Senate (Score:4, Insightful)
Paris Accords are meaningless. No standards, no penalties. Under itaech nation makes up its own rules. Get it out of your head, it was pointless and useless. You only think it meant something because of media hype, not by reading or understanding it.
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Under it, most nations are making up their own rules and doing their best to follow them. I don't see a problem with that, do you?
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They can do that following a blank sheet of paper, too. Engage your brain.
Re:Not unless the Dems take the Senate (Score:4, Insightful)
The Paris Agreement is much more than just "doing what you feel like doing." Which is why we're doing it, and why it's better than not doing it. That is isn't perfect or lacks sharp legislative teeth doesn't make it without value. People engage in symbolic, verbal or written commitments *all the time* in life, because it increases the chances of following through on those commitments. At a basic level, almost every person does this. It's a framework for organization and change, and while you think it's just as likely to be useful as "a blank sheet of paper", this flies in the face of all sorts non-binding arrangements that help drive personal and and professional - private and public alike - initiatives.
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For starters, he can undo things that Trump has done unilaterally, like the Paris Agreement.
Like Trump was able to undo things Obama did unilaterally, like DACA? Oh, wait...
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Except that what the Democrats showed us post-Obama, is that fiat-presidencies can be particularly tenacious.
Trump tried to undo 'stroke of a pen' executive orders, only to have his every action blocked by dozens if not HUNDREDS of lawsuits across the US, some of which will take years to STILL plod their ways through the US legal system.
Do you think Republicans won't do exactly the same thing in reverse? I'd be curious to know why.
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Trump tried to undo 'stroke of a pen' executive orders, only to have his every action blocked by dozens if not HUNDREDS of lawsuits across the US, some of which will take years to STILL plod their ways through the US legal system.
Do you think Republicans won't do exactly the same thing in reverse? I'd be curious to know why.
They surely would.
But I checked and DACA was protected by Supreme Court in a 5 v 4 decision, with RBG joining the majority. So it would almost certainly be change now.
Also:
The court decided that the way Trump went about canceling DACA was illegal, but all the justices seemed to agree that the president does have the authority to cancel the program if done properly.
Trouble is he'll need Congress to keep the economy (Score:4)
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For starters, he can undo things that Trump has done unilaterally, like the Paris Agreement.
Obama signed the agreement unilaterally. Trump "unsigned" it unilaterally. Biden signs it again. Then what? Biden is obviously in poor health, he's even admitted openly that he's unlikely to run for another term. It's quite likely he will not finish his first term. It's possible, though perhaps unlikely, he won't make it to inauguration before being declared unfit, stepping aside willingly, or waking up dead some morning.
Obama wrote his legacy in executive orders. That allowed President Trump to obli
Re:Not unless the Dems take the Senate (Score:4, Insightful)
A thinking Democrat will have to realize that packing SCOTUS will be a very bad move. It opens up the possibility of the Republicans packing it more when they get the White House.
How does that follow?
Democrats showed restraint so Republicans in the same situation would too?
That's just delusional thinking if ever I saw it.
Re:Not unless the Dems take the Senate (Score:4, Informative)
2. All the court decisions blocking Trump's attempts to undo Obama-era Executive orders and policies (like immigration) are going to bite us in the ass now. Those decisions are now legal precedent, and can be used to thwart Biden's attempts to undo Trump-era Executive orders and policies. Either one administration's executive orders and policies can be changed and undone by future administrations, or they can't. You can't have it both ways - where Presidents you like are allowed to undo previous administrations' policies and orders, but Presidents you don't like are not allowed to do the same.
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he will be lucky to find Pelosi with any appetite at all for climate moves.
He'll be lucky to find Pelosi with any power to act. There's a lot of people unhappy with Pelosi right now. If it's not her policies then it's her failing health. There's a split in the Democrat party. On one side is Pelosi, Biden, and many others that have been in politics for nearly 50 years. On the other is a far more radical group lead by AOC and other newcomers. It's quite possible that Pelosi will not be Speaker for long.
Given the turmoil the aborted Green New Deal caused
The Green New Deal caused a lot of turmoil because there is very little in
That's too much (Score:2)
180 degrees would be too cold. Celcius or Fahrenheit? It doesn't matter.
OK...joke's over. Interesting fact: The 180 degrees in Fahrenheit are actual degrees. 212-32=180, so if you want to construct a thermometer for F, you can come reasonably close to calibration by checking to see that the needle is 180 degrees away from the boiling position when it's freezing.
Executive Orders (Score:3)
And this is the fundamental problem with executive orders. The come and go based on the whims of whoever sits in the oval office. Good policy, bad policy, well intended but poorly executed, it doesnt matter. This is why we dont elect kings. Legislation is more binding. Albeit most bills read like a damn unified diff file, editing previous USC. Amendments are by far the most permanent and most binding. They are supposed to require a majority vote in 75% of the states to ratify. The amendment process gives the people the power of self determination by which specify to which powers we enumerate to the government and what their responsibilities are.
I like my cars reliable and house heated (Score:2, Insightful)
I like my internal combustion engine (ICE). I don't have anything against electric cars other than costs and low miles. I do mind all environmental regulations that make IC unreliable and more expensive. These r
Re:I like my cars reliable and house heated (Score:5, Insightful)
A lot of strange ideas here. You don't need to strip your house back to a shell just to improve the insulation.
As for your ICE car, well you may not care about the air pollution it creates but I do. I don't like having to breath your emissions and have my health suffer for your comfort. The price you pay for doing that is, frankly, way too low.
Re:I like my cars reliable and house heated (Score:5, Insightful)
"I do mind all environmental regulations that make IC unreliable " -- citation needed. You must not have lived through the carbureted, mechanical breaker points days of IC engines before environmental regulations. Those cars were broken down on the side of the road all the time.
One of the reasons that spark plugs last 100,000 miles now instead of 20,000 (or what ever it was in the old days) is that getting the lead out of gasoline (forced by environmental regulation) ended the inevitable lead fouling of the plugs.
And, regulations do not make the resulting unreliable cars "go to the junkyard much sooner". Sooner than what? Those 60's cars in the "glory days" before regulations were worn out at 75,000 miles. One reason car engines last 150,000+ miles now is that they burn everything cleaner and more completely, with not near as much carbon and other combustion product buildups.
IC engines are far better than they used to be -- a lot of that was forced by environmental regulations pushing the car companies into electronic ignition, fuel injection, and computer controls sooner rather than later.
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While I would like to do so, gutting it down to frame to re-insulate it is just cost-prohibitive.
Hence the point on incentives/investments. People could receive tax credits -- just like for solar panels -- to remodel their house to improve efficiency.
I do mind all environmental regulations that make IC unreliable and more expensive.
The other way to look at this is just that you now have to shoulder the costs of the down-the-line externalities of ICE vehicles. Personally I would much prefer this be baked into gas prices than into vehicle costs, as the possibility of carbon neutral fuels for ICE could become more common. But touching gas prices could have significant impacts on certain
Re:I like my cars reliable and house heated (Score:5, Insightful)
I like my house warm in the winter without paying a fortune on heating or rebuilding it with new insulation technology.
So basically you like the idea of taking no responsibility for your actions.
And people wonder why the USA tops the per-capita emissions. Simple answer: Many of you seem to actively be proud of your selfish arsehole attitudes.
Me, I did precisely what you find prohibitive, I gutted my ceiling and exterior walls to insulate. Now I'm going to claim the moral high ground and give you the middle finger on behalf of you grandchildren.
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And people wonder why the USA tops the per-capita emissions. Simple answer: Many of you seem to actively be proud of your selfish arsehole attitudes.
Only the ignorant wonder why the USA tops the per capita emissions.
That's [wikipedia.org] because [europa.eu] the USA [worldbank.org] doesn't lead [ucsusa.org] the world [ourworldindata.org] in that metric. [statista.com]
Care to guess which western nation is the only one that emits more per capita than the US? Here's a hint. [google.com]
By all means, do go on about arseholes.
Re:I like my cars reliable and house heated (Score:5, Insightful)
Ever heard of blown-in insulation? Not that expensive. Your entire complaint revolves around natural gas staying cheap for a long period of time. What happens if subsidies for that industry are removed? I know I personally do not like my tax money being used to supplement the profits of these companies.
This makes no sense. IC engine reliability is impacted more on design and quality of materials than any emissions regulations, The Japanese proved this in the 60s. Regulation can help spur innovation.
Let's remove all subsidies in the energy sector and let the different energy sources sort it out.
I've been to Beijing.. you don't want our air looking like that. Americans desire to have the cheapest possible goods is what really screwed over our economy. You're right in that manufacturing products in the US cannot compete with products made in China (on price).. relaxing environmental regulations is not going to change that.
Your posts sounds extremely selfish. I want what's best for "me" and I don't care the consequences!
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You're one of the Fox morons that think on day one gasoline cars will be made illegal. Do you think sleepy Joe is gonna send big bad Kamala over to rough you up until agree to use a different heat source?
Re:I like my cars reliable and house heated (Score:4, Interesting)
Transition from oil means banning
No, it really doesn't have to. All it necessarily means is not giving oil subsidies. Oil gets far more in subsidies (mostly indirect, but also direct) than any other form of power, even discounting being permitted to produce pollution.
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Biden was perfectly clear in his message - he intends to ban fossil fuels. As he was not specific in deadlines, the best you can hope for that it won't happen anytime soon.
What [go.com] what [eenews.net]?
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Hopefully, not a 180 (Score:3)
Even now, several more LARGE coal plants have said they are looking to shut down, this year.
Most States, and many businesses, have actually been cleaning up. In addition, we have made progress on new nuclear plants. If we add fast reactors at old sites that are shutting down, they can burn up the waste fuel for the next 100+ years, making money, while reducing the waste by 70-80%, and have it safe in 200-300 years.
Heck, if we burn this up, in 100-200 years, we can just sink it in a 2-4 mile hole as classified waste. Issue solved.
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A 180 on federal policy. At the state and local level, there were still a lot of good things being done, but it wan't because of a national coordinated effort.
Emmissions dropped becauase of Fracking (Score:3)
Coal just became more expensive than gas.
Nothing to do with trying to help the environment. And it is a one off gain -- gas is just a bit less polluting than coal.
Non-carbon is more expensive than gas. But that is not the point. It is not the goal to produce the cheapest electricity. It is the goal to produce electricity in a way that does not cook the planet. And the indirect coasts of global warming will totally dwarf the cost of non-carbon electricity.
The USA (and Australia) is shitting in the globa
Hurry up and weatherize! (Score:2)
No, he won't (Score:2)
Biden is a corporate tool and has been for decades. Think the US is going to sacrifice itself on the altar of "climate change?" Guess again.
rumor is... (Score:2)
Joe "I'm Not Banning Fracking" Biden will do this? (Score:2)
Presumably, after making the 180-degree turn, the United States will begin moonwalking.
Will His Liberal Policies (Score:2)
...so damage prosperity that there will be _less_ money available to build solar farms and wind turbine farms? Go shoveling all the extra money to Washington via higher corporate taxes, and I think it could happen.
Suspicion (Score:2)
I assume that this means gas will be ~double today's price in two years.
Now fix China (Score:4, Interesting)
Last time I checked China was spewing gobs of CO2 into the atmosphere. If policies are enacted, what's to stop industry from moving over there, you get the same CO2, just not in the US
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He'll put it all back again.
Can an inmate become president? Say you are serving time for fraud and while jailed you are voted (via write in campaign) into office as the next president.
What would happen? Would the jail have to let an elected president go free so they could be president? Would they have to serve as president from behind bars?
Bonus questions: Would the prison have to allow the football thru without opening it for inspection? Could the suitcase opened signal be received thru a foot of concrete?
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Can an inmate become president? Say you are serving time for fraud and while jailed you are voted (via write in campaign) into office as the next president.
An interesting question. According to this source [quora.com] there are various conditions one must satisfy to run for office, but not being incarcerated is not one of them. So yes, it appears an inmate could become president, at least in theory.
What would happen? Would the jail have to let an elected president go free so they could be president? Would they have to serve as president from behind bars?
Per the source I linked, a newly-elected president could let himself out of federal prison. It's unclear s/he could do the same for state prison. (Note that Trump is facing state prosecution in New York for campaign finance violations.)
Bonus questions: Would the prison have to allow the football thru without opening it for inspection? Could the suitcase opened signal be received thru a foot of concrete?
Not sure. Assuming s/he could not leave a
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So yes, it appears an inmate could become president, at least in theory.
So an ex-con could be the president, but not vote for themselves in the election?
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So yes, it appears an inmate could become president, at least in theory.
So an ex-con could be the president, but not vote for themselves in the election?
That depends. Whether current or former convicts can vote depends on the state. [ncsl.org] Keep that in mind the next time you hear a losing side in a close race cry "b-b-b-but convicts voted!!!eleven!"
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So an ex-con could be the president, but not vote for themselves in the election?
There is precedent: The first woman was elected to Congress in 1916. Women got the right to vote nationally in 1920.
Jeannette Rankin [wikipedia.org]
Re:When Trump wins again in 2024 (Score:5, Insightful)
Don't forget, he'll be four years older ergo a senile old kook. "Tired Trump" "Depressed Donny"
Trump has sounded senile since before he was elected. He's unable to form coherent sentences, unable remember what he has said previously and he is unable to articulate thoughts beyond sharpie stage.
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He's sounded senile since the first time I ever heard about him, more than 40 years ago.
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Trump has sounded senile since before he was elected. He's unable to form coherent sentences, unable remember what he has said previously and he is unable to articulate thoughts beyond sharpie stage.
I think that's a dangerous misconception.
He may not be a (stable) genius, but Trump is not nearly as stupid as he appears. He is able to remember what he said previously, he just directly and seamlessly contradict himself as the situation requires it. He can also articulate his thoughts well enough for the many people at his rallies. Woodward recordings also showed that he had a good enough understanding of the covid threat.
Re:When Trump wins again in 2024 (Score:4, Interesting)
He can also articulate his thoughts well enough for the many people at his rallies.
That says nothing about Trump and everything about the people at his rallies. Trump's entire speech pattern is based on principle (the name of which I forget because I'm 6 shots of Whiskey into my saturday night with the turntable spinning wicked tunes), but basically it's a principle whereby you verbal diarrhea your way between so many different thoughts and points in quick succession that the people listening are unable to follow. He does the same thing when he makes excuses for what he said after people who *read* (this process doesn't work when what was said is transcribed) what he said question him on it.
It's why he seemingly stops sentences halfway while continuing with following sentences which he never started. Not coincidentally it's a technique used by conmen to swindle people when selling them something.
Re:When Trump wins again in 2024 (Score:5, Informative)
basically it's a principle whereby you verbal diarrhea your way between so many different thoughts and points in quick succession that the people listening are unable to follow.
It is known as the Gish Gallop [wikipedia.org].
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The other thing Trump does is watch the crowd, and when they respond to some word he's just painfully squeezed out, he repeats it. Ding! Drool. Ding! Drool. Ding! His followers are no more resistant to conditioning than Pavlov's pooches.
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Whoosh. AC was implying Trump actually won this election, despite the evidence.
Re:When Trump wins again in 2024 (Score:5, Insightful)
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Oooh...it must be because the alleged president had something to do with it. Enjoy the extra helping of mercury the coal fired power plants are now allowed to contribute to the atmosphere, I heard it is good you. And you can wash it down with increased pollution let go by those plants into their surrounding water sheds.
BTW, move away from the coasts, I hear there's more water in the oceans...I wonder where that came from?
Re:sentences you shouldn't see in journalism for $ (Score:5, Insightful)
Many think that a President can confiscate and ban guns. Snap his fingers and turn the country socialist - and most Americans have no clue what socialism even is.
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80% of Americans just want health care that doesn't bankrupt them and wages that at least keep up with inflation.
Since neither party has been willing or able to do anything to deliver on these, the 20% that want actual socialism are gaining ground.
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Yeah, no shit. Neither party is worth a damn. Fighting, bickering, screwing everyone but themselves. So what, who cares that Biden won? It will be the same old shit for the next 4 years. Politicians are there for themselves, not you. Their egos demand it.
I really wish more people would realize the truth in these words.
Our Government behaves more like a bunch of five year olds on the playground at recess than the " leaders " of a country. They're so pathetic it's downright embarrassing.
I haven't seen much of a quality of life improvement as a direct result of anything the Government has done for more than a few decades now. Regardless of who has been at the helm, this ship is still going in circles.
I have my doubts this country will change course in any m
Re:sentences you shouldn't see in journalism for $ (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, no shit. Neither party is worth a damn. Fighting, bickering, screwing everyone but themselves. So what, who cares that Biden won?
I care that Biden won, and yet I don't. What concerned me about the Democrat party was their open hostility to nuclear fission power, a policy that changed (at least on paper) last August with their latest party platform document.
When it comes to energy policy it doesn't bother me that Biden won because the Democrats changed their platform over the summer to largely match that of the Republicans.
What bothers me about Biden as President is that there is considerable evidence of him being influenced by foreign governments, his family has been profiting from this influence, his health is obviously failing, and he's surrounded himself with others that have also had some shady deals in their history.
If the Democrats hold themselves to their own platform document then a lot of this fighting and bickering will end on matters of energy, environment, and climate.
It will be the same old shit for the next 4 years. Politicians are there for themselves, not you. Their egos demand it.
Was Trump in this for himself? What did he get from this?
President Trump donated his salary back into the treasury. After taking office he had to give up control of his companies. He was already a billionaire before taking the oath of office, so it's not like he was in it for the money.
Trump was doing business all over the world. He was able to meet with powerful people, including heads of state. Because he's now President his ability to travel freely was restricted. People all over the world already knew his name.
As President he gave federal land back to the states. During the height of the pandemic he left a lot of decisions to the states, refusing to issue orders he thought might unnecessarily impact people's ability to keep working or restrict their travel. He removed a number of federal regulations that impacted businesses, allowing people more freedom to conduct business. He trusted the people and states to act appropriately.
For someone that gets called an authoritarian shouldn't this behavior seem a bit contradictory to imposing his will on people?
Trump had really nothing to gain in running for POTUS. He did it because he wanted to see people have more freedom. Why does Biden want to be POTUS? Is it out of love of America? Or love of Americans? I agree that Biden is in this for his ego, but I didn't see that in Trump. Someone wanting to be king of the world doesn't act like Trump.
Now, watch me get voted down into oblivion for saying something nice about the bad mean old fat orange man that is so mean and fat and old and bad and orange.
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Consider this, Biden is a bit to the left of Obama, which means he'll be the most leftist President the US has had since the '70s. Maybe people can get wages that keep up with inflation now? Maybe even a livable minimum wage!
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Well, he did have a Phone and a Pen.
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Most Americans do not understand what the President can and cannot do.
That's because the president keeps doing things he cannot do.
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" Many think that a President can confiscate and ban guns "
I can't really fault them since there are many Presidents who think they have this ability via Executive Order. Biden included.
He thinks he'll reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban via Executive Order.
He think he'll be able to ban the online sale of firearms and ammunition.
He thinks he'll just bypass a gridlocked Congress and issue laws as he sees fit.
Like many other Presidents who came before him, he'll find out that what he would like to do and what
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If the media was not filled with so many hate makers that would have been explained earlier this year.
Even biden got briefed on it and has limited his claims on what he would do to requiring that people wear masks while driving on an Interstate.
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Well, species survival has some importance. Even supreme court judges may see that.
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Unluckily, there are some religions where species survival isn't that important.
You are correct about that, unfortunately. Capitalism is generally one of them, at least the prevalent short-sighted strains.
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You're pushing misinformation to aid this derpy manchild's post-loss coup attempt now? Your Trumpification is the saddest I've witnessed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/1... [nytimes.com]
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The MI voting records are readily available online, as is the obits, check them yourself.
Link?
The only thing I can find is this [detroitnews.com], which implies voting records are secret and not publicly accessible.
Oh and for the record the records could just as easily show the Undead voted for Trump as we only know they voted NOT who they voted for so either way its a scandal that needs investigating as someone committed mass voter fraud and be they D or R they need to go to jail...
Trump has 3 justices on the Supreme Court and plenty of money to sue. If he loses, that means even his own people can't find any problems with the election.
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I watched the video and actually visited the linked site with the names of deceased people:
https://controlc.com/c17e91ba [controlc.com]
And the website for the Michigan voter information:
https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/V... [state.mi.us]
And I've searched for 8 names, and was not able to find a single record of a (supposedly) deceased person voting.
Can you do me the favors and give me a few names that actually show up? Otherwise I have to call bullshit.
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As usual, if any fraud has occurred here, it will show up in the data. Of particular concern is v
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Coal is dying no matter what you do. Only so much can be used to put carbon into steel, and honestly we should cut way back on steel and use more Aluminum. It costs more to refine, but it costs so much less to recycle that it is already cheaper by the time you've recycled it only once. It also produces a protective oxide layer so it doesn't have the worst problem of steel, rust. The only big problem with Aluminum is galvanic corrosion, and that can easily be solved with inexpensive zinc anodes.
Pretending co