American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[Swift]

Originally Posted by SebC

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-housing-costs

LOL, that's crazily out of touch. Even I, a random dude who only gives a quick cursory browse of the NYT every day, would've been in the ballpark with my guess.

For those who don't click the link, it's $900,000.

[TorqueDog]

Were they being sarcastic? The average selling price of a house or apartment in Calgary is well over $100,000 (it’s like $509,xxx as of April 2021). How in the world would Brooklyn’s average be only $100,000? I was looking at homes in White Plains and Tarrytown a few years ago and a crappy bungalow from the early 1970s with no updates was like $500k USD.

[GirlySports]

And Yang cheated on the quiz?

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021...interview.html

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

And Yang cheated on the quiz?

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021...interview.html

I mean, Yang is a waffling middle of the road wank, but obviously no.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

The average selling price of a house or apartment in Calgary is well over $100,000 (it’s like $509,xxx as of April 2021). How in the world would Brooklyn’s average be only $100,000?

USD vs. CAD.

[Dion]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1393662268542386178

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Dion

https://twitter.com/user/status/1393662268542386178

If that’s not a criminal offence, it should be.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Dion

https://twitter.com/user/status/1393662268542386178

I assume this means they have found the square root of butkis in their 'audit' so an excuse must be found to keep fleecing the rubes

[Lanny_McDonald]

Arizona is going to Arizona.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I assume this means they have found the square root of butkis in their 'audit' so an excuse must be found to keep fleecing the rubes

This ridiculous charade should have been over by now, but they're obviously trying to drag it out for as long as possible. I guess fabricating evidence takes longer than they thought.



https://apnews.com/article/donald-tr...e413d41253656d

The Senate took possession of 2.1 million ballots and election equipment last month for what was supposed to be a three-week hand recount of the presidential race won by Democratic President Joe Biden.



Instead, the auditors have moved as a snail’s pace and had to shut down Thursday after counting about 500,000 ballots. They plan to resume counting in a week, after high school graduation ceremonies planned for the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, which they rented for the recount.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by SebC

USD vs. CAD.

Our dollar has actually improved against the greenback since the pandemic started: https://xe.com/currencyconverter/con...rom=USD&To=CAD

[Dion]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1393609498749714446

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by Dion

https://twitter.com/user/status/1393609498749714446

I give it 5 years before January 6th is celebrated as An Act Of Patriotism in red states.

5 years might even be too long.

[dobbles]

Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary

I give it 5 years before January 6th is celebrated as An Act Of Patriotism in red states.

5 years might even be too long.

Agreed. They still celebrate Robert E Lee day down here in addition to confederate memorial day.

[troutman]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1394326385926328328

[chemgear]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1394245812679553025

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Shocking, I tell ya.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1394639630465646592

[direwolf]

Looks like the Evangelical/GOP long game is starting to pay off. Make America 1950 again!

https://globalnews.ca/news/7868814/s...ortion-rights/

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to a showdown over abortion in a case that could dramatically alter nearly 50 years of rulings on abortion rights.

With three justices appointed by President Donald Trump part of a 6-3 conservative majority, the court is taking on a case about whether states can ban abortions before a fetus can survive outside the womb.

Mississippi, which is asking to be allowed to enforce an abortion ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, is not asking the court to overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision confirming a woman’s right to an abortion, or a decision 19 years later that reaffirmed it.

But abortion rights supporters said the case is a clear threat to abortion rights. “The court cannot uphold this law without overturning the principal protections of Roe v. Wade,” Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a call with reporters.

Even if the court does not explicitly overrule earlier cases, a decision favorable to the state could lay the groundwork for allowing even more restrictions on abortion, including state bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks.

The case probably will be argued in the fall, with a decision likely in the spring of 2022 during the campaign for congressional midterm elections.

Mississippi’s ban had been blocked by lower courts as inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent that protects a woman’s right to obtain an abortion before the fetus can survive outside her womb.

“States may regulate abortion procedures prior to viability so long as they do not impose an undue burden on the woman’s right, but they may not ban abortions. The law at issue is a ban,” Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in affirming a lower-court ruling that invalidated the law.

[activeStick]

Blocking the UN twice from issuing a statement urging for a cease fire, opening up a discussion to ban abortions... America is such a wonderful example for nations to aspire to be! Beacon of democracy!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

That's a shame.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1394832841683488768