Neverclear

Illusions, Michael. Tricks are what a whore does for money.

Yeah, they're trying to stop that too...

H.R. 3040: Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act:

Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

A State may not carry out any election for Federal office using a system of ranked choice voting under which each voter ranks the candidates for the office in the order of the voter’s preference

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3040/text

Integrity is so... basic.

Foreign sovereigns, foreign ambassadors, foreign armies, and Native Americans were the only categories of people capable of existing both in the United States and outside of its jurisdiction at the time of the 14th ammendment's drafting.

https://reason.com/volokh/2020/10/28/the-original-meaning-of-subject-to-the-jurisdiction-of-the-united-states/

If they were not subject to to the jurisdiction of the United States, how would the United States have the authority to deport them?

Can you hand me my wallet. It's the one that says "Bad Mother Hubbard" on it.

... a crown for a king

Hey there decentralized digital currency systems, you wanna... centralize?

Fortunately, inflation kicked up and that's only like ¥200.

International Rights Advocates has sued Starbucks on behalf of eight Brazilian plaintiffs who were trafficked and forced into modern day slavery on coffee plantations that supply a major percentage of Starbucks’ coffee imports.

I agree in the sense that any useful tool is a weapon in the wrong hands. I would argue (partly against my own point on religion) that current avenues open to mentally unhealthy individuals rarely count as treatment.

I would also propose that a proper handling of mental health has the potential to reduce the negative effects of both religious and authoritarian tendencies.

I mean mental health here, not just for those we consider to be sick, but for all of us as a mental "immune" system to guard against propaganda and inflammatory personalities.

Dorchester County council (SC) recently tipped Democratic in a special election. I hate to get all "correlated" up in here, but the last time that happened was shortly before Nixon resigned.