American Government Thread 2: RIP John McCain, 81

Can’t say as I blame you.

Last time I saw you post anything was when @boel tagged you in the selfsie thread, 8-10 years back, lmao.

You really didn’t miss much. :confused:

ah ya I mean I posted randomly in the work out threads, art thread, and final fantasy thread other than that not to much. Just in general have different things in life going on now, more important things but ill always be a nerd at heart

Oh, That’s right!

I had forgotten you were an art head, too.

Done anything of late?

I think theres 10 on each… anyway just random scribbles on instagram, more real stuff I kinda keep to myself because well… =x

Um so i bet we get a bunch of extensions and nothing changes

@dialupsucky

Trump: yea or nay?

The weird dumb thing about voter id laws in some of the more contentious (Southern) states is that, they’re purposely super-picky about what ID actually counts.
What state was it that, you could use a GUN LICENSE ID, but they did not take any form of Student/College ID?

Awesome Sauce. :tup:

And I totes hear ya on keeping the real on the low.

You seem to be under the impression that people admitted under the diversity program are displacing people who already could have gotten in under our existing merit based programs. That simply isn’t the case.

In fact, for people from countries that don’t qualify for the diversity lottery (such as Great Britain) who want to move here, the BBC offers the following advice:

Is this for just a regular state-issued identification card? Or is this some kind of special voting card?

Cause ID cards should be free. https://www.servicealberta.ca/id-cards.cfm

You understand Trump had literally NOTHING do with this as he was not even in the WH and was golfing? The Dems who care about military families who tried to protect them was rejected by the GOP so they said fine 3 weeks for 6 years CHIP and if you break the promise on DACA you make your going to regret it. The only fucking table Trump will be at is the empty one ordering his Large Pizza and 2 Liter of Diet Coke again or the kiddy table where people like you always get to sit.

Meanwhile we have idiots who live in a bubble doing crazy shit…

7.8 earthquake off close to alaska

Let’s see how he reacts to another crisis

nay. Although for what its worth I was more of a bernie dude anyway, wasnt horny about hilary either.

I can honestly say though I am not well vsed on politics in general as I would assume others here are so my opinion doesn’t hold much water. I kinda generally just feel like no matter what someone is getting screwed. I know im not making anymore money than I use to and my insurance keeps going up, hell even before trump its gotten to the point I honestly literally can not even afford all my meds the past couple years. So lots of stuff I don’t even take anymore. But I guess thats just on the medical aspect of politics if you will. I mean I dunno how many sick people are in this thread, but did you know just my fucking eye drops, to keep my eyes from shitting on me are like a few hundred bucks a month? Insurance stopped covering it a couple years ago so its just like welp, if my eyes start to go, they start to go lol ha

So another school shooting for the gop to ignore

Ask your healthcare provider(s) if they have someone who could speak with you about financial or medical assistance.

Also, ask your provider to appeal your insurance company’s decision on the eye drops. Doesn’t always work, but lots of insurance company decisions get reversed when a doctor talks to them directly about why you need something.

ya I already get extra help from the government for some stuff and some meds my doctors can approve to get the insurance to at least cover them some of it. But other stuff, im just screwed .

Hell ill tell you something funny that happened last year, so I actually spent so much money on meds etc last year theres that obvious like donut hole or whatever they call it. Like you spend so much money a year then you get to this point where then your meds cost less. Well by the end of the year I spend so much money that I reached the point where then I leave that area, and go back to paying more money from my meds? Hell I didnt even know that existed lol

Anyway point is dont get sick in life cuz its very expensive

Where a gov’t only sees its people as cows to milk money from… Yes, it’s shitty.

heres another weird medical system story for you guys… I will say actually like heres something crazy I actually get prescription strength fish oil as one of my meds… I think it generally costs me something like $50 bucks with insurance(and something like $15 once I reach the donut hole or whatever), do you know how much that shit costs if I didnt have insurance? Last year it was almost $1000 bucks. No joke. This year with out insurance its like $600. But with prescription last year it was only costing me like $10. Go figure that one out.

for what its worth what does prescription strength fish oil even do… To be honest im not sure if I actually feel that much of a difference. I think it makes your eyes a little less dry honestly, but other wise for joints etc its hard to say if I feel a real difference.

pretty much, the entire premise of of voter id laws is based on the idea that voter fraud is commonplace and occurring on a large scale. it’s tin-foiled nonsense. voter fraud is extremely rare and certainly isn’t even remotely close to occurring on a massive scale. so, if voter fraud is rare and the “american ideal” is to have every citizen exercise their right to vote. why would one create new roadblocks to make voting more difficult? obviously, voter id laws are a feature not a bug.
https://votingrights.news21.com/article/election-fraud/

on a side note,


lol…like trump gives a fuck about taxpayers dollars. the real reason is trump is copping pleas is because he didn’t want that smoke. state governments were dragging his bytch ass commission into court. he closed his retarded voter fraud commission because many democratic and republican states refused to provide the commission information relevant to its inquiry. the states resisted either because they thought the commission was a complete fraud created by a cognitively impaired president with a taste for conspiracy theories and/or a case of federal overreach.

no, they had proper id according to the courts. it was the gop state legislature that was on some bullshit. NC is a “No ID requirement” state to vote. in fact, 34% of US states are “No ID requirement” states.
https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state

outside of a need to board an airplane, drive a car, entering a secure building or crossing an international border. in general, there is no federal law requiring citizens to carry “proper ID” like a photo ID. “proper ID” to vote is mostly defined by the states and obviously state laws on this issue vary.
side note: you can still drink under the age of 21 in certain states, but you can’t buy alcohol.

again, what problem are you trying to solve? if it’s voter fraud. you’re really not solving anything, but creating new problems with voter suppression.

Texas, iirc. the law was so bad and discriminatory even the conservative appeal court adjudicating the case struck it down.