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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[bambu-wisdom]

Does America have any of these new go-faster missiles?

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/china-hails-a-successful-test-of-a-new-hypersonic-weapon-that-could-slip-a-nuke-past-us-defences/ar-BBLzB2o?li=AAgfLCP

China hails a 'successful' test of a new hypersonic weapon that could slip a nuke past US defences

China has successfully tested a new hypersonic aircraft, a potential "hypersonic strike weapon" that could one day be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and evading all existing defence networks like the US missile shields, according to Chinese state-run and state-affiliated media, citing experts and the domestic designers.

The Xingkong-2 (Starry Sky-2) hypersonic experimental waverider vehicle designed by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in Beijing can reportedly achieve a top speed six times the velocity of sound.

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No more need for ground troops...no more need for them to have to fight in the ridiculous manners of the past...grenade to grenade, rifle to rifle, bayonet to bayonet, cannon-fodder for tanks, machine guns etc...as in WW2, WW1, and wars since.
Now, as mommy-dearest once told young bambu..."don't worry, it'll be "one flash and you're ash warfare" soon".

[NeedsAdjustments]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/05/trump-makes-bizarre-claim-that-tariffs-will-help-pay-down-massive-us-debt/?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Here's another item about which for Kiid to make feeble excuses that don't do the job.

Trump's understanding of trade is about as good as Kiid's understanding of racism.

Oh, I think kidcarter8 gets racism just fine.

I was going to say something about Trump's trade claims when kidcarter8 posted a link to Trump's own tweet claiming that tariffs would mean paying down the debt without imposing any new taxes on Americans, and point out that tariffs are essentially new taxes on American businesses and consumers.  But while he doesn't know how to make an argument, kidcarter8 has certainly done a good job over the last few pages of posts proving that he isn't worth the time.

[LarryBnDC]

Black man makes sense:

https://twitter.com/buzzman888/status/1026384081557364736

Dude should pull over and rant.

[LarryBnDC]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/08/07/lebron-james-turns-shut-up-and-dribble-insult-into-title-of-showtime-series/

[Itz ME!]

   

670 ballots in a precinct with 276 voters, and other tales from Georgia's primary [McClatchy Washington Bureau :: BC-GA-ELECTIONSECURITY:WA]

 
Tue Aug 07 10:03:28 2018 EDT
 WASHINGTON  _  Habersham County's   Mud Creek  precinct in northeastern  Georgia  had 276 registered voters ahead of the state's primary elections in May.
But 670 ballots were cast, according to the  Georgia  secretary of state's office, indicating a 243 percent turnout.
The discrepancy, included in a number of sworn statements and exhibits filed as part of a federal lawsuit against the state by election security activists, comes amid swelling public concern for the security of  Georgia's  voting systems.  Georgia  is one of four states that uses voting machines statewide that produce no paper record for voters to verify, making them difficult to audit, experts say.
And cybersecurity experts have warned that there were security flaws on the state election website leading up to the 2016 contest that permitted the download and manipulation of voter information.
The court filings highlight various issues with  Georgia's  16-year-old voting machines, as well as the system that runs them and handles voter registration information.
In one sworn statement, a voter explains that she and her husband, who were registered to vote at the same address, were assigned different polling places and different city council districts. In another, a voting machine froze on  Election Day .
In several instances, voters showed up at their polling places as listed on the secretary of state's website, only to be told they were supposed to vote elsewhere.
An  Atlanta  Democrat's voting machine provided him a ballot including the  5th Congressional District , for which longtime Rep. John Lewis ran unopposed, instead of his  6th Congressional District  ballot, which featured a competitive Democratic race.
Some issues, such as the freezing machines, could be chalked up to the age of the polling infrastructure, said  Harri Hursti , a computer programmer who studies election cybersecurity.
But others, like the incorrect ballots, could have been caused by anything from a clerical error to a malicious manipulation of voter data, said Hursti, who is also the organizer for the  Voting Village  at hacking conference DEF CON, where participants demonstrate hacking into some state voting machines.
It's possible that there's a connection between the security issues reported at  Georgia's   Center for Election Systems  and the issues chronicled in the court statements, but an immediate switch to paper ballots is necessary regardless, Hursti said.
"But the connection is not needed," he said. "You don't need to have a smoking gun to do the right thing."
In a statement, the office of  Georgia's  Secretary of State  Brian Kemp  defended the security of state elections.
"Alongside federal, local and private sector partners, we continue to fight every day to ensure secure and accurate elections in  Georgia  that are free from interference. To this day, due to the vigilance, dedication and hard work of those partners, our elections system and voting equipment remain secure," spokeswoman  Candice Broce  wrote in an email.
Kemp has set up a bipartisan commission to look into changing state voting machines ahead of the 2020 elections, but not in time for the midterm elections this November.
 Marilyn Marks , the executive director of the  Coalition for Good Government , which has led the charge against the state's management of the election system, said the statements filed in federal court are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to voter complaints.
"We are submitting only a small sample from scores of known system malfunctions and irregularities," she wrote in an email. "But those examples should raise alarms with officials, political parties, candidates and voters. Something is terribly wrong at a systemic level, and is not being taken seriously by Secretary Kemp, or the state and counties' election boards charged with conducting secure elections."
The court statements are the latest additions to the growing list of concerns surrounding  Georgia's  election security.
In July,  Justice Department  special counsel  Robert Mueller's  indictment indicated that Russian operatives charged with hacking into  Democrats'  emails also visited county election websites in  Georgia , among other states.
 Kennesaw State University's   Center for Election Systems , which was responsible for running  Georgia's  elections, was proved vulnerable by friendly cybersecurity experts both before and after the 2016 elections.
Voter information and other important data, which gets disseminated to polling places in  Georgia's  159 counties, was open to the public and could have been manipulated by bad actors, charged  Logan Lamb , the first friendly hacker to notify the state of the issue. He sent that notification in  August 2016 , but the problem was not fully solved until  March 2017 .
 Jasmine Clark , who will be on the ballot for  Georgia's   House of Representatives  in November, spent an extra half hour at her polling place on  July 24 . If she didn't have that spare time, she may not have been able to vote at all, she said in her statement.
When Clark arrived at about 7:50 that morning, elections officials told her she'd gone to the wrong polling place, even though she hadn't changed her registration information since 2016.
Inexplicably, she was told 25 minutes later that her name had appeared on the electronic poll book for that voting location, and she was able to cast her ballot.
"Unlike other people I met that day who were turned away, I had the flexibility to stay to fight for my right to vote in the right precinct on the correct ballot," she said in her statement.
 Duluth  voter  Dana Bowers  experienced a similar problem. She was told, "Don't worry  Ms. Bowers , this has been happening all day," according to her sworn declaration.
Bowers, who works as an advocacy coordinator in  Josh McCall's  campaign for the  9th Congressional District , had checked her "My Voter Page" on the secretary of state's office website before heading to the polls in July and found she'd been assigned a new precinct _ number 100.
But when she arrived at what she thought was her new polling place, she was told she was still assigned her original polling place in precinct 96. She wound up filling out a provisional ballot that day. When she checked her "My Voter Page" after the election, she wrote in her statement, she was assigned to precinct 96 once more.
Other statements chronicled issues with the voting machines themselves.
Bowers, for example, noticed that a machine was marked "Do Not Touch," when she went to vote in July. One poll worker told her votes had been cast on the machine prior to its failure on  Election Day .
After the polls closed, Bowser noticed the results tape from the machine showed it hadn't collected any votes.
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(c)2018 McClatchy Washington Bureau
Visit the  McClatchy Washington Bureau  at www.mcclatchydc.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Sorry for the long cite, but.. Jesus ephin' Christ! This is another case of "Methinks thou doth protest too loud." (yes, I know that's not the direct quote, but it is in the vernacular.) Georgia is SURE there is voter fraud, because they are the ones perpetrating it!

It makes me sick to my stomach that I have to share a country with such brigands!

[Itz ME!]

Knicks12,

What the hell kind of handle is that?

Nice the way they cleaned this place up, isn't it?

Thank you, from me to LiquidSilver. In a way you are helping the world be a better place. If only by concentrating the animosity in a small container. But also by having a space where the ideas can be launched into the collective consciousness.

PLAU
I,M

(I almost forgot who I was signing as here!)

[oilcan]

My guess is everyone knows Larry B. is Knicks12, if he wants a shorter moniker to type in.

Habersham County's   Mud Creek  precinct in northeastern  Georgia  had 276 registered voters ahead of the state's primary elections in May.
But 670 ballots were cast, according to the  Georgia  secretary of state's office, indicating a 243 percent turnout...

Wild guess:  Mud Creek is predominantly Republican. 

The ethos of "win however we can, no matter what it takes" seems to have completely poisoned the GOP.

What I fear is that Democrats who use such incidents for "virtue signalling," are really only a few moral footsteps away from the same road to hell.  If they think the GOP are corrupt and evil enough, then they will be able to justify "fight fire with fire."  And then RIP democracy.

[Itz ME!]

I was just saying "hello" to NYKnicks12, I really didn't need it critiqued. Thanks anyway.

As to your dystopian view of the Democratic party. Thanks anyway. False equivalencies are the norm in today's discourse.

[Hamilton Samuels]

The application of Joey Goebbel's tenets is working.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1026150926271143936/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1026150926271143936&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2Fpolicy-and-politics%2F2018%2F8%2F6%2F17656996%2Ftrump-republican-party-russia-rather-democrat-ohio

[bankshot1]

My guess is everyone knows Larry B. is Knicks12, if he wants a shorter moniker to type in.

I thought Dick Barnett was knicks12.

Fall back, baby!

As to Dems, I hope in the glee of playing in the anticpated Blue Wave and drowing Rs in it, they don't go so far left, they scare the middle into staying home.

A little moderation would go a long way in '18 and '20.

Be smart and play and win the long game.

[barton]

I was just saying "hello" to NYKnicks12, I really didn't need it critiqued. Thanks anyway.

As to your dystopian view of the Democratic party. Thanks anyway. False equivalencies are the norm in today's discourse.

I hear ya.  But the canned man might just be saying the Left needs to be careful about not getting sucked down into the bog.  I don't think it's dystopian to point out the generally debased condition of political integrity these days and where vigilance is needed.  I'm happy, so far, that I haven't seen evidence of voter suppression or other diddling coming from the Left.  I hope they can stay with their strength, which has been in supporting the fundamentals of the democratic process. 

I see Ohio's 12th district is going to be close today, so that will be worth watching, and hoping there are no Georgia-style ballot hacks, and good luck to the Democrat and the massive outspending he's facing from out-of-state Republicans. 

[kiidcarter8]

Does America have any of these new go-faster missiles?

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/china-hails-a-successful-test-of-a-new-hypersonic-weapon-that-could-slip-a-nuke-past-us-defences/ar-BBLzB2o?li=AAgfLCP

China hails a 'successful' test of a new hypersonic weapon that could slip a nuke past US defences

China has successfully tested a new hypersonic aircraft, a potential "hypersonic strike weapon" that could one day be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and evading all existing defence networks like the US missile shields, according to Chinese state-run and state-affiliated media, citing experts and the domestic designers.

The Xingkong-2 (Starry Sky-2) hypersonic experimental waverider vehicle designed by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in Beijing can reportedly achieve a top speed six times the velocity of sound.

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No more need for ground troops...no more need for them to have to fight in the ridiculous manners of the past...grenade to grenade, rifle to rifle, bayonet to bayonet, cannon-fodder for tanks, machine guns etc...as in WW2, WW1, and wars since.
Now, as mommy-dearest once told young bambu..."don't worry, it'll be "one flash and you're ash warfare" soon".

Wow

Interesting that they didnt keep this a secret.

[facilitatorn]

Trump has removed any strategic concerns that would incline China to stealth. With the US State Department, the NSC, intelligence services under constant attack from the biggest loser and his cabal, China has a clear path to dominate all of Asia. Being public about supersonic Nuke planes is a part of that. It’s part of the cascade of failures brought by the World’s weakest executive.

On the one hand it’s nice to know Hillary won Georgia, on the other hand it’s disgusting the extent the GOP is really a bucket of tapeworms.

[kiidcarter8]

Not sure - Virginia, Mississippi or Vegas.

I vote Mississippi.

Vegas would exacerbate your gambling proclivities.

Excellent casinos in MS

[bodiddley]

I wasn't aware of that.