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States would cancel based on whose directive?
Russell Jaslow
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Again, that doesn't mean the Federal government cancelled the elections.
Just because you insist on winning an unwinnable argument, doesn't mean you are right.
Again, that doesn't mean the Federal government cancelled the elections.
Just because you insist on winning an unwinnable argument, doesn't mean you are right.
I don’t need to win anything, just enjoying watching you contradict yourself. Your argument is with yourself.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
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Russell, I don't know you, and I suspect we disagree on much ... but I 100% follow what you're saying, and I think you're wasting your time trying to explain further to those who just won't hear it.
Ironic how those on the left yap about "brainwashing" of the opposition, yet someone of their own strays just one small iota off the reservation, and you're a marked man. Good luck, Russ.
Russell, I don't know you, and I suspect we disagree on much ... but I 100% follow what you're saying, and I think you're wasting your time trying to explain further to those who just won't hear it.
Ironic how those on the left yap about "brainwashing" of the opposition, yet someone of their own strays just one small iota off the reservation, and you're a marked man. Good luck, Russ.
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
Slap Shot
I got nothing
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He's not contradicting himself in any way, and one need not be a Trump ballwasher to see that.
He's not contradicting himself in any way, and one need not be a Trump ballwasher to see that.
ticapnews
Never graduate.
Legally the states would cancel elections. Like Ohio did yesterday. Practically Sniffles would direct (or ask) them to. Actually, the request probably won't originate with him. One of his sycophants will make the suggestion and he'll feign disappointment and selflessly go along with it.
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Your source, not mine, the article you cited:
“Due in part to partisan gerrymandering, Republicans control the legislatures of 28 states. Collectively, these states have 294 electoral votes. Trump himself could not cancel the entire presidential election. But he could ask these GOP-dominated legislatures to cancel their statewide presidential elections and assign their electors to him. It’s doubtful that we will face this situation in November. But imagine a worst-case scenario: The election is approaching, and the coronavirus remains rampant in our communities. States are unsure whether they have the personnel and resources to hold an election. Congress has failed to mandate no-excuse absentee balloting, and many states have declined to implement it. Or the postal service is so hard hit that it cannot reliably carry ballots to and from voters’ residences. It’s not difficult to envision Trump’s allies in state legislatures assigning their states’ electoral votes to the president, insisting that these dire circumstances justify pulling a constitutional fire alarm.
Your source, not mine, the article you cited:
“Due in part to partisan gerrymandering, Republicans control the legislatures of 28 states. Collectively, these states have 294 electoral votes. Trump himself could not cancel the entire presidential election. But he could ask these GOP-dominated legislatures to cancel their statewide presidential elections and assign their electors to him. It’s doubtful that we will face this situation in November. But imagine a worst-case scenario: The election is approaching, and the coronavirus remains rampant in our communities. States are unsure whether they have the personnel and resources to hold an election. Congress has failed to mandate no-excuse absentee balloting, and many states have declined to implement it. Or the postal service is so hard hit that it cannot reliably carry ballots to and from voters’ residences. It’s not difficult to envision Trump’s allies in state legislatures assigning their states’ electoral votes to the president, insisting that these dire circumstances justify pulling a constitutional fire alarm.
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I got nothing
Re: Covid 19
On the topic of hockey for a second—I am still in complete denial that the season is over. Cancelling pro sports is one thing, but NCAAs with seniors graduating, teams played all year and having the playoffs cancelled. Just utterly brutal. Part of me feels like I’ll never be as big of a fan of the game as I was before this
On the topic of hockey for a second—I am still in complete denial that the season is over. Cancelling pro sports is one thing, but NCAAs with seniors graduating, teams played all year and having the playoffs cancelled. Just utterly brutal. Part of me feels like I’ll never be as big of a fan of the game as I was before this
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
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I know how it feels, if that's any consolation. I was a fan of the Montreal Expos, and lived through the ill-fated, strike-shortened 1994 season. Continued to be a fan right to the bitter end a decade later. But there was always this sense of something missing, and sadly, it was never the same. Especially for the Montreal fans, who had gotten used to disappointment to a point up to 1994, and afterwards, losing the season, seeing star players leave … just pushed it over the edge.
There's something to be said about living in the present. Carpe diem I believe it is called ...
I know how it feels, if that's any consolation. I was a fan of the Montreal Expos, and lived through the ill-fated, strike-shortened 1994 season. Continued to be a fan right to the bitter end a decade later. But there was always this sense of something missing, and sadly, it was never the same. Especially for the Montreal fans, who had gotten used to disappointment to a point up to 1994, and afterwards, losing the season, seeing star players leave … just pushed it over the edge.
There's something to be said about living in the present. Carpe diem I believe it is called ...
Darius
Go 'cats!
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: Covid 19
You've got enough on your hands. Return the favor, pay it forward, no one needs to know.
Gee, do I actually have to say thank you? To you?!
You've got enough on your hands. Return the favor, pay it forward, no one needs to know.
aparch
Acetaminamerican
Again, not my argument., his own with himself. He is linking an article to prove a point. Said article disproves his point.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: Covid 19
I'd say the same, Darius … except I've always detested air travel.
Hated it beforehand, and these days I'll try to avoid it at almost any cost.
People on here know I drove to the 2002 FF (St. Paul MN) instead of flying … leading to my post-9/11 story, you folks might find it interesting/comical/stupid, but it also ties in with Les Expos ...
Early April 2002, first year after the Expos were left as wards of the state (MLB) after the Henry/Werner/Lucchino ownership had sold the Marlins to buy the Red Sox, hence allowing pond scum Jeffrey Loria to sell Montreal to MLB and buy Florida … rumors of the Expos going bye-bye were starting to peak. There was rampant talk around that time of MLB "contracting" two teams, and ironically the two most often mentioned teams were Montreal and Minnesota.
Anyway … I'm already planning to go to MSP for the FF as I have tickets in hand, and several of my UNH pals were going, too. "Mr. Let's Make It An Epic Midlife Crisis" getaway here, breaks out a map, connects the dots, and figuring this might be the last chance at seeing Opening Night at Stade Olympique, I decide to add a Tuesday night trip by car to Montreal. Something I would do fairly often, when getting permission from my better half, and she's always been very understanding. But then the plan after Montreal is to hop onto the Trans-Canada (or whatever it is/was - this is 18 years ago) and drive a straight line towards MSP, which requires entry back into the US at the Detroit/Windsor crossing. It all looks so simple on paper, so without a further thought, I'm off to get my rental car in the next town over, and it's off to the races!
You guys all know how the FF turned out, so I won't bother with the detail there. The road trip got off to a fantastic start, as the Expos came from behind late in their opener to beat Florida and their loathsome new owners in the bottom of the 9th, I leave the Big Owe amidst a small seasonal snowstorm that clears by the time I pass Ottawa at around midnight. I managed to get close to Toronto before pulling off the highway to get a few hours' shuteye, because of course, after that it's on to Detroit, Chicago, the Wisconsin Dells and eventually to MSP for Thursday's FF semifinal, with UNH and UMaine playing in the afternoon game.
All is going incredibly well to plan when I hit the road again, after a hearty breakfast at Tim Horton's, and then it's on to what I'm expecting to be an uneventful Wednesday covering many miles and seeing new places I've never seen before, which is right in my wheelhouse. All is going well, as I approach the customs on the bridge from Windsor ON to Detroit MI, I present my papers as I've done dozens of times in the past, advise of my destination … and then the US Customs folks ask me to get out of the car, and go sit in this windowless room without explaining why. Of course, Mr. "Sign Me Up For The Road Trip To Nowhere" realizes at this point that there are a few little differences with this crossing … first, I'm a US Citizen from the East Coast, and who drives from New Hampshire to MSP, much less going halfway across Canada after entering in Vermont? And then, it occurs to me, I'm driving some rental car - not my personal vehicle. AND we're all of 7 months after the 9/11 incident. I suddenly feel very queasy.
It probably only took 5 minutes for them to clear me (and the car), but I'll tell you, it felt like 5 hours, and I've never prayed so hard that the folks at the rental agency were super careful to check all of the car's crevices to make sure no one left anything untoward in the car. I knew I was "clean" - that's just the way I roll - but if someone had left or planted something in that car, yours truly would probably still be locked up in some penitentiary in Ontario.
The rest of the trip was thankfully mundane - this time for real. But after what had (almost) happened at the border the day before, watching UNH capitulate 7-2 to the Downeast Enemy was less stressful for me that for most. I ithink I met e-cat after that game in a bar not too far from the arena. Anyway, the trip back after Saturday's final was this time restricted to the US side of the border, and with newfound respect for sweating the details before making multiple illogical border crossings.
So that's my "I'll drive anywhere, I miss my Expos, and it's a UNH story" all-tied-up-in-one, story.
I'd say the same, Darius … except I've always detested air travel.
Hated it beforehand, and these days I'll try to avoid it at almost any cost.
People on here know I drove to the 2002 FF (St. Paul MN) instead of flying … leading to my post-9/11 story, you folks might find it interesting/comical/stupid, but it also ties in with Les Expos ...
Early April 2002, first year after the Expos were left as wards of the state (MLB) after the Henry/Werner/Lucchino ownership had sold the Marlins to buy the Red Sox, hence allowing pond scum Jeffrey Loria to sell Montreal to MLB and buy Florida … rumors of the Expos going bye-bye were starting to peak. There was rampant talk around that time of MLB "contracting" two teams, and ironically the two most often mentioned teams were Montreal and Minnesota.
Anyway … I'm already planning to go to MSP for the FF as I have tickets in hand, and several of my UNH pals were going, too. "Mr. Let's Make It An Epic Midlife Crisis" getaway here, breaks out a map, connects the dots, and figuring this might be the last chance at seeing Opening Night at Stade Olympique, I decide to add a Tuesday night trip by car to Montreal. Something I would do fairly often, when getting permission from my better half, and she's always been very understanding. But then the plan after Montreal is to hop onto the Trans-Canada (or whatever it is/was - this is 18 years ago) and drive a straight line towards MSP, which requires entry back into the US at the Detroit/Windsor crossing. It all looks so simple on paper, so without a further thought, I'm off to get my rental car in the next town over, and it's off to the races!
You guys all know how the FF turned out, so I won't bother with the detail there. The road trip got off to a fantastic start, as the Expos came from behind late in their opener to beat Florida and their loathsome new owners in the bottom of the 9th, I leave the Big Owe amidst a small seasonal snowstorm that clears by the time I pass Ottawa at around midnight. I managed to get close to Toronto before pulling off the highway to get a few hours' shuteye, because of course, after that it's on to Detroit, Chicago, the Wisconsin Dells and eventually to MSP for Thursday's FF semifinal, with UNH and UMaine playing in the afternoon game.
All is going incredibly well to plan when I hit the road again, after a hearty breakfast at Tim Horton's, and then it's on to what I'm expecting to be an uneventful Wednesday covering many miles and seeing new places I've never seen before, which is right in my wheelhouse. All is going well, as I approach the customs on the bridge from Windsor ON to Detroit MI, I present my papers as I've done dozens of times in the past, advise of my destination … and then the US Customs folks ask me to get out of the car, and go sit in this windowless room without explaining why. Of course, Mr. "Sign Me Up For The Road Trip To Nowhere" realizes at this point that there are a few little differences with this crossing … first, I'm a US Citizen from the East Coast, and who drives from New Hampshire to MSP, much less going halfway across Canada after entering in Vermont? And then, it occurs to me, I'm driving some rental car - not my personal vehicle. AND we're all of 7 months after the 9/11 incident. I suddenly feel very queasy.
It probably only took 5 minutes for them to clear me (and the car), but I'll tell you, it felt like 5 hours, and I've never prayed so hard that the folks at the rental agency were super careful to check all of the car's crevices to make sure no one left anything untoward in the car. I knew I was "clean" - that's just the way I roll - but if someone had left or planted something in that car, yours truly would probably still be locked up in some penitentiary in Ontario.
The rest of the trip was thankfully mundane - this time for real. But after what had (almost) happened at the border the day before, watching UNH capitulate 7-2 to the Downeast Enemy was less stressful for me that for most. I ithink I met e-cat after that game in a bar not too far from the arena. Anyway, the trip back after Saturday's final was this time restricted to the US side of the border, and with newfound respect for sweating the details before making multiple illogical border crossings.
So that's my "I'll drive anywhere, I miss my Expos, and it's a UNH story" all-tied-up-in-one, story.
ticapnews
Never graduate.
ticapnews
Never graduate.
Re: Covid 19
Please point to the section of the Constitution that says anything resembling that.
Please point to the section of the Constitution that says anything resembling that.
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