POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

[state of hockey]

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[ScoobyDoo]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

Here we go with another fake news conference. The media is complicit. Which is really sad.

 

[aparch]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

Here we go with another fake news conference. The media is complicit. Which is really sad.

Bwahahahaha. Blaming Obama for vaping. Amazing. Demanding removal of flavored vapes. This is gonna hurt Trump's base.

*edit* Vaping is now more regulated than guns.

 

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Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

I read an article yesterday about how that is what is turning Texas towards Purple. Since the economy is doing well there lots of young people are moving there for business. Most are liberals. Very interesting how that is working out.

That, and they're no longer only moving to the People's Republic of Austin.

 

[aparch]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

Did you know Melania has a son, a son that she cares very deeply for?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump indicates that his drive against vaping came at the behest of Melania. He then describes his son Barron in a very odd way.<br><br>"That's how the First Lady involved. She's got a son -- together -- that's a beautiful young man, & she feels very very strongly about it." <a href="https://t.co/s5wNzUCSmj">pic.twitter.com/s5wNzUCSmj</a></p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1171839744889753602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So.... *whispers* Barron isn't his?

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

Did you know Melania has a son, a son that she cares very deeply for?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump indicates that his drive against vaping came at the behest of Melania. He then describes his son Barron in a very odd way.<br><br>"That's how the First Lady involved. She's got a son -- together -- that's a beautiful young man, & she feels very very strongly about it." <a href="https://t.co/s5wNzUCSmj">pic.twitter.com/s5wNzUCSmj</a></p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1171839744889753602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So.... *whispers* Barron isn't his?

He has his father's brain.

 

[rufus]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

That, and they're no longer only moving to the People's Republic of Austin.

It's a cancer. First it forms there, and then it metastasizes.

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

That, and they're no longer only moving to the People's Republic of Austin.

Yup. San Antonio and Houston, too. I think Dallas is still full on numbskull.

 

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Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

By 2040, 30% of the US population will control 70% of the Senate.

That's when we start forcing some of the flyover states to merge. Idahwyomontana and the two Dakotas don't need ten Senators between them. Four would be ideal, but I'd settle for cutting it to six.

 

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Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

Yup. San Antonio and Houston, too. I think Dallas is still full on numbskull.

Ft. Worth is. Dallas not so much.

 

[rufus]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

Yup. San Antonio and Houston, too. I think Dallas is still full on numbskull.

Well, Houston's cause of all them darkies that moved there after Katrina.

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

Ft. Worth is. Dallas not so much.

I don't get the distinction. Arlington is part of that megalopolis too, right?

 

[state of hockey]

I don't get the distinction. Arlington is part of that megalopolis too, right?

Yes. It's sandwiched between the two.

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

That's when we start forcing some of the flyover states to merge. Idahwyomontana and the two Dakotas don't need ten Senators between them. Four would be ideal, but I'd settle for cutting it to six.

It would be simple to change the Constitutional requirements for state size. Fix the union at 50, but if you exceed a certain ceiling you have to split and if you fall below a floor you have to merge.

Or just do it over:

<img src="https://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/map--50.jpg" >

Or just get rid of the states, eliminate the Senate, and go to a parliamentary democracy.

 

[French Rage]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

How dare you! The US is a solemn bond of 50 states that came together to form it. Wyoming totally would have gone elsewhere and would have been allowed to had the rules been any different.

 

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Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

How dare you! The US is a solemn bond of 50 states that came together to form it. Wyoming totally would have gone elsewhere and would have been allowed to had the rules been any different.

The Kingdom of Deseret would still be marrying off 3 or 4 teenage women to each <strike>pedo</strike> man.

 

[rufus]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

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[Handyman]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

How dare you! The US is a solemn bond of 50 states that came together to form it. Wyoming totally would have gone elsewhere and would have been allowed to had the rules been any different.

Is it too late to let them leave?

 

[Kepler]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

So I tried a thought experiment to create 50 more or less equal-ish states with the minimal amount of disturbance.

The rules:

1. Fewest total adjustments.
2. Adjustments can only be the merging of existing* states or the splitting of existing states. No "borrowing" or "shaving" is allowed.
3. * Existing will include all territories and possessions -- we're pulling everybody in at one go.

Current US state population stats:

56 entities (50 states, DC, 5 territories and possessions)

Average ratio of US population for 50 new states: 2%

Largest allowed under new system: 5%. Entities currently in excess: 4 (CA, TX, FL, NY)
Smallest to be allowed: 0.5%. Entities currently below: 16

CA splits into 3. Add 2 entities. (D+2) (R+2)

TX, FL, NY each split in half. Add 3 entities. (D+6)

Merge AS, MP (Marianas Islands), and GU with HI.

Merge VI with PR. (D+2)

Merge DC with MD.

Merge NH, VT and ME. (D-2) (R-2)

Merge MT and WY. (R-2)

Merge ND and SD. (R-2)

Merge DE with MD. (D-2)

Merge RI with CT. (D-2)

AK (.22) is under the floor but it's unique, leave it alone.

Total effect: (D+4) (R-4)

 

[Scarlet]

Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

So I tried a thought experiment to create 50 more or less equal-ish states with the minimal amount of disturbance.

The rules:

1. Fewest total adjustments.
2. Adjustments can only be the merging of existing* states or the splitting of existing states. No "borrowing" or "shaving" is allowed.
3. * Existing will include all territories and possessions -- we're pulling everybody in at one go.

Current US state population stats:

56 entities (50 states, DC, 5 territories and possessions)

Average ratio of US population for 50 new states: 2%

Largest allowed under new system: 5%. Entities currently in excess: 4 (CA, TX, FL, NY)
Smallest to be allowed: 0.5%. Entities currently below: 16

CA splits into 3. Add 2 entities. (D+2) (R+2)

TX, FL, NY each split in half. Add 3 entities. (D+6)

Merge AS, MP (Marianas Islands), and GU with HI.

Merge VI with PR. (D+2)

Merge DC with MD.

Merge NH, VT and ME. (D-2) (R-2)

Merge MT and WY. (R-2)

Merge ND and SD. (R-2)

Merge DE with MD. (D-2)

Merge RI with CT. (D-2)

AK (.22) is under the floor but it's unique, leave it alone.

Total effect: (D+4) (R-4)

I'm going to need a visual.