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The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

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joecct said:
Geography is no longer taught??

@CoryNBC: A groom trying to get a marriage license in D.C. had to convince a clerk that New Mexico is a state. When he first presented his driver's license to the clerk, she looked at it, went to talk to a supervisor and then asked to see his "New Mexico passport." http://nbc4dc.com/lkK7FWK
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That anecdote (confusing Mexico and New Mexico) has been around longer than I've been alive. So apparently geography was never taught, even in your generation, Joe.
 
unofan said:
That anecdote (confusing Mexico and New Mexico) has been around longer than I've been alive. So apparently geography was never taught, even in your generation, Joe.
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Sorry. Parochial school in the 60s taught geography and history. I have it on reliable authority that these subjects were even taught in public schools.
 
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joecct said:
Sorry. Parochial school in the 60s taught geography and history. I have it on reliable authority that these subjects were even taught in public schools.
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And it is still taught today. That doesn't mean everyone pays attention and learns everything they are taught. I'd be willing to wager that there are even people who attended parochial school in the 60's that didn't pick up on everything. So either geography was both taught then and still is today, or neither, based on your faulty cranky old man logic.
 
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jerphisch said:
And it is still taught today. That doesn't mean everyone pays attention and learns everything they are taught. I'd be willing to wager that there are even people who attended parochial school in the 60's that didn't pick up on everything. So either geography was both taught then and still is today, or neither, based on your faulty cranky old man logic.
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You guys take his lines way too seriously.
 
St. Clown said:
You guys take his lines way too seriously.
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No, I get he was semi-joking. But his "kids these days" shtick that pervades many of his posts, including that joke, is old and stale.

"Looks like someone failed geography" is a neutral punchline. "Geography is no longer taught??" is a slam on anyone younger than him.
 
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unofan said:
No, I get he was semi-joking. But his "kids these days" shtick that pervades many of his posts, including that joke, is old and stale.

"Looks like someone failed geography" is a neutral punchline. "Geography is no longer taught??" is a slam on anyone younger than him.
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Yeah, well the man is old, and obviously stale. So it fits. We can all just sluff it off and continue on our merry, merry ways.
 
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St. Clown said:
Yeah, well the man is old, and obviously stale. So it fits. We can all just sluff it off and continue on our merry, merry ways.
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Nahh, we can convert Joe. He's a staunch conservative Catholic with the usual fixation on abortion who is past 60, but dammit we can still convert him! :p
 
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unofan said:
No, I get he was semi-joking. But his "kids these days" shtick that pervades many of his posts, including that joke, is old and stale.

"Looks like someone failed geography" is a neutral punchline. "Geography is no longer taught??" is a slam on anyone younger than him.
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And the "old" jokes reek of irony. :D
 
Jimjamesak said:
7.0. Don’t short the extra 0.3!
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Speaking of this, I saw reports all the way from 5.6 to 7.2. One of the first times I can remember different magnitudes being reported, and certainly the first time there was that much of a difference in reported magnitude. Anyone with better background on this have an idea?
 
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Wisconsin state assembly popular vote: D 53% R 45%
Wisconsin state assembly seats won: D 36% R 64%
 
5mn_Major said:
Wisconsin state assembly popular vote: D 53% R 45%
Wisconsin state assembly seats won: D 36% R 64%
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Is the Assembly apportioned by districts or % of the vote? I'm assuming the former with equal populations in each.

Say a deep blue district (Milwaukee, Madison) goes 90/10 Democrat. A rural district goes 60/40 GOP. The % vote is D 75/25, yet the seats are 1-1. You want it 2/0? Get out the gerrymander computer and it can be all yours.

Btw, looked at the politico voting maps for statewide races. It looks like the GOP won rural and D won cities. Guess where the voters are concentrated?
 
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joecct said:
Is the Assembly apportioned by districts or % of the vote? I'm assuming the former with equal populations in each.

Say a deep blue district (Milwaukee, Madison) goes 90/10 Democrat. A rural district goes 60/40 GOP. The % vote is D 75/25, yet the seats are 1-1. You want it 2/0? Get out the gerrymander computer and it can be all yours.

Btw, looked at the politico voting maps for statewide races. It looks like the GOP won rural and D won cities. Guess where the voters are concentrated?
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It is apportioned by districts (and is not possible for it to be by % of vote). The general concept of districting helps Republicans to begin with because there's always a D concentration in cities. But the result is so skewed there is gerrymandering in a state that has full on GOP leadership for a decade.
 
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joecct said:
Is the Assembly apportioned by districts or % of the vote? I'm assuming the former with equal populations in each.

Say a deep blue district (Milwaukee, Madison) goes 90/10 Democrat. A rural district goes 60/40 GOP. The % vote is D 75/25, yet the seats are 1-1. You want it 2/0? Get out the gerrymander computer and it can be all yours.

Btw, looked at the politico voting maps for statewide races. It looks like the GOP won rural and D won cities. Guess where the voters are concentrated?
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Ohhh, so that's how gerrymandering works. Thanks, I'm sure there were a lot of people around here that didn't understand the concept.
 
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I’ll post this here because it’s political in nature though it is about the earthquake here:

Mat-Su Borough faces criticism for public information following earthquake.

A bit of background, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is the Borough north of Anchorage. It includes Wasilla and Palmer and a lot of other areas. It is heavily Republican, aka Palin country.

Anchorage, in contrast, is a lean Democrat area (our Mayor is a Democrat and the Assembly is majority Democrat).

Guess which government has had twice daily press conferences from officials giving out information on things like status of roads, shelters, water, schools, even garbage service? Yeah you get what you elected. Too bad it’ll be difficult to use come election time.
 
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