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Help me vote in CO! 01: Amendment T (involuntary servitude)
A real-life swing-state voter checking in. I've got the 2016 State Ballot Information Booklet in front of me. Let's do this thing! (aka the "Blue Book," located here)
There's some pretty crazy stuff in here so I plan to go initiative by initiative and hit them all.
Amendment T proposes amending the Colorado Constitution to:
remove language that currently allows slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as punishment
for the conviction of a crime.
Argument For
1) The section of the Colorado Constitution that allows slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a
crime should be updated because it represents a time in the United States when not all people were seen as
human beings or treated with dignity. Removing the language reflects fundamental values of freedom and
equality, and makes an important symbolic statement. There are 25 other states that do not have any language
related to slavery and involuntary servitude in their constitutions, and both prison work and community service
programs are able to operate within those states.
Argument Against
1) Amendment T may result in legal uncertainty around current offender work practices in the state. Prison
work requirements provide structure and purpose for offenders, while enabling skill building and helping to reduce
recidivism. Community service programs allow offenders to engage with the community and make amends for
their crimes.
Personal take: Definitely the least controversial item on the list, so, perhaps a bit boring to start off with. Since our state constitution is so easy to amend currently (more to come on that issue) we might as well make forced labor camps illegal while we can. Planning to vote Yes.
Your thoughts, SN?
Trump's October Surprise: He's SEXIST
It's a wrap! Get ready for President H. R. Clinton!
Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005
Billy Bush was already polarizing. His lewd Donald Trump conversation makes things much worse.
Tape Reveals Donald Trump Bragging About Groping Women
'You Can Do Anything': In 2005 Tape, Trump Brags About Groping, Kissing Women
In talking about kissing women, Trump boasted: "I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
"Grab them by the p****. You can do anything," the Republican nominee continued, using vulgar slang for the female anatomy.
Trump also told Bush — who is the nephew of former President George H.W. Bush and cousin of former President George W. Bush and former 2016 candidate Jeb Bush — about a time he unsuccessfully tried to seduce a married woman.
"I moved on her, and I failed," he said. "I'll admit it. I did try and f*** her. She was married." He continued, "I moved on her very heavily."
He said he even took her furniture shopping to try to get her to sleep with him.
"I moved on her like a b****," he said, "but I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then, all of a sudden, I see her — she's now got the big phony t*** and everything. She's totally changed her look."
[...] In regard to trying to shift blame to Bill Clinton, Trump has also threatened to bring up the former president's infidelities in an attempt to damage his wife during the next debate. That's despite Trump's having been divorced twice and admitting to his own adultery. At the time of this 2005 recording, Trump had just married his third (and current) wife, Melania.
'America deserves far better': Republicans react to crude comments from leaked Trump audio
"No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever," Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said in a statement, in a sharp, unprecedented response about the party's presidential nominee.
“This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.”
Kim Kardashian Robbed of $10 Million in Jewelry in Paris
Kim Kardashian Bound, Gagged and Held at Gunpoint: Exclusive New Details on the Robbery in Paris
The French Interior Ministry said five men threatened a concierge with a weapon, handcuffed him and forced him to open Kardashian's private apartment. Per Today, the Paris Prosecutor's office confirmed two of the men gained entry to her room. One of Kardashian's rings, worth an estimated $4.49 million, as well as a jewelry box, worth an estimated $5.6 million, were stolen.
This is a critical moment in human history.
"Smack for a Snack" at Kentucky Daycare
Kentucky day care worker cited for 'smack for a snack' game
The report says two male staff members would play a "Smack for a Snack" game. The report says the only way school-age children could get a yogurt is to allow the men to hit them with a stick on their leg and/or hand. State officials say at least two students had noticeable bruising. Lexington Police cited one staff member with second-degree assault.
An ingenious cost-cutting move that builds character.
More problems are noted in the article.
Hillary Clinton Hacked Audio
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/30/hillary-clinton-center-right/
IN THE HACKED recording of a private conversation with campaign donors in February, Hillary Clinton distanced herself from progressive goals like “free college, free healthcare” and described her place on the political spectrum as spanning from the center-left to the center-right.
Clinton has been inconsistent in the past about espousing political labels. She has at times touted herself as stalwart liberal. For instance, she said last July: “I take a backseat to no one when you look at my record in standing up and fighting for progressive values.” But a few months later, she told a group in Ohio: “You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate and center. I plead guilty.”
The newly disclosed comments came in audio, apparently from hacked emails, that was revealed this week by the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative blog run by a Republican communications strategist. Clinton was speaking at a Virginia fundraiser hosted by Beatrice Welters, the former U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, and her husband Anthony Welters, the executive chairman of an investment consulting firm founded by former Clinton aide Cheryl Mills.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-supporters-audio-leak-228997
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-jumps-leaked-audio-hillary-clinton-fundraiser/story?id=42499760
Debate the debate
Well, H came off as knowledgeable and calm and not sick, but T seemed to hit her well with her past 'baggage'.
T rambles too much and seems ADD with his sentence completi-let me tell you! (Lies, all lies).
H knows her stuff, but all those past 'problems' keep smacking her. She's experienced, just bad experienced (enjoyed that!).
If T could finish a complete sentence and hit her when the time comes (like when how H says that they need to keep inner city minorities safe or like when she says we need to work with our allies, he needs to say that Her/Obama's government SPIED on those minorities and SPIED on those allies.
Kind of a wash: she can finish sentences, but he did well hitting her with her past.
He came off as rambling, but she came off as miss smileyfacei'mhidingsomething.
50/50.
I'd like to give T more, but the rambling...
Interesting read
Hadn't heard this elsewhere:
DHS run by 3 Stooges!
TU-2S Crashes
A Lockheed TU-2S, the training version of the U-2 reconnaissance jet, crashed on Tuesday near Sacramento, California during a training flight from Beale Air Force Base. Both of its pilots ejected, but one was killed.
in the news:
Fox News
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
further information:
U-2S/TU-2S fact sheet
Only white supremacists use Oculus Rift!
Omagerd I can't even.
Some developers dropping Oculus support to protest founder’s politics [Updated]
Indie developers Polytron (best known for Fez) and Kokoromi (makers of the intriguing VR puzzle game SuperHyperCube), have joined in the developer protest against Oculus. Last year, SuperHyperCube was announced as a PlayStation VR exclusive "at launch," but today, the companies made it clear "we will not be pursuing Oculus support" for the game after that exclusivity expires.
"In a political climate as fragile and horrifying as this one, we cannot tacitly endorse these actions by supporting Luckey or his platform," they wrote (and announced via tweet). "If you are a voting citizen of the United States, please remember to register and make your voice heard this Nov. 8. Do not let bigotry, white supremacy, hate, and fear win."
Instead of making it so that any dumb VR headset can view our game, we will take a stand against bigotry (and having political opinions) and work only with Sony VRDRM.
Palmer Luckey, Millionaire Founder of Oculus Rift, Loves Donald Trump and Dates a Gamergater
It’s been an open secret for some time that Palmer Luckey, the 24-year-old founder of VR company Oculus Rift and heir apparent to the future of gaming, is a strange guy—the type who argues with his customers on Reddit and casually cosplays as My Little Pony characters. Turns out, he also appears to be an active supporter of Donald Trump and the alt-right, and in a long-term relationship with an avid Gamergater.
Rags-to-riches nerd dates a hottie, gets called out for it. No pussy for anti-social white nerds, EVER.
It's all a conspiracy to derail anti-social VR technology! Everyone who is anti-social will be exterminated! You must buy the upcoming Apple augmented reality product, which is pro-social! But not Google's, because that one is just as anti-social as VR, you problematihole!
I'm sure these articles would do "well" on the front page, but I don't want to put them there.
Maybe we need some new options for journals. For example, an option to nest journals (from friends only) between stories on the main page, or an RSS feed that lists all of the journals (if this one exists, I haven't seen it).
Red Dwarf! Smeg off!
This should have been posted the moment it went up, you smeg head editors!
Smeggin' hell!
Who are these 'smeeeg haaads'?
Oh Dog (oh Cat?)... i just went into the woods for a poop and discovered i, as well, was in the Backwards world.
Don't ask how it went :(
