Robert Peters
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Robert Peters
@FrostflyPrime
Maker of things. I spend half my life behind a counter trying to sell what I've made. I'm effectively an NPC.
Oregon, USA Katılım Ekim 2011
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@FrostflyPrime Charisma wasn’t on the list of requirements. It’s only a plus that Trump has loads of it.
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@Skwerilleee Libertarians are always the dumbest person in any room
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@SusanGriffin530 I'm gonna love the melt downs when she wins again. Drazan is a loser
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No filters or editing on pic.
There's nothing she says I believe, except when she speaks of abortion, TG care, or protecting all criminals, and her campaign slogan, "bad orange man" because she has no accomplishments to tout.
The best thing @governortinakotek could do for Oregon would be to #resign In all seriousness, Oregon and Portland are in dire straits which she obviously has no plan.

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@RichardKlosterm @jimmartin102857 @miles_commodore But it doesn't matter. The states are irrelevant in a one person one vote system. The only thing that matters is getting the most votes. What do you not understand stand here?
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@FrostflyPrime @jimmartin102857 @miles_commodore Because I'm not breaking this down to appease your ass. "Ok, so 1/3 of Californians voted for me, 1/5th voted for you, and the didn't vote or voted for a third candidate." I "Won California" with only 1/3rd votes, while you lost with 1/15th California and all of Wyoming.
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@RichardKlosterm @jimmartin102857 @miles_commodore Why do you think any state would vote for just one person? Your argument fails before it even starts
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@FrostflyPrime @jimmartin102857 @miles_commodore No, it isn't. California is 67 times more popular than Wyoming. If even 1/3rd of Californians bother to show up and vote for me, and every single human being in Wyoming desperately showed up to vote for you, I killed you. I win. How is that fair?
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@jimmartin102857 @RichardKlosterm @miles_commodore So we get the tyranny of the minority. And you don't know your history and that the electoral college is a deal with the southern states where most of the slaves were and they were partially counted for election purposes
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@FrostflyPrime @RichardKlosterm @miles_commodore IF we were a pure Democracy, then yea, it would just be a popular vote contest.
But the Founders studied history and knew the abuses that minorities faced in those situations where 50.1% could strip the rights of the other 49.9% if they chose.
Ergo, a Democratic Republic.
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@jimmartin102857 @RichardKlosterm @miles_commodore That doesn't make any sense. The cities should dominate, that's where the people are
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@FrostflyPrime @RichardKlosterm @miles_commodore Trump won 2,660 US counties
Harris won 451 US counties
If she'd carried 500+ counties she probably would have won.
People vote, not land.
But the Electoral College keep large population urban centers from overwhelming the vast rest of the country.
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@jimmartin102857 @FrostflyPrime @miles_commodore I mean, even with the electoral college, there are flaws. If you look at California votes by county, it's a red state!!! But it has 4 big blue blobs that have more population that the rest of the state combined, so it always goes blue. If anything the EC ahould be expanded!
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@RichardKlosterm @jimmartin102857 @miles_commodore Except that's not how the system works. You don't win states you win votes. 1 vote in Wyoming is exactly as valuable as one in California. The point of a popular vote is to not have a " winner take all" system.
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@FrostflyPrime @jimmartin102857 @miles_commodore A vote in Wyoming is far less powerful than one in California. If you win all of Wyoming and 19 other of the smallest populated states, and I just win Calinornia. You lose. You won 20 states, I only won 1, but my state had more people so I win. Not fair at all.
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Yes. It did.
And Social Security is still a government-run Ponzi scheme.
Next question,
jshannon@kidbonham
@ChrisMartzWX Honest question Chris: did SS tax hurt young working people 30, 40, 50 years ago too?
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@jimmartin102857 @miles_commodore Very poor logic. If the election is close and based on the popular vote candidates must campaign in every state, because the states aren't relevant for the election. You need as many votes as you can get. A vote in wyoming has no more power then A vote in California
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@miles_commodore If not for the Electoral College, 9-10 states would pick every President and it would be decided mostly by Blue urban cities.
The Electoral College makes the presidential candidates campaign across the country, not just in CA(54), NY(28), IL(19), NJ(14), TX(40), FL(30),OH(17)
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@FrostflyPrime @shawzsav They are fundamentally different tho, studies have proven that they have different retention rates and learning curves. Pointing this out is just... Stating a fact, they are different proceses. Now if someone tries to be discriminatory about it, we can jump them.
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@shawzsav A variety of we'll know authors disagree and this take is very ableist. I usually expect better takes from you. My eyes are garbage, it is painful for me to read for long periods. Audio books let me keep reading without the pain.
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@farzyness There is Zero reason to think these would ever be cost effective
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There's an UNBELIEVABLE use case for regional trips in the US that will decimate air travel and buses.
Fully autonomous Tesla Robovans outfitted as long-haul first-class "buses".
These would run routes similar to Amtrak or Greyhounds, but with First-Class-like comfort, amenities, and space.
The price per seat of these can be the same as a bus, but FAR more comfortable and FAR more luxurious.
Can obviously optimize the interior for the best configuration but MAN. This would absolutely KILL.

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Remember folks, it's revenue fire season. @GovTinaKotek and @ORDems have no choice but to cut their Bic Brigade loose. Their failed policies have starved their federal slush fund. It's going to be a hot "fire disaster" summer.
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@thomastousi @collin_ruth89 Laugh. If you don't want to drive just take the bus
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@FrostflyPrime @collin_ruth89 You haven’t experienced FSD. Everything else is just an automobile (from the 20th century).
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@Capitalist_Rick Nice to know you don't understand either system
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@thomastousi @collin_ruth89 Tesla is the bottom barrel of evs
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@collin_ruth89 Hybrids have even more breakable moving parts than ICE vehicles. Tesla is the only car worth buying today.
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@TheRevFeed If you see mechanical simplicity here your an idiot. It's simple to use, but very very mechanically complex
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