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Post by ironhammer on Mar 19, 2019 0:20:41 GMT -5
Interesting. I'm sure there are always weird corners and strange atypical locations that goes against what most of the state is like for each state in the US. Except that in CA, our strange and atypical locations are limited to the Bay Area and greater Los Angeles. Unfortunately those little places contain about half our population. Therefore, the strange and atypical folks have a whole lot of influence on the state being really, really soft on crime. Should make LA and SFO their own states and let the rest of us have CA back. You might be forgetting San Diego there...
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Post by reader on Mar 19, 2019 8:09:20 GMT -5
The good burghers of the presumptive state of Jefferson would be most distressed to find themselves lumped in with the crazy lefties in the Bay area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_state) I honestly love having CA around just for its tremendously fun ballot props. I mean, I would flee to the woods if I lived there, but I don't so it's much less stressful for me. Good luck to all you residents, and keep sending the news.
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Post by garnet04 on Mar 19, 2019 8:25:52 GMT -5
It is clear in Federal law that no state can be split into multiple states without both approval of the state legislature and also approval of Congress. Texas is the exception. It was a republic with it's own constitution when it joined the union in 1845. Part of the conditions agreed to by both parties as elements of the merger was that in the future if texas saw the need and so chose, it could divide itself into 5 states, each having two senators. If the number of supreme court justices is increased, look for 8 more senators from Texas, all Rebublican due proven gerrymandering skill in Texas.
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Post by Wiswell on Mar 19, 2019 10:21:43 GMT -5
It is clear in Federal law that no state can be split into multiple states without both approval of the state legislature and also approval of Congress. Texas is the exception. It was a republic with it's own constitution when it joined the union in 1845. Part of the conditions agreed to by both parties as elements of the merger was that in the future if texas saw the need and so chose, it could divide itself into 5 states, each having two senators. If the number of supreme court justices is increased, look for 8 more senators from Texas, all Rebublican due proven gerrymandering skill in Texas. You can't gerrymander Senate seats.
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Post by holidayhusker on Mar 19, 2019 10:26:13 GMT -5
Texas is the exception. It was a republic with it's own constitution when it joined the union in 1845. Part of the conditions agreed to by both parties as elements of the merger was that in the future if texas saw the need and so chose, it could divide itself into 5 states, each having two senators. If the number of supreme court justices is increased, look for 8 more senators from Texas, all Rebublican due proven gerrymandering skill in Texas. You can't gerrymander Senate seats. well...it always depends on which side you are on whether that is acceptable or not doesn't it?
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Post by staticb on Mar 19, 2019 10:41:49 GMT -5
Getting off topic but as the bigger cities in Texas start to turn more blue it seems it would be harder and harder over time--a temporary effect anyway.
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Post by azvb on Mar 19, 2019 11:55:20 GMT -5
I wonder if the USC athletic department thinks no one who reported to Donna was involved? If it means a lighter sentence, I’m sure Donna will cooperate and name names.
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 19, 2019 11:59:13 GMT -5
The conditions in the facility depicted in Orange is the New Black wasn't so bad, to be honest.
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 19, 2019 12:10:53 GMT -5
It is clear in Federal law that no state can be split into multiple states without both approval of the state legislature and also approval of Congress. Texas is the exception. It was a republic with it's own constitution when it joined the union in 1845. Part of the conditions agreed to by both parties as elements of the merger was that in the future if texas saw the need and so chose, it could divide itself into 5 states, each having two senators. If the number of supreme court justices is increased, look for 8 more senators from Texas, all Rebublican due proven gerrymandering skill in Texas. It's not at all clear that still applies. One way of looking at it is that Texas left the union in 1861 and was readmitted in 1865, so the original terms of admission may be null and void. Another way of looking at it is that secession was illegal and so it never happened. This would certainly be an issue the SCOTUS would have to decide.
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Post by saywhatnow on Mar 19, 2019 15:51:40 GMT -5
If it means a lighter sentence, I’m sure Donna will cooperate and name names. Donna had flunkies in the department..............people who think they are very special and important and like her are incredibly mean spirited.....................lets see what this self proclaimed ICON (donna) does. There is no way she didn't have peeps in the department that knew what was going on and aided her in this scam.
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Post by Wiswell on Mar 19, 2019 21:03:28 GMT -5
You can't gerrymander Senate seats. well...it always depends on which side you are on whether that is acceptable or not doesn't it? Unless you do what the next poster said, which is to divide the 5 states into states that are only one party based on where the party enrollments are, you can't gerrymander a Senate seat. That's like saying so and so became Governor because of gerrymandering. Both are statewide offices.
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 19, 2019 22:39:11 GMT -5
I always find maps like this interesting:
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 19, 2019 22:44:34 GMT -5
It's always interesting when I drive down HWY 101 from the Bay Area to San Diego. From San Jose to San Luis Obispo County, you see predominantly Hispanic people. (This is during gas and meal stops at the towns along the highway.) And then, when you get into San Luis Obispo County, it's like this gigantic transformation like in the movies and everyone is White! As you continue south, it becomes less and less White until you get to Los Angeles where it's predominantly Hispanic and Asian. Further south into San Diego, it's Hispanic but you see some White people.
And the Santa Clara-San Mateo-San Francisco area (which is, essentially, the mythical Silicon Valley) is predominantly Hispanic, Asian, and Indian. If I throw a rock, I can't even hit any White people unless you're in Palo Alto or Atherton.
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Post by deohge on Mar 20, 2019 7:47:15 GMT -5
Wow, this thread sure got off topic.
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Post by Hawk Attack on Mar 20, 2019 11:25:24 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure USC has not said they WILL expel students but that they MAY expel students. DailyMail may not be the most reliable source...
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