Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

If someone needs a machine gun to protect them from roving packs of feral pigs, they live in the wrong place.

TM

2. Especially if your kids are playing in the yard among the pigs. Machine gun is not the right tool there. Baseball bat with nails maybe.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I've stayed quiet on the subject because I sort of sympathize with the dude. We've had about as many show up more or less in the front yard on more than one occasion. My brother and I counted 27 crossing the road in front of us a few weeks back. Most were pretty young.

Somehow, though, we've all managed to co-exist without the need for an arsenal.

The high tech traps someone set up doesn't seem to work.

At the ranch or in Houston?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Howard should be podcasted into segments so you can listen to the interviews, phony phone calls, and whack pack gags, and avoid all the dreck between cast members.

"Ass treaks" was funny for a few weeks, but other than that, Ronnie Brings Nothing.

And Bobo is the worst. Why does he allow that bore to take up so much time? Also, Jeff the Drunk sucks.

More Medicated Pete. I can never get enough Medicated Pete.

I used to be an avid Howard listener but he has gotten rich and shitty such that he has no idea or inkling how to create good entertainment anymore. No one wants to hear Bobo, Ronnie getting dildoes up his ass, Howard saying he jerked off -- every day. He is no longer into the show and it shows.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

I used to be an avid Howard listener but he has gotten rich and shitty such that he has no idea or inkling how to create good entertainment anymore. No one wants to hear Bobo, Ronnie getting dildoes up his ass, Howard saying he jerked off -- every day. He is no longer into the show and it shows.

Hmm, disagree, the staff stuff is often contrived, and the wack pack stuff largely played, but the Robin/Howard interaction is always great, as Is news. And interviews? Bagel Boss guy was great.

And do not try to tell us you haven’t thought of Real Dolls.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

I used to be an avid Howard listener but he has gotten rich and shitty such that he has no idea or inkling how to create good entertainment anymore. No one wants to hear Bobo, Ronnie getting dildoes up his ass, Howard saying he jerked off -- every day. He is no longer into the show and it shows.

He's not the Howard of the 90s. But I like that he's grown into a serious interviewer. He gets info other formats and hosts could never elicit. It's different, but kind of... better.

He is a rich lazy fuck in all other aspects of the show, true. But he has to satisfy the audience that actually likes Ronnie, and fights with Gary. A lot of freaks still dig that shit.

I forgot to give props to the News. I still love that segment. Robin guides Howard and pulls the best jokes from him there in much the same way he pulls the best stuff from his fancy guests. She brings him back to reality (oddly, as both are now absurdly rich... one of Robin's places was in one of my wife's Architectural Digests a few years back). And Fred perfects it with the sound effects. That South American funeral dirge or whatever it is he plays when Robin gets serious never fails, and I even found the wind chimes funny.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Hmm, disagree, the staff stuff is often contrived, and the wack pack stuff largely played, but the Robin/Howard interaction is always great, as Is news. And interviews? Bagel Boss guy was great.

And do not try to tell us you haven’t thought of Real Dolls.

Wack pack still works. Bigfoot embedded was so disgusting I could not stop listening. The french fries in the middle of the floor and blowing the mailman, casually dropped, were excellent bits. It's too fucked up to be contrived.

Medicated Pete calling the piano tuner is my all time favorite. I don't know why, but I love that guy.

And... Swap Shop. I could do hours on end of that.

ETA: High Pitch Erik is a bit played out. And fifteen minute laments on the passing of Eric the Actor are beyond painful.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

But the President is chosen by electors and the process for choosing the electors is generally left to the states. Electors have at times been chosen by state legislatures instead of by popular vote, and different states have set different qualifications for voting in Presidential elections.

I'm not seeing why that matters. The Constitution leaves the selection of electors and qualifications for voting to the states. But it sets requirements for who can be President.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

But they can charge you a higher fee than Illinois?

Sorry, not following your point here.

California isn't changing the actual text of the Constitution (as you have in your example). But it seems to me there are already different hurdles for different states in order to qualify.

California is adding a requirement that isn't in the Constitution. Since the Constitution sets requirements, I don't think states are free to add to them.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I'm not seeing why that matters. The Constitution leaves the selection of electors and qualifications for voting to the states. But it sets requirements for who can be President.

Have you seen the exchange between Tribe and Lessig on this? Lessig's view is it is unconstitutional, Tribe's view is that it is constitutional.

Of course, Tribe is a star constitutional lawyer with over thirty appearances before the supreme court and a dozen well-regarded treatises, while Lessig... tweets alot.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Have you seen the exchange between Tribe and Lessig on this? Lessig's view is it is unconstitutional, Tribe's view is that it is constitutional.

Of course, Tribe is a star constitutional lawyer with over thirty appearances before the supreme court and a dozen well-regarded treatises, while Lessig... tweets alot.

https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._Term_Li...c._v._Thornton So you're on justice Thomas's side?

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Have you seen the exchange between Tribe and Lessig on this? Lessig's view is it is unconstitutional, Tribe's view is that it is constitutional.

Of course, Tribe is a star constitutional lawyer with over thirty appearances before the supreme court and a dozen well-regarded treatises, while Lessig... tweets alot.

Or, you could read the Complaint. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/trum...x-returns.html

LessinSanIgnacio, Belize

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

California is adding a requirement that isn't in the Constitution. Since the Constitution sets requirements, I don't think states are free to add to them.

On a politics chatting board where all the socks were complaining about gerrymandering cuz so many state legislatures are R dominated, it seems a bit short sighted to cheer a world where Cali does something to fuck with Trump.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

At the ranch or in Houston?

At the ranch. It's a pretty big problem in the state, and as usual, idiots are to blame for the whole damned thing.

And yet wild hogs were barely more than a curiosity in the Lone Star State until the 1980s. It’s only since then that the population has exploded, and not entirely because of the animals’ intelligence, adaptability and fertility. Hunters found them challenging prey, so wild hog populations were nurtured on ranches that sold hunting leases; some captured hogs were released in other parts of the state. Game ranchers set out feed to attract deer, but wild hogs pilfered it, growing more fecund. Finally, improved animal husbandry reduced disease among domestic pigs, thereby reducing the incidence among wild hogs.

I'm sure there are entire academic departments at Texas A&M trying to figure out how to get rid of them. One novel idea made it through the legislature a few sessions back, and I swear I'm not making this up: Pork Chopping.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Sorry, not following your point here.

Yes you are.

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

California is adding a requirement that isn't in the Constitution. Since the Constitution sets requirements, I don't think states are free to add to them.

If California can require a fee that is higher than Illinois' to be put on a ballot, that is a requirement that isn't in the Constitution. Not only that, but it is a rule that isn't consistently applied across states.

If California can require that you obtain a certain number of signatures before you're allowed to be put on the ballot, that is a requirement that isn't in the Constitution.

If California requires that anyone who wants to run for office provide their tax returns, that may be a requirement that isn't in the Constitution (like the others I just listed), but it doesn't prevent anyone from running. Hell, I would argue the other two examples are more restrictive.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

On a politics chatting board where all the socks were complaining about gerrymandering cuz so many state legislatures are R dominated, it seems a bit short sighted to cheer a world where Cali does something to fuck with Trump.

Oh, right. Like Republicans won't violate whatever the fuck they want and spit in the face of the Constitution otherwise in order to maintain power.

GTFOH.

TM