melvisntnormal
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- Comment on ard 1 week ago:
ahh so that’s why charizard is so hot
- Comment on YSK Article Five of the United States Constitution 2 weeks ago:
New Mexico was the reason I was thinking that Congress would have to pass federal legislation first to dictate how state ratifying conventions are run.
Again, from someone on the outside looking in, it seems like the option with the best chance of succeeding. But I also think Article V itself should be amended to explicitly use referendums to ratify amendments. Maybe even take a page out of Switzerland’s book?
- Comment on YSK Article Five of the United States Constitution 2 weeks ago:
I agree with everything you said, but I’m not talking about conventions to propose amendments, I’m talking about the ones to ratify amendments. Could a Democratic Congress with 2/3rds of each chamber pass a veto-proof law to regulate the ratifying conventions, then pass amendments specifying that they must be ratified by conventions, similar to how prohibition was repealed? As I understand it, the convention route was created by the founding fathers specifically in case they needed to bypass state legislatures.
- Comment on YSK Article Five of the United States Constitution 2 weeks ago:
Seems like the “state-ratifying conventions” route is the only thing that has a chance of working, and that’s ignoring that the Constitution doesn’t regulate them.
Although, seeing as an amendment need 2/3rds of each chamber of Congress to pass, regardless of sending it to the legislatures or conventions (not for the convention to propose amendments), could Congress use that veto-proof majority to pass a law regulating conventions?
Whatever the idea, pretty sure this ends up in the Supreme Court regardless?
… is it weird that I’ve been thinking about this for the last decade? I’m not even American.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Katie Hopkins
That’s a name I’ve had the pleasure of not seeing or hearing for a very long time.
- Comment on Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work 8 months ago:
Slightly tangential, but something that really pisses me off is how we had something like this system for elections for mayors and some other local positions.
The Supplementary Vote was used for all combined authority mayoral elections until the Elections Act 2022 abolished it. It was basically the Alternative Vote (Instant Runoff/Ranked Choice Voting) but limited to two choices: the top two candidates who received the most preferences would advance to a runoff which used the second choices. It’s similar to the French system but it’s all done on the same ballot instead over two separate votes.
The Tories had it in their manifesto to replace it with FPTP, and they did that through the EA2022. I knew they weren’t on board with changing parliamentary elections to a better system, but getting rid of (marginally better) established systems says a lot to me about what they think about democracy.
- Comment on DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub 10 months ago:
Wow, TIL, thanks for the info!
- Comment on DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub 10 months ago:
Oh okay, fair enough. Out of interest, what does Jagex have against the Brits?
- Comment on DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub 10 months ago:
Nope, just straight up blocked Image
- Comment on DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub 10 months ago:
I tried to follow that link and it seems Cloudflare blocked me. Don’t suppose you know who I’d need to talk to to resolve that would you?
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 11 months ago:
I turn 29 in a few months and scored 2. I would not be surprised if I’ve forgotten an instance of using a typewriter or listening to a boombox outside though.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
The article seems to say that it’s not a bill that goes through Parliament, more that it’s akin to secondary legislation, which can’t be subject to a petition? Meaning that the Swiss people would need to petition for a constitutional amendment rather than an optional referendum, which makes this slightly more complicated (and requires a lot more effort)
- Comment on Good morning. 1 year ago:
In my experience, people who like cock and balls generally like looking at cock and balls in porn, if only for help fantasising about playing with said cock and balls. Dressing them up makes them less sexual and more humourous, which someone might be into in the same way as playing “got your nose” with your arse cheeks. Though it’s only funny for a split second when you’re not expecting it, then you actually have to remove the costume in order to access the cock and balls.
- Comment on Good morning. 1 year ago:
I think it’s because most of those folks don’t want to see other people’s Johnsons.
I mean… Men who like men exist, though I say that as a pan-guy that doesn’t really seek out penis. Not repulsed, they just seem boring. Seeing them dressed up is actually funny and interesting until I get bored
- Comment on People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set. 1 year ago:
I still see it sometimes when connecting my Steam Deck to my TV
