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Observation. My FB flow is interesting when looking at my friends that are US citizens. I would say there are a few types: 1. The educated west...

Sad little children throwing a tantrum on the taxpayer's dime: 1308859475428806657 Clearly there's room cut their budget a little further.

Yeah, all those famous checks and balances that make American democracy so great aren't functioning so well are they?

Well, the first thing that springs to mind is that the judiciary and state aren't separate and under the US framework they're not supposed to be. ...

An employer will typically try to pay you as little as they can get away with. You're in a negotiation; they have a decent argument for opening with...

Fucking banana republic being led by a human shitstain: 1308896562035204098 Interesting looking back on discussions about the power of...

Typical sloppy reporting by a British news site. There hasn't changed anything since the so-called row started; the listing still hasn't been done....

'Steal' is not the correct word here. The Republican Party is absolutely going to try and win this election, by the rules. I don't want them to but...

The bluff that the EU was going to deny us the right to trade food. He tried to play it tough, got blew back much harder and now he's dropped that...

What "bluff"?

The bad thing is there's nothing in the US Constitution to prevent them doing that. Plus its sort of been done before, in 1876.

The Republican Party is absolutely going to try and steal this election. I never imagined American Democracy and rule of law was this fragile. Nor...

Oh, I totally think you should get paid what you're worth. I just think that people sometimes think too much about where they start and don't think...

Thanks for the replies, appreciate your views. Wiggin, I do in principle agree with your view. And I do realise that lacking the right papers or...

Barnier's bluff has been called on food. So much for that one! ...

Seems like the new border between the UK and the EU is going to be between London and Kent.

It was bad to do it in 2016 because the judge was chosen by Democrats. It's good to do it now because the judge is chosen by Republicans. That...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/23/no-deal-brexit-will-cost-uk-more-than-covid-report So much for: We'll deal with Brexit easily in...

Over here judges are, as far as I know, selected by other judges. Which has a whole set of different downsides. I'm not sure what the best way is to...

What you both said is true, but I can't think of another democracy where choosing judges is such a big political issue.

There must always be a way of choosing judges, how else do you expect it to be done? You can have directly elected judges but then they're...

Thinking about it, the very notion of politicians appointing judges is fucked from the start really. How can a nation have a truly separate state and...

I mean, why it's good to do it now when you had previously claimed that it was bad to do it. I mentioned in the other thread that this is something...

You know, Steely, I actually don't think it's hard to justify why a SCOTUS justice should be appointed and confirmed in an election year. I do think...

I'm going to be mildly contrary just to provide an alternative view. (That being said, I think you should definitely push for what you think you're...

You're going to have to come up with your own weaselly justifications for why the appointing a justice to the SCOTUS 6 weeks before an election is...

100 days to go to the end of transition. Tick tock, tick tock. :)

Kyle should just have been shot then and there. That's the kind of justice Lewk desires. Amiright? High five!

Sounds like a too strict adherence to job role tickboxes, rather than the flexibility to fit each employee's particular skills and experience to...

Great example of principles (not principals) Ziggy there with the SCOTUS judge issue. A great song and dance was made about the "principle" that...