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Open vs. closed primary and single choice voting varies pretty widely based on the state in question- for example, several states don't have party registration, so any registered voter can cast a primary ballot. You hear lots of stories about...
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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@ 280 OK but what happens when a set or sub-set of a major political grouping decides that they WON'T play by the rules &/or accept compromise of any sort? As the Tea Party/christian right appear to be doing, now? Remids me as an outsider of a previous occsion, about 1861 NOT good. Comments?...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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Well, I have been wondering what planet Anatoly was posting from, and now I guess we know. Anatoly: given that Israel is the 500lb nuclear-armed gorilla in the middle east right now, I think it very unlikely that, Ahmedinejad's posturing aside (which is in any case aimed at motivating his domestic base and has no serious international relations standing insofar as he isn't the Iranian head of state) there is about zero chance that the Iranian government will decide to give Benny Netenyahu an excuse to turn Tehran into a glowing hole in the map. Because that's what would happen....
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Charlie Stross commented on
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You are thinking of Winston Churchill's policy in Iraq in the 1920s, of policing with bombers ... using mustard gas bombs on villagers who were late paying their taxes. Great humanitarian, that Winnie....
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john.kurman commented on
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"I'm not sure how you create new memes, but calling people stupid, crazy, or evil is unlikely to persuade them that you have better one". Oh... dear. And here after I talked about platonic derangement. I know it's futile to complain about it, but the meme delusion is a personal irritation of mine, kind of like seeing someone give up on Xtianity but then watching them run straight into the arms of New Age hoodoo. Stupidity, on the other hand, is unlike a meme, not only extremely well defined (as in more than just some game-show category, but rather, as...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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Yup. That's what gave me the sneaking suspicion ... Actually, "we've been had, all of us, by a bunch of pranksters and situation artists pretending to be politicians and lobbyists" would be a great explanation for the past 20 years, wouldn't it?...
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