Andrew Wiggin

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• Damian commented on Three pieces of news about the Laundry Files (UPDATED!)
  Think this is per-jurisdiction, which in USian terms is aligned to states. But it’s a sort of carcinoma, where it’s spread adds up to the places that don’t do democracy as such anymore....
• paws4thot commented on Three pieces of news about the Laundry Files (UPDATED!)
  Mibbae aye, mibbae nay. I had the impression that my statement in #391 applied to some Federal offences, such as "kidnap and inter-state transport". I don't know about state level offences, but at that level I think your #392 does apply....
• PrivateIron commented on Three pieces of news about the Laundry Files (UPDATED!)
  I always saw Angleton as Nigel Green, unsurprisingly enough.* Or possibly an evil version of Judi Dench's ex-brother-in-law from "As Time Goes By."...
• JohnS commented on Three pieces of news about the Laundry Files (UPDATED!)
  paws4thot @ 391: (US Law) I thought that, if you were incarcerated for certain offences, your right to vote (and possibly to arm bears ;-) ) were permanently revoked, even after your release? With respect to the right to vote, it depends on which state you live in now, which state you lived in then and whether it was a conviction in a state court or a federal court. With regards to the "right to arm bears", it's even more complicated, but again "it depends" on who you are, what you were convicted of - state or federal - what...
• Therion667 commented on Three pieces of news about the Laundry Files (UPDATED!)
  Congrats....