WoodScientist

What's your ethnicity? Feels weird to ask someone that question. But in this case, it's highly relevant. :(

also sad that this is no longer exact high school teachers are crying

Eh, exact enough for most any practical purpose.

The US may be at its limit. Those interceptors aren't cheap. And even if Congress is willing to write a blank check, they can only be manufactured so quickly. Plus the US is also trying to supply Ukraine. And at the same time it needs to keep a reserve in case a conflict breaks out over Taiwan.

Here's what it comes down to IMO.

If we wanted a system that required minimum elected experience, we would simply write that requirement into state or federal constitutions. You could quite easily have language in the NYC charter that required certain minimum elected experience to be mayor. But we don't tend to put these rigid requirements in place, as "consent of the governed" is more important than some arbitrary level of experience. Chief executives are mostly figureheads; they have teams of people to handle the day-to-day. Their job is to define the overall direction and mission of the office. Having more experience can help with that, but it isn't a requirement.

You know, my town it is really lacking. AFAIK there isn't a single protection racket running in this place. I think I need to start one.

ICE is also hiring.

I tried making cement shoes for someone, but I didn't have any cement and made them out of wood instead. I hope that's OK.

Nah these aren't goons. If you want to be a proper goon, you need to dress for the job. You're not some high school kid who joined a street gang or some kid slinging rock on a street corner. You are a GOON. A proper henchman of a high-level figure in the criminal underworld. You need to have some respect for yourself. And that starts with dressing the part. We're talking a three piece suit at a minimum. Or a fedora, and the rest of the outfit that actually makes a fedora work.

"Goon" isn't just a job. It's a profession. Put away the t-shirt and shorts; you're embarrassing yourself. What kind of self-respecting goon doesn't wear a suit?

I would assume they're just there to protect protesters from police. Generally shooting at cops is a bad idea, but having enough armed protesters around does cause cops to be on their best behavior. Remember that protester a few days ago in LA that was being assaulted by police on horseback? That's the kind of situation where someone would have been fully justified to shoot those officers, an act of simple self defense.

It's rare for cops to actually shoot openly armed people. They're only incredibly trigger-happy against unarmed people. Every cop knows that it doesn't matter if the law is on their side. If a cop starts shooting at someone that is themselves heavily armed, there's a good chance that cop isn't going home tonight. Having armed protesters prevents police from taking lives with impunity.

I think the US should pass a new Constitutional amendment. We should make it a capital offense for any monarch, noble, or anyone with any hereditary title of nobility of any kind to set foot on US soil. We'll happily still trade and have diplomatic relationships with countries infested with monarchs, but if any monarch dares to set foot on US soil? Instant beheading.

I don't care if someone is a complete absolute monarch or an entirely ceremonial constitutional one. Monarchs are disgusting abominations in all their forms. The idea that someone would claim power, simply by right of birth? There is nothing more antithetical to the core American ideal that "all men are created equal."

Constitutional monarchs are just as disgusting. You ever wonder what these clowns are actually doing? They're like vultures. Think of vultures like Europe's existing constitutional monarchs. They reign in what are supposed to be democracies, in purely ceremonial roles. What they're really doing is sitting like vultures on the sidelines, just waiting for democracy to stumble. You cannot tell me that deep in their heart, every constitutional monarch doesn't, in their heart of hearts, envy the power their ancestors had and dream of having it again. That's why they don't simply abdicate to go live lives of private luxury. They're just biding their time. Waiting until some crisis of confidence, some national instability, some political calamity. They're like mincing predators, sitting around waiting for democracy to trip. And at that moment when confidence in free elections is at its lowest point? They'll sweep in and attempt a full royal restoration.

Monarchs think in centuries. Most democracies have only been around for a few generations. The constitutional monarchs remember the power they once had, and they desperately want it back.

The only good royal is a dead one. The French and the Soviets had the right idea on how to deal with kings. Every monarch should have the choice of either giving up their crown or giving up their head. Being a king or monarch of any kind is crime against humanity. Hell, we should treat Disney princess movies like we would ISIS propaganda - pro-royalist trash hellbent on the royalist indoctrination of young children.

Make it a capital offense to be a monarch on US soil. Any monarchs that dares sit foot in this land of liberty should immediately have their head removed from their shoulders.

We may not live up to that name "the land of liberty" very well. But at the very least we should be able to keep a bunch of kings from coming in fouling up the place with their stink.

Fine I'm claiming it. We're building a mile-tall colossus of John Brown.

An officer turning their body camera off during a shooting should result in an automatic conviction for first-degree murder. Legally, if the camera is off, we should just assume the police murder the victim in cold blood.