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So it seems they've declaimed the farm (or wherever our new spawn was). What now? Is it time to abandon the fort and find a new embark? Or do we somehow soldier on?
Any other suggestions?In general yes, but I've seen none of those, so no.
You might enjoy Dennou Coil.
I officially need to take a break from politics.
I woke up this morning having a lucid dream about hosting a cable "news" show, being lumbered with moderating a couple talking heads bashing/praising Obama, while I played with an interactive map of the Keystone Pipeline. Interestingly enough, the pro-Obama person was a bit more ethnic than usual. Then it turned into The Boondocks.
Anyway.
I was busy all weekend, and didn't even notice the Nevada primary came and went. Apparently nobody here did either. I hear they had some crazy counting fuckup and took like two days to produce an official result, but that's nothing new. The more interesting point might be that Romney won with an exact 50.1% majority, but still actually counted something like fifteen thousand less votes than he did four years ago, in an election that saw 20% less turnout altogether. That sounds significant to me.
I'll get around to updating the OP sooner or later.
Their is one dwarfy solution to all this:
We dig a dry moat around the entire mountain down to the bedrock. and build a system for us to leave and enter via a one way system, using /f home to get in.
Strip mining netherrack is an odd way to make money but it seems to be the fastest way besides voting. Got more diamonds in a short space of time than in two days searching the caverns and digging mines. It breaks so quickly I could barely notice the difference in speed between iron and stone picks.There is no difference, the celing for how fast it breaks is at stone, not diamond. If you want to use more expensive picks purely for their longevity, feel free to. But iron, diamond, or gold pickaxes don't mine netherrack any faster than their stone counterpart. Wooden picks still suck, by the way.
If we were worried about being attacked while mining we could always claim and fortify at the surface. Then we'd just have to make sure not to dig outside of the claim and nobody could get in.
I'll be mostly inactive until next weekend as I've got work. It's a short working week but I do long hours.
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Uh, yeah, Santorum isn't on the ballot in a bunch of states because you have to "register" in each individual state. These states include:
Virginia
Tennessee
Rhode Island
and possibly more that I can't remember.
I find it highly unlikely Santorum will be surging anywhere without being on the ballot.
He's not on the ballot in Tennessee?
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/30/bachmann-santorum-have-no-delegates-on-tennessee-primary-ballot/
So strictly speaking he is, but he has no delegates
Nice we don't have him or Bachmann, but we have no delegates for Buddy Roemer?
Probably won't end up mattering too much in the long run, though. Tennessee has never been much of a swing state.
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Uh, yeah, Santorum isn't on the ballot in a bunch of states because you have to "register" in each individual state. These states include:
Virginia
Tennessee
Rhode Island
and possibly more that I can't remember.
I find it highly unlikely Santorum will be surging anywhere without being on the ballot.
He's not on the ballot in Tennessee?
Nevada primer.QuoteThe Republican nominating train is in new terrain: the West. Saturday’s caucus in Nevada will unfold against mountains and deserts, a far different backdrop from the first four states.
But do not be fooled by the scenery. Where elections are concerned, Nevada is an urbanized state. Most Nevadans live in cities, and that holds true for Republicans and for Republican caucusgoers. In the state’s 2008 Republican caucus, exit polls found just over half of voters were from urban communities, and another quarter was from the suburbs.QuoteThe dire economy may help explain the fractured support of Nevada’s Tea Party, which has been one of the more active Tea Party groups in the country, but cannot seem to agree on a standard-bearer in the presidential campaign. Rick Santorum won the endorsement of Sharron Angle, a senatorial candidate backed by the Tea Party, but it might be too little too late. A poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal found Tea Party support was split, with 37 percent going to Newt Gingrich, 27 percent to Mr. Romney and 20 to Mr. Santorum.Should make for some interesting reading. And viewing if anyone lets Sharron Angle near a TV camera.
Another important voting bloc, as has been widely noted, are Mormons. Twenty-six percent of 2008 Republican caucusgoers were Mormon, and Mr. Romney won 95 percent of their votes. Mr. Paul, however, has been trying to make inroads into that support. His focus on the Constitution is a natural fit for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which considers the document to be divinely inspired. And Mormonism has a history of conflict with the federal government.
In 2008, there was also a substantial share of caucusgoers — 8 percent — who were Hispanic. While a majority of Florida’s Hispanics are of Cuban descent, Nevada’s Hispanics are mostly of Mexican origin. Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Paul have reportedly courted this group’s support more than Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum.
538 vote projections.
On the less factual side of things there have been some polls and rumours that make for fun speculation. One poll shows Santorum beating Obama in the general (lol). Now this is a Rasmussen poll and they have had horrible problems in the past, and this seems to mostly be people remaining mostly ignorant about Santorum given his (very) brief time in the spotlight, but for a few days it makes him the most electable candidate. He might be able to ride that out of a bad beat in Nevada.
Meanwhile Newt is holding a press conference immediately after the results come in. Not a speech, a press conference. Some have take this to mean he might drop out.
Combine these two and you have a fantasy situation where Newt throws his weight behind Santorum and the two run hard against Romney. At least one punter got some money down on a Santorum presidency today. I'd have taken the 140/1 as a value bet, but 66/1 sounds a bit generous to Santorums general electability. That said, today I'd take those as the odds for him getting the Republican nod.
Doubtful. Romney is going to win the nomination easily barring something incredible.
The upcoming caucuses are all very much states that Santorum will get crushed in, barring Missouri and maybe Minnesota. His strongest states are rust belt states, and those are basically sealed in favour of Romney.
He isn't even on the ballot in a lot of states.
Wha? He's a Republican candidate. At last check, he was on the ballot in every state (at least so far). Also, I think Santorum would have a natural constituency in the South, especially if Gingrich dips out. I agree that Romney probably has this in the bag, but the rest of your post is just flat what.
EDIT: Oh yeah, the results. Romney 0wnzors in Nevada. Looking like 50%+ at this point, Gingrich in the low 20s, Paul in the mid-high teens, and Santorum picking up the trash.
Nevada primer.QuoteThe Republican nominating train is in new terrain: the West. Saturday’s caucus in Nevada will unfold against mountains and deserts, a far different backdrop from the first four states.
But do not be fooled by the scenery. Where elections are concerned, Nevada is an urbanized state. Most Nevadans live in cities, and that holds true for Republicans and for Republican caucusgoers. In the state’s 2008 Republican caucus, exit polls found just over half of voters were from urban communities, and another quarter was from the suburbs.QuoteThe dire economy may help explain the fractured support of Nevada’s Tea Party, which has been one of the more active Tea Party groups in the country, but cannot seem to agree on a standard-bearer in the presidential campaign. Rick Santorum won the endorsement of Sharron Angle, a senatorial candidate backed by the Tea Party, but it might be too little too late. A poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal found Tea Party support was split, with 37 percent going to Newt Gingrich, 27 percent to Mr. Romney and 20 to Mr. Santorum.Should make for some interesting reading. And viewing if anyone lets Sharron Angle near a TV camera.
Another important voting bloc, as has been widely noted, are Mormons. Twenty-six percent of 2008 Republican caucusgoers were Mormon, and Mr. Romney won 95 percent of their votes. Mr. Paul, however, has been trying to make inroads into that support. His focus on the Constitution is a natural fit for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which considers the document to be divinely inspired. And Mormonism has a history of conflict with the federal government.
In 2008, there was also a substantial share of caucusgoers — 8 percent — who were Hispanic. While a majority of Florida’s Hispanics are of Cuban descent, Nevada’s Hispanics are mostly of Mexican origin. Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Paul have reportedly courted this group’s support more than Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum.
538 vote projections.
On the less factual side of things there have been some polls and rumours that make for fun speculation. One poll shows Santorum beating Obama in the general (lol). Now this is a Rasmussen poll and they have had horrible problems in the past, and this seems to mostly be people remaining mostly ignorant about Santorum given his (very) brief time in the spotlight, but for a few days it makes him the most electable candidate. He might be able to ride that out of a bad beat in Nevada.
Meanwhile Newt is holding a press conference immediately after the results come in. Not a speech, a press conference. Some have take this to mean he might drop out.
Combine these two and you have a fantasy situation where Newt throws his weight behind Santorum and the two run hard against Romney. At least one punter got some money down on a Santorum presidency today. I'd have taken the 140/1 as a value bet, but 66/1 sounds a bit generous to Santorums general electability. That said, today I'd take those as the odds for him getting the Republican nod.
You parenthetically provided the exact reason why a lot of people would consider it a good thing for the Supreme Court to "create rights out of thin air". You're right, the Constitution does not mention any Federal power over abortion. So what did the Supreme Court say? That the Federal government therefore cannot wholesale restrict access to abortion without an amendment, and by the extension power of the 14th amendment (which does exist whether you like it or not), neither can states.
In the history of the Supreme Court, whether for good or ill, when presented with a question of whether a "right" exists they have almost always erred on the side of saying it does until proven otherwise, by further discovery or by an amendment. In this way, it basically keeps both the Federal government and the states from making up on their own what counts as "Constitutional" or not without actually changing the Constitution, a process which as your example points out, can take decades.
It's a position that holds that it's better that a right be assumed to exist until it's legitimately restricted, rather than saying a right does not exist until enumerated. And I would think minarchists would appreciate that position.
