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[–] [email protected] 17 points 12 hours ago

That's always going to be the case with a first past the post election system. There can only be 2 parties with a chance to win at any one time and both are forced to be big tents. Because they have no chance at winning third parties get more choice on the issues they focus on and more freedom in how they talk about those issues.

We need election reform. We need a voting system that gives more power to minority voices and we need an election system that makes Congress better reflect the actual vote. I like STAR voting and want to move the house to proportional representation. We would most likely still have 2 big tent more or less center parties that will trade the plurality but the big tents would have to work with the minority party representatives to get enough votes to pass legislation. It's possible that more minority party visibility and them being taken more seriously would lead to a more ideologically diverse Senate and it would almost certainly boost minority party power in state and local elections.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Purely aesthetically I like light makeup. She doesn't look best in light makeup though. We like hiking and most of our vacations are to various trails. She is at her most attractive after a difficult climb. She is a very strong climber and during the climb she has an amazing confidence. Right after she gets to the top and sees the view she gets this look of accomplishment and joy and it's absolutely breathtaking. So she looks best sweaty, dirty, exhausted, and happy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When spoken should've can sound a lot like should of or shoulda depending on the dialect. Most native speakers don't really think about gammer rules when writing informally, they just write how they speak.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's his own son. They monitor each other's porn consumption.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Nimrod was the conqueror of Babylon and Assyria in the Bible. Why would his tomb be in New York? Or even in this hemisphere?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

She was supposed to be like Dr.McCoy from TOS. They were going for a Spock/McCoy type relationship between her and Data. Data was a far more autistic coded character than Spock plus there was a different dynamic because Spock was rejecting his human half and Data was striving to be more human so it mostly just came off as her being super abusive to a fan favorite character.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

We put our save potatoes in a burlap sack and buried them below the frost line. They came out in the spring almost exactly like they went in in the fall.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wouldn't do an airforce or naval base because modern air and sea systems couldn't be repaired and resupplied in 1941. Tanks still run on diesel and can fire the munitions used in WW2 so that's a possibility but they still can't be repaired and transporting them to Europe would be a significant undertaking. Imagine bringing them to the past only to lose half of them to a uboat in the middle of the Atlantic. They also wouldn't be very useful in the Pacific.

I'm going to go with Liberty. It has army special forces command, a Ranger regiment, and a modern medical facility. I think the most valuable thing we could send back to 1941 is knowledge and training. Deploy the Rangers as trainers and advisers, send the medical personnel to teach modern trauma medicine and lead surgical units.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tofu is good but among the traditional protein sources seitan is my favorite. It's got the best texture by far.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

It's also referencing James Rolfe, The Angry Video Game Nerd.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

You're thinking of employment at will. Right to work laws prevent making payment of union dues a requirement for employment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Starfleet Academy was very good. Bridge Commander was excellent. The Armada games and Domination War have already been mentioned but I'll second them.

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