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If it were then an awful lot of lawyers couldn't pass the bar.

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I have more faith in Phil Collins. And I hate Phil Collins.

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Especially that one!

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I should be a lawyer, then. I have trouble passing bars.

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Finally a get rich quick scheme that will work!

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Wouldn't hurt to start talking about it now. It will only happen if the Democrats are more or less aligned (and organized by Pelosi/Schumer). And that won't happen (the aligning) unless the people calling Democratic offices (yes we are going to have to do that until some genius comes up with a way to evolve consensus and focus it on legislators with some kind of online tool - what's taking them so fucking long?) are on the same page, more or less. Are we on the same page, more or less?

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One thing Collins is not concerned about is the black vote when she runs for reelection. Maine is over 94% white, and only 1.6% black, so don't think that Farr's attacks on black voters will sway her to do anything. Racial equality is not something most Maine politicians need to concern themselves with.

https://www.census.gov/quic...

There are some interesting data bits about other topics concerning states with a low black population percentage on that link.

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And I can feel that faith, in the air, tonight.

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At least there your enemy is easy to spot, and in general not the big guy who says he's on your side.

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Funny, that was my team too.

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So Wally World will be the next one to announce major layoffs?

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Because flat-out murdering people for being Muslim worked out so well before: http://www.siyasahpress.org...

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I always said "the Ukraine." I googled it when I read this. So, in the olden days, when it was part of the USSR, I guess it was "the Ukraine" and now it's just "Ukraine?"

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He seems nice.

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