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I want to move to Denmark during the period of Andersen's Seaside Hotel. Except for all of that WWII shit.

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Who puts mustard in BBQ sauce?

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Conservatives who live in cities embrace things conservatives in small towns and rural areas reject outright as socialism. Public transit, for instance. Many of them don't use it, but they're willing to pay for it, because it reduces the number of cars on the street and creates convenience for them.

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I grew up on a dairy farm in the midwest. Before my coal-black hair turned gray, I was mistaken for Jewish, Puerto Rican, and Amish. Waiting on a middle eastern gentleman at work, he complimented me on my English and asked me how long I'd been in the country.

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I lived in Nashville for a year and a half. I never registered to vote there or had a subscription to the local paper. The only place that ever happened. Nothing about the place made me feel like I was part of it.

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If they did that Biden should declare that HE gets to decide whether the Justices have 'good behavior' as mentioned in Article III, then declare that the 6 conservative justices (or if he wants to be nice only those who vote to declare the 14th unconstitutional) as not having good behavior and firing their asses.

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I'm your neighbor, somewhere in this city (waves hi).

The prices at Frugal McDoogal aren't much better than NC ABC, but at least the selection is better.

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Hey! Whereabouts are you? We’re in the not-hip side of Commonwealth Park, in 28205, which AFAIK is the largest zip code without a liquor store in the world.

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It's a South Carolina thing.

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SCOTUS can fix that, as The Constitution is only as useful as the Christian fascists interpreting it.

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Depends on where you are in NC actually. Also, it's not 6-8 months of oppressive heat and humidity, probably more like 4, but your mileage may vary. I can take the heat, just can't stand the cold.

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I'm not sure what his whole problem with NC is, anyway. It's not like we're a hotbed of liberalism, unless you live in one of the progressive cities. But on majority we're still a red state. There are vast stretches of rural counties and lots of Trumpenfolken.

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There needs to be an NC wonk meetup sometime. (waving from a couple hours away in the town of the Heels)

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All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States...

Under this, can a state decide to have a two-tiered citizenry?

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"Too small for a country, too big for an insane asylum" is how I have seen it characterized.

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I understand the anxiety, but I don't think SCOTUS can find the actual Constitution unconstitutional.

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