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  • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

    Originally posted by French Rage View Post
    How dare you! The US is a solemn bond of 50 states that came together to form it. Wyoming totally would have gone elsewhere and would have been allowed to had the rules been any different.
    The Kingdom of Deseret would still be marrying off 3 or 4 teenage women to each pedo man.

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    • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

      https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/w...rricane-dorian

      On President Donald Trump’s orders, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to strong-arm the NOAA into supporting President Donald Trump’s baseless insistence that Alabama was in Hurricane Dorian’s path.
      What kind of cheese are you planning to put on top?

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      • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

        Originally posted by French Rage View Post
        How dare you! The US is a solemn bond of 50 states that came together to form it. Wyoming totally would have gone elsewhere and would have been allowed to had the rules been any different.
        Is it too late to let them leave?
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        • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

          So I tried a thought experiment to create 50 more or less equal-ish states with the minimal amount of disturbance.

          The rules:

          1. Fewest total adjustments.
          2. Adjustments can only be the merging of existing* states or the splitting of existing states. No "borrowing" or "shaving" is allowed.
          3. * Existing will include all territories and possessions -- we're pulling everybody in at one go.

          Current US state population stats:

          56 entities (50 states, DC, 5 territories and possessions)

          Average ratio of US population for 50 new states: 2%

          Largest allowed under new system: 5%. Entities currently in excess: 4 (CA, TX, FL, NY)
          Smallest to be allowed: 0.5%. Entities currently below: 16

          CA splits into 3. Add 2 entities. (D+2) (R+2)

          TX, FL, NY each split in half. Add 3 entities. (D+6)

          Merge AS, MP (Marianas Islands), and GU with HI.

          Merge VI with PR. (D+2)

          Merge DC with MD.

          Merge NH, VT and ME. (D-2) (R-2)

          Merge MT and WY. (R-2)

          Merge ND and SD. (R-2)

          Merge DE with MD. (D-2)

          Merge RI with CT. (D-2)

          AK (.22) is under the floor but it's unique, leave it alone.

          Total effect: (D+4) (R-4)
          Last edited by Kepler; 09-11-2019, 01:43 PM.
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          • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            So I tried a thought experiment to create 50 more or less equal-ish states with the minimal amount of disturbance.

            The rules:

            1. Fewest total adjustments.
            2. Adjustments can only be the merging of existing* states or the splitting of existing states. No "borrowing" or "shaving" is allowed.
            3. * Existing will include all territories and possessions -- we're pulling everybody in at one go.

            Current US state population stats:

            56 entities (50 states, DC, 5 territories and possessions)

            Average ratio of US population for 50 new states: 2%

            Largest allowed under new system: 5%. Entities currently in excess: 4 (CA, TX, FL, NY)
            Smallest to be allowed: 0.5%. Entities currently below: 16

            CA splits into 3. Add 2 entities. (D+2) (R+2)

            TX, FL, NY each split in half. Add 3 entities. (D+6)

            Merge AS, MP (Marianas Islands), and GU with HI.

            Merge VI with PR. (D+2)

            Merge DC with MD.

            Merge NH, VT and ME. (D-2) (R-2)

            Merge MT and WY. (R-2)

            Merge ND and SD. (R-2)

            Merge DE with MD. (D-2)

            Merge RI with CT. (D-2)

            AK (.22) is under the floor but it's unique, leave it alone.

            Total effect: (D+4) (R-4)
            I'm going to need a visual.

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            • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

              Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
              I'm going to need a visual.
              That's usually what the guy says.
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              • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

                We're denying people from Bahamas Temp Protected Status after the hurricane devastation.

                **** this country.
                **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

                Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

                  Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                  We're denying people from Bahamas Temp Protected Status after the hurricane devastation.

                  **** this country.
                  I love this country.

                  **** the Nazis who are temporarily in power because *******s voted for them selfishly.

                  We will beat them and restore this country and we will drive them back under their rocks to choke themselves to death on their own hatred.
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                  • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    So I tried a thought experiment to create 50 more or less equal-ish states with the minimal amount of disturbance.

                    The rules:

                    1. Fewest total adjustments.
                    2. Adjustments can only be the merging of existing* states or the splitting of existing states. No "borrowing" or "shaving" is allowed.
                    3. * Existing will include all territories and possessions -- we're pulling everybody in at one go.

                    Current US state population stats:

                    56 entities (50 states, DC, 5 territories and possessions)

                    Average ratio of US population for 50 new states: 2%

                    Largest allowed under new system: 5%. Entities currently in excess: 4 (CA, TX, FL, NY)
                    Smallest to be allowed: 0.5%. Entities currently below: 16

                    CA splits into 3. Add 2 entities. (D+2) (R+2)

                    TX, FL, NY each split in half. Add 3 entities. (D+6)

                    Merge AS, MP (Marianas Islands), and GU with HI.

                    Merge VI with PR. (D+2)

                    Merge DC with MD.

                    Merge NH, VT and ME. (D-2) (R-2)

                    Merge MT and WY. (R-2)

                    Merge ND and SD. (R-2)

                    Merge DE with MD. (D-2)

                    Merge RI with CT. (D-2)

                    AK (.22) is under the floor but it's unique, leave it alone.

                    Total effect: (D+4) (R-4)

                    We know it was hard not to nuke anybody. Every day in every way, you are getting better and better.

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                    • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

                      Originally posted by burd View Post
                      We know it was hard not to nuke anybody. Every day in every way, you are getting better and better.
                      That would have just made the population differentials even worse.
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                      • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

                        Class all the way...dems need to hammer this crap

                        “While North Carolina Democrats were remembering the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, their Republican colleagues took advantage of their absence.”

                        Rammed a budget veto through

                        https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/11/north-carolina-republicans-overrode-budget-veto-while-democrats-were-ceremony/

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                        • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

                          Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                          Class all the way...dems need to hammer this crap

                          “While North Carolina Democrats were remembering the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, their Republican colleagues took advantage of their absence.”

                          Rammed a budget veto through

                          https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...were-ceremony/
                          But why do the D's refuse to work with the Rs? They are the true villains here.

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                          • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

                            Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                            Class all the way...dems need to hammer this crap

                            “While North Carolina Democrats were remembering the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, their Republican colleagues took advantage of their absence.”

                            Rammed a budget veto through

                            https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...were-ceremony/
                            I sure am glad when the GOP offices were burned down prior to the 2016 election the state Democratic Party gave the Republicans financial assistance. That has paid off in spades.

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                            • Re: POTUS 45.57: We Should Have Voted for Zaphod Beeblebrox Instead.

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                              • Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                                Class all the way...dems need to hammer this crap

                                “While North Carolina Democrats were remembering the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, their Republican colleagues took advantage of their absence.”

                                Rammed a budget veto through

                                https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/11/north-carolina-republicans-overrode-budget-veto-while-democrats-were-ceremony/
                                Once they control the whole shebang down there, let's hope the Dems remember this and show no mercy.

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