American Politics: The Speaker's Cornered

[El Lazaro]

The heck does that even mean?

some languages use "USAian" or "US-American" as a demonym for the USA rather than "american". i know some spanish dictionaries use "estadounidense", german occassionally uses "US-amerikanisch", some italians say "statunitense", in formal portuguese the term is "nord-americano" and in academic brazilian portuguese it's "estadunidense", in esperanto it's "usonano" (although america itself is called usano), so on, and so forth. the term's gradually fallen by the wayside in everyday speech, and there are other examples like the central african republic using a broader term as their demonym.

methinks people who deliberately use "USAian" are just being anti-american for anti-america's sake unless they also use CARian for the central african republic, DRCian for the democratic republic of the congo, ROCian for the republic of congo, blah blah blah

I call Deutschland Germany I think China calls us something kingdom and we don't even have a king.

assuming you're talking about the US, the term for the US in chinese is "měiguó" which roughly translates to "beautiful kingdom" or "beautiful country" but probably isn't the actual origin of the name. i personally prefer japanese: "beikoku," or literally "rice country": like chinese, it's probably an abbreviation of the longer term. in chinese the original term might've been "Yà měi lǐ jià zhōu dà hézhòngguó", which when abbreviated gives us "měiguó" and roughly translates to i believe "the continent west of asia" but this is my very limited interpretation of google translate and pinyin translation sites at 1 AM. likewise, "beikoku" might come from the japanese "meriken", which shares the "米" or "bei" kanji (which is occasionally used as an abbreviation for "beikoku")

Isn’t the reason for the interesting country names because they’re made by stringing together a bunch of phonetic sounds (and thus, words) that are pronounced similarly to a foreign name? So like, it could be complete nonsense as long as it sounds close enough, meaning that other countries don’t necessarily have meaningful names.

[Shrillland]

Next week's highlights include the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Mayoral races in Chicago(I think Vallas will squeak out a narrow win), Denver(not a lot of good polling, though I will say that it will got to the June runoff), and three ballot measures in Wisconsin: one advisory, and two binding Amendments below:

Question 1, to be voted on on April 4 with the next measure, would amend the constitution to allow the state legislature to define "serious harm" in relation to the conditions that a judge can impose on an accused person if they're released from jail before conviction. At the moment, judges can impose any condition they want to prevent bodily harm to others.

Question 2 would amend the constitution to allow judges to consider an accused person's previous convictions, the probability of them not appearing in court, the need to protect the community from serious harm(as defined by Question 1 if it passes), the need to protect witnesses from harm, and any potential affirmative defences before setting cash bail amounts.

My town also has votes that day, but as they're all unopposed, I'm sitting the vote out.

[Adamede]

The heck does that even mean?

some languages use "USAian" or "US-American" as a demonym for the USA rather than "american". i know some spanish dictionaries use "estadounidense", german occassionally uses "US-amerikanisch", some italians say "statunitense", in formal portuguese the term is "nord-americano" and in academic brazilian portuguese it's "estadunidense", in esperanto it's "usonano" (although america itself is called usano), so on, and so forth. the term's gradually fallen by the wayside in everyday speech, and there are other examples like the central african republic using a broader term as their demonym.

methinks people who deliberately use "USAian" are just being anti-american for anti-america's sake unless they also use CARian for the central african republic, DRCian for the democratic republic of the congo, ROCian for the republic of congo, blah blah blah

I call Deutschland Germany I think China calls us something kingdom and we don't even have a king.

assuming you're talking about the US, the term for the US in chinese is "měiguó" which roughly translates to "beautiful kingdom" or "beautiful country" but probably isn't the actual origin of the name. i personally prefer japanese: "beikoku," or literally "rice country": like chinese, it's probably an abbreviation of the longer term. in chinese the original term might've been "Yà měi lǐ jià zhōu dà hézhòngguó", which when abbreviated gives us "měiguó" and roughly translates to i believe "the continent west of asia" but this is my very limited interpretation of google translate and pinyin translation sites at 1 AM. likewise, "beikoku" might come from the japanese "meriken", which shares the "米" or "bei" kanji (which is occasionally used as an abbreviation for "beikoku")

That’s actually one of the best break downs on the subject I’ve seen.

[Corrian]

https://www.wsmv.com/2023/03/29/gov-lee-says-wife-was-friends-2-shooting-victims/

Tennessee Gov. Lee says wife was friends of 2 shooting victims
Maria Lee was to have dinner with one of the victims on Monday night.

They'll still do nothing to change anything and keep focusing on ruining trans lives for no reason, I'm sure

[Page]

and if someone leaves the state for one how are they are going to know? They can't ask Washington or Oregon physicians for medical records.

Interrogate the suspect, friends and family and witnesses. Start putting together a timeline of when the person was seen before a missed appointment.

Like this is pretty basic police work.

If a cop ever comes to my door to ask me about a female friend who went out of state, he's going to get the finger and nothing else.

[Northern Seleucia]

Ah. Sounds cringe as hell.

Carry on, I need to sleep

What's funny is that the full name of Mexico is the United States of Mexico.

Oh sure, I could be brief and readable ninjas too...but I care about the craft, man...



...ninjas...

It's the art of the sword....

*oriental music plays*

[San Lumen]

Next week's highlights include the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Mayoral races in Chicago(I think Vallas will squeak out a narrow win), Denver(not a lot of good polling, though I will say that it will got to the June runoff), and three ballot measures in Wisconsin: one advisory, and two binding Amendments below:

Question 1, to be voted on on April 4 with the next measure, would amend the constitution to allow the state legislature to define "serious harm" in relation to the conditions that a judge can impose on an accused person if they're released from jail before conviction. At the moment, judges can impose any condition they want to prevent bodily harm to others.

Question 2 would amend the constitution to allow judges to consider an accused person's previous convictions, the probability of them not appearing in court, the need to protect the community from serious harm(as defined by Question 1 if it passes), the need to protect witnesses from harm, and any potential affirmative defences before setting cash bail amounts.

My town also has votes that day, but as they're all unopposed, I'm sitting the vote out.

What is your prediction for Wisconsin Supreme Court??

I wish in unopposed elections no one would vote and they all lose.

[Uiiop]

Medical records can given by app companies without an warrant.

HIPPA makes that info available over payment.

The states can’t force a doc to hand over information on abortion….

The app compaines don't need force to give people infomation that implies such things like period cycles. They give because they're gullible enough to assume it's about catching OTHER bad guys or just don't care.

[Zurkerx]

Ah, my fellow Americans are contradicting themselves: a majority of Americans think the government spends too much in general, but yet, said we need to spend more in other areas.

When you look at the graph, you find it odd that while Americans want to cut spending, they seem to want to increase spending more so. What I can get from this is that their idea of cutting spending implies helping foreign countries and others; Military Spending is split.

Either way, the amount of cuts they want comes no where close to how much they want to spend.

[HISPIDA]

some languages use "USAian" or "US-American" as a demonym for the USA rather than "american". i know some spanish dictionaries use "estadounidense", german occassionally uses "US-amerikanisch", some italians say "statunitense", in formal portuguese the term is "nord-americano" and in academic brazilian portuguese it's "estadunidense", in esperanto it's "usonano" (although america itself is called usano), so on, and so forth. the term's gradually fallen by the wayside in everyday speech, and there are other examples like the central african republic using a broader term as their demonym.

methinks people who deliberately use "USAian" are just being anti-american for anti-america's sake unless they also use CARian for the central african republic, DRCian for the democratic republic of the congo, ROCian for the republic of congo, blah blah blah


assuming you're talking about the US, the term for the US in chinese is "měiguó" which roughly translates to "beautiful kingdom" or "beautiful country" but probably isn't the actual origin of the name. i personally prefer japanese: "beikoku," or literally "rice country": like chinese, it's probably an abbreviation of the longer term. in chinese the original term might've been "Yà měi lǐ jià zhōu dà hézhòngguó", which when abbreviated gives us "měiguó" and roughly translates to i believe "the continent west of asia" but this is my very limited interpretation of google translate and pinyin translation sites at 1 AM. likewise, "beikoku" might come from the japanese "meriken", which shares the "米" or "bei" kanji (which is occasionally used as an abbreviation for "beikoku")

Isn’t the reason for the interesting country names because they’re made by stringing together a bunch of phonetic sounds (and thus, words) that are pronounced similarly to a foreign name? So like, it could be complete nonsense as long as it sounds close enough, meaning that other countries don’t necessarily have meaningful names.

ehhhh? maybe? in chinese, i know this isn't always the case. for example, norway is "Nuó wēi" (literally a transliteration of norway) and thailand is "tàiguó" but iceland is "Bīng dǎo", which means "ice island" and japan is "rì běn" which roughly means "origin of the sun".

[Picairn]

Posted this in the wrong thread, now reposted: Two Iraq AUMFs (1991 and 2003) repealed by the Senate, 66-30.

[Elwher]

Posted this in the wrong thread, now reposted: Two Iraq AUMFs (1991 and 2003) repealed by the Senate, 66-30.

A great start to returning to the proper functioning of the three branches of government.

[The Black Forrest]

HIPPA makes that info available over payment.

The states can’t force a doc to hand over information on abortion….

The app compaines don't need force to give people infomation that implies such things like period cycles. They give because they're gullible enough to assume it's about catching OTHER bad guys or just don't care.

That’s not how HIPPA works.

Being “gullible” doesn’t exempt you from punishment.

[Pangurstan]

https://www.wric.com/news/politics/local-election-hq/lamont-bagby-wins-special-election-for-mcclellans-virginia-senate-seat/

Lamont Bagby (D) wins special election for McClellan’s Virginia Senate seat. Bagby got around ninety percent of the vote in this district that contains parts of Richmond including downtown.

It's so joever

[Incelastan]

Posted this in the wrong thread, now reposted: Two Iraq AUMFs (1991 and 2003) repealed by the Senate, 66-30.

A great start to returning to the proper functioning of the three branches of government.

A pleasant surprise, especially from the predominantly neoconservative and neoliberal Senate.

[Incelastan]

Ah, my fellow Americans are contradicting themselves: a majority of Americans think the government spends too much in general, but yet, said we need to spend more in other areas.

(Image)

When you look at the graph, you find it odd that while Americans want to cut spending, they seem to want to increase spending more so. What I can get from this is that their idea of cutting spending implies helping foreign countries and others; Military Spending is split.

Either way, the amount of cuts they want comes no where close to how much they want to spend.

Translation: they think that the priorities of the other guy are wrong, not their own. Which is understandable, but they need to be honest enough to come out and say that.

For example, I think that agricultural subsides for major agribusinesses are a waste of public funds, which would be better going to other things, which, yes, would include an increase in SNAP and WIC.

[Deblar]

Ah, my fellow Americans are contradicting themselves: a majority of Americans think the government spends too much in general, but yet, said we need to spend more in other areas.

(Image)

When you look at the graph, you find it odd that while Americans want to cut spending, they seem to want to increase spending more so. What I can get from this is that their idea of cutting spending implies helping foreign countries and others; Military Spending is split.

Either way, the amount of cuts they want comes no where close to how much they want to spend.

Translation: they think that the priorities of the other guy are wrong, not their own. Which is understandable, but they need to be honest enough to come out and say that.

For example, I think that agricultural subsides for major agribusinesses are a waste of public funds, which would be better going to other things, which, yes, would include an increase in SNAP and WIC.

Increasing welfare spending? But that’s socialism! /j

[-Astoria-]

Posted this in the wrong thread, now reposted: Two Iraq AUMFs (1991 and 2003) repealed by the Senate, 66-30.

:hat_tip:

[Sutalia]

Posted this in the wrong thread, now reposted: Two Iraq AUMFs (1991 and 2003) repealed by the Senate, 66-30.

A great start to returning to the proper functioning of the three branches of government.

Indeed. One of the first injustices of the War on Terror has come undone.

[Necroghastia]

Sweeping anti-trans bill in Kentucky has governor's veto overridden.

[Cannot think of a name]

Sweeping anti-trans bill in Kentucky has governor's veto overridden.

Fuck every single one of them.

[The Jamesian Republic]

Sweeping anti-trans bill in Kentucky has governor's veto overridden.

*Withered Wojak*

[Port Caverton]

Sweeping anti-trans bill in Kentucky has governor's veto overridden.

I hate social conservatives so much.

[Zurkerx]

This coming Tuesday, there are two important elections in Wisconsin. One is to fill a State Supreme Court seat that will decide the balance of power in the court. Protasiewicz seems to have the advantage but there has been no polling and it'll likely be close.

The other is a Special State Senate Election that will decide if the GOP will have a super majority in the Senate. The two races now seem closer than ever. How, you may ask? The GOP nominee for that State Senate Special Election, State Rep. Dan Knodl, said he "certainly would consider" impeaching a judge running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s open seat, which is likely Protasiewicz should she win. There was no reason given for his comments, but should he win, the Senate in Wisconsin would become a supermajority, which would make it easier to impeach.

Knodl, btw, is an election denier though I believe he's running in a Republican leaning area. To me, this is a threat: they likely fear that the likes of abortion and their gerrymandered maps will be overturned in a Court that would lean towards the Democrats.

[Shrillland]

Next week's highlights include the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Mayoral races in Chicago(I think Vallas will squeak out a narrow win), Denver(not a lot of good polling, though I will say that it will got to the June runoff), and three ballot measures in Wisconsin: one advisory, and two binding Amendments below:

Question 1, to be voted on on April 4 with the next measure, would amend the constitution to allow the state legislature to define "serious harm" in relation to the conditions that a judge can impose on an accused person if they're released from jail before conviction. At the moment, judges can impose any condition they want to prevent bodily harm to others.

Question 2 would amend the constitution to allow judges to consider an accused person's previous convictions, the probability of them not appearing in court, the need to protect the community from serious harm(as defined by Question 1 if it passes), the need to protect witnesses from harm, and any potential affirmative defences before setting cash bail amounts.

My town also has votes that day, but as they're all unopposed, I'm sitting the vote out.

What is your prediction for Wisconsin Supreme Court??

I wish in unopposed elections no one would vote and they all lose.

Difficult to say, really. I haven't really been able to make a prediction with how close it is.