Arghblarg

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Canada has always used paper, hand-counted ballots. Why anyone would trust their elections to machines which can be sabotaged is beyond me. Perhaps use them to check human-counted results, not the other way 'round.

Takes too long? Recruit more volunteers. Or, heaven forbid, pay them. Something this important deserves the resources to do it transparently and accurately.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

I put on my robe and wizard hat

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

When our last TV which was 'smart' died, we just bought a big lcd monitor at the pawn shop. We already were only using Kodi on an Android box, so a monitor with external speaker is fine. (Seemed spyware free last time I checked, but beware no-name android media boxes on=from eBay etc., use a tiny or old spare PC instead if you wish).

One must 'sail the high seas' tovget content, of course...

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Reason #1 (or #2) why I will not vote for him. Never forget, once he was in power he suddenly decided FPTP was just dandy.

(#2 is his other broken promise, to re-examine CSIS/CSE surveillance overreaches...)

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure he'll wear this as a badge of honour, so that's a backfire for sure.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

As it should be! I hope in the long-term, that is proven to be true.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I would like to say, for the record, that I wrote that late at night, and my phrasing probably came across incorrectly.

It wasn't my intention to call you personally 'a peon'. I was trying more to adopt the voice, for argument's sake, of what an imagined President, using this supposed absolute immunity, might say to their critics -- 'who are you (out there, the people) to question my power?'

My apologies for it coming out the way it did.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

Exactly. The Democratic party needs to push the issue and make the GOP see that the Leopards can eat their face too.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Exactly. Maybe I didn't propose the "right" action -- the entire point is that if the SCOTUS won't rule a president does not have absolute immunity, and is subject to the law of the land, then really ANYTHING is possible isn't it?

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