QuoProQuid posted:

Yesterday, a bill arrived on the floor of North Carolina's General Assembly that would have made it illegal for local municipalities to raise the minimum wage, establish affordable housing mandates, or institute landlord-tenet relations. It also would have blocked any rules against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill, originally intended to regulate the licensing of counselors, had provisions added to it moments before voting began. Consequently, representatives were preparing to vote when they received word that their previously uncontroversial bill would have, among other things, completely undone the concept of federalism in the state of North Carolina. City Lab reports:

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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and Charlotte City Council are discussing whether to create “public safety zones,” city areas where people with past arrests would be prohibited from entering.

Under the controversial proposal, Chief Kerr Putney could designate a high-crime area as a safety zone in response to crimes such as drug sales or discharging guns that were committed on public property.

Someone who has been arrested for crimes in the area could be issued a notice that they are no longer allowed to enter, for as long as the safety zone is in effect. Entering the zone after being prohibited would be a misdemeanor.

The bans could be appealed for reasons that include entering the area to go to work or to pick up a child from school...

The city has been experimenting with different tactics to lower crime. In addition to the injunction against gang members, the city has used a public nuisance ordinance, which gives it the ability to seize private property from owners who continually have police come to their property.

“Truthfully, I don’t know if they will do any good,” said City Council member Claire Fallon, who chairs the public safety committee. The committee heard a CMPD presentation about the zones in early September. “If someone doesn’t obey the law, do you think a safety zone will impress them?”

Fallon also said she’s worried the safety zones would simply move crime from one part of the city to another.

“We would take it off the plate of one community and then put them on another community,” she said.

A CMPD presentation to council members notes the zones could be an “additional tool to assist in maintaining or repairing a neighborhood or location’s reputation” and could also “disrupt nuisance criminal activity.”

But the department also acknowledges that there are downsides.

Among them: a perception that the zones would be “an overhanded arbitrary government action” and would place a harmful “brand” on a neighborhood.

Captain_Maclaine posted:

He's hardly the first to advocate such a well-thought-out course of action:


Kindergarten Kamikazes: a sensible alternative to maybe making it harder for the dangerously unstable from getting heated.

Radish posted:

If one of those pie in the face guys gets Carson it would be nice if for the rest of his campaign people would say "you would be dead just like those victims if he was actually a shooter" but that would require the GOP candidates to be even the smallest bit critical of insane gun policies so...

Phone posted:

I actually laughed out loud at the "The shooter can only shoot one person at a time, he cannot shoot a group of people" line.

zoux posted:

Alter Ego posted:

I almost wish I owned a gun shop so that I could run a competing promotion where I gave discounts to non-Christians only.

nachos posted:

Which tears? Half of them are over the moon

Good Citizen posted:

Honestly I was hoping for a cool nomination fight that would yield some truly historic crazy poo poo but Boehner being permanently drafted into his own personal hell is good too.

gradenko_2000 posted:

I feel like there's a contradiction between "we need guns to fight government tyranny, or else we're going to get genocided like the people in Germany" and "we need to throw out all of the illegal immigrants"

I mean, wouldn't the immigrants think that was government tyranny, and shouldn't they be entitled to fight off the government with guns?

CarterUSM posted:

The Donald, feeling the White House and Oval Office growing ever-closer, extends his omnipotent reach into the halls of Congress, as well. Can't wait until he starts bragging about calling SCOTUS and influencing decisions there, too.

BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

@ChadPergram 42m42 minutes ago
Some conservatives already girding for battle to derail a potential Paul Ryan Speakership. Don't like his stance on immigration.

evilweasel posted:

The Ex-Im bank is one of the few genuine ideological differences in the Republican caucus. Don't expect to see many more.

William Bear posted:

More detail on the Ellmers meeting earlier today. She's folksy!


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-ellmers-addresses-house-gop-on-email-rumors/ar-AAfhZLF?li=BBgzzfc

Radbot posted:

Who gives a poo poo, he's not going to be the candidate.

DaveWoo posted:

Breaking News: Biden Huddling With Closest Advisors

pathetic little tramp posted:

Speakin of Kentucky, we're havin us one o your shootenannies at a community college 'roundabouts Louisville if'n yins would like to partake on that thar twitter box

Mr Interweb posted:

Has this been posted?

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/652244064587415552

QuoProQuid posted:

The Freedom Caucus is sticking with Webster and are threatening to deny Ryan the necessary support should he decide to run.

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But conservatives strongly disagree with Ryan’s position on immigration and his role in crafting the bipartisan 2013 Ryan-Murray budget deal. He’s been criticized by the far right for being a staunch proponent of immigration reform and his work with Democrats to find a compromise to address the growing number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S.

Rogue Copter Pilot posted:

all the estimates I've seen place attendance at just under 10,000, unless he had more than one in Boulder today

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

The Republicans have split into two parties and are refusing to admit it.

Fitzy Fitz posted:

If I were that dog I would not just stand there and let him shoot me.

Mr Interweb posted:

Forget convincing people that Bush probably knew about 9/11 beforehand. We can get to that argument eventually. At the moment, it's difficult enough to convince Republicans that Bush was simply president on 9/11.

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Twenty-eight percent said they think former President George W. Bush, who was in office at the time, was more responsible for the poor federal response while 29 percent said Obama, who was still a freshman U.S. Senator when the storm battered the Gulf Coast in 2005, was more responsible. Nearly half of Louisiana Republicans — 44 percent — said they aren't sure who to blame.

eviltastic posted:

Not full confirmation of what I just quoted, but close:

Three Olives posted:

nachos posted:

Poor chafee, the only man to be savaged by wolf blitzer

Rhesus Pieces posted:

I don't think Jeb!'s heart is in it, guys.

From an appearance in SC today:



Hate to tell ya Jeb, but that's what being president is all about now. Maybe you should cut bait and do something cool then.

happyhippy posted:

Also Carson seems to be compelled to have an opinion on EVERY topic, no matter if he knows nothing about it.
He HAS to show he's the smartest guy about the subject.
Even if it was Farming Machinery and Agricultural Techniques of Rural 1700's Belguim, he would talk about it.

zoux posted:

"I will go build a time machine. Not to go back and to kill Hitler, but to bring him here so he can tell us what things we are doing that are things he would do, or likes."

Mr Interweb posted:

Haha, this is the angriest I've ever seen Rand Paul get. This is in response to a Buzzfeed reporter who apparently has a history of criticizing Rand Paul for using fake founding father quotes:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...311445980749619

Milk Malk posted:

...Grandma?

Gravel Gravy posted:

NC is vinegar based.

SC is mustard based.

mdemone posted:

He basically can't stop himself from this kind of behavior. It'll be what sinks him eventually, he'll see a bit of a decline and freak out, which will really turn people off.

CroatianAlzheimers posted:

I'm sure he'll be back on the job with another department in no time. He's not being punished in any meaningful way, and he won't be. Not in this environment, not in this country.

Aerox posted:

A couple hours ago someone leaked a giant ~100 slide internal Bush campaign Powerpoint presentation to US News outlining goals, strategies, and data. Internal polling data, ad strategy, vote goals -- really interesting stuff and I'm sure he's livid it got leaked.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/run-2016/2015/10/29/jeb-bushs-campaign-blueprint

He also has a small section on pages 19-21 dedicated to attacking Rubio. No one else gets slides devoted to them:







I haven't had time to dig through the whole thing yet but there's good stuff in it.

Mooseontheloose posted:

That's actually really weird results if it was republicans because they basically all say, yah clinton has the expierence and cares about me on some level. I just don't trust her.

Joementum posted:

Ted Cruz now criticizing the Republican leadership for refusing to compromise. He says the country was better when Republicans worked with Bill Clinton and balanced the budget.

No, really. Ted Cruz just said that.

greatn posted:

I dunno I remember a shocking amount of parliamentary procedure in those movies

Ashcans posted:

It's amazing that the lightsaber fight in the senate managed to be almost as bad as the actual debate scenes. It only comes out ahead because Jarjar isn't there.

Zeroisanumber posted:

Right? How do you gently caress up Yoda vs. Palpatine? The two of them should've destroyed the entire senate chamber with crazy force magic and lightsabers.

gradenko_2000 posted:

Wasn't there a scene in Ep 3 where Obi-Wan and Anakin are literally just waving their lightsabers around in circles not even hitting each other at all?

zoux posted:

The irony is that basically the only decent thing CNBC did was the questions, minus a few like that abysmal first one.

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

The debate should be moderated by Mark Levin and Dana Snyder.

Tobermory posted:

I'm hearing reports that HRC is incredibly bad at technology.

Good Citizen posted:

Is it weird that knowing H is basically my grandma that posts to my Facebook wall asking for printer tech support humanizes her in my mind more than anything else she's ever done?