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You mean that never happened anywhere in the US??

What do you have against the 17th Amendment. That gives power to the states. Relevant parts below.

AMENDMENT XVII

Passed by Congress May 13, 1912. Ratified April 8, 1913.

Note: Article I, section 3, of the Constitution was modified by the 17th amendment.

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

I don’t think anyone has tried to say that the Revolution was fought about tea. It was fought about having to pay duties and buy stamps on everything that was imported into the Colonies including tea, the fact that only British ships had rights to do the importing, that the Colonies were not allowed to produce many things, and we had no representation in the British parliament. “Taxation without representation,” remember. Kind of like the people in Puerto Rico and Washington, DC.

Gettysburg was the terrible scene of a historic tragedy. The many actors in that tragedy are portrayed throughout that large stage in appropriate historical context. This is different from putting one figure in a public park and putting all the emphasis on that person for better or for worse.

And in Baltimore officials quickly removed 4 controversial statues so there would be no place to rally around.

Oh, I thought that Trump’s latest “alt-left” comment was walking back that green light.

That’s what happens without Planned Parenthood/sarc.

FR service attack ping

My friend is married to a Puerto Rican woman and moved there after Miami’s economy went south after 2008. He has his own small construction business, speaks enough Spanish to manage local workers, and does a lot of work for investors who are upgrading buildings and condos for mainlanders to buy and or live in. Certainly it would be wise to know some Spanish and learn more if moving there. At this point, based on what I have been told, I think it still makes sense for healthy retirement, perhaps not with significant chronic illness. I will have to find out more about medical treatment there for people with mainland retirement incomes.

Someone I know in PR says the middle class is really hurting, and there are really good buys on nice homes. A good deal for retirement??

This AOL article explains a number of reasons for using the no-knock warrant. One mentioned is that when this kind of warrant is executed one cannot use Fifth Amendment protections. Also many comments, some informative.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/09/former-prosecutors-the-fbis-raid-of-paul-manaforts-home-was-a/23072764/

If Manafort has guilty material, and has not already deeply hidden it he is a fool.

How would we react if they just sent a missile (without explosives) to an uninhabited part of Guam (if there is any) or immediately off shore, to prove they can do it.

McMaster/Bannon/Afghanistan ping.

Well, Mrs Trump knows what to do. When her husband touched her hand when she wasn’t in the mood, she slapped it away. Maybe the journalist missed that well distributed clip.

Somalia does not have the climate of California. THey do not have the Rocky Mountains, and the winter snow cover that is vital to the welfare and productivity of California. How many a year would 2 to 1 add? I graduated in the 1950’s and there were 4,000,000 in my graduating class. That doesn’t even count the drop outs who turned 18 that year. So some idiots are considering 7 to 10 million immigrants a year, and everyone is making a big fuss about 11 million Mexican/Central American immigrants many who have been here for years. TOTALLY NUTS!!!

Regarding pay, how are the drug company top executives worth $20,000,000 a year more or less. One thing Congress could do is allow the government to negotiate drug prices for Medicare and Medicaid. Another, have govt. employees including Congress take the same plan as everyone else. Regarding term limits, all that does is allow the lobbyists to remain as the only ones with contacts and institutional memory.

I wonder if it will go to Mississippi, or other nearby state, given the results of the UAW vote their at Nissan?

Oops, Nissan ping

Mississippi Toyota/UAW ping.