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Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 8:15 am
TIME Magazine picked Biden and Harris as their Person Of The Year. A good enough choice, but perhaps a better one might have been the collection of judges who saved American democracy by throwing out Trump’s legal challenges. Opting for the rule of law over whackanut conspiracy theories seems pretty significant.
Any other picks?
Boru
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 8:25 am
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That's probably not why those judges did what they did. The courts telegraphed the cases they wanted to see brought before them so that they could feel good about signing off - and its only through the malevolent incompetence of the trump admin that they failed to bring what was asked for.
Our trump purged and trump appointed system very much wanted to help the traitor end the american experiment, and still do, and will..when the next more competent guy brings them what they asked for.
(I'd nom the teams that are working on pollination drone systems - but I'm biased).
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 8:26 am
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 8:30 am
(December 12, 2020 at 8:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: TIME Magazine picked Biden and Harris as their Person Of The Year. A good enough choice, but perhaps a better one might have been the collection of judges who saved American democracy by throwing out Trump’s legal challenges. Opting for the rule of law over whackanut conspiracy theories seems pretty significant.
Any other picks?
Boru
I agree, the judges told Trump and his minions to fuck off. America needed that.
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 8:37 am
(December 12, 2020 at 8:25 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: That's probably not why those judges did what they did. The courts telegraphed the cases they wanted to see brought before them so that they could feel good about signing off - and its only through the malevolent incompetence of the trump admin that they failed to bring what was asked for.
Our trump purged and trump appointed system very much wanted to help the traitor end the american experiment, and still do, and will..when the next more competent guy brings them what they asked for.
(I'd nom the teams that are working on pollination drone systems - but I'm biased).
I'm not really sure the motivation of the judges in question matters as much as the outcome.
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 8:52 am
(December 12, 2020 at 8:30 am)Brian37 Wrote: (December 12, 2020 at 8:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: TIME Magazine picked Biden and Harris as their Person Of The Year. A good enough choice, but perhaps a better one might have been the collection of judges who saved American democracy by throwing out Trump’s legal challenges. Opting for the rule of law over whackanut conspiracy theories seems pretty significant.
Any other picks?
Boru
I agree, the judges told Trump and his minions to fuck off. America needed that.
That's twice Trump's picks have voted against him. This bodes well for a rational SCOTUS.
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 8:57 am
Being picked as Person of the Year by Mad Magazine carries just as much weight.
It's just slightly more relevant than The Catty Girls in Study Hall pick Prettiest Girl of the Year.....
But not much.
Except to the catty girls.
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 9:12 am
I'm not Person of the Year?
Blasphemy!
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 9:23 am
(December 12, 2020 at 8:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Any other picks?
Yeah, this year's pick mostly seems to be motivated to piss off the big orange baby.
And since you ask me who would I pick, I guess it would be more appropriate to choose those doctors who tirelessly fought COVID-19 that they even got COVID-19 themselves.
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RE: Person Of The Year
December 12, 2020 at 10:22 am
(December 12, 2020 at 9:23 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: (December 12, 2020 at 8:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Any other picks?
Yeah, this year's pick mostly seems to be motivated to piss off the big orange baby.
And since you ask me who would I pick, I guess it would be more appropriate to choose those doctors who tirelessly fought COVID-19 that they even got COVID-19 themselves. And nurses and all the other health care workers.
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