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Comment Re:With the gerrymandering in Texas (Score 0, Troll) 47

Indeed.

As Douglas MacArthur once said, "There is no substitute for victory."

The real solution is for Democrats to start winning elections again.

Unfortunately, that requires Democrats to address the concerns of working-class voters and talk to people in language they understand.

I don't see that happening.

Comment Re:With the gerrymandering in Texas (Score 1) 47

The Dems will have difficulty counter-gerrymandering.

Some states, such as California, have voter-approved non-partisan groups (usually retired judges) do the redistricting. The legislature can't overturn that. It would have to go back to a voter referendum, which is difficult, expensive, and time-consuming.

But a bigger problem is that gerrymandering just doesn't work as well for Democrats. Their voters are more concentrated in urban areas that are easy for Republicans to corral into a few districts, while red voters are spread across broad rural and suburban areas.

Comment Re: More than one Meaning (Score 0) 93

Yea, but when? This is far from a common usage of the word,

No it's not. You conveniently left out another definition of conscientious:

careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous.

conscientious application to the work at hand.

In re: your question, the person would pay attention to the details of harming someone as they were instructed. For example, a mob hit. They wouldn't just walk up to the person in broad daylight with hundreds of people around and shoot/stab them (though this has happened). Instead, they would observe the target, find out their routine, where they live, then, when that person is alone and it is dark, go out and kill them. The hitman was conscientious in how they did their task. They paid attention to the details and did their job well.

English isn't your first language, is it?

Comment Re:So the misinformation has some truth to it... (Score 1) 62

Intel pretty much figured that designed in the USA - manufactured elsewhere would continue to be a viable business model for the foreseeable future. Spoiler alert: it wasn't.

And yet, there are numerous other companies who use this same model. Look at their packaging. Designed in USA, made in China (usually China), but also Philippines, Thailand, etc.

Let's see if these companies get the same treatment. Spoiler alert: they won't.

Comment I remember (Score 2) 148

During the Bush depression, J.P. Morgan was selling a product to its customers that it was simultaneously betting against. According to Jamie Dimon, these were "sophisticated" investors who knew the risks.

Can't wait for this to happen with all the real estate and crypto scams which will be foisted on investors retirement accounts.

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