pacino wrote:i'm not a fan of mandatory retirement ages. i'm also not a fan of electing judges.

so you would have voted no but the vote counts towards keeping it at 70

really messed up way of phrasing the question

Is Tomi Lahren that same dope who made the idiotic "my generation sucks" video in her car?

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

pacino wrote:i'm not a fan of mandatory retirement ages. i'm also not a fan of electing judges.

so you would have voted no but the vote counts towards keeping it at 70

really messed up way of phrasing the question

well, i already knew about the age cap

pacino aint no low information voter

TenuredVulture wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Trump 26-Clinton 26-MCMULLIN 22-Johnson 14 in Utah

Johnson stealing a lot of votes from McMullin.

Might need some endorsements to signal where the conservative, anti-Trump vote should congregate. It would be amazing if this random dude can win a state.

pacino wrote:i'm not a fan of mandatory retirement ages. i'm also not a fan of electing judges.

As an attorney, I could not disagree with you more on the mandatory retirement age thing. Even here in Virginia, where judges are appointed rather than elected, and are ostensibly evaluated prior to reappointment, you end up with older judges who are simply not capable of doing their job anymore, and it's damn near impossible to prevent a person from getting reappointed absent true malfeasance (or a political sin, like when a Circuit Court judge in the late 90s wasn't reappointed because she was rumored to be a lesbian). Judges don't lose their jobs for regularly checking out of hearings, getting significantly behind on their letter opinions, or issuing a few bad rulings that impact people's lives, but these are things that typically increase in frequency as a judge passes retirement age.

In 2015, we bumped up the mandatory retirement age from 70 to 73 (partly because there is already an insufficient number of judges out there), and that seems more than sufficient IMO. Yes, we lose some good judges when they get forced from the bench, but that is far and away the exception rather than the rule. And those good judges can be kept on as substitute judges or state-sponsored mediators, so they remain a valuable resource to attorneys and litigants.

These aren't appellate judges where they have regular terms but outside of those period can schedule their days as they see fit... these are general district and circuit court level judges who often have grueling daily dockets combined with a significant amount of administrative work. In the more rural areas, a judge may be in five different counties each week. That's not a job for a person approaching 80.

trump ads recently are dark end of the world kind of stuff. seems desperate. sad!

you make some good points, RPF

According to Silver, Trump has a better chance of losing ALASKA than winning Florida

The Dude wrote:Just volunteered to become an election day worker

In light of Trump's newest statements that his supporters need to "keep an eye on" inner city precincts, I've signed up with the Dem Party of VA Voter Protection Council to be a poll observer. They use attorneys and law students to observe, document, and alert for any illegal behavior.

I'm not sure exactly what I'll be doing, but I figure that this is one time where I'm not going to sit on the sideline.

OMFG... I am about 90% sure I just heard that we need to understand that Trump found religion after that tape, so its all changed. He's not that guy (that guy on the campaign trail?). If any fish get caught with that bait.

So, if he is a practicing religious member, which religion has gotten tithing from his income?

pacino wrote:you make some good points, RPF

Don't I always?

Totally unrelated: I saw these and had to . I've seen some before, but dammit I'm going to miss this guy.

As far as Antichrist go, he was one of the better ones.

slugsrbad wrote:As far as Antichrist go, he was one of the better ones.

the title of Antichrist will go from Obama to Clinton in our usual seamless fashion. USA USA USA

thephan wrote:OMFG... I am about 90% sure I just heard that we need to understand that Trump found religion after that tape, so its all changed. He's not that guy (that guy on the campaign trail?). If any fish get caught with that bait.

So, if he is a practicing religious member, which religion has gotten tithing from his income?

Trumpism. Weekly services held at Trump Tower, with holiday gatherings at Mar a Lago.

Those humongous portraits he bought with Trump Foundation money are their version of the crucifix.

pacino wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:As far as Antichrist go, he was one of the better ones.

the title of Antichrist will go from Obama to Clinton in our usual seamless fashion. USA USA USA

And on that note:

Whoa.

Apparently "Eric Trump" sent out a fundraising email using the men-only version of this picture (which, as you can imagine, is exceedingly red) bragging about how the campaign is "making gains."

Um...

Colin Jones @colinjones
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This happened. Obama responds to Alex Jones saying he and Hillary are literal demons who smell like sulfur. Then he sniffs himself

The video is awesome. https://twitter.com/colinjones/status/785980116530638848/video/1