[Primateus]

Tsundoku, on 21 September 2020 - 03:24 AM, said:

Ah fuck, that's the last thing we need ...

https://www.news.com...48f9b48943610cb

Yeah, I don't think that's going to help.

[Obdigore]

amphibian, on 20 September 2020 - 03:12 AM, said:

2 years is likely a nonstarter. I have a piece of federal litigation that has been going on for 2 years and I'm just at the district court level.

Probably 10 years or 15 years is a better setup, but it's still likely to be life terms.

Maybe I wasn't clear, my thought was that a 15 Justice Court, you'd replace the earliest appointed justice every 2 years, leading to 30 year terms. Not replacing everyone every 2 years, and giving each president 2 justices. Not sure how to handle justices that resign/die... maybe the president should get to appoint someone to fulfil the remainder of the original appointee's term?

[QuickTidal]

Ummm....anyone else terrified by how coup-like this seems?

[Slow Ben]

Been pretty terrified for awhile now.

If Democrats don’t sweep in November we’re proper fucked.

[Tsundoku]

And you can't even emigrate to a decent country.

Thanks COVID-bama.

[Cause]

Jesus! Trunk actually joked about signing an executive order barring Biden from running for president. Even a joke should be a warning too far!

Also apparently tiger stone was interviews and advocates that trump should declare marshal law if he loses and he should arrest mark suckerberg?

[Lady Bliss]

Tsundoku, on 21 September 2020 - 01:14 PM, said:

And you can't even emigrate to a decent country.

Thanks COVID-bama.

To be fair, it is pretty hard to do unless you marry a citizen of another country. I’ve looked.

[Slow Ben]

My wife has dual citizenship with Ireland.

We’ve actually looked into it.

[QuickTidal]

Slow Ben, on 21 September 2020 - 02:02 PM, said:

My wife has dual citizenship with Ireland.

We’ve actually looked into it.

I know at least one person who actually did this. She's been in Ireland now for 4 months and she says she will NEVER go back to the States. She said that it was like getting out of a life-prison to live somewhere so fundamentally different to the States.

And it's hard not to see the US as an abusive relationship that is hard to get out of.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 21 September 2020 - 02:19 PM

[Abyss]

Every Canadian i know in the US is making a contingency plan to gtfo before or after the Nov election.

Seriously... all of them, and it's not a small number. They have spouses who are American, they have kids who are dual-cits, they are getting immigration lawyers lined up and cancellable AirBnB reservations and putting friends/family on notice that this may happen.

It's so fncked. Hello Gilead.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 21 September 2020 - 04:23 PM, said:

Every Canadian i know in the US is making a contingency plan to gtfo before or after the Nov election.

Seriously... all of them, and it's not a small number. They have spouses who are American, they have kids who are dual-cits, they are getting immigration lawyers lined up and cancellable AirBnB reservations and putting friends/family on notice that this may happen.

It's so fncked. Hello Gilead.

Yep.

We have two friends in the States.

One is in Baltimore and works at a hospital and she's not enjoying the vibe...they own a house and have kid with another on the way...but her parents want them back here ASAP and are likely willing to put them up in the meantime. I think they do have contingencies in place in case...don't know if/when they will do it.

The other works at a hospital in the epicentre of covid/trump hell in Arizona and she's so miserable and depressed that I wonder why they've not moved back yet. Like we are genuinely fearful for her mental health.

[Vengeance]

Slow Ben, on 21 September 2020 - 02:02 PM, said:

My wife has dual citizenship with Ireland.

We’ve actually looked into it.

You are lucky.

[Cyphon]

I'd say come to the UK, but our lot aspire to whatever the US does...

[Terez]

My roomie and I are seriously considering Vancouver, but the COVID situation makes that impossible right now. As soon as Canada starts letting us come, there is going to be a flood.

[Terez]

You know, stuff like this happens every day and I usually don't post about it here because it's an exhausting torrent, and I have to wonder how much you guys outside the US have noticed. This is just a small sample of today.

DOJ has designated NYC as an "anarchist jurisdiction".

https://www.nbcnewyo...iction/2627588/


This new Florida law would have prevented Heather Heyer's murderer from being prosecuted after Charlottesville.

[Malankazooie]

I've got my bug out bag ready and sitting in the garage ready to go. We gonna Red Dawn this shit fo-sho if it goes sour. Wolverines! Unite!

Fun fact: the setting in the movie is Colorado. Neat.

[Primateus]

Friend of mine in Florida is seriously considering moving across the Atlantic. For his and wife's health, both physical and mental. I've been telling him to keep his head down, but that's just unnecessary. He knows to do that, he's black.

[QuickTidal]

Terez, on 21 September 2020 - 05:58 PM, said:

My roomie and I are seriously considering Vancouver, but the COVID situation makes that impossible right now. As soon as Canada starts letting us come, there is going to be a flood.

This is a good plan to look at down the road, but if I may...as far as Canada is concerned Vancouver (and BC in general) are almost prohibitively expensive to live in (moreso than Toronto or Montreal; both of which are also expensive to live in).

The further out you push from Van city the cheaper it gets, but for the money consider going to other provinces unless something ties you to BC specifically. You can get a palace on the east coast of Canada for the cost of a one bedroom cube condo in Vancouver.

Just my Canadian two cents.

[Terez]

My roomie is into whale watching, so she will want to be somewhere near the coast, but she is also well practiced at finding the cheapest places to live. That's why we live in the middle of nowhere right now lol.

She also hates the cold, and she would definitely not be considering moving even further north if not for the ridiculous political situation here.

[Lady Bliss]

Terez, on 21 September 2020 - 07:58 PM, said:

My roomie is into whale watching, so she will want to be somewhere near the coast, but she is also well practiced at finding the cheapest places to live. That's why we live in the middle of nowhere right now lol.

She also hates the cold, and she would definitely not be considering moving even further north if not for the ridiculous political situation here.

How are you managing this? I looked into Canada, but from what I’ve read you really need to get a job there to be able to live there, and I’ve heard that can be challenging for Americans.