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Still reeling from Helene, Florida braces for Hurricane Milton as it gains strength
  • There are two different issues. The first is whether Democrats will support emergency spending for Florida, which it likely will.

    The second is if the Federal Government will support Florida's home insurance lender of last resort, owned by the State of Florida, from going bankrupt and possibly taking the state's finances with it. That is very uncharted territory.

  • Joker: Folie à Deux Achieves Total Box Office Disaster
  • Technically, the sequel was an attempt to innovate. Who would think to make a jukebox musical for comic book nerds?

    And not even like having a good soundtrack like GotG, but Sucker Punch but they replaced the fight scenes with full on musical numbers.

  • America is too big for planes
  • Yeah, but passenger rail collapsed hard. Amtrak is a shell of the former service and most states that kept their systems focused only on commuters into cities.

    You also see a lot of rural towns encouraged to spread out far more than before because cars provided transportation. A small town in the early 20th century looked a lot more like a very small city instead of the hollow suburban form they have today.

  • Least favorite book?
  • I thought Their Eyes Were Watching God was really rough to read through because Hurston was trying to phonetically write out how her characters spoke and it was painful to read through.

    And I like how it is somewhat discussed in American Fiction through the different writers and their approaches to black literature.

  • If the Federal Government wanted to make a new planned city, would they be able to use Eminent Domain?
  • The Federal Government could make the city with eminent domain. The issue is that the Federal Government is going to have to figure out how to run the city after it gets built.

    The Federal Government can only override a state government in municipal issues on federally owned land. So, it becomes awkward when the capital becomes a city and you start getting a patchwork of public and private lands. There is a reason why DC is its own entity and its government serves the Federal Government.

    So while the USA could create a new capital with existing powers, it will probably need a constitutional amendment to handle the creation of a new federal city independent of the states.

  • Ohio’s new photo ID law has already blocked thousands from voting since 2023
  • You start hitting a hard political issue of requiring every citizen needing a national ID from birth. It is surprisingly politically unpopular creating this form of ID.

    So you have this hodgepodge of state requirements, and even then there isn't a requirements that all residents of a state who are citizens have an ID.

  • Has there been a depiction of fast food on a space station?

    Both B5 and DS9 had bars on station, but have and space stations have a fast food restaurant?

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    Forums are social media

    People here like to say "I don't use social media; I use forums" like there is a difference between the two. There isn't.

    Forums are places where people post and comment on user generated content, other comments themselves.

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    If the American embargo of Cuba ended, what do you think would happen to the USA and Cuba?

    This isn't meant to be a discussion on the morality of the embargo, but the affects of the embargo ending for both countries. These affects can be political, economic, or social.

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