I'm in NY, only national vote I have in this coming election is Bishop vs Zeldin in the First Congressional District. Bishop is ahead in polls right now but I'm going with Zeldin.
Local stuff I am still reviewing.
Coumo is up this year, and while he hasn't done a terrible job IMHO, I may vote against him just because I can. That and I didn't like rushing of the new gun law when Sandyhook occured. He rushed that through before the gunsmoke cleared then had to change it later (there are no clips made to hold 7 bullets, and the cops didn't get an exeption from many of the provisions so they could not carry assalt weapons and could not have more than 7 bullets in a clip)
One really needs ot think before they act.
The UKIP effect
Re: The UKIP effect
Gob wrote:The UK is to halve to three months the time EU migrants without realistic job prospects can claim benefits.
David Cameron said the "magnetic pull" of UK benefits had to be addressed so people came for the right reasons and the rules "put Britain first".
The prime minister also warned people who are in the UK illegally: "We will find you, we will send you home."
Labour said the PM's rhetoric masked a record of "failure" on immigration and "firm action" was needed.
Ministers have been reluctant to say how many people are likely to be affected by the benefit curbs but have claimed the changes could save £500m over five years.
But the Office for Budget Responsibility distanced itself from the £500m figure, saying it was an estimate that related to a wider package of benefit curbs and compliance checks announced in March's Budget.
The independent watchdog said it had not discussed the latest proposal with ministers or attempted to calculate its likely impact.
Many American cities have been caught trying to export their homeless and mentally ill problems. It is based on the delusion that if you take a pencil and draw a small enough circle all of the problems will be outside the circle and only you will be inside. Sometimes the circle is moved from cities to counties to states or even countries but the delusion is the same. Severely deluded people think that if you replace the circle with a better, stronger, more lethally defended, and higher wall that will do it.
Better to admit reality and deal with that.
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rubato