Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized - again

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That’s 3 gall bladder related issues in 1.5-2 years the end is near. Not floating just stating the facts.
They can’t and won’t do a large operation on her because her age. She had the stint placed for a reason, she had a gall bladder infection a few months ago and now another one? Either the last one never cleared up or this is another new issue. Either way it’s not looking good for her.
 
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Jmac00 said:
who said anything about a straight up face-to-face battle, I like asymmetrical gorilla warfare. if ANTIFA and BLM can sucker punch elderly people and the defenseless, I can play that game too
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Chevusa said:
So slapping some old lady is your idea of civil war? That’ll effect big change :rolleyes:
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Blimey said:
The Biden rule is only a joke, though. Mitch used it last time laughing the entire time. If Ruth took off now (let's be real she is 87 in terrible health and her mind is swiss cheese now, too) Trump would get another one in.

She's probably got another 5 years left, though.
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If she kicked off this week, they *might* squeak in her replacement before the election. But time is running out.

She needs to hurry up already or her replacement will have to be the 1st of Trump's second term instead of the last of his 1st.
 
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spat said:
Yes, you are right, no country ever has a civil war in modern times.

You aren't in a war with the military. If possible you don't deal with them at all.

You are in a war with the government officials.
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No MODERN country has ever had a civil war in modern times. I fixed it for you.

And if you think you will not deal with military or police, you are blind. Police and national guard would be deployed against us. And we will be too stupid to not fire on them when they order us to drop our arms because we think they are our friends.
 
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Marine Cpl said:
No MODERN country has ever had a civil war in modern times. I fixed it for you.

And if you think you will not deal with military or police, you are blind. Police and national guard would be deployed against us. And we will be too stupid to not fire on them when they order us to drop our arms because we think they are our friends.
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Countries have a habit of ceasing to be "modern" right as their civil war is starting.

You can argue cause or effect, but don't mistake the fact that the US of 2020 doesn't look like the kind of place one could fight a civil war for the idea that we might not look like Venezuela in 5 or 10 years.

The *first* shots of a civil war would completely change the character of the country. It would quickly resemble the kind of 3rd world country where civil wars seem to break out at the drop of a hat.
 
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spat said:
Countries have a habit of ceasing to be "modern" right as their civil war is starting.

You can argue cause or effect, but don't mistake the fact that the US of 2020 doesn't look like the kind of place one could fight a civil war for the idea that we might not look like Venezuela in 5 or 10 years.

The *first* shots of a civil war would completely change the character of the country. It would quickly resemble the kind of 3rd world country where civil wars seem to break out at the drop of a hat.
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The USA was never going to live forever, no country can. At some point we will degrade, either slowly or quickly. I do not think we are immune because civil wars require only one thing to happen and that's people. We are not evolved, and our systems to prevent this kind of thing can be dismantled.

Throughout history many who ended up involved in war didn't think it was going to happen.
 
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Blimey said:
The USA was never going to live forever, no country can. At some point we will degrade, either slowly or quickly. I do not think we are immune because civil wars require only one thing to happen and that's people. We are not evolved, and our systems to prevent this kind of thing can be dismantled.

Throughout history many who ended up involved in war didn't think it was going to happen.
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There are a lot of things that become obvious in hind sight.

How many Russians in 1980 thought that just a decade later their entire empire would collapse ?

It's obvious in hindsight that the empire was on it's death bed, but in 1980 it looked as powerful and modern as the USA.
 
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spat said:
There are a lot of things that become obvious in hind sight.

How many Russians in 1980 thought that just a decade later their entire empire would collapse ?

It's obvious in hindsight that the empire was on it's death bed, but in 1980 it looked as powerful and modern as the USA.
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To me it's too many people don't consider the what-if, and a great many people have a historical timeline of about 20 years. If something happened before that it's "done" as in we need not worry about such a thing recurring. It's the general stupidity of humans, and it's why these things do keep recurring. Why we keep having genocides, civil wars, oppression, etc. It's not like any of this is not easily predicable.
 
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Chevusa said:
UPDATE: The old bitch has been discharged.
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I had to read it twice to make sure you didn't say dispatched.

Maybe they're just sending her home to be comfortable after they did all they could for her.

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Doesn't matter if she's here today and gone tomorrow. There ain't no way in hell a new justice will be confirmed before the election anyway. NOT. A. CHANCE.

It actually might be better if she hangs on till after the election. Her death could potentially polarize the left even more than orange man bad. Having him in the process of selecting her replacement will infuriate the snowflakes more than they are.

Let her hang on till at least November 4th.
 
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masterswimmer said:
Doesn't matter if she's here today and gone tomorrow. There ain't no way in hell a new justice will be confirmed before the election anyway. NOT. A. CHANCE.

It actually might be better if she hangs on till after the election. Her death could potentially polarize the left even more than orange man bad. Having him in the process of selecting her replacement will infuriate the snowflakes more than they are.

Let her hang on till at least November 4th.
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Hypothethetically, imagine Biden wins the election, she lets go and croaks along with Roberts on Nov 5th, and Trump replaces them both with ... let's say Tucker Carlson and Candice Owens during the lame duck session. That would be fun to watch if the GOP held on to the Senate.
 
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Marine Cpl said:
No MODERN country has ever had a civil war in modern times. I fixed it for you.

And if you think you will not deal with military or police, you are blind. Police and national guard would be deployed against us. And we will be too stupid to not fire on them when they order us to drop our arms because we think they are our friends.
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Urban warfare sucks. Some will side with us some against us. Remember we have been in Afghanistan for 17-18 years now because of urban warfare and enemies not wearing uniforms. I have no doubt we’d do the same and cause the same kind of trouble.
 
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