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1. about 1 hour ago on Prickly City

   I could see congessional districts being a factor, since that figures into the number of a state’s electors, but of course a state with three electors has a single district (one elector for the district, two more for the state as a whole). My ideal would guarantee that, if a candidate receives at least a third of the popular vote, that candidate would win at least one elector. State with multiple electoral votes, of course, would have more options for equitable allocation. So it would conceivable for a minor candidate in, say, Texas or California to get an electoral vote or two with only, say, 10٪ of the vote.

2. about 2 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   I made the same joke above, but you made it first. Apologies, I was unaware.

3. about 3 hours ago on Super-Fun-Pak Comix

   There was an old comic from the 50’s where Superman and Batman tricked Lois Lane into “discovering” that Bruce Wayne was secretly Superman. It wasn’t until the actual wedding day, when Superman showed up as Bruce’s Best Man, that she realized she was wrong.

   Supes and Bats are such cards! Isn’t humiliating a woman before all her friends and family a funny joke? How the two of them laughed and laughed afterwards!

4. about 3 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   He should look more like Uncle Marvel, but with worse hair…

5. about 5 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   When your main defense argument is not “I didn’t do it” but “I’m immune from prosecution,” you’re pretty much conceding guilt.

6. about 6 hours ago on Prickly City

   I’d be happy if they just allocated each state’s electoral votes proportionally, rather than winner-take-all. It would still give low-population states a bit more clout, but of course there are both large Red states and small Blue ones.

   At least then a Red vote in a Blue state and a Blue vote in a Red state would have some meaning, and most states would become “swing states.” Of course the current swing states wouldn’t like that because they lose their spotlight, and the Solid Red and Solid Blue states wouldn’t like it (at least, their majority party wouldn’t like it), because it dilutes their “muscle.”

7. about 8 hours ago on John Deering

   Being made to appear at trial in prison garb (let alone shackles) is considered EXTREMELY prejudicial against defendants.

   However, the visual is appealing, and it would be hilarious if The Defendant added Bobby Seale to his menu of self-comparisons…

8. about 9 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

   It’s almost as unreliable as getting all your information from Wikipedia articles!

9. about 10 hours ago on Richard's Poor Almanac

   I only heard about it when they retired it…

10. about 11 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

    “Who is more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?” — Obi-Wan Kenobi