How to Solve the House Speakership Problem (Maybe?)
By: Drakkonis • News • 74 comments • one month ago
What if the House speaker was chosen this way.
1. Each party chooses 10 names from the other party for Speaker of the House.
2. Of the 10 they chose they hold a second vote, retaining the three that received the most votes and discarding the others.
3. Of those 3, a last round of vote to choose 1.
4. Put the qualifying 2 candidates names in a hat and draw. The winner becomes the Speaker of...
First, I know I misquoted the quote. It's actually "Necessity is the mother of invention" but given the subject matter I'm going to discuss, I altered it.
Second, by "Microsoft moment" I mean are we at a moment people actually realize how much an emerging thing is going to change everything?
Third, the credit for this post goes to Kavika, as it was something he said that inspired this.
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Yesterday, Constantine. Today, Kirill
By: Drakkonis • News • 8 comments • last year
This is a modern day example of what happened to Christianity during the time of Constantine, in my opinion. Knowing nothing else, one might assume that the Russian Orthodox Church would be concerned with Christ and the Great Commision. Obviously not.
Subsequent the death and resurrection of Jesus, becoming a Christian was quite literally choosing to put one's life at risk, depending on time...
Dashcam video shows Florida trooper drive into speeding DUI suspect's path to protect Skyway 10K runners
By: Drakkonis • News • 18 comments • last year
Absolutely incredible bravery. I bet it never entered her mind that she could have done anything else. Just incredible.
Something to Consider
By: Drakkonis • Religion • 13 comments • 2 years ago
I'm sure that few of you, if any, are aware of the site called "Inspiringphilosophy" but I've always found it an impressive site. I don't necessarily agree with everything on it but I found this vid to be very interesting. Thought I would share it.