God I love that story. He wakes up "WTF?!" Then gets down to business.

I mean I get Brutus-- the kai su teknon etc. But Cassius? Come on. In all 1500 years of 'history' in between, Dante couldn't find a more satisfying axe to grind there? Cassius feels like a "eh I'll think of somebody better". What about Delilah?

Always felt like Brutus AND Cassius at the same time was pretty lazy. Couldn't find a shifty character from a different series, Dante?

Peacekeeping son of a &@#)&/!?

Generally, it's a major red flag when an employer looking for an applicant with 10 years' experience asks for a GPA and class standing.

Well you drop him for a really good reason... like you were rushing to get an elevator and Chase didn't hit the open button quickly enough and so you had to wait for the next one or something really drastic like he failed to say thank you after you held the door open for him that one time.

Ty for calling @patrickwyman.bsky.social Dr. Ppl forget this.

Thank God they labeled it.

Seems that way! At least some recognition for minor parties is better than none.

Very interesting. I did not know all this. Thank you for sharing! Do you think it works?

Or is it that you're voting for the local MSP and then they're only elected if that party wins a seat based on that proportional vote?

Are those extra MSPs a slate provided by the party or are there individuals whom you know you're voting for? So like if the proportional vote elects two MSPs from the SNP, does it go down a list? It's candidate 1 and 2? So you're casting a vote to elect one local and one proportional member?

Yes. That's right. A candidate who receives 500,000 votes on the GOP line plus 100,000 on the Conservative line is elected over one who wins 550,000 on the Democratic line and 25,000 on the Working Families line.

There's no proportional representation based on the number of votes. All ballot access and listing. There's probably a public funding component but I am not sure. Also there's the party identity of the office holder. Believe a Buckley won a US Senate seat on the Conservative line in the past.