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0|0|0|||1||Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Peter Eng||15:30:21|01/01/2018|Do you still have the story fragments that you posted in the farewell to Gods Willing%3F  If you do%2C could you link them up on the GW page%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI enjoyed them when you put them up%2C but the marriage proposal is more fun now%2C looked at through the lens of the %22no%2C plus is positive%2C minus is negative - %5Bi%5Doh let me%21%5B%2Fi%5D%22 aspect of UF-Gryphon.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Gryphon||17:36:59|01/01/2018|%3EDo you still have the story fragments that you posted in the farewell %0D%0A%3Eto Gods Willing%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t know offhand if I still have the source files anywhere%2C but I can %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FForum%2Fdcboard.cgi%3Faz%3Dshow_thread%26om%3D342%26forum%3DDCForumID9%26omm%3D0%26viewmode%3Dthreaded%7Cmove the old post they%27re in to the Misc board%5D for you.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Peter Eng||19:10:51|01/01/2018|Thank you%21  That works just fine%2C and the proposal scene is as entertaining as I expected.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
3|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|jonathanlennox||18:15:01|06/13/2018|Now that Maine%27s had its first ranked-choice election%2C what do you think%3F
4|2|3|||1||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Gryphon||18:22:49|06/13/2018|%3ENow that Maine%27s had its first ranked-choice election%2C what do you %0D%0A%3Ethink%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AIt was a primary and I%27m not a member of a party%2C so I don%27t%2C really.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|3|4|||||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Star Ranger4||10:03:15|06/14/2018|%3EIt was a primary and I%27m not a member of a party%2C so I don%27t%2C really. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AIt may be sterotypical but my first reaction was %22Nor do politicians%21%22 %28Think that is%29 
6|2|3|||1||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Gryphon||15:24:14|10/17/2018|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-17-18 AT 03:30 PM (EDT)]%3ENow that Maine%27s had its first ranked-choice election%2C what do you %0D%0A%3Ethink%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ARevisiting this%2C because the actual election isn%27t for another couple of weeks%2C but since the Republicans have not yet managed to gut absentee voting in Maine%2C I%27ve already done my bit this year.%0D%0A%0D%0AObviously there are no results yet%2C but I noticed one thing on the ballot that relates to the question%2C and it is so typical of 21st-century American politics%2C and of the particular way it goes in Maine%2C that I can%27t help but shake my head and wonder why anyone ever expected it to come out differently.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou may be aware that the referendum that put ranked choice voting in place in Maine was a response to the fact that%2C thanks to an independent candidate%E2%80%94the same one%21%E2%80%94splitting the Not Fuckstick vote both times %28and refusing to bow out of the race when it became obvious that that was exactly what he was going to do%2C both times%29%2C Paul %22The Other Chris Christie%22 LePage was elected governor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014 with vote percentages far short of a majority.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C the purpose of the thing was not lost on Governor Cobblepot and his merry band%2C and they%27ve done everything they could to keep it from being implemented ever since the referendum passed.  Penguin%27s AG declared the day after the result was in that ranked choice voting was unconstitutional and%E2%80%94amazingly%2C with a straight face%E2%80%94Contrary to Democratic Principles.  Much wrangling and machination followed.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe result%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThis year%27s ballot featured ranked choice voting %5Bi%5Donly for federal elections.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0APenguin wins again%21%0D%0A%0D%0AOn this year%27s gubernatorial ballot%2C there are not one but %5Bi%5Dtwo%5B%2Fi%5D independent or third-party candidates splitting the Not Fuckstick%27s Chosen Successor vote.  %28And yes%2C I%27m reasonably sure they will be doing that and not the alternative%2C because one of the parties in this state can organize worth a shit and the other one can%27t.  Guess which one is which.%29%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C uh%2C yeah%21  Remains to be seen whether RCV will help in the congressional races %28I suspect it will%2C since%2C particularly in the case of the one for House District 2%2C they are pretty scattered%29%2C but for the purpose for which it was actually intended%2C it%27s been Worked Around and rendered irrelevant to the discussion.  As%2C on some level%2C we all should have known all along it would be.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5DDISCLOSURE%3A I am %5Bi%5Dhugely%5B%2Fi%5D biased against Paul LePage%2C because he is a stupid-but-cunning%2C cruel%2C unprincipled man unfit to hold any sort of public office%3B because he %5Bi%5Dknows%5B%2Fi%5D that and routinely gloats about the fact that he holds quite a high public office anyway%3B and because one of his very first priorities upon taking the said office was to try to kill me.  Your mileage may%2C of course%2C vary.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
7|3|6|||1||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Peter Eng||19:34:05|10/17/2018|Are there any signs that ranked choice voting is on a schedule more concrete than Real Soon Now%2C or does it look like Gov. Cobblepot has managed to sideline it until such time as the voters pass a new referendum with the intent of telling the government to get moving%3F%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
8|4|7|||1||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282018%29|Gryphon||19:58:51|10/17/2018|%3EAre there any signs that ranked choice voting is on a schedule more %0D%0A%3Econcrete than Real Soon Now%2C or does it look like Gov. Cobblepot has %0D%0A%3Emanaged to sideline it until such time as the voters pass a new %0D%0A%3Ereferendum with the intent of telling the government to get moving%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AAt the moment%2C it seems not to be allowed in state elections%2C period.  Based on what I%27ve heard about the maneuverings against it%2C that may require a constitutional amendment to correct.  Maine%27s constitution is%2C of course%2C far easier to amend than the federal one %28at present it has 173 amendments%2C the most recent from just last year%2C to do with some boring thing about the amortization of the state retirement fund that I would have thought could be handled with normal legislation%2C but hey I%27m not a lawyer%29%2C and it does not require the governor%27s input to do so%2C but it does have to go through the state legislature.  Right now that%27s controlled by the same party that%27s benefitting from RCV%27s absence%2C so...%0D%0A%0D%0AIn an amusing bit of convolution%2C I believe it%27s possible to have a citizen%27s initiative %28referendum%29 to %5Bi%5Drequire%5B%2Fi%5D the Legislature to adopt an amendment resolution %28which then goes out for a second citizen vote at the %5Bi%5Dnext%5B%2Fi%5D general election%29%2C but don%27t quote me.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
9|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask Gryphon Anything %282020%29|Vorticity||02:05:18|06/28/2020|New question%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AHave the crew at M5 done mythbusting with Dai-Guard%3F  He%27s kind of the Buster of giant robots.  %28Gunbuster has the name%2C but I doubt Noriko is letting other people drive.%29