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alexmikli t1_j6jq9cj wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1981, Congress voted to declare the Maryland 5th district congressional seat vacant after the incumbent, Gladys Spellman, was rendered permanently comatose by a severe heart attack. by RexSueciae
> In the first weeks of the 97th Congress, the House passed a resolution providing for Spellman's pay as if she had been seated, and for her Congressional office to be supported as if a member of Congress had died or resigned.[5] When it became clear she was permanently incapacitated and unlikely to recover, the House passed an act declaring the 5th District seat vacant.
I can't help but feel like that Congress would fuck around for an entire election cycle if this happened today instead of making the seat vacant. Like whichever party would benefit from a comatose congressman would stonewall any resolution on the matter.
alexmikli t1_j6cpdxv wrote
Reply to comment by jyper in Peru’s beleaguered president urges congress to bring 2024 elections forward by 38384
Yeah, the guy literally tried to illegally seize power. I don't really care what political alignment his opposition is .
alexmikli OP t1_j5o2rg7 wrote
Reply to comment by DontJealousMe in TIL that the first time the Albanian language was mentioned in History was a witness of a crime reporting he had heard someone yelling in Albanian. by alexmikli
Albanian is very likely a remnant of the Illyrian(or perhaps Thracian or Paeonian instead) language, but we lost the connecting branch between the Illyrians before the fall of Rome and the sudden emergence of the Albanians in the 12th century.
Most likely this is just because the Greek and Latin speakers of coastal Illyria didn't have a reason to talk about the highlanders or the records were lost.
alexmikli OP t1_j5o24qa wrote
Reply to comment by lllldddd01 in TIL that the first time the Albanian language was mentioned in History was a witness of a crime reporting he had heard someone yelling in Albanian. by alexmikli
The first time I read about this, it was "shouting". I figured that "crying" here was translated from some word that meant "crying out" and could mean either shouting or crying.
alexmikli t1_j3k1s5q wrote
Reply to comment by farmerarmor in TIL Pluto hasn't completed an orbit around the sun since its discovery. Pluto's orbit takes about 248 years, and Pluto was discovered in 1930. by irbinator
And apparently they're considering bringing it back
alexmikli t1_j3bvrv9 wrote
Reply to comment by -1KingKRool- in TIL Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides. by Dearfield
There's probably some bullshit rivers or rocks or cattle farms that slightly deform the rectangle in 693 places.
alexmikli t1_j1f722g wrote
Reply to comment by SheriffComey in Russian politician files legal challenge over Putin's reference to Ukraine "war" by JBupp
The funniest thing ever is if we found out that British agent who died inside of a duffel bag locked from the outside actually just legit did die like that, but the Russians sent that Stingray to assassinate Steve Irwin.
alexmikli t1_j09ttua wrote
Reply to comment by squirt619 in Adam Sandler wins the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by ZylonBane
I mean, he got the award for being funny, and he is funny to most people. Granted, Louis CK is pretty funny too but I doubt he'll get it now.
Bill Bur is funnier than both, of course.
alexmikli t1_iy832ml wrote
Reply to comment by PointlessDiscourse in TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else by wilymon
Honestly, Elon may have the money and connections to get a team of people to make an Android that starts with twitter installed or something. Probably not worth it though.
alexmikli t1_ixnijtr wrote
Reply to comment by PoissonPen in Ukraine works to restore power after bruising Russian attack by LieutJimDangle
Would be a good idea in the future but can't easily set it up during a war, and Russia probably won't have the capacity for war go for a century after this.
alexmikli t1_iwv9f2o wrote
Reply to comment by littlebubulle in Quebec man charged with terrorism for alleged plan to overthrow Haitian government by Surax
That's was the British West Indies
alexmikli t1_iwt41ra wrote
Reply to comment by DevoidHT in Quebec man charged with terrorism for alleged plan to overthrow Haitian government by Surax
Their governance is so deeply corrupt that they're one of those countries I'd probably say would be better off overthrown and ruled by a maniac from Quebec.
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Reply to comment by LongStrangeTrips in Penny Mordaunt pulls out of Tory leadership race, paving way for Rishi Sunak to become next PM | Politics News by FutureNytro
So in 2019 the voters voted for conservatives who voted for Boris. The public essentially elects the party that governs, but the party chooses who the PM is. This isn't a general election, it's replacing a PM who fell out of favor.
alexmikli t1_irxf9j7 wrote
Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in TIL Bing Crosby, called the first multimedia star, recorded over 1600 songs and 70 feature films by PicardTangoAlpha
I guess he could have just abused the first kid but who knows at this point
alexmikli t1_j90asm2 wrote
Reply to comment by TheSumOf42 in At least 53 killed in ISIS attack in Syria: State TV by Pierruno
I mean they are dead as a military faction. They're essentially a few isolated crazies now.