series and had four long series. if you love drama about intrigue and politics and can stand humor, house of cards on the bbc was so good and so spectacularly creepy it can t be overstated. i do enjoy the visits to the palace. a glass of sherri, proverbial fencing and a dose of hatred and contempt and today there s going to be a little extra treat. no i won t spoil it. wait and see. that was the original version of house of cards in which the anti-hero was named francis erkhart. in the american adaptation kevin spacey has made that same character way more famous than he ever was. in his american version of the character he s a democrat from south carolina whose named francis underwood. i have good news and bad news about that for you. the good news is this, if you
like political drama and political intrigue and haven t seen the american version i m here to tell you as your friend you still have the opportunity to find and watch the old british one, the old bbc one before you watch the american version. you should totally do that. take it from me. however, the bad news is that if you have already watched the american version, if you watched even some of the american version you actually can t go back, you can t go back now and watch the bbc one after you ve seen the american one. it s like orange juice and milk, you can only do them in one order. you ll not like the bbc one if you watch it after the american one. also the other one is a big spoiler. it only works if you watch the british one first and then the american one. take it from me. the second season of the american version, kevin spacey has been posted today on netflix, which despite the rule
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dramatic statements about public policy and fights he wants the justice department to engage in from his perch atop that department. this latest example was this week. speech at georgetown university. he put a spotlight on the fact there are 5.8 million people in this country who aren t allowed to vote knthough they are adult. described it as unjust and unacceptable. 5.8 million people, larger than the population of 31 individual states. 5.8 million people is the number of americans who would otherwise be able to vote but who can t because they have a criminal record. 11 states continue to place restrictions on people s right to vote even after they served their time. or finished off their probation or parole. after they fully paid their debt to society. in florida, that means that fully 10% of the population that would otherwise be able to vote can t vote. 10%. in mississippi, it s 8%. this week attorney general eric holder called for all states to reform those policies. and to make t
who switched sides. so it didn t even serve their purpose. in terms of why the republicans wanted this, obviously it didn t work in terms of keeping their votes secret. is it fair to say that these votes will hurt the six senators at home who cast these votes? it s not like none of them have ever voted for a debt ceiling rise before. right. probably not. because, you know, the people who voted for this voted for it because they can afford it politically. people like mccain and barrasso and jeff flake in arizona who wants to be seen as more moderate because arizona is tilting more blue. ironically, what i ve been told is it was moderate republicans that forced this on them. murkowski and collins came up to mitch mcconnell and john cornyn and said, look, since you re making since cruz is making everybody vote on this, we re not going to be the only ones to go out on a limb here. you, mcconnell, you, cornyn, have to vote with us on this. that meant mcconnell and corn y were in a pos