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> "Sunshine Protection Act"

Gag me with a token ring card. I hate these bill names, if for no other reason than it introduces severe bias in voting. Anybody voting against this now hates sunshine, freedom, etc.

That said, I'm eager for this to pass so I never have to deal with a time change again.

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They should just name bills like they name cloud servers. Vote yes on mystical-quagmire-cheesepuff!

You joke but this is a great idea.

No it’s absolutely not a great idea.

You must not like awkward, magical balls of fermented milk.

Beats calling a certain law the “patriot” act when it’s anything but.

I’d vote for anything named mystical-quagmire-cheesepuff.

Reminds me of the story from Australia about the former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's arguments that the curtains will fade due to the extra hour of sunlight:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/academic-battles-for-qld-day...

Deep down, he did realize that changing the clocks doesn’t change the amount of daylight..right?

You never new with Joh - he also backed a "hydrogen car" with doubtful claims [1 - pdf], the government ended with a number of criminal charges for ministers and Joh himself.

[1] https://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%...

But it would change the times people have their curtains closed.

(Not that I think it's a particularly good argument. And no, I'm not in the pocket of Big Curtain)

Like ISA or SFP? Two totally different levels of effort.

PS I hate sunshine.

Hold the vampire, bring garlic !

> PS I hate sunshine

Likewise. The only good weather is whatever obscures the giant, glowy, migraine-inducing, cancer ball in the sky.

I agree, but branding for bills is an important part. For example, "The Patriot Act" sounds better than "Spying on Citizens Act"

I don't even particularly care if we standardize on DST or non-DST. Just... pick one. The constant clock changing is silly.

I can't help but notice the "Sunshine Protection Act" was sponsored by a senator (Marco Rubio) from Florida, the official nickname of which is "the Sunshine State."

I suspect the bill's name was purposely chosen to subtly suggest it protects Florida during the next election cycle.

Either Marco Rubio is playing some kind of 10d chess in the hopes of subconsciously suggesting to all 8 people that will actually look at his policy record that he is protecting Florida, or the bill is intended to make daylight savings time permanent. To tell you the truth, I favor the latter interpretation.

I suppose you could argue over whether ST or DST is "better" for Florida; you could probably make the argument either way. But certainly in the states in the southern US, it likely makes more sense to pick a time zone and stick with it.

I totally agree

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