# New York to issue letters of marque / Cuomo might have gone insane

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-issue-letters-of-marque-cuomo-might-have-gone-insane/813596>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 4, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-issue-letters-of-marque-cuomo-might-have-gone-insane/813596 "2018-05-04T19:51:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-issue-letters-of-marque-cuomo-might-have-gone-insane/813596/101 "2018-05-08T13:33:16Z")

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> [@BlankSlate](#):
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> Please, test it out and get back to me.

I’m going to (barely) give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are joking. It’s against the rules to wish harm against another poster. Telling them to light themselves on fire crosses the line. Especially in MPSIMS. Don’t do it again. No warning issued.

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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-issue-letters-of-marque-cuomo-might-have-gone-insane/813596/102 "2018-05-08T13:37:49Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Not intending to threadshit or anything, but why is this in MPSIMS?

Because I couldn’t decide between here and Elections, but MPSIMS won the coin toss.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-issue-letters-of-marque-cuomo-might-have-gone-insane/813596/103 "2018-05-08T15:26:11Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> Because I couldn’t decide between here and Elections, but MPSIMS won the coin toss.

I’m confiscating your coin.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-issue-letters-of-marque-cuomo-might-have-gone-insane/813596/104 "2018-05-08T16:09:18Z")

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You might as well let him keep it; I notice you haven’t moved the thread.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-issue-letters-of-marque-cuomo-might-have-gone-insane/813596/105 "2018-05-08T16:56:50Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> [Trump Administration Drops Florida From Offshore Drilling Plan](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/climate/trump-florida-offshore-drilling.html)
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> Remind me again where the Orange Turd-Blossom’s weekend retreat is.

And Florida is a swing state, while NY always votes Dem.

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