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Eric Holder is casting aspersions on Louie Gohmert's asparagus again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9eThmzp1Q
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Joementum posted:Eric Holder is casting aspersions on Louie Gohmert's asparagus again. Haha he's had it with that piece of poo poo.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:34
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Joementum posted:Eric Holder is casting aspersions on Louie Gohmert's asparagus again. What's the context here? Regardless, that's funny as hell.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:39
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Some more on the Federal Reserve system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJN9rC1OBZk
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Apr 8, 2014 18:40
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zoux posted:It might also be instructive to point out that the number one single holder of US debt is...the US government In point of fact, the number one holder of U.S. debt is...US. Us. We. Every citizen of America is owed and owes that debt. It's a loan to ourselves, like borrowing from your 401k. Which is exactly what we've done and exactly how it was intended to work.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:41
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Anorexic Sea Turtle posted:What's the context here? Regardless, that's funny as hell. Context is that Gohmert is a simpering jackass, with whom Holder has just about had it.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:41
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Nessus posted:I think the real motivation is a lot more along the lines of "I would really like my three Krugerrands to be worth way, way more than they are now, so I become rich without effort." I have heard, seriously, that the idea is that they'll just say the US owns 800 tons of gold, or whatever, and that now the dollar is backed 100% by those 800 tons of gold, making the price of gold completely ridiculous. It says a lot that a country with large gold holdings gave up the standard in the 1920s.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:41
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A simple video on "Social Security is Broke" lie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vobUF1jJdls
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Apr 8, 2014 18:51
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ColoradoCleric posted:A simple video on "Social Security is Broke" lie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vobUF1jJdls What's this guy's creds? I just like to check someone out when they completely agree with me to make sure they are actually qualified.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:56
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zoux posted:What's this guy's creds? I just like to check someone out when they completely agree with me to make sure they are actually qualified. Welcome to not the Republican party. I think you just stated the exact definition.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:58
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zoux posted:What's this guy's creds? I just like to check someone out when they completely agree with me to make sure they are actually qualified. I dunno probably found him through the schitt report on youtube but its pretty much true.
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Apr 8, 2014 18:59
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Joementum posted:Eric Holder is casting aspersions on Louie Gohmert's asparagus again. You forgot the money shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTOCih4ZAAE
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Apr 8, 2014 19:12
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Well now there's probably no chance that Gohmert will work in a bipartisan fashion with the administration. And they were so close! 
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Apr 8, 2014 19:39
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Anyone else disappointed that the Holder hearing didn't devolve into "hey I'm not your buddy pal"?
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Apr 8, 2014 20:05
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Joementum posted:Eric Holder is casting aspersions on Louie Gohmert's asparagus again. Why did I read the comments?
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Apr 8, 2014 20:09
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ChaosSamusX posted:Why did I read the comments? Those are some of the most tame comments I've seen, to be honest.
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Apr 8, 2014 20:10
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So when Ronpaul says end the fed he really means he wants to return minting/printing powers to Congress e.g. him, before he retired to be Ronquixote, tilter at windmills.
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Apr 8, 2014 20:24
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Jeb is the perfect modern Republican candidate, because he simultaneously politically credible and also horrible and grotesque beyond all possible parody. That's what I meant. Thanks for condensing my post for me. edit: catching up SedanChair posted:Dubya was no idiot...Bush is smarter than Obama Sure Bush was an idiot. He was an idiot man child, born of privilege, who was practically handed the presidency as a birthright and did almost every single thing when he was in office absolutely wrong. This was after failing at every thing he tried to do to before that despite being required to to nothing other than not the wreck the very expensive car that he was handed the keys to and, if he does what he's told, he gets to keep his allowance and continue driving it. The man drove baseball teams and oil companies into the ground for Christ sake. Of course a lot of those wrong decisions he made were controlled and mandated by the people that put him there and really called the shots, bit come the gently caress on. GWb was a national embarrassment on the world stage for 8 years and got a free pass for 4 of them because of 9/11. You're seriously going to try and convince me that Bush is more intelligent, introspective and thoughtful than Barrack Obama? BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Apr 8, 2014 |
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Apr 8, 2014 20:29
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Bush isn't stupid, but he's lazy and incurious because he's never had to work for anything in his life. In other news, Chris Christie really can't take being criticized by women, even in jest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULEh3XRtOF0 quote:Joy Behar, the former co-host of “The View,” was even more pointed. “When I first heard that he was accused of blocking off three lanes on the bridge, I said, ‘What the hell is he doing, standing in the middle of the bridge?” After another barb, Christie interrupted her. “This is a Byrne roast,” he said. He stood up and tried to grab her notes. The audience laughed awkwardly. “Stop bullying me,” Behar said as he sat down. Christie said something out of earshot and Behar responded, “Why don’t you get up here at the microphone instead of being such a coward?” Christie stood up again and moved in front of the lectern as Behar retreated. “At least I don’t get paid for this,” he said.
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Apr 8, 2014 20:56
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BiggerBoat posted:
But he responded to rehearsed debate questions without vomiting on his shoes!
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Apr 8, 2014 21:08
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I can start a "The Rehabilitation of Dubya" thread when I get off work if that makes sense.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:18
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FAUXTON posted:So when Ronpaul says end the fed he really means he wants to return minting/printing powers to Congress e.g. him, before he retired to be Ronquixote, tilter at windmills. That, and possibly ending the Jewish conspiracy, he's an old school racist.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:20
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SedanChair posted:I can start a "The Rehabilitation of Dubya" thread when I get off work if that makes sense. Honestly his range of lucidity being rooted in varying levels of self-medication would make a lot of sense.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:20
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FAUXTON posted:So when Ronpaul says end the fed he really means he wants to return minting/printing powers to Congress e.g. him, before he retired to be Ronquixote, tilter at windmills. He has large holdings of gold, if you turned gold back into money somehow he'd instantly be a titan of industry.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:32
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Context is that Gohmert is a simpering jackass, with whom Holder has just about had it. He is retiring later this year anyways, why deal with it? Stress already put him in the hospital once a few months ago
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Apr 8, 2014 21:32
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Speaking of Ron Paul, the amazing 2007 RON PAUL Helldump thread seems to have vanished from the Comedy Goldmine. 
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Apr 8, 2014 21:45
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Fried Chicken posted:He is retiring later this year anyways, why deal with it? Stress already put him in the hospital once a few months ago You're probably thinking of Steve Stockman. Gohmert is on the ballot for 2014.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:47
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StandardVC10 posted:Speaking of Ron Paul, the amazing 2007 RON PAUL Helldump thread seems to have vanished from the Comedy Goldmine. It got moved into the Helldump goldmine.
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That must be why I couldn't find it, I knew that's where it was but I couldn't find a link to the Helldump goldmine subforum.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:50
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Joementum posted:You're probably thinking of Steve Stockman. Gohmert is on the ballot for 2014. I was speaking of Holder
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Apr 8, 2014 21:52
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SedanChair posted:Dubya was no idiot. Why do you think Gore would have gone to war in the middle east and what are you referring to when you say Clinton damaged Iraq more than anyone else before him?
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Apr 8, 2014 21:58
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Nf3 posted:Why do you think Gore would have gone to war in the middle east and what are you referring to when you say Clinton damaged Iraq more than anyone else before him? Clinton he is talking about the sanctions. Afghanistan well once 911 happened retaliation was a foregone conclusion. The questionable assumption there is that 911 still would have happened. Clinton was aggressively pursuing Bin Laden in the 90s and Gore would have continued those defensive policies instead of gearing up for invading Iraq the day after the decision and pushing a defense policy targeting China like Bush did until the attacks. Keeping the focus on anti-terror and AQ instead of that shift at a minimum improves the odds of stopping it. Whether it would have been enough we can never know.
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Apr 8, 2014 22:04
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That's a good point. But apprehending bin Laden wouldn't have stopped 9/11. Apprehending KSM might have but there was little institutional pressure to do so. And I'm not sure Gore would have been any more inclined to follow up on Clinton's counter-terror moves than Bush was; remember how much Gore had distanced himself from Clinton and, justifiably or not, Clinton's interventions had acquired a strong "wag the dog" flavor.
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You know what? Maybe we don't need equal pay for women. That might be condescending.quote:Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), the GOP conference's vice chair, made her comments flanked by her fellow leaders in the House at their weekly news conference, and suggested that the campaign for equal pay for equal work reflects a lack of understanding of women's contributions to the workforce. If we only understood women better, maybe we could see why they deserve to make less money.
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Apr 8, 2014 22:41
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Anyone else disappointed that the Holder hearing didn't devolve into "hey I'm not your buddy pal"? Don't call me pal, sport. ColoradoCleric posted:He has large holdings of gold, if you turned gold back into money somehow he'd instantly be a titan of industry. And, if I remember right, is heavily invested in gold mining/exploration/futures as well. Another example, of course, of just what a ~*principled statesman*~ was the Doctor Congressman.
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Apr 8, 2014 22:45
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Don't call me pal, sport. Don't call me sport, chief.
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Apr 8, 2014 22:48
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Captain_Maclaine posted:And, if I remember right, is heavily invested in gold mining/exploration/futures as well. Another example, of course, of just what a ~*principled statesman*~ was the Doctor Congressman. Someone once made the good point to me that these sorts of relationships go both ways - if you're heavily invested in gold, that's a heck of an incentive to think that a gold standard is a good policy, but then again, if you actually sincerely believe that a gold standard is a good policy, investing in gold is just putting your money where your mouth is. That said, I'm not really inclined to give Ron "Crazy Uncle Liberty" Paul the benefit of the doubt here. But it's worth thinking about in similar situations.
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Zombie Samurai posted:You know what? Maybe we don't need equal pay for women. That might be condescending.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:And, if I remember right, is heavily invested in gold mining/exploration/futures as well. Another example, of course, of just what a ~*principled statesman*~ was the Doctor Congressman. You could say that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4QbJ3phEYs (source thread) Jackson Taus posted:Someone once made the good point to me that these sorts of relationships go both ways - if you're heavily invested in gold, that's a heck of an incentive to think that a gold standard is a good policy, but then again, if you actually sincerely believe that a gold standard is a good policy, investing in gold is just putting your money where your mouth is. Dunno if he did in 2012, but during that magical 2008 election season, the good doctor did not specifically advocate for a return to the gold standard. His pitch was for a "competing currency" system whose admitted purpose was to avoid any cap gains on gold holdings. It also would've introduced a lot of pointless opportunities for arbitrage and otherwise been a bad idea, but yeah, point stands, the stance makes sense given where he's got his money.
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SumYungGui posted:I'm continually amazed by how no amount of cynicism can prepare me for reality. Hearing other Republican sound bites earlier today was absolute proof to me. Allowing people to talk about their pay (only not really because they'd be fired anyway but let's forget reality and run with this) would have placed an 'undue burden' on businesses and 'inhibit their freedoms'. People talking is an undue burden? How does someone even manage that with a straight face? The freedom for businesses to do what, rear end in a top hat? Say it. Just say it you god drat empty suits, the freedom to gently caress over the 99% for a buck then flee the country once everything is burnt to ashes. 
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