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I think my favorite thing about Allen West is that Paul Broun and Louie Gohmert voted for him to be Speaker of the House.
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Joementum posted:Joe the Plumber who is neither a plumber, nor named Joe has a big pile o' Smart Takes today. Lovin' how of all the ones listed, Hitler was the only one that actually died from a gun rather than a natural death (or still living in Castro's case) and even Hitler's was a self-inflicted bullet to the head.
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May 30, 2014 00:44
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Joementum posted:Joe the Plumber who is neither a plumber, nor named Joe has a big pile o' Smart Takes today. Ha, only one of those guys died by a gun, it was by his own hand. Castro is still alive and beloved in his own country.
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May 30, 2014 00:45
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Joementum posted:Joe the Plumber who is neither a plumber, nor named Joe has a big pile o' Smart Takes today. I involuntarily bared my teeth in anger when I read the bolded part. I know this guy's a hack trying desperately to remain somewhat relevant but come on, dude. Come on.
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May 30, 2014 00:45
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Republicans get promoted from shitheaded small business owner to congressmen all the time. Wingnut welfare, and if I ran a conservative party I'd be sure to staff it with the dumbest motherfuckers I could dig up from the bowels of Ohio. How else do they keep forming those 300-vote uninterrupted blocs.
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May 30, 2014 01:00
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Barudak posted:Rent is absolutely insane especially compared to ownership prices. Right now in my building people rent units for more money than it costs me to pay down a 15 year loan and association fees and an additional parking space. Rent should always cost more than the costs of a long term purchase and loan, otherwise the landlord's potentially losing money by having the property. That's basically the whole concept of renting being a viable business.
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May 30, 2014 01:20
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"If you like your religion, you can keep your religion." ~ Bobby Jindal on Obama's position on religious liberty.
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May 30, 2014 01:31
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Joementum posted:"If you like your religion, you can keep your religion." ~ Bobby Jindal on Obama's position on religious liberty. Because when you think of religious freedom, the literal wannabe-theocrat seems like the best source.
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May 30, 2014 01:32
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Nintendo Kid posted:Rent should always cost more than the costs of a long term purchase and loan, otherwise the landlord's potentially losing money by having the property. That's basically the whole concept of renting being a viable business. You have the relationship backwards. A market sale price is an NPV of future market rents.
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May 30, 2014 01:46
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Joementum posted:"If you like your religion, you can keep your religion." ~ Bobby Jindal on Obama's position on religious liberty. That is actually a reasonably sick burn coming from Bobby Jindal. I mean, its full of poo poo, but if you already buy into his crap that is pretty good.
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May 30, 2014 01:46
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Nothing new, but it's interesting to see a story on the actual genesis of the Religious Right in a rag like Tiger Beat On the Potomac. This is like National Review running that Ta-Nehisi Coates reparations piece.
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May 30, 2014 01:54
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comes along bort posted:Nothing new, but it's interesting to see a story on the actual genesis of the Religious Right in a rag like Tiger Beat On the Potomac. This is like National Review running that Ta-Nehisi Coates reparations piece. Politico Magazine generally has some interesting articles. I say interesting, rather than good, because they pretty much take anybody and let them spew onto the page. Then I read actual Politico, and get heartburn. Then I read Politico comments, and laugh my rear end off.
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May 30, 2014 02:00
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SubponticatePoster posted:"I'm not sure why I'm here, and I think I might have had something written down but I destroyed all my documents quite by accident when I tripped and fell and dropped them into a shredder. It's a nice day though, isn't it?" It was actually a rainy day so they moved the commencement inside. Doubt he would recall any of it though
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May 30, 2014 02:12
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I have to give Dubya credit. That was a sweet duck move
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May 30, 2014 02:39
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Joementum posted:"If you like your religion, you can keep your religion." ~ Bobby Jindal on Obama's position on religious liberty. I don't get how that's a burn? Someone explain it to my dumb rear end, tia.
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May 30, 2014 02:56
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AdjectiveNoun posted:I don't get how that's a burn? Someone explain it to my dumb rear end, tia. It's supposed to be a knock on Obama's "If you like your healthcare plan you can keep it" line.
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May 30, 2014 02:59
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AdjectiveNoun posted:I don't get how that's a burn? Someone explain it to my dumb rear end, tia. I mean to reasonable people that statement is fine, keep your religion to yourself and out of government. But to an evangelical it's basically telling them to not try to spread the good news of Jesus's sacrifice for our Sins. Also a reference to "if you like your plan you can keep it" quote by Obama regarding health insurance. People were legit upset that they couldn't keep their terrible high deductible plan that doesn't cover anything. He's implying that Obama is going to come after people's religions and that he's lying about it. E; FB
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May 30, 2014 03:03
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Joe the Plumber posted:As far as me being nice, cordial, respectful – don’t hurt people’s feelings… bla bla? We tried that and look where it got us? I'm pretty sure he never tried that.
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May 30, 2014 03:17
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Joementum posted:"If you like your religion, you can keep your religion." ~ Bobby Jindal on Obama's position on religious liberty. So...if you're a Christian, Obama's going to somehow take away your Christianity? How would that even work? I know, I know. Conservative humor isn't supposed to make sense, it's just supposed to be used to attack Democrats, but still.
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May 30, 2014 03:24
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Interweb I think I'd love to know about the origins of your avatar more than I'd like to know about right-wing psychology. You don't have to tell me, but I've been wondering for years. Pls pls!
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May 30, 2014 03:25
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Mr Interweb posted:So...if you're a Christian, Obama's going to somehow take away your Christianity? How would that even work? To them, taking away your right to impose your religion on others is the same thing as taking your religion away.
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May 30, 2014 03:25
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Also they're gonna round up Christians and throw them in FEMA camps, any day now...
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May 30, 2014 03:26
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Why is Joe the Plumber still relevant?
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May 30, 2014 03:36
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Well in the 2008 election he displayed a deep ignorance of how the marginal tax system worked and was corrected personally by Obama, so then clearly he became a conservative figurehead whom republicans could relate to very well and never forget about.
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May 30, 2014 03:38
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agarjogger posted:Interweb I think I'd love to know about the origins of your avatar more than I'd like to know about right-wing psychology. This was way back, shortly after I registered. Originally the avatar, which was bought by someone else in the gaming section, was just a regular pic of Gabe Newell, with the text saying "Official SA Gaming News correspondent" (or something to that effect). Shortly after that, I seemed to rub someone the wrong way (I could be wrong, but I think it was Louisgod) and so he altered that pic to what it is right now. Might not be the most exciting or interesting origin story, but there ya go.
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May 30, 2014 03:43
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DemeaninDemon posted:Why is Joe the Plumber still relevant? 
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May 30, 2014 03:53
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DemeaninDemon posted:Why is Joe the Plumber still relevant? We're all Joe the Plumber!
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May 30, 2014 03:57
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It's pretty awesome that John McCain's political legacy is going to be Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber.
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May 30, 2014 04:04
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mcmagic posted:It's pretty awesome that John McCain's political legacy is going to be Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber. And dying reviled by half of everyone who used to give him token respect, for becoming the century's greatest political coward.
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May 30, 2014 04:14
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Alexzandvar posted:He obviously isn't doing it for moral reasons as Putin has such a massive history of corruption and abuse of power if he actually gave a poo poo about his message he would face US punishment rather than help prop up one of the most corrupt and power abusing governments on the planet. Getting run through a show trial and sent to prison for life to put to death does nothing to help his message. It just makes people like you feel good while ensuring the government has reigned in a problem. Raskolnikov38 posted:Lovin' how of all the ones listed, Hitler was the only one that actually died from a gun rather than a natural death (or still living in Castro's case) and even Hitler's was a self-inflicted bullet to the head. Hitler also reduced gun control in Germany but expecting accuracy from a piece of poo poo like Joe the Plumber would be like expecting Allen West to do the right thing and self-immolate at the next neocon convention. OAquinas posted:Because when you think of religious freedom, the literal wannabe-theocrat seems like the best source. In what way is he a wannabe theocrat? He is actively pushing theocracy through his state and it's not going to stop as long as he's around unless there is federal intervention.
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May 30, 2014 04:36
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Relentlessboredomm posted:Apparently Jim Webb is thinking about running for President: Why do we want to pay murderers that have ptsd? Give them counseling and medical care, sure. hobbesmaster posted:Perhaps he thinks the US is the same. Bingo. If 2 countries are the same but one wants to jail (and prob torture you) but the other will give you asylum if you scratch their back a little, it's an easy choice.
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effectual posted:Why do we want to pay murderers that have ptsd? Give them counseling and medical care, sure. The main thrust of it is that it lets them do something with their lives after giving their mental and possibly physical health up for the government's sake. Having military experience on a resume helps, but not as much as a college degree.
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Nebraska governor Dave Heineman reports that Nebraska can't comply with anti-prison rape measures.quote:Gov. Dave Heineman has told U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder the state has taken steps to comply with federal standards intended to eliminate sexual assaults in Nebraska prisons. In other Dave Heineman news, he's announced via a press conference that he's applying to be president of the University of Nebraska to great...displeasure. gently caress you just go away Dave!!! EDIT: Oh maybe this is foreshadowing how he'll deal with sexual assault on the campuses? Joy. Ghost of Reagan Past fucked around with this message at 05:33 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 05:28
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Nebraska governor Dave Heineman reports that Nebraska can't comply with anti-prison rape measures. He already has lax standards on rape and he wants to run a college,rape on campus is already bad enough without someone who has proven they don't care about rape as long as they can rationalize a reason not to care.
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May 30, 2014 05:35
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It's bad enough that the Huskers aren't the unbeatable hell beasts they were in the 90s, now Governor Jailrape here wants to run the Uni system?
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SALT CURES HAM posted:He referred to the woman as a "true Valkyrie" and "woman of Sparta." This is pretty old by the thread's standards, but as someone who has immediate family in the military there is some legit Sparta fetishization going on. Granted, this was when my relative was still in training some years ago, so chances are he's grown out of it (I haven't breached the subject yet since I'm weirded out by that sort of thing) but that sort of idolatry on the part of West isn't too far off base. Dunno about the Valkyrie poo poo, though, that's some legit Nazi stuff. At least with Sparta you have the excuse of 300 making Sparta-worship socially acceptable.
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With regards to West, I almost feel like I'm doing what Republicans do and denying my opponents' military service. But I can't help denying that West has any loving idea what the military's, about when he shoehorns in all the mythology he can find just to talk about it. I don't think I need much to support that since his tribunal or court martial came to the same conclusion.
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May 30, 2014 06:21
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Joementum posted:Clinton and Bush hit the strike zone, but you leave them up and center and you're right in the power hitters' wheelhouse. Sotomayor is a headhunter, Alito is way too far to the right, and Obama is too lofty. George W. Bush's greatest accomplishment as President was throwing a strike down the middle in one pitch while wearing a bulletproof vest before a World Series game in New York. I'm not even joking. His greatest accomplishment.
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May 30, 2014 06:37
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agarjogger posted:I don't think I need much to support that since his tribunal or court martial came to the same conclusion. This is the big difference. The right wing takes a middling or glowing record, and then proceeds to poo poo all over it. You're taking a piss poor military record, and recognizing it for what it is. The man is a nut case. You're not denying his service. You are taking his service into account.
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Bush's agility, whether ducking shoes or throwing heat, can't be questioned. Dude was an interceptor pilot, even if he wandered off partway through his commission. agarjogger posted:With regards to West, I almost feel like I'm doing what Republicans do and denying my opponents' military service. But I can't help denying that West has any loving idea what the military's, about when he shoehorns in all the mythology he can find just to talk about it. I don't think I need much to support that since his tribunal or court martial came to the same conclusion. His leadership style and philosophy is basically Colonel Kurtz minus excellence. He's a beast.
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