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http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/cory-booker-rand-paul-team-up-108640.html Booker/Paul or Paul/Booker -- "The leaders America deserves." (Cue "Happy") Still though, it's a good soundbite. It'll never get out of the House. Peztopiary fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Jul 8, 2014 |
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Dapper Dan posted:Yup. Anti-intellectualism is pretty strong in the Republican party and among conservatives in general. Grants have been shredded to pieces and we are falling behind in research. Because of 'useless' projects (forget trying to explain the link between fundamental research and applied research). Although it's not as severe, it's worth remembering that the right doesn't have anything like a monopoly on the rejection of scientific research.
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Aurubin posted:In real news, the Benghazi panel is heating up!. With heartwarming stories of bipartisan cooperation! A 3.3 million dollar budget! I'd drink like the rest of you if I wasn't a teetotaler. 3.3 million for 12 people engaged in political theater 0 for 150,000 people in Detroit who don't have water This country
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I know this heavily dependent on both the Democratic and Republican candidates but how much of a shift to the right, and general blow would be a Republican president be in 2016?
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SkySteak posted:I know this heavily dependent on both the Democratic and Republican candidates but how much of a shift to the right, and general blow would be a Republican president be in 2016? GOP in control of the House, Senate, and Presidency? As much as National Review and the Wall Street Journal want to do "think pieces" about what a "conservative government" would look like we know exactly what it would be. The Bush years from 2000 - 2006, all over again.
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Fried Chicken posted:GOP in control of the House, Senate, and Presidency? As much as National Review and the Wall Street Journal want to do "think pieces" about what a "conservative government" would look like we know exactly what it would be. The Bush years from 2000 - 2006, all over again. It would be so much worse now. We had actual moderates then.
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Jul 8, 2014 12:40
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Yeah, we would look back on the Bush years with nostalgia. It'd be an accelerationist's wet dream.
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Antti posted:Yeah, we would look back on the Bush years with nostalgia. It'd be an accelerationist's wet dream. Team America: World Police is still a relevant movie because near as I can tell, it is the current R position on the Middle East.
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mastervj posted:OK, I'll admit this broke my brain. He probably meant to say that global warming is happening on Mars too because that's usually a fallback position for them after they're forced to admit the ice caps are melting here. Or that's what he wanted to say but he genuinely doesn't understand the difference between a value and its first derivative (also possible seeing as how he is representing a group that says that smaller-than-last-year increases in Pentagon budgets are "cuts"). It's been prevalent enough to get its own debunking: http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-mars.htm
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Jul 8, 2014 13:26
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Fried Chicken posted:3.3 million for 12 people engaged in political theater I just really wish someone would get some mic time and start talking about that. "We're spending 3.3 million on this political theater that has so far come up with no signs of conspiracy. While that has been going on we have spent absolutely no money on the following..." And then start listing stuff like Detroit and other recent failures of public infrastructure. Of course, the Right would just blow it all off, but it would be a magnificent middle finger for the Right to sit and spin on.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:It would be so much worse now. We had actual moderates then. Eh, the extreme bullshit flies because they don't have to be accountable. As soon as they can give the rich (more) time on the public teat they will get down to brass tacks and pass whatever without grandstanding
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Alkydere posted:I just really wish someone would get some mic time and start talking about that. The right wing actively wants the residents of Detroit to die off so they would see that as a bonus.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:It would be so much worse now. We had actual moderates then. What moderates were those again?
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It will be exactly the same, thus it will not happen, because nothing good happens to Republicans. Democrats will hold the White House for decades.
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Nonsense posted:It will be exactly the same, thus it will not happen, because nothing good happens to Republicans. Democrats will hold the White House for decades. Republicans destroyed any chance of them getting a president in office by painting every long term well mannered republican a RINO and thus ruined their chances in the national republican primaries.
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Conservatives are saying that Biden should be admonished by the gay community for using a gay slur "teabagger"
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Joementum posted:Let's gather 'round and listen to State Senator Brandon Smith (R-Hazard TN) on the topic of climate change. Goes to show pretty much anyone can become a state senator.
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Joementum posted:Jody Hice has some thoughts he'd like to share with you before his July 22 primary runoff election. Further proof that the only problem the Religious Right has with Sharia law is that it mentions some Allah fella instead of the one true God.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Conservatives are saying that Biden should be admonished by the gay community for using a gay slur "teabagger" Conservative heterosexual men have never had a woman lick their balls, and conservative women have never licked a guy's balls? Teabagging isn't an exclusive sex act to one sexuality. Though I guess there is no lesbian teabagging.
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McAlister posted:Just a general observation about worries that misogyny can be kept in check. It is absolutely insane to watch in action for anyone who has not noticed it (you've doubtlessly seen it but may not have been tuned it). I'm not sure where you are located but if you are not in the bible-belt of the South then you haven't seen anything yet. Misogyny supported by unquestionable religious teachings AND continually reinforced (or at least not questioned) due to the close-knit communities fostered by many churches is simply awe-inspiring. I'm talking about things like weddings where the women (including the bride!) do the cooking for the reception and are not allowed to eat or even sit down until the men are done. Yes that is an extreme example but one thing that the Democratic network has been quite adept at doing is catching video of the extreme nutjobs spouting off and making them the face of the GOP. The eventual nominee likely will be smart enough to not say anything awful but it is highly likely they will be put into the position of having to chose between pissing of a large chunk of the base or being seen as endorsing some downright disgusting ideals. edit: Also SC is early in the primary process... 
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greatn posted:Conservative heterosexual men have never had a woman lick their balls, and conservative women have never licked a guy's balls? Teabagging isn't an exclusive sex act to one sexuality. Though I guess there is no lesbian teabagging. What are you, kidding? Missionary, lights off, hole in the sheet. Procreative purposes only.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Conservatives are saying that Biden should be admonished by the gay community for using a gay slur "teabagger" Whoops, careful there boys- wouldn't want anyone to think you're a homo or something. I mean when a conservative hears them say stuff like this, which they would never say if they weren't taking naked potshots at a democrat, what do they think? How long does it take for the pendulum to swing back to "No non-traditional marriage!"?
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Alter Ego posted:What are you, kidding? Missionary, lights off, hole in the sheet. Procreative purposes only. No I heard the hole in the sheets can cause an abortion.
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greatn posted:No I heard the hole in the sheets can cause an abortion. But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. Genesis 38:9
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Tell me that state senator mistakenly thought he was doing a conservative comedy show...oh who am I kidding, he was serious 
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mcmagic posted:What moderates were those again? The moderates the stopped the privatization of Social Security.
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Kiwi Ghost Chips posted:The moderates the stopped the privatization of Social Security. That wouldn't get past now either. The country HATES it. (Unless it was a democrat who tried to pass it.)
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mcmagic posted:That wouldn't get past now either. The country HATES it. (Unless it was a democrat who tried to pass it.) I don't think the country has all that much input if the GOP gets in control. It will be done for
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/08/upshot/how-the-year-you-were-born-influences-your-politics.html This is pretty interesting, showing political leaning over time by year of birth. It would appear the really recalcitrant conservative shitheads aren't actually Boomers, who are split about 50/50, but Gen X and people born from about 1965 to 1980. You can look at how much each cohort's politics change in each presidency, and the year that swung hardest to the right during Obama's presidency was born in 1975. 
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Shifty Pony posted:I don't think the country has all that much input if the GOP gets in control. It will be done for They would need 60 votes in the senate and the white house and it would be a frontal assault on their biggest base of voters. Not likely.
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Magres posted:It's really good for the thread to have someone presenting and arguing Republican views because it cuts down on the 'Republicans are so awful' circlejerk slash echo chamber Nothing can cut down the circlejerking and echo chambering in here.  JT Jag posted:I respond to Amergin once because I actually wanted to debate a point with a Republican proxy and he didn't even bother to rebut. That teaches me! I mean, if you want to bring opportunity cost into the mix then a donation to any kind of research hinders other kinds of research. poo poo, if I donate to cancer research I'm hindering the Red Cross.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. But Onan did not know this was a terrible method of contraception, seeing as though this was the Iron Age, and thus provided offspring for his brother anyway.
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Look who wrote a column on Breitbart Sarah Palin: Impeach the President NOW quote:Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, “no mas.” America:The Battered Wife of a black kenyan muslim usurper Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jul 8, 2014 |
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Reminder Barack Obama will be the first successfully fully-implemented impeached President in American History.
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Per what I'm hearing at the office today (we were one of the main pitch firms),the RNC has officially chosen to go with Cleveland for 2016. I've never seen this many people happy about a plague of locusts over the land.
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TheGreyGhost posted:Per what I'm hearing at the office today (we were one of the main pitch firms),the RNC has officially chosen to go with Cleveland for 2016. I've never seen this many people happy about a plague of locusts over the land. DNC has 6 possible locations and they are visiting them on these dates to see what will be the best fit Birmingham, AL - July 21-22 Cleveland, OH - August 4-5 Columbus, OH - August 6-7 New York, NY (Brooklyn) - August 11-12 Philadelphia, PA - August 13-14 Phoenix, AZ - September 10-11 Yes, nothing says DNC like Alabama
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TheGreyGhost posted:Per what I'm hearing at the office today (we were one of the main pitch firms),the RNC has officially chosen to go with Cleveland for 2016. I've never seen this many people happy about a plague of locusts over the land. Yeah came here to post it but official announcement just went out. Cleveland it is.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Look who wrote a column on Breitbart I know I shouldn't care, but she really pushes my buttons. I'm not sure you could even program a bot to write an essay more densely packed with factually-incorrect things.
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