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ReindeerF posted:They did the Coke name campaign here in Asia last year and it was all family names like "mother," "sister," "brother" and so on. You can suss out an interesting social commentary from that difference. It's hilarious to me because it's just copying marketing aimed at children and transposing it onto a product consumed primarily by adults. Who wasn't excited at finding a pencil case or souvenir or whatever with their name on it when they were five years old?
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i hope to find tal fortgang on a bottle of coke some day, that will show that we have come far as a society unrelated question, i haven't looked at the eastern europe thread since the plane was shot down, is there anything worthwhile to read in like 1500 posts or is it all just dumb speculation and arguing with mightypeon?
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Swan Oat posted:unrelated question, i haven't looked at the eastern europe thread since the plane was shot down, is there anything worthwhile to read in like 1500 posts or is it all just dumb speculation and arguing with Fixed to reflect the correct second situation.
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Swan Oat posted:i hope to find tal fortgang on a bottle of coke some day, that will show that we have come far as a society Beyond ThirdPartyView's accurate amendment, you can learn all the information the thread has about the event through the following simple mental exercise: 1. Think of something related to the crash. 2. Think of the most reprehensible thing Russia/the separatists could do involving that crash-related subject. C'mon, take a minute here. Really dig down deep. Got something? Great. 2. OK, there's relatively sound evidence that Russia/the separatists are doing something worse than that thing you thought of in step two. Question for the thread: A post in politoons gave me an interesting question. What would be the ingredients of a "Radical Islam enchilada"? Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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Discendo Vox posted:Question for the thread:
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I found two small wasp nests in my carport. Using the IDF standards for proportional response, I burned down every other house on the block. Thank you, thank you, you're too kind, I'll be here all week (or until the rapture)
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XyloJW posted:Pork because of taqiyya. look at this twelver chump. all the cool radicals are rolling sunni, grandad.
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Discendo Vox posted:A post in politoons gave me an interesting question. What would be the ingredients of a "Radical Islam enchilada"? Rose water is probably involved
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someone should ethnically cleanse the i/p thread of bad posters
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I am going to kick a puppy for each new post in the right-wing media thread that mentions Penn Jillette.
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StandardVC10 posted:I am going to kick a puppy for each new post in the right-wing media thread that mentions Penn Jillette. What are they doing posting about that jackass? Isn't he more of a glibertarian than a conventional member of the right wing?
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Discendo Vox posted:What are they doing posting about that jackass? Isn't he more of a glibertarian than a conventional member of the right wing? Wait is that "glibertarian" intentional? I like it.
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R. Mute posted:someone should ethnically cleanse the i/p thread of bad posters From a business standpoint I wonder if the purchase of big red titles outweighs the bandwidth consumption from the constant bickering.
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Discendo Vox posted:What are they doing posting about that jackass? Isn't he more of a glibertarian than a conventional member of the right wing? They're trying to determine whether liking his show can be considered a Correct Opinion. I've never watched it, so I don't give a rat's rear end.
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R. Mute posted:someone should ethnically cleanse the i/p thread of bad posters Well, that or give them fugly 'gang tags'. 
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it can't be, because even if you ignore the politics, penn jillette is an insufferable turd. he's like the jeremy clarkson of magic
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Ogmius815 posted:Wait is that "glibertarian" intentional? I like it. It is- I can't remember where I first heard it, but it evokes the all-too-common overlapping sets of libertarianism and  .
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Discendo Vox posted:What are they doing posting about that jackass? Isn't he more of a glibertarian than a conventional member of the right wing? They're the same  Reagan's like  
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Ron Paul: "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!" Ronald Reagan: "UGUU~!" Horseshoe theory fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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Jul 20, 2014 23:36
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dang what sick joke of genetics deprived rand of normal looking hair
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SedanChair posted:They're the same time-traveling paul rudd
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Quantum Finger posted:time-traveling paul rudd From the pilot to NewsCorp's rejected Quantum Leap remake.
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paranoid randroid posted:dang what sick joke of genetics deprived rand of normal looking hair Drinking home remedies that are 40% mercury makes your hair fall out.
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at least Ron the Elder had functional hair before the colloidal silver made it fall out. rand looks like hes wearing a rug someone made out of a dog
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Rand's top is a merkin some jokester told him was a toupee, not expecting he'd fall for it.
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comes along bort posted:Rand's top is a merkin some jokester told him was a toupee, not expecting he'd fall for it.
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I wasn't really joking, I'm pretty sure he's sporting a merkin.
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paranoid randroid posted:at least Ron the Elder had functional hair before the colloidal silver made it fall out. rand looks like hes wearing a rug someone made out of a dog You know, Rand Paul has never gone on record denying that he wears a rug someone made out of a dog. Makes you think.
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Rand's haircut is vintage early 1980s insurance salesman who gets in too close to the ladies at office events.
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ReindeerF posted:Rand's haircut is vintage early 1980s insurance salesman who gets in too close to the ladies at office events. i bet rand paul wears cologne with a name like Suave Dusk and calls himself "a real cut-up".
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Rand Paul's Economic Theories: 0% of the time they work every time.
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Executive Order Chat: When I see an article that states something like, "Obama bans x by executive order". X has been something like discrimination of transsexuals, homosexuals, or whatever. That only affects government workers and government contractors right? I have met a lot of people that claim Obama has been bypassing Congress and forcing all employers to do this. While I would like that to be true, it is not right? It just affects workers dealing with the fed? I ask this because it gets brought up a lot to show that Obama is acting like a dictator. Has there been an executive order that is actually out of line?
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Deadulus posted:Executive Order Chat: To the best of my knowledge, no. The discrimination order you reference, for example, is specific to government employees and, iirc, contractors. The major forms of executive overreach were closed off during the Bush administration when the Supreme Court limited the scope of items like signing statements and the line item veto. I find Obama's use of executive orders in the area problematic nonetheless, though. This isn't because I object to the content, but because rulemaking by executive order isn't very durable- all it accomplishes is making Republicans angry, and can be reversed easily by a subsequent Republican administration (this sort of thing has happened before). Justice department action reinterpreting existing law, setting up a test case would be much more effective in creating lasting change in the area.
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Discendo Vox posted:To the best of my knowledge, no. The discrimination order you reference, for example, is specific to government employees and, iirc, contractors. The major forms of executive overreach were closed off during the Bush administration when the Supreme Court limited the scope of items like signing statements and the line item veto. So to clarify, all the various administration and agencies of the federal government are under the executive branch correct? Meaning that they are subject to whatever the President says, as long as it doesn't conflict with what as been set out by congress as to how they function. Stuff like Obama directing what ICE does, like go for certain immigrants for certain reasons and not others (because of limited resources, I think?), is completely valid. Raccooon fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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Deadulus posted:So to clarify, all the various administration and agencies of the federal government are under the executive branch correct? Meaning that they are subject to whatever the President says, as long as it doesn't conflict with what as been set out by congress as to how the function. It's a contested area, legally. I generally view it with intense suspicion because when it's done for political purposes(like in this case) it's a pretty massive circumvention of Congress. Imagine a Republican administration that decides hate crimes and financial embezzlement are a low priority for Justice Department attention. Executive oversight of the administrative apparatus is an area that wasn't countenanced in the original design of the constitution, and while it's necessary to some degree it's also a real weak spot in US constitutional structure and jurisprudence.
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Discendo Vox posted:It's a contested area, legally. I generally view it with intense suspicion because when it's done for political purposes(like in this case) it's a pretty massive circumvention of Congress. Imagine a Republican administration that decides hate crimes and financial embezzlement are a low priority for Justice Department attention. Executive oversight of the administrative apparatus is an area that wasn't countenanced in the original design of the constitution, and while it's necessary to some degree it's also a real weak spot in US constitutional structure and jurisprudence. That's a good point. I think I read in these threads that the financial crimes of the justice department was woefully underfunded at something like a few tens of a million a year(going up against the most powerful banking sector in the world), while the drug enforcement part was in the billions.
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Deadulus posted:That's a good point. I think I read in these threads that the financial crimes of the justice department was woefully underfunded at something like a few tens of a million a year(going up against the most powerfully banking sector in the world), while the drug enforcement part was in the billions. That's a bit more complicated because the funding streams for different areas of investigation are divided between entities. Looking at funding in one department will give you an inaccurate image of what actual expenditures are like. Do you have a source for that claim?
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ReindeerF posted:Rand's haircut is vintage early 1980s insurance salesman who gets in too close to the ladies at office events. Uhhh pretty sure Rand's haircut is Wallace Shawn's with a carpet sample stapled on top
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paranoid randroid posted:i bet rand paul wears cologne with a name like Suave Dusk and calls himself "a real cut-up". I wear old colognes sometimes  Caron Yatagan and YSL Kouros and they smell great
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