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Joementum posted:The RNC did this today: Let's all have freedom fries, because the terrists hate us AND France for are freedoms.
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anonumos posted:Applicable to the turtle discussion: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/07/can_science_explain_tea_party_rage/ Yeah , easy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_selection Also ignoring heartless Wall Streeter D's would be ignoring the majority of the party so I don't think it's fair to exclude them.
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zoux posted:Yeah , easy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_selection You're right. I guess I should have stuck with "conservative" vs. "liberal" rather than segue into the political parties.
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IN A WORLD where Reince Priebus is the RNC Chairman.... he'll make a movie trailer about himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhd_JeI3qrE
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Joementum posted:IN A WORLD where Reince Priebus is the RNC Chairman.... he'll make a movie trailer about himself. Wasn't leaving Las Vegas already made?
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A Winner is Jew posted:Wasn't leaving Las Vegas already made? :  I chuckled most heartily.
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How far do y'all think this Romney '16 poo poo is going to go? So far the reaction from the party and pundits has been overwhelmingly negative, there's no way he's in the first primary debate right?
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Jan 16, 2015 19:20
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Does Priebus still get sloshed in all public appearances?
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zoux posted:How far do y'all think this Romney '16 poo poo is going to go? So far the reaction from the party and pundits has been overwhelmingly negative, there's no way he's in the first primary debate right? I would not be supirsed to see him in the first few debates. Beyond that i just dont think you can run again after you have been the final candidate.
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AcidRonin posted:I would not be supirsed to see him in the first few debates. Beyond that i just dont think you can run again after you have been the final candidate.
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AcidRonin posted:I would not be supirsed to see him in the first few debates. Beyond that i just dont think you can run again after you have been the final candidate. REAGAN RAN THREE TIMES.
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USPol February: It's Turtlechat All the Way Down
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Jan 16, 2015 19:23
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Here's the text of a proposed RNC resolution vis a vis Obama's lawless immigration policy.
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zoux posted:How far do y'all think this Romney '16 poo poo is going to go? So far the reaction from the party and pundits has been overwhelmingly negative, there's no way he's in the first primary debate right? He's still polling higher than Bush in several area's. I really don't think Jeb is going to get the nomination with his soft spot for immigrants.
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I love the talk about "outdated technology" from the people who want to build a giant loving wall on the border. I mean I would be considered conservative on border security by most people on here but even I think that's a ridiculous waste and "outdated technology" given how easy surveillance is now with new technology.
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Jan 16, 2015 19:28
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Iowa and a hilarious corn dog at the very least.
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EugeneJ posted:Chris Christie brings Art Garfunkel to France for a duet of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Oh god no. Mr. Garfunkel's still not ready for crowds. He's getting much better, though.
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Apparenlty the RNC is announcing one debate a month starting in August, then 3 in Feb following the Iowa caucus and 2 in March. That's 11 debates 
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In order to reach out to Iowa voters Mitt Romney will conduct his first debate there dressed as a ear of corn.
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Well it's either nine or eleven, depending on how solid the March dates are. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/16/rnc-announces-nine-sanctioned-presidential-debates/ Also this could be huge. quote:Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred.
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And none of them will be on MSNBC, because of course.
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zoux posted:Well it's either nine or eleven, depending on how solid the March dates are. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/16/rnc-announces-nine-sanctioned-presidential-debates/ If it was both 9 and 11 I think we would see Giuliani try again.
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A Winner is Jew posted:Wasn't leaving Las Vegas already made? A Winner is Jew posted:If it was both 9 and 11 I think we would see Giuliani try again. You're on a roll today, sir.
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zoux posted:Here's the text of a proposed RNC resolution vis a vis Obama's lawless immigration policy. So about that second WHERAS..... can you just ignore the results of TWO national elections and make declarations about what the american people belive based on nothing? Like what makes you think the majority of Americans dont agree with it? Also RE: running after being a candidate, i meant like these days in this media situation. You old rear end men 
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AcidRonin posted:can you just ignore the results of TWO national elections and make declarations about what the american people belive based on nothing? Uh you just laid out the GOP's entire media strategy man.
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zoux posted:How far do y'all think this Romney '16 poo poo is going to go? So far the reaction from the party and pundits has been overwhelmingly negative, there's no way he's in the first primary debate right? If I remember right most didn't want him running in 2012 at all. It seemed every month or so Fox would have a preferred candidate that wouldn't hold up well to scrutiny at all then they'd move to the next candidate. Eventually just Mitt remained because he was the most vanilla of them all.
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Should probably get its own thread, though what exactly "evidence that a crime occurred" means is pretty loving important (and it is pretty worrying that was not part of it to begin with).
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Gravel Gravy posted:If I remember right most didn't want him running in 2012 at all. It seemed every month or so Fox would have a preferred candidate that wouldn't hold up well to scrutiny at all then they'd move to the next candidate. Eventually just Mitt remained because he was the most vanilla of them all. The hard right didn't want him but the establishment did. That's why his support stayed relatively stable while the parade of idiots took turns being the idiot king.
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zoux posted:Uh you just laid out the GOP's entire media strategy man. Son of a bitch your right.
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evilweasel posted:Should probably get its own thread, though what exactly "evidence that a crime occurred" means is pretty loving important (and it is pretty worrying that was not part of it to begin with). Why wouldn't states just go ahead and continue asset forfeiture under their own laws?
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Jan 16, 2015 19:55
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zoux posted:Why wouldn't states just go ahead and continue asset forfeiture under their own laws? Federal law is easier and funnels the proceeds to the police department, while many states put the money in the general fund instead.
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evilweasel posted:Federal law is easier and funnels the proceeds to the police department, while many states put the money in the general fund instead. It'll be interesting to see if states are able to modify their own laws to mirror the old federal system or if there is enough political will to stop it.
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zoux posted:Why wouldn't states just go ahead and continue asset forfeiture under their own laws? As stated in the article almost all of them go into the states general fund as opposed to the agency that did the bust themselves like the one Holder just canceled allowed. Sure cops will still abuse that poo poo but cases like the ones in Texas & Florida where cops ran something that mobs could only dream of would be out of the question.
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I know it's not even the right font, but I went and checked the front page of The Onion out of desperation anyway.
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There's literally no bounds to the glee I feel that civil forfeiture may, hopefully, finally be coming to an end. Anything to put more pressure on police budgets and less pressure on citizens.
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Jim Webb is going to live tweet his reaction to the State of the Union. Reince Priebus has been elected to a third term as Chairman of the RNC.
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Uranium Phoenix posted:Common core doesn't prescribe how material is taught, merely what the goals are. It absolutely does not dictate instructional methodologies, and there is nothing in common core preventing teachers from using best practices, nor from teaching critical thinking or problem solving. There are problems with the education system; a common set of standards to target is not one of them. Oh ho ho ho, my sweet summer child. Someone told you this, and you believed it, didn't you? Let's say you're a Latin teacher, like I am. You teach at an American school, which means the school is desperate for funding. But let's think; where does Latin fit in the Common Core curriculum? Ah yes! A foreign language, so of course, it fits into the carefully-constructed Common Core Foreign Language standards, FORTY PERCENT OF WHICH have to do with speaking the language conversationally, and listening to conversations. That kind of Latin instruction died at Cambridge in the 17th loving century. Since then, Latin has been taught as an academic language, focused on translation, grammar, and derivatives. Well, TOO BAD, past 400 years of Latin pedagogy! Your principal can't conceive of any of his classes scoring poorly on the new end of course exam, so even though we can't afford new books, and conversational Latin is surprisingly difficult, YOU'RE DOIN THE poo poo. We're dictating your instructional methodology, giving you a pacing guide, and we're cancelling the State Forums and other things you do that don't fit into the new Common Core definition of Latin as a foreign language just like Spanish and French. Oh, and PS: We have no idea who's writing the Latin exam, but it can't be any of the teachers in the district, of course. I'm SURE it will be totally authentic and valid. This is the danger of Common Core: If you're not in a CORE subject, your subject and entire teaching style may be subject to very intense square-pegging right into your round and tender hole. Sure, what you said is true about Math, English, and Science, but if you're in other, perfectly valid subject areas, the Common Core seems carefully designed to squeeze you right out of the curriculum. This is what happens when corporations think they understand education. A complete set of national standards is like a perfect sphere; something that can be easily imagined and talked about, but that is absolutely impossible, by definition, to create in the real world.
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