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Joementum posted:Perry's second attempt to get the indictment thrown out has failed and now there's a hashtag. Stand what? Trial? No thanks Rick.
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What is the chance he gets put in prison. I read 103 years if convicted
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zeal posted:In those glasses he looks like he could be Tina Fey's mom. Perry, Gleason and Chaough
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:What is the chance he gets put in prison. I read 103 years if convicted Rich? check White? check 0%
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:What is the chance he gets put in prison. I read 103 years if convicted -100%. His lifespan will actually increase, and he'll be running for President in the 2100s.
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quote:On gay parents (from The Big Picture): Then Marine Todd punched them in the face and everyone stood up and clapped and hooted and hollered.
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Stanos posted:Then Marine Todd punched them in the face and everyone stood up and clapped and hooted and hollered. Except it's not stdh because the gay couple were pleasant and charming and his colleague seemed sensible and straight forward. It's literally "I went out of my way to hate someone I didn't know", so yeah... Probably happened.
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Titus Sardonicus posted:Jesus dickriding christ what a moron. How the hell did this guy get through his undergrad biology courses, let alone med school, without even the slightest understanding of evolution? And the second part isn't about political correctness so much as it's about Dr Carson being an upper echelon cock. I work at a university, and when my professor friends are talking specifically about med students, it's not in a good way. The majority of the med students don't give a crap about the biology and just want to get it over with and get to medical school ("where they don't need to know biology"). They generally think they're too good for the courses, that they'll never need to know the material, and that anything short of the anatomy classes are a waste of time. A lot of these students somehow end up getting very low grades in the more rigorous courses and have to retake the course(s), and a lot wash out, but a lot don't. It really doesn't surprise me that there are doctors out there without a real understanding of biology - they either figured out how to give the teacher the answers they wanted without really learning the material, or they just went through undergrad picking the lovely professors that taught easy classes.
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Vlex posted:You are doing God's work. https://twitter.com/Palin_eBooks 
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Titus Sardonicus posted:I was just sputtering exasperation when I made that reply; it really rankles me when someone like that shows absolute ignorance about an essential pillar of biological science, whether s/he subscribes to it or not. Now that I've got my bearings back, my cynical, curmudgeonly side assumes that this is just a very poorly executed appeal to the base. Those idiots will lap it up, but he thankfully doesn't have a chance anyway. Modern American conservativism is powered by two things: -white grievance -pissing liberals (real or imagined) off You have just witnessed the latter in action.
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^^^goddammit I've been slowly killing myself for years following politics and I still get tripped up on that fact. I'm not cynical enoughOneTwentySix posted:I work at a university, and when my professor friends are talking specifically about med students, it's not in a good way. The majority of the med students don't give a crap about the biology and just want to get it over with and get to medical school ("where they don't need to know biology"). They generally think they're too good for the courses, that they'll never need to know the material, and that anything short of the anatomy classes are a waste of time. A lot of these students somehow end up getting very low grades in the more rigorous courses and have to retake the course(s), and a lot wash out, but a lot don't. It really doesn't surprise me that there are doctors out there without a real understanding of biology - they either figured out how to give the teacher the answers they wanted without really learning the material, or they just went through undergrad picking the lovely professors that taught easy classes. Good point; there were a couple of pre-med undergrads in my lab a few years ago who were just idiots who wanted something to add to their med school applications. For years they, along with some of the stories I'd heard from other TAs, gave me a bad impression of medical students. On the other hand, I taught a human anatomy course and a good portion of the students were actually interested in actual science. Sounds like a fluke though, attributable to individuals rather than med students as a group. In short, it's true, med students are assholes, you're right. I'd have made a terrible doctor, research > medical practice, gently caress all y'all. Especially Ben Carson, gently caress that guy in half.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:What is the chance he gets put in prison. I read 103 years if convicted Texas has partisan judicial elections and has elected very Republican judges in the appeals system. He might get convicted but he will absolutely win on appeal.
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Shifty Pony posted:Texas has partisan judicial elections and has elected very Republican judges in the appeals system. He might get convicted but he will absolutely win on appeal. The plan is to keep appealing the verdict until President Perry can pardon him.
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So remind me what the deal is with the Kochs stanning for Jeb and bashing Romney?
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ufarn posted:So remind me what the deal is with the Kochs stanning for Jeb and bashing Romney? They've decided he's the big business candidate, I guess. I thought they'd go more libertarian, but the immigration issue (keeping wages low) seems to be a high priority for them. I frankly think the business wing would sit out 2016 or even endorse Clinton if an immigration hard-liner looked to win the nomination. i say swears online fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Jan 28, 2015 |
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Ben Carson I know it shouldn't surprise me anymore at this point, after all the stupid poo poo he's said, but it still baffles me that a renowned neurosurgeon cannot get his head around the concept of infinity. Yes Ben, infinite amount of time means that eventually, one of those hurricanes blasting through junkyards will assemble an aerodynamic wing. It reminds me of when Ricky Gervais tried explaining infinity to Karl Pilkington with the example of an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters eventually writing the complete works of Shakespeare. He was stumped, but then again, he isn't a neurosurgeon...
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Well, this is a group of people that also commonly believe in a young earth. So they're liable to say poo poo like, "Evolution couldn't have happened because the earth isn't THAT old. I mean it would have to take like a million years." without realizing the time scales that are being talked about.
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Shifty Pony posted:Texas has partisan judicial elections and has elected very Republican judges in the appeals system. He might get convicted but he will absolutely win on appeal. A Republican judge has already repeatedly declined to dismiss the charges against him.
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richardfun posted:I know it shouldn't surprise me anymore at this point, after all the stupid poo poo he's said, but it still baffles me that a renowned neurosurgeon cannot get his head around the concept of infinity. Yes Ben, infinite amount of time means that eventually, one of those hurricanes blasting through junkyards will assemble an aerodynamic wing. Of course in the hurricane airplane metaphor you've also got to somehow stipulate that each time a hurricane comes through more pieces not conductive to building a 747 are blown out while those pieces conductive to a 747 are empowered by the lack of non-747 piece competition. Also we'd expect a few gliders and Cessnas to show up in the junkyard records before the 747 finally appears. We found the Learjet missing link, Ben.
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Also after the 747 has been completed there are tons of pieces in it that are built weirdly, some pieces that don't even do anything at all, and a few pieces that are upside down or inside out for no reason.
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Couldn't Rand Paul just...not run for President in KY? Is it that big of a deal in the Republican Primary? Couldn't he just run in 49 state primaries, cutting his losses in KY? People give up on states all the time. I guess it would be bad press to lose his home state, but if he wants to run that bad, while keeping his Senate seat, it's not the worst idea. I guess the "He's not interesting in Kentucky's issues, but would rather run all over the country running for President," could hurt his chances in the KY Primary for Senate.
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thrawn527 posted:Couldn't Rand Paul just...not run for President in KY? Is it that big of a deal in the Republican Primary? Couldn't he just run in 49 state primaries, cutting his losses in KY? People give up on states all the time. I guess it would be bad press to lose his home state, but if he wants to run that bad, while keeping his Senate seat, it's not the worst idea. The problem with this I think is that it would be seen as hedging, if he was all in he'd run in KY, instead he's trying to save his senate seat etc. etc.
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MC Nietzche posted:The problem with this I think is that it would be seen as hedging, if he was all in he'd run in KY, instead he's trying to save his senate seat etc. etc. Sure, but that's true all the time. I remember Joe Lieberman running for (and winning) his Senate seat while also running for VP. How was this not seen as, "We're gonna win! (but if not I'm also gonna try to keep my other job. You know, just in case.) But we're totally gonna win! Super confident! (Not really though)" Because he was just running for VP and not the top job?
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thrawn527 posted:Sure, but that's true all the time. I remember Joe Lieberman running for (and winning) his Senate seat while also running for VP. How was this not seen as, "We're gonna win! (but if not I'm also gonna try to keep my other job. You know, just in case.) But we're totally gonna win! Super confident! (Not really though)" Because he was just running for VP and not the top job? Yes, but IIRC that Lieberman thing was generally seen as bad and not a thing to emulate.
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MC Nietzche posted:Yes, but IIRC that Lieberman thing was generally seen as bad and not a thing to emulate. No one cares about the VP slot either, unless you are monumentally bad like Palin was.
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mdemone posted:Also after the 747 has been completed there are tons of pieces in it that are built weirdly, some pieces that don't even do anything at all, and a few pieces that are upside down or inside out for no reason. Business class: The appendix of plane biology.
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MC Nietzche posted:Yes, but IIRC that Lieberman thing was generally seen as bad and not a thing to emulate. Unlike when Diamond Joe did it eight years later?
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Joementum posted:Perry's second attempt to get the indictment thrown out has failed and now there's a hashtag. He looks like Rachel Maddow's bigoted uncle.
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Lancelot posted:This is great. Thanks. At the rate she's currently going she's got enough material to go for ~112 years. I skimmed through some of the results and there's some real gems in there. Stay tuned!
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Necc0 posted:Thanks. At the rate she's currently going she's got enough material to go for ~112 years. I skimmed through some of the results and there's some real gems in there. Stay tuned! Why are the tweets all in title-case? Also too otherwise, it's great.
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Abjad Soup posted:Why are the tweets all in title-case? Also too otherwise, it's great. The transcript provided by C-SPAN was all-caps and I didn't feel like going through her whole speech to fix everything. So it was that or all-caps.
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Interesting you should bring that up because she has a tendency to both begin and end sentences with 'it' and when the words are all-caps my algorithm can't distinguish between what's starting a sentence and what's ending one. So occasionally there will be tweets with the sentence 'It.' in the middle. And there's even one tweet that's just that: It.
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MC Nietzche posted:Yes, but IIRC FTFY
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Palin posted:Thank You Get A Pistol Packing Harley Riding Mama Grizzly.
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thrawn527 posted:Couldn't Rand Paul just...not run for President in KY? It's an option, but his preferred plan is to have the Kentucky GOP do a caucus instead of a convention. This gets around the ballot law and is within the control of the party. He still couldn't run for both in the general election, but that's a bridge to cross when he (doesn't) get there. He might also sue the state to argue that their election law interferes with federal administration of elections. There's a solid argument there, but it's a bit funny coming from such a states-rights guy.
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Necc0 posted:The transcript provided by C-SPAN was all-caps and I didn't feel like going through her whole speech to fix everything. So it was that or all-caps.
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Necc0 posted:Thanks. At the rate she's currently going she's got enough material to go for ~112 years. I skimmed through some of the results and there's some real gems in there. Stay tuned! Am I the only one who just does not get this? Are you just running Sarah Palin's speech through something that jumbles the words and spits out sentences that are vaguely english? 
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Caros posted:Am I the only one who just does not get this? Are you just running Sarah Palin's speech through something that jumbles the words and spits out sentences that are vaguely english? …because that's what Palin herself does, see.
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Caros posted:Am I the only one who just does not get this? Are you just running Sarah Palin's speech through something that jumbles the words and spits out sentences that are vaguely english? You need to learn yourself some weird Twitter, son: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain ufarn posted:Failing that, put everything in all-caps. Seems appropriate. Yeah I think I'm gonna change it back when I get home. I'm not happy with the title casing
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