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comes along bort posted:Does anyone think Pitbull is cool? I thought he was the Nickelback of non-white people music. Axolotl posted:Are there any Democrats that are called "rising stars"? computer parts posted:One of the Castros I would imagine.  I'm hoping to vote for both in 2016.  E: Bonus points: Which one is which? Joaquin is on the left in the Red tie. Julian is on the right in the Blue tie. fade5 fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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I wonder if the Castros would attempt another switcharoo. It pissed off Bexar county republicans when they found out Joaquin was posing as Julian at some events, when Julian wasn't able to make those appearances.
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Nonsense posted:Anymore background on this, because if it was Ginsburg this will please the court. It was the circuit courts rulings on gay marriage. I think every single one used Scalia's dissent in US vs Windsor in their reasoning.
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Nonsense posted:I wonder if the Castros would attempt another switcharoo. It pissed off Bexar county republicans when they found out Joaquin was posing as Julian at some events, when Julian wasn't able to make those appearances. wasn't that an accident
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Feb 25, 2015 20:53
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PupsOfWar posted:wasn't that an accident I don't really remember what the Castro's explanation was, but the 'events' were like local parades, and I think a city council meeting one time. I didn't think it was a big deal when I was living there at the time and he was Mayor, but its funny how since he's popular every little thing Julian does is put under a laser beam, and that was before he was Chosen.
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baw posted:It was the circuit courts rulings on gay marriage. I think every single one used Scalia's dissent in US vs Windsor in their reasoning. Just to expand on this for those who don't already know: Scalia said something clearly sarcastic like "well, the majority's reasoning would just result in gay marriage being legal nationwide" in his Windsor dissent, and the circuit judges lined up to cite that text in their opinions, basically using his statement unironically in order to support overturning SSM bans. So now Antonin Scalia is the author of precedent that supports federal marriage equality rulings, and it must make him so. Goddamn. Angry.
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Feb 25, 2015 21:01
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that's what you get for letting your truculence spill into your writings
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The fact that it happened to the Great Textualist himself is just the cherry on top of a delicious schadenfreude sundae.
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Probably not a great sign for Christie: hot coffee is banned at his town hall meetings because of concerns it will be thrown at him.
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Joementum posted:Probably not a great sign for Christie: hot coffee is banned at his town hall meetings because of concerns it will be thrown at him. He never was a big fan of video games.
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Feb 25, 2015 22:27
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Zero_Grade posted:Let's play a game: Onion Or Real? Whenever someone asks this, the answer is always "Real but dear gods I wish it wasn't  ".
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Scalia's point in that dissent was that the Majority was too chickenshit to just strike down all SSM bans, despite it being the clear result of their opinion. Everyone voting him just proves his point
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FMguru posted:Republicans are always and forever the Hot New Thing, and their warmed-over Reaganism is always in the form of Bold Fresh New Ideas.
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Nessus posted:I remember that MTV personality whose whole thing was "I have a Republican elephant tattoo and find Dan Quayle hot." What happened to her? She currently hosts a show (with other hip young conservatives) on the Fox Business Channel, where it regularly gets a 0.0 rating. She was on the cover of the NYT Magazine just a couple of months ago, talking about the Hot New Political Movement that's All The Rage with the Youth Of Today- Libertarianism!
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FMguru posted:That was Kennedy, who was on MTV in the early 1990s. Wow. I'm too young to remember the early 90s politically but they really are just constantly rebooting that same message. And here I was thinking that it was at least a 00s invention.
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Kennedy is smart as gently caress leveraging that MTV spot into some form of GOP grifterism instead of trying to be actually cool afterwards. It's like the coolness equivalent of playing for the CFL. Sure you aren't playing "real" football but you gotta eat and it's still fun pretending like you're Joe Montana.
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Again - little Miss Hip Young Conservative Libertarian is in her early 40s. That's quite some "Youth" movement you got there, conservatives.
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Acrophyte posted:Wow. I'm too young to remember the early 90s politically but they really are just constantly rebooting that same message. And here I was thinking that it was at least a 00s invention. It's disquieting how little difference there is between the current GOP and what the party was like during the Gingrich revolution back then, frankly. And not just because  himself has somehow managed to stay kinda- sorta- relevant despite being drummed out of Congress in disgrace.
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Rygar201 posted:Scalia's point in that dissent was that the Majority was too chickenshit to just strike down all SSM bans, despite it being the clear result of their opinion. Everyone voting him just proves his point Yeah, I think people are blowing Scalia's Windsor dissent out of proportion. He is a bigot, but the reason people quote his Windsor dissent is because it was accurate. The majority opinion was this mish-mash where they went through this chain of logic that should have rightly ended up with a much broader impact. The only reason that didn't happen is because a few of the people who joined in that majority opinion felt funny about it. I think Scalia probably doesn't like gay marriage so much, but as a professional person I think he's probably happy to have his legal reasoning be picked up by other people. Many gay marriage advocates probably also agree with his conclusion: "[SCOTUS] has cheated both sides, robbing the winners of an honest victory, and the losers of the peace that comes from a fair defeat." In 50 years conservatives will be citing Windsor as a conservative fighting for gay rights by complaining the court wasn't moving fast enough. ErIog fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Feb 26, 2015 |
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Nonsense posted:I wonder if the Castros would attempt another switcharoo. It pissed off Bexar county republicans when they found out Joaquin was posing as Julian at some events, when Julian wasn't able to make those appearances. I look forward to 22nd Amendment shenanigans when it turns out they each get 3 terms due to twining it for just the right amount of each other's term. FMguru posted:Again - little Miss Hip Young Conservative Libertarian is in her early 40s. When the rest of the party remembers the Great Dust Bowl, it totally counts.
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Gyges posted:When the rest of the party remembers the Great Dust Bowl, it totally counts. I like to think we're slowly moving forward with each dying generation
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USPol March: Slowly moving forward with each dying generation
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The Donald is hiring a staff, it looks like he's really gonna do it this time. Please let this be true.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:The Donald is hiring a staff, it looks like he's really gonna do it this time. He's going to sputter and rage when people keep asking how he keeps bankrupting casinos.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:The Donald is hiring a staff, it looks like he's really gonna do it this time. Step right up, step right up ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls; welcome one and all to the greatest show on earth!
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Chadderbox posted:He's going to sputter and rage when people keep asking how he keeps bankrupting casinos. How the hell do you bankrupt a casino?
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Freudian posted:How the hell do you bankrupt a casino?
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Freudian posted:How the hell do you bankrupt a casino? Not *a* casino. Multiple casinos. Probably by alienating the big spenders.
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:Step right up, step right up ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls; welcome one and all to the greatest show on earth! Can we just get "Entry of the Gladiators" embedded into this thread?
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Scalia will doubtless take everyone citing him as proving him right, but the way some did it was still great stuff that had to tweak him a bit. It's not often that a district court judge gets to write off an impassioned Scalia dissent as "judicial hand-wringing".
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Can we just get "Entry of the Gladiators" embedded into this thread? Not until the primary debates start.
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If Trump actually ran he would have to release at least some financial information. Even one tax return from one year.
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As far as bankrupt casinos go there is nothing better than looking at The Revel in Atlantic City. As for Trump its a combination of him being a god awful businessman and business data showing that opening more casinos doesn't actually increase casino revenues it just moves what money exists to new places. Given the current glut of casino construction expect more bankruptcies in that industry moving forward especially with Chinese whale belt tightening.
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Freudian posted:How the hell do you bankrupt a casino? The two casinos here in eastern CT are known for 1) being the venue for all concerts/shows 2) being on THE EDGE OF BANKRUPTCY every month in the paper
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Barudak posted:As far as bankrupt casinos go there is nothing better than looking at The Revel in Atlantic City. As for Trump its a combination of him being a god awful businessman and business data showing that opening more casinos doesn't actually increase casino revenues it just moves what money exists to new places. Given the current glut of casino construction expect more bankruptcies in that industry moving forward especially with Chinese whale belt tightening. Hey at least the dumb expansion of the casino area in Atlantic City towards Brigantine got a better connection between Brigantine and the ACE built!
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:The Donald is hiring a staff, it looks like he's really gonna do it this time. I'd be supremely surprised if this is anything other than his usual tease. For all his constant bluster, Trump is a cowardly lightweight and knows it. Actually campaigning, even a brief primary flash-in-the-pan, would expose what a walking punchline he really is.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:I'd be supremely surprised if this is anything other than his usual tease. For all his constant bluster, Trump is a cowardly lightweight and knows it. Actually campaigning, even a brief primary flash-in-the-pan, would expose what a walking punchline he really is. I'm gonna go with big enough to get commentators to talk him up but small enough to do what he really means to do: run a book tour. Or maybe not even bother with a tour, just keep your name up enough and have a product somewhere and the staffers pay for themselves. Regardless, he either A) isn't running or B) is going to flame out like you've never seen a candidate flame out.
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I swear a few, maybe more than a few, GOP presidential candidates backed Net Neutrality in 2008. Maybe Huckabee, McCain, and a few others? Did I dream this?
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