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like "yeah, the internet is working fine, let's not gently caress with it"
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ErIog posted:
This, while infuriating as hell, is a pretty good prediction. http://www.salon.com/2015/02/21/the_souths_true_face_of_hate_oozing_nonsense_from_demented_and_influential_corners_of_religious_right/ George Wallace posted:
It wouldn't be the first time conservatives have retconned history for their own personal gain. I know this isn't the place, but that's a pretty good article if you want a breakdown of exactly what the hell is going on with Alabama's gay marriage fiasco
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Feb 27, 2015 00:25
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Scott Walker is not ready for prime time.quote:Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who is considering running for president, demurred when asked about the Federal Communications Commission's approval of "net neutrality" rules that would stop Internet providers from determining the speed at which users can access the Internet.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:35
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Like these morons know anything about how the internet works.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:46
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Lazy as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Who the hell is walking around CPAC, running for president and hasn't even prepared a cogent statement on todays news?. Every day I'm more and more convinced he's the new Sarah Palin.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:47
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The internet is powered by freedom, and it should stay that way.
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mooyashi posted:i honestly don't think it was an issue 7 years ago mooyashi posted:like "yeah, the internet is working fine, let's not gently caress with it" 7 years ago is about when the issue first started to come up, actually; a little before that. That's around when some ISPs started trying to move in the tiered service direction, because that was when we started to see the rise of torrenting and how it was starting to dominate network activity. You had some ISPs that were charging network usage by peer-to-peer file sharing differently from standard network usage, and that's when the issue started to get notice.
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Walker also laid out his foreign policy credentials today:quote:NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Thursday said his experience undermining labor unions in Wisconsin has prepared him to take on the threat of the Islamic State in the Middle East.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:50
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How likely is it that WI will default in the near future?
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Feb 27, 2015 00:51
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DaveWoo posted:Walker also laid out his foreign policy credentials today: Intel&Sebastian posted:Every day I'm more and more convinced he's the new Sarah Palin. Correction, minute by minute.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:53
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DaveWoo posted:NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Thursday said his experience undermining labor unions in Wisconsin has prepared him to take on the threat of the Islamic State in the Middle East. I really wish this phrasing had been used in a non-huffpo piece because holy poo poo that's funny and encapsulates his credentials so very, very well.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:54
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baw posted:How likely is it that WI will default in the near future? Using a loose definition, 100% certain. (But said restructuring is within the terms of said loan).
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Feb 27, 2015 00:58
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baw posted:How likely is it that WI will default in the near future? The state has already decided to skip -- or "restructure" -- a $108 million debt payment due in May. It's not outside the realm of possibility.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:58
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I can see Mecca from my front porch, where I recently gutted all my states unions.
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Feb 27, 2015 01:01
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DaveWoo posted:Walker also laid out his foreign policy credentials today: Walker compared citizens of the state of Wisconsin to Daesh. That should go over well.
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Feb 27, 2015 01:58
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He's pretty much trying to power through this primary season on nothing but red meat, correct? I don't see any other wisdom to anything he's done so far.
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Feb 27, 2015 02:04
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I think we should praise Trump for learning how to tweet instead of having an assistant print out Salon articles and writing on them in Sharpie. Unless an assistant is actually taking tweet dictation...the grammar and spelling is suspiciously good.
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So how's Perry supposed to handle illegal immigration in 2016? Cause that loving killed him in 2012. I mean he could go full xenophobic rear end in a top hat, but then how is he any different from the other True, he's got new glasses, an American flag and ... uh... oops
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Feb 27, 2015 02:16
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It's almost charming how much he believes in those glasses.
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Feb 27, 2015 02:23
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Perry also looks really wrinkly in that picture.
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Feb 27, 2015 02:36
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Intel&Sebastian posted:It's almost charming how much he believes in those glasses. 
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Feb 27, 2015 02:40
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And just like that, hipsterism died. Everyone put derailleurs back on their road bikes and PBR breweries began to run in reverse.
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Feb 27, 2015 02:42
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DaveWoo posted:Walker also laid out his foreign policy credentials today: Is he trying to impress Sisi or something?
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fade5 posted:So how's Perry supposed to handle illegal immigration in 2016? Cause that loving killed him in 2012. People say that immigration killed Perry last time, but I don't think that's actually born out by any sort of evidence. Sure they didn't like what he had to say about immigration, but they loving loved how he killed all those Death Row inmates. Given the length and the defining moment, I don't think it's reasonable to chalk his failure of a campaign up to anything but pain killers/the worlds worst memory. Besides this year is the year of candidates with ideas on immigration counter to the party's. Bush, Rubio, and Perry all have said herretical things on immigration. I think Christie likes directing his dickishness towards anti-immigration people, but I could be wrong. I'm sure if we can convince Santorum that Mexicans have big, strong, hands he'll be on board for the papist invasion. Given the anti-immigrant members of the field the Republican primary may be the most darkly hilarious immigration debate since the dirty Irish darkened our shores.
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SedanChair posted:And just like that, hipsterism died. Everyone put derailleurs back on their road bikes and PBR breweries began to run in reverse. And there was much rejoicing.
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Feb 27, 2015 03:19
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DaveWoo posted:Walker also laid out his foreign policy credentials today: I love a good ol' fascist message. I think it was some fascist propagandist who said you make your enemies look overpowering strong while also making them making them look absurdly weak. So, ISIS is this massive threat to the state of the world, but they're on the same level as the protesters in Wisconsin. That, or he's a total idiot. I'm leaning towards that.
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Cemetry Gator posted:That, or he's a total idiot. I'm leaning towards that. Yep. The man obviously hasn't had many original ideas in his life. He just says what his donors want him to say until he doesn't know and then he says nothing.
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De Nomolos posted: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? This article says Huckabee was the lone Republican indicating he could be for it, possibly. http://www.cnet.com/news/obama-pledges-net-neutrality-laws-if-elected-president/ quote:... But that was a different political climate. Huckabee was for healthy eating and exercise back then, too. Side note: Promise Kept William Bear fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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Cemetry Gator posted:I love a good ol' fascist message. I think it was some fascist propagandist who said you make your enemies look overpowering strong while also making them making them look absurdly weak. So, ISIS is this massive threat to the state of the world, but they're on the same level as the protesters in Wisconsin. I never really liked this critique, since it applies pretty well to arguments liberals/leftists make too. GWB was both a clueless buffoon and the cynical architect of America's slide in to horribleness. Same with Reagan. Corporations have no idea what they're doing, yet know exactly how to gently caress everyone over. And so on. I think it's just a lazy rhetorical shorthand that gets used a lot, by everyone. Smarter, more informed people could be (and are) more nuanced if pressed. Of course some people do have such simplistic views, but this sort of image macro level of characterization is common from everyone. I think we just tend to let it slide when we agree with the overall message, since we understand the nuance underneath the big simple claim.
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DaveWoo posted:Walker also laid out his foreign policy credentials today: Scott Walker has done nothing so far to disabuse me of my initial suspicion that he is actually a potato in a highly sophisticated "human being" costume
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Representin' big 5-1-2!
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Prolonged Priapism posted:I never really liked this critique, since it applies pretty well to arguments liberals/leftists make too. GWB was both a clueless buffoon and the cynical architect of America's slide in to horribleness. Same with Reagan. Corporations have no idea what they're doing, yet know exactly how to gently caress everyone over. And so on. I think it's just a lazy rhetorical shorthand that gets used a lot, by everyone. Smarter, more informed people could be (and are) more nuanced if pressed. Of course some people do have such simplistic views, but this sort of image macro level of characterization is common from everyone. I think we just tend to let it slide when we agree with the overall message, since we understand the nuance underneath the big simple claim. It's a bit like "You know who else was a vegetarian? Hitler." Constantly shifting rhetorical focus was in Gramsci's list of characteristics of fascism alongside over a dozen other things, but one similarity does not a fascist make. That shifting focus is also found in any movement that wants to stir up ire against another person or group, to the point where you reflexively harp on their misdeeds and mistakes even when they're contradictory.
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TheBalor posted:It's a bit like "You know who else was a vegetarian? Hitler." Constantly shifting rhetorical focus was in Gramsci's list of characteristics of fascism alongside over a dozen other things, but one similarity does not a fascist make. That shifting focus is also found in any movement that wants to stir up ire against another person or group, to the point where you reflexively harp on their misdeeds and mistakes even when they're contradictory. Probably mean Eco's features of ur-Fascism. He states that "it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it."
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SatansOnion posted:Scott Walker has done nothing so far to disabuse me of my initial suspicion that he is actually a potato in a highly sophisticated "human being" costume A reverse-GLADOS from Portal 2
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On Maddow last night Rachel talked about a cadre of republicans planning on staging a mini protest/walkout during Jeb's speech at CPAC this weekend. Apparently Jeb's counterattack is to bus in his supporters 6-8 hours in advance of his speech and overload the room. I hope the republican party tears itself apart.
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420DD Butts posted:Yep. The man obviously hasn't had many original ideas in his life. He just says what his donors want him to say until he doesn't know and then he says nothing. It kind of reminds me of how Rudy Giuliani had no foreign policy experience so had to bring up 9/11 every chance he could, here Walker's only notable accomplishment in anything is "standing up to unions" so he's going to reference it constantly.
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Malloreon posted:On Maddow last night Rachel talked about a cadre of republicans planning on staging a mini protest/walkout during Jeb's speech at CPAC this weekend. Apparently Jeb's counterattack is to bus in his supporters 6-8 hours in advance of his speech and overload the room. They've been tearing themselves apart since 2008, turns out they're the antagonist from that Timeline book by Michael Crichton (it's a bad book - basically uses teleportation as time travel but computer glitches in that process mean you have rendering errors in your body and when they happen in your brain it makes you crazy) and just get more insane every time they try to implode.
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