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Bel Shazar posted:Oh, I'm not suggesting they prefer honest criticism. I am suggesting they were too ignorant to realize they were being criticized. I don't think they're quite stupid enough to not understand "we need to stop being the stupid party."
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Fulchrum posted:I don't think they're quite stupid enough to not understand "we need to stop being the stupid party." I'm reading the numbers a bit differently. They're still more likely to approve of him than not. I can quite easily picture the thought "He was talking about those OTHER stupid Republicans" http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_9301205.pdf
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I never liked that plan anyhow. Cutting off Houston from the rest of Texas is dum. An additional branch connecting Houston to the main Texas line at ~Waco is the way to go.
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Look on the bright side, when we revisit this plan in 20 years the Florida line can pretty much be bypassed as it'll require submarines.  The cost savings are enormous!
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Why do republicans have terrible graphic design? This is from a few pages back, but there is an even better match: 
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Your monthly reminder that the same money spent on commuter rail at moderate speeds (65-100 mph like most commuter rail in the northeast) would be way better for the environment and way more useful for anyone who isn't rich.
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Nonsense posted:Jindal stands a chance for five minutes because he's effectively ending higher education in Louisiana. I must have missed this what's he up to now?
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Nintendo Kid posted:way more useful for anyone who isn't rich. Here's the problem with yer sales pitch.
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Hollismason posted:I must have missed this what's he up to now? He's announced $300 million in cuts to the higher Ed budgets. This is compounded by the fact that they used oil revenues as a way to cover costs there, which with the price of oil down a lot over the last few months has further cratered the budgets of the States universities. A lot of the smaller schools are going to lose their athletics programs and shutter entire Academic departments at schools. He can't raise taxes though, that might hurt him for his absolutely laughable campaign for president that he may or may not be thinking about.
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Nintendo Kid posted:Your monthly reminder that the same money spent on commuter rail at moderate speeds (65-100 mph like most commuter rail in the northeast) would be way better for the environment and way more useful for anyone who isn't rich. Yeah but Trump'll never finance that. You gotta think #1. Come ride Trump Rails, the hugest fastest most luxurious train ride on the entire planet, forget the mile-high club this train has so many cars you can join the mile-long club while hurtling across the ground so fast that we have to start braking at the halfway point just to stop in time for your destination on the other side of the country.
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Logikv9 posted:I want the echo chamber to be more airtight than its ever been. I want Fox News/Alex Jones/Grudge Report turned on in every campaign office. The GOP doing last minute changes to deny Ron Paul the right to speak at the convention in 2012 was loving amazing and I really hope the GOP somehow tops it. The highlight was watching people cry on TV about how bullshit it was that the GOP did this so that Ron Paul wouldn't upstage Mitt (not hard to do) all while being able to sit and watch knowing full well that in November they all likely pulled the lever for Romney because he wasn't Obama.
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I tweeted that everyone in New Hampshire should go get candy from Vermin Supreme tomorrow and he responded with a link to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoK8DaJRDaM with #candy #standwithrand He's an American hero.
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Internet Webguy posted:I'm legit considering knocking out a quick design for Aqua Buddhists for Rand. Please do this.
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echronorian posted:Shinto's for Cruz Canucks for Cruz
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Barracuda Bang! posted:Canucks for Cruz It's pronounced "krouz," you poutine-guzzling, back-bacony swine! 
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Chronic Masturbators for Rand Fedora Doffers for Rand Bronies for Rand Elven High Priestesses for Rand Killer Klowns From Outer Space for Rand
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Nintendo Kid posted:Your monthly reminder that the same money spent on commuter rail at moderate speeds (65-100 mph like most commuter rail in the northeast) would be way better for the environment and way more useful for anyone who isn't rich. Riding the train is awesome, the problem here has been completely misidentified. Trains dont necessarily need to get to their destination faster, they just need to get there more comfortably and cheaper. Recent trends have been about buckling down on train travel since the primary management in the industry are gigantic fuckwits who think their trains are ground airplanes so ripping out luxuries and adding more seats is the only way to fix their hemorrhaging business model. If your seats are cheaper and people can go get ripped in your bar car and then pass out on a leather couch or play some pinball next to a jukebox while making their trip for cheaper than a flight would be you will book every single train. People already have a soft spot for the idea of taking a train trip, but the price and dinginess of the current state of the industry makes dealing with an airplane a no brainer. Granted, all this stops mattering as soon as automated cars come into their own and you can just punch a button on your cellphone and 10 minutes later a posh RV with a fully stocked minibar, wifi and mini jacuzzi shows up at your door ready to drive your drunk rear end anywhere in the continental US only ever stopping for battery swaps. comes along bort posted:Chronic Masturbators for Rand redundant
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PupsOfWar posted:is this anime about american politics as amusingly give-no-fucks w/r/t accuracy as that one anime about american football From way back, but Google "The Legend of Koizumi" for some entertaining East Asian political satire; it's basically an anime pastiche that has that former Japanese Prime Minister Juichiro Koizumi settling international disputes at the mahjong table. I loathe anime but it's pretty pro-watch (also not very long).
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Well, since this seems to be the thread to ask, as someone who believes anime to be something reserved for the dregs of humanity, but who has also admittedly enjoyed Akira as a kid and begrudgingly accepted Cowboy Bebop out of a love for sci-fi and jazz. what is a legit good anime? I figure this should be easier than asking "Who is the best Republican candidate for president" which is none, or "Who is the best Democratic candidate for president" which is also none but seriously loving vote Dem because while they're poo poo they're also less likely to bring about the apocalypse.
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Wheeee posted:Well, since this seems to be the thread to ask No. We have a whole sub-forum for this.
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ReidRansom posted:I never liked that plan anyhow. Cutting off Houston from the rest of Texas is dum. An additional branch connecting Houston to the main Texas line at ~Waco is the way to go. Having HSR run the length of !-10 would be pretty amazing. I could visit California!
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Slaan posted:Well that's a particularly deep brand of paranoia to think that the NSA is actively looking at your webcam. Sure they'll steal your dick pics and laugh at your goony micropenis but they aren't going to actively search for that stuff unless you are a threat. If somebody is getting your webcam data, the NSA is collecting it.
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 Three Super PACs supporting Ted Cruz say they'll have $31m by the end of the week. They're named “Keep the Promise,” “Keep the Promise II,” and “Keep the Promise III.” For reference, Karl Rove's Crossroads network raised $32.6m in all of 2011. 
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Joementum posted:
and the marginalization of everyday normal millionaires continues, oh when will the rich but not mega rich have a voice again, truly the end of days.
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If there's one candidate the super wealthy would find completely pliable and able to sell their policies under the guise of firebrand rhetoric, without thought or concern for other politicians or people, it'd be Cruz. Hopefully some of that money will go to hiring a better PR team to find creative names for things.
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What is the point of having 3 versions of the same Super PAC? Does he have 3 rich fuckers who all want to run a totally non-coordinated funding arm that all picked the same name and refused to budge? Also Ted Cruz as the fundraising leader of the GOP is just amazing. Just burn it all to the ground and salt the earth Ted.
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Trying to get garbage candidates elected is the one way trickle down economics actually works.
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Grouchio posted:So? Cruz still isn't going to make the nomination. He is going to be a glorious spoiler.
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Gyges posted:What is the point of having 3 versions of the same Super PAC? Does he have 3 rich fuckers who all want to run a totally non-coordinated funding arm that all picked the same name and refused to budge? Multiple organizations means redundancies which means you can pay lots more people a lot of money.
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If Cruz raises an amazingly stupid amount of money, is he deluded enough to run 3rd Party when he loses the Republican nomination?computer parts posted:Multiple organizations means redundancies which means you can pay lots more people a lot of money. Well yeah, but you'd think they'd put slightly more effort than just adding numbers after the same name.
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Gyges posted:If Cruz raises an amazingly stupid amount of money, is he deluded enough to run 3rd Party when he loses the Republican nomination? Oh god I hope so 
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SedanChair posted:He is going to be a glorious spoiler. He loving better be, thats enough cash for some real grade A mudslinging, you can just ask all sorts of questions about the foregone establichment nominations then. He has the ability to drag this whole drat thing into loony right territory and anyone who doesent follow is going to get loving annihilated in the primaries. This is gonna produce some amazing soundbites.
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Gyges posted:If Cruz raises an amazingly stupid amount of money, is he deluded enough to run 3rd Party when he loses the Republican nomination? I don't think he will. If he somehow upended the rest of the field and captured the GOP nomination, the party machine would be required to back him because the alternative is most likely *gasp* Hillary. If he is stupid enough to try and mount some sort of third-party bid, however, they will BURY him in attack ads, and not even Ted Cruz would survive the hundreds of millions of dollars that would be used to destroy him if he ever ran for public office again.
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Joementum posted:
Why are they split up like that? Getting around donation limits?
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Badger of Basra posted:Why are they split up like that? Getting around donation limits? There are no limits for Super PACs. It's probably a Canadian thing.
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Badger of Basra posted:Why are they split up like that?  “Every PAC in the Keep the Promise network will fully comply with all disclosure and recordkeeping obligations set forth in federal law. The use of multiple PACS, however, will allow Keep the Promise to uniquely and flexibly tailor its activities in support of Senator Cruz and afford donors greater control over PAC operations.”I assume that's PAC-ese for "I'm going to pay myself multiple salaries" or some other such graft.
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