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Michelle Obama reacts to being told that she is too young for 51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbrVCPieca0 I look forward to the conservative spin on this video.
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Apr 23, 2015 01:35
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Stultus Maximus posted:It only counts when it's from a credible source with actions to support it. Right .... So the fact that the last time a clinton was in office he raised taxes and Hillary has said flatly that it worked last time and it'll work now means she meets those requirements ... I mean yeah as First Lady she didn't enact the taxes herself but she was part of the advisory team advocating it which is close enough, no?
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Apr 23, 2015 01:39
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The Puppy Bowl posted:It's still nice to see income inequality being framed as the major focus of her campaign. Candidates always make promises they can't/won't make good on but there are 2-3 core principles that define a campaign which are only in very rare circumstance betrayed. If Clinton wants "topple the 1%" as the foundation of her platform it's almost certainly something she plans on adhering to after inauguration. I think it's a promising sign. The cynic in me can't help but think maybe it's just a tactical move to prevent any challenger from the left from building up any steam before they even get started.
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Apr 23, 2015 01:42
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Zwabu posted:I think it's a promising sign. The cynic in me can't help but think maybe it's just a tactical move to prevent any challenger from the left from building up any steam before they even get started. Campaign Obama did a great job at this. Does no one remember the last two elections or what?
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Apr 23, 2015 01:44
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withak posted:Michelle Obama reacts to being told that she is too young for 51: As a 51-year old, Michelle's "life-clock" crystal in the palm of her hand should have begun blinking long ago. What is she hiding?
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Apr 23, 2015 01:44
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withak posted:Michelle Obama reacts to being told that she is too young for 51: That's really cute. Then again if I had a team of people hanging around to make sure I always looked good, I might be fine at 51 too.
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Apr 23, 2015 01:45
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Devor posted:As a 51-year old, Michelle's "life-clock" crystal in the palm of her hand should have begun blinking long ago. What is she hiding? Does Michelle Obama bathe in the blood of virgins? We're just asking questions!
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Apr 23, 2015 01:53
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OAquinas posted:Does Michelle Obama bathe in the blood of virgins? We're just asking questions! 
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Apr 23, 2015 01:54
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Can we start a Kickstarter to pay Key and Peele to teach these two how to do the Luther skit as they leave Washington?
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Apr 23, 2015 01:58
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The TPP might be in trouble.... from Republicans.quote:"I'm concerned that we are again empowering a president who abuses power," said Louisiana Congressman John Fleming. "We're hearing something about some kind of an exchange, or utilizing foreign workers, and at a time when we have so many Americans not working I think that's a problem." Maybe there are death panels in the bill? Maybe it authorizes Obama to require that textbook publishers replace every instance of the name "Reagan" with "Satan"? I can come up with more of these if it will get you guys to vote against this.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:03
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fade5 posted:So did no one notice that "eat the rich" is now basically part of Hillary Clinton's campaign rhetoric? Or does "eat the rich" only count when Bernie says it? Personally, I'm happy to dine on the rich no matter who's at the head of the table serving up body parts. Yes, the same candidate that claimed to have been completely impoverished after leaving the white house. Clearly this couldn't be a matter of empty platitudes.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:05
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Secret Service once again caught leaving Obama on his own in a dangerous situation. Thank goodness for the Park Service!  
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Apr 23, 2015 02:08
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Joementum posted:Maybe there are death panels in the bill? Maybe it authorizes Obama to require that textbook publishers replace every instance of the name "Reagan" with "Satan"? I can come up with more of these if it will get you guys to vote against this. Doesn't the phrase "sworn enemies of our destruction" imply that they are actually fighting against our destruction? How do barely literate people become powerful politicians?
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I have my own answer, but since we have a lot of posters here who appear to match Matt Yglesias' description of a Hillary defector, what would be yours?quote:Try to imagine a voter who is aware that Hillary Clinton has made inequality a key campaign theme, who agrees that this is the issue that should be the focus of policymaking in 2017-2020, who is aware of Clinton's policy proposals to combat inequality, who agrees with Clinton's policy proposals to combat inequality, and who yet decides not to vote for her because she thinks Clinton has adopted this all out of expedience. To start, for me it's easy: I live in Vermont, so it doesn't matter and I can check whatever box on the ballot, like I did in 2012 when I voted for the 28 year old Leninist.
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quote:Why would that happen?  Certainly not a history of this occurring from democrats!
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Joementum posted:I have my own answer, but since we have a lot of posters here who appear to match Matt Yglesias' description of a Hillary defector, what would be yours? I live in California so the general will only have two candidates on it and it'll be [anointed republican lunatic] and Hillary so I won't actually be a "defector"
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Apr 23, 2015 02:32
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Bel Shazar posted:Can we start a Kickstarter to pay Key and Peele to teach these two how to do the Luther skit as they leave Washington?   Michelle is awesome.Joementum posted:I have my own answer, but since we have a lot of posters here who appear to match Matt Yglesias' description of a Hillary defector, what would be yours? Minnesota was a solid pickup for Obama in 2012 so I went for Jill Stein. If it's the same setup in 2016 maybe I'll go for the Socialist Party.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:33
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Devor posted:As a 51-year old, Michelle's "life-clock" crystal in the palm of her hand should have begun blinking long ago. What is she hiding? Her husband, on the other hand, is 53. What being president does to a person, being first spouse does the opposite.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:36
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Mo_Steel posted:Minnesota was a solid pickup for Obama in 2012 so I went for Jill Stein. If it's the same setup in 2016 maybe I'll go for the Socialist Party. WV went solid Romney so I also voted for Jill Stein. Granted, I voted D for the Senate race but she still lost by a hilarious amount
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Joementum posted:I have my own answer, but since we have a lot of posters here who appear to match Matt Yglesias' description of a Hillary defector, what would be yours? I'm not going to vote because Clinton is worse than Bush, a president I don't remember but have heard people say was bad.
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FAUXTON posted:Her husband, on the other hand, is 53. What being president does to a person, being first spouse does the opposite. I cannot wait to see this effect on Bill
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Stereotype posted:I'm not going to vote because Clinton is worse than Bush, a president I don't remember but have heard people say was bad. "It seems Hillary Clinton thinks we have a short memory." ~ Jeb Bush.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:43
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Hey, if you ever wanted to know the structure of our drone program, here you go
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Joementum posted:"It seems Hillary Clinton thinks we have a short memory." ~ Jeb Bush. This will sum up Jeb's campaign, and it will get him at least 47% of the vote for his troubles.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:47
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oh, and here is some stuff on how the Pentagon's watchdog office covered up evidence about the CIA giving information to Kathryn Bigelow to make Zero Dark Thirty fit their narrative, and how said office made sure to protected the senior official who did so And while I'm digging through my usual info dump this evening, here is how to force crash any Apple device in wifi range Have fun storming the castle with that one kids.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:51
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Radbot posted:This probably has an obvious answer, but why were all the Saudi connections to 9/11 swept under the rug in the leadup to the Iraq war? The Bush family is pretty tight with the Saudi royal family. It has some to do with oil, but a lot of it had to do with the personal connections. George W. Bush's nickname for Bandar bin Sultan, the ambassador from Saudi Arabia from 1983-2005 and member of the House of Saud, was "Bandar Bush." It is reported that George W. Bush treated him almost as a member of the Bush family. https://web.archive.org/web/20060614095551/http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030324fa_fact2 A lot of the conspiracy theories around 9/11 and plane flights for the Saudi royal family hinge on this. ErIog fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Apr 23, 2015 |
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The Senate Finance Committee just voted to advance the TPA fast-track bill 20-6. Next up: the Senate floor! Nays: Schumer, Stabenow, Menendez, Brown, Casey, Burr
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Joementum posted:The Senate Finance Committee just voted to advance the TPA fast-track bill 20-6. Next up: the Senate floor! Do you think Schumer and Reid will try to keep this from passing?
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:I cannot wait to see this effect on Bill the satyr aspect of priapus with the honeyed voice of hermes the orator himself.
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Badger of Basra posted:Do you think Schumer and Reid will try to keep this from passing? Sure. Not much they can do if 7+ Democrats want to vote for it though.
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Joementum posted:Sure. Not much they can do if 7+ Democrats want to vote for it though. There are Republicans against it and isn't Reid pretty "persuasive" when he wants to be?
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When an attractive 19 year old woman was killed in a drunk driving accident (boyfriend driving), Cook County sheriffs stripped her body and took pictures of it, in full view of the public with onlookers. They denied doing this for a time, but have finally admitted it, but defend it at "standard procedure" Like, I'm pretty cynical, but still, the cops in this country find a way to amaze me. Mitch McConnell just introduced a bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act until 2020 in case you were wondering if he was going to kneecap Rand to help Jeb or not. This would take it off the table for discussion in the 2016 election, obviously, and Jeb is now on the record as liking that Obama has kept with the NSA and wants to expand it further.
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Apr 23, 2015 03:43
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withak posted:Michelle Obama reacts to being told that she is too young for 51:  That's pretty adorable.
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Zwabu posted:I think it's a promising sign. The cynic in me can't help but think maybe it's just a tactical move to prevent any challenger from the left from building up any steam before they even get started. Why would she be afraid of that? At this point she doesn't have any kind of a legitimate threat. There's not even a whole lot for her to try and head off - O'Malley might try running to her left, but he's got nowhere near the support or charisma to be a serious problem unless Hillary massively fucks up. There's little to nothing for her to gain by pandering.
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Tempest_56 posted:Why would she be afraid of that? At this point she doesn't have any kind of a legitimate threat. There's not even a whole lot for her to try and head off - O'Malley might try running to her left, but he's got nowhere near the support or charisma to be a serious problem unless Hillary massively fucks up. There's little to nothing for her to gain by pandering.
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Joementum posted:Secret Service once again caught leaving Obama on his own in a dangerous situation. Thank goodness for the Park Service!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5betFZRICVg
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Everyone who's gotten all cynical about Hillary should remember that she was for healthcare reform before it was cool
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TheQat posted:I don't see Clinton following up on any eat-the-rich rhetoric once she's in office. Campaigning is nice and all but every person here should be keenly aware that candidates and presidents are different animals. And yet there will be plenty of stupid people, goons included, who will buy her bullshit and believe her even though Hilary's probably going to be the most shameless panderer on either side in this election.
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Evil Fluffy posted:And yet there will be plenty of stupid people, goons included, who will buy her bullshit and believe her even though Hilary's probably going to be the most shameless panderer on either side in this election.
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