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LeeMajors posted:When people actively vote against platforms for improved labor laws, healthcare expansion/socialization, increased minimum wages and continue to support platforms of corporate welfare, regressive taxation, etc....yes, yes I know better about their interests than they do. What are someone's interests besides what they find important to themselves?
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Joementum posted:Historically, that color clothing hasn't worked out well for him. 
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May 20, 2015 02:05
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LeeMajors posted:When people actively vote against platforms for improved labor laws, healthcare expansion/socialization, increased minimum wages and continue to support platforms of corporate welfare, regressive taxation, etc....yes, yes I know better about their interests than they do. As I said before, most of them earnestly treat suffering as inherently good. What's better for a masochist, pain or no pain? And what's better for sadists, other people in pain or other people not in pain?
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May 20, 2015 02:06
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Kobayashi posted:The GOP needs a tournament bracket for debates, complete with seeding and everything. It'd be more entertaining the the NCAA tournament. This seems like it would be fun:  Seeding gets a bit tricky once you get down past number 5 or 6, just like in NCAA basketball.
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May 20, 2015 02:08
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Joementum posted:Ask him about the input Stephanie Kelton gave in crafting the budget response this year and how he sees MMT playing into future budgets. Let me look up about this and think about it. I honestly don't know a ton about that, so I need some knowledge going in and will look it up in my spare time. Only want to look like a fool not an idiot. They did give a talking points list of: Get big money out of politics Deal with obscene wealth and income inequality Combat climate change Make college education affordable
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May 20, 2015 02:12
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I wouldn't worry too much. If you get Bernie talking about a subject he likes he'll just talk. Ask him about seven day mail service. I guarantee you'll get a ten minute answer.
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May 20, 2015 02:15
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Nintendo Kid posted:As I said before, most of them earnestly treat suffering as inherently good. What's better for a masochist, pain or no pain? And what's better for sadists, other people in pain or other people not in pain? People are not perfectly rational and it's dumb to think that they are. Their actions do not necessarily map onto what they want, because actions are always done in a context. rudatron fucked around with this message at 02:18 on May 20, 2015 |
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May 20, 2015 02:16
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Tom Gorman posted:Best thing about a potential Hillary presidency is Bill wearing more and more cream colored suits, as his ties keep getting progressively wackier. That sounds positively awful. I mean vegan ice cream inside a vegan chocolate wafer? gently caress that. I'm voting Jeb just to save Bill that horror.
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May 20, 2015 02:21
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Zwabu posted:This seems like it would be fun: Rick Perry should obviously be a 3 seed.
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May 20, 2015 02:34
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Zwabu posted:This seems like it would be fun: How the hell can you have Ted Cruz in the 3 seed? 
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May 20, 2015 02:53
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I don't really understand seeding or brackets but I can confirm that Ted Cruz's name is too big.
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May 20, 2015 03:12
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Have the candidates face off in a lincoln-douglas style debate with  as moderator, with the audience deciding who gets to advance to the next round. I would totally be cool with that being the new GOP nomination process.
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May 20, 2015 03:26
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Kalman posted:Except that the numbers say that the vast majority of the very rich don't pay much different in terms of effective rate now compared to then - only the very top few (the top 0.5% and really only the top 0.1%) do, and a lot of them aren't making their money from ordinary income anyway these days. Increase minimum wage. Establish maximum wage and maximum net worth. Skwirl posted:Yeah, but federal minimum wage right now is $7.25, minimum wage workers would more than double their income. If my income doubles and prices only rise 11% my purchasing power is increased, not diminished. "If they were working hard, they would be making more than minimum wage." This is what people opposed to it actually believe. Vienna Circlejerk posted:I would unironically support Republican Thunderdome and/or Hunger Games. Pie(or hot dog)-eating contest. The winner: Mike Huckabee or Chris Christie!
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May 20, 2015 03:43
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a shameful boehner posted:1. Businesses see an increase in aggregate demand. Wait, does this explain why there are so many Republican presidential candidates this year?
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May 20, 2015 04:10
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Joementum posted:Historically, that color clothing hasn't worked out well for him. I think the problem was that color on other peoples' clothing, not his.
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May 20, 2015 04:23
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Series DD Funding posted:What are someone's interests besides what they find important to themselves? I don't follow. If I want something that's bad, why would you want to let me have it? I'd be the one in the wrong.
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May 20, 2015 04:59
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Chantilly Say posted:I don't follow. If I want something that's bad, why would you want to let me have it? I'd be the one in the wrong.
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May 20, 2015 05:03
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Joementum posted:Historically, that color clothing hasn't worked out well for him. Dude.
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May 20, 2015 05:37
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Zwabu posted:This seems like it would be fun: Good start but needs some changes. Put Rubio at 3, Paul at 5, Cruz at 6, move Kasich up to 7, Jindal at 8. Trump, Fiorina and Carson can round out the bottom 3.
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May 20, 2015 13:45
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uncurable mlady posted:Rick Perry should obviously be a 3 seed. Santorum should obviously be a number 2 seed.
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May 20, 2015 13:48
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Roseo posted:Santorum should obviously be a number 2 seed.  Why the hell is Christie 7?
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May 20, 2015 14:22
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Titus Sardonicus posted:
Early exit from the conference tournament. Also the coach is fat.
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May 20, 2015 14:26
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How the gently caress is Christie so teflon? The guy operates like a sleazy mob boss and even looks the part, yet conservatives somehow love his rear end. Is the bar literally "GETS poo poo DONE  ?"
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May 20, 2015 14:30
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LeeMajors posted:How the gently caress is Christie so teflon? The guy operates like a sleazy mob boss and even looks the part, yet conservatives somehow love his rear end. They hated him after Sandy, but loved him after Bridgegate for sticking it to the Democrat liberal mayor of Fort Lee.
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May 20, 2015 14:32
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LeeMajors posted:How the gently caress is Christie so teflon? The guy operates like a sleazy mob boss and even looks the part, yet conservatives somehow love his rear end. I dunno. It sounds like he's not that popular in his home state and no one outside really gives a poo poo about him anymore. A few years ago he was the dream of beltway pundits to get idiot fiscally conservative dems to vote for a Moderate Republican (also known as a regular one that just doesn't hate minorities as openly) but that seems done now that he pissed off the tea party by talking to Obama and it's becoming publicly clear why Romney considered his closet too full of skeletons.
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May 20, 2015 14:33
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LeeMajors posted:How the gently caress is Christie so teflon? The guy operates like a sleazy mob boss and even looks the part, yet conservatives somehow love his rear end. He's teflon with conservatives perhaps, but from what I hear he's not real popular in his state anymore. Bridgegate didn't put him in jail but it destroyed his presidential ambitions. That, and all those Wegmans bills.
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May 20, 2015 14:35
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Roseo posted:Santorum should obviously be a number 2 seed.  For real, though, have we heard definitively whether Christie is in or out?
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May 20, 2015 14:39
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LeeMajors posted:yet conservatives somehow love his rear end. Not really. Christie's favorability is at -17%.
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May 20, 2015 14:44
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Alter Ego posted:He's teflon with conservatives perhaps, but from what I hear he's not real popular in his state anymore. Bridgegate didn't put him in jail but it destroyed his presidential ambitions. Joementum posted:Not really. Christie's favorability is at -17%. Hm, maybe it's the just the idiotic voters in SC that I converse with, but lots of people down here like him. I still have no idea why he's not in jail with his staffers. He's not quite as well-loved down here as Huckabee though. 
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May 20, 2015 14:56
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LeeMajors posted:Hm, maybe it's the just the idiotic voters in SC that I converse with, but lots of people down here like him. 53% of South Carolina Republican primary voters said they will NOT vote for Christie. The Tea Party crowd haaaaates him.
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May 20, 2015 15:04
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GreyjoyBastard posted:No no, just no-fault divorce. Adultery and maybe domestic violence are perfectly valid traditional divorce causes. Oh, and desertion, which is sort of like adultery but without the fun bits. Catching up with the thread but traditionally no fault divorce and domestic violence are interlinked, as in one significantly decreasing the other. quote:Economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, based on findings in their research, argue that domestic violence and female suicide decline in states that legalize no-fault divorce.[6] Specifically, they report that "states that adopted no-fault divorce experienced a decrease of 8 to 16 percent in wives' suicide rates and a 30 percent decline in domestic violence."[7] They also argue that their research proves that there is no permanent effect of no-fault divorce laws on divorce rates.[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fault_divorce Never realized the numbers were so large.
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May 20, 2015 15:07
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Joementum posted:53% of South Carolina Republican primary voters said they will NOT vote for Christie. Oh yeah, I was speaking anecdotally for sure. That also means 47% of primary voters could vote for Christie. I'm in the Charleston area so we have a huge number of democrats and then a really diverse group of republicans. I'm amazed he has traction with anyone at all anymore.
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Series DD Funding posted:Bernie Sanders is elected on the promise of giving a $200 xbox one voucher to every goon. However, Microsoft finds they can't produce any more. What happens to the price? (3 points) Oh my god this is my favorite post I've ever seen.
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May 20, 2015 15:21
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZxDrJi9UE We've learned Hillary's accomplishments as Secretary of State include: -Can't think of anything -Can't think of anything -Can't think of anything -What is secretary of state? -Scott Walker is gonna take mah unions!!!!!
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May 20, 2015 16:08
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Arkane posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZxDrJi9UE Also I almost typed HOLLA-ry, which I think is a good nickname.
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May 20, 2015 16:15
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When your two immediate predecessors are Condi and Powell, not being notable is an accomplishment in itself.
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May 20, 2015 16:24
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What sort of accomplishments should we look for in a Secretary of State? The position or the department itself is kind of reactionary and all about damage control. If it is able to maintain a status quo then it is doing alright. Are there any notable examples of an accomplishment linked specifically to a particular Sec. State?
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May 20, 2015 16:31
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Hillary's greatest accomplishment is holding together the Washington consensus after Wall Street nuked the global economy. You might (rightly) argue that it's a net-negative for the world, but it's also a pillar of US global power. Our relationship with the rest of the world was at an absurd low in 2007 - Hillary was a workhorse that put us back on track, which is why we're talking about trade deals today with Asian economies.
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Gravel Gravy posted:What sort of accomplishments should we look for in a Secretary of State? The position or the department itself is kind of reactionary and all about damage control. If it is able to maintain a status quo then it is doing alright. Seward's Folly?
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Vienna Circlejerk posted:I would unironically support Republican Thunderdome At the end Rick Perry's glasses fly off, revealing that he has the mind of a child.
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