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born on a buy you posted:asu is now at 1% total funding from the state and currently has the largest freshman class ever. E: I think you were probably talking about Alabama State, not Arizona. Stupid mistake. America Inc. fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Sep 5, 2015 |
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azflyboy posted:Since Kim Davis is being held in contempt of court from a federal judge, is there any chance she could get charged with a felony if she continues to ignore the court order? The irony of a right wing "Jesus warrior" being banned from voting (or owning a gun) would be pretty amazing, but I'm assuming that she won't face any more serious consequences than the current jail stint. Nope. She stays in jail until she complies or the matter is irrelevant (ex: she resigns or is voted out). The jail sentence is meant to force compliance not be punitive.
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Sep 5, 2015 00:44
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Evil Fluffy posted:The federal courts still work and striking down unconstitutional law is something they can and will happily do against a state that's attacking the judiciary. It's really simpler than that. The defunding was triggered by a State Court ruling that the defunding law was unconstitutional, based on the State Constitution. The Court stayed its ruling until it can be appealed to the State Supreme Court, which is also going to rule that the defunding law is unconstitutional. That's when the fun begins because then Brownback and the Legislature either have to put up and do something or just slink away with their tales between their legs.
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Sep 5, 2015 00:55
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LookingGodIntheEye posted:Is this why ASU accepts basically all transfer applications? No, he's an Arizona poster.
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Sep 5, 2015 01:59
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Luigi Thirty posted:Only Bobby Jindal has the courage to stand up to the government in the name of Personal Jesus. Bobby Jindal hears her prayers, someone who cares.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:17
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Dalael posted:Don't forget that most universities likes to invest in building poo poo now. For example in Montreal, Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM) invested nearly half a billion dollar in something called l'Ilot Voyageur which most people have no loving clue what its supposed to be. The way the contract was set up, the university took all the risks and the more delays happened, the more profit the construction company made on the project. Like that is not a recipe for failure. How are you supposed to spread that construction pork around if you're wasting it on things like tenured faculty salaries?
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Sep 5, 2015 02:19
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The geniuses at the Ron Paul Institute have cracked the code on the Syrian refugee crisis and, in a surprise twist, it's a FALSE FLAG!!!quote:Mr. Korybko alleges (as I do) that the smuggler networks are being “influenced by western intelligence” (in Korybko’s delicate phrasing) and are being led to believe that the longer route from northern Greece through the Balkans to Budapest is the one most certain of success. (It is also possible the refugees’ travel is being financed and directed by an oil-rich ISIS at the US’s behest.) Unclear at this time whether the US-ISIS-FYROM alliance will succeed in toppling Putin and trigger a recommencing of 1776, but stay tuned for more developments from Presidential candidate and current US Senator Rand Paul's dad.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:24
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I may have hated Bush's policies, but the guy genuinely seemed like a nice guy who's not afraid to look ridiculous. In a very sad way, I kinda miss the guy.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:36
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Dalael posted:I may have hated Bush's policies, but the guy genuinely seemed like a nice guy who's not afraid to look ridiculous. In a very sad way, I kinda miss the guy. And so it begins.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:37
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Dalael posted:I may have hated Bush's policies, but the guy genuinely seemed like a nice guy who's not afraid to look ridiculous. In a very sad way, I kinda miss the guy. Good news! 
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Sep 5, 2015 02:37
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Absurd Alhazred posted:And so it begins. I can't help myself. I really like monkeys.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:38
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Dalael posted:I may have hated Bush's policies, but the guy genuinely seemed like a nice guy who's not afraid to look ridiculous. In a very sad way, I kinda miss the guy. He was not as terrible as Nixon, but then again nobody is.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:45
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Internet Webguy posted:I think they should just tell the Kentucky court clerk that every gay couple she marries have promised to convert to Christianity and get baptized and if she tries to check up on them tell her it's none of her business. Problem solved. Don't let the clerk know the name or gender of either party getting married?
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Sep 5, 2015 02:46
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Dalael posted:I may have hated Bush's policies, but the guy genuinely seemed like a nice guy who's not afraid to look ridiculous. In a very sad way, I kinda miss the guy. I dunno, there are plenty of politicians out there who are goofy fun guys who aren't responsible for war crimes so I'm kinda glad he only had the maximum possible 2 terms.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:48
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Deep Hurting posted:Don't let the clerk know the name or gender of either party getting married? Apparently she has a better idea, which is don't put her name on the license.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:49
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Cabbit posted:Apparently she has a better idea, which is don't put her name on the license. Nah. For one it'd let her save face. Never mind the fact it could pose legal problems down the line.
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Sep 5, 2015 02:52
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Gravel Gravy posted:Nah. For one it'd let her save face. Yeah. If nothing else the point of all this is that whatever revisionist bullshit the residents of Kentucky, associated freemen of the land, and Nevadan cattle ranchers may tell themselves, the Civil War firmly established that you do not gently caress with the federal government. There isn't really any room to compromise on this. As an agent of the government you drat well do as the government says. Trying to carve out a religious exemption on that is begging for poo poo to go very very badly
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Sep 5, 2015 03:17
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Zeroisanumber posted:He was not as terrible as Nixon, but then again nobody is. That's really loving debatable. Bush brought back 99% of the horrific poo poo Nixon did, and brought it home to apply to us in ways Nixon never did. At best we'd end up quibbling over scale over there vs it being done here.
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Sep 5, 2015 03:20
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DrProsek posted:I dunno, there are plenty of politicians out there who are goofy fun guys who aren't responsible for war crimes so I'm kinda glad he only had the maximum possible 2 terms. It, for me, is really hard to imagine a guy who basically ran on a platform of "THE QUEERS WILL RUIN THIS COUNTRY" is that genuinely nice a guy, too. His dad seems pretty chill, I could probably have a drink with the elder Bush as long as his mouthbreather kids don't come in.
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Sep 5, 2015 03:20
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Dalael posted:I can't help myself. I really like monkeys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCDadox_vYo never forget  (slightly nws for monkey sex)
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Sep 5, 2015 03:29
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Dalael posted:I may have hated Bush's policies, but the guy genuinely seemed like a nice guy who's not afraid to look ridiculous. In a very sad way, I kinda miss the guy. He would have made a great Ambassador to Poland or something like that, to be honest.
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Sep 5, 2015 03:42
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computer parts posted:3. There are a lot more loving students. College enrollment rarely if ever goes down, and usually it goes up by a ton. This means you need lots of new facilities, lots of new classrooms, etc just to keep the current quality you have today. From a few pages back but enrollment's actually been in decline the past few years. In part because of crackdowns at for-profit diploma mills, but also fewer adult students going back to school, and the 18-24 age cohort isn't growing any more.
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Sep 5, 2015 03:54
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Nixon was at least a very intelligent dude. Paranoid and kind of evil, sure. The Bush kids...not so much. I mean, Jeb! is supposed to be the smart one. I'm amused how quickly he turns into a petulant child when he feels like he isn't getting his way.
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Sep 5, 2015 04:02
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Trabisnikof posted:He would have made a great Ambassador to Poland or something like that, to be honest. 
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Sep 5, 2015 04:15
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Hey, by the way, that Planned Parenthood in Washington that had the fire? It's been deemed arson
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Sep 5, 2015 04:43
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I can't wait until it's determined that it wasn't politically motivated. 
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Sep 5, 2015 05:00
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Luigi Thirty posted:If you could kill everyone making over $250,000 a year or kill all cops which would you do? First I'd give all cops a raise to $250,001 per year
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comes along bort posted:From a few pages back but enrollment's actually been in decline the past few years. In part because of crackdowns at for-profit diploma mills, but also fewer adult students going back to school, and the 18-24 age cohort isn't growing any more. The data I'm seeing is showing at best a plateauing that's only a few years old. And the 18-24 group is growing, but in the sense that a greater percentage of them are going to college, even if the population of the group doesn't change.
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Sep 5, 2015 05:30
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Black person tries to use food stamps at Whole Foods, gets beat to a bloody pulp and hospitalized for their trouble Judge up in Oregon also refusing to marry same sex couples
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Sep 5, 2015 05:57
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flash forward to 2020, hands tied by the lack of officials willing to do their job, the government passes into law a bill that terminates the legal concept of marriage finally, the christian right cries in celebration, we have destroyed the institution of marriage wait a minute, one says after a moment's thought
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Sep 5, 2015 06:35
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Fried Chicken posted:That's really loving debatable. Bush brought back 99% of the horrific poo poo Nixon did, and brought it home to apply to us in ways Nixon never did. At best we'd end up quibbling over scale over there vs it being done here. The thing is, the worst villains of the Bush administration were all around during Nixon's administration too, pulling their Team B shenanigans. Arguably, the difference is that Nixon was a far bigger rear end in a top hat than Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al. combined, so he could actually keep them in check, unlike Bush, who left it to guys like Powell to try to balance things out.
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AriadneThread posted:flash forward to 2020, hands tied by the lack of officials willing to do their job, the government passes into law a bill that terminates the legal concept of marriage This kind of happened here, accidentally. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oops-did-texas-ban-marriage/
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Sep 5, 2015 07:07
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It looks like he's not performing any marriages at all and that he's not obligated to, so if he's not specifically discriminating then it doesn't seem like as much of a problem. It still makes him a shithead, but not in the same way as Kim Davis.
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Sep 5, 2015 07:20
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I do not get why the conservatives can not get separation of church and state. Just like the founders wanted. Oh wait I know why. They are monsters. It is simple. Churches do not have to do gay weddings. Business and government can not discriminate against and must employee or serve homosexual people. What is there not to understand about this?
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Sep 5, 2015 07:25
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Does this mean she could find herself in Federal prison for contempt? Federal charges are felonies, right? That would likely mean she would be ineligible to hold office, correct? Dalael posted:I wonder how she'd feel if a muslim (fanatic or extremist (not moderate)) guy refused to give her a driving license at the DMV based on his religious belief that woman shouldn't be driving. I'm sure she'd nod, apologize for trying to breach his religious right and then go on her merry way without ever driving ever again. I was wondering the same thing. If I was a county clerk, I'd start trolling by denying marriage licenses to gays to get the attention of the Christian fundies and get them talking about defending my religious freedom, then go into isolation for a week, come out and declare that I've seen the green banner of Muhammed and that Islam is the light and, because of their unequivocal and continued support for my religious freedoms, that I will now be using my elected position to institute sharia law. Mulva posted:Possibly, Rule 42 is very clear that statutory limits on imprisonment, fines or other punishments do not apply to Oh man, and she just started her term as clerk in January. It's going to be a long 4 years. Also, it's going to be hard to campaign from a jail cell.
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Sep 5, 2015 07:27
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I dint think W. was stupid at all, more kind of ignorant about things and with a worldview that precluded him from fixing that. He was the product of a politically powerful family and a very deep, very American style of religious belief that places a lot of value in "good vs bad" styles of moral judgments, where things like Jesus and the "American Way" set the standard for what good is. That and he was president when 9/11 occurred and I'm willing to bet that may have influenced his world outlook in maybe not good way. Not that it makes him come off that much better. I think he actually believed he was on a mission from God when he was considering his mid east and anti terrorism polices, which is in some ways more unsettling than wanting to just have a military adventure for more pragmatically selfish motives.
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Man. Just thinking about this country before 9/11. I was in a biology class in high school.
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Mr Hootington posted:I do not get why the conservatives can not get separation of church and state. Just like the founders wanted. Oh wait I know why. They are monsters. That, or they genuinely believe there is a God, and it is one that feels very strongly about the gays. It doesn't really matter how wrong it is on any level to think that, because it does not factor into their decision making process. If you bring up anything that opposes their view, it makes them uncomfortable so they reflexively reject it. They're not monsters, they're just typical people. They want a Christian theocracy. They dont want one because they hate the blacks or Muslims or for some other malevolent agenda, they want it because the idea "makes sense" to them. The issue of whether or not they'd like it if some other religion would institute a theocracy is a moot point to them because their issue would be with the other religion, not religious government as a concept. Tiler Kiwi fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Sep 5, 2015 |
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Tiler Kiwi posted:I dint think W. was stupid at all, more kind of ignorant about things and with a worldview that precluded him from fixing that. He had brain damage from decades of constantly drinking and doing cocaine. And also, possibly, dyslexia.
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Young Freud posted:I was wondering the same thing. If I was a county clerk, I'd start trolling by denying marriage licenses to gays to get the attention of the Christian fundies and get them talking about defending my religious freedom, then go into isolation for a week, come out and declare that I've seen the green banner of Muhammed and that Islam is the light and, because of their unequivocal and continued support for my religious freedoms, that I will now be using my elected position to institute sharia law. I like the way you think.
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