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How about an actual Thing: Obama says on Twitter that we must support our
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pathetic little tramp posted:The house has filed papers of impeachment. Against IRS commissioner Koskinen Let's be honest, they are just upset they can't impeach Obama.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:12
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CommieGIR posted:Let's be honest, they are just upset they can't impeach Obama. Why can't they?
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Oct 27, 2015 21:13
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BUBBA GAY DUDLEY posted:I got bored and skipped like 5 seconds and the camp went from sitting there to just nothing. God drat we're good at murder and mayhem. That's what happens when you spend literally obscene amounts of money on the military though.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:13
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zoux posted:I remember reading that his whole goal was to goad the West into such unconscionable brutality against the Mideast that the whole Muslim world would unite in response and usher in the global Caliphate but that's my fuzzy recollection. I remember that too, vaguely. There's time for that to happen yet, if we keep loving around over there.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:13
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At this point I'm convinced the entire House is fill of ulililililia style autistic people who literally can't do anything unless they have an e-mail documenting it. "Honey can you take the trash out?" *Jason Chaffetz huffs and grinds his teeth as he looks up from his laptop.* "Oh for gently caress's sake." *His wife sends an e-mail from her phone*
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Oct 27, 2015 21:15
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LeeMajors posted:I remember that too, vaguely. There's time for that to happen yet, if we keep loving around over there. Oh I'm not saying we're past that outcome at all. Well that direct outcome, I think the unconscionable brutality horrifying the Muslim world has been pretty established. It's been clear for a long time that 9/11 was an absolute and total victory for al-Qaeda.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:15
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mcmagic posted:Why can't they? Well technically there's no reason they can't as such, but there appears to be just barely enough vestigial memory of the horrific clownshow that was the Clinton impeachment in the 90s which all-but wrecked the Republican resurgence which had sprung out of 1994 midterms for the current party to try again. Captain_Maclaine fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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Oct 27, 2015 21:15
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greatn posted:I didn't see any special forces soldiers dying when Bush was president. Never to enemy fire.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:18
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LeeMajors posted:Whether or not we killed or capture Osama was irrelevant--the moment we congealed into a quivering mass of nationalism, started revoking personal freedoms and spending trillions of dollars destabilizing a region, he won. The subsequent divisiveness, xenophobia, erosion of due process, obstructionism....all just gravy. Bin Laden is also responsible for the TSA's bullshit fucker
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Oct 27, 2015 21:19
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zoux posted:Oh I'm not saying we're past that outcome at all. Well that direct outcome, I think the unconscionable brutality horrifying the Muslim world has been pretty established. It's been clear for a long time that 9/11 was an absolute and total victory for al-Qaeda. 
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Oct 27, 2015 21:19
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Doesn't count, the military guys I know say he deserved it for being a pinko idiot.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:20
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Well technically there's no reason they can't as such, but there appears to be just barely enough vestigial memory of the horrific clownshow that was the Clinton impeachment in the 90s which all-but wrecked the Republican resurgence which had sprung out of 1994 midterms for the current party to try again. They've tried hard, but there's nothing spinnably bad enough to impeach Obama over. Stuff like Guantanamo, NSA spying, drones, and the like is stuff they wholeheartedly agree with, and would mean looking at George W. Bush again.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:23
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Luigi Thirty posted:How about an actual Thing: Obama says on Twitter that we must support our Is spending money to retrain police officers to not kill unarmed people a bad thing or am I reading this wrong?
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Oct 27, 2015 21:24
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fade5 posted:They also know it would end up like just like it did last time, and just 11-hour Benghazi thing did: aka it would backfire hard and make Obama look good instead of bad. I must admit that the utter lack of personal scandals is one of the things I appreciate, and I suspect infuriates the GOP, the most about the Obama administration. I mean yeah, like you say there's any number of policy things you can criticize him for but nothing the opposition party could meaningfully try to oust him over, really.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:26
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Gravel Gravy posted:Is spending money to retrain police officers to not kill unarmed people a bad thing or am I reading this wrong? Well it's not working...
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Oct 27, 2015 21:28
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Captain_Maclaine posted:I must admit that the utter lack of personal scandals is one of the things I appreciate, and I suspect infuriates the GOP, the most about the Obama administration. I mean yeah, like you say there's any number of policy things you can criticize him for but nothing the opposition party could meaningfully try to oust him over, really. What about gay cocaine limo parties with Reggie?
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Oct 27, 2015 21:29
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Captain_Maclaine posted:I must admit that the utter lack of personal scandals is one of the things I appreciate, and I suspect infuriates the GOP, the most about the Obama administration. I mean yeah, like you say there's any number of policy things you can criticize him for but nothing the opposition party could meaningfully try to oust him over, really. There's still over a year left of his administration for something to come to light 
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Oct 27, 2015 21:29
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You can't train people to not be pieces of poo poo. You can make examples out of pieces of poo poo to scare the other ones though. But god forbid we prosecute a super citizen.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:29
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Gravel Gravy posted:Is spending money to retrain police officers to not kill unarmed people a bad thing or am I reading this wrong? We ought to be using that money to give PDs colonoscopies and flushing all the poo poo out, not trying to polish turds
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Oct 27, 2015 21:31
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zoux posted:What about gay cocaine limo parties with Reggie? What about the gay cocaine limo parties with Reggie?! Greatbacon posted:There's still over a year left of his administration for something to come to light Good point. I'm sure the next investigative committee will be the one that blows the lid right off this thing, much as the next House vote is sure to be the one that finally overturns Obamacare for good.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:33
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Luigi Thirty posted:Well it's not working... Yeah. You're quote and reaction make a lot of sense. He was speaking to a room full of police chiefs about reform and the political/ social state of policing but I guess she should have just tweeted, "gently caress the police, lol" huh?
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Oct 27, 2015 21:38
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Yes. He should, because there are two things you should do at all times: 1) Apologize to rovert 2) Say gently caress the police.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:42
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Cher's with us, all.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:43
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Luigi Thirty posted:Well it's not working... When did it start? Magres posted:We ought to be using that money to give PDs colonoscopies and flushing all the poo poo out, not trying to polish turds Boost training standards enough and PDs would ideally flush the turds out just to keep their accreditation. And considering that the executive is too chickenshit to say right wing terrorism is a thing I unno how well a reshuffling of local and state PDs would go over to be honest. Luigi Thirty posted:Yes. He should, because there are two things you should do at all times: Tweet it no, but it should well blare from his limousine speakers.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:43
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:If NYT were to be judged by its opinion columns it would not be a very good paper, but still better than most. Dowd is so well-known for hating Hillary that all the top comments are calling her out for being nonsensical and tiresome. That and Dowd loves armchair psychiatry as an explanation of all government. I just remember that at one time I liked and enjoyed reading her columns; a fact that makes me uncomfortable now. I swear she wasn't always this bad, but at the same time I couldn't make an argument in her defense.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:56
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zoux posted:I remember reading that his whole goal was to goad the West into such unconscionable brutality against the Mideast that the whole Muslim world would unite in response and usher in the global Caliphate but that's my fuzzy recollection. uh...about that wahhabi caliphate thing...
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Oct 27, 2015 21:59
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Pox posted:Eh, not really. Back when things weren't as insane, the ceiling frequently got moved as part of larger budget agreements. My problem is that we seem to have yet another deal where Republicans didn't have to take any hits. Sure, we seem to have lift the sequester caps, but that was offset by cuts in other spending. Granted, yes not all spending is created equal, but it would be nice to see Republicans receive some pain once in a while too. But ever since they took control of the House, every single budget deal that's come out has always been in their favor.
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Oct 27, 2015 21:59
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Mr Interweb posted:My problem is that we seem to have yet another deal where Republicans didn't have to take any hits. Sure, we seem to have lift the sequester caps, but that was offset by cuts in other spending. Granted, yes not all spending is created equal, but it would be nice to see Republicans receive some pain once in a while too. But ever since they took control of the House, every single budget deal that's come out has always been in their favor. Well no poo poo, they control the House and the Senate
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Oct 27, 2015 22:01
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Axetrain posted:The party of white supremacists is not going to nominate a black man, period. Well, all the negroes voted for Obama just because he's black, so if we put one of ours up there they'll do the same thing!
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Oct 27, 2015 22:02
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zoux posted:Cher's with us, all. I just want to say that if you haven't already you should follow Cher on Twitter. I mean not just because she is a fabulous gay icon but almost everything she posts is adorably unhinged, even when you might agree with her.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:02
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fknlo posted:Well, all the negroes voted for Obama just because he's black, so if we put one of ours up there they'll do the same thing! It's more about cover for their racist policies.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:03
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It's more because they like and respect the guy, agree with his policies, and find his life story inspirational
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Oct 27, 2015 22:04
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Bob Ojeda posted:Well no poo poo, they control the House and the Senate Sure, but Obama holds the presidency. Theoretically, you'd think that would mean both sides would have to compromise.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:05
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Bob Ojeda posted:Well no poo poo, they control the House and the Senate Yeah, these days, an agreement like this where we're disappointed that Obama is caving to just maintain a functioning government but right-wingers are furious that it hasn't gone far enough to shut it down is about the best outcome possible. The Overton Window is a hell of a drug. vvv Exactly. If they had their way, Obama would have been barred from passing any new regulations, Medicare and Social Security would be cut, and the financial world would be in chaos as we stuck to the debt ceiling. vvv ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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Oct 27, 2015 22:05
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Mr Interweb posted:Sure, but Obama holds the presidency. Theoretically, you'd think that would mean both sides would have to compromise. This is compromise for them.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:07
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Mr Interweb posted:Sure, but Obama holds the presidency. Theoretically, you'd think that would mean both sides would have to compromise. Not really no. Congress by design holds more power than any other branch of government.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:08
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Boon posted:Not really no. Congress by design holds more power than any other branch of government. They still did the same thing even when Dems controlled the senate.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:09
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Bob Ojeda posted:This is compromise for them. Exactly, if they wanted to be obstructionists they'd hold out for the full dissolution of the government.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:11
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More doctors without Borders getting bombed: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/world/middleeast/doctors-without-borders-yemen-airstrikes.html quote:“With the hospital destroyed, at least 200,000 people now have no access to lifesaving medical care,” Doctors Without Borders said in a statement. Hassan Boucenine, the group’s head of mission in Yemen, said in the statement that the attack was “another illustration of a complete disregard for civilians in Yemen, where bombings have become a daily routine.” Wasn't us this time! Just our allies.
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