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Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Rhesus Pieces posted:

holy poo poo lol

Jeb Lund has done it again

# ? Oct 31, 2015 06:56

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crazy cloud: Nov 7, 2012; by Cyrano4747; Lipstick Apathy

who is the man reading the huck book while sitting in front of a goon book on msnbc

e: wtf is a jeb lund

# ? Oct 31, 2015 07:28

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

crazy cloud posted:

who is the man reading the huck book while sitting in front of a goon book on msnbc

e: wtf is a jeb lund

Look at this noob.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 07:43

icantfindaname: Jul 1, 2008

this is a question unrelated to US politics October, but what exactly was the cause of the insanely high turnout in presidential elections in the 1800s? i suspect voter fraud and shady poo poo had a lot to do with it, is that accurate?

# ? Oct 31, 2015 08:31

Disinterested: Jun 29, 2011; You look like you're still raking it in. Still killing 'em?

icantfindaname posted:

this is a question unrelated to US politics October, but what exactly was the cause of the insanely high turnout in presidential elections in the 1800s? i suspect voter fraud and shady poo poo had a lot to do with it, is that accurate?

Growth of media able to influence elections combined with a number of controversial political issues and a small, elite electorate.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 08:38

Sergg: Sep 19, 2005; I was rejected by the:

icantfindaname posted:

this is a question unrelated to US politics October, but what exactly was the cause of the insanely high turnout in presidential elections in the 1800s? i suspect voter fraud and shady poo poo had a lot to do with it, is that accurate?

Slavery and Reconstruction pretty much dominated that century and those are important issues that people felt very strongly about and still do.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 08:42

sullat: Jan 9, 2012

Sergg posted:

Slavery and Reconstruction pretty much dominated that century and those are important issues that people felt very strongly about and still do.

Also, disenfranchising two thirds of the country makes it easier to run up the numbers as a percentage of the electorate.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 08:45

Freakazoid_: Jul 5, 2013; Buglord

Before we sail into November, I must share with you all this disturbing political dream I had last night.

I was in a republican retreat hosted by Ben Carson and his family. Things were going quite well, until Paul Ryan bought me this huge hamburger. I had already eaten a large breakfast and wasn't hungry, but I did accept it. Paul was so mad that I didn't eat the burger right away, he farted in my face and went absolutely daffy. Nobody could stop his loony tunes rampage. Over the course of several days, he kept buying me food, but he either farted or spit on it before leaving his offerings on my night stand.

What could it mean?

# ? Oct 31, 2015 09:45

zeroprime: Mar 25, 2006; Words go here.; Fun Shoe

icantfindaname posted:

this is a question unrelated to US politics October, but what exactly was the cause of the insanely high turnout in presidential elections in the 1800s? i suspect voter fraud and shady poo poo had a lot to do with it, is that accurate?

When most people can't legally register/vote, it pushes the turnout rate up.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 09:45

PupsOfWar: Dec 6, 2013

crazy cloud posted:

who is the man reading the huck book while sitting in front of a goon book on msnbc

e: wtf is a jeb lund

jeb lund had a good line where he noted that trey gowdy is what would happen if dewey crowe from Justified had eschewed blue-collar crime and instead become a failed mathlete

in that moment I realized jeb lund, while looking lame, is cool.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 09:49

mystic pimp: Jul 25, 2014; Formerly-rampant human-coded AI with a sense of humor seeks bipedal oxygen-breathing cyborg for serious relationship in the galactic core. I've got cool guns if you like to break stuff. No yuppies.

Freakazoid_ posted:

Before we sail into November, I must share with you all this disturbing political dream I had last night.

I was in a republican retreat hosted by Ben Carson and his family. Things were going quite well, until Paul Ryan bought me this huge hamburger. I had already eaten a large breakfast and wasn't hungry, but I did accept it. Paul was so mad that I didn't eat the burger right away, he farted in my face and went absolutely daffy. Nobody could stop his loony tunes rampage. Over the course of several days, he kept buying me food, but he either farted or spit on it before leaving his offerings on my night stand.

What could it mean?

Tortilla Coasters are going to assassinate you and your family in 7 days using poisoned food. Beware.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 09:57

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001; Passion’s Wrench

Fojar38 posted:

I would really really like to see the GOP debates hosted by Twitch.

It seems there was a vote for order... Bah gawd that's Herman Cain's music!

*Theme from Pokémon 2000 movie plays*

# ? Oct 31, 2015 10:09

Brigadier Sockface: Apr 1, 2007

crazy cloud posted:

who is the man reading the huck book while sitting in front of a goon book on msnbc

e: wtf is a jeb lund

He was an old LF and Helldump Posting Superstar

# ? Oct 31, 2015 11:35

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

icantfindaname posted:

this is a question unrelated to US politics October, but what exactly was the cause of the insanely high turnout in presidential elections in the 1800s? i suspect voter fraud and shady poo poo had a lot to do with it, is that accurate?

Free booze. Seriously.

Before the introduction of the Australian ballot, the way you voted in the US was to hand a piece of paper with the names and offices you were voting for to the election judge. To ensure that people voted for their preferred candidates, the political parties would print out stacks of these "party tickets" and hand them out to voters at the polling place. To ensure that people picked the right ticket, they would hold a bit party at the polling place and let the hard cider flow. This practice is obviously something we need to bring back to Make America Great Again.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 12:59

Name Change: Oct 9, 2005

I was surprised at how nasty the NYTimes got with Christie on the 29th. Maybe I shouldn't be, it's local politics for them after all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/opinion/governor-chris-christie-time-to-go-home.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

# ? Oct 31, 2015 13:10

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

crazy cloud posted:

who is the man reading the huck book while sitting in front of a goon book on msnbc

e: wtf is a jeb lund

http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=81745
https://twitter.com/mobute

# ? Oct 31, 2015 13:32

Combed Thunderclap: Jan 4, 2011

OneThousandMonkeys posted:

I was surprised at how nasty the NYTimes got with Christie on the 29th. Maybe I shouldn't be, it's local politics for them after all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/opinion/governor-chris-christie-time-to-go-home.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Christie's also just been a gigantic freaking prick to New York for a while now. Using control over New Jersey's transit links to New York for political gain is kind of his MO, and as a result, NYC is only just starting to pick up the pieces of the Hudson Tunnel project, five years after Christie cancelled it for no reason other than his own political gain. In the meantime, if one of those tunnels goes, the entire east coast train network is screwed.

If you want to see the NYT mad at Christie, just read this and you'll see where the nastiness comes from.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 13:38

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

I remember when the emails got out that he deliberately closed some of the bridge points and caused an hours long delay getting into NY.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 13:46

Teriyaki Koinku: Nov 25, 2008; Bread! Bread! Bread!

Bread! BREAD! BREAD!

Freakazoid_ posted:

Before we sail into November, I must share with you all this disturbing political dream I had last night.

I was in a republican retreat hosted by Ben Carson and his family. Things were going quite well, until Paul Ryan bought me this huge hamburger. I had already eaten a large breakfast and wasn't hungry, but I did accept it. Paul was so mad that I didn't eat the burger right away, he farted in my face and went absolutely daffy. Nobody could stop his loony tunes rampage. Over the course of several days, he kept buying me food, but he either farted or spit on it before leaving his offerings on my night stand.

What could it mean?

You're reading too much USPOL and/or watching too much South Park.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 14:10

Alligator Horse: Mar 23, 2013

Joe, who's gonna replace Ryan, Tiberi or Brady?

edit: in Ways & Means, I mean.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 14:48

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

Joementum posted:

Free booze. Seriously.

Before the introduction of the Australian ballot, the way you voted in the US was to hand a piece of paper with the names and offices you were voting for to the election judge. To ensure that people voted for their preferred candidates, the political parties would print out stacks of these "party tickets" and hand them out to voters at the polling place. To ensure that people picked the right ticket, they would hold a bit party at the polling place and let the hard cider flow. This practice is obviously something we need to bring back to Make America Great Again.

Also there was a trend in the cities to find a whole bunch of illiterate immigrants (usually Germans, Italians, and Greeks at the time), train them to vote for the guys with the right party letter at the end of their name, and then bus them to the polling stations.

Remember that citizenship wasn't really an enforced thing until the early 20th Century.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 15:15

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

computer parts posted:

Also there was a trend in the cities to find a whole bunch of illiterate immigrants (usually Germans, Italians, and Greeks at the time), train them to vote for the guys with the right party letter at the end of their name, and then bus them to the polling stations.

Remember that citizenship wasn't really an enforced thing until the early 20th Century.

My granddad told me about a group of Swedish lumberjacks who worked in the woods around northern Wisconsin back in the 30's. Not one of them was a citizen, but they all got to vote because the shortest one was over six feet tall and everyone was afraid to tell them that they couldn't.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 15:25

Dr. VooDoo: May 4, 2006

Freakazoid_ posted:

Before we sail into November, I must share with you all this disturbing political dream I had last night.

I was in a republican retreat hosted by Ben Carson and his family. Things were going quite well, until Paul Ryan bought me this huge hamburger. I had already eaten a large breakfast and wasn't hungry, but I did accept it. Paul was so mad that I didn't eat the burger right away, he farted in my face and went absolutely daffy. Nobody could stop his loony tunes rampage. Over the course of several days, he kept buying me food, but he either farted or spit on it before leaving his offerings on my night stand.

What could it mean?

It means the virus has already taken root in your brain stem. Soon you'll find yourself uncontrollably saying things about anchor babies and how good the poors have it. After that the condition will progress and you will be compelled to post on FReep. I'm sorry but the sickness is terminal, there is no cure

# ? Oct 31, 2015 15:27

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; Can't post for 44 hours!

I asked Marco Rubio at the event I attended today what his favorite Star Ward movie was. He said "The third one, The Phantom Menace." So there you go.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 16:22

esto es malo: Aug 3, 2006; Don't want to end up a cartoon

In a cartoon graveyard

Mr Hootington posted:

I asked Marco Rubio at the event I attended today what his favorite Star Ward movie was. He said "The third one, The Phantom Menace." So there you go.

hosed up if true

# ? Oct 31, 2015 16:33

30.5 Days: Nov 19, 2006

Mr Hootington posted:

I asked Marco Rubio at the event I attended today what his favorite Star Ward movie was. He said "The third one, The Phantom Menace." So there you go.

Is this a true story.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 16:33

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; Can't post for 44 hours!

30.5 Days posted:

Is this a true story.

Yes. Unfortunately I was unavailable to get a photograph with him like I usually do at events. His handler Robert was very insistent the Senator left.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 16:40

sexy fucking muskrat: Aug 22, 2010; by exmarx

Mr Hootington posted:

I asked Marco Rubio at the event I attended today what his favorite Star Ward movie was. He said "The third one, The Phantom Menace." So there you go.

Sounds like Rubio's a fan of the Machete order!

# ? Oct 31, 2015 16:55

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

Mr Hootington posted:

I asked Marco Rubio at the event I attended today what his favorite Star Ward movie was. He said "The third one, The Phantom Menace." So there you go.

If this gets out, Rubio's campaign will be destroyed.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:17

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

Denmark�s prime minister is mad at Bernie Sanders for saying Denmark has socialism! It's a market economy therefore not socialism, which requires a planned economy.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:21

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

The New York Times' headline story today is an investigation into those pesky arbitration clauses.

Among the (unsurprising) facts uncovered are that corporations' claims that arbitration would allow individuals to resolve their grievances easily was a lie: 80% of class-action suits that companies try to push into arbitration end up losing class-action status, and only 505 consumers nationwide have moved forward to arbitrate cases involving under $2,500 in losses between 2010 and 2014 given the high costs of arbitration (one man mentioned in the article has spent $35,000 in arbitration over a $125 late fee on his credit card, a category of arbitration in which two-thirds of consumers fail to win any monetary awards).

As a result, corporations have been largely getting away with fleecing consumers scott-free, as planned.

But it's not just consumers: the Times has also found that the biggest growth sector for applying arbitration clauses is in labor disputes, allowing them to push wage disputes and discrimination claims into arbitration as well.

ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Oct 31, 2015

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:29

Maed: Aug 23, 2006

Luigi Thirty posted:

Denmark�s prime minister is mad at Bernie Sanders for saying Denmark has socialism! It's a market economy therefore not socialism, which requires a planned economy.

Huh? Market socialism is a perfectly croumulent form of socialism.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:42

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
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USPol Nov: Paul Ryan farted in my face

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:52

Vivian Darkbloom: Jul 14, 2004

Maed posted:

Huh? Market socialism is a perfectly croumulent form of socialism.

Bernie's out of step with the usual idea of socialism, which requires public control of the means of production. I'd say he's more of a social democrat, which is a compromise between socialism and liberalism.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:54

duz: Jul 11, 2005; Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost

Mr Jaunts posted:

Sounds like Rubio's a fan of the Machete order!

Come on, everyone knows the proper machete order skips phantom menace.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:57

RuanGacho: Jun 20, 2002; "You're gunna break it!"

ComradeCosmobot posted:

The New York Times' headline story today is an investigation into those pesky arbitration clauses.

Among the (unsurprising) facts uncovered are that corporations' claims that arbitration would allow individuals to resolve their grievances easily was a lie: 80% of class-action suits that companies try to push into arbitration end up losing class-action status, and only 505 consumers nationwide have moved forward to arbitrate cases involving under $2,500 in losses between 2010 and 2014 given the high costs of arbitration (one man mentioned in the article has spent $35,000 in arbitration over a $125 late fee on his credit card, a category of arbitration in which two-thirds of consumers fail to win any monetary awards).

As a result, corporations have been largely getting away with fleecing consumers scott-free, as planned.

But it's not just consumers: the Times has also found that the biggest growth sector for applying arbitration clauses is in labor disputes, allowing them to push wage disputes and discrimination claims into arbitration as well.

100% quickest way to end this is have a government entity do it

# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:59

Epic High Five: Jun 5, 2004

ComradeCosmobot posted:

The New York Times' headline story today is an investigation into those pesky arbitration clauses.

Among the (unsurprising) facts uncovered are that corporations' claims that arbitration would allow individuals to resolve their grievances easily was a lie: 80% of class-action suits that companies try to push into arbitration end up losing class-action status, and only 505 consumers nationwide have moved forward to arbitrate cases involving under $2,500 in losses between 2010 and 2014 given the high costs of arbitration (one man mentioned in the article has spent $35,000 in arbitration over a $125 late fee on his credit card, a category of arbitration in which two-thirds of consumers fail to win any monetary awards).

As a result, corporations have been largely getting away with fleecing consumers scott-free, as planned.

But it's not just consumers: the Times has also found that the biggest growth sector for applying arbitration clauses is in labor disputes, allowing them to push wage disputes and discrimination claims into arbitration as well.

It's such a transparent scam. When my old employer tried to push it I found the best way to deflate the pitch was to ask why, if it's so great, it wasn't opt-in instead of a condition of employment and why wasn't I allowed to request and arbitrator that I paid for?

Thankfully they had an opt-out procedure, but at most places it's either sign it or resignation

# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:03

Dubstep Jesus: Jun 27, 2012; by exmarx

Mr Hootington posted:

I asked Marco Rubio at the event I attended today what his favorite Star Ward movie was. He said "The third one, The Phantom Menace." So there you go.

tbh if I were running I would absolutely respond with something like that

# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:10

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Maed posted:

Huh? Market socialism is a perfectly croumulent form of socialism.

The minister is also a European liberal and probably doesn't want the economy he oversees described as socialist.

# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:16

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size1one: Jun 24, 2008; I don't want a nation just for me, I want a nation for everyone

The habanero mango salad at tortilla coast is tasty. :colbert:

# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:35

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