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happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Logikv9 posted:

I think Carson will have an "excellent" debate performance as long as he just denies everything. It's FOX Business so I'm not expecting in-depth hard-hitting questions here.

Your tax plan is amazing, why don't you tell how the small business owner will benefit from this.

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happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
Also, remember GINGRICH was leader for 3 FULL MONTHS at one point.

It's looking like the same cycles this time around, they are not nominating the best candidate, just the least worst of their own.

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

Luigi Thirty posted:

So they're trying to figure out whether or not they should charge like an entire high school with CP charges after finding that everyone was trading naked photos of each other at a high school. It was centered on the football team, as usual. They even had point values assigned to photos and bragged about their collections, stored in phone apps that hide photos. Someone found out about it via an anonymous tip. Some people were just sending girls unsolicited dick pics and asking for pics of themselves in response. It's so big that they don't know what to do about it.

Right now juvenile detention center lobbyists are probably calling local congressmen to push them to charge all these kids. Sending a picture of yourself naked? You're now a felon and you get to start off the rest of your ruined life being used as slave labor for a decade or so.

smg77 posted:

This is a real picture hanging in Ben Carson's house:



A painting of Ben Carson with a black Jesus? He's done. All God-fearin' American Conservatives know Jesus was white as the pure master race driven snow. Just like Santa.

Samurai Sanders
Nov 4, 2003

Pillbug

Evil Fluffy posted:


A painting of Ben Carson with a black Jesus? He's done. All God-fearin' American Conservatives know Jesus was white as the pure master race driven snow. Just like Santa.

Eh, to me it just looks like that Jesus has a serious suntan.

Boon
Jun 21, 2005

by R. Guyovich
Goddamn Ben Carson is a weird guy

Dermit
Mar 22, 2005
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Samurai Sanders posted:

Eh, to me it just looks like that Jesus has a serious suntan.

Wait, that's Jesus? I thought it was Lieutenant Commander Worf.

This picture no longer makes any sense to me.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Samurai Sanders posted:

Eh, to me it just looks like that Jesus has a serious suntan.

Tanned and ready.

QuoProQuid
Jan 12, 2012

Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

Rollofthedice posted:

When was the longest time a presidential candidate for either party led in the polls despite not being nominated?

Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, though popular support didn't really mean anything in the nominating process at that point in history.

My mistake! The latest is actually Robert Taft in the 1952 Republican Primary. Earl Warren also achieved more popular support than Thomas Dewey in 1948.

QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Nov 8, 2015

Iowa Snow King
Jan 5, 2008
Imagine being the one kid at that school not part of the sexting ring

Proust Malone
Apr 4, 2008

Iowa Snow King posted:

Imagine being the one kid at that school not part of the sexting ring

For either reason, I'm glad I'm old enough to have escaped high school without my teenage stupidity recorded for all time.

Now it's my adult stupidity (such as my posting).

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Ron Jeremy posted:

Now it's my adult stupidity (such as my posting).

And porn videos.

Submarine Sandpaper
May 27, 2007


happyhippy posted:

And porn videos.
Still have VHS for those :smug:

FourLeaf
Dec 2, 2011

Zeroisanumber posted:

It's actually Minnesota.

Right now she's charged with 3rd degree assault, which carries a possible 5-year sentence and up to $10000 fine. If they decide to charge her under the hate crime laws (and I don't know why they wouldn't) then that will bump it up to 2nd degree assault, which carries a possible 10-year sentence and fines of up to $20000. She probably won't get the maximum unless she's on probation or has a long record, but she'll definitely do some jail time and catch a stiff fine.

According to this article she pled guilty to assault before back in 2011, so she's probably hosed.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Of course that was at an Applebee's.

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe

foobardog posted:

This won't hurt Carson at all. I woke up to my mom posting "Well Ben Carson made the media look like fools," on Facebook.

I think he might actually have psychological issues. A delusional narcissism, but I'm not a psychologist.

It's actually probably Narcissistic Sociopathy if I had to make an official IANAD post.

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax
The football team of Missouri is striking from all football related activities due to the canopy being racist as gently caress and administration doing nothing about it.

http://deadspin.com/missouri-footba...dium=socialflow

It's football in the south, it is going to rile some fuckers up.

PUGGERNAUT
Nov 14, 2013

I AM INCREDIBLY BORING AND SHOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT FOOD IN THE POLITICS THREAD

greatn posted:

The football team of Missouri is striking from all football related activities due to the canopy being racist as gently caress and administration doing nothing about it.

http://deadspin.com/missouri-footba...dium=socialflow

It's football in the south, it is going to rile some fuckers up.

This is amazing.

greatn posted:

The football team of Missouri is striking from all football related activities due to the canopy being racist as gently caress and administration doing nothing about it.

http://deadspin.com/missouri-footba...dium=socialflow

It's football in the south, it is going to rile some fuckers up.

This is probably gonna be the thing that finally gets people to shut up and pay attention at how bad things are in Columbia. Anything I can do as a graduate to show support? Like do you know of any fundraisers, rallies, etc?

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax
I'm not a Missouri guy, I just saw the news. Personally I'm hoping this spreads to other SEC schools which aren't much better. I'm guessing it will be resolved before their next game though.

Also, awesome on their coaches for supporting them.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

greatn posted:

The football team of Missouri is striking from all football related activities due to the canopy being racist as gently caress and administration doing nothing about it.

http://deadspin.com/missouri-footba...dium=socialflow

It's football in the south, it is going to rile some fuckers up.

Oh some jimmies are going to be rustled over this. Racism might actually be a thing that needs to be dealt with again if it starts getting in the way of people's high school football.

Which is to say I'm oh so curious how racist fuckers are going to try to have their cake and eat it too on this one.

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax
Not high school football, college. Which is big business.

Hollismason
Jun 30, 2007
An alright dude.
I'm pretty sure the SCA has rules against players striking and they agree not to in order to participate so they probably can be disciplined by the SEC.

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc
Oh man, I can't wait for freep to get ahold of that story.

CAPS LOCK BROKEN
Feb 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

PUGGERNAUT posted:

This is amazing.


This is probably gonna be the thing that finally gets people to shut up and pay attention at how bad things are in Columbia. Anything I can do as a graduate to show support? Like do you know of any fundraisers, rallies, etc?

There's a camp on the quad where people need supplies to keep their walkout going. I recommend driving up there and asking them what they need.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
Is there any level at which Mizzou isn't lovely? First thing I hear about them this academic year is them giving their grad students 72 hours` notice on cancelling their healthcare coverage, and it's been getting worse ever since.

PUGGERNAUT
Nov 14, 2013

I AM INCREDIBLY BORING AND SHOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT FOOD IN THE POLITICS THREAD

Peven Stan posted:

There's a camp on the quad where people need supplies to keep their walkout going. I recommend driving up there and asking them what they need.

Good idea! I live in a different state now but I can definitely spread the word to people who still live there.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Is there any level at which Mizzou isn't lovely? First thing I hear about them this academic year is them giving their grad students 72 hours` notice on cancelling their healthcare coverage, and it's been getting worse ever since.

...the in state tuition's relatively cheap? I got nothing.

PUGGERNAUT fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Nov 8, 2015

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

greatn posted:

Not high school football, college. Which is big business.

I don't know poo poo about football, so I stand corrected on the size of the jimmies that are going to be rustled.

If they stick to their guns this poo poo could be BIG.

(They're all going to lose their scholarships and be blacklisted aren't they? Braver men than I.)

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax
No, probably the Chancellor will resign within days. The coaches are on the players side and if you go to any school in the SEC coaches have more power than chancellors.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Is there any level at which Mizzou isn't lovely? First thing I hear about them this academic year is them giving their grad students 72 hours` notice on cancelling their healthcare coverage, and it's been getting worse ever since.

They truly do belong in the SEC

Rhesus Pieces
Jun 27, 2005

SumYungGui posted:

I don't know poo poo about football, so I stand corrected on the size of the jimmies that are going to be rustled.

If they stick to their guns this poo poo could be BIG.

(They're all going to lose their scholarships and be blacklisted aren't they? Braver men than I.)

The coaches are supporting the strike so their scholarships are safe as far as I know.

Besides the football strike there's a grad student on a full blown hunger strike, taking in only water until the university president steps down.

alpha_destroy
Mar 23, 2010

Billy Butler: Fat Guy by Day, Doubles Machine by Night

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Is there any level at which Mizzou isn't lovely? First thing I hear about them this academic year is them giving their grad students 72 hours` notice on cancelling their healthcare coverage, and it's been getting worse ever since.

Well, it depends on how you define a University. If you define it by the administration, then no not really. If you define it by the faculty, staff, and students, then they are definite positive things to talk about! A lot of people could have crumbled under the massive poo poo storm that has defined this semester. Instead its possible that students, professors, and staff might actually force a lot of positive change. I mean, obviously I would rather there be no need to protest, but the actions of Jonathan Butler, the LBC, the group of Grad students leading the fight to unionize, and a lot of the faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have been amazing. So you know. It's all in how you look at it I guess.

blackmongoose
Mar 31, 2011

DARK INFERNO ROOK!

greatn posted:

The football team of Missouri is striking from all football related activities


How can anyone tell?

CAPS LOCK BROKEN
Feb 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Is there any level at which Mizzou isn't lovely? First thing I hear about them this academic year is them giving their grad students 72 hours` notice on cancelling their healthcare coverage, and it's been getting worse ever since.

It wasn't so much coverage as it was a 25% subsidy for the student PPO that's offered to everyone who goes here. To give you an example of how terrible the coverage is for grad students even with the subsidy, a PhD student with a dependent and a spouse would be paying somewhere close to 20,000 a year for a PPO with $0 deductible and 6600 out of pocket max. It was one of the reasons why I turned down a fully funded phd program there- the department was evasive and cagey as gently caress about how the health subsidy worked in practice. Also keep in mind that the other satellite campuses (UMKC and UMSL) still haven't had that subsidy restored yet. The shitheads were also going to cut tuition waivers entirely from several graduate and professional programs and instead charge full tuition but "pay" GAs more. Unlike it's more sophisticated (but no less evil) cousin Washington University in St. Louis, the people who run the UM system are too loving stupid to comprehend how a R1 university should be run and how to even say the right things when stuff like racial tension blows up on campus.

When Ferguson riots happened last year Washu's chancellor immediately made a public statement supporting black lives matter and accusing the St. Louis area of being massively racist. Up until this year all levels of UM administration have denied that racism exists in Missouri, even going so far as to call the incidents that occurred when I was around (09-12) like the cotton ball and the first swastika graffiti incident "bias crimes." Watching these shitbirds flail and attempt to do damage control is like watching the GOP attempting to talk to minorities. The cousinfuckers in charge have spent so much time in a white bubble that they have no idea how to talk to people of color. Even from a purely business, managerial perspective they really need to get some kind of PR firm to coach them on how to address this issue. Not doing so just tarnishes the brand (it's been tarnished for decades for black and minority students) for the lucrative out of state markets that keep the place afloat.

Boon
Jun 21, 2005

by R. Guyovich
So right now Im reading The Price of Inequality by Joseph Stiglitz and it's reminding me of something that happened a little over a year ago. My dad got taken for a bit of a ride by an insurance salesman on his retirement and made some bad decisions. At the time I was fighting mad.

Now that Im reminded about it Im so upset that I had to put the book down and got me thinking. As Im about to get out of the Navy and soon to be living with my parents before I go back to school in August, that it might be a good time to swing by the salesmans office and get his advice on what I might do with my own savings.

My intent would be to then write an editorial in the local city and county paper about financial middlemen with their own best interests in mind, unknowingly at your expense. I would want it to be as scholarly as possible and any questions I asked him I'd want to be as honest as could be.

Tell me if this is a bad idea.

Boon fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Nov 8, 2015

CARL MARK FORCE IV
Sep 2, 2007

I took a walk. And threw up in an English garden.
:justpost:

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.

Boon posted:

So right now Im reading The Price of Inequality by Joseph Stiglitz and it's reminding me of something that happened a little over a year ago. My dad got taken for a bit of a ride by an insurance salesman on his retirement and made some bad decisions. At the time I was fighting mad.

Now that Im reminded about it Im so upset that I had to put the book down. Now Im thinking, as Im about to get out of the Navy and soon to be living with my parents before I go back to school in August, that it might be a good time to swing by the salesmans office and get his advice on what I might do with my own savings.

My intent would be to then write an editorial in the local city and county paper about financial middlemen with their own best interests in mind, unknowingly at your expense. I would want it to be as scholarly as possible and any questions I asked him I'd want to be as honest as could be.

Tell me if this is a bad idea.

Eviscerate the piece of poo poo but do it in a completely honest and legitimate way.

Magres
Jul 14, 2011

smg77 posted:

This is a real picture hanging in Ben Carson's house:



How has no one talked about how friggin weird Jesus' face is in this picture? Seriously open the picture up big and look at the Jesus face. He looks like a Ferengi

Greatbacon
Apr 9, 2012

by Pragmatica

Mr. Nice! posted:

Eviscerate the piece of poo poo but do it in a completely honest and legitimate way.

People won't pay for it, but good journalism is good journalism.

Boon
Jun 21, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Mr. Nice! posted:

Eviscerate the piece of poo poo but do it in a completely honest and legitimate way.

My thoughts exactly.

It's some months down the road but maybe I'll post about it as it comes about.

Squalid
Nov 4, 2008

Magres posted:

How has no one talked about how friggin weird Jesus' face is in this picture? Seriously open the picture up big and look at the Jesus face. He looks like a Ferengi

It gets talked about every time that picture is posted.

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Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVdU2eVYSg

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