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T. Bombastus
Feb 18, 2013

Dr. Tough posted:

I don't think that ISIL wants people to drop more bombs on them
We've been dropping bombs on ISIL for a minute now, so Saletan must have something else in mind when he says "this period of relative peace and easy libertarianism is coming to an end."

Edit: "aside from the occasional lone-wolf incident—Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, or the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013—you’ve been lucky."
Hmm what could it be about the Ft. Hood shooting that made him call that a "lone-wolf incident" but not Newtown or Aurora or Umpqua or Wal-Mart or

T. Bombastus fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Nov 15, 2015

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stuffed crust punk
Oct 8, 2004

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Joementum posted:

Pete Diamondstone, the revolutionary socialist who wore jorts to that debate and called on the workers at the IBM plant in Burlington to rise up and seize the means of production, is an old friend of Bernie Sanders. They founded the Liberty Union Party together in the 70s. Diamondstone still runs the party and has run for office in 24 straight elections, often for multiple posts. Sanders left the party after Pete accused him of being insufficiently committed to the cause.

But, yes, always watch the Vermont gubernatorial debates. They are fun.



Was he the one who introduced himself as "the proverbial turd in the punch bowl"? A Boston radio station did a bit on one of their debates and it was gold

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

Nonsense posted:

Fired President of Mizzou made the klansman thing up.

Not the President, the Student Body President, who posted this to Facebook and later deleted it.

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
Uh oh, the Louisiana Gubernatorial is getting frothy.

quote:

San­tor­um’s re­cord­ing is a little more unique. This week, the Vit­ter cam­paign sent around links to a story that ap­peared on a loc­al con­ser­vat­ive blog, The Hayride, which por­tends Ed­wards skipped a can­did­ate for­um on Thursday to at­tend a meet and greet at a nightclub. The blog also pos­ted videos a track­er for Amer­ica Rising cap­tured of Ed­wards ar­riv­ing at the club.

On the call, San­tor­um says: “I must ad­mit I am ap­palled. Just last week, a group of Chris­ti­an churches, the Fam­ily For­um, hos­ted a gubernat­ori­al for­um and in­vited both can­did­ates. Only Dav­id Vit­ter at­ten­ded. Demo­crat John Bel Ed­wards can­celled an ap­pear­ance at the state’s pro-life de­bate in fa­vor of at­tend­ing a voter drive held at a risqué adult hip-hop night club in New Or­leans. You just can’t make this stuff up. Please vis­it Hayride.com to see the video foot­age.”

Not sure that's going to provide an effective contrast for Vitter though :shrug:

Devor
Nov 30, 2004
Lurking more.

Joementum posted:

hip-hop night club

My ears feel uncomfortable for some reason, like there's a really loud noise that's just barely outside my range of hearing.

Silly Burrito
Nov 27, 2007

SET A COURSE FOR
THE FLAVOR QUADRANT

Joementum posted:

Uh oh, the Louisiana Gubernatorial is getting frothy.


Not sure that's going to provide an effective contrast for Vitter though :shrug:

I will be glad when the election is over this Saturday. With that said, wasn't The Hayride the blog that Vitter had paid money to in the past?

Combed Thunderclap
Jan 4, 2011



Joementum posted:

Uh oh, the Louisiana Gubernatorial is getting frothy.


Not sure that's going to provide an effective contrast for Vitter though :shrug:

If only this was a video so I could watch Santorum say things like "risqué adult hip-hop night club" or "vulgar sexy boogie-woogie discothèque" or "racy smutty rhythm-and-blues nightspot" or "lewd rude rap dancehall" or

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
This is a triple Drudge Siren Alert: :siren: :siren: :siren:

quote:

"You're willing to run again?" the interviewer asked.

"I'd be willing. That's a good way to put it," Palin said.

Won't you please give her money?

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

zoux posted:


suckin dick
bought this office

Sleeping on your knees sounds awfully uncomfortable.

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Joementum posted:

This is a triple Drudge Siren Alert: :siren: :siren: :siren:


Won't you please give her money?

i kinda hope she isnt bullshiting and she does try to run. i want to see the race go more batshit insane. maybe bachman can run too.

Hollismason
Jun 30, 2007
An alright dude.
God drat imagine Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann all on the same stage in a Debate.

blue squares
Sep 28, 2007

Nintendo Kid posted:

It's correct enough that many people don't care. It is the party of Democrats after all.


No, it isn't. Just looking at my emails from various state and national party or something, and campaigns, I see a ton of use of "Democrat", "Democrats", including "us Democrats" and "as a proud Democrat". One of them calls themselves Democrats.com

Like poo poo, do you really think calling someone "a Democratic" is proper English or something? It straight looks and sounds goofy, and "a democratic supporter" is unwieldy.

I know this is from way back, but who hacked Nintendo Kid's account and made posts supporting things being "correct enough"?

RuanGacho
Jun 20, 2002

"You're gunna break it!"

Hollismason posted:

God drat imagine Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann all on the same stage in a Debate.

Somewhere network executives just felt a wave of euphoria and they arent sure why, but this only gave them a moments pause before they returned to drsgging their beaks across the knotted bones of journalism.

Ah who am I kidding journalism was as real as big foot.

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

[-]
Trump/Palin :mrgw:

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

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

Teflon Don posted:

Trump/Palin :mrgw:

Make America Quit Again.

Excelzior
Jun 24, 2013

Teflon Don posted:

Trump/Palin :mrgw:

Trump/Palin 2016 : I can fire Russia from my house

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
You're fired/I quit 2016

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

JT Jag posted:

What about potatoes, they have eyes

Eyes but no face :gonk:

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Your daily reminder that Democrats are good at campaigning

quote:

A Burnsville DFLer’s campaign for the state House abruptly ended Sunday morning within hours of him posting on social media that ISIS “isn’t necessarily evil” and is “made up of people doing what they think is best for their community.”

The Twitter posting Saturday by Dan Kimmel, coming as the world’s emotions remain raw from Friday’s terror attacks on Paris, brought swift rebuke from others on Twitter. House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, called for Kimmel to give up his campaign.

“I’m folding up the campaign tent,” Kimmel told the Star Tribune. He later issued a written apology and called his tweet “stupid,” adding that it’s probably best for him to “shut up” for the time being.

Kimmel said in the interview that the posting “was not interpreted as I intended. It was so badly misinterpreted.” He added that he was dropping out of the race “to remove the ick” from his party.

On Saturday, Kimmel wrote on Twitter: “ISIS isn’t necessarily evil. It is made up of people doing what they think is best for their community. Violence is not the answer, though.”

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Hollismason posted:

God drat imagine Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann all on the same stage in a Debate.

I'd die a euphoric death covered in booze, vomit, and cum.

Guy Montag
Jun 24, 2005

DemeaninDemon posted:

I'd die a euphoric death covered in booze, vomit, and cum.

Which network do you work for?

Defenestration
Aug 10, 2006

"It wasn't my fault that my first unconscious thought turned out to be-"
"Jesus, kid, what?"
"That something smelled delicious!"


Grimey Drawer

Hollismason posted:

God drat imagine Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann all on the same stage in a Debate.
I'm imagining one of those dada plays where people run around saying random words and acting like chickens.

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice
Trump I think is the reincarnation of General Patton. "Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser." Is very on the nose.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Devor posted:

My ears feel uncomfortable for some reason, like there's a really loud noise that's just barely outside my range of hearing.

Is there any other kind of nightclub?

Please note: I automatically include any club or artist that uses the Amen Break, soo basically 95% of modern music since the 2000s.

Justus
Apr 18, 2006

...

Combed Thunderclap posted:

If only this was a video so I could watch Santorum say things like "risqué adult hip-hop night club" or "vulgar sexy boogie-woogie discothèque" or "racy smutty rhythm-and-blues nightspot" or "lewd rude rap dancehall" or

It's true. Santorum usually only gets caught on video half-heartedly mumbling outright epithets. He doesn't really gently caress with dogwhistles, does he?

Blah people
Government nig...uhhh...

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

what exactly did he hope it would be interpreted as? i mean i think alot of the rank and file fighters are probably dumb disenfranchised kids who are brainwashed into believing bullshit by some old fuckers who arnt willing to put their own necks on the line, but thats as far as i would go with sympathy. i mean i get dehumanizing enemies is bad, but its loving ISIS, they did that to themselves.

Dapper_Swindler fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Nov 15, 2015

Big Hubris
Mar 8, 2011


Broken Box posted:

Maybe these no good, ungrateful, not constantly afraid of terrorism millennials need some sort system to let them know threatened they should feel by terrorists. Maybe color code it and tell them how terrified we should be with broad and meaningless 'levels' of implied danger to help stoke a spiraling persecution complex and feverish, revenge filled fantasies. Then they can be less concerned with 'unnecessary surveillance' and 'civil liberties' and can start focusing on the real issue: how we are hated for our freedoms.

Why do I miss the Bush years suddenly

what the gently caress

Trabisnikof
Dec 24, 2005

Dapper_Swindler posted:

what exactly did he hope it would be interpreted as? i mean i think alot of the rank and file fighters are probably dumb disenfranchised kids who are brainwashed into believing bullshit by some old fuckers who arnt willing to put their own necks on the line, but thats as far as i would go with sympathy. i mean i get dehumanizing enemies is bad, but its loving ISIS, they did that to themselves.

He was right that often those we describe as "monsters" aren't as monstrous from their perspective.

Also, the more we play the "ISIS is just crazzzy evil bad there's no understanding" the farther away we get from being able to understand and predict their actions.

The brutal murders and destruction of history isn't just because ISIS is "evil" it has a purpose within the global conflict and by downplaying that purpose we strengthen their hand.

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Trabisnikof posted:

He was right that often those we describe as "monsters" aren't as monstrous from their perspective.

Also, the more we play the "ISIS is just crazzzy evil bad there's no understanding" the farther away we get from being able to understand and predict their actions.

The brutal murders and destruction of history isn't just because ISIS is "evil" it has a purpose within the global conflict and by downplaying that purpose we strengthen their hand.

agreed. but then again everyone thinks they are the good guy and ISIS is an evolution of all kinds of awful poo poo in the middle east. buts a stupid thing to try to push on twitter right after a event like this.

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc

Joementum posted:

I recommend people watch the truly great Errol Morris documentary Mr. Death about the guy who developed the three stage injection system. He then branched out and started designing gas chambers, leading him to take a few trips to Poland where he decided the holocaust never happened because the chambers he saw were too shoddy.

I can confirm that it's a terrific film. He was a very conflicted individual.

Boon
Jun 21, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Dapper_Swindler posted:

agreed. but then again everyone thinks they are the good guy and ISIS is an evolution of all kinds of awful poo poo in the middle east. buts a stupid thing to try to push on twitter right after a event like this.

Here, this is the correct opinion for anyone even tangentially related to a politician.

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Boon posted:

Here, this is the correct opinion for anyone even tangentially related to a politician.

true.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Boon posted:

Here, this is the correct opinion for anyone even tangentially related to a politician.

Thankfully Trump isn't a politician.

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

DemeaninDemon posted:

Thankfully Trump isn't a politician.

well so far all of there responses have been "MORE GUNS' and no refugees at all. unless you count JEB!, he is fine with taking the christian ones. I mean i can understand vetting refugees and stuff. but taking none at all is insanity.

CuckEverlasting
Nov 12, 2015

by zen death robot
Do we have a thread here in d&d about the university stuff or is it not allowed?

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

It won't be allowed by the forces of gibbis who will invade it and ruin it but other than that

BetterToRuleInHell
Jul 2, 2007

Touch my mask top
Get the chop chop
I haven't seen it reported here in USPol yet (or may have missed it), but the recent Democratic debate pulled around 8.5 million viewers, which I believe is the smallest number of any debate so far (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Also, a moderator of the debate met with each campaign beforehand that day to talk about the questions he'd be asking, due to the news of the Paris terrorist attack, which sounds like a weird thing for a moderator to do. Has any previous debate had moderator(s) discuss topics to the campaigns beforehand?

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good

BetterToRuleInHell posted:

I haven't seen it reported here in USPol yet (or may have missed it), but the recent Democratic debate pulled around 8.5 million viewers, which I believe is the smallest number of any debate so far (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Also, a moderator of the debate met with each campaign beforehand that day to talk about the questions he'd be asking, due to the news of the Paris terrorist attack, which sounds like a weird thing for a moderator to do. Has any previous debate had moderator(s) discuss topics to the campaigns beforehand?

The debate was originally scheduled to be focused on domestic issues, the late breaking news forced a last minute switch to include some foreign policy. Apparently Bernie's campaign was upset about it.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Luigi Thirty posted:

It won't be allowed by the forces of gibbis who will invade it and ruin it but other than that

Gbs might not be evil. Maybe it is just misunderstood.

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smg77
Apr 27, 2007
The low ratings aren't that surprising considering that the Democratic primary is boring (unless you're a Bernie Bro who still thinks Sanders has a chance) and it was on a Saturday night when nobody is watching TV.

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