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Doctor Butts posted:what is stopping congress from working I am not sure, but I think it's mostly the people in it. 
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RuanGacho posted:Just tax everyone at 99% except the rich and complete the dark enlightenment. OK, I'm pulling this thread out of its tailspin with some choice new Trollbama quotes. quote:Which Game of Thrones character is Donald Trump? There are also apparently more executive actions to come on gun control. The interview's still a little depressing, since it's a retrospective on the Obama presidency and the difficulties it's had getting things done and moving quickly, but Obama always gives interesting interview.
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McConnell has pledged that an ACA repeal reconciliation bill with planned parenthood defunding will be on the senate floor after thanksgiving. Reminder that the parliamentarian has said reconciliation is a no go
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The Benghazi committee has figured out who was to blame for their hearing with Hillary lasting 11 hours. You get one guess.Rep. Lynn Westmoreland posted:“Now to me, that was us stepping in a trap because we should have known that she was going to go on and just stall, debate, filibuster, on these answers to make it go as long as possible, so we would look cruel. You know, a lot of people have said, ‘she did great, you know, no harm, she did really good, she handled the committee.’ I don’t know where in the world you can be proven a liar on national TV and think you had a good week, but they think that is having a good week, that she was caught in a lie.” He also says that the committee will be taking a "research" trip to Germany and Italy next week. It's hard work, but they're willing to go to the ends of the five star hotel list to find the truth, dammit!
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Minnesota's Gov: Minnesotans who can't accept immigrants 'should find another state' quote:If you are that intolerant, if you are that much of a racist or a bigot, then find another state. Find a state where the minority population is 1 percent or whatever. It's not that in Minnesota. It's not going to be again. It's not going to be that in St. Cloud, or Rochester or Worthington
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Minnesota's Gov: Continuing the fine American tradition of forcing off their lands anyone who doesn't like the new comers, God bless.
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Greg Abbott just released a statement saying that he won't permit Minnesotans to enter Texas.
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zoux posted:Greg Abbott just released a statement saying that he won't permit Minnesotans to enter Texas. What the gently caress? Is this high school?
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zoux posted:Greg Abbott just released a statement saying that he won't permit Minnesotans to enter Texas. Good. gently caress Texas.
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zoux posted:Greg Abbott just released a statement saying that he won't permit Minnesotans to enter Texas. Fine by all the Minnesotan's I know, as long as we can ban all Texas drivers from entering Minnesota!  Raerlynn posted:What the gently caress? Is this high school? It's a joke!
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Raerlynn posted:What the gently caress? Is this high school? Reminds me of the scene from Hunt for the Red October, where the officer is so excited about being able to move to Montana after the defect, because it is America, where there are no internal passport controls!
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Minnesota's Gov: Hopefully, this acceptance includes Texans too.
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Here's the DNC's 2014 post-mortem report.
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Raerlynn posted:What the gently caress? Is this high school? Pretty sure he's joking. Emphasis on the pretty.
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zoux posted:Greg Abbott just released a statement saying that he won't permit Minnesotans to enter Texas. That is actually pretty funny.
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zoux posted:Greg Abbott just released a statement saying that he won't permit Minnesotans to enter Texas.
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It's a joke, from me.
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JT Jag posted:This is likely in response to the governor of Minnesota saying he'd ban anyone involved with the Herschel Walker trade from the state if he could. Whether it's a joke in response or a failure at understanding context on Abbot's part, I don't know. The Herschel Walker trade quote was from State Rep Pat Garofalo.
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I've figured out why I can't take Debbie Wasserman-Schultz too seriously, and it's because she looks, sounds, and has the name of one of those moms who takes iron fist command of the PTA and does it all "for the kids" even though it's just an extension of her wanting to be a popular girl in high school. I'm aware that this is completely my fault, but when I hear the name Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, that's immediately what I think of.
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Erick, son of Erick, is sad that he won't see the new Star Wars movie in theaters because Obama can't keep them safe.  quote:
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Joementum posted:Erick, son of Erick, is sad that he won't see the new Star Wars movie in theaters because Obama can't keep them safe. "Hmmm, Star Wars looks like it's trending. I know what I'll do..."
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Dubstep Jesus posted:Pretty sure he's joking. Emphasis on the pretty. What does it say about Texas that that's actually plausible at this point? >.>
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Luigi Thirty posted:She hasn't flipped, she says she has "another solution" funded by general revenue instead of a (0.2%) payroll tax but hasn't given any details. Right, she's just using a different approach for funding, not flipping on the policy itself.
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Joementum posted:The Benghazi committee has figured out who was to blame for their hearing with Hillary lasting 11 hours. You get one guess. thats a good onion article
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Quote of the day, “There’s millions of Americans out there, qualified, ready, willing and able…I really don’t think it’s me being asked, but as I say, if I were asked, I’d do it.” ~ Sarah Palin, on whether she would consider running for VP again.
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Mirthless posted:Okie reporting in. Oh, also, I was born in Michigan and lived there until I was 22. The MS Penii make this.
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ayn rand hand job posted:thats a good onion article https://twitter.com/owillis/status/666698118369574912 posted:Oliver Willis @owillis 50m50 minutes ago
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Joementum posted:Quote of the day, “There’s millions of Americans out there, qualified, ready, willing and able…I really don’t think it’s me being asked, but as I say, if I were asked, I’d do it.” ~ Sarah Palin, on whether she would consider running for VP again.
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http://www.gq.com/story/president-obama-bill-simmons-interview-gq-men-of-the-yearquote:Bill Simmons: Not as a public figure. What’s your guiltiest-pleasure TV show? Don’t say Game of Thrones, because that’s a good show.
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Joementum posted:Quote of the day, “There’s millions of Americans out there, qualified, ready, willing and able…I really don’t think it’s me being asked, but as I say, if I were asked, I’d do it.” ~ Sarah Palin, on whether she would consider running for VP again. Wrong. This is the Quote of the day: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/us/politics/ben-carson-is-struggling-to-grasp-foreign-policy-advisers-say.html quote:“Nobody has been able to sit down with him and have him get one iota of intelligent information about the Middle East,” Duane R. Clarridge, a top adviser to Mr. Carson on terrorism and national security, said in an interview. He also said Mr. Carson needed weekly conference calls briefing him on foreign policy so “we can make him smart.”
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Radish posted:If Hillary loses I wonder who the scapegoat will be. Bernie Bros
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Joementum posted:Erick, son of Erick, is sad that he won't see the new Star Wars movie in theaters because Obama can't keep them safe. *Obama single-handedly bypasses Congress and forces in place a law that puts metal detectors at all US movie theaters* 
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Indiana GOP finally came out with a new "religious liberty protection" law. Reading through it now, so far the biggest thing I've noticed without needing to ask a lawyer for clarification is that holy poo poo this thing is terrible to transgender people. Like even by the standards of other laws being mean, holy gently caress. If you are trans and are discriminated against, you need to live as a different gender for a year or get a medical opinion before you can file a complaint. Obviously, time limitation is going to pop for many before they can be filed. And if you file and the limitation pops before the year, you get hit with a $1000 penalty for "frivolous" discrimination complaints. That is in top of how difficult it is to win complaints in this state period.
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quote:He also said Mr. Carson needed weekly conference calls briefing him on foreign policy so “we can make him smart.” To be a fly on that wall
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General takeaway from breezing through the 20 pages 1) I need a lawyer to break down where the problems are; just like how the biggest land mine in the last was how they defined "person" and "corporation" and radically extended the ability to discriminate through technical means. I HIGHLY suspect that any other things here I post are underselling it on how bad it is because of the GOPs track record on this poo poo, I'm probably gonna read something as ok but there will be some catch nullifying it. This is further added because they are screaming "don't pick it apart" and "don't cherry pick it" so there has to be something terrible in it. 2) sexual orientation and gender is added to state civil rights laws. 3) this voids local rights laws 4) includes public accommodation but has exceptions for marriage services 5) some provisions that "provide protections" for churches and religious affiliated institutions like public universities. Initial thought is Notre Dame, but I expect there is some crap here I'm not understanding 6) marriage exceptions apply to businesses with "fewer than 4 employees". Initial thought is you can handle that real easy with some paperwork to squeeze under the qualifier. 7) this is from the senate, house and pence still have said nothing 8) schools, businesses and others get to determine their own policies regarding bathrooms without other rules and regulations applying 9) said rules or policies for sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity can't be considered discriminatory under the bill Fried Chicken fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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JT Jag posted:Jihadist terror in the Middle East will never end as long as they have consistent sources of income. Sunni terrorists are the most prevalent and dangerous, and they are bankrolled by the Persian Gulf petrostates. Any intervention will be futile until this arrangement ends. IMO Israel Palestine is the actual cause of the Arab states being hosed. And Israel Palestine will never be solved because the US will never end its unilateral support for Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing. The gulf states are an important source of funding for Wahhabists, but they're not the actual political impetus for Wahhabism being a thing
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Is there a meaningful (read:practical) distinction between Wahabism and Salafism?
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Joementum posted:Erick, son of Erick, is sad that he won't see the new Star Wars movie in theaters because Obama can't keep them safe. That shitbag probably had a lot less to say about Holmes, I assume?
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Joementum posted:Erick, son of Erick, is sad that he won't see the new Star Wars movie in theaters because Obama can't keep them safe. Reaction to some Syrians being somewhere in the country, probably: NOTHING IS SAFE ANYMORE 
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zoux posted:Is there a meaningful (read:practical) distinction between Wahabism and Salafism? not that I'm aware of. i think Wahhabism is a stricter concept referring to the teachings of a guy named al-Wahhab, and Salafism is fundamentalist political Islam in general
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