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Hieronymous Alloy posted:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/nyregion/11th-hour-detour-puts-family-in-connecticut-as-indiana-bars-syrian-refugees.html?_r=0 I'd say that Mike Pence actually did those people a favor.
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While half of America is trembling in fear of the thought of toddling Syrian refugees taking over good Christian preschools, here's how the country where the attacks actually happened is dealing with it. quote:
I don't ever want to hear another American make fun of the French for being cowards.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:19
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Obama calling them out as being scared of questions and toddlers was pretty apropos.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:21
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We have 6800 abandoned homes here in Indianapolis. Split it between homeless vets (who we also have a huge amount of) and refugees. 3 birds, 1 stone Oh wait, this is Indiana.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:23
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So how long before we cycle around to Donald Segretti-esque ratfucking again?
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Nov 18, 2015 16:24
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Radish posted:Obama calling them out as being scared of questions and toddlers was pretty apropos. Meanwhile, Mother Jones is concerned that we look weak on defense for not calling them loving idiots and mocking them.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:30
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Electric Bugaloo posted:I'd say that Mike Pence actually did those people a favor. Agreed, at least they can get some kickass pizza in new haven
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Nov 18, 2015 16:41
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Meanwhile, Mother Jones is concerned that we look weak on defense for not calling them loving idiots and mocking them. I'm really exhausted of good normal Republicans allowing these poo poo heads to control their party because of a pet gun or tax issue. We complain that left leaning voters always eat their own but supposedly reasonable Republicans remain quiet while members of their own party call for a billion Muslims to take responsibility for ISIS. gently caress it I'm done being nice.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:44
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There's no such thing as a normal good Republicans.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:47
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zoux posted:While half of America is trembling in fear of the thought of toddling Syrian refugees taking over good Christian preschools, here's how the country where the attacks actually happened is dealing with it. I want this rubbed in the face of every governor, every armchair pearl clutcher, every presidential candidate who took free shots over this. The country that was actually attacked is accepting triple what we are. This entire debacle makes me so loving angry. This was a test of character for America. And we failed it miserably.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:53
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Fried Chicken posted:We have 6800 abandoned homes here in Indianapolis. Split it between homeless vets (who we also have a huge amount of) and refugees. 3 birds, 1 stone Hell, just give them Detroit.
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I dunno. Our President had choice words to say about people being lovely to the refugees and a lot of Governors are committed to still taking them in. I don't think it's something the country as a whole has failed but the "I'm so scared I need my precious AR to protect me from hordes of The Others  " people certainly did. Apparently even the Evangelical Christians are unhappy with the tone of gently caress Refuges.
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Nov 18, 2015 16:58
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Meanwhile, Mother Jones is concerned that we look weak on defense for not calling them loving idiots and mocking them. I'm doing my part.
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Raerlynn posted:I want this rubbed in the face of every governor, every armchair pearl clutcher, every presidential candidate who took free shots over this. The country that was actually attacked is accepting triple what we are. This entire debacle makes me so loving angry. Excuse me, but if we don't drop everything we're doing and change our entire way of life and kill every Muslim in a knee-jerk reaction, the terrorists win. 
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Radish posted:I dunno. Our President had choice words to say about people being lovely to the refugees and a lot of Governors are committed to still taking them in. I don't think it's something the country as a whole has failed but the "I'm so scared I need my precious AR to protect me from hordes of The Others
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Excuse me, but if we don't drop everything we're doing and change our entire way of life and kill every Muslim in a knee-jerk reaction, the terrorists win. Ah yes. Forgot, America. The character can be described as "more dakka".
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If you were upset that you missed the most hateful, ignorant and xenophobic public rhetoric against black people during the Jim Crow era, have we got a deal for you!
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From a purely political standpoint, doesn't taking in refugees make an assload of sense? Even if you're a republican, you can take them and split them between districts and then come 2020, you've got a lot more people in your state allowing a shift in EVs. Add in some gerrymandering and you've got another 1 or 2 people in the House without much effort on your part.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:03
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Raerlynn posted:This was a test of character for America. And we failed it miserably.
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Grey Fox posted:Unhappy enough not to vote for the assholes, though? I doubt it. I thought that Evangelicals were actually the type to stay home if they weren't specifically pandered to. I'm not sure if this would be enough to do it but at least they are expressing something positive for once.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:05
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Riptor posted:Agreed, at least they can get some kickass pizza in new haven And they can even be gay while eating it.
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AmiYumi posted:If you wanna feel really bad, try to think of the last time America passed a test of character. And let me know, because I can't come up with anything right now. Well refusing to bid for future World Cups is a good start...
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RevKrule posted:From a purely political standpoint, doesn't taking in refugees make an assload of sense? Even if you're a republican, you can take them and split them between districts and then come 2020, you've got a lot more people in your state allowing a shift in EVs. Add in some gerrymandering and you've got another 1 or 2 people in the House without much effort on your part. From a purely political standpoint: immigrants and the children of immigrants don't vote Republican.
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Hollismason posted:There's no such thing as a normal good Republicans. And this is the real problem. You should not feel constantly at war with ones neighbors. If the election doesn't go my way, the outcome should be acceptable even if it isn't optimal. Not everything should be some political battlefield where it is a war to the knife. Instead we are at the point where one party is advocating secret prisons, indefinite detention, torture, mass racial targeting, en-mass racial deportation, religious supremacy, lowering wages, pervasive surveillance, where every realm of culture is now some battle in a war against the literal Nazi concept of "cultural Marxism", and they are pushing all sorts of in group supremacist laws, be it for sexual orientation, race, or gender. It's one side completely off the drat rails. There isn't anything any democrat is pushing that is anywhere near what the moderate mainstream republicans are pushing. Look at the democratic extremists: Sanders is an extremist for wanting to hike the top tax rate less than 10%to pay for college and family leave and to drop the enrollment barriers to existing programs. TNC is an extremist for wanting enforcement of anti-housing discrimination laws and a jobs program. That's how far it goes in the left. Things have amped so much that you can't sit back anymore without being complacent in villainous poo poo. And there aren't any places to relax in between working against it because everything is some sort of drat "war on" these days, from my terrible nerd poo poo books to my morning coffee to my going to the movie theatre. This isn't a sustainable life, and it's because one side is so broken you can't even parse it simply in words.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:08
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 Fite me irl, says man aspiring to nation's highest office.
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AmiYumi posted:If you wanna feel really bad, try to think of the last time America passed a test of character. And let me know, because I can't come up with anything right now. Cuban Missile Crisis? Anyone wanna bid higher? Although my understanding is that JFK basically went around most of his advisers and had to keep the deal secret from the American public so even that might not count.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:16
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Last year the value of all civil asset forfeiture was greater than the value of all burglaries in the US
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zoux posted:
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Alter Ego posted:So how long before we cycle around to Donald Segretti-esque ratfucking again? I'm not entirely sure it ever really stopped. I think we've just been lucky that Republicans of the last 15 to 20 years are thankfully not as talented as Richard Nixon or Reagan
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Nov 18, 2015 17:17
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zoux posted:
The base will LOVE this. If Cruz literally punched Obama in the face, he would be polling at 98% the next day in the primary.
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zoux posted:
The GOP is full of men with the literal maturity of a middle-schooler on the Internet. And their constituents eat this poo poo up because they too never matured beyond the age of 12. This is so sad it's funny, honestly. Edit: mcmagic posted:The base will LOVE this. If Cruz literally punched Obama in the face, he would be polling at 98% the next day in the primary. Watching Cruz try to punch Obama, resulting in him having his head crushed in by a very large Secret Service agent before being tossed in a federal prison to rot for the next 20 years would be the greatest thing I'd see in my life, and I would play the video each night as my favorite bedtime story. 
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Nov 18, 2015 17:18
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zoux posted:
I say Obama should do this. He's in better shape and has longer reach, I think he could take Cruz
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Nov 18, 2015 17:20
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Hollismason posted:There's no such thing as a normal good Republicans. George W Bush
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Nov 18, 2015 17:22
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Fried Chicken posted:I say Obama should do this. He's in better shape and has longer reach, I think he could take Cruz Rafael couldn't handle a portly asian staffer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgHgQ-ippPA
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Nov 18, 2015 17:22
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I don't think you're allowed to challenge the POTUS to a duel Mr. Cruz.
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Nov 18, 2015 17:23
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Fried Chicken posted:I say Obama should do this. He's in better shape and has longer reach, I think he could take Cruz Dunno, judging from the pictures of him Cruz might be too slippery to get in a headlock.
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Oh and Trump is now calling for the GOP to shutdown the government over refugees. if they don't do it, he captures the base's anger and racism If they do it and lose (which they will) he can argue he would have gotten a better deal and capture the base's anger and racism If they do it and win (not gonna happen) he gets acclaim for it (though here Cruz et al join in) He really gets this group
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Ripoff posted:The GOP is full of men with the literal maturity of a middle-schooler on the Internet. And their constituents eat this poo poo up because they too never matured beyond the age of 12. It's not sad, it's just funny. 
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Nov 18, 2015 17:25
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zoux posted:I don't think you're allowed to challenge POTUS to a duel Mr. Cruz. Christie could. Everything is legal in New Jersey. Careful how you proceed good man, intemperate indeed, good man, answer to the accusations I lay at your feet or prepare to bleed, good man. I am have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - T.Cruz
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Imagine a Cruz rally interrupted by the President's limo rolling up through the crowd, Hail to the Chief blaring from a black SUV following it. "By Gawd, that's Obama's music!"
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