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Lycus posted:Unfortunately, my hobby is caring a lot about politics. I'd probably be happier carving poo poo out of wood or whatever, but here I am. Keeping yourself suspended in a state of constant panic isn't caring about politics, that's just being cray cray. I think Trump would make a great president since he has alot of experience being the president already. It's businessmen that run this country isn't it, so why not just skip all the pretenses?
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I will only care about politics when Donald Trump forces me to carry an ID card as an anime watcher.
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Matoi Ryuko posted:Keeping yourself suspended in a state of constant panic isn't caring about politics, that's just being cray cray. I think Trump would make a great president since he has alot of experience being the president already. It's businessmen that run this country isn't it, so why not just skip all the pretenses? I think you'll find that most businessmen are not only quite terrible at governance, but also that every business man the GOP has put forth has been a terrible one. Trump is probably the best of the lot and he was born into hundreds of millions of dollars and a name that had a lot of credit and he still had to abuse loopholes like a snake man gullah jack posted:I will only care about politics when Donald Trump forces me to carry an ID card as an anime watcher. But if you wait until then, there will be nobody left to speak for you
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Epic High Five posted:I think you'll find that most businessmen are not only quite terrible at governance, but also that every business man the GOP has put forth has been a terrible one. Trump is probably the best of the lot and he was born into hundreds of millions of dollars and a name that had a lot of credit and he still had to abuse loopholes like a snake man Abusing loopholes like a snake man is top tier bureaucratic education, isn't it?
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Matoi Ryuko posted:Abusing loopholes like a snake man is top tier bureaucratic education, isn't it? It's more likely to get you rich, but it's not necessarily a good tactic if you're concerned about things like your legacy or not spending your twilight years in prison. Trump hasn't flipped any of THOSE cards though (afaik) so it doesn't apply but you'd be surprised at how many business people are interested overwhelmingly in doing the right thing. The real evil in the world is shareholders
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Mitt Romney posted:I think both sides would gain equally from supporter consolidation but Trump is a hugely flawed general election candidate. If he won the nomination I think we might see a wave election approaching 8%+ giving the senate and house back to the Democratic party. Senate probably, House not likely.
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gullah jack posted:I will only care about politics when Donald Trump forces me to carry an ID card as an anime watcher. The anime fans will like it because Trump will give them Pokemon gym badges.
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Glad someone thinks this song is still relevant. It's a bit of a creeper, though.
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Lycus posted:The anime fans will like it because Trump will give them Pokemon gym badges. Well you've just sold me.
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comes along bort posted:Senate probably, House not likely. An 8%+ democratic vote margin is the threshold to flip the house. Lower for the Senate.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Oh man this Thanksgiving is going to be excruciating for you people, won't it. If it ever feels bad we can always just check in on how the Freepers are doing. This is always a rough season for them
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gradenko_2000 posted:Oh man this Thanksgiving is going to be excruciating for you people, won't it. I'm just gonna hang out with my nephew while he plays Minecraft. Lycus fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Nov 20, 2015 |
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Lycus posted:The anime fans will like it because Trump will give them Pokemon gym badges. There's a Pokemon gym called Sex Offender? e: wait, poo poo, I watch anime. Skewered by my own joke.
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Chantilly Say posted:I missed it, what's the thread title? 
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Mitt Romney posted:An 8%+ democratic vote margin is the threshold to flip the house. Lower for the Senate. Even with Trump on the ticket the overall downticket margin won't be that high across the board.
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Is there a large enough chunk of the US population that don't want to get called for jury duty; that they would choose to not vote? I'm really just curious if there have been any studies of that and whether it truly acts as a chilling effect or is just a lazy excuse.
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the_paradigm_shift posted:Is there a large enough chunk of the US population that don't want to get called for jury duty; that they would choose to not vote? I'm really just curious if there have been any studies of that and whether it truly acts as a chilling effect or is just a lazy excuse.
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Epic High Five posted:It's more likely to get you rich, but it's not necessarily a good tactic if you're concerned about things like your legacy or not spending your twilight years in prison. Trump hasn't flipped any of THOSE cards though (afaik) so it doesn't apply but you'd be surprised at how many business people are interested overwhelmingly in doing the right thing. The real evil in the world is shareholders Welllllll... Trump has a legacy of possible fraud cases to his name regarding some of his projects and buildings.
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Inferior Third Season posted:I'm pretty sure that filing taxes or getting a drivers license are enough to get you put into the jury pool system. Not registering to vote doesn't keep you from getting called for jury duty. You're right, the county at least just goes by DMV database. Why the gently caress was I always told it was registering to vote?
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Man, there was some grade A false equivalency going on Morning Joe today courtesy of Joe, Chuck Todd and Ron Fournier: "This was a terrible week for American leadership. You have Republicans arguing that saying we should start registering muslims on a data base as if we were in some Orwellian hellscape, and on the other end we have President Obama criticizing Republicans for suggesting such things!"
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the_paradigm_shift posted:You're right, the county at least just goes by DMV database. Why the gently caress was I always told it was registering to vote? Uh to make you not want to register? So you wouldn't vote? Voter suppression doesn't have to be based on anything true...
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the_paradigm_shift posted:You're right, the county at least just goes by DMV database. Why the gently caress was I always told it was registering to vote? Probably because the most common way (at least that I can tell) of registering to vote is by going to the DMV while you're getting your license or whatever.
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I've never been called to jury duty, which is sad since I'd probably enjoy it. Well, before I get immediately purged for not being for the death penalty or something.
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Tiler Kiwi posted:I've never been called to jury duty, which is sad since I'd probably enjoy it. Same, and same. Which is probably why I never questioned how they choose who to subpoena in the first place.
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Jonathan Pollard is free.
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McDowell posted:Jonathan Pollard is free. But not free to go to Israel 
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Yeah, "go back". How many times had he visited here in his life? e: oh yeah, the Knesset is working out a law that'll provide Pollard with a house and money for the rest of his life. meanwhile Israelis suffer from rising prices for houses and apartments, both to buy or rent Zanzibar Ham fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Nov 20, 2015 |
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fade5 posted:Best (or worst) part of that:
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Yeah, "go back". How many times had he visited here in his life? Crime has paid in Israel for a long time, usually it's property crimes and ethnic cleansing for building development though.
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Optimus Subprime posted:I also get this feeling every time I'm reminded about her domestic policy history. I don't like healthcare either.
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computer parts posted:I don't like healthcare either. But but but what about those things Bill did
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Optimus Subprime posted:Every time Hillary talks about foreign policy, I feel worse about knowing that I will inevitably vote for her in the GE. Hillary is hawkish, but so is Obama and I don't think she'd be very much different. Also, her domestic record is pretty good if you take her stance on regulating the financial sector out of the picture. A President Trump honestly "scares" me less than any other of the GOP candidates. At least Trump isn't beholden to establishment policy. That said, Hillary is basically an out of the park matchup against anything Trump advocates (except beholden to Wall Street interests).
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Boon posted:Hillary is hawkish, but so is Obama and I don't think she'd be very much different. Trump is openly advocating for a Muslim database so I guess yeah you're right he isn't beholden to establishment policy
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Optimus Subprime posted:Every time Hillary talks about foreign policy, I feel worse about knowing that I will inevitably vote for her in the GE. This but about everything.
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