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Shifty Pony posted:Reddit's userbase is in general obsessed with being contrarian and showing how much smarter they are than the powers that be. They are also smaller than tumblr. You just hear about Reddit more because you are their demographic.
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blue squares posted:I'm all for mandatory gay marriage, but federal erasure of "marriage" as a legal term would be fine with me too, as long as every civil union was equal and could not be fringed upon "Marriage" as a legal concept involves numerous protections for both parties, including the right of divorce. The laws are already in place nationwide using that language - it makes a hell of a lot more sense to accept that it applies to everyone than it does to rewrite all the books to say "civil union."
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thanks, obamaquote:According to the Associated Press, Iran has announced, via state television, the release of 4 Iranian-American prisoners. The semi-official Fars News Agency reports that Jason Rezaian, a reporter for the Washington Post, is among them.
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Jan 16, 2016 16:03
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We should have gone to war with Iran when they captured those sailors. That would have been the prudent course of action. Now we'll never get the chance!
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Jan 16, 2016 16:04
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Have we talked about Bayghazi? Gawker had a nice write-up on it:quote:Even the slain ambassador, Chris Stevens, is given pretty short shrift. He comes to Benghazi with a pretty face and high ideals—a “true believer.” He gives the annex a corny pep talk about bringing Democratic values to Libya, while a warrior nods off in the background. He’s a victim and we mourn his passing, sure, but he just doesn’t get it. As proof of his vanity, his consular residence contains a framed picture of himself being interviewed on TV. We see it shortly before he is killed. http://gawker.com/i-watched-michael-bays-benghazi-movie-at-cowboys-stadiu-1753238965 The writer interviews a bunch of people, and many of them are  at Hillary, presumably for edit: Also, apparently there's zero mention of either Obama or Killary throughout the entire movie. Somewhat surprising.
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Isn't one of the 4 prisoners being released the American pastor that the right wing evangelical conservatives been clamoring about to be released? The one that they complained about because we made the deal and he was still prisoner? If so, I wonder what their response will be. Probably ignore Obama's administration involvement completely or to complain about how he should have been released a log time ago.
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Jan 16, 2016 16:21
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A Man With A Plan posted:I greatly look forward to having dinner with Jeb, as well as half that dude in the background. For god's sake they couldn't even get actual people to sit at a table with him. e: oh it's just a post, I thought it was a photoshop LOL
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Jan 16, 2016 16:29
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SedanChair posted:For god's sake they couldn't even get actual people to sit at a table with him. Damm you've got a point, I did think it was a photoshop  Re: the prisoners, that's incredibly good. It's one of the major remaining diplomatic hang-ups with Iran, and Kerry/Obama came under fire for not making it a precondition of the nuclear deal.
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Jan 16, 2016 16:38
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A Man With A Plan posted:I greatly look forward to having dinner with Jeb, as well as half that dude in the background. I can't stop equating him to that nearly flat diet coke or whatever in front of him. Just imagine what it must be like to be jeb!s pr team - you just keep jamming that loving straw in the drink but it just keeps rising back to the top of the glass to float there all sideways and dumb because of a complete lack of substance
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I think Iran have just discovered a weapon more powerful than a million nukes, one guaranteed to cause half the US to poo poo it self. And that weapon is.....helping Obama's government with little things. Think about it. Declare a fatwah or incite an angry mob to burn a US flag, no one gives a poo poo. Do something HELPFUL to the US, and the right wing froth at the mouth hating the US GOVERNMENT. Watch Iran do some more little gestures over the next few months.
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Jan 16, 2016 16:46
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Watching JEB! drowning in a mud puddle has really been a bright spot in this election season.
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happyhippy posted:I think Iran have just discovered a weapon more powerful than a million nukes, one guaranteed to cause half the US to poo poo it self. It's not even that complicated. Iran has wanted the removal of international economic sanctions against them. The Obama administration, instead of calling them the "Axis of Evil" and refusing to talk, traded the lifting of sanctions for an inspections regime and return of hostages. This is either diplomacy working as it should or an intolerable capitulation of American power, depending on your point of view.
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Joementum posted:It's not even that complicated. Iran has wanted the removal of international economic sanctions against them. The Obama administration, instead of calling them the "Axis of Evil" and refusing to talk, traded the lifting of sanctions for an inspections regime and return of hostages. This is either diplomacy working as it should or an intolerable capitulation of American power, depending on your point of view. I'm beginning to think we're never going to get in another land war, again. Obama has emasculated America!
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Feral Integral posted:I can't stop equating him to that nearly flat diet coke or whatever in front of him. Just imagine what it must be like to be jeb!s pr team - you just keep jamming that loving straw in the drink but it just keeps rising back to the top of the glass to float there all sideways and dumb because of a complete lack of substance Somebody should really track down the cool couple in that photo and ask them what they think of Jeb.
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Joementum posted:We should have gone to war with Iran when they captured those sailors. That would have been the prudent course of action. Now we'll never get the chance! Lindsey Graham was our last hope...
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Nichael posted:
Demographically, it's nothing new whatsoever. Any time you read something that days "young people more liberal than old people" what you're actually reading is "young people less white than old people." reddit is just very, very white.
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Lotka Volterra posted:I'm beginning to think we're never going to get in another land war, again. Obama has emasculated America! WATCH OBAMA STOP A loving WAR bird cooch posted:Watching JEB! drowning in a mud puddle has really been a bright spot in this election season. It really has been a beautiful cycle so far. 2 years ago I'd have said of course Jeb will be nominee, against Hillary, who else could it possibly be? And then Trump walks in.  The political theatre has been immense.
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Lotka Volterra posted:I'm beginning to think we're never going to get in another land war, again. Obama has emasculated America! I miss the days when US troops were getting electrocuted by their own showers and taxpayers getting charged $25 to ship a case of coca-cola to are troops.
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Ronald Reagan never would have accepted a hostage release like this. 
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See, I am loving telling you. Someone in Iran noticed right wing trouser making GBS threads, and they are dialling it up to 11 to see if can kill a few with strokes.
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Scott Forstall posted:Hoooo boy we should talk again sometime If this is Brigham and Women's we're talking about : i just got back from MD-PhD related stuff there and they had some of the most depressed junior doc's and residents I have ever seen. Re: medical work weeks: I noticed that there appears to be a wide difference in the criteria american MD use to select their specialization compared to old socialist Netherlands. Too me, it looks like the salary prospects are more important in the USA. For instance, its relatively easy to get into pediatrics and neonatology in the USA because the pay is bad. Whereas in the Netherlands pediatrics is one of the most competitive field to get in to because everyone wants to cure sick kids, even though they pay is relatively bad as well. Dermatology is a similar story, its not a flashy specialty so its easy to get into in Europe eventhough they make great money with reasonable hours. In boston getting into Dermatology was seen as one of the highest achievable goals considering the money you would be making. My speculation is that this in too a great extend due to college debts: American friends that just got their MD (At harvard at least) routinely have 200.000 dollar debts. I finished my MD with only 15.000 euro debt and that is without having any side job and no financial support from others.
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Right wing now is switching to screaming "OH GOD WHAT DID OBRILLOPAD PROMISE IRAN".
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GalacticAcid posted:The Saudis are going to be Frankly, I think Iran is probably a better friend and ally to have in the region than Saudi.
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Who was the guy earlier in thus thread who was handwaving away wallstreet/financial immorality as "bad business decisions" and couching everything in term of vaguely abstracted economics terms? Cause that kinda person is the problem that the American left has to ~really~ contend with: someone smart enough to craft a clever, exclusive, technocratic discourse and couch everything on her/his terms within this discourse. This is one of the faults of Marxism, IMO. It engages wealthy capitalists and neo-liberals on the terms they want, in the language they dominate, in a way where only t hey have the keys to A)understanding the problems and B) fixing them. If any inequity, violence, or predatory practice is simply, "Oh we had bad models" or "We made mistakes and poor business decisions" aparati of power and nexuses of power don't get challenged. Instead, they are couched in the ever more milqtoast and amoral terms of business and economics. "Oh we didn't mean to pile Grade A dog poo poo into mortgage backed securities, or hawk preditor loand to the most vulnerable in American soceity; just ~business ~ you see." Bullshit, they knew what they were doing would hurt people. That they either blinded themselves to that reality or just refused to analyze the actual human toll their decisions would make. Neither of those options removes their culpability in my eyes. BaurusJA fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jan 16, 2016 |
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Walka Blocka Shame posted:Jesus Christ. Has anyone, anywhere, ever looked less presidential. 
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Romney never looked presidental. Best he could do was to look like a MLM pyramid scheme owner. 
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Mr Interweb posted:Have we talked about Bayghazi? Gawker had a nice write-up on it: Bay's an action film hack and a piece of poo poo person, but I was still expecting this to be a movie about Stevens (and Vilerat) being left high and dry while Obama took a nap or something. This write up really does support the notion that this was some generic action film that had Benghazi tacked on to it.
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Cythereal posted:Frankly, I think Iran is probably a better friend and ally to have in the region than Saudi. Sorta depends on their goals and ambitions in Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen etc.
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Teddybear posted:Right wing now is switching to screaming "OH GOD WHAT DID OBRILLOPAD PROMISE IRAN". I'm betting we gave them Massachusetts or Oregon or something.
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Thump! posted:I'm betting we gave them Massachusetts or Oregon or something. I hope it's Florida.
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Thump! posted:I'm betting we gave them Massachusetts or Oregon or something. They can take Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina. I don't even want anything in return.
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quote:@BreakingNews: US official: Iran prisoner release clinched in last 24 hours after 14 months of negotiations - Associated Press But those sailors totally should have fought the Iranian coast guard to the last man for God and Country. In other news, In order to address the public health crisis in Flint, every Flint child under 6 years of age -- 8,657 children, based on an analysis of Census data -- should be considered exposed to lead. I can't imagine being the parent of a child in Flint right now and not wanting Snyder and the tinpot "Emergency Managers" running things all stacked on a pike. The utter indifference at best (and active malice at worst) shown to the citizens of Flint by basically stripping away their civil right to self-government and human right to clean drinking water is jaw-dropping. All done to further crush public-sector unions and save a few bucks, because the mental development of thousands of children apparently isn't worth a hundred dollars a day. This is exhibit A on why you should never elect Republican governors.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:This is exhibit A on why you should never elect Republican governors. but both parties are the same!!!1!!
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Rhesus Pieces posted:In other news, In order to address the public health crisis in Flint, every Flint child under 6 years of age -- 8,657 children, based on an analysis of Census data -- should be considered exposed to lead.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:But those sailors totally should have fought the Iranian coast guard to the last man for God and Country. The more I read about Flint the more I'm amazed that nobody from the area has actually tried to kill Snyder or his cronies. American apathy is astoundingly high.
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A Winner is Jew posted:I hope it's Florida. BaurusJA posted:They can take Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina. I don't even want anything in return. What, do you guys want the Iranians to build a nuke or something?
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Evil Fluffy posted:The more I read about Flint the more I'm amazed that nobody from the area has actually tried to kill Snyder or his cronies. American apathy is astoundingly high. Well, someone who care about their kid enough to be murderously enraged by their kid's exposure to lead is not going to bail on their kid just to satisfy their need for revenge. Self-regulating.
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