gradenko_2000 posted:

I mean it's not like the middle class isn't at least partly culpable for the wealthy being able to get away with all that they have by promising the middle class the chance at doing it too in some nebulous someday.

Potato Salad posted:

NH has a large population of loons, avian and otherwise.

Even loonier are New England conservatives.

On to something relevant at the USPol level, are we seeing federal intervention in Flint yet, or can we expect direct support or a series of investigative hearings?

DACK FAYDEN posted:

I wasn't really paying attention to New Hampshire. I figured it would just be Bernie and Trump, blah blah blah, no surprises.

...nobody told me Kasich came in second, let alone a relatively strong second compared to Cruz et al.

zoux posted:

*assumes punditest demeanor* They have a saying around here: In Iowa they pick corn, in New Hampshire they pick presidents *entire studio laughs*

I loving hate this "haha isn't it so QUAINT and INTERESTING how we do this around here, look it's a town of six people that is voting."

https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/697122711143870464

WE ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Kro-Bar posted:

Sylink posted:

Being in Ohio, I will just add that Kasich is a piece of poo poo. He has not helped this state. The only plus is that he is just corrupt and not corrupt and religiously crazy.

quote:

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Senate passed a measure Thursday that would require high schools in the state to teach students about the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.
Senate Bill 1381 by Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, D-Tulsa, and Rep. Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa, passed by a vote of 33-6 and now heads to the House.
"School districts shall ensure that information concerning the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 is presented in high school courses in U.S. history or Oklahoma history," the bill states.

The measure would be effective July 1. McIntyre said no cost would be associated with it.
Tricia Pemberton, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Education, said information about the race riot is already being taught.
"It is the standard required by the state Department of Education, which has the effect of law," she said in an email.
The state has required the topic in Oklahoma history classes since 2000 and in U.S. history classes since 2004. It has been in Oklahoma history books since 2009, according to the agency.

McIntyre said she brought measure to the Legislature because the topic sometimes is omitted in the classroom.
"It has been an option," she said. "A lot don't teach it."

Sen. Josh Brecheen, R-Coalgate, was among the six lawmakers voting against the measure.
He said he was taught about the Tulsa Race Riot in Oklahoma history.
"We are already teaching it in schools," Brecheen said. "My question is why do we need to run a mandate to force it?"
He said he was concerned that the issue was being politicized.
"And the politically correct vote would have been to vote in favor of it," Brecheen said. "And I just think we as a society have to move away with what is politically correct on these issues."

The Tulsa Race Riot resulted in dozens of deaths, hundreds of injuries and the destruction of most of Tulsa's black Greenwood district.
"It teaches us about how far hatred can go," McIntyre said.

Kro-Bar posted:

In red state news, Oklahoma just passed a bill out of committee that will abolish our Judicial Nominating Committee and bring general elections to all levels of the judiciary. It looks like it also adds a four-year term limit to Supreme Court justices.



Our Supreme Court has been the only thing preventing some truly odious poo poo from being enacted here, so I guess it makes sense the GOP would go after it eventually.

Azuth0667 posted:

Can't the state Supreme Court just strike it down?

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Christie's out.

Potato Salad posted:

Kro-Bar, what sort of odious stuff has been blocked by the SC of Oklahoma?


Shame. He was sane.

PhazonLink posted:

Did he really damage Rubio that much? Rubio and Jeb!( non zero means non zero) seem like good punching bags for the D. I don't want to lose my liver listening to a Trump or Cruz nom.

Potato Salad posted:

Kro-Bar, what sort of odious stuff has been blocked by the SC of Oklahoma?


Shame. He was sane.

Kro-Bar posted:

It would actually be a ballot question leading to a constitutional amendment, so no.

PhazonLink posted:

Did he really damage Rubio that much? Rubio and Jeb!( non zero means non zero) seem like good punching bags for the D. I don't want to lose my liver listening to a Trump or Cruz nom.

Potato Salad posted:

Kro-Bar, what sort of odious stuff has been blocked by the SC of Oklahoma?


Shame. He was sane.

Charlie Pierce posted:

We here at the shebeen would like to thank Chris Christie for the fine way he fulfilled his mission—wrapping his arms around Young Marco Rubio and hurling himself off a cliff.

Scrub-Niggurath posted:

Rubio's debate performance when Christie called him out was easily the worst performance of the entire race so far, and quite possibly a contender for the Rick Perry's 'Oops' Hall of Fame Debate gently caress-Up's

zoux posted:

Yeah I will always love Chris Christie for destroying his own electability through a petty traffic revenge stunt and then destroying Rubio's as well. No one is doing more for the Democratic Party than Chris Christie.

Potato Salad posted:

Shame. He was sane.

Meg From Family Guy posted:

Can anyone confirm this is Rubio?

Nonsense posted:

Chris Christie insulted teachers to their faces, he's utter scum.

quote:

The acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of "Between the World and Me," has written some of the most discussed articles on the presidential race looking at Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and his position on reparations. Coates wrote the articles after Sanders appeared at the Black and Brown Forum in Iowa and said he did not support reparations for slavery because it is too "divisive" an issue. While his critique of Sanders generated headlines, today Coates talks on Democracy Now! about why he still plans to vote for the Vermont senator.

quote:

TA-NEHISI COATES: I will be voting for Senator Sanders. I have tried to avoid this question, but, yes, I will be voting for Senator Sanders. I try to avoid that, because I want to write as a journalist—do you know what I mean?—and separate that from my role as, I don’t know, a private citizen. But I don’t think much is accomplished by ducking the question. Yes, I will vote for Senator Sanders. My son influenced me.

zoux posted:

As someone who was listening to a bit of NH primary postmortem coverage, lemme speak to the veracity of this tweet:
https://twitter.com/dcwoodruff/status/697249041793441792

The media loves its simple narratives.

Oxxidation posted:

Christie had been angling for the presidency since day one of taking NJ's governorship and after suffering under his carcass for so long I'm glad he's out and I hope his future only gets worse from here.

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Christie's out.