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Evil Fluffy posted:
Privately run cram schools where kids work themselves to death to make college entrance exam requirements. Just like anime.
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So.. South Korea.
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Mar 2, 2016 01:25
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Don't forget Rick Scott's order that state government employees not use the phrase "climate change". Some of the legislators had a really fun day trying to get a Scott administration official to say the magic words. (I am frankly more appalled by terming the steady and increasing Miami catastrofuck Nuisance Flooding.)
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Toshimo posted:Privately run cram schools where kids work themselves to death to make college entrance exam requirements. Just like anime. SAT/ACT classes/tutoring already sometimes become this, FYI.
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Toshimo posted:Privately run cram schools where kids work themselves to death to make college entrance exam requirements. Just like anime. Extracurricular SAT/ACT paid courses are already the norm for above average (and wealthy) high school students. Not just seniors, but juniors and sophomores. ETA: drat it. 
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Mar 2, 2016 01:35
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Remember how we used to say that the only thing the House is capable of doing lately is renaming post offices? Well... The party of Lincoln! 
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Yoshifan823 posted:
I'd say Butch Otter isn't terrible (and he blamed a DUI arrest on having soaked his chewing tobacco in Jack Daniels, which is hilarious) but that's largely because our legislature is both terrible and not very competent, so Otter mostly just signs the stupid poo poo they send him. Last year, the Idaho legislature accidentally made it impossible for the state to collect child support (they somehow thought it would lead to Sharia Law) for a few weeks before sanity prevailed, and they also set up a "constitutional defense fund" in 1995 to help the state fight the US Government in court, which resulted in nine straight court losses that burned through about $2 million trying to defend hilariously unconstitual laws.
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Mar 2, 2016 01:40
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Despite her shilling for Comcast as AG, Kate Brown has done a decent job in Oregon since Kitzhaber resigned.
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Mar 2, 2016 01:45
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Moonbeam is pretty cool I guess.
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azflyboy posted:I'd say Butch Otter isn't terrible I still can't loving believe this is a real person's name lmao
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Lemming posted:I still can't loving believe this is a real person's name lmao His ex-wife is Gay Otter.
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Mar 2, 2016 01:57
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Terry McAuliffe was the Clinton's money guy and is exactly as scummy as that sounds. I had to jam my nose with altoids to fight the smell as I voted for him for VA governor a few years back because Ken Cuccinellie is a Greg Abbot clone. I am constantly shocked at how good a governor McAuliffe has been. It genuinely saddens me that Virgina's strict term limit rules won't allow him to run for re-election.
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Mar 2, 2016 01:59
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It's bullshit they put Edwin Edwards in jail and if I could vote for him I would. He was the best Governor.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Some of the legislators had a really fun day trying to get a Scott administration official to say the magic words. It's amazing to me that these situations are characterized as fun. 
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Mar 2, 2016 02:02
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Here's a weird thought. 15 years from now a young teenager taking their first high school government class may note that they learned from class that the supreme court was once 5-4 conservative and became 7-2 liberal in a very short time, and they may look at you and ask you to explain how that happened. The funny thing is... you really can't give a good, complete answer to that question without first explaining the majesty that is Donald J. Trump. Northjayhawk fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Mar 2, 2016 |
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Mar 2, 2016 02:02
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Northjayhawk posted:Here's a weird thought. You have way too much faith in young teens noticing poo poo.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Terry McAuliffe was the Clinton's money guy and is exactly as scummy as that sounds. I had to jam my nose with altoids to fight the smell as I voted for him for VA governor a few years back because Ken Cuccinellie is a Greg Abbot clone. I'm exactly the same way. McAuliffe has been pretty on the level and fought for stuff he should. I was voting just so the Cooch didn't get to enact his theocratic dream but he's turned out good regardless of that.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:07
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Caucus trip report: my district is a bunch of weird-looking white people. More beards than people of color here tonight by a wide margin.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:07
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How many more states went for Trump tonight? Also, does it make me a bad person to pretend to be a 65 year old white man who would blame the Republicans for 4-4 supreme court decisions if they blocked nominations? Because I just told a phone survey I was.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:09
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Rip_Van_Winkle posted:Caucus trip report: my district is a bunch of weird-looking white people. More beards than people of color here tonight by a wide margin. Same in MN, but add bikes w/winter tires.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:10
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mlmp08 posted:You have way too much faith in young teens noticing poo poo. Yeah the textbook publisher will have long since come up with a sentence or two that quickly summarizes exactly why and the teen will just memorize that. Hindsight's magic for explaining things. SquadronROE posted:How many more states went for Trump tonight? Not over yet, but Trump's already taken four states so far.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:13
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The Final Revelation is at hand! I have seen the shattering fulgurations of ultimate clarity! The light is impending! I bear witness to it.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:16
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McDowell, take a Soma, two Vicodin, and drink a beer. Your life and posting will both improve.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:20
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I've just been quoting the wonderful film 'Network' (1976) A film that has come true in so many ways. Donald Trump will be assassinated if it will save his ratings.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:23
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Cross-posting from the GOP thread because words have no meaning and Donald Trump is going to be our next president. https://twitter.com/13ALeBeau/status/704834343089414144 No, the reporter did not make a mistake with that Tweet.
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Stultus Maximus posted:His ex-wife is Gay Otter. Okay, now you're just loving with us. e: Alright, maybe you're not loving with us.
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Hollismason posted:So.. South Korea. we talking the 7 day filibuster or what? I've largely been looking at US stuff this weekend, what did I miss?
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Tempest_56 posted:Okay, now you're just loving with us. It is amazingly true. My personal favorite Butch Otter thing, though, was him or one of his staffers presumably watching Alpha House, whereupon he declared that he would only debate his Tea Party challenger if the other two participants in the race were also in the debate. The closing statements are very possibly the best political television in 2014, with the punctuation that Butch Otter shook hands with his Actual Opponent while Mr Otter had a huge poo poo eating grin and the opponent had an expression like he had literally eaten poo poo.
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http://wonkette.com/599202/america-might-not-have-embarrassing-clown-louie-gohmert-to-kick-around-any-more Who will cook bbq for the House?
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Sir Tonk posted:http://wonkette.com/599202/america-might-not-have-embarrassing-clown-louie-gohmert-to-kick-around-any-more If only someone would do this but for Dianne Feinstein.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Same in MN, but add bikes w/winter tires. I am in MN actually.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Remember how we used to say that the only thing the House is capable of doing lately is renaming post offices? Well... In 2011 Glen Grothman called me a hippie and told me to get a job while I was protesting act 10 outside the capital. I was in college at the time, working 3 part-time jobs to pay for it. gently caress that guy so deeply.
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Radish posted:I'm exactly the same way. McAuliffe has been pretty on the level and fought for stuff he should. I was voting just so the Cooch didn't get to enact his theocratic dream but he's turned out good regardless of that. It's been one of the better state government surprises of the past few years, that's for certain. Especially when you look around and see state governments melting into chaos left and right, it's nice to have a governor who is doing a competent job and not getting arrested. Plus he's always really excited at speeches, I love it. Everything is THE BEST and THE GREATEST. 
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I put this in the February thread this morning since I'm a moron, reposting here. Excellent Jacobin essay on the strategies and political economy that drove twentieth century partisan realignment.
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Bernie wins Oklahoma; currently 10% ahead with 60% reporting. I couldn't be more pleasantly surprised by the normally lovely behavior of Democrats in this state.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Caddyshack-style shenanigans make me more likely to vote for a pol, under the theory that I'll eventually get the Senator Blutovsky that I really want. In the Vermont State House chamber, there is a huge portrait of George Washington behind the speaker's podium. On the last day of Speaker Ralph Wright's term in 1994, someone suspended an enlarged photo of his face over that of George before the daily session opened. I was a page there at the time, and man was Wright pissed. Never did find out who pulled that one.
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Mar 2, 2016 03:33
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Scott endorsing Trump here turns a bad night for Rubio into a disaster
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Mar 2, 2016 03:39
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So what does this all mean for Rubio? Will his party backers still desperately try to keep him afloat out of pure 'jesus christ please not those other guys', or will they finally throw in the towel?
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Mar 2, 2016 03:43
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Darth Walrus posted:So what does this all mean for Rubio? Will his party backers still desperately try to keep him afloat out of pure 'jesus christ please not those other guys', or will they finally throw in the towel? From what you know about the Republican party, which do you find more believable: that they'd swallow their pride and accept an unwelcome reality, or that they'd drag things out to the bitter end while employing every dirty trick they know in an effort to shovel back the tide?
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