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BadOptics posted:LOL at Cotton making it sound like everyone in the military is out in the field 24-7-365. They probably do serve sparkling water in the DFAC/Chow Hall at some bases. That dude has POG written all over him.
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:didn't he lure someone onto a sex boat? or am i thinking of rand paul? he also got a girl drunk and left her alone in a freezing cold barn in the middle of the night because she wasnt paying enough attention to him, then tried to intimidate her into having sex with him in the barn
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As someone who has drank heavy water, I can say it tastes like normal distilled water.
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BadOptics posted:LOL at Cotton making it sound like everyone in the military is out in the field 24-7-365. They probably do serve sparkling water in the DFAC/Chow Hall at some bases. They sure as hell served it, for free of course, at the Halliburton-run dining facilities in Iraq. Cotton is very much the kind of vet that talks all about all the hot poo poo he got into (during his four years of active duty).
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NYT piece up interviewing Obama about his economic legacy, particularly about the disconnect between the drop in unemployment and the deficit, the rise in GDP, and polls on public opinion about the economy. Like most NYT stories it isn't anything new if you've been paying attention the past few years but I always find big overviews of recent events like this a great way to get a sneak peek at how those recent events will be encoded into history. Also Obama seems kind of generally pissed off at everyone and that's fun to read. quote:In December 2009, Obama was not reluctant to chastise bankers. “I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat-cat bankers on Wall Street,” he told Steve Kroft on “60 Minutes.” “The people on Wall Street still don’t get it. They don’t get it. They’re still puzzled, ‘Why is it that people are mad at the banks?’ ” quote:“I can probably tick off three or four common-sense things we could have done where we’d be growing a percentage or two faster each year,” Obama said. “We could have brought down the unemployment rate lower, faster. We could have been lifting wages even faster than we did. And those things keep me up at night sometimes.” quote:Ultimately, however, Obama said the lessons of his time in office are being misunderstood in the election campaigns. “If you look at the platforms, the economic platforms of the current Republican candidates for president, they don’t simply defy logic and any known economic theories, they are fantasy,” Obama said. “Slashing taxes particularly for those at the very top, dismantling regulatory regimes that protect our air and our environment and then projecting that this is going to lead to 5 percent or 7 percent growth, and claiming that they’ll do all this while balancing the budget. Nobody would even, with the most rudimentary knowledge of economics, think that any of those things are plausible.”
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Combed Thunderclap posted:Also Obama seems kind of generally pissed off at everyone and that's fun to read. Yeah I really wish we could have gotten two full terms of Trollbama.
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Prester Jane posted:And for the first time in my life I've had to genuinely start taking breaks from all forms of news and the internet in general, because the endless deluge of Anti Trans and LGBT discussions in the media is just completely crushing at times. I'm getting to that point myself. I've had to unsubscribe from several things because holy poo poo I can't handle this crap any more  Looks like I picked the wrong year to move to the US - (also adult trans woman, and it's all particularly scary because I'm very early in transition and have few illusions about my appearance)
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paranoid randroid posted:he also got a girl drunk and left her alone in a freezing cold barn in the middle of the night because she wasnt paying enough attention to him, then tried to intimidate her into having sex with him in the barn God damnit. I hate this poo poo. Dudes, it is not that hard to have sex if you're not a huge turd. If it's not happening right now, just show a little goddamn patience and you won't have to bully anyone into it. Obviously it's frustrating when you don't get what you want, but you don't have to be a giant baby about it. It just takes time and being a decent human being. You come from a long long long line of sex-havers. Every single one of your ancestors had sex, going back billions of years. So chill out and go to bed instead of being a creep.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:That dude has POG written all over him. I cannot wait for Cotton to run for national office and get loving shithoused.
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Apr 29, 2016 05:50
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Joementum posted:If you told people that Paul LePage was elected multiple times to govern a state, nobody would believe you. Off year elections are such a lovely idea.
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Apr 29, 2016 05:52
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It's actually really easy to poke holes in Reaganomics. Just point to Kansas.
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Apr 29, 2016 07:26
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DemeaninDemon posted:It's actually really easy to poke holes in Reaganomics. Just point to Kansas. You point to Kansas and someone moves the goalposts. "Well if the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT hadn't..." "OH well but you see it wasn't a TRUE free market" and so on ad infinitum.
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FilthyImp posted:The point is apt about it being fantasy. It's just dogma at this point. Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed.
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Apr 29, 2016 07:32
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Reality/the laws of physics have liberal bias.
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In which Matthew Yglesias tries to convince Democrats that what they really need is more Blue Dogs.
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Apr 29, 2016 07:44
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Death to all blue dogs. Not literally blue dogs though, woof woof. I'm honestly not sure how the solution to any problem, much less the current ones, is "more Liebermans"
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Apr 29, 2016 07:49
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what about big red dogs?
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Apr 29, 2016 08:25
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Epic High Five posted:Death to all blue dogs. It's probably best not to post threats about the presumptive nominee.
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Tiler Kiwi posted:what about big red dogs? Clifford for Congress :3
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Apr 29, 2016 08:49
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The wonderful Trollbama administration says "gently caress the planet, yo!"
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How is there enough money in that with oil prices being so low? I'm annoyed he changed positions and I don't think it'll have any real effect on oil jobs in the near future either.
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Epic High Five posted:Death to all blue dogs. Not literally blue dogs though, woof woof. Blue's Clues guy for Senate.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:In which Matthew Yglesias tries to convince Democrats that what they really need is more Blue Dogs. He's Not Wrong
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Dexo posted:That's also fine, it's not like his positions on things could possibly get any worse. Somewhere at campaign headquarters, his ears start burning. He knows someone, somewhere, possibly on the internet, has issued him a challenge. Without knowing it's contents, or if it's even doable, Trump says out loud, to no one in particular, "Challenge accepted."
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:He's Not Wrong
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ComradeCosmobot posted:In which Matthew Yglesias tries to convince Democrats that what they really need is more Blue Dogs. I mean, like, this is regular bad, like any Matt yglesias article, but why would he decide that the person he wants to make emblematic of who the Democratic Party should be emulating be Rahm Emmanuel? Like in what world would that play well? Bushiz fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Apr 29, 2016 |
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Modus Pwnens posted:It's probably best not to post threats about the presumptive nominee. Yeah, but he changed his registration to Republican to run this time so who cares.
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I simply cannot wait for Obama's memoirs from his administration. I hope he holds nothing back.
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mdemone posted:I simply cannot wait for Obama's memoirs from his administration. I hope he holds nothing back. I hope he narrates it like he did for Audacity of Hope. Complete with snide voice impressions of the shitters he had to deal with. I'd love to hear his takes on the slurred whitebread of Boehner and the jowly face-swallowing word fellation of McConnell.
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sidviscous posted:I'm getting to that point myself. I've had to unsubscribe from several things because holy poo poo I can't handle this crap any more You're not alone, minority stress is a legit thing-- when minority rights are in the news and under attack, the affected minority has real, quantifiable increases in stress and anxiety. I recall studies in 2004 during the marriage amendment wave showed it was in effect. It's also particularly difficult for LGBT folks as (generally) they don't have family who are the same minority who can help cope.
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I had a friend many years ago that was kind of a poo poo to women. One time, he had gotten caught in a particularly egregious lie with his then-girlfriend, and he just kept doubling down on the lie. I asked him why, after the dust had settled, and his response was "I never apologize to anyone ever. Apologies make you look weak." That's sort of where the Republican party is. They are so caught up in the ideas of masculinity, righteous indignation, and ideological purity that even when they are incredibly wrong they just keep doubling down on the same rhetoric. How do you even logically defend against that level of obstinance?
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LeeMajors posted:I had a friend many years ago that was kind of a poo poo to women. One time, he had gotten caught in a particularly egregious lie with his then-girlfriend, and he just kept doubling down on the lie. Find the weak point in their lie and push until they collapse, or back off and use the lie to your advantage later. In a relationship, you dump their rear end.
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FilthyImp posted:The point is apt about it being fantasy. It's just dogma at this point. These are the same people who are always "socialism looks good on paper, but..." and "rehabilitative criminal justice looks good on paper, but..." and "not being a petulant racist shithead looks good on paper, but..." What gives?
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ComradeCosmobot posted:In which Matthew Yglesias tries to convince Democrats that what they really need is more Blue Dogs. I've made the case before that ideological purity tests are really bad and the idea that we can build a majority in either chamber again without at least some centrists is laughable.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:I've made the case before that ideological purity tests are really bad and the idea that we can build a majority in either chamber again without at least some centrists is laughable. I'm all for a wide spectrum of the left being represented but all blue dogs ended up doing was squandering our congressional majorities and then getting replaced wholesale by Republicans. More Biden? Yeah More Lieberman? Noooooooo
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:I've made the case before that ideological purity tests are really bad and the idea that we can build a majority in either chamber again without at least some centrists is laughable. Yeah, this. I have absolutely no interest in some sort of Tea Party for Democrats.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Find the weak point in their lie and push until they collapse, or back off and use the lie to your advantage later. That sounds good in theory, but when they've walled themselves into a position based on unshakable lies, it gets pretty hard to break through that bullshit. I mean, that's where we are as a country right now, right? They just repeat lies often and loudly enough so that rational folks cannot even unfold an argument--they're preoccupied trying to unravel the illogical knot.
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Epic High Five posted:I'm all for a wide spectrum of the left being represented but all blue dogs ended up doing was squandering our congressional majorities and then getting replaced wholesale by Republicans. If Biden is as far center as you're going, you're never going to reclaim the majority bub. Lieberman was an rear end in a top hat, but he was also with us on anything really important.
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