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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:Al Giordano just announced he's gonna challenge Sanders in 2018 Even if Bernie doesn't run again in 2018, Welch will smoke him. Railing against Bernie in Vermont ain't a smart move.
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smg77 posted:The libertarian party has been going buck wild for a while now. They are just getting more attention this year. Sure, but I'm asking if there is an extra goal in mind this election year in giving them that bigger helping of attention?
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:Al Giordano just announced he's gonna challenge Sanders in 2018 The guy who owns Screw magazine? Didn't he die a couple years ago?
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spoiler: https://twitter.com/AlGiordano/status/737096229675368448 https://twitter.com/AlGiordano/status/737097983884304384 he's trolling twitter
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smg77 posted:Not US related but speaking of weird conventions it sounds like Canada's Conservative Party's convention got a little nutso... Thank you for meeting my uspol cancon quota.
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If you want some real crazy, there's always America's third-oldest continuously active party, and longest lived third party! The Prohibition Party! professionalism! Founded in 1869 and in continuous operation ever since, the Prohibition Party brings you right wing views and bizarre intra-party fights! From 2003 to 2007 when he died, Earl Dodge, the presidential nominee in the 1984, 88, 92, 96 and 2000 election years, ran a splinter group which nominated him for president in his Colorado living room by unanimous vote of the 8 delegates who were present. Even though he died 9 years ago, there's still a fierce legal battle between the factions for George Pennock's donation to the party enacted in 1930 - a fund set up to fund the Prohibition Party by approximately $8000 a year. Recent national conventions have been held in such fancy locations as in 2004 at Fairfield Glade, Tennessee (for the main branch) and a Lakewood, Colorado living room. In 2008 the one branch left able to hold a convention did so at the Adams Mark Hotel, Indianapolis - which has since closed (incidentally "In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Adams Mark faced several civil, state, and federal lawsuits for racial discrimination against Black customers. It was the first entire hotel chain to face a United States Justice Department inquiry into racial discrimination for violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." Classy!) 2012's convention was held at the very high class Holiday Inn Express of Cullman, Alabama (a town whose main attraction is that it's about halfway between Huntsville and Birmingham). And the 2016 convention? That was held as a conference call! But hey, it's not all down points for them! Here's some of their illustrious office holders: Susanna M. Salter – Mayor of Argonia, Kansas (1887): the first female mayor in the United States Charles Hiram Randall – California State Assemblyman (1911–12) and U.S. Representative from the 9th District of California (1915–21) Sidney Johnston Catts – Governor of Florida (1917–1921) James Hedges – Thompson Township, Pennsylvania, Tax Assessor (2002–2007) Well, that's actually the sum total of their members who actually got elected to any proven office in their 147 year history. Other people have been alleged but can't be backed up. And the guy who was governor of Florida was just a guy who narrowly lost the Democrat nomination and thus grabbed the Prohibition nomination to stay up for election, apparently, but he did get elected under their banner!
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https://twitter.com/fbihop/status/737115981776982017 Haha I find this sort of endearing, until I remember their horrifying ideology.
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A short piece in this week's Economist talks about how and why Oklahoma's budget is hosed up.quote:A poll last year found 98% of Oklahomans back higher classroom pay, dividing only over whether to raise salaries across-the-board, or on merit. That consensus makes raising teachers’ pay a good test of basic governance. Alas, legislators negotiating a new budget have spent May failing it.
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Crabtree posted:Sure, but I'm asking if there is an extra goal in mind this election year in giving them that bigger helping of attention? Finally overcoming the tyranny of the two-party system?
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Gobbeldygook posted:A short piece in this week's Economist talks about how and why Oklahoma's budget is hosed up. It's been pretty funny watching the great right wing governance experiments failing horribly considering how they used to be touted as shining examples of the way forward. The Wisconsin-Minnesota Experiment indeed
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Epic High Five posted:It's been pretty funny watching the great right wing governance experiments failing horribly considering how they used to be touted as shining examples of the way forward. The Wisconsin-Minnesota Experiment indeed They'll just blame it on the gays probably.
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Market wasn't free enough.
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DemeaninDemon posted:Market wasn't free enough. Liberals chased off the Job Creators.
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Gobbeldygook posted:A short piece in this week's Economist talks about how and why Oklahoma's budget is hosed up. CommieGIR posted:They'll just blame it on the gays probably. http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/11/19/2970531/oklahoma-national-guard/ Speak of the loving devil quote:Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) announced earlier this month that state-owned National Guard facilities will no longer allow any married couples to apply for spousal benefits, regardless of whether they are same-sex or opposite-sex. The Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Defense of Marriage Act means that servicemembers with same-sex spouses are now eligible for federal benefits. Fallin’s unusual tactic is designed to avoid having to recognize those couples, which she asserts would violate Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman: Pretty sure SCOTUS ruled on that Fallin 
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CommieGIR posted:http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/11/19/2970531/oklahoma-national-guard/ That was 2013.
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Crowsbeak posted:That was 2013. Killed by dates again. Apparently it was actually about the 'update' at the bottom of the article where Fallin is distancing herself from her earlier claims.
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CommieGIR posted:They'll just blame it on the gays probably. DemeaninDemon posted:Market wasn't free enough. CommieGIR posted:Liberals chased off the Job Creators. And then these same assholes will bleat that socialism "only works on paper" 
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Conservatism cannot fail it can only be failed.
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Gobbeldygook posted:A short piece in this week's Economist talks about how and why Oklahoma's budget is hosed up. Holy god, simple legislative majority required to lower taxes, three-fourths supermajority in the legislature to raise them back up if you find out you cut them too much 
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DemeaninDemon posted:Conservatism cannot fail it can only be failed. Are there guidelines/rules on what happens if a state is completely de-populated? Does the flag lose a star?
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smg77 posted:Finally overcoming the tyranny of the two-party system? I mean it's not exactly rocket science or high tier Machiavellian plotting to just let the Libertarians take a poo poo on the floor live on television as its just letting them show how much more stupid the right could look, but these people planned for Jeb to not be a mess so why not hope for that extra incentive for morons to pull Trump and not whatever wannabe Dictator the Libs pick this year. PhazonLink posted:Are there guidelines/rules on what happens if a state is completely de-populated? Does the flag lose a star? The first ghost state.
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VitalSigns posted:Holy god, simple legislative majority required to lower taxes, three-fourths supermajority in the legislature to raise them back up if you find out you cut them too much So how long till Oklahoma goes bankrupt?
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We've already had a state say "Check's in the mail this time. Promise!" When it comes to debts due, right? Let's keep this going and get an honest to god state to Puerto Rico themselves.
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FilthyImp posted:We've already had a state say "Check's in the mail this time. Promise!" When it comes to debts due, right?
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Joementum posted:The Libertarian Presidential debate is currently on C-SPAN, by the way. this is hosed up
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I voted against these mods so don't blame me.
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PleasingFungus posted:this is hosed up it's shameful is what it is
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Sure this thread is bad, but did we need to be punished by three days without Joe? Especially after stripping beard man showed us the true meaning of freedom!
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We'll need to put this in the title somewhere before people start asking whether he's dead like last time he was gone for a while.
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Why do so many people in this thread have that yoda avatar?
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They asked about the Yoda avatar.
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Rincewinds posted:They asked about the Yoda avatar. This happened to me. First rule of not-Yoda club is, don't talk about Yoda club  Also FREE JOEMENTUM!
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I will be very sad if Joementum decides all this crap isn't worth it and stops posting regularly. 
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PleasingFungus posted:this is hosed up That is really stupid.
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The US presidential primaries have nothing to do with US politics! This is clear to everyone right? Right?
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Stereotype posted:I voted against these mods so don't blame me. We can vote for mods? Usually AA is a real good mod, but banning Joementum for good and funny posting about the libertarian convention is dumb. Free Joementum!
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Joementum posted:The Libertarian Presidential debate is currently on C-SPAN, by the way. hosed up unprobate joe
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Joementum's name means every post is cyberbullying senior Democratic Statesman Joe Lieberman. Three cheers to the mods for putting an antisemitic (white, male?) poster in their place.
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McDowell posted:Joementum's name means every post is cyberbullying senior Democratic Statesman Joe Lieberman. Three cheers to the mods for putting an antisemitic (white, male?) poster in their place. no
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