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TheHoosier
Dec 30, 2004

The fuck, Graham?!

Epic High Five posted:

We used to also be known for education and biotech, but then the GOP and Tea Party got ahold of things :(

We're still number 1 in pharmacy robberies, and we have a city with the most HIV cases per capita in the country tho

Indianapolis is still slowly making its transition to an artsy, tech-savvy area. The rest of Indiana is pretty poo poo. The big universities are cool, though

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Captain_Maclaine
Sep 30, 2001

Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

etalian posted:

On the fundamental level why would anyone want Trump as a boss?

Subconscious self-destructiveness and/or Stockholm Syndrome.

MC Nietzche
Oct 26, 2004

by exmarx

Patter Song posted:

That's both an incredibly mean thing to say about anyone and somewhat unfair to Pence. Pence has managed to go decades in politics without making everyone he encounters plot his violent and painful death.

To be fair to Cruz (which sounds awful to say) he has managed to only piss off a bunch of senators. He has a pretty loyal faction in the house of all places, and he actually won a bunch of primaries. He's a slime golem but one cannot deny he has his strengths, which I still say of which Pence has none. Pence managed to have hating gays blow up in his face, which is a huge republican gimme, no one can say that happened to Cruz.

Karl Sharks
Feb 20, 2008

The Immortal Science of Sharksism-Fininism

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Because they like lesbian porn

i wish there could be a poll/study on this, dislike of homosexuality but liking lesbian porn

i imagine the "ick" factor is a bit stronger though

Addamere
Jan 3, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

etalian posted:

If gays increase job creation does that make it allright since the GOP believes in job growth whatever the cost?

job creation is just a dogwhistle for tax cuts for the rich, though

I don't think you can appeal to them with their own bullshit dogwhistle buzzword, but who knows

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Conservatives don't care about lesbians because they don't believe that women have sexual agency. They still get sent to conversion camps tho but it's basically just an excuse to rape them straight

TheHoosier posted:

Indianapolis is still slowly making its transition to an artsy, tech-savvy area. The rest of Indiana is pretty poo poo. The big universities are cool, though

It's basically got some gentrified areas where the rich kids from the northern 'burbs all move if they don't leave the state, and a bunch of really poor run down areas. I like Indy a lot but I'm not so sure I like the direction it's heading and I don't think it's accidental, like how the public transit project they're spending enormous bucks on is basically just an express trolly from the richest suburbs to city center, running through the rich people shopping district and semi-gentrified neighborhoods

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/752291584419307520

makes you think

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

his takes were to hot

Captain_Maclaine
Sep 30, 2001

Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

"Oops." -Rick Perry, sheepishly trying to hide burned-out road flare behind back.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

I hate to say it but I have 0 sympathy for him

blue squares
Sep 28, 2007

I read that and laughed out loud. I'm a Texan

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
it was something really really embarrassing, probably

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



I hope it was embarrassing and he is able to collect nothing in damages thanks to the ladder kicking legislation he rammed through day 1

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006




uncanny

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

that article says abbott can't use his legs but can still feel the pain of the burn because his nerve receptors skill work, worst of all worlds

Al!
Apr 2, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 38 minutes!

Epic High Five posted:

I hope it was embarrassing and he is able to collect nothing in damages thanks to the ladder kicking legislation he rammed through day 1

this part of the article seems almost gloating:

Abbott has used a wheelchair since a tree fell on him while jogging in 1984, paralyzing him from the waist down. Hirsch said the governor still has functioning nerve receptors in his legs and feet, however, and that he has felt pain as they react to the shock of being burned.

Bunleigh
Jun 6, 2005

by exmarx

logikv9 posted:

it was something really really embarrassing, probably

Trying to light his farts

Edit: wait how does a tree fall on you while jogging

Bunleigh fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Jul 11, 2016

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
Texas will finally have its first two-face governor.

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

logikv9 posted:

Texas will finally have its first two-face governor.

but what about john "democrats for nixon" connally

Slate Action
Feb 13, 2012

by exmarx
https://twitter.com/adrian_gray/status/752264405627338752
https://twitter.com/adrian_gray/status/752267677968764929

Oiled and Ready
Oct 11, 2004

He wished it could be as respectable and orthodox as spying. But somehow in his hands the traditional tools and attitudes were always employed toward mean ends: cloak for a laundry sack, dagger to peel potatoes, dossiers to fill up dead Sunday afternoons ...
It's still Flynn. The McChrystal thing is just to make the media focus on another general that conservatives like who is worse than pro-choice (he's anti-gun).

Meanwhile Flynn can start to downplay his statements by saying "gay marriage and abortion aren't going to cause the collapse of the USA, immigration and ISIS and race relations well might, let's prioritize"

Can't Pin the Flynn

Slate Action
Feb 13, 2012

by exmarx
https://twitter.com/elianayjohnson/status/752318757071040512
https://twitter.com/elianayjohnson/status/752319804367777792

Slate Action fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jul 11, 2016

Youth Decay
Aug 18, 2015

Looks like the only military guy left that's pure enough for the far right is...

Oliver North

I mean, why would Donald want to go back to the 90s with Newt? That'll just remind people of how awesome it was under the first Clinton administration. His (and the Republican Party's) real heyday was the 1980s. If he can't bring back Zombie Reagan then Oliver North is the next best thing.

Ollie! For Vice President! He'll Get Things Done! Ollie! For Vice President! He'll Get Things Done!

Deteriorata
Feb 6, 2005

Bunleigh posted:

Trying to light his farts

Edit: wait how does a tree fall on you while jogging

Because he wasn't running, obviously.

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
I know the word is that Christie's vet is a courtesy one, but does that mean he actually released his financials?

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

Bath water?
Oil from cooking?

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler

Bunleigh posted:

Trying to light his farts

Edit: wait how does a tree fall on you while jogging

The Prometheus school of running away from things

Grem
Mar 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 hours!

Epic High Five posted:

I hope it was embarrassing and he is able to collect nothing in damages thanks to the ladder kicking legislation he rammed through day 1

God, PLEASE! Abbott is such a poo poo head.

RedQueen
Apr 21, 2007

It takes all the running you can do just to stay in the same place.

Karl Sharks posted:

i wish there could be a poll/study on this, dislike of homosexuality but liking lesbian porn

i imagine the "ick" factor is a bit stronger though

https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u47/Henry_et_al.pdf



All the straight dudes get aroused by hetero and lesbian porn, only the homophobes get hard looking at gay porn :science:

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Bunleigh posted:

Edit: wait how does a tree fall on you while jogging

Trees are these huge plants, you see, and when one falls it can cover a very large area and will happen in the blink of an eye, leaving you no time to react even if you noticed it falling.

The Larch
Jan 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless

Bunleigh posted:

Trying to light his farts

Edit: wait how does a tree fall on you while jogging

abbott was jogging, not the tree

shiksa
Nov 9, 2009

i went to one of these wrestling shows and it was... honestly? frickin boring. i wanna see ricky! i want to see his gold chains and respect for the ftw lifestyle

Nenonen posted:

Trees are these huge plants, you see, and when one falls it can cover a very large area and will happen in the blink of an eye, leaving you no time to react even if you noticed it falling.

he should have karate chopped it in half imo

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

logikv9 posted:

I know the word is that Christie's vet is a courtesy one, but does that mean he actually released his financials?

Sounds like he did. He refused to in 2012, but is obviously more desperate now.

Fuschia tude
Dec 26, 2004

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2019


The url of this image is just magical :sparkles:

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc

The Larch posted:

abbott was jogging, not the tree

ohhhhhhh

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost
Every video I've ever seen of a tree falling took multiple seconds and was preceded by a ton of noise.

386-SX 25Mhz VGA
Jan 14, 2003

(C) American Megatrends Inc.,

Salvor_Hardin posted:

Every video I've ever seen of a tree falling took multiple seconds and was preceded by a ton of noise.
he was jogging not running

wait was jogging even a thing in the mid-80s

Vladimir Putin
Mar 17, 2007

by R. Guyovich

Salvor_Hardin posted:

Every video I've ever seen of a tree falling took multiple seconds and was preceded by a ton of noise.

Well a large branch can just fall on you with little warning. Honestly trees suck.

Bunleigh
Jun 6, 2005

by exmarx

386-SX 25Mhz VGA posted:

he was jogging not running

wait was jogging even a thing in the mid-80s

Man that was the golden age of jogging

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blue squares
Sep 28, 2007

Maybe he was laying down in the middle of a road, tripping on LSD and thats why he didn't move out of the way.

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