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Hodgepodge posted:The real question is: how low will the bar be set on a Trump debate "win"? Planck units would be the most useful, since at that scale the uncertainty principle comes into play. As Trump's policy positions are a complete unknown, we can get an exact measure of his Joementum
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Man, wouldn't it be nice if we had a national level voter database that gave out ID cards as well? Oh right, STATES RIGHTS 
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Aug 29, 2016 15:01
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Something something something Diebold.
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FlamingLiberal posted:He's not in office anymore so I don't get why this is really newsworthy at this point.
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iospace posted:Man, wouldn't it be nice if we had a national level voter database that gave out ID cards as well? Its almost like you want to set us up with the Mark of the Beast.
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Feldegast42 posted:Its almost like you want to set us up with the Mark of the Beast. Burn it all down  e: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/770259753880653824 Get wrecked, fuckers.
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Aug 29, 2016 15:03
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iospace posted:Man, wouldn't it be nice if we had a national level voter database that gave out ID cards as well? You'd have to have a new constitutional amendment turning over the entire voting process to the federal government to make that work.
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Aug 29, 2016 15:11
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iospace posted:Burn it all down The free market works. *notices it's 9:30am* Oh look, the NYSE is about to open. *points mat towards Wall Street*
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Aug 29, 2016 15:14
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William F Cuckley posted:You'd have to have a new constitutional amendment turning over the entire voting process to the federal government to make that work. You should read Article I Section 4 of the US Constitution, friend.
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Aug 29, 2016 15:16
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that mylan generic will be a mere 3x the price of an epipen in 2007 
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AMorePerfctGoonion posted:Really? Apart from the story that he speaks at a fourth grade level some months ago, the mainstream media seems focused on how outrageous his rhetoric is and not his mental incompetence. Jock and meathead don't really apply to older men, and empty suit isn't a stereotype about intelligence but about a lack of conviction. If, for example, Clinton displayed the same ignorance about basic policy issues and world politics (e.g. Crimea) I'm sure she'd be stereotyped as dumb chick. Turn on MSNBC some time. for the past month they've made joyful schadenfreude their theme and it's amazing. We're not in disagreement that it's much harder for women to be taken as intelligent. Hell, I've heard people call Clinton a moron and she's likely the most intelligent candidate to run in 20 years. I just don't think Palin was covered any differently than, say, Dubya. I've always used and heard empty/stuffed suit as someone too clueless to make an impact. I wonder if there are regional differences? You're onto something with older men, all the ones I can think of are very specificaly targeted (yokel, Fudd, Fossil, relic)
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emdash posted:that mylan generic will be a mere 3x the price of an epipen in 2007 There is some added demand thanks to the law allowing communal epipens in schools, though honestly, that demand should be fading by now. The "baseline" demand is still going to be higher than 2007, add in inflation... And it still shouldn't be 3x the cost.
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Joementum posted:You should read Article I Section 4 of the US Constitution, friend. There's a lot more to it than just that.
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Aug 29, 2016 15:23
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William F Cuckley posted:There's a lot more to it than just that. Not really, no.
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Feral Integral posted:Wait so drunken boxing style is real? Know of any sweet vids? Yes and no. A number of sets (think routines) have components of "drunken style" or are "drunken style" sets, but as a cohesive system I'm only aware of one person in the states that teaches it. That's Neil Ripski, he did a pretty good reddit AMA you can find here. As I understand it, the "completeness" of the system was kind of added by him. Kinda neat though.
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Joementum posted:Not really, no. While I'm going to agree, the massive outcry on the right would effectively prevent such an action. Look at how they managed to gut the VRA and instantly went and passed laws that were blatantly racist.
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Instant Sunrise posted:Something something something Diebold. It worries me some not in the old school "Diebold's rigging the elections for the neo-cons!!" way but in the fresh, modern "Vladimir Putin is literally having Russian Intelligence hack various US institutions with the aim of helping Trump get elected" way. Like, Putin wants Trump to win this election so badly that it is palpable. Not only is trump personally tied to Russian money, he also doesn't give a poo poo about NATO (Putin's biggest boogieman) and would gladly let Russia do whatever the gently caress it wants while he enjoys being a Celebrity President. Putin is pushing the envelope in regards to how overtly a foreign power can try to influence a US election. This is brand new territory here, unprecedented.
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The drunken boxing tangent is missing the important part of that quote- what Trump is actually comparing the debates to is a rigged event that only resembles sports where wild, unpredictable upsets appear to happen but really everything was planned in advance including who wins. Which he should know because he's participated in it in the past.
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How are u posted:It worries me some not in the old school "Diebold's rigging the elections for the neo-cons!!" way but in the fresh, modern "Vladimir Putin is literally having Russian Intelligence hack various US institutions with the aim of helping Trump get elected" way. The problem is people on the right are accusing the dems of making a "RED SCARE" while their leader sucks off Putin 
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Dexo posted:uhhhhhhhhhhh So are states going to do anything about this or is the slow ponderous heft of state-level governments too drat slow to make a move against this?
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iospace posted:While I'm going to agree, the massive outcry on the right would effectively prevent such an action. Look at how they managed to gut the VRA and instantly went and passed laws that were blatantly racist. Whether or not it's politically achievable is a separate question from it requiring an amendment to happen. Congress is fully empowered in the constitution to regulate federal elections. If they want to set up a national voter database and enroll everyone in it, allowing them to vote in federal elections with an ID card issued by a federal agency, they can do that without an amendment.
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It's pure gold.
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vyelkin posted:Oh look, I was right because any article with that headline is 100% predictable. Yeah, but I don't read it for a deeper understanding of people's positions, I read it because it's hilarious. This loving article posted:What I cannot do, as I realized this week, is live in a world where women who have just been told that they can terminate their pregnancies much more easily than they can acquire a tattoo can jump around in an estrogen-filled bacchanal in front of the Supreme Court and think that this is civilization. Seriously, this sort of thing is a major reason why I read these threads. Came for the news, stayed for the horrible people and their horrible views. Also, estrogen-filled bacchanals would make SCOTUS transcripts waaaaay more entertaining.
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How are u posted:It worries me some not in the old school "Diebold's rigging the elections for the neo-cons!!" way but in the fresh, modern "Vladimir Putin is literally having Russian Intelligence hack various US institutions with the aim of helping Trump get elected" way. So would Putin still think he could get Trump elected, even if he hacked every state? I hate that the idea of this merely being massive data breaches for Russian mob types is the lesser evil.
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Phone posted:It's pure gold. The Germans all thinking this is just a good faith accident, hang a phonetic spelling of Deutsche in the lobby, but nothing changes.
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iospace posted:The problem is people on the right are accusing the dems of making a "RED SCARE" while their leader sucks off Putin Somebody should really tell them that modern Russia is kleptocratic, not communist...
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Eifert Posting posted:Turn on MSNBC some time. for the past month they've made joyful schadenfreude their theme and it's amazing. Yeah, I'm not usually a fan of morning joe but the sheer undisguised disgust of Mika has been pretty awesome. Maddows been great too lately but then I totally have a crush on her
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N00ba the Hutt posted:Yeah, but I don't read it for a deeper understanding of people's positions, I read it because it's hilarious. Why is it that these moral crusaders only seem to care about life before birth? I mean, she flat out says that preventing abortions is more important than anything else, even if Trump being in charge leads to millions of deaths of currently existing humans. You'd think that if they were so offended by the idea of abortion, they'd help supply education and contraception or even endorse adoption programs, but nope! They expect to do absolutely nothing but wag their fingers at anyone pregnant who doesn't want to be.
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iospace posted:There is some added demand thanks to the law allowing communal epipens in schools, though honestly, that demand should be fading by now. The "baseline" demand is still going to be higher than 2007, add in inflation... They specifically pushed the law prior to raising the price...
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Douchebank sounds like some new-age blockchain evangelist poo poo.
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Geostomp posted:Why is it that these moral crusaders only seem to care about life before birth? I mean, she flat out says that preventing abortions is more important than anything else, even if Trump being in charge leads to millions of deaths of currently existing humans. It's amazing how much of our government is the result of "My sex life isn't fulfilling and yours shouldn't be either, especially if you're a woman." That's how we choose presidents in this country.
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RIP Kelli Ward's AZ Senate campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL0d706DiHY
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VirtualStranger posted:http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/08/trump-will-wing-debates-while-clinton-does-her-homework.html Reminder: George W. Bush had a team of very good debate preppers and spent more time doing research than Al Gore. Bush was widely considered to have "won" the debate despite giving a technically worse performance because Al Gore focused too much on policy, scared people by saying that we needed to use the surplus for social security instead of tax cuts, and was disrespectful and arrogant by sighing and shaking his head while Bush spoke. Expectations are rock bottom for Trump. If he doesn't have an obvious meltdown people will say they were surprised by how well he did.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:It's amazing how much of our government is the result of "My sex life isn't fulfilling and yours shouldn't be either, especially if you're a woman." Well, it helps when half of the religions in the country are nodding and saying the same thing. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Aug 29, 2016 |
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Geostomp posted:Why is it that these moral crusaders only seem to care about life before birth? I mean, she flat out says that preventing abortions is more important than anything else, even if Trump being in charge leads to millions of deaths of currently existing humans. Wish I'd saved that image someone posted upthread comparing the motivations of anti-abortion activists with the idea that abortion is murder versus the idea that women shouldn't be having sex.
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CommieGIR posted:Well, it helps when half of the religions in the county are nodding and saying the same thing. We don't deserve to join the Galactic Federation.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Reminder: George W. Bush had a team of very good debate preppers and spent more time doing research than Al Gore. Bush was widely considered to have "won" the debate despite giving a technically worse performance because Al Gore focused too much on policy, scared people by saying that we needed to use the surplus for social security instead of tax cuts, and was disrespectful and arrogant by sighing and shaking his head while Bush spoke. Remember that shaking your head while your opponent spoke was disrespectful in 2000. I bet about 40% of the country will be very happy if Trump makes silly faces and flips Hillary the bird the entire time she's speaking.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Reminder: George W. Bush had a team of very good debate preppers and spent more time doing research than Al Gore. Bush was widely considered to have "won" the debate despite giving a technically worse performance because Al Gore focused too much on policy, scared people by saying that we needed to use the surplus for social security instead of tax cuts, and was disrespectful and arrogant by sighing and shaking his head while Bush spoke. yep there is an almost 100% chance the media will push a Trump-positive narrative after debate 1
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Just to gently caress with pro-lifers I want to build a device I call the Zygote Holocaust Engine. You just throw in a bucket of sperm and a few million discarded ova, and it automatically fertilizes each egg and then deep fries the lot. Does that make me a psychopath?
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