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Evidently we aren't America anymore. "I'm taking my ball and going I've never seen someone take losing an election so poorly.
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themrguy posted:Evidently we aren't America anymore. What a baby, pity he's moving because he's like the platonic ideal of a CAGOPer.
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themrguy posted:Evidently we aren't America anymore. Oh no whatever will we do without Paul Chabot!
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themrguy posted:Evidently we aren't America anymore. I love the last line of that article. Great little jab as a parting shot.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:If Trump can become president, surely Peter Thiel can become governor. (Yeah right) Considering Donald Trump lost California by over 30%, including traditional Republican strongholds like Orange County, this checks out
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Jan 17, 2017 01:24
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themrguy posted:Evidently we aren't America anymore. 
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Jan 17, 2017 01:30
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themrguy posted:Evidently we aren't America anymore. Great. Dude was still on the "weed = terrorism" bus.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:19
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The California Pirate Party just held their weekly meeting. They're suddenly extremely active, and coordinating actions to protest trump. I'm impressed by their organization.
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themrguy posted:Evidently we aren't America anymore.  Of course he's moving to white-bread McKinney.
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Jan 17, 2017 06:54
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I'm the article about him leaving Texas when it's gentrified by California liberals moving in with the Austin tech boom.
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Cup Runneth Over posted:I'm the article about him leaving Texas when it's gentrified by California liberals moving in with the Austin tech boom. Texas will still be a solidly red state though. I think that's all that really matters to him.
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Jan 17, 2017 16:29
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You'd be surprised, that wasn't really a joke. Texas conservatives bitch and moan about their state being turned purple by "California refugees" since its tech industry is expanding. Every year it gets a little less red.
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Jan 17, 2017 19:40
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Yeah amusingly that's the result of their hard push to have a tech center actually kind of sort of succeeding, a little. But not really. In every state, urban populations are growing and rural populations are shrinking. And urban populations almost always go blue. I think it's a result of being exposed to multiculturalism, the need for people to work together to solve problems, and the concentration of higher education. http://www.chron.com/politics/election/local/article/Map-comparison-Texas-2012-election-results-10604025.php If Texas' population continues to grow, and to shift towards urban living, eventually the state has to go purple and will become a battleground state in national elections. Meanwhile, rural counties nationwide are going redder. The real divide in America isn't between red states and blue states, it's between city-and-suburb dwellers and rural voters. And the urbanites are gradually winning, although the structure of the senate and electoral college ensure the inhabitants of the more rural, red states retain significant power.
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Jan 17, 2017 19:56
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Cup Runneth Over posted:Texas conservatives bitch and moan about their state being turned purple by "California refugees" since its tech industry is expanding. Every year it gets a little less red. The funny thing is that all the CA-to-TX people i've known or read/heard about, moved there because it's cheaper, and/or because it's more conservative. Nothing to do with tech, and many of them are conservatives themselves. Though that is just anecdotal. The real reason texas is getting less conservative is the same as anywhere else: growing urban populations, shrinking rural populations, growing minority populations, shrinking racist whitey populations.
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I know many CA to TX transplants, and Northeast to TX as well, all urban professionals. In all cases it's because of economics, cheaper housing, job opportunity etc. These are all non tech.
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Zwabu posted:I know many CA to TX transplants, and Northeast to TX as well, all urban professionals. In all cases it's because of economics, cheaper housing, job opportunity etc. These are all non tech. Yeah, this is the kind of thing I'm referring to except in tech. Lots of tech jobs are opening up in Texas. California has a large tech sector and plenty of tech professionals looking for jobs. They go to Texas, they bring their California politics with them. I'm sure that many conservative Californians like our tilted wannabe Senator there move there as well, but the Texas tech boom is one factor of many contributing to when it will blue itself.
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Jan 17, 2017 20:39
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Cup Runneth Over posted:Yeah, this is the kind of thing I'm referring to except in tech. Lots of tech jobs are opening up in Texas. California has a large tech sector and plenty of tech professionals looking for jobs. They go to Texas, they bring their California politics with them. I'm sure that many conservative Californians like our tilted wannabe Senator there move there as well, but the Texas tech boom is one factor of many contributing to when it will blue itself. Yeah. The people I know are high salary medical types who skew more conservative than the average Californian (or Northeasterner) but definitely more liberal than the average Texan, and as a group contribute to the "blueing" process.
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Jan 17, 2017 20:43
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Texas has enough people who think their property value is the metric all things should be judged by. Stop sending more.
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Jan 17, 2017 21:03
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Trulia's chief economist did an analysis of it's economic impacts across the state and it's pretty interesting. I immediately thought of you guys. https://www.trulia.com/blog/trends/prop-13/
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Jan 19, 2017 03:52
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Feinstein plans to run again: https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/18/will-she-or-wont-she-feinstein-hints-at-2018-run/ 
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quote:“If I can produce, and I can produce, and I can continue to produce, then I will continue to produce. If I believe I can’t, either by health or any other way, I won’t, but as long as I believe I can, I will,” Feinstein said. “Is that pretty clear?” Nothing like some good ol' Feinstein doublespeak from the Queen Hypocrite herself.
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Jan 19, 2017 20:13
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Family Values posted:Feinstein plans to run again: Let's face it, she's going to be voting on the Senate floor from a freakin' hospital bed when she's 102
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Jan 19, 2017 20:14
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Family Values posted:Feinstein plans to run again: She's going to keep running until she turns to dust because she's one of the most senior members of the DNC and no democratic candidate who harbors serious career aspirations would dare oppose her and bring the wrath of the party apparatus down on themselves.
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Jan 19, 2017 21:30
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Sydin posted:She's going to keep running until she turns to dust because she's one of the most senior members of the DNC and no democratic candidate who harbors serious career aspirations would dare oppose her and bring the wrath of the party apparatus down on themselves. Unless some fresh-faced gently caress-The-(Wo)Man Berniecrat who doesn't care about The Party Establishment could gain sufficient momentum against her 
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Cup Runneth Over posted:Unless some fresh-faced gently caress-The-(Wo)Man Berniecrat who doesn't care about The Party Establishment could gain sufficient momentum against her Not likely, but theoretically possible; apparently Bernie-inspired delegates had massive wins here: https://twitter.com/OurRevolution/status/822215574575075328 (Article is the important bit; linking it through the tweet just because it has the numbers right there.) Encouragingly, the party is, at least outwardly, looking at this as a positive thing, seeing the energy and numbers as something to harness rather than as a threat or something to be discouraged as they instead move to the center. Seeing this earlier today has me feeling a bit more optimistic, really.
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Well, on the above topic, she's still giving plenty of reasons to want to primary her. https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/823702422749057028 Dammit, Feinstein.
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Jan 24, 2017 06:46
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I normally think primarying incumbent Dems is a horrible idea, but I'd actually be all for it Feinstein''s case.
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Jan 24, 2017 07:36
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I'm enjoying an east Sacramento brewer having a meltdown because he needs a safe space for his fee-fees. 
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Since we get top two in the general, it'll hopefully be Feinstein vs a better Dem. Not sure who that would be yet though.
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Shbobdb posted:I'm enjoying an east Sacramento brewer having a meltdown because he needs a safe space for his fee-fees. Oh man this is good.
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quote:Asked how he sought to balance his right to free speech with his interests as a business owner, Murphy replied, “Apparently as a business owner, I don’t get free speech any more.” Haha no dude, you do get free speech. Just, people have the freedom to not buy products from you because of your lovely political opinions that you freely spoke about. Always frustrating and/or delightful when people can't quite conceive of what "free speech" actually means. Quite often those same people are staunch defenders of the constitution - religiously so. quote:“We need to prove ourselves to our customers,” she said in an interview. “I’m not on social media at all. Words are so one-dimensional. We hope people go beyond words and go beyond social media. … His post was really born out of frustration and anger. That’s not an excuse. I mean, who would be stupid enough to say something that would wipe out our business?” Your husband, that's who.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:04
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https://twitter.com/ppppolls/status/824310814190534657 Interesting, I suppose. I need to learn more about some of these people though because I do not recognize all those names.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:45
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quote:Some of his comments seem to be made on a whim. In one post from August, Murphy used a derogatory term for someone from Pakistan, saying the person had “just called on my cell phone and tried to tell me he was from Dell and needed my credit card number to fix malware on my PC. What a moron.” In one post, he displayed a statement calling the Islamic faith “barbaric.” Talk poo poo, get hit.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:48
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Turns out Peter Thiel took out New Zealand citizenship in 2011. New Zealanders are outraged he didn't meet the requirements, including living primarily in NZ for five years.quote:SAN FRANCISCO — Peter Thiel is a billionaire, the biggest Donald J. Trump supporter in Trump-hating Silicon Valley and, above all, someone who prides himself on doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing. I can't think the dual citizenship would play well with the electorate. This is chosen dual citizenship, not just being born into two nationalities.
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Jan 25, 2017 19:22
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All the ultra rich have citizenship or land in NZ, it's their safe haven when the world implodes
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Jan 25, 2017 19:25
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FCKGW posted:All the ultra rich have citizenship or land in NZ, it's their safe haven when the world implodes The full article says he and his close friends will fly there in the event of Doom occurring, so yes. Poor New Zealand. The rest of us will die a merciful death, but they'll be stuck with Peter Thiel for (he thinks) forever.
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Jan 25, 2017 19:40
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The fun part is that in the event of the apocalypse, his billions of dollars amount to nothing and he'll have to like herd sheep or farm or something. In New Zealand. As a foreigner nobody knows or cares about, so I wonder how much deference he'll get given his presumably total lack of skill at sheep etc?
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Family Values posted:Feinstein plans to run again:
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Roland Jones posted:https://twitter.com/ppppolls/status/824310814190534657 How the gently caress is Faulconer outpolling Garcetti
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