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1 2 Chip Bok posted:Sean Spicer says our Tweeter-in-Chief has a “direct line to the American people.” 3 4 5 6
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# ? May 25, 2017 02:36 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 17:16 |
As always,
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# ? May 25, 2017 02:39 |
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Shangri-Law School posted:
Alright, this is a clear "no" to the "will you stop being condescending" question, and a reversal on a bunch of stuff you said earlier, containing several false assumptions and at least one non sequitur (no, a single state cannot in fact support a system like this, shock and horror), but I'm really tired of this argument so I'll leave it at that mandatory lesbian posted:catholics have way more hundreds of years of stuff behind them, protestants are like little babies in regards to that I wonder which specific mythology Trump is intended to be seen as the leader of Imperialism? Capitalism? "Mythology" was an interesting word choice. Ramirez liked using this phrase to describe Obama constantly and it was never really clear exactly what it signified that doesn't apply to Trump Obama never touched a glowing orb
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# ? May 25, 2017 02:40 |
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Ramirez and most of the other vaguely respectable conservatoonists seem to have collectively decided that they had to do a least one toothless "firing Comey was dumb" strip and with that out of the way, they're right back to sucking tiny orange dick and shouting "no you!" Color me surprised.
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# ? May 25, 2017 02:51 |
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Duckbag posted:Ramirez and most of the other vaguely respectable conservatoonists seem to have collectively decided that they had to do a least one toothless "firing Comey was dumb" strip and with that out of the way, they're right back to sucking tiny orange dick and shouting "no you!" Color me surprised. "Trump is too cozy with the Russians!" "This is what true leadership is." - Michael Ramirez.
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# ? May 25, 2017 03:04 |
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loquacius posted:Ramirez liked using this phrase to describe Obama constantly and it was never really clear exactly what it signified that doesn't apply to Trump At least publicly.
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# ? May 25, 2017 03:04 |
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Jurgan posted:If you think the ACA didn't "actually benefit people," you can gently caress right off. My wife would probably be dead without it. You can acknowledge its weaknesses without ignoring the millions of people who have benefited. I phrased that poorly, but the ACA does not fix the overarching problem with American health care: It is too expensive. The ACA does not fix that. It throws some money at states to cover the poorest Americans (unless the states sued to not even do that much), and it lifts some of the rules that artificially kept people off of insurance completely. But that is only a temporary fix, and only for a small percent of Americans. I'm sure your wife deserves the care she gets now. In any other developed nation on Earth, she would get that care much more cheaply, and without the fear of having it yanked away on a politician's whim or from getting fired. This is the problem. It will not be fixed by having the government throw more money at the health care industry with no attempt to limit prices. MikeyTsi posted:If you'd rather this had failed so you can jerk-off to your moral superiority about the purity of your position, you can go gently caress yourself. Regardless of the strawmen Fulchrum is tilting at, the ACA is fine as one part of health care reform. I don't think anyone's arguing that we should get rid of it because "hurr durr socialist utopia."
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# ? May 25, 2017 03:22 |
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...what? https://twitter.com/HarrySteinDC/status/866997903906230272 CNN posted:The president's budget assumes that the House bill becomes law. That legislation, which also calls for eliminating enhanced funding for Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, would reduce spending on the program by $839 billion, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office analysis. (An updated score is due Wednesday afternoon.) Medicare probably doesn't get cut (yet), but does Beeler really want Trump to try it?
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# ? May 25, 2017 03:46 |
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loquacius posted:Alright, this is a clear "no" to the "will you stop being condescending" question, and a reversal on a bunch of stuff you said earlier, containing several false assumptions and at least one non sequitur (no, a single state cannot in fact support a system like this, shock and horror), but I'm really tired of this argument so I'll leave it at that You're the one who keeps engaging me. You're the one who's resorting to passive-aggressive aspersions against my character because you can't respond to any of my actual points. This is the last time I will ever reply to you. And to people interested in learning something, even single-payer won't be enough to fix healthcare in this country, because like FronzelNeekburm said, healthcare is too drat expensive. Right now America's doctors essentially form a large cartel with excellent PR. The government will have much greater power to negotiate prices down under single-payer, but major reform will still be needed to the entire provider side if single-payer is to cost a reasonable amount. Doctors will have to earn much less, we'll probably have to relax the rules on foreign doctors practicing in the U.S., nurse practitioners will be more common, and the government will probably have to do something to make medical education less expensive, for starters. Or we could say "gently caress it," reinstate the draft, conscript the doctors and put everyone on the V.A. Obama and the Democrats did not have enough power in 2009 and 2010 to take on both the insurance companies and the hospitals. But with the ACA, it's theoretically no longer possible to save money by not treating sick people. So now we're in a better position to tackle what's actually driving the cost of treatment.
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# ? May 25, 2017 03:49 |
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FronzelNeekburm posted:I phrased that poorly, but the ACA does not fix the overarching problem with American health care: It is too expensive. In that case, I agree, with the understanding that passing the ACA was still far preferable to letting it die in hopes of passing something better down the line. I heard a story recently about an experiment going on where a hospital gets more money if they can keep the hospital empty. The incentive is structured so they are focused on long-term health of the whole community and try to treat patients in a way that ensures they don't need to come back soon after. Obviously you have to be careful with such plans, or you risk incentivizing them to discharge patients before they're fully recovered, but it sounds like they're being careful about it. Here's a link to the interview (it's kind of long and touches on other subjects, but I find it interesting). Also, since doctors' pay was mentioned, that's closely tied to the other uniquely American high-priced public good, education. Given how expensive medical school is, doctors have to make a fortune just to pay off student loans. Lowering their pay without giving them cheaper education would see the same shortages that plague teachers and social workers. Jurgan fucked around with this message at 05:59 on May 25, 2017 |
# ? May 25, 2017 04:04 |
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Sandpuppy posted:
"Those lazy fuckers, touring constantly,..." <spends 30 minutes making GBS threads out a cartoon> "Well, I'm done for the week".
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# ? May 25, 2017 04:09 |
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rall is right at least, u2 loving sucks
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# ? May 25, 2017 04:25 |
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mandatory lesbian posted:rall is right at least, u2 loving sucks
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# ? May 25, 2017 04:28 |
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# ? May 25, 2017 06:00 |
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One day, Tinsley looked down at his comic draft, an empty word-bubble over his hated enemy's head, and realized "Hey, wait a second, I can just make them say whatever I want!" And so was born Mallard Fillmore.
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# ? May 25, 2017 06:05 |
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Not even Drunky's Reasonable White Man looks like he wants to be in the comic.
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# ? May 25, 2017 06:09 |
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# ? May 25, 2017 06:42 |
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What the hell is this? Is Tinsley publishing Mad Libs now?
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# ? May 25, 2017 06:43 |
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why do they rename hillary clinton and turn her into a rabbit if they aren't going to use allegory and are instead going to just direct talk about the real person
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# ? May 25, 2017 06:44 |
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I thought StantisAllie were conservatives, when did they become Succ Zone posters?
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# ? May 25, 2017 06:48 |
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I'm increasingly sure that Allie doesn't even draw that thing anymore. I know I've seen all those poses before and they're weirdly incongruous with the dialogue and each other.
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# ? May 25, 2017 07:21 |
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Somfin posted:I'm increasingly sure that Allie doesn't even draw that thing anymore. I know I've seen all those poses before and they're weirdly incongruous with the dialogue and each other. Maybe he just assembles them clipart style like B^U.
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# ? May 25, 2017 07:24 |
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Just look at that cowardly Barack Hussein Obama leading from behind!
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# ? May 25, 2017 08:15 |
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If I had the talent, I'd position Trump so that he's crossing out the words "Leading from," and the word Behind could maybe have an arrow pointed to his comically large posterior
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# ? May 25, 2017 08:21 |
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Mr. Prokosch posted:Let’s go on a journey to the Marshall Islands! The Marshall Islands Journal is the only newspaper produced by this small Micronesian nation, but it has political cartoons! There's a lot of cultural context here, so I'll post my interpretation with each one along with a translation. Thank you for this very interesting post. The drawings are among the worst I've seen, but the context is fascinating.
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# ? May 25, 2017 08:30 |
No new Zelda strip today because of celestial bouncing day:
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# ? May 25, 2017 08:34 |
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Alhazred posted:No new Zelda strip today because of celestial bouncing day:
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# ? May 25, 2017 09:02 |
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Alhazred posted:No new Zelda strip today because of celestial bouncing day: Only Paul Merton can pull off calling their autobiography 'My Struggle'.
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# ? May 25, 2017 09:23 |
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Alhazred posted:No new Zelda strip today because of celestial bouncing day: The furiously levitating chomped cigarette is one of my very favourite visual gags whenever it shows up.
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# ? May 25, 2017 09:39 |
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"Ya gotta give me the exclamations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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# ? May 25, 2017 10:06 |
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Improbable Lobster posted:Protestant denominations tend to be tiny fiefdoms instead of part of a larger organization Yeah, but some of them are a lot worse than the Catholic church of today. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/09/tracymcveigh.theobserver
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# ? May 25, 2017 11:55 |
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Shangri-Law School posted:You're the one who keeps engaging me. You're the one who's resorting to passive-aggressive aspersions against my character because you can't respond to any of my actual points. This is the last time I will ever reply to you. You'll be missed
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# ? May 25, 2017 12:18 |
Kopijeger posted:Translation note: "My Struggle" is "Min Kamp" in the original, while "My Sponge" is "Min Svamp". So the pun is lost in a too literal translation, something like "My Juggle" would fit better.
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# ? May 25, 2017 13:22 |
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My Snuggle
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# ? May 25, 2017 13:33 |
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My Snuggie? E: By popular demand fucked around with this message at 14:10 on May 25, 2017 |
# ? May 25, 2017 14:05 |
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Alhazred posted:Except that she's writing a gently caress epic so "sponge" is a fitting title It's really not... e: oh I read "loving epic", so alright, yeah, I get ya. Still, the pun. Gotta have the pun. I like "My Snuggle" a lot here. Cape Cod Crab Chip fucked around with this message at 14:17 on May 25, 2017 |
# ? May 25, 2017 14:15 |
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And Ted Closson on how $50 is sometimes the difference between life and death.
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# ? May 25, 2017 14:17 |
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Alhazred posted:No new Zelda strip today because of celestial bouncing day: Alhazred, do you translate all of these yourself? Because "navel-gazing gently caress epic" is an extremely good term for a lot of the stuff young men bring to their first writing workshops, I've had to read so many of them, this Zelda actually made me lol.
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# ? May 25, 2017 14:26 |
Bicyclops posted:Alhazred, do you translate all of these yourself? Pretty much.
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# ? May 25, 2017 14:54 |
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Zelda is completely right about "My Struggle", by the way.
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# ? May 25, 2017 14:55 |