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Dapper_Swindler posted:jesus christ is that real? i always though norquest was one of the "sane" ones. you are definitely thinking of someone else, I don't know who but you are definitely not thinking of norquist
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ReidRansom posted:In a saner world, the FTC and FCC would block this, but they certainly aren't going to under this administration, and of course Sinclair is going to be doing their best in the meantime to make sure that situation continues. Pai's FCC passed a loophole to the market share maximum specifically for Sinclair.
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Is it normal to go through every day wanting (a little less than) half of the country to either wake the gently caress up or just drop dead? I've completely lost hope in Americans (and from what's percolating over in Europe, perhaps all of humanity).
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Flip Yr Wig posted:Pai's FCC passed a loophole to the market share maximum specifically for Sinclair. LOL of course they did! 
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Stuff like this gives me hope. I don't agree with Republican ideals but once upon a time I could at least understand why others held those beliefs. They had the strength of their convictions. I thought I saw some of that with the various Republicans who called out Trump during the campaign but we all know how that went. Everyone who could conceivably be called a good Republican is out of the game. Maybe, and this is a hope I've voiced before no matter how vain it is, the whole GOP will implode sometime in the near future and something more respectable will emerge.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:jesus christ is that real? i always though norquest was one of the "sane" ones. You must be confusing him with somebody else. Norquist is uttelry nuts
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Yeah, it's just sad to see Democrats completely missing the point and the actual problem with the Russia stuff and jumping to dumb conspiracy theories that make people take the real issues less seriously. This is from a few pages back but honestly it's pretty damning for the Democrats:  Reading about Trump's antics and posting here it's easy to start thinking that Republican are generally idiots and Democrats the adults in the room. It's good to be reminded that as a group Democrats are probably just as dumb. Trump is the idiot king America deserves.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Trump's USDA and Department of HHS have given Scott Walker approval to require drug testing for all Wisconsin residents on food stamps, Medicaid, or unemployment insurance. Can this be fought further, or was this the final approval?
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Potato Salad posted:Mother of God. Here's the problem, he asks "who do they think is fooled by this?" Well, Republican voters. This is nothing new, and just because we have a particularly egregious liar leading the party doesn't mean you should be shocked now. Republicans have finally embraced that plenty of their voters don't give a single poo poo about the blatant lies, and maybe (hopefully) it'll haunt them in the long run, but it's too late for Joe's bluster to stop massive damage coming to millions of people; he should have been on that train a year ago to try and prevent this shitstorm, now it's about mitigating harm.
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Yeah, it's not dissimilar to an increased rate in diagnoses for autism; we're more aware, and we're learning more about the disease, so doctors are better able to spot it. And frankly, regardless of mental illness I'm of the opinion that most people would probably see gains from being able to talk to a competent therapist now and then. RE: Trump, Alzheimer's and related dementias are not mental illness, they're neurological disorders  . It can be a subtle but important distinction.Interestingly, with my father's particular diagnosis, one of the first symptoms apart from memory issues that we noticed was an increasing amount of dizziness and loss of balance. It's led to him using a cane to get around and needing a chair for any movement that goes beyond a few dozen feet. I think of that whenever those stories about Trump being afraid of stairs come up.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:jesus christ is that real? i always though norquest was one of the "sane" ones. Norquist was never a sane person. His whole schtick is that when he was a teenager he wrote a pledge that he still to this day gets all GOP politicians to sign saying that they promise to never ever raise taxes for any reason. He acts like this makes him a serious person. Also he's apparently a vaping weirdo and has been for the last several years.
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Nocturtle posted:This is from a few pages back but honestly it's pretty damning for the Democrats: I view that as a question thats technically precise, but easy to misread. And when you look at the fact that the survey had about 200 questions, it's real easy to misread. If I was taking that survey there's a reasonable chance I'd say yes without really thinking about it, because I think Russia's actions affected the vote tallies but not by hacking the machines, they affected them through their propaganda and email hacking. If i stopped to think about it I'd probably realize what they were asking, but I could easily screw it up.
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DeathSandwich posted:Norquist was never a sane person. His whole schtick is that when he was a teenager he wrote a pledge that he still to this day gets all GOP politicians to sign saying that they promise to never ever raise taxes for any reason. He acts like this makes him a serious person. He's not muslim crazy though. I think a lot of people assume that means he isn't just doubling down in other areas, which is obviously does.
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DeathSandwich posted:Norquist was never a sane person. His whole schtick is that when he was a teenager he wrote a pledge that he still to this day gets all GOP politicians to sign saying that they promise to never ever raise taxes for any reason. He acts like this makes him a serious person. I never knew he wrote that dumb pledge as a teenager. Somehow this makes everything make sense: the GOP at the whims of a manchild whose brain never left high school (predictable joke: also explains Trump).
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evilweasel posted:you are definitely thinking of someone else, I don't know who but you are definitely not thinking of norquist Norquist's wife is a Muslim, so he tends to object when the GOP goes on one of their nativist streaks. He is, however, utterly insane in all other policy matters. Fritz Coldcockin fucked around with this message at 17:28 on May 26, 2017 |
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Angry_Ed posted:I never knew he wrote that dumb pledge as a teenager. Somehow this makes everything make sense: the GOP at the whims of a manchild whose brain never left high school (predictable joke: also explains Trump). Many adults have never mentally grown since highschool. If you're past your 20's, and you have, you're really struck by this. The Republicans are currently holding power by appealing to exactly that. That's why a decent % of their voters are so into an incredibly insecure faux alpha that is getting punked by every single adult in world politics: They don't understand whats happening.
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Flip Yr Wig posted:Pai's FCC passed a loophole to the market share maximum specifically for Sinclair. FCC or not, can't people sue against this poo poo because it's a blatant monopoly?
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Evil Fluffy posted:FCC or not, can't people sue against this poo poo because it's a blatant monopoly? Nope.
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It's not illegal to have a monopoly, just to abuse monopoly power. Hence all the netscape / Microsoft lawsuits.
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DeathSandwich posted:Norquist was never a sane person. His whole schtick is that when he was a teenager he wrote a pledge that he still to this day gets all GOP politicians to sign saying that they promise to never ever raise taxes for any reason. He acts like this makes him a serious person. He also replied seemingly in total seriousness to a weird twitter person asking him something about diapers.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:jesus christ is that real? i always though norquest was one of the "sane" ones. Where the gently caress would you get that idea?
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What's it been? Three, four months? Yeah we're probably in the clear. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/868095652693241856
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FizFashizzle posted:What's it been? Three, four months? Trump either doesn't care or doesn't understand how optics in politics work at all.
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FizFashizzle posted:What's it been? Three, four months? lmao this administration is so transparent
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Alter Ego posted:Trump either doesn't care or doesn't understand how optics in politics work at all. Yes.
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Alter Ego posted:Trump either doesn't care or doesn't understand how optics in politics work at all. why would he care? Nothing did matter, Nothing currently matters, Nothing will matter
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Alter Ego posted:Trump either doesn't care or doesn't understand how optics in politics work at all. I need an emote that means "not mutually exclusive"
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FizFashizzle posted:What's it been? Three, four months? I mean, I guess he has to keep his side of the deal somehow
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Alter Ego posted:Trump either doesn't care or doesn't understand how optics in politics work at all. He doesn't? The right love Russia right now, and have for several years. The Freep thread is good for understanding Republican thought, and they've been sucking Putin's dick since before Trump even ran. So this is actually great optics. It's like if a Democratic president was saying "Let's increase trade and friendship with Nordic socialist countries."
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ReidRansom posted:I mean, I guess he has to keep his side of the deal somehow Putin can probably do far worse to him than the US government ever will.
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BarbarianElephant posted:He doesn't? The right love Russia right now, and have for several years. The Freep thread is good for understanding Republican thought, and they've been sucking Putin's dick since before Trump even ran. So this is actually great optics. It's like if a Democratic president was saying "Let's increase trade and friendship with Nordic socialist countries." Again, why should we care what the far right thinks? They've always been a lost cause.
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The optics are very transparent. That's good, right?
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FizFashizzle posted:What's it been? Three, four months?
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I need an emote that means "not mutually exclusive" porquenolosdos.jpg
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Alter Ego posted:Trump either doesn't care or doesn't understand how optics in politics work at all. The body slam was ordered by him personally to test the optics water. The test is finish time for phase 2.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Again, why should we care what the far right thinks? They've always been a lost cause. You think this is just the far right? Think about 30% of the country. Then wet your pants.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Again, why should we care what the far right thinks? They've always been a lost cause. To keep track and respond accordingly.
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