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Here they come, obedient GOP servants bowing to their supreme leader https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/870367998531567617
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DoctorGonzo posted:Actually, it is.
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Jun 1, 2017 20:59
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There Bias Two posted:It's a dying industry that is rapidly becoming obsolete. Not anymore.
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I cannot believe this sack of poo poo is actually going to doom us all. This hollow headed con man piece of poo poo is going to be the end of our grandchildren.
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Jun 1, 2017 20:59
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Jesus Christ how long is he gonna repeat the same thing over and over? He must be way off prompter by now.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:00
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tecnocrat posted:Jesus Christ how long is he gonna repeat the same thing over and over? He must be way off prompter by now. Is this it? Is he finally having the stroke?
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Jun 1, 2017 21:00
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There Bias Two posted:It's a dying industry that is rapidly becoming obsolete. True, but what other job can you get in bumfuck West Virginia with only a high school degree that pays 60k a year with benefits?
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Jun 1, 2017 21:00
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DoctorGonzo posted:Actually, it is. dumb liberals getting social science degrees instead of going into a tiny dying industry that's doing it's best to gently caress over the few remaining humans it has
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Jun 1, 2017 21:00
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Thank you. Thank you. Look here! I just tweeted your butthole.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:01
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Fojar38 posted:It hasn't gotten to Bush era levels? Gosh, that's a far rosier assessment than I'd give personally. There's a reasons even Bush committed to article 5 of NATO like every president before him. Because it's important and the lunch pin of the agreement. Trump is well past Bush in destroying Americas influence. You're an idiot though and evil weasel had said all that needs to be said.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:01
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DoctorGonzo posted:Actually, it is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/31/8-surprisingly-small-industries-that-employ-more-people-than-coal/ tetrapyloctomy posted:Especially given how loving terrible Pittsburgh's air used to be. Reminds me of a story my old landlord use to tell. He lived in Dayton, OH when they made tires. He thought it was just a common thing to hang your wash on the line and it would turn grey. It was only when he moved to California did he realize that his shirts were staying white when put outside.
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Yes. We have elected a giant loving child to be POTUS of the world's greatest super power. There hasn't been a leader this incompetent of a nation this powerful since...I don't know, maybe Kaiser Wilhelm the II? The modern world simply has no mechanism to deal with a man like Trump with the power he has.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:01
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moostaffa posted:Here they come, obedient GOP servants bowing to their supreme leader Hey, he'd probably have done the same. Ryan never passes up a chance to do pure evil.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:01
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Speaking of people who don't give a poo poo about the environment whatsoever.
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tecnocrat posted:Jesus Christ how long is he gonna repeat the same thing over and over? He must be way off prompter by now. When he stops he has to go back inside and pretend to work again. These things are what he lives for.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:01
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Does...does he really think the Paris Accord is about protecting Paris in particular? He keeps talking about Paris like we're throwing money at them in particular.
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The GOP is no joke the biggest world threat right now because it's being fueled entirely by white rage and the only ethos it has left is gently caress everyone else. It only knows how to lash out in anger and do damage. They have no productive plans whatsoever.There Bias Two posted:Does...does he really think the Paris Accord is about protecting Paris in particular? He keeps talking about Paris like we're throwing money at them in particular. Trump like his supporters has no loving clue about literally anything. America has atrophied where the dumbest most spiteful people in it have all of the power through our garbage system set up by slavers.
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Jaxyon posted:dumb liberals getting social science degrees instead of going into a tiny dying industry that's doing it's best to gently caress over the few remaining humans it has Coal workers' votes count as much as yours or mine do, unfortunately.
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Radish posted:The GOP is no joke the biggest world threat right now because it's being fueled entirely by white rage and the only ethos it has left is gently caress everyone else. It only knows how to lash out in anger and do damage. They have no productive plans whatsoever. ISIS at least wants to build a state.
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There Bias Two posted:Does...does he really think the Paris Accord is about protecting Paris in particular? He keeps talking about Paris like we're throwing money at them in particular. Probably. They should have called it the "Mar a lago agreement." He'd have been all for it.
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Jaxyon posted:dumb liberals getting social science degrees instead of going into a tiny dying industry that's doing it's best to gently caress over the few remaining humans it has Well coal miners actually do something productive, you might disagree with them.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:03
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Fitzy Fitz posted:ISIS at least wants to build a state. ISIS wants much the same things as the Republican base except you need to swap out "Islam" for "Christianity" as appropriate.
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Jun 1, 2017 21:03
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It's not like coal is ever going to come back as long as fracking is giving us free natural gas.
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Solaris 2.0 posted:Yes. We have elected a giant loving child to be POTUS of the world's greatest super power. There hasn't been a leader this incompetent of a nation this powerful since...I don't know, maybe Kaiser Wilhelm the II? The modern world simply has no mechanism to deal with a man like Trump with the power he has. much like Wilhelm, Trump's entire pathology is from compensating for tiny hands
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Oh my god I'm dying laughing over here. I'm listening to the speech in a background tab and you can tell exactly when he's reading off the paper and then his commentary on his own speech during said speech. He'll start out deliberately, somewhat presidentia, with an even tonel quote:Thus, our withdrawal from the agreement represents a reassertion of america's sovereignty. our constitution is unique among those in the world, and is my obligation and my highest honor to protect it and then suddenly, his voice goes up a little, and you can almost hear the little smug smile complete with head waggle quote:And I will. He just can't resist throwing a little flavor in there.
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Krispy Kareem posted:It's not like coal is ever going to come back as long as fracking is giving us free natural gas. But it's a man's job! Not like those pussy frackers who just stand around looking at dials on pipes.
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Is there a video of the Trump speech today so I can get red, mad and nude online?
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There Bias Two posted:Does...does he really think the Paris Accord is about protecting Paris in particular? He keeps talking about Paris like we're throwing money at them in particular. undoubtedly yes. I have noticed that in the past when he refers to ANY THING OR CONCEPT named after a location or a particular person, he... specifies it down to just being about said place or person.
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Javes posted:Is there a video of the Trump speech today so I can get red, mad and nude online? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLrO5KPP1R4
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squirrelzipper posted:There's a reasons even Bush committed to article 5 of NATO like every president before him. Because it's important and the lunch pin of the agreement. Trump is well past Bush in destroying Americas influence. You're an idiot though and evil weasel had said all that needs to be said. Trump withdrew from NATO? Or did he not say the magic words? Trump is a giant tone-deaf moron who didn't realize that the world is anxious about the USA's commitment to NATO and that he really should give an explicit commitment to article 5. But on the other hand, the US military is still extremely active in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean and recently deployed another division to Poland. This is probably Mattis at work. There are also still Americans in the Baltics both training locals and functioning as a tripwire for the Russians. Any attempt by Russians to invade will require them to kill Americans, Article 5 or no Article 5, and this is intentional. Actions over words.
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I want to jump back to The home defense/gun talk. I have a best friend who owns guns because of self defense and fun. Fun I understand, but the self defense makes me sad. I'm a former bouncer and have been doing martial arts for 20 years. In a home invasion scenario, I'm far more likely to beat them off with a baseball bat, than he is with his AR. If it was somebody with my level of training vs my buddy who likes to go the range, I would take the somebody with the training and no weapon over my buddy any day of the week. That's not a tough guy statement, it's a training statement. People who go to the range think it makes them a badass. It doesn't. And unless you've actually been in a life or death situation, you don't know how well you'll do. As for the fantasy about opposing the government if they become (more of) a police state.... that's laughable. They have drones and the psychopath warriors (special forces) working for them.
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While this is 90% spite, I think about 10% is because Trump is a dumbfuck who still thinks he's actually a real business genius and can get an AMAZING DEAL as if he even knew what the gently caress he was bargaining for. Also Paul Ryan is scum and I hope that he's somehow involved in this Russian thing enough that he ends up in a jail cell.
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DoctorGonzo posted:Not anymore. This isn't going to do a loving thing for it. Coal is still prohibitively expensive as an energy source, and reducing the costs of "regulations" isn't going to make it cheap enough to outpace other options. It's like trying to eliminate OSHA requirements to save the Horse and Carriage industry.
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Majorian posted:Coal workers' votes count as much as yours or mine do, unfortunately. Probably a lot more, since states with less population have proportionately more influence. And guess what happens when a state's major industries start dying off? It starts losing population. Leaving behind only the angriest people who can't move, for whatever reason.
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I didn't want to derail with house chat, but I think the original article was pretty relevant. The point of the Time article is that the Kushner family made their money in suburban real estate, single family homes, more utilitarian stuff, and that they weren't slapping their name all over casinos and office towers. That Jared Kushner was moving to a different world when he married into the Trump family and started buying Manhattan real estate, and that his upbringing, while he was wealthy, was much less ostentatious than the Trump world. (Just about everything is.) And that this kind of tied into people's expectations, since defeated, that Kushner would be the moderating or "realistic" force in the Trump administration. Of course, from the article, we can't tell that. Describing a 2 million dollar, 7 bedroom home as middle class is a bit of a stretch, but its hard to say. Both of these houses have seven bedrooms:   The first one is a McMansion that wouldn't look out of place in a suburban neighborhood. The second is in a gated community in LA and has its own swimming pool and tennis court. I am guessing the point of the article is that Jared Kushner was raised in something that looks more like the first than the second.
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Perhaps the silver lining here is that Trump negotiates a new deal that's actually way worse for America, in concert with his previous efforts.
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Radish posted:Also Paul Ryan is scum and I hope that he's somehow involved in this Russian thing enough that he ends up in a jail cell. If the Russia thing goes too far down we are going to end up with President Ben Carson, aren't we? He seems to be about the only one of them absolutely blameless in terms of Russia, mostly because he's a dozy old fart.
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moostaffa posted:Here they come, obedient GOP servants bowing to their supreme leader aaand another https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/870371489350119424
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BarbarianElephant posted:Probably a lot more, since states with less population have proportionately more influence. And guess what happens when a state's major industries start dying off? It starts losing population. Leaving behind only the angriest people who can't move, for whatever reason. It would probably be wise for the Dems to get out the vote in those states, take back power, and then implement a new jobs program. Because not doing that means certain defeat.
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