Duckbag posted:

Yeah, I get they're just playing off something Trump said, but "actually witches are real this time" is pretty loving stupid. Some of my ancestors got murdered by witch finders in Salem and I don't really find that poo poo funny.

Duckbag posted:

Yeah, I get they're just playing off something Trump said, but "actually witches are real this time" is pretty loving stupid. Some of my ancestors got murdered by witch finders in Salem and I don't really find that poo poo funny.

Ornedan posted:

Is that caricature even supposed to resemble any of the ex-butt politicians? Topic-wise it kinda should be Soini, but that thing looks more like a generic racist jew. Soini being the former leader of the party, who last week ranted about Judas and how he wouldn't split off from the party. He split off.

Sandpuppy posted:

Potato Salad posted:

There is a dizzying number of reasons to depose of Trump and shame the GOP, so focus on his criminal activity and get him out.

Jurgan posted:

I don't get this one either. So, the Democrat is trying to distract the people from the issues they support?

Sandpuppy posted:

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Duke Igthorn posted:

*Al Capone stands in front of a wall with "Racketeering, corruption, crime, murder, extortion, bribery, gun running, blackmail, selling alcohol repeat" written on it*
Blue Aardvark (?): "Focus...on...tax...evasion...!"

FronzelNeekburm posted:

There's a strain of argument among the Left that Democrats are not lefties, but merely "liberals" who focus on non-issues, can only discuss politics through the lens of pop culture, and stonewall leftist policy out of a blind devotion to triangulating to the right. There's some ideological cherry-picking going on, but it's also hard to understand the Democratic Party's strategy these days:
https://twitter.com/JStein_Vox/status/874468249475452928

Jurgan posted:

I was assuming the animal was a donkey. If it's not, then that puts the cartoon in a whole new light.


Wait, what does "going nuclear" mean in this context? It's supposed to refer to the majority eliminating the filibuster. What is the minority supposed to do that's called "nuclear?" Is this the Orwellian thing about phrases being so familiar that they slide into arguments with no regard for their meaning?

FronzelNeekburm posted:

There's a strain of argument among the Left that Democrats are not lefties, but merely "liberals" who focus on non-issues, can only discuss politics through the lens of pop culture, and stonewall leftist policy out of a blind devotion to triangulating to the right.

Jurgan posted:

I was assuming the animal was a donkey. If it's not, then that puts the cartoon in a whole new light.


Wait, what does "going nuclear" mean in this context? It's supposed to refer to the majority eliminating the filibuster. What is the minority supposed to do that's called "nuclear?" Is this the Orwellian thing about phrases being so familiar that they slide into arguments with no regard for their meaning?

the_steve posted:

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Garrand posted:

Don't be too hard on the poor guy, he's been enslaved by the Grand Intellect

Jonas Albrecht posted:

Goddamn that's infuriating. To watch a plan fail in such a destructive manner, and blindly cling to it with "any day now" justifications.

the_steve posted:

Vib Rib posted:

drat, that's a timely Keen 2 / Vorticon reference.

Vib Rib posted:

No one even ever quantifies what they mean by "fake news". Bring up a specific point, at least.

Technowolf posted:

Jurgan posted:

This is the most shallow and pointless cartoon I've ever seen. "A thing happened- four centuries ago."

Pakled posted:

I'm guessing it's referring to the Shakespeare in the Park controversy.

Samurai Sanders posted:

What's that? Did someone try to modernize it and people are so angry?

muscles like this! posted:

People (Fox News) are claiming that a recent production of Julius Caesar was full of allusions to Trump. Because the actor playing Caesar was tall and blonde and when he's assassinated it's by a group of women.

Garrison posted:

The Dow was up nearly another 100 points today after yesterday’s loss. That seems to be the pattern. Every pull back is now seen as a buying opportunity. We are told the economy must be doing great because the market keeps going up, up UP! I suppose it’s a matter of perspective. It’s not so great for over 50 percent of Americans who own no stocks whatsoever. Most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck with little or no savings. They’re struggling to pay rent and the bills. They're not going to be buying AMZN at $1,000 per share. Jobless young people who are steeped in college debt and living with their parents can’t afford to buy stocks, either. Baby boomers are cashing out stocks to pay for their retirement. So what exactly is fueling the perpetual rise in stocks? The central bankers and global corporations themselves. President Trump and Obama have nothing to do with it. It’s an insiders’ game.

The top one percent owns nearly 40 percent of stocks. The top 20 percent owns 92 percent. In other words, the fabulously rich continue to get stupendously richer by pumping up their own stocks while the average working person hasn’t seen a real wage increase in over 30 years. Yes, I know I’m at risk of being called a socialist by pointing this out. Some may say I’m trying to foment class warfare, but all I’m doing is stating facts. We already have a quasi-socialist system. The government steals our money and redistributes it as they see fit. Citizens were ordered to buy ObamaCare whether they liked it or not.

We also have a corporate fascist system. While many Americans are unable to pass ‘GO,’ the Federal Reserve routinely prints and doles out free money to its central banker owners. They in turn sock it into the stock market in the form of quantitative easing, ‘twists’ or whatever they want to call it. They own the Monopoly® board and make us pay each time we land on their squares. They also use their easy money to keep gold and silver suppressed. A classic case of ‘paper covers rock.’ Silver should have done what Bitcoin has done—gone up exponentially. The bankers apparently can’t rig or short Bitcoin.

The big shots who own the game have run out of ideas about where their free money can be parked. Loan it out to the poor or entrepreneurs? Oh no, can’t do that…too much risk! Bonds? No way with these lower rates. The money addicts want the big returns that stocks can provide and so that’s where the money goes. Martin Armstrong even thinks the Dow can hit 40,000. Why not? It benefits those at the very top—you know, those who already own and control most anything anyway. More money for Bezos, Gates, Warren Buffett and the big bankers—great, huh? Those running the show through the CFR and at Bilderberg will continue to have ever-more money and influence while the little guy will lose more freedom, money and jobs. A rising market is great for the top of the pyramid, and terrible for the rest of us.

These are the things I think about as the rigged Dow continues to get force fed. A fat market living at all-time highs is NOT a good thing for the average citizen who picks up the tab, and if the market ever does explode, it will be the average citizen who will suffer the most. You see, it’s not really ‘free money.’ It’s debt currency and it produces a kind of privileged royalty at the top and debt slaves underneath them. It’s the sort of situation that sparks a revolution.

—Ben Garrison

Trogdos! posted:

Trogdos! posted:

Free market is bad, top percentiles own too much property, workers need a living wage, we need a revolution
~ noted libertarian Ben Garrison

Trogdos! posted:

muscles like this! posted:

People (Fox News) are claiming that a recent production of Julius Caesar was full of allusions to Trump. Because the actor playing Caesar was tall and blonde and when he's assassinated it's by a group of women.

Trogdos! posted:

Raylen posted:

lmao I'm relatively poor and even I have a few thousand in stock after only starting with a grand (picked up AMD, US Steel, and a few others when they were super low). Maybe Garrison is just bad at researching companies, their historical trends, and the recent news surrounding them so now he's lashing out at the "big shots"! But I definitely agree that less people should be living paycheck to paycheck but it's not because of the stock market. God drat, Garrison is a loving idiot.

Chip Bok posted:

Evergreen State College celebrated diversity by asking Caucasians to get their white asses off campus for a day. Death threats and property damage followed.

Chip Bok posted:

Anthem Insurance recently pulled out of Ohio’s ObamaCare exchange. The company cited “a mix of uncertainty and big losses from higher-than-expected bills racked up by sick policyholders.”

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Also, Anthem cited the shrinking individual market — a half million fewer people signed up for Obamacare during open enrollment this year — and the return of an Obamacare tax levied on insurers that had been waived for 2017 as reasons for its departure.an uncertain future for ObamaCare and declining

ToxicSlurpee posted:

It's obviously impossible to predict but the market seems inflated right now. While there have been records set on the stock market there are indicators that the economy is garbage right now. Though the stock market is doing well poverty is on the rise, Americans are struggling to get by, and the rich sit on top of a house of cards.