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Dick Trauma posted:I saw that Errol Morris post up above and it had a link to an interview he did with Trump 15 years ago for the Oscars, concerning Citizen Kane. In it you can see that Trump at 55 has already been reduced to the simple speech that underlies the way he speaks now, but that he can still talk reasonably well. The big words he used in his forties are gone but the thought processes are there. That whole thing is weird and misogynistic. Unsurprising for the life and environment he lived and was immersed in, but uh 
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I can't imagine an entire film about Trump by Morris. It was hard enough to watch the one about Rumsfeld and he could speak.
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Dick Trauma posted:I can't imagine an entire film about Trump by Morris. It was hard enough to watch the one about Rumsfeld and he could speak. Morris wouldn't even have to do anything. It'd just be three hours of trump admitting treason, stock footage, and Huey Lewis and the news.
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The thing about teh father's day tweet is- It's not as if the grand illusionist DJT pulled the wool over everyone's eyes, only to reveal post inauguration, "Hah! I in truth am a megalomaniacal narcissus who will use twitter with the fury of an overcaffinated fourteen-year-old! HAHAHAHAHHAA!" The evidence has been there the whole loving time. I know, I know, but sometimes it bears repeating. Ladies and gents, the president of the 'family values party.'
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...Tiffany.
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AlternateNu posted:The CO, XO, OOD, and possibly the TAO/CICWO will get fired. The OOD's Department Head could get a letter of reprimand for failing to train their DIVO properly (assuming the OOD was a DIVO and not a DH for some reason). There is very little chance anyone will have a criminal case brought up on them because criminal negligence is something the Navy doesn't like to prosecute when it comes to navigation accidents. (Of course, they don't typically end with 7+ people dead in addition to the millions in damages, so take that as you will.) What if there is any hint of drug or alcohol use? Or something more minor, like falsifying training records? Or falsifying medical/fitness records?
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http://time.com/4822494/roger-stone-donald-trump-marijuana-legalize/ I don't know what to think of this!
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4 years ago today, our moron president tweeted this https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/347191326112112640
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Jun 18, 2017 16:55
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Where's the press release version of this
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Where's the press release version of this It's old
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glowing-fish posted:http://time.com/4822494/roger-stone-donald-trump-marijuana-legalize/ Given that: Time posted:In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has long opposed legalization, sent a letter to Congress asking lawmakers to allow the Department of Justice to crack down on businesses and people in states where medical marijuana is legal. If [state] had legalized mj, and federal agents come by waving Sessions' crack-down orders, arresting people, would'nt the federal law override the state's? I ask because STATE'S RIGHTS! e: correction KickerOfMice fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jun 18, 2017 |
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What we can look forward to in a Pence presidency, he ain't too bright.quote:At first, it sounded like a good idea: Indiana would use a public-private partnership to extend I-69 from Bloomington to Martinsville, relying on private sector ingenuity to bring it in on time and under budget. tl:dr, he chose the bid that came in waaay under cost estimates, from a company that had never done US roadwork and had people go to jail for scamming.
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Jun 18, 2017 17:07
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KickerOfMice posted:Given that: Yes. The only reason that the feds haven't been arresting people is that the Obama Administration had a policy of tolerating it, and Congress has been passing budget riders prohibiting the DOJ from loving around with medical weed (i don't think this applies to the states that legalized it recreationally however).
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Yes. Anywhere State and Federal law conflict, Federal law wins. State's rights only exist insofar as the Federal Government allows them to exist.
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Party Plane Jones posted:Also Twitter is a great service: https://twitter.com/InternetHippo/status/875695420269355011
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evilweasel posted:Yes. The only reason that the feds haven't been arresting people is that the Obama Administration had a policy of tolerating it, and Congress has been passing budget riders prohibiting the DOJ from loving around with medical weed (i don't think this applies to the states that legalized it recreationally however). I remember when Sessions started making initial threats, there was a surprisingly bipartisan reaction against it simply because there's enough republicans from legal-weed states that don't want their tax dollars going away.
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evilweasel posted:Yes. The only reason that the feds haven't been arresting people is that the Obama Administration had a policy of tolerating it, and Congress has been passing budget riders prohibiting the DOJ from loving around with medical weed (i don't think this applies to the states that legalized it recreationally however). My next question then would be - If republicans have demonstrated the family values are not as important as beating the democrats, and all the blither about state's rights is actually just inconsequential, what the hell is the endgame? What is the actual core of principles that the republican party stands for? (This poster has been chokeslammed for painting republicans in a poor light.)
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Drone posted:I always really disliked how we eventually reached a point where all (most) of our carriers are named after presidents. They used to have awesome and iconic names like Yorktown, Hornet, Wasp, Ranger. Now the only CVN not named after a person is the new Ford-class Enterprise, and she won't be launched for another 6 years. I want the navy to go back to naming subs after fish. USS Cod, USS Trout, etc.
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ekeog posted:I remember when Sessions started making initial threats, there was a surprisingly bipartisan reaction against it simply because there's enough republicans from legal-weed states that don't want their tax dollars going away. A lot of the collected tax revenue also provides stability for budget shortfalls in critical areas like police salary budgets and education facility upgrades. Lawmakers don't have to drastically raise property taxes to fund schools as much nowadays which is good too. Anyone have the figures for the sales taxes by state? I think I remember a clerk telling me that the tax paid was like 57% of the total price in Seattle?
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KickerOfMice posted:My next question then would be - If republicans have demonstrated the family values are not as important as beating the democrats, and all the blither about state's rights is actually just inconsequential, what the hell is the endgame? What is the actual core of principles that the republican party stands for? more money for republicans gently caress you
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KickerOfMice posted:My next question then would be - If republicans have demonstrated the family values are not as important as beating the democrats, and all the blither about state's rights is actually just inconsequential, what the hell is the endgame? What is the actual core of principles that the republican party stands for? this is where prester jane's analysis can be useful, because it does seem like the only thing they stand for is Defeating the Enemy (which are the democrats) undoing obama policies no matter what achieves this
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KickerOfMice posted:My next question then would be - If republicans have demonstrated the family values are not as important as beating the democrats, and all the blither about state's rights is actually just inconsequential, what the hell is the endgame? What is the actual core of principles that the republican party stands for? There's not really one anymore. It's mostly the party of resentment. Even the pro-business stuff has to give way to resentment.
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evilweasel posted:There's not really one anymore. It's mostly the party of resentment. Even the pro-business stuff has to give way to resentment. This immensely. Even Republicans I have the diservice of knowing in real life admit their main motivating factor in life is to "stick it to liberals." They are literally the party of internet trolls now.
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KickerOfMice posted:My next question then would be - If republicans have demonstrated the family values are not as important as beating the democrats, and all the blither about state's rights is actually just inconsequential, what the hell is the endgame? What is the actual core of principles that the republican party stands for? 1) More Money for Us 2) gently caress You
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Rigel posted:1) More Money for Us This heh, I see as more of their theme music.
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AceOfFlames posted:Well, maybe if the rockets to to opposite ends of the galaxy... or Star Control 2 
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UberJew posted:this is where prester jane's analysis can be useful, because it does seem like the only thing they stand for is Defeating the Enemy (which are the democrats) Seriously though, the compaction theory does give insight into how the remaining small angry core could have devolved into a raving pack of loons whose only goal is to watch the left burn no matter the consequences, up to and including killing themselves.
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Wait, I just noticed InternetHippo blocked me... I don't even tweet!
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glowing-fish posted:http://time.com/4822494/roger-stone-donald-trump-marijuana-legalize/ Roger Stone considers his Nixon bongs to be among his most prized possessions. Dude is a loving human wasteland and everything wrong with politics, but he sure likes to blaze it up.
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Twitter is a poo poo company that still can't figure out how to properly monetize its own concept. It's never going to get better and I'm sad that I still peruse the drat thing because so many of the people who's podcats/blogs/whatever I follow give updates through there.
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Raylen posted:Got it. No national/regional accreditation so it couldn't except federally subsidized student loans like the Stafford, etc? Like I realize that Trump University wasn't an actual institute of higher education but what are the barriers to being able to accept student loans at for-profit scams like theirs? Didn't we just have the debacle with Corinthian Colleges? I met a few people who went to school at Heald and could either have their credits transferred (if they were accepted) or have their student debt forgiven. There was no school or classes. It was just seminars with rando's teaching. It was a real estate scam. There is no way you could get a loan for "trump university".
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Covok posted:This immensely. Even Republicans I have the diservice of knowing in real life admit their main motivating factor in life is to "stick it to liberals." They are literally the party of internet trolls now. I blame Rush (and equivalents). They beat the "if liberals hate it it must be good" drum hard whenever they weren't able to explain how the big business trickle down was actually beneficial to the average GOP voter.
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I wonder if there would be a market for a social media platform that cost $10.00 per registration. That feature is part of what makes SA all in all a pretty decent community by internet standards. It gets rid of bots, it cuts down on trolls. Imagine a twitter that was free to browse but cost to post and vote. Would it get users?
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Raylen posted:So the ranking member of the House Intel Committee just said he thinks there is evidence of collusion? That seems like kind of a big accusation to make because I'm sure he has seen a ton of classified documents that we might never find out about or know the details of except in the abstract. Or would Schiff be making a bigger deal about this if there was more conclusive evidence pointing towards collusion? No, he said the same thing he said 3 months ago. There isn't evidence he'd bring before a jury, but evidence that they should keep investigating/grand jury type poo poo.
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KickerOfMice posted:My next question then would be - If republicans have demonstrated the family values are not as important as beating the democrats, and all the blither about state's rights is actually just inconsequential, what the hell is the endgame? What is the actual core of principles that the republican party stands for? Kellyanne Conway’s Plan for ‘Demographic War’ Someone posted this a couple days ago and it says all that needs to be said. The Republicans are facing an existential crisis as they have built their entire current party upon white guys and some white women. But White America is taking its last breath. There will soon be more Latinos/Hispanics/other things that aren't actually a race or proper group but we have to call them something that means "non-white" As I recall, the 2012 Autopsy said they had to appeal more to minorities. Trump spit in the face of that and triple-downed on racist rhetoric. It got them some temporary ground but it's still a battle they cannot win. Seized with fear of irrelevance, their only "endgame" is to try and cling to power with everything they have and if that means taking everyone else down with them, so be it.
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Eltoasto posted:What we can look forward to in a Pence presidency, he ain't too bright. Hmm the company would not happen to be CH2M would it? Because it sounds like the same kind of thing that is going on in Texas. Was supposed to be finished in 2015 and now does not look like their most recent update of end of 2017 will be correct.
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No, you see if we could create more private / government projects it would be more efficient...
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BarbarianElephant posted:Not according to the loving edgelords on this forum. I don't think they have any sense that he's a real human being, they talk about him like he's a bad guy character on a TV show. Again, it's not immoral to wish bad things upon bad people - especially if it prevents or delays them from doing more bad things. Nor is it evil to take delight or consolation on the rare occasion when it actually happens.
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