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TildeATH posted:Horses chomp at bits. The phrase is chomping at the bit. It's about being rearing to go, not about falling for some kind of lure. Sorry got confused by how much your mom keeps chomping at my bit.
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Demon Of The Fall posted:He still should have. He should have been shouting from the rooftops. Doing nothing was a big mistake imo US Security IT authorities were afraid that Russian hacking was so deep and well-established that "shouting from the rooftops" might lead to Russia literally "hacking the voting machines." I mean, from the WaPo article the scope of Russian infiltration of our electoral process was unknown and a call to arms could trigger Russia's much more destructive disruption of our election than what is fairly well-understood at this time. I mean, The Turtle being a dick was bad enough, but the Obama admin wasn't sure what the limits of Russia's hacking were, so they chose to wait. I suspect they were waiting for Hillary to win, but they had other good reasons. There's more but I'm posting from behind in the thread and hopefully someone else has already posted this, but better.
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Dr. Faustus posted:No. Could the US Government try and force paper voting in that situation?
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Gaunab posted:If Obama shouted from the rooftops about Russia interfering with our elections and the GOP went against him, then I can people using it as evidence of a bias against Trump. It'd make the arguments of fake news and the deep state sabotaging Trump seem more legitimate for some people. The unenlightened masses can't make judgment calls , news at 11. (one of the best USPol derails was goons posting Metal Gear Rising song lines that were surprisingly appropriate.)
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ThisIsWhyTrumpWon posted:Sorry got confused by how much your mom keeps chomping at my bit. Didn't you just say his mother bit off your penis? In what way is that insulting to him or his mother? Also doesn't it make you seem like kind of a rapist? I feel like you didn't think that one through.
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NikkolasKing posted:
Why do they all look like they've been crying? Like, every Alt-Right figure on Twitter looks like they've been crying.
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Mulva posted:Didn't you just say his mother bit off your penis? Autist doesn't get joke, news at 11
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Jun 24, 2017 07:27
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Turtlicious posted:Autist doesn't get joke, news at 11 Is the news your inevitable suicide everyone that knows you has seen coming for years? You don't have to wait for 11. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mulva posted:Didn't you just say his mother bit off your penis? You're not funny
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Mulva posted:Is the news your inevitable suicide everyone that knows you has seen coming for years? I say you didn't get a joke, you tell me to kill myself. nice.
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Mulva posted:Is the news your inevitable suicide everyone that knows you has seen coming for years? What the hell. Dude, this is seriously messed up.
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JuniperCake posted:What the hell. Dude, this is seriously messed up. Please, it almost never works.
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Mulva posted:Is the news your inevitable suicide everyone that knows you has seen coming for years? you are real real mad on the internet
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Regarding the far right as a counterculture, maybe I'm spending too much time online so I'm seeing them more, but anyone finding it worrying at the amount of post-millenials that have seemed to embraced fascism as a counterculture? They're all over a lot of the internet with that kekistan/pol/altright bullshit. I hope it's just a loud minority of losers with way too much free time but wtf. edit:spelling thegoonofaudio fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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thegoonofaudio posted:Regarding the far right as a counterculture, maybe I'm spending too much time online so I'm seeing them more, but anyone finding it worrying at the amount of post-millenials that have seemed to embraced fascism as a counterculture? They're all over a lot of the internet with that kekistan/pol/altright bullshit. I hope it's just a loud minority of losers with way too much free time but wtf. They're the alt-light, man. It's DIFFERENT.
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ThisIsWhyTrumpWon posted:Could the US Government try and force paper voting in that situation? As to your question, perhaps some Constitutional Lawyer or perhaps just a very clever horse with the ability to add small sums by beating the ground with its hoof could explain to you how derailing all absentee/mail-in voting, voting from soldiers abroad, and instantaneously replacing all voting machines with "paper voting" by Election Day was not a tenable premise for the "US Government" in the 2016 election.
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I didn't see this in the thread, from today's non-recorded press conference: https://twitter.com/MichaelCBender/status/878334872460197888 Also: https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/878345097296969735
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Rebel Blob posted:I didn't see this in the thread, from today's non-recorded press conference: So 20 million people instantly lose coverage, how much money do the insurance companies lose? Billions? Could this cause some of them to go under? This would be amazing. If Trump does it and ends up bankrupting all the insurance companies in one swoop the Dems job for Single Payer got a whole loving lot easier.
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Jun 24, 2017 07:50
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ThisIsWhyTrumpWon posted:So 20 million people instantly lose coverage, how much money do the insurance companies lose? Billions? Could this cause some of them to go under? They probably won't go under. They made money under the old system and they'd make money under the new. However it'd be a big hit to them and there would most likely be pretty large layoffs as a result. It'll look pretty bad though. Also the strategy is a losing one. If you don't vote for this we'll defund the thing we're trying to repeal? That's nonsense. It'll only bring attention and show people early on how bad it'll be. Ice Phisherman fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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God drat it, I'm not crying, you're crying. 
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ThisIsWhyTrumpWon posted:Could the US Government try and force paper voting in that situation? From what I understand (and I could be wrong) the Fed basically has no control over elections. It's all run by the states and the states have a mishmash of systems. Traditionally states ( especially red states) have been wary of handing over any control to the feds because hurf durf states rights. So when the Obama administration was various states in 2016 " hey the Russians are probing your voting systems please let us offer federal cyber security help" the states were like "gently caress off you're just trying to take away our states rights you evil fed bastards!"
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Charliegrs posted:From what I understand (and I could be wrong) the Fed basically has no control over elections. It's all run by the states and the states have a mishmash of systems. Traditionally states ( especially red states) have been wary of handing over any control to the feds because hurf durf states rights. So when the Obama administration told various states in 2016 " hey the Russians are probing your voting systems please let us offer federal cyber security help" the states were like "gently caress off you're just trying to take away our states rights you evil fed bastards!"
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Ice Phisherman posted:They probably won't go under. They made money under the old system and they'd make money under the new. However it'd be a big hit to them and there would most likely be pretty large layoffs as a result. It'll look pretty bad though. I bet they do it. 
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NikkolasKing posted:I first heard it from Paul Joseph Watson but dunno if he was the first to say it. Lest anyone forgot, Mr. Stupid Beard there is also the "how to piss in public" guy
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I actually literally feel bad for Donald Trump right now. Realtalk, as someone who watched a grandparent slide into Alzheimers, Trump is displaying serious signs of cognitive impairment. He reverts to younger behavior (discussing business over dinner) and leaks classified information in public literally right in front of the press. He forgets where he is in the middle of a photo op with Netanyahu and wanders off. This is not a guy who is fully grasping the contexts of where he is and what he's doing, and the mental degradation is so obvious from videos of even 10 years or so ago. He's in the hotseat of world power and he doesn't fully understand what is going on or what his actions will really do. Guy's probably confused why his usual approaches aren't working. However we're now reaching the stage where he's literally being exploited by foreign leaders. The Qatari situation solely consists of the Saudis realizing that Trump is a senile loving chump who doesn't know where he is or the strategic needs of the US military in the middle east. It's highly likely his campaign has ties to the Russians regardless whether Trump knew or should have known, etc etc. This is literally where Amendment 25 would be exercised by a healthy Congress. Trump doesn't know where he is or what he's doing, he's a distraction at best and at worst, a senile fool being exploited by foreign powers. McCain is also loving senile. He tried to talk off the cuff and sundowned at a public hearing. Feinstein is not looking too great either. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 08:25 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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I don't feel bad for trump because he has exploited and caused damage to countless numbers of people throughout his entire life, just because he's now got brain problems doesn't make him any more sympathetic for me.
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Captain Invictus posted:I don't feel bad for trump because he has exploited and caused damage to countless numbers of people throughout his entire life, just because he's now got brain problems doesn't make him any more sympathetic for me. At some point Trump will be gone and there will only be a Donald who doesn't understand what's going on or where Ivana (his first wife) went. He'll wonder where dad is. And then finally he'll forget how to breathe. Alzheimer's disease is pretty widely considered one of the most horrific forms of death, the literal rotting of everything that makes you a thinking sentient being, and Trump's death sentence has already been signed. There is no current medicine or even frontier drug that can save him within the ~3-5 years of relative lucidity and 10-12 years of lifespan he has left. Aggressive therapy with neutropics and emerging anti-amyloid drugs can blunt some of this for maybe another year or two extra total life, maybe an extra 3-6 months of lucidity I'd guess. Putting him in the hotseat is torture. He already can't handle it and is losing touch with what's going on. I severely doubt he could stand to run for re-election within his remaining lucidity let alone stand a second term. Or, you know, even handle a serious crisis, like a major US proxy state waging war on the most key strategic airbase on the planet. Just tell the guy he won the Best President Ever award and they're retiring the office and letting him go back home. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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Your intuition that the Federal Reserve System does not run any elections is correct.
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thegoonofaudio posted:Regarding the far right as a counterculture, maybe I'm spending too much time online so I'm seeing them more, but anyone finding it worrying at the amount of post-millenials that have seemed to embraced fascism as a counterculture? They're all over a lot of the internet with that kekistan/pol/altright bullshit. I hope it's just a loud minority of losers with way too much free time but wtf. Post millennials can't even vote so no one truly knows how they'll trend. Won't know until like 2024.
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Charliegrs posted:From what I understand (and I could be wrong) the Fed basically has no control over elections. It's all run by the states and the states have a mishmash of systems. Traditionally states ( especially red states) have been wary of handing over any control to the feds because hurf durf states rights. So when the Obama administration was various states in 2016 " hey the Russians are probing your voting systems please let us offer federal cyber security help" the states were like "gently caress off you're just trying to take away our states rights you evil fed bastards!" If I recall the Constitution expressly gives the federal government the right to override any state laws about election methods for federal offices, with the exception of where Senate elections are held. This doesn't make sweeping changes politically realistic, mind, just constitutional.
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Paul MaudDib posted:At some point Trump will be gone and there will only be a Donald who doesn't understand what's going on or where Ivana (his first wife) went. He'll wonder where dad is. And then finally he'll forget how to breathe. I know, two of my grandparents had alzheimers, it super sucks. Doesn't mean I have to feel bad for him. It's bad that he's president, but it's also good in that his brokenness is actively damaging the Republican party on a daily basis.
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What's the cheapest way to get a WaPo subscription? I've never paid for news before but I enjoy their articles and wouldn't mind tossing some money over to them but their website says it's  every four weeks or $130/year. This is a bit higher than I thought it would be because I was thinking more closer to like $40/year.I don't have Amazon Prime and it doesn't even exist where I live now so there's that.
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Boris Galerkin posted:What's the cheapest way to get a WaPo subscription? I've never paid for news before but I enjoy their articles and wouldn't mind tossing some money over to them but their website says it's Their website says they're selling subscriptions for as low as $70 a year though?
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Boris Galerkin posted:What's the cheapest way to get a WaPo subscription? I've never paid for news before but I enjoy their articles and wouldn't mind tossing some money over to them but their website says it's Have you tried incognito mode in Chrome?
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Mustached Demon posted:Post millennials can't even vote so no one truly knows how they'll trend. Won't know until like 2024. True, I think it won't be till 2024 when we'll have enough data on post-mils to determine their voting habits. The oldest ones among them (if we're counting births from the year 2000 and beyond as post-millenials) will be voting in decent numbers in 2020 though.
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Captain Invictus posted:I know, two of my grandparents had alzheimers, it super sucks. Doesn't mean I have to feel bad for him. I don't feel bad for Trump, I feel bad for Donald. I doubt he can retain what he heard earlier today let alone a year ago. Some stranger from the past put him on a rollercoaster ride and he'll return the favor to future Donald Trump in 15 minutes. Pretty soon he won't remember what he even ran on, he won't remember his wife or daughter, etc. I mean isn't blanking your mind and torturing you like some Star Trek villain plot? Does the person that's left deserve to be tortured for something current-themselves never did? Reminder: at this point someone is a literal retard mostly reacting to key long-term memories from their youth/early adulthood and probably has only a vague grasp on what's even going on in the present let alone short-term. You witnessed phantom conversations right? Or conversations with another dementia patient about shared events that never happened? Damage to the Republican Party is all well and good but US proxy states are making strategic power grabs, direct conflict with Russia has erupted in Syria, and the US is backing out of key military and economic alliances like NATO and TPP. Everyone has had a chance to meet Trump and size him up and everyone recognizes Crazy Old Grandpa and know that he can be manipulated. Our allies are disgusted and dismayed and trying to stabilize their own situations given the chaos monkey that is Trump. Trump is feeble and unable to execute the office and every other world leader can see it and is acting accordingly. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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Paul MaudDib posted:I mean isn't blanking your mind and torturing you like some Star Trek villian plot? Does the person that's left deserve to be tortured for something current-themselves never did? Black Mirror, actually. 
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Paul MaudDib posted:Reminder: at this point someone is a literal retard mostly reacting to key long-term memories and probably has only a vague grasp on what's even going on in the present let alone short-term. It's called "Republican".
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just imagine the horror: as you wake in your bed you have no idea where you are but a half-dozen strangers are staring down at you, and one of them is Steve Bannon
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berserker posted:Lest anyone forgot, Mr. Stupid Beard there is also the "how to piss in public" guy I thought he was just a D-FENS cosplayer
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