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the black husserl posted:I read this in The New Yorker today and it's got me kinda scared about Kelly being in the seat of power. I suspect that actual generals really intimidate Trump, in a way he doesn't know how to respond to. He's psychologically childish and generals are a sort of Ur-Father.
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Potato Salad posted:This was a long time ago (this morning) bit I wanted to address it:  Oh my god, don't be pedantic about it. It would be unenforceable. Yes, he could scrawl on a napkin "TAKE AWAY HEALFCARE 4 CON-GRIS" but it would mean nothing.
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skylined! posted:man y'all gotta listen to flake suck Goldwater dick in this interview whining about conservatism being hijacked. this tone deaf piece of poo poo is one of many reasons people will continue to go back to the GOP once trumpism has worn off, looking for a calm voice of oppressing the poor and vulnerable. If there was a single person who bears the bulk of the responsibility for the mess that the modern GOP finds itself in- Barry Goldwater would be that man. It was Goldwaters behind-the-scenes machinations that gave rise to the religious right as well as the idea that ignorant extremists could be manipulated by appealing to them with codewords. All of Flakes efforts to fight against the problems in his beloved party are 100% worthless because Flake himself is a part of the problem.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/892155436031410176 My phone speaker doesn't work what'd the RT lacky say?
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mod sassinator posted:Speaking of generals, has there been an update on the transgender ban? Is it just quietly swept under the rug now, or are pentagon officials going off and figuring out exactly how to ban all transgender soldiers? The DoD said that they didn't consider tweets to be orders and that they were awaiting official orders or guidelines, which they had not yet received. Which is polite subcommand-speak for "gently caress off."
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skylined! posted:man y'all gotta listen to flake suck Goldwater dick in this interview whining about conservatism being hijacked. this tone deaf piece of poo poo is one of many reasons people will continue to go back to the GOP once trumpism has worn off, looking for a calm voice of oppressing the poor and vulnerable. This sounds like some of the (very few) conservatives I know that are strictly fiscal conservatives, but are actually middle/middle-left on most social issues. I know that those things intertwine like two horny snakes but- Conservatism, by any definition was terrible to begin with because if you're poor you never worked hard enough. Government health programs breed dependence.  But their shitrocket has, yes been hijacked. By someone somehow, with not truly terrible morals, but none. I shrugged off the fascism comments early after he gained acceptance as a candidate as, I guess, a mutation of Godwin's law. I was wrong. Here is a group of people in each others orbit immune to shame. Shame is the pain you feel when you wound or mar something, and it hurts because you know YOU caused it. Republicans of the past (with exceptions) were at least willing to make a 'go through the motions' show of empathy. Not that it did them any favors in my book, I'm just saying it's very disconcerting to watch that even that flimsy wall fall in realtime. It never helped anyone but, what I guess I'm saying is to finally see the masks taken off some of these people, I was not prepared for what actually lay underneath. Somehow worse than I thought. KickerOfMice fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Aug 1, 2017 |
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Mustached Demon posted:My phone speaker doesn't work what'd the RT lacky say? i didn't even watch
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empty whippet box posted:PLEASE GOD SUBPOENA HIM FOR PUBLIC SWORN TESTIMONY Do so and the game is up - Mueller gets fired.
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Lightning Lord posted:Wouldn't the Secret Service try to stop the cops? I mean, I doubt the police would just knock on the door to cuff him. It'd be a whole thing with lawyers and court cases to get anywhere near "arrest the president", but presidents don't actually have immunity to laws or protection from (most) lawsuits, It's literally just a thing everyone agrees is for the best to avoid. Presidents through history have gotten into (minor) trouble with laws and been taken to court for things. The scenario where he broke a major law and the congress when on tv cackling saying "bwa! and there is nothing you can do about it!", is probably the point that agreement to hand legal matters for the president to the congress ends. If he then builds a private army to fight the police I guess we have had a coup and america is done and I guess the defecting wings of the army probably then probably goes and shoots him because the US is in a civil war where the president is murdering cops.
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Prester Jane posted:If there was a single person who bears the bulk of the responsibility for the mess that the modern GOP finds itself in- Barry Goldwater would be that man. It was Goldwaters behind-the-scenes machinations that gave rise to the religious right as well as the idea that ignorant extremists could be manipulated by appealing to them with codewords. To be slightly fair, Flake did acknowledge that the current problems of the party are not the ones Goldwater identified. It is strange he would use that as a title though, referencing Goldwater is less relevant to conservative's minds than referencing Reagan.
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Its not pedantry. Half of the hilarity/horror about this administration is how his supporters think of him as an autocrat and seem to support him despite essentially any prospect of lawbreaking, abuse of power, or (flip side) lack of interest in actual policy administration.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/892155436031410176 I don't have that app, what the gently caress is Gorilla Cum saying?
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farraday posted:https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/892204731736707072 Watch "The Daily Ledger" on that channel. They probably have every single one of them for free online
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Your Taint posted:Oh yeah? Bah! Child's play. (Powers up homemade rocket, flies to the moon) (Radios back) This is how much I think Trump and the whole rotten lot sucks!
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Potato Salad posted:I don't have that app, what the gently caress is Gorilla Cum saying? I don't think anyone watched it.
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business hammocks posted:Holy poo poo what did Prebius do? Why the gently caress wouldn't you immediately ask, "And what exactly do you think I did?!" in that person's position?
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business hammocks posted:Holy poo poo what did Prebius do? What is this referring to?
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Deported man's wife and friends rethink voting for Trump http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-crackdown-causes-some-to-rethink-their-vote/ quote:Dave Keck: I voted for him because he said he was going to get rid of the bad hombres. Roberto is a good hombre.
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pillsburysoldier posted:https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/892201164510560258 The national security implications of this are actually quite chilling. There's also that other story about the sad state of affairs at the Department of Energy. quote:Meanwhile, inside the D.O.E. building, people claiming to be from the Trump administration appear willy-nilly, unannounced, and unintroduced to the career people. “There’s a mysterious kind of chain from the Trump loyalists who have shown up inside D.O.E. to the White House,” says a career civil servant. “That’s how decisions, like the budget, seem to get made. Not by Perry.” The woman who ran the Obama department’s energy-policy analysis unit recently received a call from D.O.E. staff telling her that her office was now occupied by Eric Trump’s brother-in-law. Why? No one knew. “Yes, you can notice the difference,” says one young career civil servant, in response to the obvious question. “There’s a lack of professionalism. They’re not very polite. Maybe they’ve never worked in an office or government setting. It’s not hostility so much as a real sense of concern with sharing information with career employees. Because of that lack of communication, nothing is being done. All policy questions remain unanswered.” So basically, pretty much anyone can walk into the DOE claiming they are from the Trump administration, and be given a desk, perhaps even an office. Russians must be laughing at how easy it has become to infiltrate the government.
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Mustached Demon posted:I don't think anyone watched it. I watched it earlier. He whined about how Mooch was awesome at New Media and would bring the fire etc... He's super shook. I wonder if he had him as a contact or something.
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Potato Salad posted:Gorilla Cum Ummmmmmmmmm I feel like I missed something? (it's capitalized)
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hanales posted:I watched it earlier. He whined about how Mooch was awesome at New Media and would bring the fire etc... I believe he got subpoenaed by Mueller recently. Yah tho not listening that's time I won't get back
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nerdz posted:Deported man's wife and friends rethink voting for Trump So he came to America 20 years ago and married a US citizen, and was deported. Makes me wonder why he didn't just follow the green card -> citizenship route.
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enraged_camel posted:The national security implications of this are actually quite chilling. This statement describes everything about this administration, though. Like it's ridiculous and hilarious and worrying that the mooch was quite that gullible, but I think it's also pretty clear by now that this is the time to gently caress with the US government if you happen to be a person/organization/nation that is so inclined.
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I am one, sir, that comes to tell you that Steve Bannon is now making the beast with two backs.
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