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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

zegermans posted:

I'm mostly wondering how a trill can be a socialist given their highly bourgeois-biased symbiote selection process.

They do lie about who's compatible and have strong taboos against symbiotes socialising with each other to prevent creating a symbiote aristocracy and forcing them to live interesting lives.

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Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

SKULL.GIF posted:

the democrats' problem is that they took the republican attacks about being "the party of free handouts" seriously and ran the gently caress away from that and now try to manage expectations downwards and carefully massage and shape their message and triangulate shrewdly and sorkin all over the table and refuse to clean it up



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the democrats' problem is that they took the republicans [...] seriously.

i think they should try to own being the party of free handouts

what's wrong with free stuff

free poo poo for everyone, it owns

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/politico/status/892315227399888896

Purity Bee save us from Bain Capital

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

is corbyn a progressive tho

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer
Yeah.

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

is corbyn a progressive tho

he's not the best but he is actually progressive

the purity bee would only give him minor stings, of affection

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://twitter.com/lowtax/status/892269331609997313

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008


still trying to get over this guy apparently threatening to throw Chelsea Manning back in prison for criticizing someone Hillary Clinton likes :staredog:


Lowtax's heart is in the right place but his word choice is confusing

Breakfast All Day
Oct 21, 2004


woke? WOKE? motherfucker, im STUNG!

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017



love 2 vote for photocopies

what this country needs is Obama II!! so we can get Trump II in 2024!!

Condiv
May 7, 2008

Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod



purity bee already starting to work it's magic

Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
WASP is an American term and we're talking about American progressives. However, any picture of The Absolute Boy is a welcome sight.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Scent of Worf posted:

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-kamala-harris-and-her-husband-made-1476735863-htmlstory.html

hmm i'm sure this aloof coastal millionaire who seems to constantly be in the spotlight cares a lot about the plight of the working class and the destitute.

Meh, I don't give a poo poo that she's got money. I give a poo poo that she's a bad dem who supports bad policies and rejects good ones..

UHD
Nov 11, 2006


all americans are guttertrash

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Inescapable Duck posted:

They do lie about who's compatible and have strong taboos against symbiotes socialising with each other to prevent creating a symbiote aristocracy and forcing them to live interesting lives.

I wonder how many Trill couples are basically life partner symbiotes that secretly swap out fresh bodies for loving every 50-60 years

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

:swoon:

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Scent of Worf posted:

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-kamala-harris-and-her-husband-made-1476735863-htmlstory.html

hmm i'm sure this aloof coastal millionaire who seems to constantly be in the spotlight cares a lot about the plight of the working class and the destitute.

....when he himself owns a beachhouse

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

i follow politics and i have no idea who this is

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

zegermans posted:

I wonder how many Trill couples are basically life partner symbiotes that secretly swap out fresh bodies for loving every 50-60 years

wasn't there a whole episode about how this was illegal as hell

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Raskolnikov38 posted:

wasn't there a whole episode about how this was illegal as hell

that's why I said secret

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!


the purity bee gives me conviction honey to stand by my principles

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Same.

Condiv
May 7, 2008

Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod


Raskolnikov38 posted:

i follow politics and i have no idea who this is

he's a bain capital vampire, that's all you need to know anymore

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

I still have positive mental associations with Deval Patrick, but I fully admit they're entirely based in homerism and left over from the last time I had a reason to think about Deval Patrick (2014)

He's pretty bog-standard Centrist Liberal, with some good stuff on his record (education etc, greenhouse-gas reduction etc, raised minimum wage etc) and some bad stuff on his record (raised sales taxes; literally left government to work for Bain Capital; "currently serves as the chairman of the board for Our Generation Speaks, a fellowship program аnd startup іnсubаtоr whose mіѕѕіоn іѕ tо bring together young Israeli and Palestinian leaders through entrepreneurship")

e:

Raskolnikov38 posted:

i follow politics and i have no idea who this is

Governor of MA from 2007 to 2015, the one between Mittens and Charlie Baker

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Also the episode when they showed how Jadzia was totally the best option unlike this nerdlinger beta idiot that wanted the symbiote instead because he would have wasted it, except he turned into a super confident awesome person and ruined the whole point of the episode

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

sorry for the ds9 tangent god bless

Condiv
May 7, 2008

Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod


why don't dems just run crying to mitt romney to save them?

oh wait, they did already?

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:



anyway, how's that "we should recreate Howard Dean's 50 state strategy" coming along

lol he's implying that pro-choice Dems could come to a "compromise" with pro-life Dems, possibly by supporting abortion to please the pro-choice Dems and supporting early childhood programs for the non-aborted to please the pro-life Dems (who, as we all know, are the only group that care about government programs for children). I'm sure that would work splendidly

bipartisanship is a loving disease

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer
Jadzia actually pronounced yahd-ya which to me was strange after only hearing it as a phonetic "jadzia" on TV.

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




zegermans posted:

sorry for the ds9 tangent god bless

sci fi garbage is part of cspam tho

Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
https://twitter.com/julissaarce/status/892255362367213568

Randy Bryce is a bad dem for not immediately giving Julian Castro a noogie

The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE

zegermans posted:

....when he himself owns a beachhouse

...which he earned through honest work, and not by supporting prison slavery and refusing to prosecute banks that illegally foreclosed people's homes :rolleye:

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

loquacius posted:

"currently serves as the chairman of the board for Our Generation Speaks, a fellowship program аnd startup іnсubаtоr whose mіѕѕіоn іѕ tо bring together young Israeli and Palestinian leaders through entrepreneurship")

:allears:

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

Main Paineframe posted:

lol he's implying that pro-choice Dems could come to a "compromise" with pro-life Dems, possibly by supporting abortion to please the pro-choice Dems and supporting early childhood programs for the non-aborted to please the pro-life Dems (who, as we all know, are the only group that care about government programs for children). I'm sure that would work splendidly

bipartisanship is a loving disease

why is it so hard for them to just look the "pro-life" dems in the eye and say "no, eat my entire rear end"

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

UHD posted:

all americans are guttertrash

street rats!!! riffraff!!!!

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

politico's really had some blazing takes lately. this article is pure Democrats, distilled into a fine wine

quote:

Instead, he’s been at Bain Capital, running a new social good private equity fund called Double Impact, which has raised $390 million for investments in small- and medium-sized companies that he said need to show a focus on “sustainability, health and wellness, and then a place-based strategy we’re calling ‘community building,’ which is about companies that are intentional about creating good jobs and economic activity in places of chronic underemployment.” The first two investments are in a chain of small, low-cost gyms in Michigan and Indiana that he hopes will bring affordable fitness to underserved areas, and in a company in Texas that diverts organic waste.

Not that any of this matters to Bernie Sanderized Democrats who are suspicious of finance types to begin with, and were taught by Obama’s 2012 brutal campaign attacks on Mitt Romney to think of Bain as a curse word—though notably, not by Patrick himself, who despite his friendship with Obama and co-chairmanship of the campaign, repeatedly refused to join in on the bashing.

quote:

Patrick and Obama met 20 years ago, when Patrick was in private practice. Put in touch through a Harvard Law Review connection, Obama called him for money for his state Senate run. Patrick, in a story he likes to tell, excitedly told Obama he’d write the biggest check he could. Obama started laughing. Illinois law had no limit, he told him.

A friendship began. Obama asked Patrick’s advice about his 2004 Senate run. Patrick surprised Obama in Washington the next year to ask for advice about his own 2006 governor run.

Endorsements went back and forth. They and their wives got to know each other over dinners, a long night sitting on Jarrett’s back porch in Martha’s Vineyard in 2007, visits to the White House. Now, Patrick is the only politician on the Obama Foundation board.

quote:

Trying to predict what will define the next presidential race at this point is like guessing at the price of milk once corner stores open up on the moon. But if the 2020 question for Democrats is about taking on Trump’s management shortcomings or calling for a different way of merging government and business experience, Patrick would be able to check those boxes. If it’s about bringing the country together, he has a record of that too, and an elevating, though not quite Obama-level capacity for inspirational rhetoric. If it’s about just veering the presidency back toward the old normal, as notable Trump opponents among Republicans and Democrats hopefully predict, Patrick’s calm demeanor could work there too.

Or, as some joke, if Democrats are trying to make like they’re resetting the clock to before Trump won, having another African-American nominee might be it—in a way that most doubted could work had he run right after Obama in 2016.

Axelrod’s well-known theory of presidential elections is that voters look for a “remedy, not a replica.” Patrick, another former client of his, “is definitely in the remedy category,” Axelrod said. “He’s kind of a natural to look at because he was a successful governor, he is an inspiring guy, and you have to ask yourself what is the country going to be looking for in their next president after this guy?"

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

Yinlock posted:

why is it so hard for them to just look the "pro-life" dems in the eye and say "no, eat my entire rear end"

triangulation, or "we need to get more racist"

Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dems are going to double-down on running DECORUM: The Candidate in 2020 lol

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
Clinton and Obama's dime-store knockoffs facing off. 2020 is going to be a shitshow.

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Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

the bitcoin of weed posted:

triangulation, or "we need to get more racist"

i guess

i just don't see how you can get a request that's like "ok let's compromise by you agreeing to everything we want in exchange for nothing, alright thanks" and not respond with "how about you wear my asscheeks as earmuffs instead, shitface"

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