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cargo cult
Aug 28, 2008

by Reene
worst thing about stewart was his weepy american nationalism. that and his oscar bait movie about how evil and authoritarian iran is, starring Gael Garcia Bernal as an Iranian photo journalist or someshit

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Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo

Agean90 posted:

from what i remember he's backed by silicon valley so i fear hes only talking the talk, but damned if he aint good at it.

CC doesn't like him so I'm convinced he's the second-coming.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

got any sevens posted:

that profile pic of candice always looks like she's balding

its a face swap if that makes it even weirder

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

quote:

But Katie Merrill, a Democratic strategist who also attended the event, said Feinstein was smart not to be more forthright about Trump.

“She is a member of two committees investigating him, and she could sit as a juror in an impeachment trial,” Merrill said. “She is using the better point of discretion to not exert a strong opinion about his fitness for office.”

wonder if that incredibly shoddy excuse will catch on among baddem twitter

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Are Trevors ratings bad

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

https://twitter.com/ClickHole/status/903651252218855425

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


why does kamala keep justifying these things with economics

https://twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris/status/903643860236201985

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

quote:

Health insurance should be available, portable and affordable for all citizens, with means-tested government subsidies for those who cannot pay in full.

Health benefits should be separated from employment -- the practice of saddling employers with costly pension and health insurance benefit obligations is hurting the ability of American companies to compete in the global economy.

The Affordable Care Act does not do the full job of extending health care coverage to all Americans. More research and work needs to be done, and legislative changes will have to be made in order to correct some of the shortfalls of the ACA while preserving some of its successes.

The ultimate goal should be to reduce overall healthcare spending while improving access, quality and efficiency and ensuring health care providers are fairly compensated for the vital services they perform.

this is actually the healthcare plank of the "Modern Whig Party", not of the Democrats. Could you tell?

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


SKULL.GIF posted:

why does kamala keep justifying these things with economics

https://twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris/status/903643860236201985

because half of this country is made up of sociopaths and there are plenty who vote democrat

Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/903634746449776640

"Melenchon has already called for a September 23 protest against what he describes as a "social coup d'etat by Emmanuel Macron," echoing his previous calls for a "moral insurrection" against Macron's reforms."

:getin:

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

can't imagine the FN staying muted and disgraced for long with that bozo Macron a lame duck already. Melenchon has a fight on his hands.

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


whoever wrote this paragraph:

quote:

Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the far-left France Insoumise party, has whined about having to work evenings and delay his month-long, taxpayer-funded vacation because he must perform the laborious task of voting in parliament. He's singing the "hands off my entitlements" tune that so many French citizens know by heart.

deserves to be viciously beaten to death

Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo

SKULL.GIF posted:

whoever wrote this paragraph:


deserves to be viciously beaten to death

She's a right-wing idiot iirc

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Frijolero posted:

https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/903634746449776640

"Melenchon has already called for a September 23 protest against what he describes as a "social coup d'etat by Emmanuel Macron," echoing his previous calls for a "moral insurrection" against Macron's reforms."

:getin:

This rise of Nazism in Europe is worrying indeed, time for morally forthright leaders like Orbán and Szydło to protect liberal values.

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

SKULL.GIF posted:

why does kamala keep justifying these things with economics

https://twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris/status/903643860236201985

to appeal to conservatives

the Dems are obsessed with the idea that if they just buy into right-wing framing hard enough, they'll get all the GOP votes

see also: tying gun control to the no-fly list, arguing that illegal immigration crackdowns deprive farmers of exploitable labor, etc

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Frijolero posted:

She's a right-wing idiot iirc

the wrong side won at Waterloo

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

newsmax was one of the pioneers of fake news nazi sites

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


deport 700,000 of our most educated people who are, quite literally, American Dream Success Story people, to countries that they've never had lives in and don't know anyone there anywhere

the problem with this?

it will cost us money

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


https://twitter.com/nebelungos/status/903656174150705154

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006


good god

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

gradenko_2000 posted:

this is actually the healthcare plank of the "Modern Whig Party", not of the Democrats. Could you tell?

i could tell because its better than dems have said

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Agean90 posted:

from what i remember he's backed by silicon valley so i fear hes only talking the talk, but damned if he aint good at it.

the guy he displaced, mike honda, was one of the better dems for like 16 years

in 2014 khanna tried to unseat honda by running to honda's right and got the endorsement of like every silicon valley ceo (the district covers like all of silicon valley) but honda won

then in 2016 khanna ran to honda's left while also smearing honda as a do-nothing congressman and won

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer

SKULL.GIF posted:

why does kamala keep justifying these things with economics
Because unintrospective college goers know that it is the Correct thing to be concerned about The Economy without further reflection.

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



lmao at zaid jilani quoting newsmax

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



gonna start a lefty fake news site called NEWSMARX

anime was right
Jun 27, 2008

death is certain
keep yr cool

Frijolero posted:

https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/903634746449776640

"Melenchon has already called for a September 23 protest against what he describes as a "social coup d'etat by Emmanuel Macron," echoing his previous calls for a "moral insurrection" against Macron's reforms."

:getin:

seriously the next pres there is going to be a socialist or a nazi, unless macron figures out how to becomes god-king

anime was right
Jun 27, 2008

death is certain
keep yr cool

gradenko_2000 posted:

this is actually the healthcare plank of the "Modern Whig Party", not of the Democrats. Could you tell?

haha

Zoran
Aug 19, 2008

I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!

anime was right posted:

seriously the next pres there is going to be a socialist or a nazi, unless macron figures out how to becomes god-king

every rich and powerful person there is going to start saying the nazi collaborators weren't that bad, really

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Shear Modulus posted:

gonna start a lefty fake news site called NEWSMARX

you should have a disclaimer clarifying that it's fake news, but the gimmick is it's all true

Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo

Shear Modulus posted:

the guy he displaced, mike honda, was one of the better dems for like 16 years

in 2014 khanna tried to unseat honda by running to honda's right and got the endorsement of like every silicon valley ceo (the district covers like all of silicon valley) but honda won

then in 2016 khanna ran to honda's left while also smearing honda as a do-nothing congressman and won

tbf Honda was also under investigation and didn't look too hot by 2016

punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

Shear Modulus posted:

the guy he displaced, mike honda, was one of the better dems for like 16 years

in 2014 khanna tried to unseat honda by running to honda's right and got the endorsement of like every silicon valley ceo (the district covers like all of silicon valley) but honda won

then in 2016 khanna ran to honda's left while also smearing honda as a do-nothing congressman and won

Why don't Democrats then run to the left as that gets more votes then.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

FAKE NEWS 4 ME & U

Serf
May 5, 2011


punk rebel ecks posted:

Why don't Democrats then run to the left as that gets more votes then.

because they are the center-right to center-left party

Jazerus
May 24, 2011


fyi antipodean has two meanings in historical dialect

literal beastmen with dog heads & poo poo, or australian

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

Overheard in my workplace:

"They have the same flag as the antifa group from Nazi Germany, they just changed the colors a bit!"

:thunk:

freckle
Apr 6, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

Jazerus posted:

fyi antipodean has two meanings in historical dialect

literal beastmen with dog heads & poo poo, or australian

how is that two meanings?

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Jazerus posted:

fyi antipodean has two meanings in historical dialect

literal beastmen with dog heads & poo poo, or australian

Also when u mix Ice 2 and Flare

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

zegermans posted:

You can only sympathize if you've personally also lived the experience. You can, however, empathize with anyone.
\
:socialworkerssay:

I think you can attempt to empathize, but there are a million things working against you if you're a well off privileged person who is trying to be a genuine ally to the non-privileged. Like, most of these liberals probably genuinely feel they want to help the poor*, but there's a subtle emotional element that causes them to be biased in favor of not upsetting the status quo too much. Like, a not-completely-lovely privileged liberal usually doesn't actually consciously think "I don't want UHC (or whatever) because I don't want to pay potentially higher taxes or risk shaking up a status quo I enjoy"; they just feel a vague sense of unease at the idea and come up with plausible-sounding rationalizations for why we shouldn't be too hasty and should make more "incremental" changes.

*I mention the poor instead of, for example, LGBT or racial issues, because the most reasonable liberals are actually willing to make some sort of earnest effort to address the latter. I think this is partly because income level is largely unrelated to how much LGBT (for example) people you know, but is strongly related to how few working class people they know. There's also the fact that many common efforts to improve things for gender and ethnic minorities don't really cost them anything, while a serious attempt to address poverty would inevitably require significantly higher taxes, etc. Of course, to full address stuff like racism would also require a ton of wealth redistribution, but liberals generally aren't willing to consider that aspect of things (that is, reparations for past injustice); they're satisfied to just focus on situations where minorities currently experience bigotry or have their rights curtailed.

Ytlaya has issued a correction as of 18:40 on Sep 1, 2017

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

Jazerus posted:

fyi antipodean has two meanings in historical dialect

literal beastmen with dog heads & poo poo, or australian

those are still the same thing

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Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY
If you don't think only in terms of how capital is impacted by everything, you aren't a Democrat. This post coast me $.21 in productivity.

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