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Jaxyon posted:The best way to heal people is to take away their coverage. By taking away their crutches you're inspiring them to walk!
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Jaxyon posted:The best way to heal people is to take away their coverage. Nobody wants Obamacare. That is why the House and Senate excluded themselves. Oh look, this ice cream cone is soooo good. No, of course I don't want to eat it. But I want to force you to eat it! The only people who support it literally have brain damage.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:41
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Congress people have to use Obamacare too. 
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I recently was contacted by a group named Cosecha that says they work on behalf of immigrant groups. They were asking for donations. I agreed to help them out as well as help them grow their monthly subscribers. Afterwards, I realized I took them solely on their word. Anyone else know who they are and that they are legit?
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John Henry Miller posted:Nobody wants Obamacare. That is why the House and Senate excluded themselves. A majority of Americans have brain damage, then.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:44
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John Henry Miller posted:Nobody wants Obamacare. That is why the House and Senate excluded themselves. House and senate are not exempt from the ACA. That particular myth has been going around since before it was passed.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:44
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John Henry Miller posted:Nobody wants Obamacare. That is why the House and Senate excluded themselves. Well I can't argue that a majority of the GOP voters have brain damage, but lets for shits and giggles have you tell us what the ACA does and why that's bad.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:45
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John Henry Miller posted:Nobody wants Obamacare. That is why the House and Senate excluded themselves. Uh, the house and senate are on the ACA. The republicans introduced that as an amendment to try to scare democrats away, but it didn't work and was passed with the amendment in the final bill. So, you're entire argument is more than a bit flaccid.
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Deteriorata posted:"Deviants" rubbed me the wrong way. That certainly wasn't my experience.
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I was a freshman opening the dorm grocery when we heard on the radio that Trump Tower was now the tallest building in New York. We listened for an hour or so and then we changed over to music. I did go to a vigil at church that weekend, unironically, but I never understood what the big deal was as a nation so I can't recall why I even went. Caught up in the moment, I guess. When I was in high school they taught up to World War Two, so I guess they'll teach 9/11 starting in around 2050? Edit: And Trump will be an awkward historical footnote, like Coolidge or Harding. PerniciousKnid fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Sep 11, 2017 |
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Sep 11, 2017 20:46
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Jesus loving gently caress stop taking the bait you stupid bastards
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Oxxidation posted:Jesus loving gently caress stop taking the bait you stupid bastards Why?
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And before the inevitable "oh ho ho, I know he isn't arguing in good faith, I engage him anyway to sharpen my debating acumen" excuses roll in - no you didn't! You got played! Just take your lumps and stop replying!
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Jaxyon posted:Well I can't argue that a majority of the GOP voters have brain damage, but lets for shits and giggles have you tell us what the ACA does and why that's bad. ACA forces people to buy useless insurance provided by American tax payers that does nothing. Trump is cutting the subsidy so the ACA will fail on it's own. Prices go up, quality of care goes down, availability of care goes down. That's socialism for you.
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PerniciousKnid posted:I was a freshman opening the dorm grocery when we heard on the radio that Trump Tower was now the tallest building in New York. We listened for an hour or so and then we changed over to music. I did go to a vigil at church that weekend, unironically, but I never understood what the big deal was as a nation so I can't recall why I even went. Caught up in the moment, I guess. Speaking from my experience, 9/11 was already in the next year's history text.
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I'm not convinced he's trolling. Some people - millions of people actually, judging by exit poll numbers - really are that dumb.
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Lightning Knight posted:Congress people have to use Obamacare too. Congress and the Senate use the DC ACA portal, yes - but they also have access to the "Office of the Attending Physician," where they can have all of the best specialists brought for *free* consultations subsidized by the government. They don't have to trouble themselves going to the specialists - because they're ~speshul~, the specialists come to *them*. Plus they DO have free health care within the DC capital area so long as they use a military health facility. Outside the DC area, it's on their insurance. And if the GOP *does* repeal ACA, members of Congress have the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to fall back on. That's not going ~anywhere~.
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Oxxidation posted:And before the inevitable "oh ho ho, I know he isn't arguing in good faith, I engage him anyway to sharpen my debating acumen" excuses roll in - no you didn't! You got played! Just take your lumps and stop replying! Got played by a guy posting a thing millions of people believe, in a thread about politics I have been....owned
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Sep 11, 2017 20:49
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Lightning Knight posted:I'm not convinced he's trolling. My brother's father-in-law believes that Trump has already reduced his taxes. Some people (especially financially-illiterate baby boomer racists who get all their information from Fox News) are really, really dumb.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:50
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Oxxidation posted:Jesus loving gently caress stop taking the bait you stupid bastards I added a second person to my ignore list today but I'm still seeing his posts everywhere. It's shdbobdb or whatever all over again
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lizardman posted:"Have you ever seen a grown man naked?" Do you like movies about gladiators?
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mod sassinator posted:Vancouver, WA, is a shithole that's only worth stopping in to fill up for gas before you head into Portland. It's right on the border with Oregon so all of the people that live in Vancouver go down to OR to do their shopping and groceries (no sales tax at all in OR, vs. no income tax living in WA but 9-10% sales tax). It's the ultimate libertarian 'gently caress you got mine' place to live where you can dodge all your taxes. another example where taxes should be streamlined across usa
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Deified Data posted:Speaking from my experience, 9/11 was already in the next year's history text. Yeah and mine had Clinton in it, but nobody reaches the end of the book.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Congress and the Senate use the DC ACA portal, yes - but they also have access to the "Office of the Attending Physician," where they can have all of the best specialists brought for *free* consultations subsidized by the government. They don't have to trouble themselves going to the specialists - because they're ~speshul~, the specialists come to *them*. Plus they DO have free health care within the DC capital area so long as they use a military health facility. Outside the DC area, it's on their insurance. Ok but they're still not exempt from it. 
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Solaris 2.0 posted:Oh hey my family was having this exact same discussion at our last family dinner! Ranting about liberals tearing down symbols of our history and heritage. What's next? Korean War monument offensive?? (my great great Grandfather fought for the Union army so this love of the confederacy among my family absolutely confuses me) I know logic doesn't matter, but I've always thought a simple response would be, "so what southern heritage is this monument celebrating, other than fighting for slavery?".
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John Henry Miller posted:Trump has given them a Supreme Court Justice, he has removed deviants from the military, and his Vice President is working tirelessly to help other deviants get the help they need despite liberals trying to enable their delusions. Gay and trans people aren't "deviants". This sounds like a Trump sockpuppet.
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People like John and really all poo poo stupid right wingers are arguably the most robust condemnation of representative republics to date.
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Pembroke Fuse posted:Gay and trans people aren't "deviants". 
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Crackbone posted:I know logic doesn't matter, but I've always thought a simple response would be, "so what southern heritage is this monument celebrating, other than fighting for slavery?". "Well, you know, the Confederacy wasn't ALL about slavery, it was about ~STATE'S RIGHTS~ and throwing off the yoke of tyrannical federalist rule and SELF-DETERMINATION! The South was a *proud* land full of hard-working farmers and plantation owners that were clothing and feeding our growing nation and wow, I'm really having to do a lot of moral gymnastics to not mention how slave labor made everything I love and mythologize about the South possible. Oh well, COGNITIVE DISSONANCE POWERS, ACTIVATE!" *starts literally whistling 'Dixie'*
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Solaris 2.0 posted:Also if another 9/11 happens with the GOP/Trump control of the Judiciary/Congress/Presidency I honestly believe it would be the end of our current form of Democracy. I don't think it would make Trump "President for Life" because he's too stupid to accomplish that, but I think the collective GOP/white America freak-out from such an event (especially if it is done by Islamists) would enable the GOP to pass a series of laws that would ensure they never lose congress/ the presidency again, at least for a generation. i was on leave after finishing basic training. my mom woke me up crying they were gonna send me to war. when i found out it was terrorist attack i told her she was overreacting. why would we go to war...and with whom? i wasnt politically awake yet having just finished highschool and bootcamp. it was fox news she was watching beating the war drums. i didnt know back then how deep fox newz claws had penetrated into white society. how they could decide policy by scaring stupid white people that whole side of the family have fallen deep down the rabbit hole and support trump. its very frustrating listening to all the obama hillary bullshit
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John Henry Miller posted:Trump has given them a Supreme Court Justice, he has removed deviants from the military, and his Vice President is working tirelessly to help other deviants get the help they need despite liberals trying to enable their delusions. gently caress. You.
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Pembroke Fuse posted:Gay and trans people aren't "deviants". God, history and the American people disagree. But if you'd like, I could call them something else. I understand it is important to be politically correct around liberals and I want to respect your culture so you can read my truth and change.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:"Well, you know, the Confederacy wasn't ALL about slavery, it was about ~STATE'S RIGHTS~ and throwing off the yoke of tyrannical federalist rule and SELF-DETERMINATION! The South was a *proud* land full of hard-working farmers and plantation owners that were clothing and feeding our growing nation and wow, I'm really having to do a lot of moral gymnastics to not mention how slave labor made everything I love and mythologize about the South possible. Oh well, COGNITIVE DISSONANCE POWERS, ACTIVATE!" *starts literally whistling 'Dixie'* I caught the tail end of something on NPR earlier (maybe the local side of it) that included someone trying to claim that the stars and bars were a symbol of peace. I barely registered the next few blocks of driving after that because of how insane that was.
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Dejawesp posted:gently caress I picked up souvenir buckshot shells while on Malta and airport security just gave them a quick shake to confirm the shells were empty and then sent me on my way. United took away my cigarette lighter when I flew to Korea in 2006. Can't be too careful! Best part is there being a loving smoking area in the terminal, but I couldn't get a lighter past security.
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Crackbone posted:I know logic doesn't matter, but I've always thought a simple response would be, "so what southern heritage is this monument celebrating, other than fighting for slavery?". This doesn't work. You get all sorts of idiotic hand waving excuses like "They would have just freed the salves eventually!", "they didn't fight for slavery it was the politicians!" or my personal favorite "They were better off as slaves anyway than now getting shot in gangs and doing drugs". Best to strategically and quickly change the topic to sports or plants or something. logosanatic posted:i was on leave after finishing basic training. my mom woke me up crying they were gonna send me to war. when i found out it was terrorist attack i told her she was overreacting. why would we go to war...and with whom? The only member of my family who didn't go down the crazy political rabbit hole was my father. I remember him cussing out a recruiter when I tried to enlist post 9/11. I also remember him refusing to stand when, at Disney World, they asked all veterans to be honored. I asked him why and he said to me "When I was your age we were all forced to serve and most of my friends died in Vietnam as a result". He was a cool dude, and shockingly liberal despite the rest of my family. So of course he's the one who got hit with Alzheimer's and his brained turned into moosh. 
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Sep 11, 2017 21:02
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John Henry Miller posted:God, history and the American people disagree. There is no God
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Lightning Knight posted:I'm not convinced he's trolling. Yeah, it's funny that a completely vanilla standard Republican comes across as trolling ridiculous opinions to get a rise. I guess Trump's election is one big troll. Everyone was pretending that they'd elect a moronic bigot as the most powerful man in the world - and we fell for it!
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BarbarianElephant posted:Yeah, it's funny that a completely vanilla standard Republican comes across as trolling ridiculous opinions to get a rise. I guess Trump's election is one big troll. Everyone was pretending that they'd elect a moronic bigot as the most powerful man in the world - and we fell for it! "ITS JUST A PRANK BRO"
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BarbarianElephant posted:Yeah, it's funny that a completely vanilla standard Republican comes across as trolling ridiculous opinions to get a rise. I guess Trump's election is one big troll. Everyone was pretending that they'd elect a moronic bigot as the most powerful man in the world - and we fell for it! Well, considering that many 'Trolls' are 'I made you mad with my stupidity' and the desire of 'Libtears'....
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Hey, just as a brief educational moment, you can click "profile" on any of John Henry Miller's posts, then on the profile page near the bottom there's a button that says "add user to your ignore list." I recommend everyone do this. Thanks!
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