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byob historian
Nov 5, 2008

I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

The temporary paranoia you get from smoking weed isn't quite like a persistent psychosis.

lol u think i get paranoid :regd09:

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Dairy Days
Dec 26, 2007

mrbradlymrmartin posted:

lol u think i get paranoid :regd09:

if above is waht the hillaryboos are like normally i imagine them smokin up a strong first would literally kill them

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Oh Snapple! posted:

im legitimately too scared to check and see how many more there are

https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/909158447869943809

Streak
May 16, 2004

by Nyc_Tattoo
why are people so proud of how broke their brains are

byob historian
Nov 5, 2008

I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

Dairy Days posted:

if above is waht the hillaryboos are like normally i imagine them smokin up a strong first would literally kill them

:getin:
:420:

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

galenanorth posted:

In retrospect, her agreement that there should be a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. FEC makes it weirder that she brought out "name one time I changed my vote" as if that were the problem with the money she received, and not that she was helped by the tide of billionaire influence like the rest of the people she decreed in this article. There's an implicit "of course, I am the exception".

Bear in mind that Citizens United (the decision) came about because Citizens United (the conservative PAC) tried to advertise an anti-Hillary video immediately before the 2008 Democratic primary, which ran afoul of the law at the time.

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

Of All Of The Brains I Have Encountered In This Life, Her's was the most.... *quivers*...Broken.

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!
"I have free will to do what I want, but I choose to oscillate between center left and center right, spinning and spinning endlessly through contradictions creating a vortex of mediocrity in which the suckage is at the apex. I am the Suck, and you are in my zone." - :abuela:

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

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

Lastgirl posted:

Of All Of The Brains I Have Encountered In This Life, Her's was the most.... *quivers*...Broken.

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

Lastgirl posted:

Of All Of The Brains I Have Encountered In This Life, Her's was the most.... *quivers*...Broken.

Not anymore; now we can do both at the same time! According to myth, the 2016 election was lost in six months. Now, watch out! Here comes What Happened! We'll do it for you in six minutes!

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy
i wonder if any of the hillary cultists seeing bolsheviks in every washroom realize they all sound exactly like glenn beck

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer

The Muppets On PCP posted:

i wonder if any of the hillary cultists seeing bolsheviks in every washroom realize they all sound exactly like glenn beck
John Nash thought everyone wearing a red tie was a communist

Time for some game theory...

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

docbeard posted:

Bear in mind that Citizens United (the decision) came about because Citizens United (the conservative PAC) tried to advertise an anti-Hillary video immediately before the 2008 Democratic primary, which ran afoul of the law at the time.

Which they absolutely should have been able to do. Bernie and the Democrats' insistence that the decision must be overturned is both bad policy and politically infeasible to accomplish. I wish they'd talk about public financing and the DISCLOSE act instead.

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

Zoran posted:

afaik Felix is the only one who admits to being a goon, and he said he only lurked, mostly in LF. Matt and Will are not goons.

Virgil also is and Amber gets all the references. Also, Ed Zitron who Felix does/did a podcast with about being mad online.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Lolling how Hill Folk whine about "Where are Bernie's accomplishments?"


I think going from obscure senator from one of the less powerful states to being the most popular politician and forced bad dems to incorporate progressive ideas like Medicare for All
just one year later is quite the accomplishment.

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
Kinda funny too that Hillary's supporters spent most of 2016 denying that Hillary supported Hillary's big accomplishments.

forbidden dialectics
Jul 26, 2005





Zoran posted:

afaik Felix is the only one who admits to being a goon, and he said he only lurked, mostly in LF. Matt and Will are not goons.

felix made a zybourne clock reference in a recent episode, and Will seemed to know what he was talking about

Zoran
Aug 19, 2008

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

Heaps of Sheeps posted:

felix made a zybourne clock reference in a recent episode, and Will seemed to know what he was talking about

Will was the one who said the reference was lost on him. It was Amber who knew what he was referring to.

Virgil is a goon because of course he is, he's Virgil.

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



i was about to ask if they make zybourne clock jokes because that'd probably make me want to finally listen to this show that apparently everyone else does

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




safely sodomized posted:

gism for years

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Shear Modulus posted:

i was about to ask if they make zybourne clock jokes because that'd probably make me want to finally listen to this show that apparently everyone else does

Felix brought it up on a recent episode.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008


loquacius posted:

It's telling that these types of people refuse to refer to the left as "the left" at all, preferring "the Bernie crowd" or something similar, because they can't imagine having principles beyond personal loyalty to a figurehead politician and project that attitude onto us

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://www.axios.com/biden-opposes-universal-basic-income-2486444320.html

quote:

Former Vice President Joe Biden tomorrow will push back against "Universal Basic Income," or UBI, one of the most popular suggested solutions to the massive eradication of jobs that's feared because of automation. UBI is a check to every American adult, but Biden thinks that it's the job that is important, not just the income. In a blog post tomorrow timed to the launch of the Joe Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, Biden will quote his father telling him how a job is "about your dignity. It's about your self-respect. It's about your place in your community."

Why this matters: UBI is seen as a solution to growing inequality and unemployment driven by technological change that's gained credence among some tech executives and investors. Hillary Clinton considered making it a part of her 2016 presidential campaign.

The Biden institute's emphasis the first semester will be the future of work and Biden will host an event at 4 pm Tuesday in Wilmington, with speakers including Biden; Elaine Chao, the secretary of transportation; and Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008


I don't really see how this is an issue that is particularly relevant to weigh in on right this very second but ok Joe thanks, you're really helping I'm sure

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

Shear Modulus posted:

i was about to ask if they make zybourne clock jokes because that'd probably make me want to finally listen to this show that apparently everyone else does

this is a good week to dive in since the premium episode is basically just them reading the politoons thread. Neil Hamburger reading dry bones is worth it alone.

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

Ytlaya posted:

My feeling is that the only way to create long-term positive change is to somehow bring up an entire generation with socialist ideology and enforce the teaching of said ideology in the future.

This may sound kinda dystopian or something, and in a way it is, but I feel like it's the only way to avoid the inevitable problem of "once people become more comfortable and economically secure, they will inevitably start to support dismantling social programs." There needs to be something in place ensuring that socialism is treated as the "common sense" view and capitalism remains demonized in the same way socialism was during the mid to late 20th century.
the US literally had an entire generation brought up with or at least familiar with socialist ideology. this is how the new deal happened and how over a third the private labor force unionized. the capitalists learned their lesson and waged class warfare and a huge PR campaign to undo it. now you get chuck schumer's "the better deal" and < 7% of the private labor force unionized.

the only reasonable solution is to go to a democratic system without the traditional employee-employer relationship or you'll just inevitably end up back where you started.

Cornflakes
Dec 3, 2006

fortunately for joe there are shitloads of dignifying jobs out there for anyone who wants them

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




thanks diamond joe for letting us know what arbeit macht

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!




hot take: gently caress centrists

Corky Romanovsky
Oct 1, 2006

Soiled Meat

punk rebel ecks posted:

I'm two chapters in and so far it involves some prisoner who was once a sheriff climbing stairs.

The version I read was the 1 volume of the 4(?) books. I read the first book and didn't care for it. :shrug:

Barry Convex
Sep 1, 2005

Think of the good things, Pim! The good things!

Like Jesus, candy, and crackerjacks! Ice cream and cake and lots o'laffs!
Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Joe! Larry, Curly, and brother Moe!
https://twitter.com/shanevader/status/908691031243321347

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Frankly, he's right. We should go for guaranteed jobs. Not GMI.

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




punk rebel ecks posted:

I'm two chapters in and so far it involves some prisoner who was once a sheriff climbing stairs.

the beginning of shadow of the torturer started as a short stpry and the pacing is v different from the remainder of the four novels

VROOM VROOM
Jun 8, 2005

Crowsbeak posted:

Frankly, he's right. We should go for guaranteed jobs. Not GMI.

:wrong:

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Crowsbeak posted:

Frankly, he's right. We should go for guaranteed jobs. Not GMI.

cant have enough ditches after all

tower time
Jul 30, 2008




Dignity is the last word i'd associate with retail, customer service, call center, and temp jobs that make up drat near everything

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

Crowsbeak posted:

Frankly, he's right. We should go for guaranteed jobs. Not GMI.

yeah no forced labor actually sounds terrible

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

tower time posted:

Dignity is the last word i'd associate with retail, customer service, call center, and temp jobs that make up drat near everything

ill have u know ringing out mouth breathers at the comic shop and drunks at the gas station si dignified a f

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Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

Crowsbeak posted:

Frankly, he's right. We should go for guaranteed jobs. Not GMI.

There's no reason we can't push for both and frankly GMI would be easier to impose with also measures that promote full employment.

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