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AreWeDrunkYet: Jul 8, 2006; Can't post for 7 days!

BUG JUG posted:

This morning's twitter rant: calling for a vote on a bill that's been withdrawn, and for the elimination of the filibuster. So, still at 11 here in insanity world I see.

Is insanity fatigue a thing?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/913034591879024640

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boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Is insanity fatigue a thing?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/913034591879024640

Trump has no idea what collusion is or why it's a big deal in the government.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 14:57

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

Trump has no idea what collusion is or why it's a big deal in the government.

Oh he's absolutely sure it's a big deal because it's a thing Hillary did, or possibly Obama, maybe Bill, how about Comey? The failing New York Times?

Well whatever it is it's a thing they did, maybe even all together who knows but it's a big deal because they did it and that makes his base angry when he says the word at rallies and then they cheer him and give him good feelings and that is the really important thing.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 15:17

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

redneck nazgul posted:

Trump campaigned for Luther Strange at the wishes of the GOP establishment. Roy Moore had the backing of the rest of the Trump apparatus.

Roy Moore won despite Trump's support. There's a few conclusions that you can draw from this.

A: Trump's support means nothing to the GOP, in which case, they're free to go over his head.

B: The virulent poo poo that's infesting the Republican party has officially taken on a life of its own in GOP-controlled areas and will further schism the party between the GOP and Trump-esque figures.

C: Alabama is racist as gently caress and wants to hear actual racism, rather than dogwhistles.

And Mitch McConnell threw millions of bucks behind Luther Strange and it didn't move the polls at all.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 15:21

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Twitter's new length limit is only checked client side.

Cocoa Crispies posted:

https://twitter.com/ErrataRob/status/912904724063641602

lol it works too

https://twitter.com/BonzoESC/status/913040604233211907

# ? Sep 27, 2017 15:36

Immanentized: Mar 17, 2009

Wasabi the J posted:

Twitter's new length limit is only checked client side.

Yeah but not you can run fun poo poo in a tweet container
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTUBE

https://twitter.com/gsuberland/status/912995921952157696

# ? Sep 27, 2017 15:54

A Bad Poster: Sep 25, 2006; Seriously, shut the fuck up.

NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

Trump has no idea what collusion is or why it's a big deal in the government.

He heard one of the announcers say it at a WWE match he was featured in probably.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:13

Duzzy Funlop: Jan 13, 2010; Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Immanentized posted:

Yeah but not you can run fun poo poo in a tweet container
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTUBE

https://twitter.com/gsuberland/status/912995921952157696

So what does this mean for laymen?

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:17

Immanentized: Mar 17, 2009

Duzzy Funlop posted:

So what does this mean for laymen?

I included the wikipedia links to give an idea.

Basically you can use a tweet to test perimeter boundaries.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:20

Acebuckeye13: Nov 2, 2010; Against All Tyrants; Ultra Carp

Duzzy Funlop posted:

Why is the Alabama race so significant? It seems like the winner is super loving evangelical and conservative, and since it's Alabama, I'm assuming he beats the democrat in December?

In addition to what others have said:

Roy Moore is loving nuts. He was a federal judge who was removed for defying higher court orders, was elected to the state Supreme Court, and kicked out again. He is a goddamn lunatic who literally pulled a pistol out at a rally and started waving it around, and would institute the social order of the middle ages in the US if he thought he could get away with it.

The real difference between him and Strange, though, is that while Strange was also garbage, Strange was garbage that would have been a reliable vote for McConnell in the Senate. Moore? He'd be like the House Freedom Caucus, a group so insanely right-wing that they actively prevent the Republicans from being able to enact their agenda. Having him in the Senate would be a bad thing for America in general, but it would give McConnell an even tougher time in trying to hold his razor-thin majority together.

The other thing to keep in mind as well is that the Democrat, Doug Jones, is reasonably popular within the state and recently polled within five points of Moore. It's a long shot, but there is a chance, however narrow, that Moore turns into the next Todd Akin and becomes too toxic for even the people of Alabama, allowing the Democrats to achieve a previously unthinkable pickup. And if the Democrats can win in loving Alabama... 2018 starts looking like a real bloodbath.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:22

Duzzy Funlop: Jan 13, 2010; Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Immanentized posted:

I included the wikipedia links to give an idea.

Basically you can use a tweet to test perimeter boundaries.

Well, yeah, I read the Wikipedia entries...but how is that "fun poo poo" you can run? I get that those things are meant to simulate spam or test antivirus algorithms, but how is that interesting except for people doing exactly that? Like, does this enable shenanigans, or what's the fun part?

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:24

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

Yeah Moore is a complete wildcard since the only authority he heeds is himself and his warped view of the bible. He's a probable no vote on anything that is going to be kind or fair to women or minorities.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:26

Kawasaki Nun: Jul 16, 2001; by Reene

Kurds voted for independence. Wonder how rough the 5 way tagteam is going to be

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:31

orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

Kawasaki Nun posted:

Kurds voted for independence. Wonder how rough the 5 way tagteam is going to be

Open up youporn and type in 5 way gang bang and search that. Turn the volume up too.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:34

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I thought Iraq made the referendum illegal or was planning on ignoring it?

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:37

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

its like when Reagan joked that he made the USSR illegal and the bombing starts in 5 minutes, except it wasnt a joke

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:41

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

Duzzy Funlop posted:

Well, yeah, I read the Wikipedia entries...but how is that "fun poo poo" you can run? I get that those things are meant to simulate spam or test antivirus algorithms, but how is that interesting except for people doing exactly that? Like, does this enable shenanigans, or what's the fun part?

Think of it this way, SA embeds tweets in posts. Youre now adding antivirus test flags to tweets, so now youre doing the equivalent of seeing where else you can get to parse those tweets without triggering any alerts.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:46

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

Hot Karl Marx posted:

I thought Iraq made the referendum illegal or was planning on ignoring it?

I think the Kurds and the Palestinians should each have their own soverign territory which should eat a chunk out of iraq/syria/turkey as needed because seriously can we just separate the ethnic-government-wants-to-kill-other-ethnostate issue from post WWII map redraws

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:51

Dead Reckoning: Sep 13, 2011

Worth a shot, I hear Yugoslavia is doing great these days.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:57

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

On one hand yeah cool on the other hand I don't want the US to be involved in drawing boundary lines. Let them figure it out for themselves.

We can't do anything right.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 16:59

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

On one hand yeah cool on the other hand I don't want the US to be involved in drawing boundary lines. Let them figure it out for themselves.

We can't do anything right.

I'd just want US and the UN to be involved in polling the local population to see what group they're part of and draw the lines around that. 'This town is 85% kurdish and is now within the boundaries of kurdistan. This town is 50/50 but in a much more statistically Sunni region so it stays part of Iraq'

Collect the polling data and I could have given the structure before fine tuning after my freshman GIS class

# ? Sep 27, 2017 17:08

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M_Gargantua posted:

I'd just want US and the UN to be involved in polling the local population to see what group they're part of and draw the lines around that. 'This town is 85% kurdish and is now within the boundaries of kurdistan. This town is 50/50 but in a much more statistically Sunni region so it stays part of Iraq'

Collect the polling data and I could have given the structure before fine tuning after my freshman GIS class

One area that voted in the referendum had 1000000 people and 999600 voted lol so maybe better voting would be the first thing. I support Kurdistan but I also know it probably won't fix anything

# ? Sep 27, 2017 17:13

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

Hot Karl Marx posted:

One area that voted in the referendum had 1000000 people and 999600 voted lol so maybe better voting would be the first thing. I support Kurdistan but I also know it probably won't fix anything

External organizations polling towns and outlying areas =/= voting. Good census data is the basis of solid anti-fraud. Having an external org run the vote, or at least set up robust voting mechanism, would ameliorate that the first few times.

# ? Sep 27, 2017 17:17

Acebuckeye13: Nov 2, 2010; Against All Tyrants; Ultra Carp

M_Gargantua posted:

I'd just want US and the UN to be involved in polling the local population to see what group they're part of and draw the lines around that. 'This town is 85% kurdish and is now within the boundaries of kurdistan. This town is 50/50 but in a much more statistically Sunni region so it stays part of Iraq'

Collect the polling data and I could have given the structure before fine tuning after my freshman GIS class

Counterpoint: this approach has some issues

# ? Sep 27, 2017 17:21

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

quote:

"Kushner can't even fill out the most basic paperwork without screwing it up, so it's a mystery why anyone thinks he's somehow going to bring peace to the Middle East," Brad Bainum, a spokesperson for the group, told Wired about the mistake. "Would anyone but the president's son-in-law still have a West Wing job after repeated disclosure errors and a botched a security clearance form?"

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/913054409696956418

# ? Sep 27, 2017 17:22