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Ripoff posted:I just regurgitate poo poo on the internet. Welcome to the club, friend! (Do not eat poo poo, no wonder the stomach problems!) I mean you bring up something I left out - defining/twisting the definition of gerrymandering. I don't want to devolve this myself into  but good loving god it's hard to present a hypothetical argument when one side sidesteps reality when it does not agree with them.
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That first reply.  I do appreciate this slow burn of the results getting under the conservatives' skins rather than the usual instant flash outrage.
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Quorum posted:Gerrymandering is super duper unpopular especially among Democrats for obvious reasons, so regardless of the morality of using it to banish Republicans for ten years to the outer darkness where there will be a great weeping and gnashing of teeth, doing that would be seen as a betrayal when they had the power to end it once and for all (and still win because the only reason Republicans have anything like the power they do is the dark electoral necromancy they did back in 2011). IIRC Republicans kicked off the redistricting reform attempts in California while Schwarzenegger was governor, perhaps hoping it would end up benefitting them in this blue state. A nonpartisan redistricting proposition finally passed in 2010. Instead it might have hosed them over even worse while still solving the gerrymandering problem. Tarezax fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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letthereberock posted:Oh my god these people. Yeah it's depressing. The really sad/bad part is people bitching about Obamacare when they have company provided health insurance. I could not get that through my neighbors head even though he is in a union and Obamacare was raising his premiums even though I pointed out that premiums have gone up every year since I entered the workforce in 2002 and that he's not enrolled in Obamacare.
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Quorum posted:Gerrymandering is super duper unpopular especially among Democrats for obvious reasons, so regardless of the morality of using it to banish Republicans for ten years to the outer darkness where there will be a great weeping and gnashing of teeth, doing that would be seen as a betrayal when they had the power to end it once and for all (and still win because the only reason Republicans have anything like the power they do is the dark electoral necromancy they did back in 2011). That makes quite a bit of sense. e- But what about the places already tilted by republican redistricting? Is there a publicly palatable solution? KickerOfMice fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Kerning Chameleon posted:That first reply. Barbeque is always tastier than flash-fry. A WhiteBoy flavor of BBQ that owns bones: Steve'n'Seagulls - An amazingly talented blugegrass band that love to cover metal songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc Accordian solo. Bon would be proud. KickerOfMice fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Only the best lmao this motherfucker is so goddamn dumb. Mueller probably already dumped his phones and emails, with how stupid he is he probably wasn't taking any precautions.
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Lightning Knight posted:lmao this motherfucker is so goddamn dumb. Mueller probably already dumped his phones and emails, with how stupid he is he probably wasn't taking any precautions. The Grand Moff Tarkin quote from earlier is apt as hell. They were winning but never could consider that their logistics would ever be exposed to scrutiny.
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In reply to the many people who justifiably say "I hate it that epic shitbags David Frum and Rick Wilson get to go on TV now because they'll talk poo poo about Trump", let me share an example of their utility. David Frum just said this on MSNBC, in response to Lawrence O'Donnell getting all giddy about the victory in Virginia and how republicans must be making GBS threads bricks: (paraphrase) "I know these people. There are people in the whitehouse who woke up today and are thinking a whole lot about voter suppression. Limbaugh's monologue this morning was about all the felons who got their voting rights back and voted for democrats. Expect to see them start working hard to redefine who's an American." There's value in getting actual, live, former-insider-republicans to call this poo poo out as it's happening. Even David Frum thinks Trump's a fascist.
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JeffersonClay posted:In reply to the many people who justifiably say "I hate it that epic shitbags David Frum and Rick Wilson get to go on TV now because they'll talk poo poo about Trump", let me share an example of their utility. for some reason I always get Frum mixed up with James Fallows, the guy who wrote the outstanding 'Trump Time Capsule' series. I honestly don't know how Fallows managed to not go crazy.
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JeffersonClay posted:In reply to the many people who justifiably say "I hate it that epic shitbags David Frum and Rick Wilson get to go on TV now because they'll talk poo poo about Trump", let me share an example of their utility. Tell us about your big red custom title, please.
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JeffersonClay posted:In reply to the many people who justifiably say "I hate it that epic shitbags David Frum and Rick Wilson get to go on TV now because they'll talk poo poo about Trump", let me share an example of their utility. Yeah, I usually read stuff by Frum and Friedersdorf at The Atlantic. Not because they're particularly insightful or clever, but because they offer a different perspective and aren't completely loony.
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KickerOfMice posted:Tell us about your big red custom title, please. It is in reference to the "Hillary owned slaves" argument, and JC arguing against it.
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They know that Trump and his brand are going to flame-out hard at some point, and they are maneuvering to pick up the pieces. Kasich is doing the same thing.
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Lightning Knight posted:It is in reference to the "Hillary owned slaves" argument, and JC arguing against it. Ah.
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KickerOfMice posted:Tell us about your big red custom title, please. USPol is a complete madhouse with the lunatics running the asylum
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JeffersonClay posted:In reply to the many people who justifiably say "I hate it that epic shitbags David Frum and Rick Wilson get to go on TV now because they'll talk poo poo about Trump", let me share an example of their utility. It's getting to the point, alt least for me, of 'what mask is the republican party going to wear today?' I expect that in an abusive relationship where someone asks an enabler to harm themselves for the benefit of.... oh yeah.
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The weirdest thing to come out of the Virginia election results is definitely Bizzaro Covok. Flynn and his son should be loving terrified that Mueller's going to come for them at any moment because they committed numerous crimes including literal goddamn treason. I hope that when Mueller comes for them they beg to be allowed to turn on others in exchange for immunity, only to be laughed at and tossed in a supermax and we never hear about them again except in the obituaries. Shimrra Jamaane posted:Rand Paul will likely be a no on everything and if the GOP insists on inserting language to defund PP, which they obviously will, that seriously jeopardizes Murkowski and Collins. The House bill includes language that grants personhood to a fetus at the moment of conception, iirc. That is one of the ways the white wing tries to ban abortion indirectly because if a fetus is a legal person with rights then abortion involves murdering them...etc. Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:There should be a final 4 bracket of Trump administration hires and secretaries to determine who is the worst. Does it only include current members? If so: Sessions, DeVos, Pruitt, Perry in no particular order except Sessions who is #1. If we can include nominees then drop Perry for Gorsuch who claims #1 from Sessions by virtue of the fact that he's going to be tainting our judicial process for the next 40-50 years. SLOSifl posted:One thing i’ve found thanks to centipedes and crippling fear is that any spray will kill anything if you use enough. Your edit was unnecessary, you already said it works on centipedes.
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Evil Fluffy posted:The weirdest thing to come out of the Virginia election results is definitely Bizzaro Covok. Nah, he's been this way since the Skinny Repeal got killed. (I mean this with no disrespect, Covok)
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Only the best
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Slugworth posted:It is, at least, better than the "big bowl of chili" gambit. The bowl of chili thing was what i immediately thought of when I saw this. "It was father's day, and my kids had made me a big bowl of chili...."
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Covok posted:I see. So, at 1.7 Trillion, they need to make up .2 trillion? I like this belief that a democratic govt is going to be anything but the same accelerationism but at a slower pace.
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Evil Fluffy posted:Flynn and his son should be loving terrified that Mueller's going to come for them at any moment because they committed numerous crimes including literal goddamn treason. I hope that when Mueller comes for them they beg to be allowed to turn on others in exchange for immunity, only to be laughed at and tossed in a supermax and we never hear about them again except in the obituaries. While I'd love for the Flynns to be locked away for the next hundred years, their information is probably going to be extremely valuable w/r/t potentially bringing down Trump, and we definitely don't want to be turning that down.
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JeffersonClay posted:In reply to the many people who justifiably say "I hate it that epic shitbags David Frum and Rick Wilson get to go on TV now because they'll talk poo poo about Trump", let me share an example of their utility. Republicans have essentially abandoned what shreds of neoliberalism that defined their policy objectives. Frum is a good base character for the right leaning neoliberals to deify. Their/his agenda is to relegitimise conservative thought. Frum wasn't complaining when voter suppression was happening during the bush years. Frum is playing the long game. Dont be a dumb cumboy pls.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:so you're forced to carry crappy swivel blades that'll close while you use them and are hard to open one handed. https://www.swissarmy.com/us/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knives/SwissTools/SwissTool-Spirit-XC/p/3.0227.L locks the tools once exnteded - it's nice and I feel safer using it. http://www.multitool.org/tools/miscellaneous/kershaw-a100-review locks the knife at least and having a pocket-sized vice grip is great. Too bad you can only get them used now
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dbukalski posted:thats interesting i had no idea finland was like that. Me neither, and I've lived in Finland all my life.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/katherinemiller/status/928477241155211264 Your Boy Fancy made Sean Spicer sad and got Zoro banned a true american hero
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/katherinemiller/status/928477241155211264  Enjoy your "retirement," Sean. At least the minifridge will always love you.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/katherinemiller/status/928477241155211264 Spicer doesn't even deserve pity at this point.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/katherinemiller/status/928477241155211264 Hmmm now that you mention it.... what ARE your party's policies, Spicer? What DOES repeal & replace mean?
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nine-gear crow posted:
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Pakled posted:Nah, he's been this way since the Skinny Repeal got killed. Covok has become the light of democracy in our darkness. The beacon of hope in this gilded fog of ammonia and sorrow. When all others gave in to lol nothing matters he persisted. And at last we finally secured our first victory.
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Julio Cruz posted:While I'd love for the Flynns to be locked away for the next hundred years, their information is probably going to be extremely valuable w/r/t potentially bringing down Trump, and we definitely don't want to be turning that down. Oh definitely. If there's the slightest chance Flynn can provide info that sinks Trump there's no way Mueller passes it up. Considering how much Trump likes Flynn I'm sure he was privy to plenty of info too. I'd still like to see them go away forever though.
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Mustached Demon posted:Covok has become the light of democracy in our darkness. I mean, I gave into "lol nothing matters" from day 1 of the Trump Presidency, gave in to insane dystopian fantasies for months, was such a petulant little poo poo I was the 10th most ignored user and got a term named after me, and only changed after the health care bill finally died and I finally felt like victory was possible.
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