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GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Is there a cited definition of the word narrativist that is not from presters blog?

no because it is just "the secret" but for politics

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dbukalski
Nov 9, 2017

YOSPOS
https://www.yahoo.com/news/t-announces-thousands-layoffs-firings-205347737.html

trickle down economics. we need to cut corporate taxes some more

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything

They invited Roy Moore to help out too. It's not like he has anything else to do.

Katt
Nov 14, 2017


Not the worst thing I've seen this year.

Tibalt
May 14, 2017

What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee

When a startup or other private company wants to become publicly traded, it can be extremely profitable to raise capital through an initial public offering. Because an IPO is based on people overpaying for an investment due to being blinded by hype in the best case, it's closely regulated.

An ICO is for the same purpose, except instead of a company being invested in by buying securities, it's a crypto currency being invested in by buying that currency... from the company that is launching the currency.

This is hilarious illegal because the SEC doesn't care and basically get to define their own mandate. Are people giving money to someone with the expectation that they're making an investment? That's in the SEC mandare

SubG
Aug 19, 2004

It's a hard world for little things.

Paul MaudDib posted:

ICOs are easy to explain though, they're simply illegal unregulated securities.
No, ICOs represent a spectrum of fraud which is represented by illegal, unregulated securities only at the most legitimate end of the spectrum. The other end is: 1) I created this ICO, please buy it, 2) Thanks for the money, 3) Goodbye. Which is a security fraud in the same sense that a panhandler on a streetcorner holding a sign saying `Trying to start business, please donate' is a security fraud. Only you've got a better chance of tracking down a panhandler on a streetcorner after the fact that you do of tracking down who is behind an ICO knowing only that they registered as xXxDarkBitcoinSephiroph17 or whatever.

Tibalt posted:

An ICO is for the same purpose, except instead of a company being invested in by buying securities, it's a crypto currency being invested in by buying that currency... from the company that is launching the currency.
And a coin from an ICO isn't even a share in the doesn't-even-exist-on-paper company. It's just a random altcoin that happens to share a name with the company. And maybe if the company becomes popular that coin will be worth something, even though it isn't backed by anything at all, because reasons. Crypto reasons.

Edit: It's more like backing a kickstarter, only instead of getting a copy of whatever the kickstarter is for or some random tchotchke, you're getting a Franklin Mint Commemorative Cryptocoin.

SubG fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Dec 25, 2017

darkwasthenight
Jan 7, 2011

GENE TRAITOR

Jesus, can you imagine the poor little bastards ringing in and getting Trump? Merry Christmas you chumps, hope he shuts up before Boxing Day.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

Is there a reality in which Trump throws his support not behind Paul Ryan and backs his challenger?

https://twitter.com/pnehlen/status/944679306269286400?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E1


https://twitter.com/pnehlen/status/944682344530792448?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E1

Lawdog69
Nov 2, 2010
I don't think I'll ever be able to vote for a Republican. They're just so transparently acting in bad faith and don't seem to actually have any actual values besides (further) enriching the (super) wealthy or any interest in improving America. I guess it's been pretty obvious that that's where they've been heading since Obama was elected, but the repeal of the individual mandate really really spells it out for me. Like, they are intentionally breaking the insurance market so they can blame it on Obamacare/Democrats (they will 100% do this). Literally everyone knows this is going to gently caress people up and it's transparently obvious that they just don't care and can't be bothered to address it because they want to pin it on democrats.

Lugnut Seatcushion
May 4, 2013
Lipstick Apathy

Paul Ryan won't run for reelection

Republicans
Oct 14, 2003

- More money for us

- Fuck you



I hope he wins the primary then Stache kicks his rear end.

Crabtree
Oct 17, 2012

ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!

Dinosaur Gum
Paul Ryan is possibly going to be choke slammed into a comatose the next time he fucks around with his neighbors.

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything
It's not even worth pointing out that Jesus wasn't white and he was put to death by the Romans the alt-right idolizes but ok.

darkwasthenight posted:

Jesus, can you imagine the poor little bastards ringing in and getting Trump? Merry Christmas you chumps, hope he shuts up before Boxing Day.

Obama should call in drunk.

Ague Proof fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Dec 25, 2017

i am harry
Oct 14, 2003

Is it legal to send Paul Ryan a handwritten letter each week after he leaves congress reminding him that somebody might kill him at any point and that I’d be just as happy if it happens tomorrow or in ten years?

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

i am harry posted:

Is it legal to send Paul Ryan a handwritten letter each week after he leaves congress reminding him that somebody might kill him at any point and that I’d be just as happy if it happens tomorrow or in ten years?

Do you like prison?

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Shimrra Jamaane posted:

Do you like prison?

At least there you are guaranteed three meals a day and free healthcare.

The Phlegmatist
Nov 24, 2003

way to go nehlen, when was the last time you went to church

1. posting about the crucifixion during...Christmas

2. there's something really important he's missing from this

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Zil posted:

At least there you are guaranteed three meals a day and free healthcare.

Um, American prison?

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010

Zil posted:

At least there you are guaranteed three meals a day and free healthcare.

Only rich white prisons get that.


Look up some of the horror news articles about the private prison industry.

sheep-dodger
Feb 21, 2013

Zil posted:

At least there you are guaranteed three meals a day and free healthcare.

Hahahahaha, Good one. That would cost money after all!

quote:

The same report unearthed that among inmates with a persistent medical problem, 13.9% of federal inmates, 20.1% of state inmates, and 68.4% of local jail inmates had received no medical examination since incarceration. Infectious disease, mental illness and addiction are common problems for inmates.

i am harry
Oct 14, 2003

Zil posted:

At least there you are guaranteed three meals a day and free healthcare.

Lmao I think you mean rotten, maggots infested gruel and a staph infection that starts in your foot and eventually takes your whole leg.

Quorum
Sep 24, 2014

REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE?
You know, gentle goons, I was drinking some wine this Christmas Eve and I thought, you know what I really want for Christmas this year? The umpteenth Profile on Trump's America written by a breathless coastal reporter eager to explore the secret lives of White Real Americans. I know there have been six thousand of them, in various flavors, since last November. But this holy night, what I need is yet another.

And lo! The Washington Post delivers!

Roy Moore lost. This Alabama town still supports what he stood for.

It's Christian theocracy, not child abuse specifically, in case you're wondering

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012


“Yeah yeah, Santa just left the South Pole or whatever. Now let me tell you some IMPORTANT facts: did you know I had the largest electoral victory in history?”

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


"What's your email address so I can show you the map? Also how many twitter followers do you have?"

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything

AceOfFlames posted:

“Yeah yeah, Santa just left the South Pole or whatever. Now let me tell you some IMPORTANT facts: did you know I had the largest electoral victory in history?”

He's going to ask who they voted for and if they don't say for him he screams the truth about Santa at them.

twistedmentat
Nov 21, 2003

Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to
Mary? Sounds kinda Hispanic, are you an illegal????

Crabtree
Oct 17, 2012

ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!

Dinosaur Gum

Quorum posted:

You know, gentle goons, I was drinking some wine this Christmas Eve and I thought, you know what I really want for Christmas this year? The umpteenth Profile on Trump's America written by a breathless coastal reporter eager to explore the secret lives of White Real Americans. I know there have been six thousand of them, in various flavors, since last November. But this holy night, what I need is yet another.

And lo! The Washington Post delivers!

Roy Moore lost. This Alabama town still supports what he stood for.

It's Christian theocracy, not child abuse specifically, in case you're wondering

What's the difference?

sheep-dodger
Feb 21, 2013

Zil posted:

At least there you are guaranteed three meals a day and free healthcare.

Or try this one, which has a prison killing a woman by not giving her a cancer checkup for eight months as she continually bleeds from her uterus. Don't click the link if you're eating, there's more upsetting poo poo in there.

Inferior Third Season
Jan 15, 2005

Orson Welles tried to capture something like this in Citizen Kane - a visual that perfectly encapsulates the main character's horribleness and the detachment and distance from those around him whom he claims to love, and who pretend to love him back but are actually only interested in his fame/money.

Until now, I thought Welles had done a good job. But reality is so much more disturbing and depressing than any fictional version could hope to be.

Quorum
Sep 24, 2014

REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE?

Crabtree posted:

What's the difference?

It's a square/rectangle thing

skeleton warrior
Nov 12, 2016


Merry Christmas, my fellow sadbrains political junkies.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

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BarbarianElephant
Feb 12, 2015
The fairy of forgiveness has removed your red text.

Peven Stan posted:

Interesting take from a comfortable white guy in america, who benefits greatly from the historic genocide of american indians which removed any competition for nationwide expansion and resource hoarding.

That's deflection. It's not related to what I said. You need more than "The other guys are bad" - you need to explain why your plans are good.

And frankly, most of the communists here seem very interested in the bit where we shoot everyone we don't like, and completely unengaged by the bit where we rebuild society in an egalitarian way. Leading me to be certain that if any of you got a sniff of power, you'd be 100% for the genocide of whatever poor bloody ethnic group got to be the scapegoat for when your plan of "shooting the capitalists" failed.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

twistedmentat posted:

Trump looks like he's yelling at the kid over thr phone.

The kid knew what he was signing up for.

Data Graham
Dec 28, 2009

📈📊🍪😋



What does jester think “ergo” means

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider

Data Graham posted:

What does jester think “ergo” means

It's what planes do.

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Mustached Demon posted:

Happy holidays, comrade.

Unless you mean black Santa.


Black Santa is the best, especially when he's seeking revenge.

https://vimeo.com/davidfwalker/blacksantasrevenge

Feliz Navidad pendejos.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

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Bar Ran Dun
Jan 22, 2006




ICOs are just scam selling gold without the gold.

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Bar Ran Dun
Jan 22, 2006




Oh God, do they have talk radio ads for various buttcoins yet?

Bubble may still have a way to go.

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