Electric Phantasm posted:

You know what we haven't seen in a while? A "if global warming why cold" cartoon.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946531657229701120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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King Possum III posted:

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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:

He . . . he really thinks he did something smart there, huh.

the_steve posted:

Literally everybody's racist grandpappy called, they want their tepid "joke" back.

Angepain posted:

I don't know if there's a name for that argument that goes "You mock me for believing X, but actually it's equivalent to Y which you do believe, also Y is wrong but X isn't somehow" but it seems to be a widespread internet favourite

Discendo Vox posted:

Reaffirming ingroup and outgroup boundaries. That recently posted article discussing the descent of Dilbert points out the details of this “joke” structure, but I’m phoneposting and can’t find it. Could someone help?

Electric Phantasm posted:

You know what we haven't seen in a while? A "if global warming why cold" cartoon.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946531657229701120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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.Edward Penischin posted:

Wonder why there wasn't a load of "if cold why cold" cartoons when it was snowing in Texas earlier this month.

Katt posted:

I read they also went on strike once for higher wine rations and more make-up (Make-up was used to protect from the sun)

They even had state of the art healthcare.

The pyramids were partially a socialist welfare project to give farmers paid work to do outside of the growing seasons.

Sandpuppy posted:

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Grimdude posted:

This has to be one of the dumbest loving things I've ever seen with my two eyes.

Republicans posted:

Probably because that's weird enough to cause some sense of alarm in even the dullest minds.

Electric Phantasm posted:

You know what we haven't seen in a while? A "if global warming why cold" cartoon.

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

Pakled posted:

There we go, that's the stuff.

Samurai Sanders posted:

With Obama I was hoping at last we would have a president who doesn't play golf but he still did, though not as much as Trump.

Jay Rust posted:

I’d be interested to know if the first “...why cold?” Ramirez cartoon of the winter actually does come later and later each year. How can we check?

Ambitious Spider posted:

this one?

https://www.theawl.com/2017/12/dilbert-a-reckoning/

mistaya posted:

As a lapsed Catholic I still just do not understand how people who profess to follow Jesus can ignore every single thing he ever said when it comes to politics. Jesus would have absolutely loved a strong social safety net. If there is one thing Jesus was unequivocally for, it was helping the poor and the sick.

King Possum III posted:

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Newsweek posted:

President Donald Trump signed a $700 billion defense expansion on Tuesday—but it's unclear how he'll pay for it or how the huge boost to defense spending will not also add to the national deficit.

A 2011 law capped 2018 defense spending at $549 billion—far below the number Trump approved with the stroke of his pen. The president is calling on Congress to roll back these budget caps.

Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for a tax reform bill that would add anywhere between $1 to $1.4 trillion to the national deficit—currently at $20 trillion—over the next 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

FronzelNeekburm posted:

On the other hand, I've spoken with conservatives who say the Catholic Church should be in charge of all health care services in the United States, since the Vatican has mountains of money and can afford it, and Christian charity is better than gubmint waste, right?

mistaya posted:

If people are giving you scented candles for Christmas then the problem may be that you suck too much to be worth putting any effort into. Or no one knows you well enough to get something decent for. So really, I'm not surprised.

Electric Phantasm posted:

You know what we haven't seen in a while? A "if global warming why cold" cartoon.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946531657229701120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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Sandpuppy posted:

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mistaya posted:

If people are giving you scented candles for Christmas then the problem may be that you suck too much to be worth putting any effort into. Or no one knows you well enough to get something decent for. So really, I'm not surprised.

Catholics in charge of health care has been tried and hoooooo boy is that a loving bad idea. For more reasons than you'd think!

FronzelNeekburm posted:

On the other hand, I've spoken with conservatives who say the Catholic Church should be in charge of all health care services in the United States, since the Vatican has mountains of money and can afford it, and Christian charity is better than gubmint waste, right?

MageMage posted:

Actually God made Adam first whom was neither male nor female so the first human was transgender so suck it.

I mean, if the Bible had any legitimacy

Pakled posted:

This is what my conservative but non-religious dad says, that religious charity should be in charge of all welfare, not the government. The only thing he has to say to "but what about religious charities discriminating against religious minorities and LGBT people?" is "No they don't."

Garrison posted:

President Trump accomplished a lot during his first year. He almost immediately ended the Trans Pacific Partnership, which was a bad deal for American workers, because their jobs were being sent overseas. He refused to go along with the Paris ‘climate change’ accord, which punished America in particular. Climate change is science purchased by globalists, who want to use fear to gain further control of our economy. Trump broke their spell. He’s for America first.

Under Trump, we now have a conservative justice added to the Supreme Court, with more appointees to come. Unemployment has been lowered along with illegal immigration—unvetted or otherwise. Trump is the only president who has had the nerve to actually transfer the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

Taxes have been lowered and the Obamacare mandate has been repealed. In fact, many of Obama’s so-called ‘accomplishments’ have been negated, which is no doubt very irksome to the former president and chief narcissist.

Previous presidents preferred to kick the can down the road when it came to North Korea, but Trump has signaled that he’s had enough. The little round tyrant in North Korea thought he can threaten us with nuclear annihilation and launch missiles over Japan without consequence. After all, previous presidents were always played for saps. They gave the hermit nation concessions every time the dear leaders rattled their sabers. Bill Clinton, with the help of Jimmy Carter, gave the Stalinist country nuclear reactors and billions of dollars in aid. The dictator hugging Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his effort, while the North Koreans went ahead with their nuclear weapons program without skipping a beat.

Regulations have been pared back and business are bringing jobs back to America. Work has been done to thwart Islamic terrorists. Obama’s Muslim prayer rugs have been removed.

Naturally, to those possessed with ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome,’ all of his accomplishments are the acme of evil. This is to be expected. The left’s precious socialism and political correctness are finally getting the pushback they’ve long deserved, thanks to President Trump.

There remains much work to be done. Our infrastructure needs rebuilding. The wall needs to be built. The Deep State Swamp needs a lot more draining. Hillary still needs to be locked up. President Trump remains the best man for the job.

—Ben Garrison