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Krispy Wafer posted:I have a co-worker in Texas who had to use a hair dryer on her frozen pipes. No. BigglesSWE posted:The sooner we drop the phrase "global warming" and universally replace it with "global climate change", the better. If only because we get rid of those asinine strawmen arguments from idiots. Doesn't matter, they've already co-op'd that phrase as well. See Florida governor Voldemort making the phrase climate change illegal. They've already framed the entire debate the way they want.
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BigglesSWE posted:The sooner we drop the phrase "global warming" and universally replace it with "global climate change", the better. If only because we get rid of those asinine strawmen arguments from idiots. Everyone but the climate change deniers did this already years ago. Now it only comes up for their sick burns in the winter.
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https://twitter.com/hiltzikm/status/948254917340172293 A good reminder to everyone
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Bottom Liner posted:Doesn't matter, they've already co-op'd that phrase as well. See Florida governor Voldemort making the phrase climate change illegal. They've already framed the entire debate the way they want. They also just go "Well ok Climate Change is happening but it's not the fault of Humans and we are incapable of affecting the climate", because all the mountains of evidence are fake news or whatever.
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It's going to be a long mother loving year
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Bill Shuster (PA-09) announced his retirement. His district has a PVI of R+19 and is 97% white though, so that seat is a reach unless we have a truly epic wave.
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BigglesSWE posted:The sooner we drop the phrase "global warming" and universally replace it with "global climate change", the better. If only because we get rid of those asinine strawmen arguments from idiots. Good luck with that. The right still attacks 'political correctness' even though no one has even talked about that since the 90s. They found a term to attack they're never going to let it go.
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It was 65 yesterday in the North Bay, just above the Golden Gate. I wore a t-shirt.
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Orrin Hatch is retiring, paving the way for Senator Romney.
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Teddybear posted:Orrin Hatch is retiring, paving the way for Senator Romney. I think I am fine with that. A Dem Senator in Utah is impossible, and Romney would be a mild improvement over Hatch.
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Bottom Liner posted:No. that's not what coopting means
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Like on paper Senator Romney is a relatively good thing but I have zero faith that Romney won't just vote lock step and defend Trump at every turn once he's actually got skin in the game again.
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Rigel posted:Bill Shuster (PA-09) announced his retirement. His district has a PVI of R+19 and is 97% white though, so that seat is a reach unless we have a truly epic wave. The number of retirements between now and say March 1st are going to be telling to see how big the Democrats are going to win. A guy in a district like that should feel safe but the numbers maybe awful for him.
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ecureuilmatrix posted:Wasn't that the Beechcraft Bonanza? Yes, the "doctor killer." I've been waiting for the Cirrus SR-22 to take the slot over but the drat thing has a parachute. So many rich assholes spared. But I fly planes for a living and the way the thread has been going lately, that apparently makes me guillotine-worthy. Maybe I should buy a mansion.
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Rigel posted:Bill Shuster (PA-09) announced his retirement. His district has a PVI of R+19 and is 97% white though, so that seat is a reach unless we have a truly epic wave. Don't lose hope, there might be a pedophile with ambitions.
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STAC Goat posted:Like on paper Senator Romney is a relatively good thing but I have zero faith that Romney won't just vote lock step and defend Trump at every turn once he's actually got skin in the game again. He doesn't have to defend Trump to keep his seat, so we'll see. I think Romney wants...well, a Mitt Romney type, to be president. I think he legitimately hates Trump.
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STAC Goat posted:Like on paper Senator Romney is a relatively good thing but I have zero faith that Romney won't just vote lock step and defend Trump at every turn once he's actually got skin in the game again. Oh yeah, Romney is going to be on his knees within seconds of being voted in. Every Republican is scum, if the tax bill voting didn't already prove this
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Ague Proof posted:Don't lose hope, there might be a pedophile with ambitions. White people voted for that pedophile 70-30
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Mystic Mongol posted:White people voted for that pedophile 70-30 but he passed a lie detector test!
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theflyingorc posted:He doesn't have to defend Trump to keep his seat, so we'll see. He was more than willing to kiss the ring for a potential SoS position.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:that's not what coopting means co-opt kōˈäpt/Submit verb gerund or present participle: co-opting appoint to membership of a committee or other body by invitation of the existing members. divert to or use in a role different from the usual or original one. "social scientists were co-opted to work with the development agencies" adopt (an idea or policy) for one's own use 
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theflyingorc posted:He doesn't have to defend Trump to keep his seat, so we'll see. Susan Collins, Murkowski, Heller, etc. didn't need to defend Trump to keep their seats. Actually, doing so may hurt all of them electorally. But they've done it anyhow, aside from one time when it would've been utter suicide not to break with him.
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RandomBlue posted:Everyone but the climate change deniers did this already years ago. Now it only comes up for their sick burns in the winter. To be fair, uninformed idiots who accidentally find themselves on the correct side of reality make the same mistakes. Leonardo DiCaprio freaked out upon experiencing a Chinook in Alberta. He's correct that climate change is a problem, but Chinooks are not evidence thereof, any more than the fact that it's very cold elsewhere means that climate change is a hoax
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:He was more than willing to kiss the ring for a potential SoS position. Yeah, but Trump doesn't have anything to offer him now, because Romney (probably) knows that anything Trump offers is a lie. Don't get me wrong, he won't be good, but he might badmouth Trump sometimes. Maybe. Aves Maria! posted:Susan Collins, Murkowski, Heller, etc. didn't need to defend Trump to keep their seats. Actually, doing so may hurt all of them electorally. But they've done it anyhow, aside from one time when it would've been utter suicide not to break with him. ...voting for the Tax bill has basically nothing to do with Trump support. It has to do with being a Republican. Obviously Romney would vote for the tax bill.
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As a believer in the Blue Wave there's no way an R +19 district is vulnerable unless the guy is a pedophile.
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Mystic Mongol posted:White people voted for that pedophile 70-30 Only because like 75% of them were Evangelicals, non-evangelicals swung 30-70 iirc That's still 30 more percentage points than the guy deserved, but there you go
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:As a believer in the Blue Wave there's no way an R +19 district is vulnerable unless the guy is a pedophile. At this point it's time to find out that a Republican candidate is two dwarf pedophiles on each other's shoulders in a trenchcoat
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Democrats can win a Utah seat if they run Thomas Monson.
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LOL if you think Mittens won't bend the knee and eat the crumbs(of a chocolate delight*) off the floor. *Mittens never saw a donut before 2012.
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theflyingorc posted:Yeah, but Trump doesn't have anything to offer him now, because Romney (probably) knows that anything Trump offers is a lie. Voting for all of his agenda otherwise does, though. There is functionally no difference between a moderate Republican and an ultra-conservative Republican when it comes to voting with Trump and supporting whatever he does.
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The Glumslinger posted:I thought it was the locals refused to let the FBI in The FBI said that for the time being they didn't consider it related to the federal case So I guess we can interpret it however we like
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theflyingorc posted:Yeah, but Trump doesn't have anything to offer him now, because Romney (probably) knows that anything Trump offers is a lie. Badmouthing Trump means nothing if words do not translate to action. R-Money is not someone I think will be doing anything of the sort. Shimrra Jamaane posted:As a believer in the Blue Wave there's no way an R +19 district is vulnerable unless the guy is a pedophile. Schuster even retiring is weird as hell because the only dirt on him is from 2 (3?) years ago when it was found he was literally in bed with an airline lobbyist.
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PT6A posted:I think rich/famous pilots are particularly dangerous for themselves and their passengers, unfortunately. This is an incredible fusion of post content and poster avatar.
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Ague Proof posted:Democrats can win a Utah seat if they run Thomas Monson. Utah bewilders me. It's so loving crazy that we have an entire state literally run as a theocracy and no one seems to mind.
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Aves Maria! posted:Voting for all of his agenda otherwise does, though. There is functionally no difference between a moderate Republican and an ultra-conservative Republican when it comes to voting with Trump and supporting whatever he does. Not that I don't despise Republicans, but there haven't exactly been a ton of successful bills supporting Trump's agenda
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Not that I don't despise Republicans, but there haven't exactly been a ton of successful bills supporting Trump's agenda Voting for completely unqualified nominees would count towards that, too, I'd think.
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Aves Maria! posted:Voting for all of his agenda otherwise does, though. There is functionally no difference between a moderate Republican and a ultra-conservative Republican when it comes to voting with Trump and supporting whatever he does. The things that are happening legislatively are Republican things much more than they're Trump things IMO. Most of what he's done that requires legislative approval wouldn't be radically different under a different Republican president, and the Repubs have actually rejected a few of his more terrible nominations. I feel like we're disagreeing about terminology more than anything at this point.
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theflyingorc posted:The things that are happening legislatively are Republican things much more than they're Trump things IMO. Maybe so. But like I said, there's no reason to be heartened by any Republican being voted into office, no matter how moderate they present themselves.
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Helen Highwater posted:This is an incredible fusion of post content and poster avatar. I suppose it is! It's not 100%, obviously. Dickinson holds an ATPL, as well as being rich and famous, which puts him well ahead of most rich/celebrity pilots who may not have flown with a professional pilot of any sort in years.
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