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OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Sarah Smarsh? More like Sarah SMERSH russia russia russia russia

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Huskalator
Mar 17, 2009

Proud fascist
anti-anti-fascist

I've lived in Kansas and it's about as red as red can be and yes "on the ground" too.

lol Dems indeed

Huskalator
Mar 17, 2009

Proud fascist
anti-anti-fascist
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1018874752126148616

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
lol plagarist dickhead buzzfeed benny is a name i haven't seen in a while

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.

The Kingfish
Oct 21, 2015



ok FINE she’s still good alright. jeez.

Corky Romanovsky
Oct 1, 2006

Soiled Meat

Huskalator posted:

I've lived in Kansas and it's about as red as red can be and yes "on the ground" too.

lol Dems indeed

welcome to the succ zone, please source the succ from third parties and not your own posts

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



wait i thought the benny guy was the one who got fired for sexual harassment and being drunk on the job and also barely showing up to work

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar

Huskalator posted:

I've lived in Kansas and it's about as red as red can be and yes "on the ground" too.

lol Dems indeed

Red as in COMMUNISM :getin:

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
i like that this rally is a direct answer to the dipshit pundits who were like HER POLITICS WONT PLAY IN THE MIDWEST

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Al! posted:

i like that this rally is a direct answer to the dipshit pundits who were like HER POLITICS WONT PLAY IN THE MIDWEST

theyve already figured out their response strategy which is toing to be to ignore it

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014





cursed

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

Shear Modulus posted:

theyve already figured out their response strategy which is toing to be to ignore it

probably the only parts of this country where her politics actually wouldnt play is manhattan, san francisco, and the rocky mountain hell states like utah and idaho

Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

OMBUDSMAN
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Clapping Larry

Al! posted:

probably the only parts of this country where her politics actually wouldnt play is manhattan, san francisco, and the rocky mountain hell states like utah and idaho

no problemo just have her suplex a reporter at the next event

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

Al! posted:

probably the only parts of this country where her politics actually wouldnt play is manhattan, san francisco, and the rocky mountain hell states like utah and idaho

"It's hosed up that a tiny group has all the power!"

*tiny group that has all the power* "well this won't go over well in the midwest"

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

galenanorth posted:

The thing about the common "oh, they paid it back and we made a $15.3 billion profit on $426.4 billion invested after six years" defense of the bailout is that it doesn't account for inflation, normally when banks give loans to us, they get compounding interest on it and a lot more profit than 3.5% for all that risk, or 0.5% per year, especially considering the mortgages were worthless. The profit is also never reported as having taken into account inflation. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder and Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi claim the financial crisis would have been much worse without it, but I figure that doesn't mean they couldn't have addressed the financial crisis another way.
if you ignore quantitative easing and the fed buying trillions of toxic assets to make bankers whole then you can get away with these statements

edit:
quantitative easing involved the fed giving banks extremely generous loans of .1% interest rates

buying toxic assets means the fed buys worthless securities at near pre-crash prices to make the bankers whole on their fraudulent lending (while kicking literally millions of families out of their homes)

comedyblissoption fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Jul 21, 2018

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008


https://twitter.com/_Deadplate/status/1019223099928018945

loving woosh

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

also lol at the astroturfing again

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold
oh man are y'all loving ready for this take


https://twitter.com/rudrayogini/status/1019414791633457152

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

I luv it

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Economics is even more of a joke major than international relations

That said, who cares?

The Ds are probably just super annoyed she doesn't have the proper ivy league credentials

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/1019986410370207744

when u love centrism but are also horny

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

That haircut and sweatervest are the icing on the cake

unbutthurtable
Dec 2, 2016

Total. Tox. Rereg.


College Slice
In case anyone didn't click the link, check out the Dem's new spokesperson:

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

unbutthurtable posted:

In case anyone didn't click the link, check out the Dem's new spokesperson:



Pinnochio: the later years

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar
I find it weird people are giving them poo poo not because it's a well known quote and can't really be trademarked by itself, but because a company uses it themselves already.


lol

Fleetwood
Mar 26, 2010


biggest hochul head in china

GalacticAcid posted:

New Ides to Make Democrats the Party of the Future

A modern contract must take the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century head on. We recently issued 12 bold policy ideas for the digital economy that would do just that. They would all provide Americans with the opportunity to earn a good life.

One idea, an American Investment Bank, would allow more capital to flow to people throughout the country. Americans are entrepreneurs — it’s time their government buoyed this spirit. If you’re an entrepreneur with a good idea, it will be easier to attract investment capital where you live instead having to move to Boston, New York or Silicon Valley.

A Small Business Bill of Rights would guarantee speed, flexibility, and parity to every single small business in America. For small business owners, it will be easier to grow your business, and navigating government bureaucracy will take a fraction of the time and resources it takes today. You’ll once again be able to better challenge your competitors.

We must provide opportunities to gain skills that lead to middle class wages outside of a traditional two or four-year college. We would dramatically expand apprenticeship programs to create 1 million positions across the country.

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Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



its also funny that they took the famous line from the gettysburg address (of the people, by the people, for the people) and removed the parts where "the people" are involved in the government in any way

Doktor Avalanche
Dec 30, 2008

unbutthurtable posted:

In case anyone didn't click the link, check out the Dem's new spokesperson:



this is a westworld android

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



not a cult posted:

this is a westworld android

worse, a lawyer

etalian
Mar 20, 2006


It's sort of a bad dem give away to believe in things like "re-skilling"

frankenfreak
Feb 16, 2007

I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade
:allears:

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

where do they think skills and vocational training come from, the votech fairy?

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Fleetwood posted:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk7IDVzLiQo

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

etalian posted:

It's sort of a bad dem give away to believe in things like "re-skilling"

I didn't even think about it until I heard Richard Wolff say it but why the gently caress do we care what skills "the economy" wants? Why aren't we building an economic system that uses what people want to do and know how to do, instead of trying to cram ourselves into the positions that a few rich people can profit from?

I mean we all know why but I had never thought of the economy as a thing that people make, instead thinking about it as some sort of external force that needed to be appeased. We don't need to re-train people, we need to make jobs that they can do.

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

ThndrShk2k posted:

I find it weird people are giving them poo poo not because it's a well known quote and can't really be trademarked by itself, but because a company uses it themselves already.


lol

Well not just any company, but a sleazy company

Pretty sure lawyer is one of the few professions less beloved than politician

Corky Romanovsky
Oct 1, 2006

Soiled Meat

Shear Modulus posted:

worse, a lawyer

I chuckled at this

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

Corky Romanovsky posted:

I chuckled at this

its worse than you think

its a Florida lawyer

Jazerus
May 24, 2011


Grondoth posted:

I didn't even think about it until I heard Richard Wolff say it but why the gently caress do we care what skills "the economy" wants? Why aren't we building an economic system that uses what people want to do and know how to do, instead of trying to cram ourselves into the positions that a few rich people can profit from?

I mean we all know why but I had never thought of the economy as a thing that people make, instead thinking about it as some sort of external force that needed to be appeased. We don't need to re-train people, we need to make jobs that they can do.

this is sort of the fundamental insight of modern monetary theory and socialism, and it totally changes your view of how the government should be approaching everything

liberals surrender all control to capital, assuming that market efficiency corresponds to societal health. when the alternative is monarchy and complete aristocratic oversight of the economy, that seems attractive - why shouldn't market forces determine how much i pay for grain instead of the local noble pegging it as high as he can get away with? but liberalism has outstayed its usefulness, and now the radical notion isn't freedom from control, but controls upon unbridled chaos

the economy is a human construct intended to serve human needs that we have elevated into a machine god and now all anyone can do is wave their hands at it and pray that it works

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comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

Grondoth posted:

I didn't even think about it until I heard Richard Wolff say it but why the gently caress do we care what skills "the economy" wants? Why aren't we building an economic system that uses what people want to do and know how to do, instead of trying to cram ourselves into the positions that a few rich people can profit from?

I mean we all know why but I had never thought of the economy as a thing that people make, instead thinking about it as some sort of external force that needed to be appeased. We don't need to re-train people, we need to make jobs that they can do.
everything makes more sense when you realize that the only way society ever affords anything is through labor and workers and not through numbers in a computer (this is what modern money amounts to) or inert unused metals in a vault

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