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DaveWoo posted:Cory Booker, reaching out to the younger folks with Joementum: We live in the shittiest possible cyberpunk dystopia.
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LOL, Liz did herself in.
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Paracaidas posted:Why do charges of inauthenticity, untrustworthiness, corruption, and cynical calculation stick so quickly and durably to some candidates (Hillary, Booker, Warren, Harris) Because they're liars op
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VitalSigns posted:Because they're liars op harris doesn't get hammered as hard for lying, but saying that Madam "We Need The Slave Labor, Also I Had No Idea Anyone In My Department Thought We Needed The Slave Labor" is not a fan of cynical calculation is, uh a stretch
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Harris gets hammered less for being inauthentic because she is too busy getting hammered for being a cop.
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Zikan posted:We live in the shittiest possible cyberpunk dystopia. A Palmer Luckey simulation.
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An interesting nugget from today's questionably sourced whispery 'process' Bernie hackery in Politicoquote:Still, even Sanders supporters who are skeptical of a 2020 run say it’s unclear who, if anyone, could carry the torch. Elizabeth Warren is often discussed, but multiple former Sanders staffers were dubious about her potential campaign after watching her attempt to defuse President Donald Trump's attacks on her past claims of Native American ancestry this week. My favorite, telling quote of the whole piece? increasingly nervous establishment man for the seventh time this year posted:Sanders should just declare victory, they said, content in the knowledge that much of his 2016 platform has been adopted by other ambitious Democrats considering White House bids. "You, uh, already won. No need to run for anything, really!"
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the best political writer weighs in:quote:I like Elizabeth Warren a lot. She’s probably my second-favorite elected official. It’s only thanks to her that we have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the best agency in the U.S. federal government. She is gutsy, smart, and she cares about the economic well-being of ordinary people. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/elizabeth-warrens-native-ancestry-response-is-a-complete-disaster
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https://twitter.com/politico/status/1052917239861600256 Speaking of Warren's bad instincts: quote:Still, even Sanders supporters who are skeptical of a 2020 run say it’s unclear who, if anyone, could carry the torch. Elizabeth Warren is often discussed, but multiple former Sanders staffers were dubious about her potential campaign after watching her attempt to defuse President Donald Trump's attacks on her past claims of Native American ancestry this week.
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e: oh this isn't the succzone
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...=nl_most&wpmm=1 The Washington Post gave the media and the GOP 3 Pinnochios for their interpretation of Warren's test. LIZ WINS!
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Brony Car posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...=nl_most&wpmm=1 lol, Christ, what is wrong with these people. How can someone write out that article and be like "mm yes, this is somehow helpful."
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DaveWoo posted:Cory Booker, reaching out to the younger folks with Joementum: There is no better foreshadowing for how much "HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS?!" horseshit we're going to be getting in 2020.
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Majorian posted:There is no better foreshadowing for how much "HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS?!" horseshit we're going to be getting in 2020. https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1051291913272389633
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I, too, can't tell the difference between the 29-year old and the 49-year old.
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Majorian posted:I, too, can't tell the difference between the 29-year old and the 49-year old. Yeah if she was really trying to get down with the kids she'd be playing pubg or overwatch
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mandatory lesbian posted:Yeah if she was really trying to get down with the kids she'd be playing pubg or overwatch I honestly cant tell if this is deliberately outdated.
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Strange how it seems so natural for a 29 year old to connect with other people in their 20s.Fulchrum posted:I honestly cant tell if this is deliberately outdated. Yeah I think they misspelled Fortnite.
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Is your argument seriously "nobody older than 30 plays videogames"? You're acting like he's Frank Underwood hawking product placement.
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Fulchrum posted:I honestly cant tell if this is deliberately outdated. Proper getting down with the kids stuff is trying to be hip and cool by interacting with something that is still in memory but being supplanted. League is so old it's practically ancient history. Her post is trying to appeal to other 30 year olds who are the only people still playing lol
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China is probably skewing the metrics a ton but League still has something like 10x the concurrent users of Fortnite.
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DOTA and League are games for hardcore weirdos who dedicate hundreds of hours to learning that poo poo, Fortnite is for middle schoolers. Overwatch is TF2 with anime waifus The proper socialist game is of course Dwarf Fortress
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icantfindaname posted:DOTA and League are games for hardcore weirdos who dedicate hundreds of hours to learning that poo poo, Fortnite is for middle schoolers. Overwatch is TF2 with anime waifus *dwarf throws lever called "FULL SOCIALISM NOW" unless the shing torrents of lava*
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exploded mummy posted:*dwarf throws lever called "FULL SOCIALISM NOW" unless the shing torrents of lava* You jest, but literally quote:Previously: Toady is down with the movement
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Majorian posted:I, too, can't tell the difference between the 29-year old and the 49-year old. Pac-Man came out in arcades when Booker was 11, not everything is cynical pandering. Championship Edition 2 is trash though.
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icantfindaname posted:DOTA and League are games for hardcore weirdos who dedicate hundreds of hours to learning that poo poo, Fortnite is for middle schoolers. Overwatch is TF2 with anime waifus The proper socialist game is Night in the Woods, which was made by active DSA members and features (endgame spoiler-ish) capitalism as a monster eating a hole through reality, with rich old men sacrificing poor youths to the beast. Also has a great side-story where you read about the history of local union members rising up against their corporate masters in a brutal and awesome way.
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I miss TF2. That game has sucked poo poo ever since they added different weapons.
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The Kingfish posted:I miss TF2. That game has sucked poo poo ever since they added different weapons. That was the first patch: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Item_timeline#Initial_Game_Release
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:That was the first patch: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Item_timeline#Initial_Game_Release the engineer patch was where the game went off a cliff
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AOC being a bad League player is the most relatable thing to me and I’m extremely excited to vote for her for president in a few cycles. ![]()
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https://twitter.com/briebriejoy/status/1053170039787061248
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Bernie is doing a lot of rallies actually right now, he’s gonna be in Wisconsin on Monday. Also Barbara Lee as VP is probably the strongest move Bernie could make and I would stan the gently caress out of him.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPYvxtmOgto
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Kamala's pushing a tax bill right now that isn't going to go anywhere but it notably does have Universal Basic Income Lite in it, which is pretty interesting from a person who's obviously planning on running.
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Lightning Knight posted:Bernie is doing a lot of rallies actually right now, he’s gonna be in Wisconsin on Monday. If Bernie announced Lee or another younger progressive woman as his running mate it would alleviate all my "he's too old" concerns and he'd probably be my pick.
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Jaxyon posted:Kamala's pushing a tax bill right now that isn't going to go anywhere but it notably does have Universal Basic Income Lite in it, which is pretty interesting from a person who's obviously planning on running. It seems something akin to an expanded version of the EITC. It is is real milquetoast, but yeah it is certainly a key sign she is planning a run.
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axeil posted:If Bernie announced Lee or another younger progressive woman as his running mate it would alleviate all my "he's too old" concerns and he'd probably be my pick. I know this is probably not what you meant but Lee is only 5 years younger than Bernie.
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axeil posted:If Bernie announced Lee or another younger progressive woman as his running mate it would alleviate all my "he's too old" concerns and he'd probably be my pick. He should pick someone even older.
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Trabisnikof posted:I know this is probably not what you meant but Lee is only 5 years younger than Bernie. Which is crazy tbh, she looks like she’s about 55 to me. I think he should pick Lee because she owns and is in a safe House seat, but only if she’s down and there’s a suitable replacement.
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Trabisnikof posted:I know this is probably not what you meant but Lee is only 5 years younger than Bernie. Is she really? Dang. I thought she was only in her 50s or early 60s. Bernie's gonna be 79 in 2021 so pretty much by definition anyone he picks as running mate is younger than him, but if he won I would be seriously concerned he would die in office or his brain would turn into mush like Trump/Reagan. If you could somehow transplant his brain into a 50 or even 60 year-old I think he'd be looking much better in this pre-primary phase, his age is a major concern.
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