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Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room

Tibalt posted:

Any Rand was dumb and smelled like pee.

Also fangirled hard over a child murderer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Marion_Parker

Crow Jane fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Dec 11, 2018

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Guze
Oct 10, 2007

Regular Human Bartender

Some F5ing for Wednesday

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1072282576918724608?s=19

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

LLCoolJD posted:

I'm not a fan of Ocasio-Cortez

hosed up if true

Medium Chungus
Feb 19, 2012

Owlofcreamcheese posted:

I mean, rand herself said:

"The same moral principles and considerations apply to the issue of accepting social security, unemployment insurance or other payments of that kind. It is obvious, in such cases, that a man receives his own money which was taken from him by force, directly and specifically, without his consent, against his own choice. Those who advocated such laws are morally guilty, since they assumed the “right” to force employers and unwilling co-workers. But the victims, who opposed such laws, have a clear right to any refund of their own money—and they would not advance the cause of freedom if they left their money, unclaimed, for the benefit of the welfare-state administration."

Ayn Rand and what idiots think of her "philosophy" are truly galaxy-brained marks.

Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

Pray for Answer

LLCoolJD posted:

I'm not a fan of Ocasio-Cortez but I did appreciate her calling out the lobbyists on their bullshit this weekend.

https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-harvard-house-orientation-lobbyists-2018-12

I like that you only post to poo poo on AOC and also your avatar text is certainly something.

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


I assume she'll be deported back to Russia so it's not like she'll tell the truth about anything, they'll kill her if she does.

Spun Dog
Sep 21, 2004


Smellrose

FuturePastNow posted:

I assume she'll be deported back to Russia so it's not like she'll tell the truth about anything, they'll kill her if she does.

I doubt they care that much, but I'm not privy to insider traitor talk.

Mantis42
Jul 26, 2010

I was skeptical of AOC at first, too, because I found her personal definition of what socialism is to be shallow and lacking. However she has won me over and I hope she runs for president when she's old enough.

eke out
Feb 24, 2013



no big deal just a russian spy pleading guilty to infiltrating the NRA

over/under: Paul Erickson is indicted within 24 hours

ZypherIM
Nov 8, 2010

"I want to see what she's in love with."

If you're needing one of those 'yule background fireplace things', here is one appropriately themed for the uspol thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLUApwdO3Xo

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

eke out posted:

no big deal just a russian spy pleading guilty to infiltrating the NRA

over/under: Paul Erickson is indicted within 24 hours

are we quite sure he's not cooperating?

theblackw0lf
Apr 15, 2003

"...creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature"
Sunrise Movement getting results

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article...mET210G7oCM_P94

quote:

House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi offered a meeting to a group of young climate change activists the same day 61 people were arrested for demonstrating outside her office Monday, according to the Sunrise Movement, which organizes direct action protests against Democrats.

ZypherIM
Nov 8, 2010

"I want to see what she's in love with."

To elaborate, its from colbert and its the "Donald Trump's Pants-on-Fireplace" and it scrolls trump tweets.

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


eke out posted:

no big deal just a russian spy pleading guilty to infiltrating the NRA

over/under: Paul Erickson is indicted within 24 hours

Isn't he still in hiding somewhere?

eke out
Feb 24, 2013



Shifty Pony posted:

Isn't he still in hiding somewhere?

GreyjoyBastard posted:

are we quite sure he's not cooperating?

reporting as of like three days ago is that he now has a lawyer and has been sent a target letter, so I believe that's a no to both

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

eke out posted:

reporting as of like three days ago is that he now has a lawyer and has been sent a target letter, so I believe that's a no to both

sweet, did not know that

Gatts
Jan 2, 2001

Goodnight Moon

Nap Ghost

Would this be a good thing or a bad thing? Whenever I hear about dumping social security in the stock market all I can think of is exploiting people's guaranteed income for privileged few to steal and get richer at others expense and once it collapses people are left holding the bag.

But Social Security owning means of production...what does that extrapolate to?

eke out
Feb 24, 2013



GreyjoyBastard posted:

sweet, did not know that

oh more like two weeks ago

quote:

Butina was indicted back in July, and the federal charging document all-but-named Erickson in its accusations that Butina infiltrated the conservative movement on Moscow’s behalf. But Erickson didn’t lawyer up until a month or so ago, according to two individuals with direct knowledge of Erickson’s affairs. Those sources added that he has struggled to cobble together funds to pay for representation. The former GOP operative appealed to former University of Virginia law school classmates for recommendations on which attorneys to hire, the sources said.

The U.S. attorney’s office in South Dakota is currently leading a fraud investigation into Erickson’s past business dealings and the FBI has questioned those in his orbit for the last several months, according to three people familiar with the probes.

“He’s lying low. It’s been several months of this waiting around,” a close friend of Erickson’s told The Daily Beast. “He is a smart guy and understands what could be coming.”

Erickson struck up a relationship with Butina, 29, in 2013. Butina, a Russian gun rights activist, attended American University and allegedly worked closely with Russian central bank official Alexander Torshin to influence American politics, according to court records. Butina is currently in solitary confinement in the Alexandria jail on charges of conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent.

Throughout the Butina court documents, federal investigators mention a “U.S. Person 1”—an individual Butina worked with, dated and used to make connections with “an extensive network” of right-wing political figures. That person, who documents say is closely tied to the National Rifle Association, is widely believed to be Erickson.

Despite the ongoing investigations and his reported ties to Butina’s activities, Erickson frequently visits her in jail, two individuals with knowledge of the meetings told The Daily Beast. Erickson apparently expressed frustration to friends over the fact that jail staff forced him to sign into the main visitor log, fearing the media would find out.

Spun Dog
Sep 21, 2004


Smellrose

Oh my god, he still has a crush on her.

How sweet.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Gatts posted:

Would this be a good thing or a bad thing? Whenever I hear about dumping social security in the stock market all I can think of is exploiting people's guaranteed income for privileged few to steal and get richer at others expense and once it collapses people are left holding the bag.

But Social Security owning means of production...what does that extrapolate to?

The problem with this scenario is that the people "representing" those interests would be the worst kind of patrician hacks who would not protect workers rights at all, they would be part of the revolving door problem between industry and government.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Spun Dog posted:

Oh my god, he still has a crush on her.

How sweet.

does it count as a crush if she let him schlong her a whole bunch, but it was more for an ulterior foreign-spy purpose than sincere?

asking for a friend

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room

GreyjoyBastard posted:

does it count as a crush if she let him schlong her a whole bunch, but it was more for an ulterior foreign-spy purpose than sincere?

asking for a friend

I mean yeah. And Erickson seems like the kind of guy who thinks strippers like him for real, so it fits

goethe.cx
Apr 23, 2014


GreyjoyBastard posted:

does it count as a crush if she let him schlong her a whole bunch, but it was more for an ulterior foreign-spy purpose than sincere?

asking for a friend

The Spy Who Schlonged Me

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


GreyjoyBastard posted:

does it count as a crush if she let him schlong her a whole bunch, but it was more for an ulterior foreign-spy purpose than sincere?

asking for a friend

Doesn't matter had sex

But I cried the whole time

Doesn't matter had sex!

I think she might have been a racist

Doesn't matter had sex!

She put a bag on my head

Still counts!

Spun Dog
Sep 21, 2004


Smellrose

GreyjoyBastard posted:

does it count as a crush if she let him schlong her a whole bunch, but it was more for an ulterior foreign-spy purpose than sincere?

asking for a friend

I didn't say she reciprocated...

He's just a gross old republican hiking the Appalahcian Crimean Trail

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Spun Dog posted:

I didn't say she reciprocated...

He's just a gross old republican hiking the Appalahcian Crimean Trail

gross middle-aged republican

(this was the first time i actually saw an image of the guy

gently caress man, just shave all the fuckin' hair off, you'll look better)

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room

GreyjoyBastard posted:

gross middle-aged republican

Tbf, are republicans ever really young?

PT6A
Jan 5, 2006

Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

Crow Jane posted:

Tbf, are republicans ever really young?

Occasionally they exist in a tiny, childlike form (see: Ben Shapiro) but I don't believe their type has a concept of "age."

Otteration
Jan 4, 2014

I CAN'T SAY PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP'S NAME BECAUSE HE'S LIKE THAT GUY FROM HARRY POTTER AND I'M AFRAID I'LL SUMMON HIM. DONALD JOHN TRUMP. YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT.
OUR 47TH PRESIDENT AFTER THE ONE WHO SHOWERS WITH HIS DAUGHTER DIES
Grimey Drawer

Mantis42 posted:

I was skeptical of AOC at first, too, because I found her personal definition of what socialism is to be shallow and lacking. However she has won me over and I hope she runs for president when she's old enough.

She described a socialist circle, but her version of pi was all practical, and didn't extend to the infinite, so I had to cancel her messy project that would have brought water to the masses anyway.

Seriously: glad you came around! :)

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Crow Jane posted:

Tbf, are republicans ever really young?

thin blue whine
Feb 21, 2004
PLEASE SEE POLICY


Soiled Meat

TheWordOfTheDayIs posted:

People who legit think Pewdiepie is some kind of secret nazi are stupid as hell. The dude just makes jokes and meme videos, and he only does that because he got bored with video games.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

"Let me defend the "low key" racist." - TheWordOfTheDayIs.

My gf used to watch Pewdiepie and I'd watch it with her sometimes until we both noticed a sambo lawn jockey hiding in the back of one of his videos.

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

NYT OpEd: Check Out This 48-Year Old Republican Wunderkind Shaking up the Establishment

Spun Dog
Sep 21, 2004


Smellrose

Grapplejack posted:

NYT OpEd: Check Out This 48-Year Old Republican Wunderkind Shaking up the Establishment

Somebody post the "Young Guns" book

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?
What are the odds that Butina's plea agreement is full of black bars?

TulliusCicero
Jul 29, 2017



PT6A posted:

Occasionally they exist in a tiny, childlike form (see: Ben Shapiro) but I don't believe their type has a concept of "age."

Ben Shapiro is not a child how dare you

He is a lost fairie who got kicked out of the Summer Court for being a loving buzzkill

TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Dec 11, 2018

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

LLCoolJD posted:

I'm not a fan of Ocasio-Cortez but I did appreciate her calling out the lobbyists on their bullshit this weekend.

https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-harvard-house-orientation-lobbyists-2018-12


Paul Ryan was torn limb-from-limb by Biden at the VP debate. Turns out, stuffed suits with the "clean cut" facade are empty personalities and don't have much to say. Cheney did the same to Edwards in '04 but with fewer (none) Cheshire Cat smiles.

How big of a dope do you need to be to not "be a fan" of AOC... Christ...

TulliusCicero
Jul 29, 2017



Strange Poon posted:

"Let me defend the "low key" racist." - TheWordOfTheDayIs.

My gf used to watch Pewdiepie and I'd watch it with her sometimes until we both noticed a sambo lawn jockey hiding in the back of one of his videos.

Why would any adult willingly watch Pewdiepie, eugh

I mean taste is subjective, but just blegh

Lemming
Apr 21, 2008

Grapplejack posted:

NYT OpEd: Check Out This 48-Year Old Republican Wunderkind Shaking up the Establishment

Pretend I linked a list of Eric Cantor rising star articles that span a decade

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1072244175544963073

Orin Hatch has been in the Senate for what? 60 years? Watching him torpedo whatever legacy he had covering for Dear Leader is pretty funny.

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Otteration
Jan 4, 2014

I CAN'T SAY PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP'S NAME BECAUSE HE'S LIKE THAT GUY FROM HARRY POTTER AND I'M AFRAID I'LL SUMMON HIM. DONALD JOHN TRUMP. YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT.
OUR 47TH PRESIDENT AFTER THE ONE WHO SHOWERS WITH HIS DAUGHTER DIES
Grimey Drawer

Crow Jane posted:

Tbf, are republicans ever really young?

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