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That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


DownByTheWooter posted:

CRITICAL LIFE LESSON .
"Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"..
There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime. In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked: "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said that it was no joke. "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free food".
"When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence". "They get used to that and start to eat again.
You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side". "The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again. You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd".
"Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity."
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening in America . The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare entitlements, medicine, drugs, etc., while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time as the government forces us to participate in many of these programs whether or not we want to.
One should always remember two truths: There is no such thing as a free lunch, and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself. If you see that all of this wonderful government "help" is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to share this with your friends.
God help us all when the gate slams shut!

Quote for today: "The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are now outnumbered by those that vote for a living."

Any true Chemistry professor would have been like "what the gently caress are you talking about this is chemistry shut the gently caress up or leave" about 3 seconds into that story.

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Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

my kinda ape posted:

"He shot himself in the back of the head twice. He always was a good marksman."

"Ever see that one Angelina Jolie movie?"

Steezo
Jun 16, 2003
Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!


Soulex posted:

"Ever see that one Angelina Jolie movie?"

Inspector Cluseau type fumble and ricochet is more likely with this administration.

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

That Works posted:

Any true Chemistry professor would have been like "what the gently caress are you talking about this is chemistry shut the gently caress up or leave" about 3 seconds into that story.

it's got about a hundred layers of stdh

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Video is coming, but this meeting turned into a clusterfuck in front of cameras, with the President going galaxy brain.

https://twitter.com/swdoody/status/1072537103353958400?s=19

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1072538320847233029?s=19

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


DownByTheWooter posted:

it's got about a hundred layers of stdh

Oh sure, just that one is the most bonkers unnecessary thing.

And awesome, a government shutdown is like the single worst thing that can happen to my spouse and I career-wise right now. Great.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

Video is coming, but this meeting turned into a clusterfuck in front of cameras, with the President going galaxy brain.

https://twitter.com/swdoody/status/1072537103353958400?s=19

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1072538320847233029?s=19

If every republican actually supported this it would pass - democrats aren't needed until January

As Nero Danced
Sep 3, 2009

Alright, let's do this

DownByTheWooter posted:

if it was so simple to catch wild pigs texas wouldn't have a wild pig problem

Clearly we need more armed Texans to stave off the socialist pig epidemic.

Wait that was supposed to be sarcastic, but that's what those guys actually say.

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

DownByTheWooter posted:

that quote for today, man

imagine being like, yeah the problems in this country are because poor people have too much political power

This is actually a pretty common conservative belief they just don’t always say it out loud.

If you scratch beneath the surface just a little bit, conservatives out themselves as fash.

mods changed my name
Oct 30, 2017
being conservative and hating the hating the poor have been synonymous like my entire life, IDK why that would shock anyone at this point

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

This is actually a pretty common conservative belief they just don’t always say it out loud.

If you scratch beneath the surface just a little bit, conservatives out themselves as fash.

i thought it was pretty much a core tenet tbh

my favourite is always the ones who say that voting should be restricted to those who demonstrate enough intelligence to be worthy of it

:thunk:

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Have fun y'all: https://www.c-span.org/video/?455813-1/president-trump-democratic-leaders-clash-border-funding

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1072541296210911234?s=19

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Dec 11, 2018

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

mods changed my name posted:

being conservative and hating the hating the poor have been synonymous like my entire life, IDK why that would shock anyone at this point

last time I touched the poop on facebook (same guy), I was like "why are you against feeding the poor, why are you against educating the poor" and he was like "whoa, whoa, whoa it's not fair to frame it like that you know i'm not like that"

i'm not having kids; let the republic burn

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

i thought it was pretty much a core tenet tbh

my favourite is always the ones who say that voting should be restricted to those who demonstrate enough intelligence to be worthy of it

:thunk:

yeah but there's the subtext of there's too many poors, "something" should be done about it.

mods changed my name
Oct 30, 2017

DownByTheWooter posted:

i'm not having kids; let the republic burn

:same:

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010


Does... does he really think that North Dakota and Indiana are bastions of liberal thinking and that through the grace of him and god they went conservative?

mods changed my name
Oct 30, 2017

Defenestrategy posted:

Does... does he really think that North Dakota and Indiana are bastions of liberal thinking and that through the grace of him and god they went conservative?

Indiana went blue for Obama at least once so that's probably all that matters to him

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

hobbesmaster posted:

If every republican actually supported this it would pass - democrats aren't needed until January

They already used budget reconciliation to push their stupid tax bill. They need 60 votes in the Senate.

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

facialimpediment posted:

Video is coming, but this meeting turned into a clusterfuck in front of cameras, with the President going galaxy brain.

https://twitter.com/swdoody/status/1072537103353958400?s=19

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1072538320847233029?s=19


Yo, I'm stoked for this video, and I was already stoked for only working 2 more days this year.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

psydude posted:

They already used budget reconciliation to push their stupid tax bill. They need 60 votes in the Senate.

If they really wanted to they could do it - simple majority to change the rules.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

hobbesmaster posted:

If they really wanted to they could do it - simple majority to change the rules.

I don't think Republicans would go nuclear to pass a border wall, especially knowing that it's politically toxic in several states where they're facing tough reelections in 2020. McConnell is a loving awful human being, but he's a brilliant political strategist.

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost
What about a nuclear border wall?

https://twitter.com/jordanuhl/status/1072513382203428864?s=21

Steezo
Jun 16, 2003
Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!



Nuclear winter cancels global warming, duh.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

yeah but there's the subtext of there's too many poors, "something" should be done about it.

finally, something we agree on

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost
A shirt that may interest some of you.

https://twitter.com/hellofaway/status/1072504099097272320?s=21

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Why the gently caress Nancy or Chuck didn't just say "get mexico to pay for it like you promised" is a mystery to me.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT


quote:

Do you need an in-your-face Extreme Combat Veteran t-shirt that represents how you actually feel? Well, here's your chance to have one. A portion of the proceeds will go to support the Democratic Socialists of America's Veteran Working Group, and we split the profits equally between ourselves and the artist.
:ussr:

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

That Works posted:

Why the gently caress Nancy or Chuck didn't just say "get mexico to pay for it like you promised" is a mystery to me.

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1072549722202755072?s=19

M_Gargantua
Oct 16, 2006

STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES

Exciting Lemon

That Works posted:

Why the gently caress Nancy or Chuck didn't just say "get mexico to pay for it like you promised" is a mystery to me.

Because they are smart academics yet poor at saying words, as well as spineless.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

That Works posted:

Why the gently caress Nancy or Chuck didn't just say "get mexico to pay for it like you promised" is a mystery to me.

Picture yourself going into that room, with that line inside your head. Now, the President of the United States is sitting there, yelling MY DICK IS A FULL FOOT LONG AND MY FACE IS MADE OF PIZZA AND YOUR POSITION IS APPLES DISHWASHER TABLETOP SPRINGWATER AND I WON THE SENATE while Pence is just sitting there.

At some point, the crazy man's rantings should be left alone to speak for themselves. Schumer got his first boner in a decade when Trump was rambling about YEAH I WANT A SHUTDOWN FOR MY WALL, IT'S MY SHUTDOWN AND SHUTDOWNS ARE AWESOME.

Nancy had some boss bitch owns, but at some point, there's diminishing returns on sending an own at the President when he's actively owning himself and you don't actually control the House until January.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

Picture yourself going into that room, with that line inside your head. Now, the President of the United States is sitting there, yelling MY DICK IS A FULL FOOT LONG AND MY FACE IS MADE OF PIZZA AND YOUR POSITION IS APPLES DISHWASHER TABLETOP SPRINGWATER AND I WON THE SENATE while Pence is just sitting there.

At some point, the crazy man's rantings should be left alone to speak for themselves. Schumer got his first boner in a decade when Trump was rambling about YEAH I WANT A SHUTDOWN FOR MY WALL, IT'S MY SHUTDOWN AND SHUTDOWNS ARE AWESOME.

Nancy had some boss bitch owns, but at some point, there's diminishing returns on sending an own at the President when he's actively owning himself and you don't actually control the House until January.

Pelosi got Trump to freak out over her saying "Trump shutdown" and then he later was proud of the prospect of a "Trump shutdown" so mission accomplished?

Slim Pickens
Jan 12, 2007

Grimey Drawer

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

This is actually a pretty common conservative belief they just don’t always say it out loud.

If you scratch beneath the surface just a little bit, conservatives out themselves as fash.

At least one facebook group idiot lamented giving voting rights to people that don't own land after Washington passed new gun laws during the midterms. Everyone else just wanted to split the state along the Cascades :mmmhmm:

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



Slim Pickens posted:

At least one facebook group idiot lamented giving voting rights to people that don't own land after Washington passed new gun laws during the midterms. Everyone else just wanted to split the state along the Cascades :mmmhmm:

Good they can have their empire of lovely moon dirt east of the Cascades imo. (Not sure if it's an empire of lovely moon dirt but rain shadows have a tendency to make one side of a mountain really dry and it sure as gently caress isn't the side that has Seattle.)

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

DownByTheWooter posted:

And you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world specialization of labor didn't exist

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


M_Gargantua posted:

Because they are smart academics yet poor at saying words, as well as spineless.

Sadly I resemble this remark.

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost
Why Schumer sucks:

https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1072551417901137920?s=20

The embed doesn’t show it, but it quotes a Dem Senator saying that they never feel pressured by Schumer to vote in lockstep.

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

also holy poo poo lol Pence is trying so so hard not to get a boner over Nancy's forbidden ankle

A Bad Poster
Sep 25, 2006
Seriously, shut the fuck up.

:dukedog:

orange juche posted:

Good they can have their empire of lovely moon dirt east of the Cascades imo. (Not sure if it's an empire of lovely moon dirt but rain shadows have a tendency to make one side of a mountain really dry and it sure as gently caress isn't the side that has Seattle.)

Nope, it's all moon dirt once you cross the Cascades until you hit the Idaho border and the Rockies.

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

shame on an IGA posted:

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world specialization of labor didn't exist

"You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself, just one of those truths you should always remember" a chud says as he sits down to tinker with a reactor in his garage to treat his rear end cancer shortly before dying of radiation poisoning and untreated rear end cancer

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psydude
Apr 1, 2008

orange juche posted:

Good they can have their empire of lovely moon dirt east of the Cascades imo. (Not sure if it's an empire of lovely moon dirt but rain shadows have a tendency to make one side of a mountain really dry and it sure as gently caress isn't the side that has Seattle.)

Last thing we need is more zero population red states being represented in the Senate. If anything, absorb the Dakotas into Minnesota and Idaho into Washington.

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