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FlamingLiberal posted:I don’t understand why the media continues to focus on the cost. Just because Trump won’t stop talking about it doesn’t mean it’s newsworthy. They seem to be relying on the average Joe having no sense of scale in terms of money. "$25 million? Gee, that's a lot!" "$25 billion for the wall? Wow, so cheap!" Mueller should be in charge of the budget, he's running that investigation so cheap.
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in my fanfic of a super commie Merica, we use sci notation and maybe SI units so the news can get the opportunity to say Gigadollar.
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InsertPotPun posted:No no no!The Nazis WANT this! This attention means they're already winning! Look: one already got free coffee! I'll probably give the next one I see a free sandwich, right in the face.
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PhazonLink posted:in my fanfic of a super commie Merica, we use sci notation and maybe SI units so the news can get the opportunity to say Gigadollar. quote:The US signed the metre convention and bases all customary units on SI standards. As an aside, the Utah constitution from 1895 required the metric system to be taught in schools. This requirement was repealed in 1987. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  Edit: tax. 
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8/10, points off since the coffee wasn’t scalding
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Big Mean Jerk posted:8/10, points off since the coffee wasn’t scalding You dunk Nazis with the coffee you have, not the coffee you wish you had.
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Ague Proof posted:https://twitter.com/EyesOnTheRight/status/1069340178312036353 Is that rear end in a top hat wearing tape over his mouth like it's a political statement? Dude, all you have to do is be a human being and avoid letting racism slide out of that dumb trap and no one will give a poo poo what you say. Your little protest is doing more to hurt your cause than help it.
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Dec 16, 2018 05:28
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:What was going on in early June 2014? Obama
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Dec 16, 2018 05:29
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I wish we had a better way of talking about budget numbers so people could actually wrap their minds around them. I've always though dividing it by the population might be a reasonable way to do it. So the Mueller investigation cost us all 8 cents (assuming you don't count the forfeitures), and the F-35 will cost everyone ~$4,600 for instance.
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Acinonyx posted:I wish we had a better way of talking about budget numbers so people could actually wrap their minds around them. I've always though dividing it by the population might be a reasonable way to do it. So the Mueller investigation cost us all 8 cents (assuming you don't count the forfeitures), and the F-35 will cost everyone ~$4,600 for instance.
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Dec 16, 2018 05:43
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Party Plane Jones posted:There is a pinned thread about it. Finally got home, thanks. That's what I get for just looking for this thread and drat the torpedoes
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Dec 16, 2018 06:18
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Jealous Cow posted:https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1037482530675535873?s=21 This reminds me - was driving today and saw a guy in a shifty Chrysler minivan with a sticker that said "TRUMP THAT BITCH" and it made me think of that batshit crazy chud who sent fake bombs to everyone and made me wonder what ever happened with him.
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sticksy posted:This reminds me - was driving today and saw a guy in a shifty Chrysler minivan with a sticker that said "TRUMP THAT BITCH" and it made me think of that batshit crazy chud who sent fake bombs to everyone and made me wonder what ever happened with him. extremely arrested
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sticksy posted:This reminds me - was driving today and saw a guy in a shifty Chrysler minivan with a sticker that said "TRUMP THAT BITCH" and it made me think of that batshit crazy chud who sent fake bombs to everyone and made me wonder what ever happened with him. Declined Chief of Staff. (A minor point: I thought the bombs were real bombs. They just didn't work)
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Ague Proof posted:Declined Chief of Staff. I mean, they were real. They contained explosive material and Caesar Sayoc intended for them to explode. He was just very bad at making bombs and they basically had no chance of working. Some people will take that they're duds to mean they're fakes.
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they're the good kind of dud in that they didnt go off and kill the maker. oh bad depending on youre pov
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SocketWrench posted:Dude, all you have to do is be a human being and avoid letting racism slide out of that dumb trap and no one will give a poo poo what you say. Your little protest is doing more to hurt your cause than help it. Among the things I despise about these people, is the way they espouse racism and oppression as some immutable component of white identity. Like we cease to exist if we make an effort not to be bigoted assholes.
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ascii genitals posted:Hell yeah. Last time a Nazi showed up in Seattle he got knocked out with one punch. This guy got off easy.
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Dec 16, 2018 07:56
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Dammit Portland, why can’t you be more like Seattle
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Serfer posted:I mean, they were real. They contained explosive material and Caesar Sayoc intended for them to explode. He was just very bad at making bombs and they basically had no chance of working. Some people will take that they're duds to mean they're fakes. "I failed at bombs on purpose"
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Serfer posted:I mean, they were real. They contained explosive material and Caesar Sayoc intended for them to explode. He was just very bad at making bombs and they basically had no chance of working. Some people will take that they're duds to mean they're fakes. Attempted murder. Did anyone ever get a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?
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SocketWrench posted:Is that rear end in a top hat wearing tape over his mouth like it's a political statement? Nah, its even less subtle of a dogwhistle than you thought.  Older than WWII as it turns out.
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Dec 16, 2018 09:06
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I wonder how much more isolated than ever Trump will be next week.
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CubanMissile posted:I wonder how much more isolated than ever Trump will be next week. More than ever! We'll see if it's isolated enough for yet another "Trump is Isolated" article.
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Given the current state of affairs, I predict that by the end of the year scientists will be able to isolate the Trump molecule.
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Toebone posted:Given the current state of affairs, I predict that by the end of the year scientists will be able to isolate the Trump molecule. This is building up to the worst super villain origin story ever. A scientist spills concentrated Trumpium. The next morning he wakes up orange with a bigly craving for diet coke.
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CubanMissile posted:I wonder how much more isolated than ever Trump will be next week. It fills me with joy that he’s going to be bored as gently caress and lonely during Christmas.
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Acinonyx posted:I wish we had a better way of talking about budget numbers so people could actually wrap their minds around them. I've always though dividing it by the population might be a reasonable way to do it. So the Mueller investigation cost us all 8 cents (assuming you don't count the forfeitures), and the F-35 will cost everyone ~$4,600 for instance. Bonus points that even though the investigation has “cost” us $25 million, it has brought in about $46 million due to asset forfeitures. The Mueller investigation has a negative cost and paid more into government coffers than our president had.
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sticksy posted:This reminds me - was driving today and saw a guy in a shifty Chrysler minivan with a sticker that said "TRUMP THAT BITCH" and it made me think of that batshit crazy chud who sent fake bombs to everyone and made me wonder what ever happened with him. Don't worry since he's white he didn't get gunned down, just arrested
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Skippy McPants posted:Among the things I despise about these people, is the way they espouse racism and oppression as some immutable component of white identity. Like we cease to exist if we make an effort not to be bigoted assholes. Well, that's because they're bigoted assholes. They have no understanding otherwise. What I don't get is why they're always so damned dumb and cause themselves more trouble. I mean I hate Trump, doesn't mean I go to work and tell everyone my opinion and make the job even shittier than it already is.
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Not sure if this part was discussed here or not, but there’s video of Mickey telling it like it is. https://twitter.com/gma/status/1074290065663188992?s=21 Although I’m not sure this is an insult that Trump would actually care about, the media framing it as a question of loyalty is the perfect way to goad Trump into reacting. Edit: The Trump family real estate tax scam is now also a NYC Housing rent control scam. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1074291829988884480?s=21 Jealous Cow fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Dec 16, 2018 |
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Acinonyx posted:I wish we had a better way of talking about budget numbers so people could actually wrap their minds around them. I've always though dividing it by the population might be a reasonable way to do it. So the Mueller investigation cost us all 8 cents (assuming you don't count the forfeitures), and the F-35 will cost everyone ~$4,600 for instance. Again, even then, the Mueller investigation made us all about eight cents. It has made a profit. The whole "costs" framing is invalid.
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SocketWrench posted:Well, that's because they're bigoted assholes. They have no understanding otherwise. I go in every day and scream my opinion. It’s almost unbelievable that I haven’t been fired yet.
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At the end of the day the media, despite Trump calling them Enemies of the People and encouraging violence against them, consider him a profitable entity and so are willing to file off his rough edges and write bullshit headlines in his favor. This is addition to the inherent conservative bias of every major news organization (watch Jack Trapper and Chuck Todd make up lies to support Republicans or slander leftists ideas) or the straight up Nazis and white supremacists that infest the New York Times opinion section who genuinely love him.
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Even if it didn't make money, maybe trust in the government and the rule of law are more important?
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SocketWrench posted:Is that rear end in a top hat wearing tape over his mouth like it's a political statement? So if the goal is to hurt the cause of Nazis, then shouldn't we be encouraging them to express their views, since it hurts their cause?
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qkkl posted:So if the goal is to hurt the cause of Nazis, then shouldn't we be encouraging them to express their views, since it hurts their cause? It would be useful in that it would let people know who to punch, I guess
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Again, even then, the Mueller investigation made us all about eight cents. It has made a profit. The whole "costs" framing is invalid. who cares? I hope it does cost 25 million dollars. The idea that basic functions of government need to be directly profitable is awful.
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Smeef posted:It fills me with joy that he’s going to be bored as gently caress and lonely during Christmas. What with his five children, nine grandchildren and supermodel wife. Poor lonely old man.
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