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Lewd Mangabey posted:In case it isn't obvious, two malignant nodules in the lung is not a good thing. They say there's "no evidence of remaining disease", but depending on what the primary cancer is, there's a really good chance that there are other microscopic foci. She will almost certainly get chemotherapy of some sort -- hard to say for sure until it's clear what the primary diagnosis is. I mean it also ain't her first rodeo. Colorectal and pancreatic cancers, both while on the bench
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Moatman posted:I mean it also ain't her first rodeo. Colorectal and pancreatic cancers, both while on the bench While true, her 25-month survival odds just went down considerably, and I'm going to guess McConnell will suddenly forget about his previous stance on an outgoing President choosing a nominnee.
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Moatman posted:I mean it also ain't her first rodeo. Colorectal and pancreatic cancers, both while on the bench Yeah, the colon cancer was the real deal (resection + chemo), but she was also 20 years younger. As far as I know, the full diagnosis of the pancreatic cancer was never shared, but she didn't get chemo and seems to have had a less radical surgical procedure for it. It's definitely hard to tell exactly what this means, since we don't know what kind of cancer was found this time.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:While true, her 25-month survival odds just went down considerably, and I'm going to guess McConnell will suddenly forget about his previous stance on an outgoing President choosing a nominnee. "Well that was 366 days before an election, and this will be 390 days, so they're clearly not the same!" Double extra lol if he just recycles his "Biden Rule" schtick but this time quotes Biden from 2015/6
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tetrapyloctomy posted:While true, her 25-month survival odds just went down considerably, and I'm going to guess McConnell will suddenly forget about his previous stance on an outgoing President choosing a nominnee. he did that already, it now only applies if the opposite party holds the senate
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mobby_6kl posted:Then there's this Oh yeah, Trump managed to find possibly the worst reason to pull the troops out: To facilitate genocide, because if he doesn't Erdogan might shut down Trump Towers Istanbul or otherwise hurt his business there.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:While true, her 25-month survival odds just went down considerably, and I'm going to guess McConnell will suddenly forget about his previous stance on an outgoing President choosing a nominnee. She'll make it because she has to.
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Mustached Demon posted:She'll make it because she has to. Make it to what? She's 85. Breyer is 80. The oldest Republican justice is 70. It's unlikely that Democrats will regain the Senate soon, if ever, given the realities of our oligarchal system. And Republicans have established the precedent of only permitting Republicans to be seated. What precisely is she waiting for? Even if she makes it to 2020, there's no real potential for affecting the rock solid conservative majority for a minimum of 15 years. She's a great judge, but I think the popular love for her is largely misguided - we cannot place the stability of the judicial system upon the shoulders of individuals.
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Kaal posted:It's unlikely that Democrats will regain the Senate soon, if ever, given the realities of our oligarchal system. The Dems have a pretty good shot at the Senate in 2020, especially if the next two years continue on the trend of the last month. ME + CO + AZ are easy pickups, and they just need one lucky break in any other state. It's not a lock, by any means, but I'd put it at the 40% mark right now, and those odds are only going to get better.
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Z. Autobahn posted:The Dems have a pretty good shot at the Senate in 2020, especially if the next two years continue on the trend of the last month. ME + CO + AZ are easy pickups, and they just need one lucky break in any other state. It's not a lock, by any means, but I'd put it at the 40% mark right now, and those odds are only going to get better. That requires them to hang on to Alabama though. 2020 is definitely better for Dems than 2018 was though.
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Z. Autobahn posted:The Dems have a pretty good shot at the Senate in 2020, especially if the next two years continue on the trend of the last month. ME + CO + AZ are easy pickups, and they just need one lucky break in any other state. It's not a lock, by any means, but I'd put it at the 40% mark right now, and those odds are only going to get better. I would look to North Carolina before AZ, I have little hope we can repeat what happened with Sinema. Montana is also a strong possibility.
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Sanguinia posted:I would look to North Carolina before AZ, I have little hope we can repeat what happened with Sinema. Montana is also a strong possibility. 2019's probably gonna top 2018 in weird poo poo too. So who knows what the political landscape will be.
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Sanguinia posted:I would look to North Carolina before AZ, I have little hope we can repeat what happened with Sinema. Montana is also a strong possibility. If Bullock is in then I think Montana is an excellent shot.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:Heads are going to roll, god drat, that is some of the most egregious poo poo. Seriously considering throwing my resume at them, at least I have some functioning brain cells to offer. 
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Mustached Demon posted:2019's probably gonna top 2018 in weird poo poo too. So who knows what the political landscape will be. yeah i think the only thing we know for sure is that we have no idea what the gently caress the electoral landscape will look like two years from now
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eke out posted:yeah i think the only thing we know for sure is that we have no idea what the gently caress the electoral landscape will look like two years from now Yeah, I think the lesson of Trump is: Expect the unexpected
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What a week https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1076342002147569664 He'd have to actually be able to but that hasn't really stopped him before. Pretty sure Powell could just ignore it if he tried, though.
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Moatman posted:What a week who knows. i feel like trump has just lost it and will fire him because gently caress everyone who isn't blowing him 24/7 and doing his commands.. which means he will probably lose the monied interests and corporate conservatives. he has already lost the war hawks.
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Moatman posted:He'd have to actually be able to but that hasn't really stopped him before. Pretty sure Powell could just ignore it if he tried, though. xposting: the answer is definitely no, unless he can make up some kind of malfeasance (which is harder to do now that you're on the record saying you want to fire him for non-malfeasance-related reasons) quote:though funny enough, the oldest precedent - that first one that recognized that there are independent agencies the president can't gently caress with just because he doesn't like their politics - comes from FDR doing something just like Trump wants to. in Humphrey's Executor, Roosevelt was furious about a member of the FTC who didn't support the New Deal, repeatedly asked him to resign, then sent him a letter firing him. the titular humphrey just kept coming to work and ignored it, and it went to the supreme court
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Trump wanting to fire Powell really tips his hand. He's loving shook about how bad the markets have tanked. The shutdown is going to hurt too. We'll find out soon enough whether he wants to continue to side with his isolationist Breitbart pals or his Wall Street pals. I don't think it can be both. It's Trump, and I don't think he has any moral compass besides money. I think he'll give up on the trade war next year.
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paternity suitor posted:Trump wanting to fire Powell really tips his hand. He's loving shook about how bad the markets have tanked. The shutdown is going to hurt too. We'll find out soon enough whether he wants to continue to side with his isolationist Breitbart pals or his Wall Street pals. I don't think it can be both. It's Trump, and I don't think he has any moral compass besides money. I think he'll give up on the trade war next year. i am unsure. i think he realizes the only people who actually like him are the breitbart types and the trade war is deeper then any concept of trade or money, its all about trumps broken brain and his hosed up perspective of fair/just. if he isn't smilling while everyone elses loses/crying, its not a win/fair. i think he is gonna veto the clean bill when it comes.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:if he isn't smilling while everyone elses loses/crying, its not a win/fair. Like, I'm no psychologist but I don't think the narcissistic lesson we're getting from Trump is "he'll always hold out for the win" its that "he'll convince himself he did win no matter what happens."
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STAC Goat posted:Yeah, but the thing about him is that he's shown that he can just convince himself that he IS smiling and everyone else is losing/crying even when its the exact opposite of reality. I'm reminded of a fairly well-known study that was done on an early doomsday cult a researcher had been keeping track of. The cult made super precise predictions about when the world would end (a couple years out). When the world didn't end, paradoxically a significant portion of the members actually became more devout believers. A bunch left too, but that so many stayed and clearly had the ability to turn literally any datum into something that confirms a pre-existing belief was the big takeaway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails
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STAC Goat posted:Yeah, but the thing about him is that he's shown that he can just convince himself that he IS smiling and everyone else is losing/crying even when its the exact opposite of reality. This is fundamental to Turmp and it's what 90% of the media assholes do not get. It may not be immediate but he eventually rewires his brain so that whatever it is, he came out on top. He's even convinced himself he didn't actually say "grab em by the pussy" even though he did a public apology admitting it. Hell he probably doesn't believe the apology tape was actually him at this point. e: not making that up https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/28/16710130/trump-says-access-hollywood-tape-fake
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Flesh Forge posted:This is fundamental to Turmp and it's what 90% of the media assholes do not get. It may not be immediate but he eventually rewires his brain so that whatever it is, he came out on top. He's even convinced himself he didn't actually say "grab em by the pussy" even though he did a public apology admitting it. Hell he probably doesn't believe the apology tape was actually him at this point. I'm reminded of Kevin Smith's story about working with Prince and John Mulaney's bit about working with Mick Jagger; some people reach a point where they can't conceive of the world not conforming to their expectations. I've seen it hypothesized that Michael Jackson had the same problem: it took the shock of appearing before a judge to snap him out of it and possibly drove him to his death.
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Flesh Forge posted:This is fundamental to Turmp and it's what 90% of the media assholes do not get. It may not be immediate but he eventually rewires his brain so that whatever it is, he came out on top. He's even convinced himself he didn't actually say "grab em by the pussy" even though he did a public apology admitting it. Hell he probably doesn't believe the apology tape was actually him at this point. https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/22/politics/brett-mcgurk-resignation/index.html the main political dude leading the coalition fighting isis in syria quit trumps response https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076655729820471296 also about mattis https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076663817831153664
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"So I accidentally Launched all the Nucks and now the world is a blasted Hellscape. The Fake News is making such a big deal out of this nothing event!"
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Krakatoa erupts for the first time since the 19th century. Hundreds killed and wounded by the tsunami. A concert by the beach is wiped out on video. Very disturbing https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/22/indonesia-tsunami-least-20-dead-165-injured-waves-hit-beaches/
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Zwabu posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...f2ab_story.html I mean, if his point is that it won't hurt Trump with the only people he cares about, his base, he's 100% right. NOT doing the shutdown and abandoning the wall would have been catastrophic for him with those psychos. The only question is if it will hurt him among moderate Rs and Independents. Which is probable bordering on likely, although it's not impossible that they turn on the Ds at some point in the next two weeks if Schumer fucks up somehow.
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Moderate Republicans no longer exist. If a person still supports Trump at this point, they're no longer moderate. To the extent that Trump has made personal loyalty to himself the only plank of the Republican party, there's no room left to be anything but an extremist.
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saintonan posted:Moderate Republicans no longer exist. If a person still supports Trump at this point, they're no longer moderate. To the extent that Trump has made personal loyalty to himself the only plank of the Republican party, there's no room left to be anything but an extremist. I was more using moderate as a synonym for "Rs who thought of Trump as a useful idiot to enable their desires," rather than true Trumpians/Open White Supremacists
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It would be nice if those kind of numbers started to show up in the approval polls https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1076643588723888128
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Sanguinia posted:I was more using moderate as a synonym for "Rs who thought of Trump as a useful idiot to enable their desires," rather than true Trumpians/Open White Supremacists If any of you actually know these people, try to talk to them about it, it's a weird form of willful self delusion. "I just don't watch the news any more" "Why not?" "I can't handle it, there's too much going on" "Well sure, ok, but you don't even look at written news? Nothing?" "No, there are other things besides news" You know they're lying but on some level, they are convincing themselves none of this is happening so they can feel good about voting R next time.
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Charlz Guybon posted:It would be nice if those kind of numbers started to show up in the approval polls Shocking that it's that high? That's basically the same as Macron's approval, and, while bad, that guy is mostly typical politician bad and not raving lunatic bad.
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Charlz Guybon posted:It would be nice if those kind of numbers started to show up in the approval polls or in votes
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saintonan posted:Moderate Democrats no longer exist. If a person still supports Obama at this point, they're no longer moderate. To the extent that Obma has made personal loyalty to himself the only plank of the Democratic party, there's no room left to be anything but an extremist. You know the sand on the other side of the beach is just so smooth (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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