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nwin posted:ok, but that goes back to my original question-is Trump just having McConnell block everything. McConnell supported a clean funding bill with the understanding that Trump was on board, but then Trump said no and made him look like a bigly idiot. And the only thing Mitch McConnell hates more than having a conscience is looking like an idiot, so now he's cowering in the corner while the portion of his caucus that's up for reelection in 2020 is silently freaking out. e: drat autocorrect psydude fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Jan 16, 2019 |
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psydude posted:McConnell supported a clean funding bill with the understanding that Trump was on board, but then Trump said no and made him look like a bigly idiot. And the only thing Mitch McConnell hates more than having a conscious is looking like an idiot, so now he's cowering in the corner while the portion of his caucus that's up for reelection in 2020 is silently freaking out. His own hometown Newspaper is calling him out.
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CommieGIR posted:His own hometown Newspaper is calling him out. Is he still hiding out in Kentucky or did he mope his way back to DC to hide in his office? If he's still at home I'm surprised there aren't protests and demonstrations out in his front yard.
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The Republicans are absolutely at fault for this, there's no both sides.
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EBB posted:The Republicans are absolutely at fault for this, there's no both sides. Exactly. Also, stupid question! Why not plastic for the wall? Use recyclable plastic and mold that poo poo into goddamn legos or something. Shits are durable
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You kniw, if it HAD to be built
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https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1085176296236335104 Source is Christie, but honestly, this sounds exactly like something Kushner would do, and its basically an open secret that Kushner has been calling the shots for ages.
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I unironicly support renovating our main ports of entry with giant lego walls and friendly lego policeman statues
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bad news for the pearl clutching over their 401k crowd https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1085361266238070785
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Wow that d&d primary thread is doing numbers lol. Or did it get moved to cspam? I'm too drunk and on tablet to check
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In the event that the partial shutdown remains the status quo, the biggest thing down the road that might force Trump and/or McConnell's hand is tax season - for as much as the GOP likes to bitch about taxes, a lot of their voters are going to be pissed when they don't get their tax rebate checks in the mail. The only reason why Trump and McConnell are getting away with keeping the government closed so far is because the so-called 'important' bits - defense and entitlements - were fully funded earlier in the year. Even if we manage to get everything back open this year, I don't know why the Dems would allow piecemeal funding bills next year since Trump will just pick the ones he likes and hold the rest hostage for more poo poo.
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Legos are best used as area denial weapons anyway.
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Wow that d&d primary thread is doing numbers lol. Or did it get moved to cspam? I'm too drunk and on tablet to check I think the DnD/C-SPAM admins and mods are reenacting the Katyn Massacre.
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Terrifying Effigies posted:In the event that the partial shutdown remains the status quo, the biggest thing down the road that might force Trump and/or McConnell's hand is tax season - for as much as the GOP likes to bitch about taxes, a lot of their voters are going to be pissed when they don't get their tax rebate checks in the mail. Reports are that Treasury are ready to call back IRS employees as essential to be unpaid and start on tax returns
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Wow that d&d primary thread is doing numbers lol. Or did it get moved to cspam? I'm too drunk and on tablet to check got moved to cspam and is just pages of people with probations and bans for the moment another d&d success story
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Nick Soapdish posted:Reports are that Treasury are ready to call back IRS employees as essential to be unpaid and start on tax returns Galaxy brain: if the government isn’t allowed to pay for poo poo the government shouldn’t be allowed to collect money.
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FrozenVent posted:Galaxy brain: if the government isn’t allowed to pay for poo poo the government shouldn’t be allowed to collect money. Universe brain: if the IRS workers aren't getting paid, they won't give a poo poo about returns not making sense or adding up.
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Nick Soapdish posted:Reports are that Treasury are ready to call back IRS employees as essential to be unpaid and start on tax returns The head of the IRS already said that tax returns will not be delayed by this, so yeah they're all but assured to get called back in if the shutdown doesn't end in a hurry. Man the absolute spineless behavior of republicans is amazing though.
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McConnell is boxed in because he knows the House GOP is captive to Trump and won't override a veto, even if the Senate might. The House GOP is crazy right-wing now that they've lost a shitload of seats. If McConnell calls a vote and it passes overwhelmingly in the Senate, Trump would veto it and get mad at McConnell. That's bad for McConnell because he's up for reelection in 2020 and he doesn't want to get primaried by a Trumper. Pushing McConnell doesn't get you much of anywhere, because if Trump is still in his mood, the House GOP won't override the veto. Trump is boxed in because he's a baby beta bitch that only has his base and his brain worms. He watched Fox News / Ann Coulter and they were calling him a pansy, so he went back on the initial deal. Now he can't go back because he can't lose to Cryin' Chuck and Nancy. Maybe all his razors were Gillettes too. I WANT WALL. WE NEED WALL. Pelosi and Schumer are essentially free and clear, because they know where public opinion is. Unfortunately, Trump was going to pull this shutdown bullshit at some point, and they realized it, so they're dug in for the long haul. Pelosi/Schumer presumably like government, and like government doing things for people, but if Trump gets anything out of this, he'll pitch a fit for the next funding bill, or debt ceiling increase, or whatever comes on Fox News at any given time. The resolution to all of this will likely involve something catastrophic like airport shutdowns. The prevention of all this would've been to not elect an idiot as President. Some stuff you just can't mitigate.
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M_Gargantua posted:got moved to cspam and is just pages of people with probations and bans for the moment The probations mostly look like Rask and Literal Tankie R. Guyovich going mad with power, so that's cool.
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Thalantos posted:Legos are best used as area denial weapons anyway. Having seen Lego prices climb since I was a kid, $5B is not gonna get us enough bricks to do much E: I stand corrected... https://www.wired.com/2011/12/does-it-feel-like-lego-bricks-just-keep-getting-more-expensive/ "As it turns out, after going up in the 70’s and 80’s, the average price per brick has actually been trending down." egyptian rat race fucked around with this message at 13:03 on Jan 16, 2019 |
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Hot take: I hate the new Gillette commercial. Good message but gently caress them for attempting to commodify social justice issues.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:The probations mostly look like Rask and Literal Tankie R. Guyovich going mad with power, so that's cool. I think you’ll find that it’s good to ban anyone who expresses doubt about Bernie Sanders as a candidate.
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Deathy McDeath posted:Hot take: I hate the new Gillette commercial. Good message but gently caress them for attempting to commodify social justice issues. Could be worse, they could be trying to give Pepsi cans to riot cops.
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To further pile on the "don't both sides this poo poo", Democrats cannot give the orange fecal smear his wall for the same reason the US does not negotiate with terrorists. If that dumpy, fat gently caress gets his way by holding the operation of the federal government hostage he'll for drat sure do it again to get more of what he wants.
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Deathy McDeath posted:Hot take: I hate the new Gillette commercial. Good message but gently caress them for attempting to commodify social justice issues. Lukewarm response: commodification of social issues indeed sucks rear end (see what’s happened to pride), this instance at least isn’t as tone deaf as the aforementioned Pepsi commercial. It also has the added benefit of causing conservatives to fill their diapers which is always hilarious.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Lukewarm response: commodification of social issues indeed sucks rear end (see what’s happened to pride), this instance at least isn’t as tone deaf as the aforementioned Pepsi commercial. It also has the added benefit of causing conservatives to fill their diapers which is always hilarious. Oh god, I completely forgot about the worthless Pepsi ad. Yeah I get the feeling, but it's hard to be mad when the core message is "Don't be a piece of poo poo" and you get gems like this as a result, https://twitter.com/kfippin/status/1085290167076679680
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Overly political actor: own intel chiefs. Apolitical truthsayer: rival heads of state
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Thalantos posted:Legos are best used as area denial weapons anyway. D4s are ideal, but more expensive than individual Lego blocks.
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