Jarmak posted:

Edit: a reminder that while the first very limited production run of the M16 had serious deficiencies the majority of it's early reputation comes from the same sort of Luddite panic about "plastic".

sharknado slashfic posted:

Curious to see if the Trump/Kavanaugh playbook of the "it wasn't me" defense is actually going to work for Governor Whatshisname.

Vasudus posted:

Goddamn chuds are so loving thirsty for AOC and it's hilarious.

Vasudus posted:

There's a ton of forged pages of the green new deal that the far right idiots are parading around trying to...embarrass AOC? The new one as of last night / today is that the GND requires all citizens to recycle and drink their urine. The objective is to spam it on as many venues as possible to get AOC to respond I guess???

Goddamn chuds are so loving thirsty for AOC and it's hilarious.

pantslesswithwolves posted:

I think Northam might actually squeak by, heavily damaged and politically toxic, but Lt. Gov. Fairfax is probably going down. A second woman just came forward and accused him of sexual assault.

I do think this is going to really loving hurt the Dems in VA in 2020.

facialimpediment posted:

Go read Rep. John Dingell's last words.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...3e81_story.html

facialimpediment posted:

Go read Rep. John Dingell's last words.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...3e81_story.html

Reign Of Pain posted:

It just got a bit harder for "proud boys" to buy hate merch

https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/proud-boys-1776-shop-paypal-square-chase-removed.html


Also lol on paypal doing something correct

Viva Miriya posted:

Humbling tbqh.

John Dingell posted:

One of the advantages to knowing that your demise is imminent, and that reports of it will not be greatly exaggerated, is that you have a few moments to compose some parting thoughts.

In our modern political age, the presidential bully pulpit seems dedicated to sowing division and denigrating, often in the most irrelevant and infantile personal terms, the political opposition.

And much as I have found Twitter to be a useful means of expression, some occasions merit more than 280 characters.

My personal and political character was formed in a different era that was kinder, if not necessarily gentler. We observed modicums of respect even as we fought, often bitterly and savagely, over issues that were literally life and death to a degree that — fortunately – we see much less of today.

Think about it:

Impoverishment of the elderly because of medical expenses was a common and often accepted occurrence. Opponents of the Medicare program that saved the elderly from that cruel fate called it “socialized medicine.” Remember that slander if there’s a sustained revival of silly red-baiting today.

Not five decades ago, much of the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth — our own Great Lakes — were closed to swimming and fishing and other recreational pursuits because of chemical and bacteriological contamination from untreated industrial and wastewater disposal. Today the Great Lakes are so hospitable to marine life that one of our biggest challenges is controlling the invasive species that have made them their new home.

We regularly used and consumed foods, drugs, chemicals and other things (cigarettes) that were legal, promoted and actively harmful. Hazardous wastes were dumped on empty plots in the dead of night. There were few if any restrictions on industrial emissions. We had only the barest scientific knowledge of the long-term consequences of any of this.

And there was a great stain on America, in the form of our legacy of racial discrimination. There were good people of all colors who banded together, risking and even losing their lives to erase the legal and other barriers that held Americans down. In their time they were often demonized and targeted, much like other vulnerable men and women today.

Please note: All of these challenges were addressed by Congress. Maybe not as fast as we wanted, or as perfectly as hoped. The work is certainly not finished. But we’ve made progress — and in every case, from the passage of Medicare through the passage of civil rights, we did it with the support of Democrats and Republicans who considered themselves first and foremost to be Americans.

I’m immensely proud, and eternally grateful, for having had the opportunity to play a part in all of these efforts during my service in Congress. And it’s simply not possible for me to adequately repay the love that my friends, neighbors and family have given me and shown me during my public service and retirement.

But I would be remiss in not acknowledging the forgiveness and sweetness of the woman who has essentially supported me for almost 40 years: my wife, Deborah. And it is a source of great satisfaction to know that she is among the largest group of women to have ever served in the Congress (as she busily recruits more).

In my life and career I have often heard it said that so-and-so has real power — as in, “the powerful Wile E. Coyote, chairman of the Capture the Road Runner Committee.”

It’s an expression that has always grated on me. In democratic government, elected officials do not have power. They hold power — in trust for the people who elected them. If they misuse or abuse that public trust, it is quite properly revoked (the quicker the better).

I never forgot the people who gave me the privilege of representing them. It was a lesson learned at home from my father and mother, and one I have tried to impart to the people I’ve served with and employed over the years.

As I prepare to leave this all behind, I now leave you in control of the greatest nation of mankind and pray God gives you the wisdom to understand the responsibility you hold in your hands.

May God bless you all, and may God bless America.

Eej posted:

https://twitter.com/surlybassey/status/1094024480635142144

Bored As gently caress posted:

Lmao what the gently caress


Was this a mistake / did he misspeak or does he actually think they built poo poo? It was a loving series of people and safe houses for gently caress sake.


How does an otherwise intelligent person believe they built poo poo? Maybe he recently saw Batman Begins and thought the Waynes built that elevator as an infrastructure project.

Michael Caine Voice: Ya know masta Wayne, they used this cave system to move slaves on tha undaground railroad


Why do we fall, Masta Wayne

quote:

Hours after announcing his run for president, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker stood outside his Newark home on Friday, celebrating the city that took a chance on him, and launched his political career.

“It’s right up the street that my career started in politics,” the New Jersey Democrat said to a crush of reporters crammed on his driveway. “It was a bunch of tenant leaders who pushed me into running for office. I always say I got my B.A. from Stanford but my Ph.D. from the streets of Newark.”

Eej posted:

Vasudus posted:

open wapo/nyt/etc articles in incognito mode

Stultus Maximus posted:

JFC this guy
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1094035813820784640