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Ripoff posted:“Trump bringing up infrastructure and other populist ideas he has zero intent of following through to distract from upcoming scandal, more after the break.” you're presuming trump has the capacity to distract versus just constantly generating scandal from his incapacity to not be a lying criminal
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Ripoff posted:“Trump bringing up infrastructure and other populist ideas he has zero intent of following through to distract from upcoming scandal, more after the break.” The "4th estate" have all but abandoned their role as investigators and interlocutors and become mere parrots for the people in power.
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Apr 30, 2019 15:55
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Potrzebie posted:drat it, it's spreading. I'd say it's just becoming a bit more noticeable. The very first bar I went to in Tartu (Krooks) is a known spot for neo-Nazis and skinheads to congregate. There are swastikas and white supremacist slogans (in English and Estonian) carved into the tables of just about every drinking spot you can visit. I've seen more Nazi-related imagery on people's clothing here than I've seen in the decades I've lived in the United States. Internal claims that this is a new or unknown phenomenon are absolute bullshit, I personally think that most Estonian politicians are just worried that they can't ignore its spread anymore.
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LeeMajors posted:
LOL if you think Bob Barr is going to act on the referral.
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luxury handset posted:you're presuming trump has the capacity to distract versus just constantly generating scandal from his incapacity to not be a lying criminal Maybe not Trump but one of his lackeys that have the smarter species of brain worms? “Whoops, got caught selling nuclear weapons to hostile foreign states again, someone make a quick presser on roads and tell Trump it was his idea.”
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Apr 30, 2019 16:01
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mcmagic posted:LOL if you think Bob Barr is going to act on the referral. Actually, now that I think about it if they're competent enough they might "act on it" hamstringing and essentially intentionally bungling the investigation so it will be harder for future administrations to prosecute him. I guess be thankful the Trump admin is so hilariously incompetent this probably won't occur to them?
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pseudanonymous posted:Actually, now that I think about it if they're competent enough they might "act on it" hamstringing and essentially intentionally bungling the investigation so it will be harder for future administrations to prosecute him. Why would there even be an investigation....
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Apr 30, 2019 16:02
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friendbot2000 posted:https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1122570639733329920 How do you compete in a world where he can say this and is believed and gets away with it?
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Apr 30, 2019 16:06
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Nail Rat posted:How do you compete in a world where he can say this and is believed and gets away with it? That's a good question. Probably just going to collapse in despair, vote Bernie in the primary, and hope for the best.
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Apr 30, 2019 16:08
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Nail Rat posted:How do you compete in a world where he can say this and is believed and gets away with it? This is the mainstream republican position on abortion. They all say it and they all get away with it.
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Apr 30, 2019 16:08
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Cactrot posted:How can we have an infrastructure week when there are no more Mueller investigation details to leak. We have always been at war with East Infrastructure Week
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Apr 30, 2019 16:08
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mcmagic posted:Why would there even be an investigation.... Think about it like a truly corrupt person might. We obtain evidence illegally, Prince's lawyer gets it thrown out. Now the future administration can no longer use that evidence against Prince. Misuse of the Justice Department can get a lot more severe than merely not investigating crimes. It can be used to exonerate powerful criminals and prevent future prosecution.
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Apr 30, 2019 16:10
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Easy Diff posted:We have always been at war with East Infrastructure Week
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corn in the bible posted:It's the start of things getting worse. This is just the start, you know I mean, current day is not worse than, say, the Jim Crow Era. Things are demonstrably better for most marginalized people now than they have been at any time in human history. Which is why it is so frustrating to watch radicalized white supremacists do everything in their power to drag us backwards.
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pseudanonymous posted:Think about it like a truly corrupt person might. We obtain evidence illegally, Prince's lawyer gets it thrown out. Now the future administration can no longer use that evidence against Prince. Misuse of the Justice Department can get a lot more severe than merely not investigating crimes. It can be used to exonerate powerful criminals and prevent future prosecution. Why would they worry about future prosecution?
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pseudanonymous posted:The "4th estate" have all but abandoned their role as investigators and interlocutors and become mere parrots for the people in power. Honest question, when in all of history has this not usually been the case?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Honest question, when in all of history has this not usually been the case?
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Apr 30, 2019 16:19
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Holy crap CPR chat is frightening  , just say no
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Apr 30, 2019 16:21
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eke out posted:prosecutorial declination does not trigger double jeopardy or anything else; when obama took over in 2009 they re-opened some detainee cases that the Eastern District of Virginia had considered prosecuting but ultimately declined (and, in the end, the obama people declined too) It's likely Trump will pardon all of these people on his way out the door
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Honest question, when in all of history has this not usually been the case? It's not a binary system, but certainly even 20 years ago things were better, and 30 years ago things were much better. Essentially when individual journalistic programming had more power politicians to some degree had to cater to them. The advent of multiple 24-hour cable news channels has made things much worse imho. Instead of saying this is news, this isn't, there are tons of major outlets desperate for any content whatsoever. This puts politicians and the rich in the position of granting or withholding content. Whereas before nightly news programs only had to fill an hour a day, or a half hour, and so could pick and choose what to cover. There's also the unification of many newspapers and local tv news stations under single banners. Rather than competing with each other to investigate crimes and corruption and malfeasance they take marching orders from an editorial board which wants things presented in a certain way.
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Apr 30, 2019 16:22
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Push El Burrito posted:Joe Biden keeps e-mailing me and asking for money. Tell him to get a job. Lazy bum
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Nail Rat posted:How do you compete in a world where he can say this and is believed and gets away with it? Yeah this is a really important question. I've been thinking about this since the start of 2016. The answer, I still don't know. The value of truth itself has been shown to be a means to an end, and of no value in and of itself. I don't know what to do about that. Laws only have meaning of the enforcers enforce them. What do you do when the people in charge say, yeah, we openly acknowledge that this person broke a bunch of laws, mores, rules, promises, whatever - and it benefits us, so we aren't going to do anything about it. Tough poo poo. What do you do when the curtain drops and no one cares? Drugs, I guess. edit: OK that's too weak. You subvert the power in any way you can. Resist in every way you can. What that looks like is your call. r.y.f.s.o. fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Apr 30, 2019 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Honest question, when in all of history has this not usually been the case? Local news investigative reporting was a lot better before the Sinclair Era(r)(c)
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pseudanonymous posted:There's also the unification of many newspapers and local tv news stations under single banners. Rather than competing with each other to investigate crimes and corruption and malfeasance they take marching orders from an editorial board which wants things presented in a certain way. lmao aint this the effin truth. I couldn't even get someone at a McClatchy outlet to accept payment for a newspaper delivery subscription to a local business. I can't imagine their newsrooms are worth a poo poo.
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God I can't wait to see Jacob sobbing and pleading before a judge.
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Apr 30, 2019 16:28
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Starmaker posted:Tell him to get a job. Lazy bum One of the local would-be politicians I met in GA (but ultimately lost in a primary) sent me an email saying they’re endorsing Biden for president in one of those constant contact campaigns. Now I wish I could ask for a refund on the $20 I gave the schmuck back in 2018. 
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Apr 30, 2019 16:29
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Ripoff posted:One of the local would-be politicians I met in GA (but ultimately lost in a primary) sent me an email saying they’re endorsing Biden for president in one of those constant contact campaigns. Do a chargeback and just copy/paste the endorsement as your reason why.
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ewiley posted:Holy crap CPR chat is frightening You're already dead it's not like you'll feel your sternum being cracked out of place.
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Nail Rat posted:How do you compete in a world where he can say this and is believed and gets away with it? Build your own narrative. Easier said than done, of course... but the left really needs a propaganda machine now more than ever (we're just about 40 years too late).
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Even the 2016 primaries were full of all the GOP candidates tripping over each other trying to best describe how doctors perform and abortion by torturing and eating the fetus right there on the spot
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KickerOfMice posted:
He's bigger, stronger, and faster too He's the first member of the DK Krew
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Apr 30, 2019 16:35
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I actually got my wife by telling her how much I'd save her in long distance if she started dating me
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https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1123226461912150016 https://twitter.com/greenhousenyt/status/1123196299120189440 Dick Trauma fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Apr 30, 2019 |
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KickerOfMice posted:
Well, at least he has decent self-esteem...? That being said, evidently he is a bit over 6 feet tall (if he's to be believed), which would at least make him more impressive than Ben Shapiro.
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