A Bad Poster posted:The problem is the Senate as an institution.
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Jan 24, 2020 18:21
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Student loan forgiveness is going to be more divisive than Free College. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7923533/Moment-Iowa-dad-gets-heated-row-Elizabeth-Warren-student-loan-forgiveness-plan.html
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Jan 24, 2020 18:21
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In light of the new "birth tourism" restrictions, let me offer this sensible chuckle from... 2017? https://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-flock-to-trump-properties-to-give-birth-to-us-citizens
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Jan 24, 2020 18:24
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I'm a fan of the state buying up all student debt and then only taking it out of tax returns once you make over a certain threshold. If you never make over 100k a year then you never have to pay back your student loan.
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Jan 24, 2020 18:25
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That Works posted:Haven't seen much in the way of reliable / real numbers yet but yeah it could be the case. Oh absolutely - the fact that this virus was genome sequenced quite early after identification means that people who'd otherwise be treated as regular-rear end flu patients are being questioned about their travel and then being tested for confirmation which presumably makes the public affairs people more comfortable with reporting each case as it's identified. On one hand, flu kills tens of thousands each year but that's out of tens of millions of cases. This is like what, 40-50 out of less than a thousand? Yes it's dangerous but no it's not sweeping the loving globe like an unstoppable tide of croupy death.
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Jan 24, 2020 18:26
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mlmp08 posted:Was France also one of the many nations that would involuntarily commit people for being gay or “woman’s hysteria” and other similar supposed mental ailments? Cause that could also help explain it. Nah, not that I'm aware, but I'm sure someone with a more thorough french history lesson than me could enlighten us. I mean, early 20th century France doesn't seem like it would be an oppressive place for the time, except those obvious years of occupation. I suspect their looney bins were more full of good old fashioned lead and mercury riddled crazy people, dudes that lived through an earlier war and came back broken, that kind of thing.
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Jan 24, 2020 18:36
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Isn't the problem that the people that voted the Senators in that will acquit trump are still just going to keep voting for them anyways? 2020 isn't 2018. The Senate is very, very up for grabs and Republicans are playing a shitload of defense. There are a sizable amount of Trumpy senators suddenly running in blue/purple states, so it's all ammunition for the Democratic challengers. Ernst (Iowa), Gardner (Colorado), Collins (Maine), McSally (Arizona), Tillis (North Carolina) are all up and you only need 3 + presidency to flip it. Four if Jones is (likely) cooked in Alabama. Gardner's toast. Iowa's pissed about trade war poo poo and went almost completely blue in 2018, McSally looks to be a poo poo candidate, NC is purple-ish, Collins is suddenly unpopular for Kavanaugh and being squishy as gently caress. So, brand them with their acquittal votes as all of the poo poo keeps coming out.
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Jan 24, 2020 18:39
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Nah, not that I'm aware, but I'm sure someone with a more thorough french history lesson than me could enlighten us. *cough* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair *cough*
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Jan 24, 2020 18:43
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facialimpediment posted:2020 isn't 2018. The Senate is very, very up for grabs and Republicans are playing a shitload of defense. There are a sizable amount of Trumpy senators suddenly running in blue/purple states, so it's all ammunition for the Democratic challengers. I'll believe it when I see it. In 2016 you guys elected donald loving truno so don't be surprised I think this.
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Jan 24, 2020 18:45
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FAUXTON posted:Oh absolutely - the fact that this virus was genome sequenced quite early after identification means that people who'd otherwise be treated as regular-rear end flu patients are being questioned about their travel and then being tested for confirmation which presumably makes the public affairs people more comfortable with reporting each case as it's identified. It's not sweeping the loving globe like an unstoppable tide of croupy death yet. Edit: Early 20th century France was a nation owned and operated by white nationalist colonialists just like everywhere else in Europe. By today's standards they were pretty poo poo w/r/t human and civil rights Kawasaki Nun fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Jan 24, 2020 18:47
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I don't remember what podcast I heard it in, probably a Robert Evans one, about when war broke out in France, they emptied the looney hospitals into the streets, and several of them actually got along fine in the chaos, better than expected. It was an episode of It Could Happen Here so you were right about the Robert Evans part
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Jan 24, 2020 18:50
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SimonCat posted:Student loan forgiveness is going to be more divisive than Free College. 
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Jan 24, 2020 19:05
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Rogan's endorsement will only further alienate the Dems like my sister who hate Rogan (and also said 'the squad' was being too liberal after saying we need women of color in politics) who incidentally re-soured on Bernie when they found out they, as a professional making six figures, won't have their grad school debt forgiven So basically gently caress anyone who thinks this can't be used for some good grabbing voters.
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Jan 24, 2020 19:09
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maffew buildings posted:Rogan's endorsement will only further alienate the Dems like my sister who hate Rogan (and also said 'the squad' was being too liberal after saying we need women of color in politics) who incidentally re-soured on Bernie when they found out they, as a professional making six figures, won't have their grad school debt forgiven When did bernie change his plans, I thought all student loan debt was being forgiven, not up to $50k like Warren's.
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Jan 24, 2020 19:33
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Hot Karl Marx posted:I'll believe it when I see it. In 2016 you guys elected donald loving trump so don't be surprised I think this. Very fair! But they've spent every minute since huffing their own farts and not even bothering trying to expand their reach, which led to a 2018 blowout (and a quirk in Senate election scheduling kept that Republican). And they're still huffing those farts. https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1220775900003946496?s=19 By the way, the Rogan poo poo won't matter. The asshead has a big enough audience that anyone Bernie loses will be gained, so it's all a wash.
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Jan 24, 2020 19:38
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hobbesmaster posted:When did bernie change his plans, I thought all student loan debt was being forgiven, not up to $50k like Warren's. He didn't. People like my sister are reactionary FYGM folks looking for any way to feel like they're morally superior while others suffer
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Jan 24, 2020 19:42
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I paid off my student loans in like four years, my wife had none because her parents paid for her in full. So I look forward to my father-in-law complaining about this while telling me I'm stupid because I'm not joining the FYGM club despite having no student loan debt.
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Jan 24, 2020 19:47
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My student loans are about to be wiped clean because I'm now 100% by the VA. You too can erase them, you just have to be disabled for life. Bing bong, so simple.
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Jan 24, 2020 19:55
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lmao https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1220785065648480256?s=19
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Jan 24, 2020 20:08
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That reminds me I need to file for an increase because they decided having panic attacks triggered by DLI flashbacks wasn't a disability the first time I applied
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Jan 24, 2020 20:09
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maffew buildings posted:Rogan's endorsement will only further alienate the Dems like my sister who hate Rogan (and also said 'the squad' was being too liberal after saying we need women of color in politics) who incidentally re-soured on Bernie when they found out they, as a professional making six figures, won't have their grad school debt forgiven I mean gently caress your sister if she wont vote Bernie just because someone she dislikes also supports him.
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Jan 24, 2020 20:28
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She'll vote whoever the Dems put out there, she's one of those folks who tells Californians who vote third party they're wasting their vote if they don't vote Dem because blah blah blah gently caress how democracy actually works. I just threw this story out because there is unfortunately not an insignificant amount of brain geniuses who think this way. They seem to be overwhelmingly young white professionals in my experience. Go figure.
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Jan 24, 2020 20:35
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/23/revealed-the-true-identity-of-the-leader-of-americas-neo-nazi-terror-groupquote:The Guardian has learned the true identity of the leader and founder of the US-based neo-Nazi terror network the Base, which was recently the target of raids by the FBI after an investigation into domestic terrorism uncovered their plans to start a race war. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51236915 quote:The American founder of US-based militant neo-Nazi group The Base is directing the organisation from Russia, a BBC investigation has found.
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Jan 24, 2020 20:37
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That...jesus. That's a lot to process.
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Jan 24, 2020 20:48
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Lol of course US nazis would be a Russian plan.
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Jan 24, 2020 20:50
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MA-Horus posted:*cough* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair *cough* Thank you, that was an interesting read. And my american public school dropout education definitely didn't cover more than Napoleon and the Revolution. Kawasaki Nun posted:Edit: Early 20th century France was a nation owned and operated by white nationalist colonialists just like everywhere else in Europe. By today's standards they were pretty poo poo w/r/t human and civil rights I was thinking more compared to other nations at the time, France was one of the more liberal. Obviously compared to today, it holds no water. Vasudus posted:My student loans are about to be wiped clean because I'm now 100% by the VA. I made the army pay my student loans when I went in with SLRP, but neglected to pay enough attention to the fact that they didn't cover interest. Two years ago the government vacuumed up my tax return and called it good, not one letter or notice or anything since. Still could've really used the tax return that year, but one less problem. I need to stop sitting on my balls and get a VA appointment, see the psychiatrist again, and a GP to get my thyroid checked out. Been having a light bit of tightness in my throat below my adams apple. Throw in constant anger issues and the past year or so of ridiculous metabolism, and that's at least something to check out. loving hate calling and going to the VA though.
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Jan 24, 2020 21:07
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One would think Russians have the most reason of anyone to hate Nazis. Seems weird that there are Nazi groups originating from there.
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Jan 24, 2020 21:10
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Whole lotta white people in Russia. Can't say I'm surprised at all. Also lots of anti-lgbtq and minority hatred. And now Putin is pretty much god-king of Russia, so it won't improve.
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Jan 24, 2020 21:12
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That guy has the dorkiest fuckin aliases. So with these outbreaks like corona, sars, bird or swine flu etc, eventually one of them is gonna be devastating right? Human population can't just continue to increase exponentially, theres gotta be like, a critical mass or something right? One of you smarts explain this to me pls.
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Jan 24, 2020 21:13
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Hekk posted:One would think Russians have the most reason of anyone to hate Nazis. Seems weird that there are Nazi groups originating from there. Unless this guy is on the take. Helps Russia a lot for the USA to have nazi trouble
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Jan 24, 2020 21:16
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That Works posted:Unless this guy is on the take. yeah i mean 'foment discord' is like number 1 in espionage tactics divide and conquer those bitches
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Jan 24, 2020 21:18
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:That guy has the dorkiest fuckin aliases. Millions dying to an outbreak is pretty regular and will inevitably happen again (the 1918 flu and AIDS were both 20th century pandemics). I think the jury is out on whether there could be a pandemic that actually changes the slope of human population growth like the black death. AIDS did that in a bunch of countries, but none with what you would really call a modern medical system.
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Jan 24, 2020 21:19
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Flus are always gonna gently caress us up because they're viruses and more prone to change. They're always going to kill the weak, old and infirm, but sometimes healthy people. Saw something about scientists discovering some viruses in ice somewhere remote that have never been cataloged or identified. Pretty recent, if I find a link I'll put it up.
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Jan 24, 2020 21:23
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Hekk posted:One would think Russians have the most reason of anyone to hate Nazis. Seems weird that there are Nazi groups originating from there. It's not Fascism if Russians do it. https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/16/ivan-ilyin-putins-philosopher-of-russian-fascism/
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Jan 24, 2020 21:36
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Uhhhhhh https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1220806449959489536 Really hoping this is out of context or a hoax or something because if not then 
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Jan 24, 2020 21:38
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Uhhhhhh deleted
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Jan 24, 2020 21:39
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Uhhhhhh Gone already, what was it?
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Jan 24, 2020 21:40
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Uhhhhhh Deleted. Much like my posting speed.
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Jan 24, 2020 21:40
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It was a video of someone walking down a hospital corridor in full PPE and you can see what appear to be several people wrapped in sheets lying on chairs and such. Unclear if they’re dead or not. The fact that it was deleted so quickly suggests maybe it’s a fake or someone reported it for being graphic (it really wasn’t but whatever)
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Jan 24, 2020 21:42
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Uhhhhhh Whatever it was, it's gone
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Jan 24, 2020 21:42
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