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Veterans and Gold Star family members get free lifetime access to the National Parks starting on Veteran's Day. https://www.npr.org/2020/11/09/933277526/veterans-and-gold-star-families-granted-lifetime-passes-to-national-parks
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^Thats cool as hell. In other news https://twitter.com/ktbenner/status/1325987873330487297?s=21 Ooooffff https://twitter.com/rschooley/status/1325977599386939392?s=21
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Nov 10, 2020 03:39
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A Bad Poster posted:Can't say none because there's probably one crazy rear end in a top hat out there who did some intentional voter fraud. They will find that one guy and then scream forever about what the other side is hiding. I am sure that there was a few random people that did something stupid. It happened in the 2016 election when some people tried to vote twice for trump. And in fact when trump was running around doing rallies before this election he was telling people to vote twice to make sure they were counted. that however is not actual evidence that anything happened this election
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Nov 10, 2020 03:59
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Notahippie posted:If you're a career federal prosecutor, the question is do you lie for Trump? There isn't any real evidence out there about fraud, so it's going to come down to straight fabrication or weaksauce cases. I have a hard time seeing many feds going for it... but it might not take more than one. I was going to guess it would come down to loyal trumpists but then, so we're going from there. Also John Oliver has his election episode up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyC855KdBKo
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Nov 10, 2020 04:05
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Mustang posted:Veterans and Gold Star family members get free lifetime access to the National Parks starting on Veteran's Day. owns. i used the gently caress out of the free annual passes while on active duty. the national parks, forests, and monuments are some of the best parts of this country.
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Nov 10, 2020 04:10
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I gotta say I didn't expect Russia to completely abandon Armenia https://mobile.twitter.com/b_judah/status/1325987410719739906?p=v https://mobile.twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1325971542757535746 https://mobile.twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1325979692919304192
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Nov 10, 2020 04:13
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That all seems like terribly bad news.
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Nov 10, 2020 04:25
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I already have my lifetime national parks pass. It's already a thing. I just had to apply for it. The va's been spamming my email with all sorts of stuff lately too.
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Nov 10, 2020 04:40
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https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1326002865987485696?s=20 edit: reminder that the last storm in 2005 formed on December 30th. 
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Nov 10, 2020 04:48
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Grip it and rip it posted:That all seems like terribly bad news. That's because it is. At this rate we'll see another armenian genocide by xmas
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Nov 10, 2020 04:54
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Porfiriato posted:https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1326002865987485696?s=20 What happens when we run the Greek alphabet out?
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bird cooch posted:I already have my lifetime national parks pass. It's already a thing. I just had to apply for it. This expands it from vets with X% disability to anyone with an honorable.
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Nov 10, 2020 05:26
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Eej posted:I gotta say I didn't expect Russia to completely abandon Armenia Best as I can tell, Russia brokered a deal, the state said yes, the military said no, and I think Russia is trying to figure out who is Armenia right now--the military that disagrees with them or the fragile state that might not be there tomorrow. I'd guess Russia is deciding whether they have to invade Armenia to restore order and they may not have been planning on expanding that way quite yet since they're still occupied west and north.
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Nov 10, 2020 05:32
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Godholio posted:This expands it from vets with X% disability to anyone with an honorable. Well that's neat.
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Nov 10, 2020 06:44
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piL posted:Best as I can tell, Russia brokered a deal, the state said yes, the military said no, and I think Russia is trying to figure out who is Armenia right now--the military that disagrees with them or the fragile state that might not be there tomorrow. I figured that Russia would have wanted to be invited into Armenia, not have to invade it. Also this conflict is strange- not usually in the hobby of cheering on Russian vassal states in waiting, but at the same time gently caress Turkey and I’d love to see them come away with a bloody nose.
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Nov 10, 2020 06:51
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Midjack posted:What happens when we run the Greek alphabet out? The storms overflow and begin overwriting next season’s names. When next season starts and they try to use a name that’s been written with this season’s data the whole simulation crashes. We get rebooted back to the Election Day and the loop keeps going, indefinitely, until they can figure out a fix
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Nov 10, 2020 12:20
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Fart Sandwiches posted:The storms overflow and begin overwriting next season’s names. When next season starts and they try to use a name that’s been written with this season’s data the whole simulation crashes. Earth 2 now with stack canaries.
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Nov 10, 2020 13:38
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Help me out here. Surely the more self aware people in the GOP leadership must know that the last few months of civil unrest following George Floyd's murder are going to pale in comparison to what would happen in the event that they really try to stop the Electoral college from doing its thing, right? Minnesota burned down a police station, over the actions of a handful of cops and the failure of the MPD to deal with systemic racism and ultimately home someone account for a murder - if a state legislature tried to gently caress with the result of the election, wouldn't people just burn the loving state house and governers mansion down?
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Nov 10, 2020 15:11
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Happy birthday to the marines in the thread and may you have all the crayons you can eat.
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Don Dongington posted:Help me out here. Surely the more self aware people in the GOP leadership must know that the last few months of civil unrest following George Floyd's murder are going to pale in comparison to what would happen in the event that they really try to stop the Electoral college from doing its thing, right? I think the gop crossed tHe malicious part of the stupid-malicious paradigm a long time ago.
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Nov 10, 2020 15:30
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oh, no way, what, you're kidding, naaaaw https://twitter.com/IGD_News/status...ingawful.com%2F
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Nov 10, 2020 16:27
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It's hard to tell who among the GOP is simply cynically indulging Trump for political gain with his base and who earnestly believes the election is being stolen. But both of these are complicit in a profound blow to America's democratic legitimacy and are drastically increasing the likelihood of domestic terrorism. Best scenario: Biden takes office with millions of Americans believing he actively stole the election and subverted American democracy. Worst scenario: GOP puts their money where their mouth is and take unprecedented steps to keep Trump in the White House. This is a time when the "party elders" coming forward in support of the transition would really help, but, at this point, it truly is the party of Trumpism and someone like Dubya publicly calling on the president to concede would get ignored or laughed at.
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Nov 10, 2020 16:27
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Cugel the Clever posted:It's hard to tell who among the GOP is simply cynically indulging Trump for political gain with his base and who earnestly believes the election is being stolen. Oh, that's easy. Who is rich and who is poor? The rest is easy to figure out.
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Nov 10, 2020 16:30
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https://twitter.com/AliceOllstein/status/1326179698246905857?s=20 SC arguments going on regarding the ACA
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Nov 10, 2020 16:38
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Cugel the Clever posted:It's hard to tell who among the GOP is simply cynically indulging Trump for political gain with his base and who earnestly believes the election is being stolen. But both of these are complicit in a profound blow to America's democratic legitimacy and are drastically increasing the likelihood of domestic terrorism. I've been thinking about it, and I really wonder if Trump is going to split the party since he has so many true believers, but the party can see his poison
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Nov 10, 2020 16:41
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RFC2324 posted:I've been thinking about it, and I really wonder if Trump is going to split the party since he has so many true believers, but the party can see his poison Maybe during non-election years but most of them will fall in line come election season. GOP voters seem pretty united against the Democrats, which is their biggest and most important party platform.
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Nov 10, 2020 16:43
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Woofer posted:Maybe during non-election years but most of them will fall in line come election season. Aside from the never-Trumpers, republicans are much better at setting aside their differences and coming together when they have a common enemy. I remember a trans youtuber saying that when she said something against the grain of the progressive audience, they were quick to turn on her. But conservatives embraced her and welcomed her to "their side." Ironic that they hate anyone not like them, but they're willing to work with anyone if it helps them get what they want.
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Cugel the Clever posted:It's hard to tell who among the GOP is simply cynically indulging Trump for political gain with his base and who earnestly believes the election is being stolen. But both of these are complicit in a profound blow to America's democratic legitimacy and are drastically increasing the likelihood of domestic terrorism. Dubya actually called and sent a letter congratulating Biden on his victory so, I mean it's not nothing As Nero Danced posted:Aside from the never-Trumpers, republicans are much better at setting aside their differences and coming together when they have a common enemy. the left eating itself isn't a new thing, and if you've been at this for a while you will see that it is one of the most frustrating points. The Republican party has such a narrow focus group that they don't have to worry about all of the big tent politics the Democratic party does. The Democratic party encompasses the entire scope of people who are "not Republicans" from Machin to AOC. The tea party style circular firing squad tricks seem to simply not work. You can't refine it down to a sharper point through compaction cycles because the membership is too disparate. You just find yourself outside of the tent and outside of power. That's why there's no Democratic version of Fox news or Rush Limbaugh etc etc. At least that's my thoughts on it. bird cooch fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Nov 10, 2020 |
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Looking like the ACA will be fine - Kavanaugh and Roberts at a minimum voting with the liberals. Individual mandate will be dead and severed from the rest and nobody will miss it  https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1326193829381353474?s=19
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Wasn't the mandate a huge deal that is required for the ACA to actually work? I know it was pushed as such back when we were trying to pass it
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RFC2324 posted:Wasn't the mandate a huge deal that is required for the ACA to actually work? I know it was pushed as such back when we were trying to pass it IIRC, the mandate was a big deal back when it was a penalty for not having insurance, as it basically guaranteed people would rather pick up health insurance rather than take the penalty which would expand the people in the ACA market place. Then it got reduced to 0$ so it didn't matter anymore.
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RFC2324 posted:Wasn't the mandate a huge deal that is required for the ACA to actually work? I know it was pushed as such back when we were trying to pass it They did but the argument is that the 2017 congress disagreed. They reduced the mandate to zero but left the rest of the law intact when they could have abolished or reformed the whole thing.
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RFC2324 posted:Wasn't the mandate a huge deal that is required for the ACA to actually work? I know it was pushed as such back when we were trying to pass it It was, but after the Republicans killed it, it hasn't had the effects the architects feared.
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RFC2324 posted:Wasn't the mandate a huge deal that is required for the ACA to actually work? I know it was pushed as such back when we were trying to pass it (joining the flood, woops) Best description I've seen so far: the ACA needs people to buy into the exchanges it to make it function. Because everyone had Obamaliberal brain, they designed it to have carrots (subsidies) and sticks (individual mandate to buy insurance). In 2017, the Republican Congress set the individual mandate to $0, effectively eliminating it. The net effect on the ACA was nothing - people still kept signing up (though it's still too expensive). So the ACA's subsidy carrots let the exchanges work and get enough people. The sticks as part of the mandate turned out to not be needed, or at least aren't needed anymore.
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Nov 10, 2020 17:28
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Thanks for the flood of clarification!🥰
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Defenestrategy posted:IIRC, the mandate was a big deal back when it was a penalty for not having insurance, as it basically guaranteed people would rather pick up health insurance rather than take the penalty which would expand the people in the ACA market place. And in a lot of places the penalty was peanuts next to a very expensive but still very bad healthcare plan so gambling and paying a penalty made a lot of sense to young healthy people.
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https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1326226043246694402?s=20 cool, cool cool cool cool edit: nevermind, video doesn't make it look as bad. more like a joke. https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1326230254432776192?s=20 pmchem fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Nov 10, 2020 |
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Nov 10, 2020 19:23
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pmchem posted:https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1326226043246694402?s=20 still a pretty loving bad joke all things considered
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pmchem posted:https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1326226043246694402?s=20 gently caress Pompey anyway.
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