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Coasterphreak posted:It's putting ICP in charge of the magnets. Well, I have a new favorite analogy.
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Dec 16, 2020 04:55
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I'm sure this isn't going to go over well, but I don't even think Pete is gay. I think absolutely every single thing about him is fake for an expected reaction and effect on his goals. I think that dude is just straight sociopathic, and not a single thing about him is real. There is something about the vibe, or his eyes, or something that trips a flare in deep in my primate brain. Like Trump was a buffoon; this dude has by all accounts built his entire life towards a goal of as much power as he can get. In my life it seems that those who wanted/sought/needed power or control were the absolute last people who should be given the position. Anyone who doesn't look at those sort of positions with fear or respect, who doesn't understand that it should be a burden, should never be given a position of authority higher that Shift Lead Fry Cook. Then again, am an old Grunt who got retired at E4. What the gently caress do I know. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Dec 16, 2020 04:58
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bulletsponge13 posted:I'm sure this isn't going to go over well, but I don't even think Pete is gay. That would be an extremely long con if so.
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Dec 16, 2020 04:59
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Eh, just because he's a sociopathic rat doesn't mean he isn't into dudes.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:06
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bulletsponge13 posted:I'm sure this isn't going to go over well, but I don't even think Pete is gay. I think absolutely every single thing about him is fake for an expected reaction and effect on his goals. I think that dude is just straight sociopathic, and not a single thing about him is real. I think you are being a little too cynical and might want to work to dial it back. Pete definitely works to his self interest but my impression is that he has morals and is intelligent, a far cry from Trump. I also don't think he's after power for powers sake or to grift, probably something like fame or his own sense of self importance at worst. He's far from a progressive savant but I'll take milquetoast after the past 4 years. Edit: Its 2020, if you haven't had a little dick at this point it just means you haven't come out of the closet yet. Theres no real difference between a gay or straight person.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:11
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bulletsponge13 posted:I'm sure this isn't going to go over well, but I don't even think Pete is gay. I think absolutely every single thing about him is fake for an expected reaction and effect on his goals. I think that dude is just straight sociopathic, and not a single thing about him is real. Jesus, dude.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:13
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I don't think he fakes being gay. I think he uses it for attention sometimes, like any time an article or piece was done about him being a gay navy officer lite. But that's politics, and voting for a non-sociopath just means the next nut elected will be worse than the previous sociopath. See: Carter. Carter being the sanity between Ford and Reagan.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:23
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Kazinsal posted:Eh, just because he's a sociopathic rat doesn't mean he isn't into dudes.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:24
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bulletsponge13 posted:Mayor Pete is apparently the new Sec of Transportation. He’s going to turn off all the traffic lights to demonstrate we don’t need them to guide us.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:28
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Kazinsal posted:Eh, just because he's a sociopathic rat doesn't mean he isn't into dudes. Now I'm imagining Pete as Agent Smecker from Boondock Saints. Only without Dafoe's gravitas.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:35
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Being gay does not preclude being a lovely sociopath. Log Cabin Republicans are a thing after all.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:37
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CommieGIR posted:Being gay does not preclude being a lovely sociopath. Or literal vampire Peter Thiel.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:41
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bulletsponge13 posted:I'm sure this isn't going to go over well, but I don't even think Pete is gay. I think absolutely every single thing about him is fake for an expected reaction and effect on his goals. I think that dude is just straight sociopathic, and not a single thing about him is real. Agreed, except i think he's actually gay
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Dec 16, 2020 05:55
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Pete Buttigieg isn’t above creating a fake persona for political gain. It‘s just that “be gay” isn’t a shortcut to political office in America in 2015.
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Dec 16, 2020 05:58
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I don't think he fakes being gay. I think he uses it for attention sometimes, like any time an article or piece was done about him being a gay navy officer lite. But that's politics, and voting for a non-sociopath just means the next nut elected will be worse than the previous sociopath. See: Carter. How did Ford lack sanity? Not one of the greats but wouldn’t call him a lunatic.
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Dec 16, 2020 06:02
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More that Ford took over for Nixon, then peanut farmer wanders on the scene and was torpedoed by Reagan. Ford doesn't really deserve to be called a sociopath, but he definitely pardoned one.
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Dec 16, 2020 06:06
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Pardoning Nixon is one of the most damaging acts of any president since Buchanan.
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Dec 16, 2020 06:06
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Pardoning Nixon definitely cost Ford a return trip.
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Dec 16, 2020 06:09
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I don't think he values other human beings as a general rule. It's less about being gay, and more about him calculating what persona and image gains him the most. It's not a 2020 thing. It's that everything about him screams out to me that he is a tin pot wannabe just as much as Trump, but actually capable of not stepping on his own dick.
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Dec 16, 2020 06:23
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Isn't Mayo Pete married and all? Thought I remembered think pieces about having a First Husband.
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Dec 16, 2020 07:25
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bulletsponge13 posted:I'm sure this isn't going to go over well lemme stop you right there. being a lovely person has nothing to do with who you like to gently caress. you need to sever that line of thought from the rest of your impression of him. and people in general.
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Dec 16, 2020 08:22
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I think I poorly phrased it, and knew it would be difficult to phrase, but I'm not sure where you misunderstood. I don't care who you gently caress. No where did I equate gay with anything. I don't think he has any sexual preference. I honestly believe that every aspect of that dude is cultivated towards his goal. That's the impression I get from him. Like it or don't.
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Dec 16, 2020 08:43
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the implication in your statement is that his stated sexual preference is a choice, and not something innate to his person. people disbelieving someone's stated sexual preference has a very fraught history and continues to impact communities today -- a big example being conversion therapy programs. nothing good comes out of that thought process. it just reinforces bad stereotypes.
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Dec 16, 2020 10:24
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I don't even believe Mayor Pete exists!
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Dec 16, 2020 11:18
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I think he may be a jar of mayonnaise, not sure what brand though.
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Dec 16, 2020 11:21
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orange juche posted:I think he may be a jar of mayonnaise, not sure what brand though. great value
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Dec 16, 2020 11:22
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If Pete was calculating to that extent it would have been easier to be a Republican
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Dec 16, 2020 11:37
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Kazinsal posted:great value 
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Dec 16, 2020 11:51
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facialimpediment posted:CURSE THIS drat MONKEY'S PAW This feels like the spoils system all over again. Cabinet picks based on how loyal or likeable they are to Biden and/or the party. I was afraid of this, but I had high hopes of Biden's picks having a....civil service-minded bent to them.
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Dec 16, 2020 12:04
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90s Solo Cup posted:high hopes giggity
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Dec 16, 2020 12:05
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90s Solo Cup posted:This feels like the spoils system all over again. Cabinet picks based on how loyal or likeable they are to Biden and/or the party. I was afraid of this, but I had high hopes of Biden's picks having a....civil service-minded bent to them. That's how it's always been. To tie back to the Carter mentions, in hindsight one of his biggest missteps was filling most of the key inner circle White House positions with folks he brought along from his days a Georgia Governor, none of whom had any experience with how to work with Congress to accomplish policy goals. The friction between the Democratic Congress and the 'Georgia Mafia' ended up costing Carter a lot of his early legislative agenda and is probably one of the big reasons he ended up being a one-termer.
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Dec 16, 2020 13:33
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We really should rename the Department of Energy to the Department of Thermonuclear Weaponry so people stop getting confused about what it actually does.
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Dec 16, 2020 13:43
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Soylent Pudding posted:We really should rename the Department of Energy to the Department of Thermonuclear Weaponry so people stop getting confused about what it actually does. I have long held that the Department of Defense should be restored to the Department of War. The left would appreciate it because it’s honest. The right would appreciate it because they think that war is badass.
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Dec 16, 2020 13:47
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Soylent Pudding posted:We really should rename the Department of Energy to the Department of Thermonuclear Weaponry so people stop getting confused about what it actually does. Same with the department of Defense. Not being ironic either.
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Dec 16, 2020 13:47
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90s Solo Cup posted:This feels like the spoils system all over again. Cabinet picks based on how loyal or likeable they are to Biden and/or the party. I was afraid of this, but I had high hopes of Biden's picks having a....civil service-minded bent to them. There's absolutely a lot of "hey, this job needs a person and this person needs a job" kind of thing, but I'm still keeping an open mind about all of it. In Donnieworld, the cabinet secretaries seem to micromanage and top-down dictate the dumb bullshit to the smart people. I don't think that's going to be a huge problem with Biden's picks, as these people likely know what they don't know and will instead empower the smart people to act and let the picks do the PR. An unknown factor is how completely wrecked each of these agencies is. Put an egghead, expert-in-field type in charge of the wreckage of one of these agencies and it seems unlikely to go well. At least the politicians with former government experience know what a functional government process is *supposed* to look like before Donnie's people filled the room with poo poo. Also, trust is underrated too. Donnie's people spun their wheels a lot when they would spend weeks/months on a thing only for Donnie to randomly reverse it because of something on his teevee.
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Dec 16, 2020 13:53
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Soylent Pudding posted:We really should rename the Department of Energy to the Department of Thermonuclear Weaponry so people stop getting confused about what it actually does. It used to be the nuclear regulatory commission.
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Dec 16, 2020 14:17
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I have an extremely hard time believing Mayor Pete would fake being gay in order to get elected to office in the same state that elected Governor Mike Pence
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Dec 16, 2020 14:21
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Stultus Maximus posted:It used to be the nuclear regulatory commission. NRC still exists and overseas the civilian nuclear industry. The Atomic Energy Commission was split into NRC and Energy Research and Development Administration. ERDA got the national labs and military issues. Three years later, ERDA merged with the Federal Energy Administration, itself created in 1974, to form the DoE we know today. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Dec 16, 2020 |
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Dec 16, 2020 14:26
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Stultus Maximus posted:It used to be the nuclear regulatory commission. It used to be the Federal Power Commission too. It's not only nuke poo poo.
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Dec 16, 2020 14:32
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I like Jen O'Malley Dillon. https://twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1339211729394409477?s=19 And looks like we're getting some money, but cut down. https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1339200703429021708?s=19
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