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Both of my older brothers gave me book recommendations going up. One told me to read the Startide Rising and the other Altus Shrugged. I was like 12 at the time. Luckily I read a cool sci-fi story about geneticist engineered chimps and dolphins at that age instead of getting red pilled. Guess which brother voted for Bernie and which is MAGA all the way?
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Milo and POTUS posted:Just read illuminatus trilogy instead If you dont see the FNORD the FNORD can't hurt you.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Just read illuminatus trilogy instead This is the right answer.
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This is going to be a weird year. https://twitter.com/ronbrownstein/status/1349892898133667844?s=21 I’m sure there is no way they support the minimum wage parts or paid leave. But at first glance that tweet will make you do a spit take. Ah here we go. quote:We look forward to working with the new administration and Congress on the details and in ensuring that any additional economic assistance is timely, targeted, and temporary.” https://www.uschamber.com/press-release/us-chamber-welcomes-president-elect-biden-s-american-rescue-plan I mean still more positive then I was remotely expecting. Marshal Prolapse fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Jan 15, 2021 |
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Jan 15, 2021 02:48
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MazelTovCocktail posted:I mean still more positive then I was remotely expecting. Nobody's really seen a competent, coordinated policy rollout for about four years. Donnie never really put in the work or gave a flying gently caress. Democrats never really had one person calling the shot, though maybe that was Pelosi. So, you get the Chamber, and: https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1349880150041780227 https://twitter.com/conorsen/status/1349887805976154115
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https://twitter.com/AbbieRBennett/status/1349765918277197826?s=20 Do you though?
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"including increasing $600 payments to $2000" So it sounds like they are indeed going to do $1400 checks. I don't think a single Dem was saying "$1400 checks" before today and GA wad won on promising 2k checks. This will be perceived as being a promise.
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Jan 15, 2021 03:20
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Someone in france spread half a million dollars of bitcoin across two dozen US extremist groups at the same time on dec. 8 https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-la...-181954668.html
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Best Friends posted:"including increasing $600 payments to $2000"
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Nessus posted:It was always presented as 600 vs. 2000? So they're going to increase the 600 to 2000, and I assume if you already got a 600, you get an additional 1400. You could probably launch a pundit career on this one though. Yeah I mean that was in the house bills from the moment Trump sent out his tweet.
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Nessus posted:It was always presented as 600 vs. 2000? So they're going to increase the 600 to 2000, and I assume if you already got a 600, you get an additional 1400. You could probably launch a pundit career on this one though. For whatever it's worth, I was under the impression it was always going to be an increase to 2k, not fresh 2k checks. I hope it can get thru without any shenanigans from anyone.
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shame on an IGA posted:Someone in france spread half a million dollars of bitcoin across two dozen US extremist groups at the same time on dec. 8 Not gonna be shocked if that tracks back to a foreign government.
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Nessus posted:It was always presented as 600 vs. 2000? So they're going to increase the 600 to 2000, and I assume if you already got a 600, you get an additional 1400. You could probably launch a pundit career on this one though. I think very few people heard "$2k checks" as "$1400 checks" and I think it's absurd to pretend it's spinning to say that. I would love to see a quote from a single dem before today explicitly saying "we will send you a $1400 check" This is going to disappoint a lot of people and look like breaking a promise to a lot of people.
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Best Friends posted:I think very few people heard "$2k checks" as "$1400 checks" and I think it's absurd to pretend it's spinning to say that. I would love to see a quote from a single dem before today explicitly saying "we will send you a $1400 check" It's definitely this.
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I think we’re all being a little pedantic. Everyone heard stimulus checks were going out. The initial number settled upon was $600. Then Trump was like “Make it $2000!” And the Dems said “OK let’s go!” Mitch said no so only the $600 went out. The GA Dems said “I’m all for $2000.” If $1400 checks go out next month, I don’t think anyone will hold anyone as breaking any promise.
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Thwomp posted:I think we’re all being a little pedantic. I.... you do know how loving stupid people are, right? And that there's an entire spin machine primed up?
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Thwomp posted:I think we’re all being a little pedantic. Then you're not paying attention.  https://twitter.com/SocialistAaron/status/1349885978488549380?s=19 
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Shameful admission: I actually read The Fountainhead on a 2003 deployment because it was one of like three books in the MWR hooch
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Thwomp posted:I think we’re all being a little pedantic. Yeah I was never under the impression anybody was pushing for an additional $2000 instead of $1400. I read the proposed bill, though. I wouldn’t turn it down. It’ll just be a nice surprise.
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Fallom posted:Yeah I was never under the impression anybody was pushing for an additional $2000 instead of $1400. I read the proposed bill, though.
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Nessus posted:Maybe we can ask Trump if he'd make it $2600? too bad he is permabanned from
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600 in december followed by 1400 in february is a longer stretch than the average person's attention span. I think there will be some grumbling but I don't expect a lot of pushback outside of Sean Hannity whining about the dumbdumb democrats lying what with their facts and logic.
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Godholio posted:
It will also include the perceived cash value of a "15% off Olive Garden with purchase of two entree's" coupon As Nero Danced posted:600 in december followed by 1400 in february is a longer stretch than the average person's attention span. I think there will be some grumbling but I don't expect a lot of pushback outside of Sean Hannity whining about the dumbdumb democrats lying what with their facts and logic. What do you think constitutes "pushback"? yea no one is gonna turn down an extra 1400$ and the main stream media apparatus isn't gonna say anything about it, but presidential and congressional campaigns have been sunk for far stupider reasons than being perceived as "untrustworthy" Defenestrategy fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Jan 15, 2021 |
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https://twitter.com/glubold/status/1349875610324246533?s=20 I realize things might have changed from the late-00s but it was my understanding that Israel didn't want to be in the "Arab command" that was CENTCOM compared to EUCOM where good European Jews came from
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Sacrist65 posted:I tried, but I still dont GET what gamergate was about. I think it started with a "games journalist's" girlfriend's bad game getting a good review and that spawned the alt right? 
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/glubold/status/1349875610324246533?s=20 I don’t really get why that’s so hard to undo; it’s as easy to change in one direction as it is in the other. “Hey all that poo poo you guys have been doing for the last five days? Pitch it and go back to last year’s stuff.” Or make it new again if they irretrievably destroyed everything that was there before; they’re only wasting a week.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the people at the Pentagon have learned how to slow-walk things by the time they got to that level. "MAJ Dickless, I need you to get with all the shops and get me a report by the end of next week on the second and third-order effects of this move."
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Defenestrategy posted:What do you think constitutes "pushback"? yea no one is gonna turn down an extra 1400$ and the main stream media apparatus isn't gonna say anything about it, but presidential and congressional campaigns have been sunk for far stupider reasons than being perceived as "untrustworthy" https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1349864653380268032 At least with Democrats controlling the floor (nominally), some of this poo poo can get piecemealed or thrown into a reconciliation bill, rather than bottled up because Republicans Senators don't even want to take the vote.
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Dude obviously sang like the Red Army Chorus immediately and he's already facing state charges IIRC.
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Hopefully they realize that with as bad as Covid is getting there's really no downside to going overboard with the response so long as it finally winds the pandemic down. If they try to do the minimum and end up failing to "get us back to normal" then no one is going to remember/care how badly Trump hosed up the initial response when they're in the poll booth in 22/24.
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Time Crisis Actor posted:Hey, whatever happened to Jacob Wohl? Senpai never noticed him.
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Time Crisis Actor posted:Hey, whatever happened to Jacob Wohl? He's been banned from pretty much every major social network. Also, he got caught running fraudulent robocall campaigns to intimidate voters during the 2020 election season, and has been indicted on felony charges in both Ohio and Michigan. Barring a last-minute pardon, that's probably going to put him away for five to ten. (That's in addition to the felony securities fraud charges from 2019 that he's also awaiting trial for.)
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German Federal government is seriously discussing (i.e. government statements have already been issued, which generally happens as an early-warning) shutting down public transportation and long-distance travel for individual states with high infection rates. Considering how hard everyone loves to nibble on the big ol' economy-Schwanz, that's actually a huge indicator of how shitlessly-scared our politicians are of the two new mutations that have found their way to Germany now. Speaking of new mutations, what's the US policy for incoming travelers? Mandatory tests are already happening, I assume, but are people tested for the UK/RSA-strain already? Because over here, only 0,5% of all administered tests check for the new mutations, and the extrapolated infection rate is pretty alarming.
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facialimpediment posted:https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1349864653380268032 Think the first priority is to just get money out and into peoples hands instead of sitting around arguing with Republicans. Its not 2k but it will get out and help. It looked like there was also a lot of other aid in that bill that would help as well I hope. If they catch poo poo for this I'm fine with it because they are trying to do the right thing and support the bottom. This is still doing exactly what they said they would do, the 1400 was tacked on to the last bill to total 2k. They have brought that 1400 and added in a bunch more. What exactly are people prioritizing, just taking a very superficial and literal interpretation of their call for 2k or passing a bill that tops up the total from the last month to 2k, adding in a bunch of other support and hopefully getting the support required to pass it? Of course it should be larger but I think holding out for more will do more damage then just getting this support out.
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