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Low Desert Punk: Jul 4, 2012; i have absolutely no fucking money

theflyingexecutive posted:

this one is mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOEgAoxiOQ0

"self-described father"

# ? Feb 25, 2021 13:26

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# ? May 25, 2024 05:25

V. Illych L.: Apr 11, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

LastInLine posted:

Yeah I should've but I made the reply then went back and read the rest of the thread

I didn't say ambulance chasing was necessarily bad. In a world literally no automotive passenger safety standards or regulations it was obviously necessary. It's difficult imagine stuff like reverse lights, seat belts, and passenger side door mirrors being optional with a near-zero take rate (especially on cheaper cars like the Corvair).

On the other hand, Unsafe at Any Speed was definitely a hit piece that cherry-picked evidence in its favor while ignoring the rest. The Corvair wasn't appreciably more deadly than any other car of the era assuming the driver could drive and knew what oversteer was. The only reason to pick it over any other car at the time was because it was highly visible and GM had the most money to go after. The book was sensationalist and factually shaky to promote his career, GM just guessed wrongly when they supposed that he wasn't in it for altruistic reasons which, in retrospect, seems to have been the case.

Also LOL didn't Bernie say he "didn't want to be the next Nader" as his reason for backstabbing the left?

so, like, the book was an effective campaigning tool which ended up doing exactly what it was supposed to without actually saying anything that wasn't true?

# ? Feb 25, 2021 13:50

moist turtleneck: Jul 17, 2003; Represent.; Dinosaur Gum

# ? Feb 25, 2021 13:58

El_Elegante: Jul 3, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Biscuit Hider

LastInLine posted:

Yeah I should've but I made the reply then went back and read the rest of the thread

I didn't say ambulance chasing was necessarily bad. In a world literally no automotive passenger safety standards or regulations it was obviously necessary. It's difficult imagine stuff like reverse lights, seat belts, and passenger side door mirrors being optional with a near-zero take rate (especially on cheaper cars like the Corvair).

On the other hand, Unsafe at Any Speed was definitely a hit piece that cherry-picked evidence in its favor while ignoring the rest. The Corvair wasn't appreciably more deadly than any other car of the era assuming the driver could drive and knew what oversteer was. The only reason to pick it over any other car at the time was because it was highly visible and GM had the most money to go after. The book was sensationalist and factually shaky to promote his career, GM just guessed wrongly when they supposed that he wasn't in it for altruistic reasons which, in retrospect, seems to have been the case.

Also LOL didn't Bernie say he "didn't want to be the next Nader" as his reason for backstabbing the left?

�I�m not saying ambulance chasers are bad, but let me tell you about the bad things this particular ambulance chaser did�

# ? Feb 25, 2021 16:07

indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

yeah you can�t really use a term like �ambulance chaser� and try to walk that back while simultaneously plowing forward

# ? Feb 25, 2021 17:30

paul_soccer12: Jan 5, 2020; by Fluffdaddy

there was a post on reddit last year with like half a million upvotes that was an amateur video of a commuter train going by somewhere in china and the description claimed it was a communist uighur rape train and if you listen really closely you can hear women inside screaming. i have no idea what they were basing this off of because you couldn't hear anything but train noises and it just looked like an elevated rail going around a city

like 75% of all the all time top posts on reddit are anti chinese propaganda

# ? Feb 25, 2021 18:47

Echo Chamber: Oct 16, 2008; best username/post combo

Lyndon LaRouche enthusiastically backed Martin O'Malley for president.

# ? Feb 25, 2021 20:03

indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

paul_soccer12 posted:

there was a post on reddit last year with like half a million upvotes that was an amateur video of a commuter train going by somewhere in china and the description claimed it was a communist uighur rape train and if you listen really closely you can hear women inside screaming.

I like that they�ve moved on to cartoonishly hyperbolic accusations

# ? Feb 25, 2021 20:24

Mokelumne Trekka: Nov 22, 2015; Soon.

paul_soccer12 posted:

https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250

The Iowa caucus meltdown last year was a real crack-ping for me

that includes the aftermath too, because the narrative was "we will learn our lesson from this and do away with caucuses" and I'm guessing no, there are no plans for that to happen

# ? Feb 25, 2021 21:32

Zerg Mans: Oct 19, 2006

paul_soccer12 posted:

https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250

control of the entire VA general assembly was decided by a coin flip a few years ago

# ? Feb 25, 2021 21:43

paul_soccer12: Jan 5, 2020; by Fluffdaddy

if you are a fan of the 2020 primary, you may enjoy the 2016 primary!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swm3l19knc

# ? Feb 25, 2021 21:46

DR FRASIER KRANG: Feb 4, 2005; "Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

paul_soccer12 posted:

if you are a fan of the 2020 primary, you may enjoy the 2016 primary!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swm3l19knc

I'm the lady aimlessly walking by with a glass of red wine

also: lol yt recommended a Matt Foley video after this one.

# ? Feb 25, 2021 21:55

Low Desert Punk: Jul 4, 2012; i have absolutely no fucking money

John Edwards' $1,250 haircuts

# ? Feb 25, 2021 22:00

Echo Chamber: Oct 16, 2008; best username/post combo

Low Desert Punk posted:

John Edwards' $1,250 haircuts

If you live in Raleigh and need a lawyer...
https://www.edwardskirby.com/

# ? Feb 25, 2021 22:36

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD: Jul 7, 2012

Echo Chamber posted:

If you live in Raleigh and need a lawyer...
https://www.edwardskirby.com/

Bahahahahah

# ? Feb 25, 2021 22:39

uber_stoat: Jan 21, 2001; Pillbug

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:

Bahahahahah

once stood within striking distance of the Presidency of the USA, now is a personal injury lawyer. this is some better call saul poo poo.

# ? Feb 25, 2021 23:07

Echo Chamber: Oct 16, 2008; best username/post combo

uber_stoat posted:

once stood within striking distance of the Presidency of the USA, now is a personal injury lawyer. this is some better call saul poo poo.

In all fairness he's probably doing more good helping clients get their money while collecting big attorney fees than the elder statesman/Netflix/lecture circuit grift that the Obamas and Clintons are doing.

# ? Feb 25, 2021 23:11

Laterite: Mar 14, 2007; It's Gutfest '89; Grimey Drawer

dipped his wick in some true strange and then doubled down on it, gotta respect the sheer hubris & temerity there

# ? Feb 25, 2021 23:46

Private Cumshoe: Feb 15, 2019; AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH

uber_stoat posted:

once stood within striking distance of the Presidency of the USA, now is a personal injury lawyer. this is some better call saul poo poo.

His background even at the time as senator was always presented as "trial lawyer."

Code word for manipulative slimeball, which he of course was, but yeah that guy getting dunked on for using the term ambulance chaser doesn't seem to get what the term is used for

# ? Feb 25, 2021 23:51

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Low Desert Punk posted:

John Edwards' $1,250 haircuts

john edwards has an enormous hog

# ? Feb 26, 2021 00:13

Kitfox88: Aug 21, 2007; Anybody lose their glasses?

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

john edwards has an enormous hog

he farms too?

# ? Feb 26, 2021 01:16

christmas boots: Oct 15, 2012; To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out; Biscuit Hider

Jamon Edwards

# ? Feb 26, 2021 01:21

MikeCrotch: Nov 5, 2011; I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

john edwards has an enormous hog

John Edwards
LBJ
Fidel Castro

Who are the presidents or near presidents with tiny dicks

# ? Feb 26, 2021 01:29

Spergin Morlock: Aug 8, 2009; Can't post for 4 hours!

MikeCrotch posted:

John Edwards
LBJ
Fidel Castro

Who are the presidents or near presidents with tiny dicks

trumps was described to be like a toadstool with yeti pubes

# ? Feb 26, 2021 01:32

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

MikeCrotch posted:

John Edwards
LBJ
Fidel Castro

Who are the presidents or near presidents with tiny dicks

james madison was our shortest president so he probably wasn't packin heat

whereas i feel bad for mary todd lincoln for having to withstand her husband's enormous marfan'd up rod

# ? Feb 26, 2021 01:36

Grandpa Palpatine: Dec 13, 2019; by vyelkin

Bernie won Iowa in 2016 and 2020 and the media never recognized it either time lmbo

# ? Feb 26, 2021 02:32

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

christmas boots posted:

Jamon Edwards

# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:33

Fluoride Jones: Aug 24, 2009; toot toot

Karl Rove blowing Valerie Plame's cover because her husband wrote an op-ed about how Saddam Hussein probably did not buy yellow cake uranium from Nigeria

# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:46

net work error: Feb 26, 2011

John Boehner crying for all sorts of stuff

# ? Feb 26, 2021 05:28

Eat This Glob: Jan 14, 2008; God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent?

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

The Iowa caucus meltdown last year was a real crack-ping for me

that includes the aftermath too, because the narrative was "we will learn our lesson from this and do away with caucuses" and I'm guessing no, there are no plans for that to happen

lmao a dude wrote an op ed this week saying the iowa caucuses were an old piece of poo poo truck but it is still running, so we should stick with it

https://twitter.com/LauraRBelin/status/1365126951770480640?s=20

# ? Feb 26, 2021 05:43

Eat This Glob: Jan 14, 2008; God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent?

MikeCrotch posted:

John Edwards
LBJ
Fidel Castro

Who are the presidents or near presidents with tiny dicks

if you look at the al gore picture when he's jogging with clinton dude has a nubbin

# ? Feb 26, 2021 05:45

Kitfox88: Aug 21, 2007; Anybody lose their glasses?

net work error posted:

John Boehner crying for all sorts of stuff

the weeping boner

# ? Feb 26, 2021 06:05

TropicalCoke: Feb 14, 2012

i wanna live in an iowa county so i can force pp butt and beto to eat a fried ham or whatever

# ? Feb 26, 2021 06:19

Thump!: Nov 25, 2007; Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!

Kitfox88 posted:

he farms too?

oh you better believe he�s doing some plowing

# ? Feb 26, 2021 06:41

NightGyr: Mar 7, 2005; I � Unicode

Eat This Glob posted:

if you look at the al gore picture when he's jogging with clinton dude has a nubbin

that dick cheney photo where he's packing a hog in his sweats

# ? Feb 26, 2021 12:51

MikeCrotch: Nov 5, 2011; I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese