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Sir Kodiak posted:Do you have a link to the release or any information on it? As in, what exactly they put out a release on, did they run advertisements on it, etc? I'm not saying I don't believe you, just curious about the details, and doing a search for it at this point is completely dominated by recent articles. The DCCC released an oppo research summary and full report back in August, which noted that the nonprofit he claimed to run didn't exist and that his financial claims didn't seem to match up with reality. That's about it, though - they didn't dig deeper into his background, so they didn't discover things like his college lies or his family history lies. The DCCC seem to have been the only ones who did any kind of oppo research on him, though. The NY Dem Party believes oppo research isn't their responsibility, and Santos' opponent appears to have been caught completely by surprise by this stuff. Professional oppo researchers and other political operatives have been pushing an "actually the DCCC knew everything and it's the media's fault for not covering it" narrative, but as more and more lies come out, it's become clear that the DCCC only scratched the surface, taking most of his resume at his word and completely failing to follow up even when they knew something smelled funny.
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Main Paineframe posted:Professional oppo researchers and other political operatives have been pushing an "actually the DCCC knew everything and it's the media's fault for not covering it" narrative, but as more and more lies come out, it's become clear that the DCCC only scratched the surface, taking most of his resume at his word and completely failing to follow up even when they knew something smelled funny. Okay, that makes sense. Thanks!
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I think the issue with people like Santos is that interrogating parties will just identify "conventional" lies or malfeasance which appear sufficient to show the person is a lying scumbag. At that point, the idea that the subject is also lying about literally everything else, ever becomes counterintuitive. With other responsibilities, limited resources, and a limit on how far you can leverage the mundane lies you've discovered, there's not normally a drive to dig further- and the other claims are so easy to check that, well, why would you need to check them? In this way, someone who lies pathologically about every drat thing is actually less likely to get widely exposed. I think I'll call it the Tallarico paradox.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:First new poll out of Arizona by a major pollster shows that Sinema is incredibly unpopular, but the Senate race is still a toss-up whether she runs or not. Things could change, but Ducey clearly said recently that he doesn't plan to run for Senate in 2024, and the fact he's been consistent on his messaging about not running for Senate, seems like it's probably true. And there's been a big recent push locally for Greg Stanton to go up against Gallego in the Dem primary; I could see the AZ Democratic Party supporting Stanton over Gallego.
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Push El Burrito posted:Mickey Mouse asked if I could get him the cash out of my mom's purse! Soupy Sales was teaching a lesson about the critical evaluation of requests via parasocial relationships that people just weren't ready for.
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Am I crazy or do these “bad boss” articles only ever seem to come out about women? Same thing with Amy klobuchar etc. Surely there are plenty of male senators with weird requests about little things or who are abusive to staff.
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Discendo Vox posted:I think the issue with people like Santos is that interrogating parties will just identify "conventional" lies or malfeasance which appear sufficient to show the person is a lying scumbag. At that point, the idea that the subject is also lying about literally everything else, ever becomes counterintuitive. With other responsibilities, limited resources, and a limit on how far you can leverage the mundane lies you've discovered, there's not normally a drive to dig further- and the other claims are so easy to check that, well, why would you need to check them? In this way, someone who lies pathologically about every drat thing is actually less likely to get widely exposed. Jesus Christ, that was quite the video. "Oh that guy who used to review games on TV when I was a kid... I wonder what he's been up to?" *2 hours later* "....holy gently caress"
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As the US is in the northern hemisphere, the winter equinox was yesterday!
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pencilhands posted:Am I crazy or do these “bad boss” articles only ever seem to come out about women? Same thing with Amy klobuchar etc. Male "bad boss" articles usually have enough sexual harassment/assault included that nobody pays attention to lower level assholery.
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Gyges posted:Male "bad boss" articles usually have enough sexual harassment/assault included that nobody pays attention to lower level assholery. Good point, you just made me think about cuomo lol.
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Gyges posted:Male "bad boss" articles usually have enough sexual harassment/assault included that nobody pays attention to lower level assholery. On the other hand, <waves hand at Elon Musk in the media for the last X months>
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Kalli posted:On the other hand, <waves hand at Elon Musk in the media for the last X months> for x equals months since he offered a horse for sex minus one
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PT6A posted:Jesus Christ, that was quite the video. the kicker that the video completely misses is that Tommy didn't even do the music for the original Earthworm Jim. Rearranged the tracks for the Special Edition? yes. Did the music for the 2nd game? yes. But the music for the original genesis/snes versions were done by Mark Miller (co-developer of the GEMS sound driver; composer on games such as Kid Chameleon, Chakan, and Ballz 3D)
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Meanwhile in NY Kathy Hochul is about to try and cram through a conservative anti-abortion judge for the state's highest court with the votes of Republicans. https://twitter.com/alex_sammon/status/1606336356086534146 Hard to tell why NY Democrats poo poo the bed so hard this cycle.
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Is there a particular reason why she's trying to get a lovely pick through like this?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Is there a particular reason why she's trying to get a lovely pick through like this? New York has a weird system where the state commission picks 7 nominees and the Governor has to choose from the list. Then, the new chief judge picks a person to become the court administrator. Hochul picked this guy because he would be the first latino on the court and he was the only one of the 7 to publicly promise to appoint Hochul's preferred candidate to be the court administrator. So, a combination of #MACHINEPOLITICS, terrible judgement, and trying to score points with both latinos and upstaters.
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https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/1606362642716688408?s=20&t=Urb1h5MCcqIN_eZI_PAbbAquote:Michael Capps, a former Kansas lawmaker who once sponsored a bill to put the words “In God We Trust” in every federal building, has been found guilty of committing COVID relief fraud and money laundering.
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jesus christ that's a large person. he just keeps loving going
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A huge loser
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when your gut develops its own rear end, time to lose weight i'm a fat rear end so i'm allowed to say it
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Old Surly posted:Big "more women prison guards" vibes NY's first woman governor is appointing their first Latino judge on the court and the material impact is a court that will be worse on reproductive rights, labor, and climate change. Huge vibes.
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The enormous gut vs skinny shoulders is concerning. He’s on the metabolic syndrome express to Diabetesville, with a whistle stop in Stroketon. Edit: This article provides a more flattering picture of him with his lawyer, who appears to be some kind of aging leprechaun. https://amp.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article270254677.html cat botherer fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Dec 24, 2022 |
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/1606362642716688408?s=20&t=Urb1h5MCcqIN_eZI_PAbbA When you think about it, the real people to blame for this fraud are the godless heathens who fight to separate church and state. If it wasn't for them, and I assume their highly distracting and very sexy outfits, Satan wouldn't have had the in to tempt this absolute unit of God into sin.
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haveblue posted:What’s the imperial equivalent of one absolute unit? One chonker
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nine-gear crow posted:One chonker Given that Absolute Unit is metric, we can assume some nutty conversion like 1.445 chnkr to 1 AU.
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It’s insane to me that anyone alive has the thought process “wow first latino, let me ignore everything else”
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pencilhands posted:It’s insane to me that anyone alive has the thought process “wow first latino, let me ignore everything else” To be fair, it wasn't only that. It was also "I have to pick someone from this list of 7 and he was the only one to publicly promise to appoint my friend to the be the court administrator."
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Apropos of nothing in particular, when a giant winter storm results in thousands of flights across the country being cancelled over the weekend, what happens to travel planned for the following week?
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pencilhands posted:It’s insane to me that anyone alive has the thought process “wow first latino, let me ignore everything else” There is a tendency among the DNC/DLC leadership types to see "First [position] of color/ethnicity/gender/orientation" as a paramount good in and of itself. It's more important to have a black Navajo trans lesbian who is terrible on the issues than someone good on the issues but doesn't break barriers. It's like they see terrible, disingenuous GOP arguments about diversity and say "I agree completely, but think it's great".
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Rand Brittain posted:Apropos of nothing in particular, when a giant winter storm results in thousands of flights across the country being cancelled over the weekend, what happens to travel planned for the following week? People with cancellations get stuffed into free seats or compensated or just hosed. My wife is out more and gets extra cranky drunk people yelling at her about christmas, and has to work overtime instead of hanging with the kids. I have to work overtime but mercifully away from the public. There's not a whole lot you can do. There are so many planes with so many seats. No amount of complaining will make a Boeing or Airbus spawn more seats or emerge more planes and pilots from the ether. People will complain, but presumably they prefer delays and cancellations to dying in a plane crash so the system, in this case, actually does work. Edgar Allen Ho fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Dec 24, 2022 |
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Given the timing of the storm, a lot of the people with cancelled flights aren't going to need to complete their trips. They either never left from their home airport or are stuck at one of the hub airports. It's going to still gently caress up travel for a while, but if it happened after everyone made it to Grandma's it would be much worse. Lots of people stranded at the hub airports will also take themselves out of the equation by going home via the roads since it's probably quicker to drive, for instance, 8-10 hours from Atlanta back home than wait for the next flight.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Given that Absolute Unit is metric, we can assume some nutty conversion like 1.445 chnkr to 1 AU. Why are we assuming the Absolute Unit is metric when it was coined by people who weigh themselves in stones?
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hey could we wrap up the fat jokes and related shitposting please? dude is large and goofy, sure, but there are more interesting and meaningful things to talk about than his shape.
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Fritz the Horse posted:hey could we wrap up the fat jokes and related shitposting please? dude is large and goofy, sure, but there are more interesting and meaningful things to talk about than his shape. lmao (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Fritz the Horse posted:hey could we wrap up the fat jokes and related shitposting please? dude is large and goofy, sure, but there are more interesting and meaningful things to talk about than his shape. agreed, there are a lot of big guys in America (they are one of the most common types). his blemished history and experience manipulating the system are a lot more relevant to his thieving than his size. for example, https://www.kake.com/story/38999004/state-lawmaker-asked-to-step-down-tries-to-clear-name quote:Aug 30, 2018 - In July, Republican officials hand-picked Michael Capps of Wichita to fill the vacancy for the Kansas House 85th District. Now those same supporters are asking him to step down. A vile character who had the misfortune of getting caught, in my opinion. mawarannahr fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Dec 24, 2022 |
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Gyges posted:There is a tendency among the DNC/DLC leadership types to see "First [position] of color/ethnicity/gender/orientation" as a paramount good in and of itself. It's more important to have a black Navajo trans lesbian who is terrible on the issues than someone good on the issues but doesn't break barriers. It's like they see terrible, disingenuous GOP arguments about diversity and say "I agree completely, but think it's great". I shamefully admit to voting for Lori Lightfoot on the grounds of "black lesbian? Surely she'll be a progressive champion of the disenfranchised and oppressed" 
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Rand Brittain posted:Apropos of nothing in particular, when a giant winter storm results in thousands of flights across the country being cancelled over the weekend, what happens to travel planned for the following week? This happened to my girlfriend's dad yesterday, he was supposed to fly out to spend Xmas with us and they cancelled his flight at the last minute. He rescheduled for next month, but I dunno the details on what all went about that.
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Gyges posted:It's like they see terrible, disingenuous GOP arguments about diversity and say "I agree completely, but think it's great". There's a strong tendency in the Democratic party which is exactly this, pretty much. Been said that a problem with liberals is basically completely buying into Republican propaganda, just drawing slightly different conclusions. The common element is ignoring material conditions and treating the aesthetic as literally all that matters.
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