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Bellmaker posted:This is a reskinned version of Dirty Harry which uhhhhhhhhhhhh sure fits CPAC! wow the reskin is like objectively worse in so many ways.
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Kammat posted:The Republicans were so close to the end of their political breeding program, the perfect setup came in 2016 with McConnell holding them an SC seat open, but instead of their Kwisatz Haderach to usher in their golden age they got Trump. Oops.
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Zero_Grade posted:It appears their Golden Path was inevitable one way or another.
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Byzantine posted:Yeah, this is what an actual populist takeover of a party looks like. Very unfortunate that America is such a demonic country that the populace rallies around Donald loving Trump instead of Bernie, but them's the breaks. populism both potentially threatens neoliberalism and scares the “homeowning, opportunity-seeking, educated and saving” class of americans, and the modern Republican Party, despite being for neoliberalism is built entirely on scaring the hoes Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Feb 23, 2024 |
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Zwabu posted:The big issue, such as it is, is that to voluntarily shed themselves of Trump and his brood, the GOP would have to be willing to eat a one hundred percent guaranteed big election loss, across the board. For at least one cycle, possibly more. They've got the Courts indefinitely, if they had brains they'd rip the bandaid off asap lucky for us they're sticking it out I think
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Kammat posted:The Republicans were so close to the end of their political breeding program, the perfect setup came in 2016 with McConnell holding them an SC seat open, but instead of their Kwisatz Haderach to usher in their golden age they got Trump. Oops. JEB was the culmination of the plan and Trump is Alia controlled by the baron. The question is, which of the 2012 Not-Romneys was the unexpected appearance of the Kwisatz Haderach?
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# ? Feb 23, 2024 04:36 |
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Joe Biden is Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, brutally oppressing the indigenous peoples of the desert to maintain his wealthy empire ruled from the polluted hellscape of Giedi Prime where the common people are cruelly exploited. Also, a rapist. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Senate Cum Dump posted:Joe Biden is Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, brutally oppressing the indigenous peoples of the desert to maintain his wealthy empire ruled from the polluted hellscape of Giedi Prime where the common people are cruelly exploited. Also, a rapist. Beast Rabban did most of the brutal oppressing really
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RBA Starblade posted:Beast Rabban did most of the brutal oppressing really Sure, if you want to stretch the analogy even further, Netanyahu is Beast Rabban.
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Is Don Jr going to cover himself in trout?
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# ? Feb 23, 2024 07:59 |
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Is that what they're calling cocaine nowadays?
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Gyges posted:Is that what they're calling cocaine nowadays? No, it's what they're calling the spice melange
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Steely Dad posted:Is Don Jr going to cover himself in trout?
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Gyges posted:JEB was the culmination of the plan and Trump is Alia controlled by the baron. The question is, which of the 2012 Not-Romneys was the unexpected appearance of the Kwisatz Haderach?
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Trump should have been a woman and paired with Jeb to birth the perfect Republican: Barron Bush
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The true corruption of the worst repeat offender in the Biden Crime Family runs deeper than we ever knewquote:Commander Biden, President Joe Biden’s family dog, bit US Secret Service personnel in at least 24 incidents at the White House and other locations, according to new internal USSS documents obtained by CNN. At this point we gotta start wondering if that dog knows something we don't
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christ, you'd think the president would have enough money to hire someone to properly train and raise a dog if they couldn't themselves
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Honestly I trust the dog.
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I'm sure the answer is a much less interesting "Secret Service agents are just who is around the dog the most," but still pretty wild that one dog has so many bite incidents, but it is 100% Secret Service agents and the other dog is 96% Secret Service agents. Do those dogs have an phobia of earpieces? World Famous W posted:christ, you'd think the president would have enough money to hire someone to properly train and raise a dog if they couldn't themselves They did hire one for the dog who temporarily moved out of the White House. I'm suspicious that the White House cat is keeping such a low profile. When a cat disappears for that long, nothing good is going to happen. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Feb 23, 2024 |
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haveblue posted:The true corruption of the worst repeat offender in the Biden Crime Family runs deeper than we ever knew This is what CNN is focusing on? Real hard hitting journalism there.
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Mooseontheloose posted:This is what CNN is focusing on? Real hard hitting journalism there. CNN puts out about 60 articles per day from dozens of reporters. Some of them are fluff or silly. I don't think they were recalling their foreign correspondents to come watch the dog.
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If I had to be posted in DC anyway watching the First Dog would be a pretty plum assignment tbh As long as I don't look like a Secret Service agent
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:CNN puts out about 60 articles per day from dozens of reporters. Some of them are fluff or silly. I don't think they were recalling their foreign correspondents to come watch the dog. yeah, most of CNN is about biden and nalvaney aftermath and sanctions. a couple on the IVF stuff. some on gaza, mostly random stuff because friday.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I'm sure the answer is a much less interesting "Secret Service agents are just who is around the dog the most," but still pretty wild that one dog has so many bite incidents, but it is 100% Secret Service agents and the other dog is 96% Secret Service agents. It might be a german shepard thing and that i believe they are both ex military/adoptions. German shepards are great with Family group but are kinda skittish around strangers. My gfs dog is like that though way worse trained and also not a shepard.
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Why Four Million Student Borrowers Got Debt Reliefquote:Basic competence in government makes too few headlines. But to four million Americans, it was exactly what they needed to escape a lifetime of financial burdens. Any president could have done it, but Joe Biden actually got it done. Fairly well summarized. Since before inauguration with with Day 1 Agenda, Dayen's had the prospect all over this kind of poo poo and it's been tremendously enlightening (and moderately infuriating). "What, specifically, I can implement immediately even with a divided Congress" needs to be a baseline requirement for future Dem primaries.
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Paracaidas posted:Why Four Million Student Borrowers Got Debt Relief The NYT, as always, here to make sure everyone is informed.
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Paracaidas posted:Why Four Million Student Borrowers Got Debt Relief i think part of the problem with that is it will be met with(and somewhat justifably) reaction of "incrimentalism" and etc. TheDeadlyShoe posted:The NYT, as always, here to make sure everyone is informed. stuff like that doesnt help either.
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This election has been frustratingly light on actual policy proposals from any candidates. However, Biden is reportedly finally going to introduce some of his 2024 campaign platform at the State of Union address. In addition to the platform information, Politico reports that Biden is planning to devote a large portion of his State of the Union address to grocery prices and "shrinkflation" this year. Additionally, he will announce support for new legislation regulating "shrinkflation" and price increases as part of his 2024 campaign. He has asked his team to come up with additional policies they can propose, but they have only settled on a few so far because there is not much he can do executively. So far, the policies they will announce/support are: - The FTC challenging a merger between the Kroger and Albertsons grocery store chains. The FTC will likely announce this next week. - Requiring companies report their price increases and data justifying them to the SEC during "times of crisis." Examples would include a pandemic, national/global shortage, or severe economic conditions. - Looking into a way to require companies to advertise on their packaging that they have shrunk the unit size of their product, but maintained or raised the price, for a certain period of time after they do so. - Endorse "The Price Gouging Prevention Act" Specifics of the legislation here: quote:Prohibit price gouging at the federal level – anytime and anywhere. The proposed bill would clarify that price gouging is an unfair and deceptive practice under the FTC Act. It would allow the FTC and state attorneys general to stop sellers from charging a grossly excessive price, regardless of where the price gouging occurs in a supply chain or distribution network. - Make shrinkflation and corporate greed, including calling out specific companies, a focus during his public speeches in the hope that it will pressure companies to slow price increases or lower prices. That is all they have settled on so far and most of it won't have any immediate impact because it is likely to be dead in the legislature and the options for executive action are limited. They plan to have other policies implemented or announced during the election, but no information about what those potential policies would be. https://twitter.com/meredithllee/status/1761049989604590043 quote:Biden planning to hit food ‘shrinkflation,’ corporate greed in SOTU Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Feb 23, 2024 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:This election has been frustratingly light on actual policy proposals from any candidates. However, Biden is reportedly finally going to introduce some of his 2024 campaign platform at the State of Union address. I mean thats probably a good idea. its what alot of people care about. good on him actually focusing on it.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I'm sure the answer is a much less interesting "Secret Service agents are just who is around the dog the most," but still pretty wild that one dog has so many bite incidents, but it is 100% Secret Service agents and the other dog is 96% Secret Service agents. Probably has a phobia of bodyguards. It's not especially weird for a dog to be nervous about tall, tense men who are constantly scouring their owner's surroundings and staying very near to their owner's personal space. Dapper_Swindler posted:i think part of the problem with that is it will be met with(and somewhat justifably) reaction of "incrimentalism" and etc. I think this is completely different from the incrementalism we saw under previous Dem presidents. Biden did try to do a much broader debt forgiveness first, but was stymied by the fact that neither Congress nor the Supreme Court were willing to cooperate. He's attacked the problem from a bunch of different angles, too, even after the Supreme Court struck it down once.
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Main Paineframe posted:Probably has a phobia of bodyguards. It's not especially weird for a dog to be nervous about tall, tense men who are constantly scouring their owner's surroundings and staying very near to their owner's personal space Also a lot of dogs get nervous around people wearing sunglasses
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While I think those Biden proposals are all good, they need to run on Trump being a criminal. You don’t win elections on policy or Bernie would currently be in the WH.
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Main Paineframe posted:Probably has a phobia of bodyguards. It's not especially weird for a dog to be nervous about tall, tense men who are constantly scouring their owner's surroundings and staying very near to their owner's personal space. oh i know. I just know arguments that are used.
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Main Paineframe posted:Probably has a phobia of bodyguards. It's not especially weird for a dog to be nervous about tall, tense men who are constantly scouring their owner's surroundings and staying very near to their owner's personal space. Many of the reports say the incidents happened when Biden wasn't around, so probably not that. Although, some of the reports are also pretty silly. One of them says an agent was concerned for their safety because "the dog ran up to him and emitted sustained barking shortly after he emerged from the door." Yeah, dawg. Running and barking when you're outside and see a new person is a pretty normal dog thing.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Many of the reports say the incidents happened when Biden wasn't around, so probably not that. maybe he was a cat guy.
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FlamingLiberal posted:While I think those Biden proposals are all good, they need to run on Trump being a criminal. You don’t win elections on policy or Bernie would currently be in the WH. They are mostly just policies to show that they are "doing something" about it and shore up a weak spot. The FTC blocking the merger will have the biggest impact on prices, but it is basically stopping a likely increase over several years and not something that will lower prices right now. It's good policy, but not going to change prices in the short-term. The other stuff is probably going to be dead in the legislature anyway. They may get a couple Republican votes here or there, but I can't see too many signing on to it - especially in the House.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:I mean thats probably a good idea. its what alot of people care about. good on him actually focusing on it. Pffft, he's just trying to buy our votes by attempting to address the thing everyone's constantly complaining about!
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Trump just openly saying he is a Christian Nationalist now. He's also promising to make it illegal to deface crosses - no idea how he plans to do that with the first amendment still existing. The bolded quotes are still wild to me and that anyone can take Trump seriously as a Christian Nationalist and "most religious President ever." https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1761021671668887654 quote:NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump promised to use a second term in the White House to defend Christian values and even suggested he’d shield the faith’s central iconography, warning a convention of religious broadcasters on Thursday night that the left wants “to tear down crosses.”
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FlamingLiberal posted:While I think those Biden proposals are all good, they need to run on Trump being a criminal. You don’t win elections on policy or Bernie would currently be in the WH. You also don't win on just not being Trump. Otherwise, Trump never would have been president. Biden needs to do both.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah, most of CNN is about biden and nalvaney aftermath and sanctions. a couple on the IVF stuff. some on gaza, mostly random stuff because friday. No Navalny in the first 10,000 pixels.
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