USPOL July: Obeying the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie since 1865

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Gin and Juche: Apr 3, 2008; The Highest Judge of Paradise
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Joementum posted:

Quote of the morning, �There�s two individuals right now who have sort of caught the attention: Trump and Sanders.� ~ Ron Paul.

Known attention getter expert, Ron Paul.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:21

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

It would rule if Ron was seriously mad at and disappointed in Rand.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:21

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

Raskolnikov38 posted:

There is nothing I wouldn't give for the sound guy to pipe in entry of the gladiators when trump walks in.

I liked the CNN debate intros from last time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qCBsi89FVs

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:24

PupsOfWar: Dec 6, 2013

Raskolnikov38 posted:

Ahahaha so I guess Rand really pissed off daddy by trying to be 'electable'.

I think Ron has been vaguely irked with Rand ever since the latter threw in with McConnell in the 2010 Senate race, which Rand had to do in order to win.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:32

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

Gravel Gravy posted:

Known attention getter expert, Ron Paul.

He's catching on. I'm tellin' ya.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:34

mandatory lesbian: Dec 18, 2012

zoux posted:

It would rule if Ron was seriously mad at and disappointed in Rand.

i bet ron calls him lenin or stalin or some other communist name when they have dinner together, just to get his fury across

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:36

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

mandatory lesbian posted:

i bet ron calls him lenin or stalin or some other communist name when they have dinner together, just to get his fury across

Even worse, "Randal".

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:37

Toph Bei Fong: Feb 29, 2008

computer parts posted:

Even worse, "Randal".

"Annie"

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:41

Bar Crow: Oct 10, 2012

ComradeCosmobot posted:

The beatings will continue until pro-Planned Parenthood sentiment "improves."

I assume they opened with their strongest material so how much more pathetic are these videos going to get? Do they have secret footage a Planned Parenthood guy picking his nose and then claim he's snorting baby ashes to get high?

Bar Crow fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Jul 31, 2015

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:53

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I'm just hoping this doesn't turn into another ACORN situation. Remember that no one at ACORN did anything illegal, but they were still defunded and destroyed.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:57

Bunleigh: Jun 6, 2005; by exmarx

It would rule if this huge barrage of attack videos that don't contain anything illegal or actually scandalous made people realize this isn't anything real and just a bunch of shitheads trying to destroy an organization that isn't doing anything wrong.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:01

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

Weigel found MIGF's car.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:01

MacheteZombie: Feb 4, 2007

Is the plastic bag on his wiper supposed to help his stickers stay on when he uses it?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:03

His Purple Majesty: Dec 12, 2008

I honestly dont see anything wrong with trying to stop an organization created by a racist eugenics supporter like Margaret Sanger. I hope the federal and state governments investigate this thoroughly and if any wrong doing is found completely dismantle them.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:13

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

His Purple Majesty posted:

I honestly dont see anything wrong with trying to stop an organization created by a racist eugenics supporter like Margaret Sanger. I hope the federal and state governments investigate this thoroughly and if any wrong doing is found completely dismantle them.

You're supposed to ease into it if you want anyone to believe you. :cmon:

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:14

Eschers Basement: Sep 13, 2007; by exmarx

nachos posted:

This is nothing like last time. In 2012 Romney was the clear non-crazy candidate that actually had a chance to win the general so once all the Cains of the world flamed out, Romney would inevitably slide to the nomination.

This cycle has at least three electables in Bush/Walker/Rubio, a bunch of ridiculous candidates, and then Trump. It seems like Bush is the closest thing to Romney this time around but it's not clear how he would do head to head against Walker if they were the last two standing. Also it's pretty clear that there won't be a new candidate at the top of the polls every week because there is very little chance anyone outside of Trump/Walker/Bush is ever going to be the frontrunner in this field.

Yeah, what's keeping Trump afloat is that the field is so divided. Trump has his ~25% of crazies that he's fired up, but his negatives and unfavorables are so high that he's not going to climb much more beyond 35% in any election. If he were running head-to-head against Walker, Jeb!, or Rubio, he'd be toast. But because all of the normal constituencies are divided between a bunch of equivalent candidates, his low level of support is enough to actually be the front-runner.

What makes this so much more hilarious is that there's so little chance of people dropping out soon. For the front-runners, any one of them could be the nominee once someone else drops out, so they'll stay clinging to hope and holding on and in true prisoner's dilemma style doom them all to losing to Trump. For the rest, they've all got massive money and can't break their promises to their owners unless they want to screw their fund-raising for their next office run, and so the only ones who will drop soon are those outside the top 10 who don't have enough support to change things anyways.

Maybe by January enough small fry will have dropped out and rallied behind a single other front-runner that someone is leading Trump, but I think we could be set up for Trump actually winning most of the primaries up through March 1st, at which point one of the other three front-runners decides it's not worth it and drops out, and suddenly Trump's inability to go past 35% will keep him in second place. But even then, Trump will keep running and grabbing delegates and maybe we get set up for one hell of a convention.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:19

Drastic Actions: Apr 7, 2009; FUCK YOU!
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Joementum posted:

Weigel found MIGF's car.

When this person gets into a car accident when they can't see out of their rear window, I can only imagine them screaming "Obama! :argh:

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:21

Trabisnikof: Dec 24, 2005

I too think Ford Motor Company should be investigated and completely dismantled if they're found to do any wrong.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:26

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Eschers Basement posted:

Yeah, what's keeping Trump afloat is that the field is so divided. Trump has his ~25% of crazies that he's fired up, but his negatives and unfavorables are so high that he's not going to climb much more beyond 35% in any election. If he were running head-to-head against Walker, Jeb!, or Rubio, he'd be toast. But because all of the normal constituencies are divided between a bunch of equivalent candidates, his low level of support is enough to actually be the front-runner.

What makes this so much more hilarious is that there's so little chance of people dropping out soon. For the front-runners, any one of them could be the nominee once someone else drops out, so they'll stay clinging to hope and holding on and in true prisoner's dilemma style doom them all to losing to Trump. For the rest, they've all got massive money and can't break their promises to their owners unless they want to screw their fund-raising for their next office run, and so the only ones who will drop soon are those outside the top 10 who don't have enough support to change things anyways.

Maybe by January enough small fry will have dropped out and rallied behind a single other front-runner that someone is leading Trump, but I think we could be set up for Trump actually winning most of the primaries up through March 1st, at which point one of the other three front-runners decides it's not worth it and drops out, and suddenly Trump's inability to go past 35% will keep him in second place. But even then, Trump will keep running and grabbing delegates and maybe we get set up for one hell of a convention.

Also don't discount the effect of the media covering every word that comes out of his mouth 24/7 has on his popularity.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:26

Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

ComradeCosmobot posted:

The beatings will continue until pro-Planned Parenthood sentiment "improves."

Eh. A tactic that drags on becomes a drag.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:31

Crain: Jun 27, 2007; I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!

So here's something I ran across while looking up some stuff on hunting (LINK):

Shooting Long Range: The Generational Theory posted:

The other day while pondering whether major scandals would erupt on a hourly, daily, or weekly basis during the presidency of Hillary Clinton, I was smitten by a moment of blinding insight into the reasons behind the overwhelming interest in taking big game at long range. As it turns out, they�re only partly related to either shooting or hunting � they are, instead, generational.

...

Part of the reason has to do with the way the generations process information. If you�re young enough to know what an app is, and care, you spend a major number of your waking hours getting information from a very small screen, instantly, and on a constant basis. That information comes as either photographs or text, and requires no effort to interpret. A big game hunter, on the other hand, learns to look everywhere, all the time, and to pick up very small, subtle bits of information that come slowly, erratically, and infrequently.

Consider the stand hunter who has to constantly scan a 180-degree arc, hour after hour, looking for the twitch of an ear or the flash of an antler. Or the whitetail hunter, tracking a buck in snow, who must watch the track and interpret it, look at what lies ahead of him and, if he�s smart, look to his sides and behind him as well.

This is not what those who are addicted to hand-held devices are used to, nor, I believe, can they become any good at it without a long and dedicated effort. It�s much more to their liking to travel until you find something right out in the open and start shooting.

...

Do you expect hunters to pass up this kind of technology? No more than they passed up the �03 Springfield when they saw what it would do nearly a century ago. Younger hunters take to new technology like Congressmen take to bribes, or campaign contributions, as they�re called.

As my generation dodders off into oblivion, we�re going to be replaced by a new generation of hunters who will be almost unrecognizable, not only for the guns and equipment they use, but for their attitude toward the sport. Whether that�s good or bad is open to debate. What is not open to discussion is whether it will happen. It�s happening right now.

For context: This was posted in February of last year. I don't really want to speculate on why this guy's mind crossed thinking about a Hillary presidency and long range hunting/sniping, but it's a little odd. Then add into it yet another weird complaint about "millenials".

Just the oddest mix of things to complain about.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:38

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

ComradeCosmobot posted:

The beatings will continue until pro-Planned Parenthood sentiment "improves."

Maybe they'll accidentally release one of their member's sex tapes. You know drat well someone that into sexual repression is into some kinky poo poo.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:54

Scrub-Niggurath: Nov 27, 2007

Dr. Tough posted:

The Hill came out with their "50 Most Beautiful" the other day and there's some moments in it:

Note her job

http://thehill.com/50-most-beautiful/2015

I found it kind of funny that every single white person under 30 was either republican or some variation of 'non-partisan'

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:55

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

I don't know if we still have a minimum wage thread, but here's what people think about that company that gave everyone a flat raise to $70,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/business/a-company-copes-with-backlash-against-the-raise-that-roared.html?rref=business

quote:

Three months ago, Mr. Price, 31, announced he was setting a new minimum salary of $70,000 at his Seattle credit card processing firm, Gravity Payments, and slashing his own million-dollar pay package to do it. He wasn�t thinking about the current political clamor over low wages or the growing gap between rich and poor, he said. He was just thinking of the 120 people who worked for him and, let�s be honest, a bit of free publicity. The idea struck him when a friend shared her worries about paying both her rent and student loans on a $40,000 salary. He realized a lot of his own employees earned that or less.

[...]

More troubling, a few customers, dismayed by what they viewed as a political statement, withdrew their business. Others, anticipating a fee increase � despite repeated assurances to the contrary � also left. While dozens of new clients, inspired by Mr. Price�s announcement, were signing up, those accounts will not start paying off for at least another year. To handle the flood, he has already had to hire a dozen additional employees � now at a significantly higher cost � and is struggling to figure out whether more are needed without knowing for certain how long the bonanza will last.

Two of Mr. Price�s most valued employees quit, spurred in part by their view it was unfair to double the pay of some new hires while the longest-serving staff members got small or no raises. Some friends and associates in Seattle�s close-knit entrepreneurial network were also piqued that Mr. Price�s action made them look stingy in front of their own employees.

[...]

But any plan that has the potential, as Mr. Price has put it, to �set the world on fire,� is bound to make some people squirm. Leah Brajcich, who oversees sales at Gravity, fielded complaints from several customers who accused her boss of communist or socialist sympathies that would drive up their own employees� wages and others who felt it was a public relations stunt. A few were worried that fees would rise or service would fall off. �What�s their incentive to hustle if you pay them so much?� Ms. Brajcich said they asked. Putting in 80-hour weeks after the announcement, she called the mistrustful clients, stopping by their offices or stores, and invited them to visit Gravity to see for themselves the employees� dedication. She said she eventually lured most back.

[...]

�He gave raises to people who have the least skills and are the least equipped to do the job, and the ones who were taking on the most didn�t get much of a bump,� she said. To her, a fairer proposal would have been to give smaller increases with the opportunity to earn a future raise with more experience.

A couple of days after the announcement, she decided to talk to Mr. Price.

�He treated me as if I was being selfish and only thinking about myself,� she said. �That really hurt me. I was talking about not only me, but about everyone in my position.�

Already approaching burnout from the relentless pace, she decided to quit.

The new pay scale also helped push Grant Moran, 29, Gravity�s web developer, to leave. �I had a lot of mixed emotions,� he said. His own salary was bumped up to $50,000 from $41,000 (the first stage of the raise), but the policy was nevertheless disconcerting. �Now the people who were just clocking in and out were making the same as me,� he complained. �It shackles high performers to less motivated team members.�

Eat the rich imo.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:35

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

MacheteZombie posted:

Is the plastic bag on his wiper supposed to help his stickers stay on when he uses it?

Car washes stick those on rear wipers for reasons I don't know and have never bothered to ask about. Mine finds its was off it the wash probably half or more of the time, so I don't know why they bother.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:38

Klaus88: Jan 23, 2011; Violence has its own economy, therefore be thoughtful and precise in your investment

Luigi Thirty posted:

I don't know if we still have a minimum wage thread, but here's what people think about that company that gave everyone a flat raise to $70,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/business/a-company-copes-with-backlash-against-the-raise-that-roared.html?rref=business

Eat the rich imo.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:40

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Luigi Thirty posted:

I don't know if we still have a minimum wage thread, but here's what people think about that company that gave everyone a flat raise to $70,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/business/a-company-copes-with-backlash-against-the-raise-that-roared.html?rref=business

Eat the rich imo.

What's their incentive to hustle?

Jesus Christ employees aren't dogs to be starved or horses to be whipped.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:41

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

zoux posted:

What's their incentive to hustle?

Jesus Christ employees aren't dogs to be starved or horses to be whipped.

This is far from universally agreed-upon, unfortunately.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:42

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

Chuck Grassley built an attachment for his rider mower so it can tow two other mowers.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:46

nachos: Jun 27, 2004; Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Leaving the company after they just gave you a 22% raise because it puts you on equal footing with your lessers is so :911:

Republicans should be falling all over themselves to turn Grant Moran into the next joe the plumber

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:47

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Joementum posted:

Chuck Grassley built an attachment for his rider mower so it can tow two other mowers.

I invented so many QoL lawnmowing improvements in my head while I was pushing a mower over my family's acre as a youth, so I applaud Chuck for following through.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:48

mandatory lesbian: Dec 18, 2012

Joementum posted:

Chuck Grassley built an attachment for his rider mower so it can tow two other mowers.

he brought two different models for the sidemowers

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:50

duz: Jul 11, 2005; Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost

zoux posted:

What's their incentive to hustle?

Jesus Christ employees aren't dogs to be starved or horses to be whipped.

Apparently keeping your job isn't motivation enough.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:52

Goon Danton: May 24, 2012; Don't forget to show my shitposts to the people. They're well worth seeing.

zoux posted:

What's their incentive to hustle?

Jesus Christ employees aren't dogs to be starved or horses to be whipped.

Dogs and horses shouldn't be treated that way either. :smith:

This poo poo should be taught in every intro economics course. "We'll be treating people as rational self-interested actors as a model, but that's not the case in reality. Please Sidebar 1-B, 'You can't give me a raise! I quit!' for an example."

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:53

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Guys, I'm starting to think that free market capitalism might have some downsides.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:54

Gunshow Poophole: Sep 14, 2008; OMBUDSMAN
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mandatory lesbian posted:

he brought two different models for the sidemowers

whatever you got lying around the shed, man!

Luigi Thirty posted:

I don't know if we still have a minimum wage thread, but here's what people think about that company that gave everyone a flat raise to $70,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/business/a-company-copes-with-backlash-against-the-raise-that-roared.html?rref=business

Eat the rich imo.

Who thinks this way? Who? Jesus christ.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:55

A Shitty Reporter: Oct 29, 2012; Dinosaur Gum

Nolanar posted:

Dogs and horses shouldn't be treated that way either.

Pretty much. Anyone who thinks that way about animals or people is a fundamentally broken and awful person.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:56

Aerox: Jan 8, 2012

whitey delenda est posted:

Who thinks this way? Who? Jesus christ.

Conservatives.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:56

electric funeral: Oct 16, 2004; ACCIO PANTIES
*swoosh flick*

nachos posted:

Leaving the company after they just gave you a 22% raise because it puts you on equal footing with your lessers is so

Republicans should be falling all over themselves to turn Grant Moran into the next joe the plumber

Grant "Get A Brain" Moran

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:58

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Aerox posted:

Conservatives.

It's a seldom spoken of correlary to the FYGM mentality: such people tend to assume that once you've got yours, you'll do the FY part.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:59

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