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Venuz Patrol
Mar 27, 2011

Schnorkles posted:

Funding the government is April 28th.

Debt isn't until September. I imagine whatever coalition ends up funding the government will be able to keep us from default, but the government might shut down for awhile.

In fact I think it may even be likely.

government shutdown is just one of the bargaining chips for budget negotiation these days, so yeah it'll happen so that interest groups can ratchet pressure up on congressmen to get them in line

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Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

loquacius posted:

In this, the non-bad thread, the news that a conservative Democrat has been pressured into a good decision because they feel vulnerable from the left is met with consternation and anxiety

on the contrary: i think it owns

if she's on board for filibuster, it means that a lot of other senate dems are too

i was previously worried because Leahy had been hedging, less so now

Ron Paul Atreides
Apr 19, 2012

Uyghurs situation in Xinjiang? Just a police action, do not fret. Not ongoing genocide like in EVIL Canada.

I am definitely not a tankie.

Schnorkles posted:

Funding the government is April 28th.

Debt isn't until September. I imagine whatever coalition ends up funding the government will be able to keep us from default, but the government might shut down for awhile.

In fact I think it may even be likely.

Also good. People in general but particularly in America have completely lost sight of the fundamental underpinings of what makes their world function. There's plenty of problems with Gov but this anti state poo poo needs to die. It let's vicious parasites infiltrate and works against any good that could actually be accomplished.

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

HycoCam posted:

Don't knock Wall Street too hard. Wall Street is the best way for an average citizen to amass wealth.

because wall street makes wealth meaningless yes

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008





Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004




Remember that GA06 is some of the more affluent Atlanta suburbs, where race baiting and evangelical rhetoric play extremely well

Gringostar
Nov 12, 2016
Morbid Hound

zegermans posted:

The bad thread actually has informed me that Missouri every office everywhere is one good candidate away from full cummunism

ftfy

TwoStepBoog
Apr 12, 2008

tenderjerk posted:

the only good vpn is one you're paying for. PIA is probably the best

Been using PIA for awhile now. Agree with this.

sandoz
Jan 29, 2009



lol dems ALWAYS get more votes for the house on a national basis

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

loquacius posted:

In this, the non-bad thread, the news that a conservative Democrat has been pressured into a good decision because they feel vulnerable from the left is met with consternation and anxiety

there's a few cynics that regularly lose their poo poo at any threat to trump because good things can't possibly happen

we had like 3 meltdowns over the ahca not passing

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot
eh, pornhub is encrypting their traffic so i feel safe enuf.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Rubio is saying that his campaign was hacked by the Russians and that his staff was targeted a few days ago.

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

sandoz posted:

lol dems ALWAYS get more votes for the house on a national basis

+9 is edging up there to where we need to be to flip the house

mind u Generic Dem polls are mostly meaningless

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

i like porno

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

Nonsense posted:

Rubio is saying that his campaign was hacked by the Russians.

that's not how it works rubio

Serf
May 5, 2011


actually capitalism is great! it propels wealth to the top one percent, destroys workers rights, exploits resources and poisons the environment and relies on slave labor to maximize profit!

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

paranoid randroid posted:

+9 is edging up there to where we need to be to flip the house

mind u Generic Dem polls are mostly meaningless

lol if you care about non unshook nate polls

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Watching
Bread Liar
lmao that anybody is taking polls let alone trusting in them in the year of our God Lord 2017

Venuz Patrol
Mar 27, 2011

Serf posted:

actually capitalism is great! it propels wealth to the top one percent, destroys workers rights, exploits resources and poisons the environment and relies on slave labor to maximize profit!

ftw

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Dem enthusiasm is considerably less important than Republican voter disgust and apathy in districts like GA06

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

Serf posted:

actually capitalism is great! it propels wealth to the top one percent, destroys workers rights, exploits resources and poisons the environment and relies on slave labor to maximize profit!

communism also sucks rear end

not that the truth is in the middle, my stopping point is like a inch from full communism

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/847905566521470977

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

Louisgod posted:

lmao that anybody is taking polls let alone trusting in them in the year of our God Lord 2017

unshook nate was right though

Serf
May 5, 2011


Louisgod posted:

lmao that anybody is taking polls let alone trusting in them in the year of our God Lord 2017

we forget the lessons of the past very quickly

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

Louisgod posted:

lmao that anybody is taking polls let alone trusting in them in the year of our God Lord 2017

i lack the perfectly spherical brain of men like Bill Mitchell so i am forced to use whatever tools i can to interpret reality

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

paranoid randroid posted:

+9 is edging up there to where we need to be to flip the house

mind u Generic Dem polls are mostly meaningless

Generally speaking, if generic D is up +8-10 heading into the election in 2018, it'll be a wild night.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

paranoid randroid posted:

i lack the perfectly spherical brain of men like Bill Mitchell so i am forced to use whatever tools i can to interpret reality

lol

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




paranoid randroid posted:

+9 is edging up there to where we need to be to flip the house

mind u Generic Dem polls are mostly meaningless

which is weird because its not like generic dem isnt running a lot of the time

aware of dog
Nov 14, 2016

The tweet already got deleted, what'd it say?

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

paranoid randroid posted:

i lack the perfectly spherical brain of men like Bill Mitchell so i am forced to use whatever tools i can to interpret reality

bill mitchell is a physics exercise

presume a spherical brain

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006


I'll never understand how people followed the campaign and thought Trump could change.

He had like 50 chances to and never did it. The "pivot" became a running joke.

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.
Also my "costernation" re: McCaskill is not that she's against Gorsuch [which is cool and good] but that she obviously feels pretty weak.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Agrajag posted:

eh, pornhub is encrypting their traffic so i feel safe enuf.

classified cumming
self-gratification secret
hush hush hand job
bootleg beating off

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Schnorkles posted:

Generally speaking, if generic D is up +8-10 heading into the election in 2018, it'll be a wild night.

Even if means literally nothing else, it's absolutely making the GOP sweat even if they end up winning. That they feel they need to dump a ton of resources and staffers into a district like GA06 in a special election is telling

Von Sloneker
Jul 6, 2009

as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/847906626921254915

Serf
May 5, 2011


Yinlock posted:

communism also sucks rear end

not that the truth is in the middle, my stopping point is like a inch from full communism

who mentioned communism

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/847897852584054785

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Serf posted:

who mentioned communism

for reals I'm wanting cummunism.

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

Epic High Five posted:

Even if means literally nothing else, it's absolutely making the GOP sweat even if they end up winning. That they feel they need to dump a ton of resources and staffers into a district like GA06 in a special election is telling

Even with unlimited dark money, resources are going to strain for the GOP in '18. They want to be on offense for the senate, but they have -26- governorships to defend and if they're having to plow money into districts like GA-06...

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Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

Serf posted:

who mentioned communism

oh i thought this was a response to communism being brought up a bit earlier

im jumpin at reds here man

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