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radical meme posted:When it comes to Vodka, I'm partial to potato vodkas instead of grain. The very best, smoothest I've found is also dirt cheap. Monopolowa, has its origin in Poland but is currently made in Austria, costs only about $15 for a liter bottle. A liter bottle fits neatly into the freezer and is ready for any occasion. You can spend more but why, when you can buy something that's this good for less. Plus, the bottle has that proletariat look that says gently caress you Chopin, and Grey Goose too. And if you've got ginger beer and vodka, may as well mix up a Moscow Mule or two+. Just add limes and traditionally, a copper mug.
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Dystram posted:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-clinton-lloyd-blankfein-blood-lust-geithner-sorkin Bill, I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I want to see that theory tested.
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May 8, 2014 19:31
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IMJack posted:Of course not. You don't slit their throat in a dark alley. You chop their head off in front of the New York Stock Exchange in broad daylight. And leave the heads on pikes out front as a reminder after.
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May 8, 2014 20:51
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Sword of Chomsky posted:
Come on. They can't really believe that, especially given the following sentence. They have to be just pussyfooting for the media so the sensitive hurt-feeling babbys on the right won't claim they're unfairly targeting these assholes.
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May 8, 2014 23:20
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anonumos posted:
I'd settle for that. Can't just up and execute a banker every day, but can we at least execute a few banks? And then maybe bar the assholes that ran them from working in the industry forever.
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May 9, 2014 05:51
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AnemicChipmunk posted:Republican senators in the SC state senate and house don't like taxpayer money being spent on "If it's not pornography," he went on to say, "then why did I get I get a boner when I read it? Wait, I mean I didn't, even though it still is. It's not like I liked it or anything."
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May 9, 2014 22:21
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fool_of_sound posted:Don't drunkpost. *thread dies* Fried Chicken posted:I'm torn between thinking that the elites were planning ahead with the buildup and programs and remembering that they have fully bought their own bullshit that none of this is actually a problem and the good times will resume as soon as they sit on the throne again. Basically this but not coordinated. It's just a bunch of assholes destroying everything by acting in their own individual self interests. It only looks like they're colluding because we're all being so thoroughly shafted from all directions simultaneously. ReidRansom fucked around with this message at 05:18 on May 12, 2014 |
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May 12, 2014 05:14
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AstheWorldWorlds posted:Cooking is great but I don't find it particularly helpful in terms of this kind of stuff. Different strokes, I guess. Actually I have been cooking for so long and done such a variety of dishes I can cook on autopilot effectively which means I can -really- mull about stuff. Try horticulture. Takes your mind off things for a while a day plus free poo poo if your plants make anything useful. Also, gives the bees something to do.
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AstheWorldWorlds posted:
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On Terra Firma posted:I really hope a republican says a dumb thing about women/minorities tomorrow. Fried Chicken posted:Moving on from long term terrible news to immediate terrible news, Rick Perry has announced that Texas will not comply with the new DoJ rules on combatting child rape in prisons because well because it's Texas and defying the Feds is good politics even when your own state level DoJ says they would be good rules to implement Close enough. Rape is rape, so wish granted! And gently caress me is Perry an evil, petty bastard. Aside from there being no reason for this other than pure spite, it's dumb as gently caress. I get that prison rape is apparently no big deal to large swaths of the American people, but do you ever really want to be known as the pro-child-rape candidate? And it wasn't even a thing until he made it one. Could have just let the whole thing go on to be implemented and it would have never been a story, but nope, Perry's buddies in the private prison industry wouldn't have liked that cutting into their profit margins.
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May 12, 2014 18:31
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Anorexic Sea Turtle posted:Any of you finding creative outlets for your rage? Like positive ones that help the world? I've recently applied to be an escort at planned parenthood after one of my friends did it and said she'd volunteer everyday if she could. Just looking for a way to be an activist. I was going to sign up for that once, but I live in Texas which means that the local PP was shut down.
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May 12, 2014 19:24
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withak posted:What do they need gas for? Huffing.
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May 13, 2014 03:45
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Spiffster posted:Would anyone object to me posting a bit of what I wrote to my congressional rep? Anything to get away from degreechat.
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May 13, 2014 19:02
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Joementum posted:Looks like Operation American Spring might reach its goal of 10-20 attendees. We have a goon embedded right now posting in the freep thread. It's apparently a few hundred. Still well short of their 30,000,000 goal.
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May 16, 2014 19:51
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Tatum Girlparts posted:This turn has honestly made me very sad, well sadder than Texas Politics usually does. Patrick is a loving maniac who shouldn't be trusted with a babysitting job let alone setting our senate's agenda, but the reason he doesn't deserve to be there isn't that he had mental trauma and did the objectively correct thing and sought help. With early voting starting today it's a pretty last minute release. I wonder if it will really have much effect with Dewhurst's campaign and the media not pushing it hard. I'm sure it will come back up in the general if Patrick wins but this being Texas...
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May 19, 2014 18:36
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computer parts posted:It won't stick because the root issue is "Congress [Republicans] won't give them enough money to hire people". Won't stop them from trying. Attack your opponent on your own weaknesses and all. e: Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:People call Zimmerman white because he's white. Picture him in a country club. Is he a member or does he work there? That will be my only contribution to this dumb derail. ReidRansom fucked around with this message at 18:07 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 18:01
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Radish posted:I think they are playing with fire there. The Benghazi scandal is fiction but with the VAs there's a real problem. Any real investigation won't just be a ridiculous circle jerk about finding fake facts but will reveal that actual people are to blame and I would guess the party that loves cutting government departments might have a hand in it. Much better to fan fake flames and get your base angry over something that isn't real and thus ultimately toothless. That assumes they're interested in finding the root of or solution to the issue rather than just using it as a cross on which to hang any sort of socialized health care.
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May 21, 2014 19:05
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Radish posted:I don't think they are interested in finding a solution or anything other than another pointless witch hunt, but opening up that can of worms is going to involve people that are when there is an actual scandal. With Benghazi everyone except for the base knows there's nothing there and Democrats really aren't defending themselves that strongly but with the VA issue I think you are going to see fingers pointing a lot more strongly. Well, guess we'll find out, because now that Benghazi has been taken away from him, I'm sure Issa will be starting an investigation any moment now. Fried Chicken posted:...and get a bigger subsidy now because we do that to try and keep the price of oil stable. I will never understand how oil socialism took root so strongly in this country. It's one of the things where heavy users should definitely be paying their own way, not subsidized by the rest of us.
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May 21, 2014 20:00
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Gaussian posted:Apologies if this has been posted already (seeing it once is bad enough), but I can't wait to get out of Texas. That reminds me, I need to early vote tomorrow. Hard part is deciding which one to vote in. Against Kesha Rogers to keep her from embarrassing the Democrats by being on the ballot in November even though Alameel doesn't stand a chance anyhow, or in the Republican one to vote against Patrick. Texas problems. 
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May 22, 2014 03:29
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Number_6 posted:Just a note to say that if you already voted in one of the Texas party primaries in March, you don't actually have a choice for the runoff. (If you voted in the March Democratic primary, you can't vote in the Republican runoff, and vice versa.) Ah, yeah, of course. I guess I heard something saying you could vote in the runoff even if you didn't vote in the first primary and sort of extrapolated that into something else for some dumb reason. SO if you didn't vote, you can still choose, but if you did, you're locked in to that one. Makes sense.
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What cracks me up is that a ronin was a shameful and undesirable thing to be. Now had West actually been dishonorably discharged and stripped of his benefits for war crimes, sure, run with it.
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May 23, 2014 21:36
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Zwabu posted:Doesn't it seem like the whole thing is geared primarily towards buffing Castro's credentials for national politics during a time when it still seems like a long shot for a Democrat to win statewide office in Texas? That's been my feeling on it. Which isn't to say that Castro isn't possibly a good choice or that he won't do a good job, just that yeah, he has been tapped by the national party and for probably another decade at least there's only so much opportunity in Texas for a democrat when it comes to elected offices.
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May 26, 2014 19:13
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iamnotcreative posted:Speaking of poo poo shows that should never have started: What I'm reading is that the military provided the list and the White House's mistake was not catching the station chief's inclusion on it before distribution. And the linked article there says that the WH press office doesn't edit these things, so I dunno, someone along the line probably should have caught it, but calling it a WH leak seems slightly inaccurate.
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May 27, 2014 17:47
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Didn't see it posted yet, but apparently Tea Party crazy Dan Patrick has beaten Dewhurst in the primary runoff for Lt Governor here in Texas. Which pretty much sucks because it means he basically has the job. The general election is just a formality at this point unless he just absolutely loses his mind and goes shitass crazy. And even then it would be a tossup. Also, Kesha Rogers was crushed, and that's good.
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May 28, 2014 02:56
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Was it Dewhurst that Cruz "stole" the senate seat from or was that someone else? Yeah, that was him. Dewhurst is pretty shady, but I'd still have rather seen him win over Cruz or Patrick, and that's loving sad. e: 1stGear posted:
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May 28, 2014 04:20
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VitalSigns posted:Hey, you don't know how I live. So it is your fault.  You could have just followed the instructions on your BT multiple voter registration and fraud kit, but no, you have to ruin poo poo for everyone.
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Good Citizen posted:This is surely bad for Texas but I have a hard time not celebrating any misfortune to befall dewhurst so I guess I'll take my joy at others' pain where I can get it. I dunno man, seems like amputating a leg when a toe would have done. Woohoo the gangrene is gone I'll worry about the consequences tomorrow 
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May 28, 2014 05:49
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VitalSigns posted:Oh wait, poo poo, I'm into other dudes. Maybe no one will be able to tell unless you're in some other dude at that exact moment.
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May 28, 2014 05:54
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zoux posted:We're about ten years out max from the last WWII vet dying, which is weird for all of us who grew up with WWII vet grandparents. My grandpa just died this month and he enlisted in the navy at 17 in 1945, making him about as young as it is possible for a WWII vet to be. He was 86. My grandfather was a Spanish American War vet. I never met him. He was 68 when my dad was born. Died at age 81 back in the mid 50s. I've got a WWII vet uncle though. He just turned 93 but he's still in excellent health for a man his age.
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Radish posted:It probably depends on how much their enemy enjoyed the benefits of their job. Also on how much like them the enemy looked. You don't see nearly as much post-war resentment toward the Germans or Italians as you do the Japanese.
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zoux posted:You do in Russia. Fair point. Specific to the US though, more or less equally involved in both theaters, "gently caress the Krauts" was/is far less common than "gently caress the Japs". ReidRansom fucked around with this message at 18:20 on May 28, 2014 |
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axeil posted:As someone who lives in DC and will probably be paying around 40% to half my monthly net income in rent after I move, I can agree that the rental market is totally insane. Another interesting point, if you Google for a rent calculator and find any website where they allow comments almost every single comment is "there is no way anyone can afford to spend only 33% of their income on rent." I recently passed on a job in DC after I started looking into living costs. It was a good job, would have been great experience and contacts, but the pay was pretty bad even by not-DC standards, making it the sort of job only someone who didn't actually need to work could take. Nearly anywhere else I could have made it work, probably, but poo poo just didn't add up for DC.
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May 29, 2014 04:34
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mooyashi posted:USA Politics June: Look upon my wonks, ye Righty, and despair I like it. e: or the other one.
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Joementum posted:The person the White House decided to send to the Sunday shows to let everyone know that they didn't notify Congress before making this POW agreement? I missed Rice, and only caught a bit of Cruz, but it sounded like he was twisting in the wind a bit. Wanting to criticize the administration's decision on the trade, but struggling to offer an alternative. Business as usual for the Republicans.
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DemeaninDemon posted:Let's just make military service a requirement to donate to campaigns then. Hell, voting too! And then the ranks of the officer corps with be stuffed to the gills with the sons of rich assholes more directly telling the poor where to go die, but not actually being put in harm's way themselves.
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