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nutranurse posted:Why would they fire him over that though? Isn't that just Australian homebrew? Not homebrew, XXXX. Pissing in your own mouth is better than drinking XXXX.
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I think we can all agree saying “The only time you look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.” puts Louis CK on the wrong side of some important political issues today.
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I've been thinking about making a local government and you thread for a few months now. Generally going over the forms that city councils take, who you should probably be complaining to when traffic lights don't get fixed. Maybe cover some other things like how you can get involved, the way public records are supposed to work and often don't. I have always found it curious how much people focus so much on the national level politics because it seems like worrying about the things we can change the least. If you want some perspective on what I mean, consider the change that the single city council member being a socialist in Seattle has caused. Any thoughts or comments on the idea?
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People in the US are concerned about I/P because of the US's close association with Israel.
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i kind of enjoyed the auspol derails because they helped me learn about australian culture
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fishmech, was fishmech your original name on SA? Because I still think of you as install gentooRuanGacho posted:I've been thinking about making a local government and you thread for a few months now. Generally going over the forms that city councils take, who you should probably be complaining to when traffic lights don't get fixed. Maybe cover some other things like how you can get involved, the way public records are supposed to work and often don't. I have always found it curious how much people focus so much on the national level politics because it seems like worrying about the things we can change the least. If you want some perspective on what I mean, consider the change that the single city council member being a socialist in Seattle has caused. Any thoughts or comments on the idea?
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Have you read The Reagan Rhetoric: History and Memory in 1980s America? It's a good read on how Reagan used language and communication to so effectively win people over, and to what degree he believed his own bullshit. Also, the cover art alone makes it worth the price: ha. this looks amazing. comes along bort posted:Lou Cannon's biography is okay, if a little too deliberately evenhanded. might give this one a shot too unless there is a better suggestion
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With reference to pants chat, I wanted to point out that here in Southeast Asia the goons pride ourselves on remaining pantless as a routine part of life. We probably also get statistically less done. If you think about it, greater statistical probability of pants-wearing probably correlates with higher productivity (maybe also a higher propensity for colonialism), but also with lower happiness levels and longer working hours. ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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RuanGacho posted:I've been thinking about making a local government and you thread for a few months now. Generally going over the forms that city councils take, who you should probably be complaining to when traffic lights don't get fixed. Maybe cover some other things like how you can get involved, the way public records are supposed to work and often don't. I have always found it curious how much people focus so much on the national level politics because it seems like worrying about the things we can change the least. If you want some perspective on what I mean, consider the change that the single city council member being a socialist in Seattle has caused. Any thoughts or comments on the idea? I'd agree that this sounds fascinating and excellent.
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ReindeerF posted:With reference to pants chat, I wanted to point out that here in Southeast Asia the goons pride ourselves on remaining pantless as a routine part of life. We probably also get statistically less done. My impression was that the old-dude-pants-high thing came from the time right after WWII when they stopped rationing fabrics and suddenly the market was kind of glutted and people went a little overboard. So you got high-waisted pants with tons of pleats because it was so cool they could afford that much material again.
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I've never seen it, but I've heard that the show that most consistently matches real-life beltway politics is Veep, confirm/deny
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Ballz posted:Cigar City Jai Alai. Game. Set. Match. drat. I can't even beat you on "at least MY really good beer is from a local brewery" points there, because apparently so is yours.
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Wolfsheim posted:I've never seen it, but I've heard that the show that most consistently matches real-life beltway politics is Veep, confirm/deny I can confirm that it's really funny.
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XyloJW posted:Speaking of which I need a new avatar. Someone give me a holler if something good shows up in the cartoons thread. That is still one of my favorite edits to come out of the Political Cartoons thread.
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Unzip and Attack posted:Everyone's always blowing Reagan and his "rhetoric" and what not but aside from coining a few masterful terms like welfare queen, he wasn't some incredible orator. People worship him because the modern conservative movement absolutely needs a contemporary conservative figure to lionize and for historical reasons outside his control, he won by default. I mean poo poo, Reagan's own policies failed the 2008 "Reagan Test" that was supposed to be some pseudo-religious standard of devotion. It's not that Reagan was anything special, it's just that his target audience is made up of the worst scum in the country who willingly praise him for poo poo he didn't even do or say.
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Oh I forgot the other thing. Reagan rebuilt the conservative coalition. The GOP's civil war today is in a lot of ways the breakdown of Reagan's coalition, I think. So he was a "great" figure in the sense of changing the alignment of American politics. But I think the main thing is if you think "Reagan was a giant dumbass why do people lionize him?" the answer is that his dumbassedness had a touch of genius to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5wHRryA2aw And then you look at who he was going up against: Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale? Blegh. Edit: Also LOL at the "great communicator" line at the end of this below. "Aw shuddup!" 'And then the heckler shut up forever...' Truly, Reagan was an inspiring president. And also the picture of him in a cowboy hat above the words AMERICA on the podium. You can't make this up.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXOpm0H7QA For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhHdy1kkinE BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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Omi-Polari posted:Yeah the conservative movement needed someone to lionize, absolutely. But Reagan spoke in very simple and plain terms that were easily understandable to ordinary people, and he had a flair for camp and drama. Then you look at the three preceding presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter and you can see why conservatives went all gooey for Ronnie. And I think people are nostalgic about the 1980s and Reagan benefits from that. Speechification and statemanship changed character.
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Technogeek posted:drat. I can't even beat you on "at least MY really good beer is from a local brewery" points there, because apparently so is yours. Only good thing to come out of Florida in recent years is its amazing microwbrewery scene. But worry not, our local Republican lawmakers are doing their best to ruin that too. Ballz fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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ReindeerF posted:With reference to pants chat, I wanted to point out that here in Southeast Asia the goons pride ourselves on remaining pantless as a routine part of life. We probably also get statistically less done. I have no doubt that pants correlate with unhappiness in Thailand because the one time I went it was 95 degrees and 80% humidity and the sun was like a foot from my goddamn head. I wanted to die and it is no longer surprising to me that your governance process is hosed -- your brains are being sautéed every day.
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RuanGacho posted:I've been thinking about making a local government and you thread for a few months now. Generally going over the forms that city councils take, who you should probably be complaining to when traffic lights don't get fixed. Maybe cover some other things like how you can get involved, the way public records are supposed to work and often don't. I have always found it curious how much people focus so much on the national level politics because it seems like worrying about the things we can change the least. If you want some perspective on what I mean, consider the change that the single city council member being a socialist in Seattle has caused. Any thoughts or comments on the idea? I would follow this thread an probably contribute a bit. Right now I work for a weak-mayor municipality and my colleagues and I generally love our jobs cause there's no political bullshit. We also love to make fun of the neighboring town, which has a strong-mayor form and a "toxic" and overly political work environment (according to a friend who worked there briefly) which has driven away multiple mid- and top-level employees in the past 18 months.
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Is the FCPA completely toothless nowadays like the SEC, or are there still corporations who get charged on occasion? I was just reading how News Corp looks to avoid charges, much like Wal-Mart after their Mexican adventures.
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Exclamation Marx posted:most of the brit comics are left no
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ufarn posted:Is the FCPA completely toothless nowadays like the SEC, or are there still corporations who get charged on occasion? FCPA has teeth these days. It's one of my practice areas.
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TheImmigrant posted:FCPA has teeth these days. It's one of my practice areas.
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Chantilly Say posted:My impression was that the old-dude-pants-high thing came from the time right after WWII when they stopped rationing fabrics and suddenly the market was kind of glutted and people went a little overboard. So you got high-waisted pants with tons of pleats because it was so cool they could afford that much material again.
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Gentlemen, he is wearing sweatpants with a starched shirt and tie.
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TheImmigrant posted:FCPA has teeth these days. It's one of my practice areas. Yep, and the numbers can be staggering, e.g.: http://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=95919 http://www.fcpablog.com/blog/2014/1/10/alcoa-lands-5th-on-our-top-ten-list.html
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ufarn posted:What's the scuttlebutt on the Wal-Mart case? It doesn't appear to be closed yet. Bloomberg had an article about the investigation expanding to a few more countries. They've spent nearly half a billion on legal fees. http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-26/wal-mart-says-bribery-probe-cost-439-million-in-past-two-years.html
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Exclamation Marx posted:
God this such a great bit. Lee does a lot of political stuff, although it's usually in a roundabout way R. Mute posted:*puts hand on your shoulder* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmsV1TuESrc Dreylad fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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Exclamation Marx posted:most of the brit comics i like are left What the hell would a Tory comic even be like?
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McDowell posted:What the hell would a Tory comic even be like? Like this but British. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mQPvKXw3U
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yes thank you for assuming i not only don't know stewart lee, but that i was in fact too lazy or stupid to even click the video exclamation marx posted. McDowell posted:What the hell would a Tory comic even be like? e: i'll admit that the famous ones generally are left wing because you can't really appreciate a good racist comedian outside of the context of a dark and ugly pub surrounded by men in denim jackets R. Mute fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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R. Mute posted:yes thank you for assuming i not only don't know stewart lee, but that i was in fact too lazy or stupid to even click the video exclamation marx posted. i wasn't linking it to educate you, i was linking the video for its content to agree with you (lots of british comedians/personalities ranting about political correctness) but let's get super defensive!!! i didn't realize mitchell was part of that crowd though, that's pretty disappointing.
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i apologise, dreylad-san *bows*
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I also really like this talk he gave about the evolution of stand-up in Britain and the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrXVaytvJtQ
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R. Mute posted:i apologise, dreylad-san  You can't do that on the Internet!
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lothar_ posted:
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Dreylad posted:I also really like this talk he gave about the evolution of stand-up in Britain and the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrXVaytvJtQ
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lothar_ posted:
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