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Turns out Cantor found the best way to get over his primary loss was to fall rear end backwards into a pile of money: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/02/eric-cantor-joins-wall-street-investment-firm-will-open-washington-office/ quote:Former House majority leader Eric Cantor is joining a Wall Street investment bank as vice chairman and managing director, the firm announced this morning. However they may not want to press his experience in risk assessment.
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ReindeerF posted:Yes, it's not lying or twisting anything, it's just being disingenuous. There's a problem, it shouldn't be there, but it's not our job to fix it! Being a Republican in government must be a killer gig. You spend all your time taking payoffs from lobbyists and anytime someone tells you to eat your carrots you scribble out a 500 word internally consistent, but completely irrelevant excuse for why you're not going to eat your carrots and then smirk. Talk about the Republican position in a nutshell. "I'm embarrassed that the problem exists, so I will ignore it." It's like poor people voting Republican because "gently caress the mooching poor" For people bookmarking relevant links, it was a Yale study that found among 127 participants, an application with "John" at the top was offered ~$30k per year to start when an application with "Jennifer" at the top was offered $26k. Pythagoras a trois fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Sep 3, 2014 |
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Sep 3, 2014 15:38
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skaboomizzy posted:Bob McDonnell was found guilty on 11 counts, Maureen was found guilty on 8 including obstruction of justice. They skated on falsifying loan documents but I think got nailed on everything else. Well they can't just start prosecuting the rich for financial crimes out of the blue.
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Sep 4, 2014 20:25
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zoux posted:It's true I find conservative relatives respond well to data and strong logical arguments. This sort of blows my mind. Fun example, this is from the debate between Al Franken and O'Reilly, Franken calling out the Peabody thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMP4Eunt570#t=691 The continuation, in which O'Reilly responds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giwHp800c08 Can anyone put into words how despite 10 minutes of being caught red handed in front of a crowd with citations of his own lying words, O'Reilly just rolls these accusations off his back? Within the first ten seconds of rebuttal, Franken looks defensive and beaten.
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Sep 5, 2014 22:16
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Does how nice a place factor into it or do you care more about having a lock you can put between you and the world? Sounds interesting, if you did and ask tell I'd read it.
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Sep 8, 2014 14:37
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Prosopagnosiac posted:I know it's a pipe dream, but Sanders is pushing for a vote on a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision. Live now: http://www.c-span.org/video/?320891-1/us-senate-morning-business&live Chuck Grassley, DBAG-Iowa is arguing that the democrats are trying to destroy the first amendment
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Sep 8, 2014 22:20
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Wikipedia posted:On February 16, 2012, President Obama nominated Pryor to be Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to replace Judge Stanley F. Birch, Jr., who retired in 2010. Both of Georgia's United States senators refused to return the "blue slips" on her nomination, effectively blocking the nomination. On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. How did this one get strong armed through again?
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Sep 8, 2014 23:09
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twodot posted:Does anyone have the text of the amendment? The press release doesn't seem to have it, and the only text I can find is from three years ago (is it still the same one from three years ago: http://sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/S.J.Res..pdf ?). Right here: https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/19
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Sep 8, 2014 23:32
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 Well that wasn't bad at all. I thought it would be a completely partisan vote to ignore Sanders and continue to pretend our political process is fine.
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Sep 8, 2014 23:47
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Joementum posted:Remember: every three days that the Senate spends doing anything other than confirming a lifetime appointment for an Obama-nominated judge between now and the end of the year is one less Obama-nominated federal judge. You can be as defensively cynical as you want, I'm going to revel in the fact Bernie Sanders got an Amendment to the Constitution to the floor of the Senate. Forty-eight co sponsors.
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Sep 9, 2014 03:05
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Lycus posted:Is this really something McConnell would want to campaign on? All the conservative-minded people I know dislike money in politics too. Being pro-CU seems like something that only speaks to rich guys and libertarians. As for my own defensive cynicism, an amendment on the floor saying 'you can't do this next year' is a good way to pump donors for a bigger investment on this election cycle.
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Sep 9, 2014 03:17
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Patience.avi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX3BgZlI08E If Josh Earnest walked over and slapped Ed across the face, I don't think anyone would object. Today he's asked Josh "A year ago Obama said he was happy to be out of Iraq, and today he's looking at military options in the area. Does that suggest he was too quick to leave?" "It does not, Ed." That said, getting an idea of what's going on in politics by watching reporters try to catch the Press Secretary off guard on a daily basis has been an interesting change of pace.
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Sep 9, 2014 19:15
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BiggerBoat posted:"Excessive Black voting" - A Republican Probably the most amazing racist thing I've heard. He doesn't have a problem with black voting, it's that he thinks black voting should be done in moderation. Maybe three out of every five black votes should count, or some such.
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Sep 10, 2014 16:27
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Stultus Maximus posted:Kids should not be suspended for parroting their parents' beliefs. They should, however, be disciplined for disrespect to other students, acting against the school community, and creating an unsafe environment. In Montessori schools, when one kid bullies another, the victim is taught to stand up for themselves. It's awesome seeing a barely conscious four year old get their block castle knocked over and have them say "You can't do that, it's my castle" completely bewildering the jerk who knocked it over. Of course you have to be pretty bougie to even know what a Montessori school is, but nonetheless.
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Sep 12, 2014 05:12
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Raskolnikov38 posted:So I guess Mitch got himself a non-retarded campaign manager if this is the ad they're coming out with after the Paulite resigned. This is actually a pretty good ad, as someone who would never vote Republican it casts the options as serve in heaven-reign in hell. It would to be good for the country to get rid of McConnell, but I can't imagine the state specifically will get more favors out of it.
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Sep 12, 2014 18:17
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BAWRLIN posted:Every gay person I've talked to about it says they knew from a very young age. Like 5 or so. That's sort of unfair, all 5 year old boys think girls are gross. But wait, instead of engaging the highly ranked amateur trolls here, let's watch the professionals at the White House Press Brief! I'm putting money that someone will bring up the reporter who took a boat across Lake Erie today, although it's pretty much anyone's guess whether it will be in light of Ebola, ISIL, immigration, or all three. Nothing like sick terrorists who want to get in on our awesome healthcare system.
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Sep 12, 2014 18:27
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RuanGacho posted:I wish a major polling organization would go around askimg people in a condescending tone "Why are you afraid?" I'm pretty sure that's what Gallup does. They're not exactly a bastion of great statistics.
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Sep 13, 2014 19:11
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DemeaninDemon posted:It'll be orders of magnitude worse than the racism. I don't think so. Candidate Barack Obama had to deal with less racism than Mediocre President Barack Obama, at least from the conventional sources.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:55
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I'm also very disappointed by Hillary's campaign so far
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Sep 16, 2014 13:40
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The good news is this is the best shot they'll have for like half a decade. In 2018 they'll need to either get more support or cease to exist entirely.
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Sep 16, 2014 15:42
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I think voting for the Green Party is the definition of inflicting self harm to better a populist movement.
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Sep 16, 2014 15:56
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Looking at SCOTUS chat from another thread, what is keeping Obama from appointing 2 more justices out of the blue? I thought that was a power he had.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:01
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haveblue posted:The number of justices is set by Congress. Ganon posted:This says it's limited to 9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_Act_of_1869 Thanks. Just making sure there are no silver bullets that Obama could pull out of thin air to fix things.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:09
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So is this one of your actual opinions or is this just more of you testing your get out of trouble for shitposting free pass. Seriously though why is this still going on, it hasn't been funny for months.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:28
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Miltank posted:Ya can't just accelerate and then slam on the breaks you'll give the country whiplash. That's a pretty good metaphor for the past 20 years.
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Sep 16, 2014 18:38
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Joe Biden is talking at the 40th Anniversary Conference of the Legal Services Corporation. Pretty good so far. Maybe he's just good at playing the part, but he doesn't have that slick rear end in a top hat politician feel to what he says. Maybe we'll get lucky and Hillary will just be the fear monger of 2016 and lose the primary like she did when she was 'obviously' going to win in 2008. I wouldn't have a problem with President Biden.
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Khisanth Magus posted:Hillary Clinton is an 80s republican. The modern GOP are loonies who should never be given any type of responsibility, let alone allowed to "govern". I don't know why people act like votes don't count, until every blue senator is a Elizabeth Warren or a Bernie Sanders, there's plenty of work to be done even in a state that's a complete lock.
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Sep 16, 2014 19:11
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computer parts posted:Reminder that Bernie Sanders literally does not understand racial issues and comes from the whitest part of the US. Reminder that Bernie's from Brooklyn and a minority
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Sep 16, 2014 20:47
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Well I caught most of that, apparently we're committing resources to the Ebola epidemic. Considering how allergic to Obama's executive actions the right has been, I'm a little bit sadistically looking forward to what they say about this. You can watch the remarks here, but it didn't seem to have any fun "Degrade and Degenerate" turns of phrases, so any reasonable news article will probably bring you up to speed if you missed them.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:17
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My Imaginary GF posted:You call always tell one's true political leanings by the accuracy of their use of 'Professor' versus 'Doctor.' I always thought Professor was a step above Doctor, as there are a million and one post-doc researchers, but they all work for the guy with tenure. I don't know if this confirms or contradicts the point you were making though.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:57
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Amused to Death posted:And we're back to the point that nothing Obama/congress can do will ever count as a win because it will always not be not leftist enough. Is a gigantic expansion of Medicaid(both adult and SCHIP) as part of a larger "meh" Obamacare not counting as half a win? Fair Sentencing Act? Auto bailout? Matthew Shepard/James Byrd hate crime act? Lilly Ledbetter? Cash for clunkers? Stricter EPA regulations from everything to certain emissions to car mileage? 9/11 responders bill? Tribal Law act? Expansion of Americoprs? I always drop the overdraft fee protection and that shuts people up. You remember what sucked? Overdraft fees. We had a Democratic House and Senate for 2 years and they put and end to that abusive bullshit.
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Sep 17, 2014 04:16
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This was mentioned yesterday, but is worth mentioning again. Bernie Sanders recorded a folk album. It's amazing, it's just Bernie's spoken word over labor songs. I'm a big fan of "The Banks are Made of Mable": http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2014/09/17/bernie-sanders-recorded-a-folk-album-no-punchline-required Of course, it's free online (whole album embedded in the bottom of above link).
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Sep 18, 2014 16:09
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haveblue posted:Scott Walker released a video in which he orates at the bottom of a pit. A Wisconsin union promptly filed a complaint with the OSHA over safety violations he committed while doing this. quote:But it’s unlikely Walker would be fined or even investigated by OSHA, Finkel said.
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Sep 18, 2014 20:59
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Ganon posted:Tom Ridge... also shaves his forearms and hands because he can't stand the idea of body hair on his arms _I_ heard he really shaves his arms because his armhair grows instantly in painful spurts, a whole inch in one go. PROOF 
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Sep 19, 2014 03:48
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hangedman1984 posted:Oh snap! No she di'int! Odds the response mentions obamacare:
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Sep 19, 2014 05:26
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Dr.Zeppelin posted:If the average NRA member disliked politicians primarily because of "father knows best" attitudes, they wouldn't be conservatives. I like the Fraken quote, "Republicans love the GOP like a 4 year old loves his mommy".
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Sep 21, 2014 17:31
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SKELETONS posted:I was going to make a joke about how losing your arm in defense of the country entitles you to a get-out-of-jail free card, but the NYT article mentions him raping someone as well Did you just casually claim Clinton is a rapist?
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Sep 22, 2014 15:37
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sad to see one of my favourite senators ever is probably as bad as Clinton in that regard.
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Sep 22, 2014 16:58
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Radbot posted:Nuclear is the only way to produce any amount of carbon-reduced electricity in time to stop the worst effects of climate change. Period. Here's a nice finding that solar in large scale plants outperforms coal, nuclear, and natural gas for electricity generation: http://planetsave.com/2014/09/21/solar-panels-cost/
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No WH Presser today? I really don't get their schedule. edit: apparently Obama's at the UN and/or hanging out with Clinton. He should call some former Acorn organizers for a right-wing media rage hattrick. Pythagoras a trois fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Sep 22, 2014 |
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