USPol April: Posting Cafe & Bakery (NOTE: Baby-killing gays need not apply)

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Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

PostNouveau posted:

Not content to let Indiana and Arkansas get all the attention, the Texas House Votes to Defund HIV Prevention to Pay for Abstinence Education.

Holy hell.

quote:

House Democrats fought against the amendment in a debate that rapidly devolved into awkward farce, with Rep. Spitzer revealing details of his own sexual history as proof of the effectiveness of abstinence. For those keeping tabs at home, he was a virgin until marrying his wife at age 29, although he declined to answer a question from Rep. Harold Dutton (D-Houston) on whether she was the first person he propositioned. �Decorum,� shouted state Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs).

Which state will have the next pants-on-head insane episode and create the next horrific piece of legislature?

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 08:53 on Apr 1, 2015

# ¿ Apr 1, 2015 08:50

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 01:52

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

The governor of Arkansas ordered the legislature rethink the religious freedom bill BEFORE he signed it? So Arkansas > Indiana now?

# ¿ Apr 1, 2015 17:39

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Ron Jeremy posted:

It's a term meaning the walmart executives don't want the bill.

http://m.kait8.com/kait8/db_330534/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qWan4dh5

I'll take anyone as an ally in this fight, even Walmart.

edit: Is Indiana still considered a swing state?

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Apr 1, 2015

# ¿ Apr 1, 2015 17:51

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

So in the end, it was definitely the business interests that made the difference and not the human rights interests. I guess I'm not surprised, but I hope people there remember that if they think about bragging about how they pulled it together to keep this law from happening.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2015 18:30

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Crowsbeak posted:

The Cultural Warrior writer Rob Dreher of the American Conservative is practically calling for a boycott of Walmart for obvious reasons. You know I may disagree with his reasons, but his arguing that this is the final showing that business is not in any way concerned for "tradition" is quite right.

Wait, not ACTUALLY calling for a boycott? What good is that?

# ¿ Apr 1, 2015 18:40

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Joementum posted:

Quote of the night, �We shouldn�t discriminate based on sexual orientation.� ~ Jeb Bush.

This is a man with aspirations for the GOP presidential nomination?

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 03:49

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Come to think of it, how are all these rear end in a top hat store owners going to even know a customer is gay before serving them? It was so much easier when they were black...

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 05:12

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Gounads posted:

On monday, my business partner claimed that as being a Christian he's discriminated against. Me & the other guy in the car were baffled. But then I had to get out of the car to catch my plane. Looking forward to finding out more about this from him since he's a very reasonable level-headed guy who hates Fox news.

I assume they're making a mistake between personal discrimination (some guy they know said they don't really like religion so much), and systemic discrimination from governments and businesses. It's a common mistake to make, clearly.

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Apr 2, 2015

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 17:12

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Sir Tonk posted:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/01/us/water-use-in-california.html?_r=0

NYT has a graphic up of how much water is being used in California. Unexpectedly, gated communities of rich old whites are using the most.

I figured it was golf courses. Don't those use more water per square foot than like fifteen bathtubs?

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 17:26

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

pathetic little tramp posted:

Seriously, morons who insist on watering their green lawns in the motherfucking desert aren't helping, but it's a kind of reverse welfare queen thing where they're teaching you to hate .003% of the problem. Big Ag and coolant for power generation are much bigger problems, and lovely-rear end infrastructure too.

It's easier to argue that those are essential uses of water though, right?

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 17:37

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

William Bear posted:

The threat ISIS and groups like it pose �are not of the existential nature we confronted during World War II or during the Cold War,� she said.

This might be a stupid question, but was WW2 an existential threat to the US?

# ¿ Apr 4, 2015 19:25

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Branis posted:

I don't think there's ever been an actual existential threat to the US except maybe the civil war. Germany in the 40s couldn't get enough ships together to invade England, let alone cross the atlantic and invade the US.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. But then, clearly lots of people consider terrorist attacks in the middle east or whatever to be existential threats to us.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2015 20:00

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

How is it decided how little they can be paid? Is it somehow based on what kind of disability they have?

# ¿ Apr 5, 2015 04:57

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Hollismason posted:

The Republican Primaries are going to be loving amazing. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, Cotton maybe?

loving fantastic.

I wish I knew what the Dems' was going to look like other than Hillary Hillary Hillary.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2015 18:26

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Fried Chicken posted:

Officer Slager has been fired, per the North Charleston mayor

What is going on here? This is not what I have come to expect at all. It's new and scary.

edit: was the person who submitted the video white or something?

# ¿ Apr 8, 2015 18:39

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Phone posted:

Charge every single last witness who corroborated the officer's testimony/paperwork with conspiracy.

That would be nice, but this is a time for baby steps. I just want ONE person to be convicted of his murder first.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2015 17:44

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

My Imaginary GF posted:

Here's the thing to keep in mind about the cop video, consider all the other arrests made by this officer which are now suspect because he's on video planting evidence. Think of anyone who may be on death row or executed because of him: now consider how much the city should expect to pay out in the eventual civil suits.

They shouldn't have hired an awful, awful person and given him power over other people's lives and freedom so screw'em.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2015 17:56

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Talmonis posted:

Sounds like accessory to murder to me.

I wish I could find a survey of all six billion police officers in the US to find out how many of them a personally embarrassed by this poo poo. I want to believe it's the vast majority of them, but...

# ¿ Apr 9, 2015 18:34

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

icantfindaname posted:

at anyone naive enough to think this

Well, I did say I WANT to believe.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2015 18:38

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

This argument sounds completely batshit; is it worth going back all those pages to figure out how it started?

edit: especially the crab stuff

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Apr 10, 2015

# ¿ Apr 10, 2015 05:10

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Ghost of Reagan Past posted:

The Internet is perhaps the strangest thing to happen to human culture since the invention of the written word.

I agree, and Twitter is perhaps the strangest thing since the invention of the internet.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2015 03:06

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Blindeye posted:

I still think Tumblr has it beat, at least for a while longer.

I don't think Tumblr has anywhere near the influence on the real world though.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2015 03:10

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Pohl posted:

I love Biden, but he will never win.

What did Biden do to be so forgotten, anyway? Dick Cheney always stayed at the top of people's minds through his various...antics.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2015 08:31

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

Also, five minute rule, he's a loving coward who runs for the hills when he gets anything harder than a softball, etc. loving Reddit.

What's the Democrat version of this look like, anyway?

# ¿ Apr 12, 2015 17:42

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Scrub-Niggurath posted:

Probably much less interesting since theres only one candidate

Including historical Dem candidates and presidents too, I mean.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2015 17:47

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Joementum posted:

All war is a crime. Hope this helps.

Yeah but it's traditional and thus grandfathered in, same as the tobacco business.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 03:40

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

I figured we'd slowly have to make do with a less hospitable climate, fewer material things and less easy travel, but that wouldn't be the end of civilization, just a (mostly very negative) change. Or maybe it's just a return to a sustainable level of humanity.

The poor and down-and-out will be completely hosed though. The rich will make sure that they take the most damage from the unpleasant changes, one way or another.

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Apr 14, 2015

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 18:09

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

gradenko_2000 posted:

Well sure, humanity in general might be able to weather catastrophic climate change but forgive me if I think the death toll is still too high regardless.

That's awful, but it's still not civilization collapse. I doubt the entire world is going to go the way of the Mayans or something.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 18:21

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

eNeMeE posted:

You don't have to worry, someone will quote it.

That's the thing about putting users on ignore: if they're saying offensive things someone will quote what they say to argue with it (so you'll end up reading them anyway), and if they're saying inoffensive things then there's no reason to put them on ignore in the first place. Ignore is pointless.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2015 04:58

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Luigi Thirty posted:

Computerized voting is the future, but only on machines that run Windows Embedded 2002 with Remote Desktop enabled and your votes stored in an Access database with a 5-character password.

So basically, banks and sales websites can have a secure setup that customers can trust, but elections are going to be a pathetic amateur job?

# ¿ Apr 15, 2015 18:18

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Raskolnikov38 posted:

44% of Americans too indecisive to just make up their goddamn minds already!

I know how I will vote, but don't see the value in registering for a party.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2015 18:19

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

The mail my parents always got as registered Democrats made me think they had registered their undying love for the Party, and I sure as poo poo am not willing to do anything like that.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2015 18:40

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

VanSandman posted:

Conservatives loving love mexican food.
Source: I am from North Carolina where every podunk little town will have a delicious mexican restaurant.

Why do they love the food but want Mexicans to stay the hell away? Or is this one of those things where you ask a kid where beef comes from and they say "the grocery store"?

# ¿ Apr 17, 2015 06:07

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

VanSandman posted:

It's the second one. Honestly I haven't heard a lot of hate from North Carolinians about illegal immigrants - I think it must be a thing closer to the border.

I mean, there's a million other reasons I could say this I guess, but why do they root for the gently caress immigrants party then?

# ¿ Apr 17, 2015 06:15

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

drakegrim posted:

Nice political joke, calm down liberals, he was only joking.

I'm sure This Is The Joke, but everything like this ever said in the history of humanity was someone "only joking".

I find it uniquely horrifying myself, and I wonder if it's just the start of some absolutely spectacular poo poo we will see as the election goes on.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2015 17:56

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Venom Snake posted:

Whats with all the other

It's probably some group no one expects, like Hmong in Wisconsin.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 02:10

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Sir Tonk posted:

http://eagnews.org/photo-school-blames-poor-lighting-for-paltry-michelle-o-lunch/

Pre or post Michelle Obama, I can believe any awful looking picture of school lunch is real.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 04:46

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Luigi Thirty posted:

Only the finest chicken nuggets Sysco can deliver

My school lunches literally made McDonalds' look like some gourmet poo poo.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 05:00

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

The main thing I remember about my elementary school cafeteria is that the administration wouldn't let us go inside the building before classes started, even in the cold of winter, but the lunch ladies would disobey them and let us in to the cafeteria so we could be warm. I never figured out what the gently caress, but I was grateful to them.

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Apr 18, 2015

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 18:21

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 01:52

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Reverend Sub-Zero posted:

BUT I'M NOT A SEXIST!

He was probably referring to metaphorical baggage but yeah, that thought had occurred to me as well.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 18:44

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