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Vivian Darkbloom posted:Bernie's out of step with the usual idea of socialism, which requires public control of the means of production. I'd say he's more of a social democrat, which is a compromise between socialism and liberalism. He's a Canadian, born of Americans, come to deliver you to the promised land of butter tarts and maple syrup.
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PupsOfWar posted:jeb lund had a good line where he noted that trey gowdy is what would happen if dewey crowe from Justified had eschewed blue-collar crime and instead become a failed mathlete I don't expect things to be cool or good so it is nice to find out about something that is good and also cool, thanks
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Brigadier Sockface posted:He was an old LF and Helldump Posting Superstar oh poo poo that's cool e: sorry about shitposting I just realized this is the d&d thread and not rsf. It's also good. A lot of things about this election are cool and good, what's the deal w/ that?
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http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/hillary-clinton-emails-classified-release-215359?cmpid=sf#ixzz3q591wBpo Is any of this ever going to go anywhere? Between every bit of communication she had for like 10 years being dissected by the most biased possible party and that 11 hour dismantling of the same people, I feel like if Hillary wins the general she may just be the most vetted and and scrutinized, and thus trustworthy president we've ever had Mister Macys posted:He's a Canadian, born of Americans, come to deliver you to the promised land of butter tarts and maple syrup. Actually, that's Ted Cruz
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Wait, do Americans not have butter tarts?
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The Crotch posted:Wait, do Americans not have butter tarts? I had no idea what a butter tart was until about 5 seconds ago. sounds loving delicious tho. you canadians are alright
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Mr Hootington posted:I asked Marco Rubio at the event I attended today what his favorite Star Ward movie was. He said "The third one, The Phantom Menace." So there you go. TWEET THIS poo poo. TWEET THIS poo poo.
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The Crotch posted:Wait, do Americans not have butter tarts? Sure they do, but it's called pecan pie. Heavy on the pecans.
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It still amazes me the budget deal even got a vote, let alone passed with Dem support (and a nice tip of the hat to Colorado and Washington). I kind of expected to see more news coverage, but I guess the lack of impending and very real crisis means it's boring. It should be a big deal that something actually passed in the House and wasn't loony bin trash to be thrown away by the Senate. I mean, clearly it shouldn't be news in a world with a functioning congress, but welp. Paul D. Ryan is an actual piece of poo poo, but I'm hoping he focuses his weasely gaze on the HFC, slowly chewing the soles from their shoes while Dems and moderate/literate Republicans get some poo poo through. Maybe Pelosi will seduce him while he cries on her office floor after work, and guide him to his doom. Or he'll be the second coming of Boehner and nothing will change until he is, as well, forced to pull out in shame. Mister Macys posted:He's a Canadian, born of Americans, come to deliver you to the promised land of butter tarts and maple syrup. SLOSifl fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Oct 31, 2015 |
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UrbicaMortis posted:If this gets out, Rubio's campaign will be destroyed. If this got caught on film, it would probably cause a permanent 3-5% drop in polls.
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SLOSifl posted:(in English and French -- en français et en langue de chien) Hey!  Dubstep Jesus posted:tbh if I were running I would absolutely respond with something like that I would say my favorite SW movie is The Clone Wars, and then have a poorly-made CGI hologram stand in for me at rallies and debates.
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Mister Macys posted:Sure they do, but it's called pecan pie. Heavy on the pecans. Pecan pie is loving delicious.
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Pecan pie in a plastic wrapper, gas station succubus, release me.
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Jim Webb thinks we need an Independent candidate for president, preferably one named Jim Webb.
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I see Jim Webb has been speaking with Ralph Nader.
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Mr Jaunts posted:Jim Webb thinks we need an Independent candidate for president, preferably one named Jim Webb. "Hmm, you know, I'm not sure what to think about the 'Ruined Bunker' Party."
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Mr Jaunts posted:Jim Webb thinks we need an Independent candidate for president, preferably one named Jim Webb. Imagine how entertaining it would be if both him and Trump run as 3rd party candidates. Trump is obviously going to appeal to libertarians but what party can Webb latch onto? The Constitution Party?
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Just letting you guys know, you missed the "so" at the beginning of "this is how liberty dies".
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SLOSifl posted:
No, you don't understand; he's American by birth, but Canadian in soul. Like being gay or transgender, but for nationalities.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:The New York Times' headline story today is an investigation into those pesky arbitration clauses. I feel like I'm getting unfairly screwed here. All we get is the hosed up, lovely parts of Shadowrun with corporations becoming their own government and writing more profitable laws that countries have to follow. I want a dragon for president dammit, not binding arbitration that can be boiled down to "gently caress you, got mine....and now yours".
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Luigi Thirty posted:Denmark‘s prime minister is mad at Bernie Sanders for saying Denmark has socialism! It's a market economy therefore not socialism, which requires a planned economy. he's right Maed posted:Huh? Market socialism is a perfectly croumulent form of socialism. it is, and that also doesn't describe denmark at all
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Mister Macys posted:No, you don't understand; he's American by birth, but Canadian in soul. Like being gay or transgender, but for nationalities. The PC police will get on me for this but I don't think America is ready for its first Maple-American president.
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SumYungGui posted:I want a dragon for president dammit,
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crazy cloud posted:The PC police will get on me for this but I don't think America is ready for its first Maple-American president. Hey man, you're just stating it how it is. It's not your fault everyone out there are a bunch of syrup justice warriors.
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crazy cloud posted:
If you go by medieval versions of dragon myth, where they were basically spirits of greed and you could physically turn into one if sufficiently greedy, this is barely even metaphorical
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Epic High Five posted:It's such a transparent scam. When my old employer tried to push it I found the best way to deflate the pitch was to ask why, if it's so great, it wasn't opt-in instead of a condition of employment and why wasn't I allowed to request and arbitrator that I paid for? I wish Arbitration was illegal. I know it might have some uses but overall it's a really blatant way for someone in a position of power to deny you your rights and stack the deck even more. e: Internet Webguy posted:Imagine how entertaining it would be if both him and Trump run as 3rd party candidates. Trump is obviously going to appeal to libertarians but what party can Webb latch onto? The Constitution Party? Democrats Hilary needs to win lean blue states. If Webb were to run as a 3rd party he wouldn't do it to win, he'd do it to spite-gently caress the Democrats like Trump would do if the GOP screws him over. There's no way Jim Webb is actually dumb enough to think he'd win as a 3rd party candidate. Evil Fluffy fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Oct 31, 2015 |
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Evil Fluffy posted:I wish Arbitration was illegal. I know it might have some uses but overall it's a really blatant way for someone in a position of power to deny you your rights and stack the deck even more. Also it's insanely easy for Webb to get on the ballot in VA.
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What would drive Webb to do that? Pettiness? An overriding desire for unrestricted military adventures? Or is it simply bluster?
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If it looks like Webb is gonna do an independent run, Clinton should just tell him that she'll make him Secretary of Defense, whether or not she follows through. That'll shut him up.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:The New York Times' headline story today is an investigation into those pesky arbitration clauses. This is really a very big deal; the systematic destruction of our judicial system right here. But, it's such a wonky issue that it's almost impossible to get people worked up over it. Corporations, especially insurance companies, have been hacking away at our open court system for decades. People don't concern themselves with it until it directly affects them or a close family member and then it's too late. Add in a compliant congress, at both state and federal level, and you get more and more legislation that destroys the right to civil trials. Our form of democracy, representative government, can not survive without a vibrant and active judiciary. Even libertarian poo poo-head theory depends on an active judiciary. (I bolded my own sentence because that was really the most important point.)
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Evil Fluffy posted:
Those voters already started voting Republican a while ago. And the few remaining Dixiecrat holdovers would have already been attracted to Trump for the duration of this election cycle, rendering Webb's fiscally-populist/socially-conservative ideology redundant. Unlike Trump, Webb lacks charisma, fame or money. PupsOfWar fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Oct 31, 2015 |
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Aurubin posted:What would drive Webb to do that? Pettiness? An overriding desire for unrestricted military adventures? Or is it simply bluster? He was polling at 1 percent in the Democratic primary, he won't have any effect on the election.
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Know who else uses arbitration? Islamic court in the US!
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SumYungGui posted:I feel like I'm getting unfairly screwed here. All we get is the hosed up, lovely parts of Shadowrun with corporations becoming their own government and writing more profitable laws that countries have to follow. I want a dragon for president dammit, not binding arbitration that can be boiled down to "gently caress you, got mine....and now yours". Yes, cyberpunk became reality. But only the bad parts of cyberpunk.
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DemeaninDemon posted:Know who else uses arbitration? Islamic court in the US! Oddly, this gets more airtime than corporate arbitration.
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Lycus posted:If it looks like Webb is gonna do an independent run, Clinton should just tell him that she'll make him Secretary of Defense, whether or not she follows through. That'll shut him up. Webb would be a worse SecDef than Rumsfeld. At least Rummers had the quality of bleeding the military slowly.
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Full Shadowrun now, Dunkelzahn for 2016.
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If only that old lady didn't get burned by her loving coffee none of this would have happened. She was totally in the right to sue but just saying
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moller posted:Yes, cyberpunk became reality. But only the bad parts of cyberpunk.  I think of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTkEIGsNXu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orf5u6RQgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePRP7GXzqyI&t=56s bonus:  https://vimeo.com/105240463
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