Sharkie posted:

They look like the villains from a movie about a devil-worshiping cult. Although I like Callista's clock/elephant fascinator.

Joementum posted:

Quote of the day, “The main thing I would say is that nothing’s free. If someone offers you something for free, treat it as if they’re offering you heroin and think about the repercussions of what is free and what is a drug, an addicting drug like heroin and the ramifications of that. There’s nothing free. It just means somebody else is gonna pay for it, you don’t see them. So the plumber, the welder, the carpenter, the people who don’t go to college are being asked to pay for your education.” ~ Rand Paul, on public education.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Shoulda had a stronger tan sau.

BigRed0427 posted:

Uhh, I haven't been keeping up. Why was Ky's Governor race a big deal?

Absurd Alhazred posted:

If your opponent's center line keeps slipping right, you attack him through the left, not follow him. Idiots.

Good Citizen posted:

Lol a bunch of people in Kentucky are literally going to spite themselves to death tonight.

Taerkar posted:

Kentucky is the state that brought you Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell

Taerkar posted:

Okay, there's a definite issue of denial going on there.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Or, you know, maybe the Democrats can get their GotV act together for off years.

Optimus Subprime posted:

How easy will it be for this new KY governor to roll back the medicaid expansion?

pathetic little tramp posted:

Here's a scenario I see being possible in kentucky, and it's the only Hope I'm clinging to. Bevin goes hard after killing Medicaid on the first day and institutes his Medicare drug testing program on day two.

These measures, when actually seen by kentuckians, instantly sour them on their idiot governor and the state legislatures panic, seeing that they're all in danger of getting ousted at next election. They work on reinstating Medicaid expansion by law and override bevins veto. Bevin is neutered and spends the next four years totally powerless, as the stalemate in the legislatures never resolves.

Shageletic posted:

Yes the prospect of the poor suffering is hi-larious

zoux posted:

I don't think Bevin is going to make good on his ridiculous pandering promise to strip hundreds of thousands of people of health insurance with the stroke of a pen. It's a popular program that polls well in the state.

zoux posted:

Salve your fears my friend.

Dr. Tough posted:

lol this election really broke some you guys

Doctor Butts posted:

Ben Carson a straight up busta.

evilweasel posted:

Mitt Romney giving a press conference about Benghazi the day after it occured once it was known four people were killed, grinning the entire time.

Luigi Thirty posted:

Some people were just sending girls unsolicited dick pics ... It's so big that they don't know what to do about it.

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

Seek help getting him elected

MariusLecter posted:

Actually, most people think it's a waiting room where you get an appointment for several months later or a doctor comes by and marks you with a red X on your forehead for the pneumatic hammer cause your too costly to treat.

Joementum posted:

Mr Interweb posted:

Nooooo! This is terrible news. I want his dumbass to stay in the race as long as possible. He can't flame out so soon.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Are you seriously going down the "they're coming for our gunsmeat" route?

Justus posted:

The only thing that can stop back bacon is good bacon.

Luigi Thirty posted:

The prohibition is technically against eating the flesh of warm-blooded animals and fish are deemed to be cold-blooded. You can eat anything fitting that standard but eating fish is customary thanks to the reality of medieval food preparation (salt fish kept well) and medieval rules lawyering.

Kellsterik posted:

This is a time for milennials to step up, take ownership, and sacrifice for their country. For example, by spending money at shopping malls.

JT Jag posted:

What about potatoes, they have eyes

My Imaginary GF posted:

America is in the midst of a conservative revolution; our best and brightest, our most politically astute --- read: opportunistic --- understand the way which the wind is blow'n and are making bank hitching their personal brands on the Trump, the Rubio, the Cruz wagons. Kasich? All his proposals are what Bill Clinton would say, were he running this election [and despite what folks say, he's really not].

To understand this revolution in American politics, to appreciate how the modern age of Republicanism no longer can depend upon Democratic institutions to mediate politics, is to be able to accurately predict the next policy proposals of the beltway class.

Far too often have I heard --- whether its in some of America's greatest cities, rural bars, or internet communities --- that 'you need to leave that beltway mindset in DC.' Well, America, I'm here to tell ya: You're now the beltway, and the beltway is you. Embrace it and lean in.

What's that mean in practical terms? It means that, when you understand the logic behind why people love America, you cab predict how candidates will embrace that love in their policy positions. Take, for instance, Kasich's most moderate of moderate proposals; rather than shut down American mosques, as a majority of the contenders polling above 5% this month in his same contest would, Kasich proposes that America institute a Department of Judeo-Christian Values. Why? Because America was founded on Judeo-Christian values, and the one common trait amongst those who would attack us is their lack thereof. Therefore, Kasich would use government intervention to promote ideals that our founding fathers would recognize.

Therein lies the most moderate of moderate Republican positions: Government intervention can have impact on ideas. It is an ideal shared by the Democratic candidates [except, perhaps, Chaffee] and rejected by all the other Republican candidates because it relies upon government intervention.

The question you should be asking when you considet the policy possibilities in America isn't what impact the policy will have upon individuals; that 'mezzo/micro' interaction doesn't matter for Republicans any more. What you should be asking is what the 'macro/mezzo' interaction of policy will be. Translation: is it a question of government intervention, or one of individualism?

You can see this play out with other candidates: Trump doesn't wish to send muslim americans to concentration camps; that would be a 'mezzo/micro' interaction. Trump wants a 'macro/mezzo' interaction when he proposes that mosques in America be shut down; he would use macro policy to impact the mezzo-level institutions of community, thus ignoring the question of government intervention in the mind of the American electorate.

You see, the American electorate still has trust is 'macro/mezzo' interactions; what they don't trust is the 'macro/micro' nor the 'mezzo/micro' interactions, the ones which take the form of Obamacare (macro/micro) and nonprofit resettling of refugees (mezzo/micro).

With those basic parameters in mind, I encourage you to explore any potential American policy you can think of, all while asking what sort of interaction it is, and who's primary it would pass muster in.

FAUXTON posted:

That's because the Quran lays out a fairly conservative tax code as long as you're a Muslim.

GreyjoyBastard posted:

Maybe Joementum isn't Dave Weigel, but is in fact a liquor marketing operative.

VitalSigns posted:

Awh, don't worry buddy, my cynicism about politics is well isolated from my personal life, I'm having a lovely week

Meg From Family Guy posted:

The shooter was mentally ill

Alkydere posted:

Black Friday is the only time I've ever seen a store manager loose her poo poo and start screaming at customers. Granted it was at a Wal-Mart, but goddamn.