RuanGacho posted:

This is even more interesting then because if true it means that if internal spending is a way to keep down civil unrest you could have more of these rigid governments ( looking at you Iran) facing greater internal pressure if there isnt any outside sources of income to keep things running.

happyhippy posted:

I heard Romney went to France during Vietnam doing Mormon Missonary work instead of dying in a rice field. And this is why France is a major Mormon stronghold today.
oh wait

Gravel Gravy posted:

I think it's cruel for Jesus to set unrealistic body standards for men while at the same time force feeding followers bread and wine at 9 in the morning.

Mr Jaunts posted:

At a Q&A in New Hampshire today, Rubio was asked, "Who would you like to have a beer with who is not a politician?” His answer?

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and noted Muslim teenager

Pillowpants posted:

So,

In my city I've been waging a completely fake over the top write in campaign to become dictator of the city. I've spent two months talking about making rivers run with chocolate, annexing surrounding towns, deciding leash law disputes with duels etc etc etc. while at the same time asking everyone to stop name calling each other. I've been doing this on all Facebook with photoshopped signs and long rants every few days.

Last night, this got me elected to the Housing Authority in my city and I came in second for Planning Board, and got 12 votes for city council.

Pillowpants posted:

Oh and I should also mention that I've been told not to accept the position by a city councilman.

fknlo posted:

asking why Obama never faced the same kind of scrutiny.

Joementum posted:

Ahh, I see the confusion. I believe he's trying to say that the systemic oppression means that the students of color don't have access to equal opportunities, not that they are not rising on their own to meet them.

alpha_destroy posted:

From the reports I've heard from Concerned Student 1950 he didn't deserve the benefit of the doubt. Remember, up until the last few weeks it was Loftin's head on the block, but after dealing with both Loftin and Wolfe, CS1950 and the Forum for Graduate Rights determined Loftin was a dummy, but was willing to listen. The reports I've heard is they believed Wolfe was totally unwilling to listen.

So, I don't think he misspoke. I think he really is that much of an rear end in a top hat.

Zombie Samurai posted:

I really love the way Trump responds to things.

"What are we talking about? I have the best one. It made a million dollars. Everyone loves it. I don't care about it anymore. Is it bothering you? We'll do it your way. Make America Great Again."

Fix posted:

itshappening.gif

Finally. Now we just gotta see the size of the crater this shithead makes.

FizFashizzle posted:

I just want you guys to know I'm working with HR and our wellness director at the Big Corporate Office to ban all processed sugar.

Fried food is next.

Luigi Thirty posted:

If you're ever wondering "why is food X kosher/okay for lent/halal and not food Y" the answer is usually medieval rules lawyers.

Luigi Thirty posted:

Same thing with fish, actually. Fisheries in England did well because there were so many meatless feast days. Then Henry VIII started his own church with blackjack and hookers and only papist scum ate fish and all the fisheries went to poo poo because there was no more demand. After he died they decided "well okay, fish is for Fridays" and the fisheries did okay again.

Epic High Five posted:

loving Snake People trying to ruin our democracy

Luigi Thirty posted:

It won't be allowed by the forces of gibbis who will invade it and ruin it but other than that

Joementum posted:

zoux posted:

Greg Abbott just released a statement saying that he won't permit Minnesotans to enter Texas.

Edminster posted:

And Jindal is out of the race.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/17/jindal-suspends-presidential-campaign/

Mr Jaunts posted:

Well, it's not quite physical violence, but someone photoshopped a selfie by a Canadian Sikh guy to make him look like a terrorist and tricked multiple international news agencies into claiming he committed the Paris attacks. The icing on the cake is that this was done by a GamerGater!

Zeroisanumber posted:

Not quite US politics news, but it sounds like the French Police have cornered that last terrorist and are in a shootout with him as of now.

Zeroisanumber posted:

Me too, but I sense that GIGN isn't in the mood.

zoux posted:

Well, gee fellas I sure can't see how that could possibly be abused.

zoux posted:

PUGGERNAUT posted:

George Takei was also upset by the rear end in a top hat mayor from Roanoke.


Nice to hear someone in the public eye not being an rear end in a top hat. George Takei rules.

JT Jag posted:

I think I've stumbled upon an argument that makes the refugee panickers think twice if nothing else.

The "America is a nation of immigrants argument." Specifically, the "we have seen all of this before and we will see it again" strain.

"This is a country where the Irish were denigrated as drunkards and feared for their secret loyalty to the Pope, where the Chinese were hated for stealing good honest jobs, where the Japanese were loathed and kept in internment camps. Now these people are productive parts of American society. The Syrian refugees would be no different. The American melting pot is undefeated."

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Hasn't Rush and Fox been relatively pro-Trump?

Ultimately, they're both driven by ratings to an even greater degree than they are driven by political partisanship, and Trump brings the ratings.

MothraAttack posted:

Has this been posted yet? Trump "absolutely" wants government Muslim database.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-would-certainly-implement-muslim-database-n466716?nc=4444

Fried Chicken posted:

Get ready to change the thread title again

"I obviously am not happy about the events that happened last week in Paris, but I think it is a positive development. It has suddenly cast, forced Americans to confront more carefully the issue of national security because it is the most important thing a president will do and it the most important function of the federal government. And I hope we focus on that note more, not just for political advantage, but because the world has become a very dangerous place" - Marco Rubio

Luigi Thirty posted:

The final verdict was 5 people shot. The family of the victim who was getting protested for in the first place wants the protests to end so nobody else will get hurt, according to the updated version of that Star-Tribune article.

Monkey Fracas posted:

At the very least he seems to be as much of a pain in the rear end to the RNC as the DNC.

Enormous piece of poo poo, though. He's just the worst and everyone who isn't a frothing-at-the-mouth Tea-guzzling lunatic hates him.

DemeaninDemon posted:

He's just trying to convert him.

It's Mike Lee from Utah right?

Evil Fluffy posted:

Yeah it really does. I know you want to defend your fellow racists Trump supporters but short of video evidence showing the guys were being cut off and attacked they're up poo poo creek if they get caught. No sane person is going to believe that white supremacists went to a BLM protest and just happened to find themselves in a situation to shoot black people while coincidentally being armed and armored. Without SYG laws "I was being chances so I stopped and fired at those people" is not a very good defense even ignoring personal beliefs of the shooters.

ratbert90 posted:

The polices job isn't to protect lol.

My Imaginary GF posted:

How?

How will those reforms get you a promotion within the force?

DemeaninDemon posted:

D&D liberalism pushes one towards alcoholism. So I'm sure Big Booze loves it when an LP register shows up here.

Luigi Thirty posted:

Ted Cruz called the shooter a "transgendered leftist activist" according to this Texas Tribune reporter.

https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/671088191139639298

evilweasel posted:

We went to war with Tripoli pretty quickly though, you know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War Calling them the longest standing ally sort of suggests they've been an ally the whole time.

You want to call a nation our oldest ally it's probably France.

FAUXTON posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance_(1778)

We kind of stopped sticking to it because of neutrality during their revolution and basically not wanting to wade into a war between superpowers, faffing about in the caribbean not withstanding.

Captain_Maclaine posted:

In large part they suddenly stopped being besties with the French Republicans as soon as that revolution kicked off another, closer one which for some odd reason caused Southern landowners to suddenly remember how they'd always had reservations about such wild excesses of liberty, for as Jefferson himself said, "I become daily more and more convinced that all the West India Island will remain in the hands of the people of colour, and a total expulsion of the whites sooner or later take place. It is high time we should foresee the bloody scenes which our children certainly, and possibly ourselves (south of the Potomac), have to wade through and try to avert them."