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zoux posted:I really don't understand who thinks this Romney poo poo is a good idea. If it turns out Trump put him up to it as some sort of reverse-psychology political trick, it would make more sense to me. Do you smell that? It's desperation. And fear. They've really got nothing left in their bag of tricks, so they're nervously scrounging up an impromptu trick to keep the magic show going.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/705431420932648960 We had a safe and prosperous future before? 
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Mar 3, 2016 17:49
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LeeMajors posted:Not exactly. I am of the opinion that insurance companies should not exist because our federal government should be ensuring/insuring the health of our population.  But why do that when you can have the free hand of the market instead!? 
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computer parts posted:I'm also speaking less from a strictly business perspective and more from an Engineering management one. the latter are still autistic weirdos but they like making their trains run on time. Emphasis on the trains. 
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Mar 4, 2016 00:54
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McDowell posted:I think the best solution to medical costs is legal assisted suicide. Greatest country in the world! 
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Mar 4, 2016 05:39
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Fried Chicken posted:Follow up on Louisiana, this from the WaPo Huh, so if you dogmatically slash spending to everything, everything goes insolvent and bankrupt. Who woulda' thunk it?
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Mar 4, 2016 21:37
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Dr Christmas posted:I'm still baffled by the sequence of thoughts that lead to someone voting for Obama over Romney, supporting Bernie and then saying they'll suppor Trump if Hillary wins the nomination. Its probably overblown, but the news of Hillary's IT guy getting immunity has me spooked. What do you think would happen if, when he loses the nomination, Bernie puts out a statement telling his disillusioned supporters to not not be a goddamn idiot and support Hillary? People want something - ANYTHING - to jostle the perpetual political establishment from the business as usual lesser of two evil voting between Republucans and Democrats and they (wrongly) see Trump as some kind of wild card outsider unbeholdened to the status quo. Things seem to only continuously get worse and unresponsive to the average working or middle class voter regardless of which party is in power so they'll bet their figurative life savings away on a chaos candidate to overturn the apple cart.
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Mar 5, 2016 09:17
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Yoshifan823 posted:If this election cycle ends with Mitt loving Romney as the Republican Nominee after all of this batshit insane stuff, I'm gonna be so mad. It's like ending your epic sci-fi novel with "and they lived happily ever after" right before the climactic battle. Drafting Romney this late into the primaries would be virtually flushing away the election and handing the win to the Democrats. It's insane that the GOP considers it a desperate emergency plan B, let alone a winning strategy. Romney did poo poo all in 2012, how would it not be dramatically worse off now?
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Mar 5, 2016 09:23
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Yoshifan823 posted:I think I might have a bit more faith in America than you. If Trump gets nominated for president this year, he's gonna get smacked down, and the Republicans, one way or another, are going to have to perform some serious surgery on their party to stay alive. Way I see it, Trump is leading the way for a strong turn to the left. If the Republicans want to walk the walk about not supporting the KKK, they're gonna have to go further than just shaming Trump for not disowning them. The GOP establishment had this brief moment of introspection in the aftermath of the 2012 election and absolutely zilch happened in the way of reform apart from "be more clear in our message of doubling down on the old white male vote!" It's a big reason of how the GOP came to be where it is now. The GOP is totally incapable of reform at this point. They are a massive ship adrift at sea and all the rudders are broken, and now there's a giant iceberg dead ahead they have no way of steering away from. Any steering will just make it worse as it scrapes out the sides instead of slamming it front and center.
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Mar 5, 2016 16:45
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Mar 5, 2016 21:25
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Shifty Pony posted:Oh hey Hillarychat. This is pretty accurate, thank you. Although computer parts et al are still going to argue that we're living in better times than ever before, so good luck with that. 
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Mar 5, 2016 23:38
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bhsman posted:Beaten by Quorum, but I don't think anyone is questioning an overall improvement in medicine, tech, etc., compared to 40 years ago, only that the improvements haven't been felt equally by everyone, if at all. These improvements, while good on the whole, are effectively meaningless if gated behind a massive wealth gap and income inequality. Advancements in nano technology to attack cancer with laser precision and to minimize the need for chemotherapy is useless to the many who are disserviced by a failed privatized healthcare system and would rather commit suicide than subject their families to life ruining amounts of debt by treating their cancer or other preventable diseases. It is insulting to say to these people that their lives are better now than ever before because of technological advances made at a distance from the depressing reality of their own lives.
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Mar 6, 2016 00:19
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computer parts posted:Yep, exactly. Well, cost and access to healthcare, cost of higher education, income inequality, for-profit criminal justice systems, climate change, money in politics, and voter ID suppression are good for starters.
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Mar 6, 2016 01:31
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On Terra Firma posted:I called my mom yesterday to wish her a happy birthday. She said "Thanks but if trump is elected this is the end for our democracy." This election If it helps any, my mom is super worried and convinced that Trump will win "since we voted for [W.] Bush twice, TWICE!" while my dad is convinced Hillary will win the general election and that Trump doesn't have a chance.
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Mar 6, 2016 01:56
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DeusExMachinima posted:I am gonna Depicted: Cruz's literal face and reaction to this thought: 
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Mar 6, 2016 19:11
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Full Battle Rattle posted:https://twitter.com/onetoughnerd/status/706646480648536065 I actually heard a guy arguing to his friends outside the hotel I was at last night that the Flint, MI lead incident was a failure at all levels including the EPA so people need to lay off Rick Snyder and stop attacking him.
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Mar 7, 2016 03:58
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Junior G-man posted:LMAO David Brooks is now pining for the days of Obama and civility. It's amazing how steadfast Brooks remains to his belief of "No, the GOP is still a party of serious-minded responsible government people!" while rocking back and forth in the fetal position.
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RevKrule posted:Paul Ryan has died Don't toy with my hopes and emotions like that, rear end in a top hat! 
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/706875762616438784 Why is Bloomberg throwing his hat in the ring? He's not going to win and will only spoil the election if he keeps going.
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Boon posted:Well. The immigrant labor at sub-standard wages is basically what drives down the cost of food. Without said labor, wages would definitely need to be higher or we would need to import more of our food, but the end impact is that we'd also see massive hikes in a lot of staple food products. This isn't necessarily bad, but given the current state of the US economy, it means that no matter what we do, the middle class is hosed. Didn't South Carolina or Georgia have a temporary crisis in food prices or shortages in their attempt to drive out illegal agricultural workers because of this a few years ago? Content: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/07/469506291/families-seek-class-action-status-in-federal-lawsuit-over-flints-water Class-action lawsuit filed against Michigan Governor Rick Snyder over lead disaster in Flint.
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foobardog posted:As long as political pressure is maintained on Clinton to maintain and build on the good part of the Obama administration, and when she starts clowning on Republican assholes, I think it'll be pretty good. However, if people get comfortable in the status quo and Clinton reverts to Third Wayism, it'll be loving awful. I think she is like the Democratic Nixon, but way less of a manipulative paranoid creep, so not likely to have a real Watergate crisis that will take her down. I don't think I'm going to be half as satisfied with her at the end of two terms as I am Obama, and I'm still not completely happy with him. Maybe if she turns out to be the new LBJ. If her administration destroys the Southern Strategy once and for all, I think I may be really pleased. This is kind of ironic since Clinton's first major assignment as a law grad was post-Watergate Nixon.
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VitalSigns posted:I still could not loving believe that in the debates. Don't you know you're supposed to pull up your bootstraps and make it on your own after any personal tragedy? What are ya'? Some kinda Communist?  *spits chewing tobacco into a spittoon*
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Mar 8, 2016 05:25
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McAlister posted:And what the actual gently caress does GDP have to do with the population's medical needs? What if there was a plague and the GDP shrank even though medical costs spiked? Well, if GDP shrank, there'd be less opportunity to maximize profits off of healthcare, right? It makes no sense if you view it from a provision of healthcare perspective, but it makes total sense if you view it from a Capitalist "Profits Über Alles" perspective. It's a case of not what our country needs, but what it deserves, etc.  We are really driven to our own self-destruction.Thank you for that write-up, though.
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Epic High Five posted:My favorite part is when you get red regions of blue states talking about defecting to another state, like you'd hear some during the Malheur thing in Eastern Oregon, then it turns out that nobody wants them because they're just money sink regions. Republican states/regions are like ungrateful children that scream "gently caress YOU, DAD!!" and "I loving HATE YOU, EAT poo poo!!" petulantly and threaten to move out all the time but then turn around to ask for help as soon as they need gas money or a ride to the movies.
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Mar 8, 2016 18:36
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Greatbacon posted:You know, avian and swine flu never became a thing (maybe because of public health outreach, etc, etc.) but also this is the year that Donald Trump became the lead Republican presidential candidate so who the gently caress knows The potentially infected infants didn't do anything to deserve being born with microencephaly/in Republican states/in the South, though.
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showbiz_liz posted:Lord have mercy In a 4-4 decision, the Supreme Court awards the election win to Donald Trump, who then immediately starts his thousand year reign of blood and fire. 
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lizardman posted:All I have to offer is that "The Monotonicity Criterion" needs to be the title of a tense espionage thriller. Off-topic, but uh... What did you do to get that red title? 
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Mar 8, 2016 19:49
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computer parts posted:Bad news, it'll just lead to "Trump's going to sweep the general" slap fights. This is Debate and Discussion. It's slap fights all the way down.
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Mar 8, 2016 21:50
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Literally everything is wrong with this tweet. No True Veteran until Republicans literally vote in a live mortar shell or land mine to office. I'll take my royalty check in the mail, The Onion, thank you.
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Luminous Obscurity posted:in all seriousness, what the gently caress is wrong with the gop? how is there literally an entire political wing united in this frothing, petulant hatred of all living things? what the gently caress? Because  , my friend.
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ufarn posted:Of couse they doubled down Er, I don't get it. Did they just retweet the same picture of the deleted Tweet over some garbled zoomed-in text?
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Quorum posted:That's how it looks when a tweet contains multiple pictures, you have to click on it (possibly twice, if you're coming from SA) to get the full view. Got it, thanks. e: Yuck, it's pretty gross. Instead of admitting they hosed up, they double-downed on some other low blow. Classy. 
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It's incredibly ironic that no matter what anti-Trump GOP establishment types try to attack him on and distance themselves from, it'll only backfire because Trump embodies everything the GOP really represents but doesn't own up to. It's a supreme example of self-delusion at its best/worst and they've painted themselves into this corner for decades now. There's a massive cognitive dissonance and divide between what people like David Brooks like to imagine the GOP is supposed to be (serious responsible government, stable and principled) and what the GOP is in reality (ie Trump). Teriyaki Koinku fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:For no reason I just remembered Trump mocking that disabled NYT reporter during that rally of his some months back. gently caress that man. How can ANYONE defend that? We, the Spiteful. http://exiledonline.com/we-the-spiteful/ Americans love to hate.
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Ogmius815 posted:This is an amazing article. I especially think there's something to the "sexual frustration and envy" point. gently caress if I know what to do about all that latent anger and frustration, but I really believe he's right about where it comes from. FYI Mark Ames has been Matt Taibbi's partner in journalism for Rolling Stone, Vice, etc.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:https://twitter.com/katyturnbc/status/707358990485815296 You know that moment in Bugs Bunny cartoons when Bugs puts some cigars in the hapless antagonist's mouth before doing some more slapstick pummeling? This is Donald Trump's Bugs Bunny moment. 
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CommieGIR posted:I fully expect Trump to toss the meat out into the crowd like he's feeding stray dogs. This mental image literally made me laugh out loud, thanks for that. Also, I refuse to believe there isn't a symbolic meaning to literal red meat for the base, holy poo poo. Reality has long since surpassed satire and is just running up the scoreboard now. RZA Encryption posted:"Hello and welcome to this week's edition of NBC's 'Eat the Press'" Meat the Press.  FrensaGeran posted:He just gave a shout out to Abraham Lincoln. Great president, yuge success. That's what should eventually be his epitaph for his tombstone in cheap neon lettering. Teriyaki Koinku fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Mar 9, 2016 |
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Quorum posted:That, and it lets them keep giving uninterrupted handjobs to Ed Gillespie, so he doesn't have to face the Cooch in the primary. That's... An unfortunate choice of phrasing.
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