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LinYutang: Oct 12, 2016; NEOLIBERAL SHITPOSTER

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!!!

high earner not yet able to comfortably afford two summer homes in maine and put my five nanny-raised children in the prepschool-ivyleague pipeline

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:14

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# ? May 11, 2024 14:26

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

LinYutang posted:

high earner not yet able to comfortably afford two summer homes in maine and put my five nanny-raised children in the prepschool-ivyleague pipeline

This is the sort of educational braindrain that will doom America, I tell you!

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:16

Fulchrum: Apr 16, 2013; by R. Guyovich

Mister Fister posted:

He's one of those temporarily embarrassed millionaires, he'll totally be the first dog CEO of a fortune 500 company some day.

Up against the wall i say!

I'm pretty sure that's the plot of a lovely live action Disney movie, probably starring Tim Allen.

Also Guillotine whoever made it.

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:18

logikv9: Mar 5, 2009; Ham Wrangler

Mister Fister posted:

He's one of those temporarily embarrassed millionaires, he'll totally be the first dog CEO of a fortune 500 company some day.

Up against the wall i say!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HslwZ4Kqmj0

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:19

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

logikv9 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HslwZ4Kqmj0

Her run as HP CEO in a nutshell

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:21

Lord of Pie: Mar 2, 2007

MaxxBot posted:

MIGF is a woman?

The though of someone seriously thinking this is just to me though. It's as if their takeaway from the election is that the candidate wasn't enough of a corrupt, establishment insider with no ideology beyond personal political power.

Quick, someone mention yard signs around her

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:33

nopants: May 29, 2004

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

pragmatism is important

opening negotiations with "hang all bankers" and accepting nothing less is not pragmatism

opening negotiations with "hang all bankers" and allowing yourself to be talked down to "regulate Wall Street?"

that's pragmatism

art of the deal baby

Pragmatism is giving both the murderers and murderees a seat at the table, because they're all stakeholders.

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:34

Ace of Baes: Jul 7, 1977

It's important to make sure investment bankers and CFO's get a fair shake.

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:40

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

they can get a fair shake of my rear end in they face

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:40

Penisaurus Sex: Feb 3, 2009; asdfghjklpoiuyt

a lot of people have been diving into Mark Blyth's work as a result of this hosed up election and that is v. good.

however, i think you should also dive into the work of people like David Harvey.

here is an interesting, short, video describing the aftermath of 2008's financial meltdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:46

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

here's the actual infographic from wsj

my fav is the retired couple who have six figures of non-investment income

My favorite part is that they used a black couple for their lowest income example.

If I remember right, the artist they hired to draw that wasn't told what they were going to use it for, nor what the end text on it was going to be. He was understandably upset when he found out.

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:52

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/805902653175668736

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:55

fits my needs: Jan 1, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Joementum posted:

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/805902653175668736

What the hell is this supposed to be? Like that Ted Cruz Dr Seuss thing?or was that Rand Paul? Can't even keep it straight anymore.....

# ? Dec 5, 2016 23:56

MizPiz: May 29, 2013; by Athanatos

fits my needs posted:

What the hell is this supposed to be? Like that Ted Cruz Dr Seuss thing?or was that Rand Paul? Can't even keep it straight anymore.....

A book for people who thought Into the Wild should have had a happy ending.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:04

AceRimmer: Mar 18, 2009

Penisaurus Sex posted:

a lot of people have been diving into Mark Blyth's work as a result of this hosed up election and that is v. good.

however, i think you should also dive into the work of people like David Harvey.

here is an interesting, short, video describing the aftermath of 2008's financial meltdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0

10/10 content

5/10 accent

I'm going to stick with Mr. "The country canna handle this sort of austerity capn!", thank you very much. :colbert:

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:14

DAD LOST MY IPOD: Feb 3, 2012; Fats Dominar is on the case

https://twitter.com/dril/status/234636796288450560

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:15

AceRimmer: Mar 18, 2009

Joementum posted:

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/805902653175668736

Best of luck to Chairman Hillary on her Long March

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:16

Brother Friendship: Jul 12, 2013

Ace of Baes posted:

Reasons Hillary Clinton Lost:
* Racism
* Sexism
* Bernie Bros
* Jill Stein
* CNN
* James Comey
* Russia
* Julian Assange
* Reddit
* Leftists
* 14 year-old Macedonians

Not-Reasons Hillary Clinton Lost:
*Hillary Clinton
*The Democratic Party
*Ignoring the working class

why are you transcribing motivational posters at the DNC :lol:

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:20

Bushiz: Sep 21, 2004; The #1 Threat to Ba Sing Se; Grimey Drawer

MizPiz posted:

A book for people who thought Into the Wild should have had a happy ending.

If Into The Wild had had Hillary as the protagonist it would have had a happy ending.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:42

Vox Nihili: May 28, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/trevor-noah-lets-not-be-divided-divided-people-are-easier-to-rule.html

Trevor Noah is extremely bad.

Trevor Noah posted:

When I took over �The Daily Show� from Jon Stewart in 2015, I was surprised to learn that my job as a late-night comedy host was not merely to entertain but to eviscerate � to attack, crush, demolish and destroy the opponents of liberal, progressive America. Very quickly, people from some quarters � mostly those same liberal progressives � criticized me for not maintaining the minimum acceptable levels of daily evisceration that were established by my predecessor.

The truth is that Jon never liked being labeled the Great Eviscerator. He didn�t think it was healthy, and he always tried to think about the details of issues with a healthy dose of skepticism before going on air and putting his ideas out into the world. But through the lens of the internet, that�s not what people saw. In the early days of the blogosphere and YouTube and social media, people took Jon�s most strident commentary and made it go viral with clickbait headlines, blowing those segments way out of proportion, compared with the more thoughtful segments that made up most of the television show. And, unfortunately, when we look back today, the evisceration (and exasperation) is what most people remember.

The experience of stepping into Jon�s shoes brought on enormous culture shock for me. In South Africa, where I come from, we also use comedy to critique and analyze, and while we don�t let our politicians off the hook, we don�t eviscerate one another. If anything, my stand-up shows back home are a place where we can push away the history of apartheid�s color classifications � where black, white, colored and Indian people use laughter to deal with shared trauma and pain. In South Africa, comedy brings us together. In America, it pulls us apart.

I grew up under the harsh racial oppression of apartheid as a person of mixed ethnicity. The lines between black and white were clearly drawn and enforced with guns and tanks, but because I am neither black nor white, I was forced to live between those lines. I was forced to communicate across those lines. I was forced to learn how to approach people, and problems, with nuance. If I hadn�t, I wouldn�t have survived.

America, I�ve found, doesn�t like nuance. Either black people are criminals, or cops are racist � pick one. It�s us versus them. You�re with us, or you�re against us. This national mentality is fueled by the hysteria of a 24-hour news cycle, by the ideological silos of social media and by the structure of the country�s politics. The two-party system seems to actively encourage division where none needs to exist.

This has never been more apparent than during Donald J. Trump�s campaign for the presidency. With his flagrant misogyny and racist appeals to fearful voters, Mr. Trump succeeded in dividing an electorate already primed to turn against itself. His embittering candidacy obscured the fact that the vast majority of Americans, both Republican and Democrat, wanted many of the same things: good jobs, decent homes, access to opportunity and, above all, respect.

The past year has been so polarizing and noxious that even I find myself getting caught up in the extreme grandstanding and vitriol. But with extremes come deadlock and the death of progress. Instead of speaking in measured tones about what unites us, we are screaming at each other about what divides us � which is exactly what authoritarian figures like Mr. Trump want: Divided people are easier to rule. That was, after all, the whole point of apartheid.

To the extremists and true believers of any cause, there is an idea that moderation and compromise are simply a prelude to selling out and giving up, when in fact the opposite is true � moderation brings radical ideas to the center to make them possible. Nelson Mandela never wavered in his demand for �one man, one vote�; indeed, he endured 27 years in prison to make that notion a reality. But when our nation stood on the brink of civil war, Mr. Mandela spoke to white South Africans in a language that soothed their fears and reassured them that they would have a place in our new country. He spoke to militant black nationalists in a way that calmed their tempers but did not diminish their pride. If Mr. Mandela�s efforts had failed, South Africa�s peaceful transition to democracy would never have come to pass.

Sadly, given what we�ve seen in this election, Mr. Trump�s victory has only amplified the voices of extremism. It has made their arguments more simplistic and more emotional at a time when they ought to be growing more subtle and more complex. We should give no quarter to intolerance and injustice in this world, but we can be steadfast on the subject of Mr. Trump�s unfitness for office while still reaching out to reason with his supporters. We can be unwavering in our commitment to racial equality while still breaking bread with the same racist people who�ve oppressed us. I know it can be done because I had no choice but to do it, and it is the reason I am where I am today.

When you grow up in the middle, you see that life is more in the middle than it is on the sides. The majority of people are in the middle, the margin of victory is almost always in the middle, and very often the truth is there as well, waiting for us.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:44

Vox Nihili: May 28, 2008

a special lol @ the last paragraph

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:46

Fidel Cuckstro: Jul 2, 2007

HannibalBarca posted:

what the gently caress is your problem with lincoln chafee I will fight you

(this was an actual graphic put out by his "campaign" like c'mon how can you hate on that)

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:48

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

good thing the country just spent 8 years proving that the golden mean is an empty goal undermined by constant repetitive absurdity and lying

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:48

Drunkboxer: Jun 30, 2007

MizPiz posted:

A book for people who thought Into the Wild should have had a happy ending.

It did. The moron justly died, alone.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:48

Lord Hydronium: Sep 25, 2007; Non, je ne regrette rien

I just realized that Into the Wild and Wild are different things, and was thinking that all these summaries sounded really dark for a Reese Witherspoon movie.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:56

Fritz Coldcockin: Nov 7, 2005

Jesus, Trevor Noah sucks. No, dude, no one expects you to be funny Rachel Maddow, but we would expect you to tell the goddamn truth. Not our fault the truth is liberally biased.

The idea that he would sacrifice objectivity for the sake of some mushy middle bullshit makes him an unworthy successor to Jon Stewart.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 00:59

Baloogan: Dec 5, 2004; Fun Shoe

Alter Ego posted:

Jesus, Trevor Noah sucks. No, dude, no one expects you to be funny Rachel Maddow, but we would expect you to tell the goddamn truth. Not our fault the truth is liberally biased.

The idea that he would sacrifice objectivity for the sake of some mushy middle bullshit makes him an unworthy successor to Jon Stewart.

im a right wing nutbar and i always respected stewart's reporting / editorials

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:04

Serf: May 5, 2011

more like Trevor NO-ah

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:04

Zikan: Feb 29, 2004

https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/805924678153936900

ok sure whatever gently caress it

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:08

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

Vox Nihili posted:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/trevor-noah-lets-not-be-divided-divided-people-are-easier-to-rule.html

Trevor Noah is extremely bad.

Oh Trevor, I had such a higher opinion of you after that Tomi Lahren interview and then...this.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:10

brap: Aug 23, 2004; Grimey Drawer

You can find interviews with Jon Stewart saying the same sort of poo poo, that we need to be conciliatory with trump voters, and if you watch Noah's interview with Tomi Lahren you can see that Noah cares about the truth.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:10

pathetic little tramp: Dec 12, 2005; by Hillary Clinton's assassins; Fallen Rib

Biden would be cool by me.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:11

Fulchrum: Apr 16, 2013; by R. Guyovich

Alter Ego posted:

Jesus, Trevor Noah sucks. No, dude, no one expects you to be funny Rachel Maddow, but we would expect you to tell the goddamn truth. Not our fault the truth is liberally biased.

The idea that he would sacrifice objectivity for the sake of some mushy middle bullshit makes him an unworthy successor to Jon Stewart.

Goddamn that job needed to go to Samantha Bee.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:14

crazy cloud: Nov 7, 2012; by Cyrano4747; Lipstick Apathy

HRC 2024 she needs 4 more years to hike and so she doesn't have to run against an incumbent Trump because she knows she'd lose again and it would be v embarrassing

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:15

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

Fulchrum posted:

Goddamn that job needed to go to Samantha Bee.

Sam Bee is a selfish poo poo who fought integration at her kids' school.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:16

Vox Nihili: May 28, 2008

pathetic little tramp posted:

Biden would be cool by me.

I mean I'll vote for anyone genuinely electable at this point but I am really, desperately hoping that some young, forceful lefty talent steps up for 2020.

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:16

Vox Nihili: May 28, 2008

Alter Ego posted:

Jesus, Trevor Noah sucks. No, dude, no one expects you to be funny Rachel Maddow, but we would expect you to tell the goddamn truth. Not our fault the truth is liberally biased.

The idea that he would sacrifice objectivity for the sake of some mushy middle bullshit makes him an unworthy successor to Jon Stewart.

The idea that apartheid taught him that you need to listen to the other side is bizarre and frightening. Yeah, they thought I was literally subhuman, but in the end we all got together and hell, we met in the middle and made things work!

# ? Dec 6, 2016 01:18