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Fojar38 posted:Nah it's actually a really common intellectual approach to international relations. Covfefe is the real story, but this is important to emphasize. The entire realist (self-proclaimed) school of IR believes exactly that; international politics is essentially Hobbesian and a zero-sum contest between states.
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Furnaceface posted:Do these people actually want nothing but a single family to inherit the presidency? Do they not teach history anymore? No see the only problem with monarchies was that sometimes inbred idiots would inherit the throne. A bloodline as dynamic and all-American as Trump's would never fall prey to such a threat.
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Mustached Demon posted:Same my man same. Same with me my dudes.
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voltroon posted:Hey fyi you're incredibly wrong about this ally vs. asexual thing. Most of the people who prefer A = ally are actually, y'know, gay or trans people who have a vested interest in the intracommunity politics of it, not "allies" at all. It's way too long to get into in significant dept but the basic break down is this: 1. People who are asexual but also hetero and cisgender benefit from both straight and cis privilege. Allowing them into the community gives them access to specific intracommunity resources (scholarships, beds at homeless shelters, etc.) that are specifically set aside for people who are actually oppressed under these axes. 2. "Ally" is a cover term often for questioning people who want to be able to explore their identity without being subject to the negative societal impacts that openly identifying as queer/trans subject you to (especially those in unsafe situations). 3. The term asexual has been ridiculously diluted and does not mean, as one thinking about the terms "homosexual" and "bisexual" would think, that a person who is ace is not attracted to anybody, but rather means that the person does not experience "sexual attraction" (i.e. want to have sex), which is not an axis of oppression. 4. This dilution has led to the blatantly homophobic "split attraction model" which encourages individuals to engage in internalized homophobia (e.g. "I'm bisexual but heteroromantic because I could never picture myself dating someone of the same sex, only loving them"). Hey fyi you're incredibly wrong about this ally vs. asexual thing. I'd get into it but you're rehashing the same old arguments that white gay men have used to exclude non-white people, trans people, gay women, bisexuals, and others. The community is for queer people of all stripes, and that 100% includes and should include ace people.
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Jun 2, 2017 05:25
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Nothus posted:Sean made it about 6 months. RIP buddy. I'm genuinely both stunned and impressed the guy managed to hold on this long. I mean he's a piece of poo poo for trying to sell Trump's policies and actions to the public, but I can't help but give him a single begrudging nod of the head for his sheer bloody-minded tenacity.
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Jun 20, 2017 03:55
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Imagine thinking a swing of nearly 20 points in their favor heralds the end of the Dems.
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Jun 21, 2017 06:39
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Fulchrum posted:South Carolina is the +20 one. Oh, poo poo, I was misinformed or I misread. Yeah that's a lot worse.
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Jun 21, 2017 06:45
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TheScott2K posted:Tucker got triggered HARD Hahahahaha that's a beautiful thing to see.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:The Planck Temperature is essentially as hot as something can be before the laws of physics break down. Sister Miriam Godwinson, The Lord Works posted:At atrociously high energy states, the properties of matter change subtly and new miracles become possible. The Plasma Accretion process is now dangerous and difficult to control, but its products will soon become commonplace in our society.
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Jul 12, 2017 05:36
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Despera posted:I remember my DARE officer saying "Crime doesnt pay" and asking him "Then why are there criminals?" American blue-collar criminals are a nation of temporarily embarrassed white-collar criminals.
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Jul 12, 2017 05:58
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Jul 13, 2017 04:33
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Phoix posted:How is this the real world that we live in. 
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Jul 13, 2017 22:02
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Sinteres posted:If he sticks with this, people will have to stop saying he's all talk. We'll see. I'll take back an awful lot of poo poo I've said about McCain if he sticks to his guns on this. Not all of it. But a good deal. Of course, that's incredibly unlikely to be an issue I ever have to face, which is good, as it would be deeply concerning.
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Jul 14, 2017 02:03
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Robot Hobo posted:When the "other" shoe starts to drop, we'll find that Donald Trump isn't a man, he's a centipede. Our Path of Now and Forever is self-justifying, it needs no confirmation. We profit. That is all. There is no more.
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Jul 14, 2017 04:46
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Captain Invictus posted:You utter, utter fucker I could not concur with you more, my goon sir.
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Jul 15, 2017 05:55
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cant cook creole bream posted:Your electorate is irredeemable. The last time I said something like this, I felt bad afterwards, because a lot of them are just indoctrinated in the propaganda. But nowadays I don't think it's just that anymore. A huge part of your population simply consists of bad people, who gladly harm themselves and their families as long as it also makes their political opponents unhappy. What sort of vile person would enjoy pissing of someone that much? Your country has a Machiavellian level of hatred where these people would gladly cut of their own nose if it meant that the ACA would collapse. Machiavelli was very specific about not loving people over unless it was worth it, because if you're going to make enemies it better be for a drat good reason.
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Jul 15, 2017 21:22
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Lightning Lord posted:Eisenhower's administration skews that Well yeah, that's where the 10% of good Republican poo poo comes from.
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Jul 16, 2017 01:29
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Mustached Demon posted:Eh France is full of fuckwads so racist Jeff Sessions would blush. Not a lot of people know this but his name is actually Jefferson Banlieue Sessions III
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Jul 16, 2017 05:59
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Robot Hobo posted:That's when I really started to realize that there was a massive difference between "News" and "Conservative News." I remember when Fox News spent a while attacking Sesame Street because the show had the audacity to say that sharing was a good thing. Sharing! Taught to our children! How dare they indoctrinate children with such liberal/socialist brainwashing. If you're looking for another, "Best thing about America" polls conducted abroad routinely return an extremely positive opinion of NASA. (If you're okay with covering up aliens, of course  )
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Jul 16, 2017 06:08
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The idea that the US is subdivided into cultural regions isn't exactly a revolutionary one, but I think you're probably overstating some aspects and understating others, glowing-fish.
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Feldegast42 posted:The Daily Mail is the Fox News of British newspapers and is far right (and widely read). So far right that it used to be called the Daily Heil back in the day since they were on the side of Britain allying with Hitler. Oh ho ho buddy if you think we've stopped calling it the Heil, you got another thing coming.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Dude gate to tell you this but we're still on one of the best case scenarios given Trump's election. I was expecting Medicaid to be abolished in a matter of weeks. We're six months in and he's accomplish Ed relatively little. I wouldn't have been remotely surprised to find we were in full-scale WW3 by now, so Trump and family merely managing to smear their poo poo over every institution of American democracy is nearly miraculous. The country still exists and things beneath the Federal level are still more-or-less functional, and most importantly the legal system has successfully stopped several things Trump has attempted to implement. e; Plus the media has rediscovered their balls and is making at least an effort to hold power to account, which is nice. I have no clue what the future holds and the legacy of Trump and the movement that elected him is probably going to be something America has to wrestle with for a long long time, but we're probably going to come out the other side with merely thousands of unnecessary deaths, which is awful but a lot better than the full-blown fascism or global thermonuclear war that Cheeto Benito seemed to herald. Ms Adequate fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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KickerOfMice posted:The chickenchat was amazing and Popeye's or GTFO. KFC is poo poo... except that I loving love their fries with a burning passion. Don't know what they do to 'em, don't rightly care to.
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Jul 18, 2017 03:29
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HappyHippo posted:But wait, there's more Hahahahaha that's loving incredible imagine managing, on purpose, to write a bill that essentially outright prohibits health insurance for 3/4 of the loving country
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Hastings posted:Okay, let's put the hold on Russia for a second, because I have some pressing questions that need an answer: Bannon was lamenting his status as an incel, because even an inflatable fuckdoll refuses to gently caress him.
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Jul 18, 2017 05:49
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Stairmaster posted:so if the government defaults how do you even prepare for that? Can you afford a fully equipped Fallout-style Vault that will sustain you and your loved ones for at least a couple of decades? If yes, that's how. If no, hahahahaha prepare for cannibalism.
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trickybiscuits posted:Interesting article from the New Yorker: How Trump Is Transforming Rural America. It seems like a lot of the research was done before July but I don't imagine people's opinions have changed htat much since then. This is a wild ride right here. quote:Donald Trump lost those two counties by two hundred and seventy-three thousand votes, and he won the rest of the state by a hundred and forty thousand votes,” Steve House, the former chair of the state Republican Party, told me. “That means that most of Colorado, in my mind, is a conservative state. 
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The Glumslinger posted:There are a lot of possible next steps This is definitely a sensible way forward; I won't say it's necessarily the best (i'm not a smart enough guy to judge what that would be) but I can see the merits of doing it the way you outline. I want UHC in some capacity but a working 50-state public option would be a good enough step on the road that I could at least personally support it, though I'd want to see a lot of serious work done to assess whether single-payer could actually A) win the needed votes to actually get Dems in enough necessary positions to pass the thing and B) be implemented well enough to weather the blowback. If either seems to be a no, then yeah your plan would be an acceptable one. (e; to clarify I mean all 50 states having a public option, not a single one covering all 50 states) empty whippet box posted:How can clinton be having scandals if she doesn't hold any public office and hasn't done anything but occasionally tweet? What scandals are they saying are ongoing and urgent enough to be their lead story in primetime? Jesus christ Uhhhhh she said she wanted to get stuff done in the political realm and not just be in the kitchen baking cookies?
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empty whippet box posted:What would Obama have done if the Russians were threatening him via twitter, I wonder? Laughed his rear end off, probably. You can come at Obama from angles on the left or on the right, but one angle you sure as gently caress can't use is that he's easily upset or baited. Dude is absolutely the most stone-cold motherfucker. Fake e; I mean that's why Key and Peele had a whole "Anger translator" bit they used for years.
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Mantis42 posted:Even Obama liked to shoot skeet. Shooting guns is a perfectly normal hobby and only weird goons think differently. Also most of the rest of the world.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:48
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Wait I know they've been talking about something like this for awhile but uhhhh how do you enforce that? "Your honor we hold that the defendant did not read the packaging of his purchases and thus bought products from America, Ireland, Japan, and Australia. As Israel is not on this list, he must be considered guilty of felony boycott." (I realize it's probably more aimed at organizations than individuals but still how the gently caress do you enforce this)
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Jul 20, 2017 00:21
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A GIANT PARSNIP posted:I'm having a hard time coming up with ways President Palin would be worse than President Trump. Just as bad, sure. But worse? I recall during last year's campaign someone who had worked with both Palin and Trump on their respective campaigns observed that Palin was far from a brilliant mind, but she still had areas of interest and at least some degree of intellectual curiosity. (He also said that he didn't hold Bush Jr.'s mental capacities in high regard but similarly the guy has areas where he bothered to learn and where you could have a useful conversation.) Trump, by contrast, was said to have had none whatsoever, on any subject or topic they could discern. So yeah, Trump's probably worse than Palin. At least she doesn't have a degenerative neurological disorder. Trump just picked up right where Ronnie left off.
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Noctone posted:Not that I agree with pissing on a lovely person's grave before they're even dead, but I always find the bleeding heart sentiment of "I feel for their family" to be kind of asinine. You're not obligated to love a family member, so if they're a piece of poo poo and you choose to keep loving them guess what that makes you? Also a piece of poo poo. Or a normal human being, seeing as people can and do love family members who are incredibly lovely (and in far more immediate ways than McCain). And I say that as someone who personally has no hesitation cutting lovely family out of his life. e; And you're not even talking about that, just saying beep boop sympathy for someone whose relative is dying of the most aggressive brain cancer that exists is bad. Spiritus Nox posted:I wonder if she's a batshit conspiracy nut or if she's just incredibly cynical and opportunistic. Yes.
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mcmagic posted:OJ is definitely going to be invited to the White House. "Not a lot of people know this, but OJ did a great thing when he did it, just amazing. I like people who don't get cucked. MAGA!"
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Look how loving happy he is once people start applauding him.  I know he's a narcissistic buffoon but you could throw a parade for a 6 year old and proclaim them Savior of the Earth and Eternal Monarch of All Robots and they wouldn't grin that broadly.
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You know, folks, I'm starting to have questions about whether this administration is entirely above board. 80s Guy is an amazing comms director, I hope his bonitis doesn't interfere with his job too much.
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Farchanter posted:So does Trump think that he's invented an ironclad strategy to evade impeachment? That this idea never occurred to Johnson, Nixon, or Clinton? Almost certainly.
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