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I didn't know what to do with my life for about 5 minutes.

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GreyjoyBastard posted:

My personal favorite is the Chemical Safety Board for 12m a year. If it saves three lives a year, it's a good bargain. Pretty sure it saves more.

Plus the CSB makes amazing safety videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/USCSB

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

Seriously, Defunding the CSB is the stupidest idea I can think of.

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Hieronymous Alloy posted:

I hope he's in public when he's fired and the cameras catch him crying so hard he looks like he's finally making good on his pledge to get waterboarded

I hope he gets fired the same way Comey did. Via a news broadcast.

boner confessor posted:

^^^ gently caress :argh:


they can gently caress off with that the CSB owns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdDuHxwD5R4

I see I'm not the only one that binge watches these on my lunch breaks.

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here it is

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52752

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evilmiera posted:

There are going to be giant riots aren't there?

I hate the idea that the only person capable of preventing 23 million people from losing their health care is Mitch Mcconnell.

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The Glumslinger posted:

http://www.msnbc.com/now

Chris Hayes is leading with the Gianforte story

Here's why he likely 'body slammed' him

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/greg-gianforte-republican-candidate-congress-russia-companies



GOP candidate has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies

Author: Ben Jacobs

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@blakersdozen: Our reporter @alexis_levinson is being summoned by law enforcement for a formal interview

Could matter... Maybe

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Whoa. The audio of Gianforte and @Bencjacobs. https://t.co/OioGWXQUIv

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/867534821337309184

Holy poo poo

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boner confessor posted:

i'm sorry you work at a prison but that's not an accurate slice of america

It's semi correct. Two Americas and all.

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https://twitter.com/annehelen/status/867549687414390785

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evilweasel posted:

yeah if there's one thing he needs right now it's money, not votes

gotta get more money for the late tommorow ad blitz

Yeah, I don't get it either, but the point is that the right will eat it up.

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Papercut posted:

The AHCA is poo poo, but this is the same Y-axis fuckery that gets lambasted all the time in D&D.

There's nothing wrong with that Y axis.

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evilweasel posted:

It starts at 5, not 0.

Does the data range occupy that range? If it was a bar chart I would agree, but it's a loving plot. Adding the remaining 5 would just add whitespace and not change the interpretation of the chart.

:colbert:

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Julio Cruz posted:

And if you don't look closely at the scale (or you don't understand graphs particularly well) the obvious thing to notice is that the AHCA line is roughly 3 times as high as the ACA one.

I don't think the graph is your issue. There is literally nothing that changes in the interpretation of that graph by adding in the bottom 5%.

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2nd Rate Poster posted:

Ah yes, the well respected bitch had it coming defense.

This country is doomed.

Does anyone see a release valve for the poisoned level of discourse in this country?

The best way I can see out of this is that the accelerationists are right.

You don't think it hasn't gotten this bad before? We've come back from worse, and we will again. It just takes time and reasonable people engaging with each other.

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B B posted:

Sorry to bring back Zuckerberg chat, but he's giving his commencement speech at Harvard . . . and it's incredibly political. To summarize, he referenced New Deal and Great Society and said that it's time for a new social contract to include universal basic income and health care that isn't tied to employment; he also said that rich people like him should be paying for these sorts of social programs.

Certainly sounds like he's running for something.

Looking forward to the Zuckerberg/Knowles vs Johnson/??? in 2020.

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Bhaal posted:

I love this part. You're gonna love it too.

Are you ready?

https://twitter.com/bencjacobs/status/692155362552778752

I really think this is my favorite subplot of the entire trump presidency. its just :perfect:

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Darth Windu posted:

Can someone honestly explain why the Seth rich thing isn't super worrisome, thanks in advances.

Yes, gun violence is a problem. What do you propose we do about it.

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I hope someone asks him how it was to visit the pope.

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Pander posted:

I wanna see Jeopardy with Chris Cillizza, Wolf Blitzer, and Tom Friedman.

It'd be a real life episode of SNL Celebrity Jeopardy.

What is D&D's hivemind opinion on Tom Friedman? Is his book worth picking up? He throws a ton of shade on twitter and loves calling people stupid it seems.


I'm stupid and mixed up Tom Friedman with Tom Nichols. I am still interested in what D&D thinks of Tom Nichols.

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I didn't know RC cola still existed. Thats some amazing shade.

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Night10194 posted:

Didn't Nixon also torpedo peace talks?

I thought that was Reagan, and it was about delaying hostage release so he could take credit. Don't think it's proven though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_theory

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Spaced God posted:

Yes I too am glad that this woman's life is ruined because she wanted to confirm that Russia had a hand in affecting our election :downs:

Why not both?

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https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/871867139921240064

How-Not-To-Journalist.txt

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evilweasel posted:

He refused to attend unless the hearing was public.

You know how he likes to grandstand.

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Not directly Trump related, but tangentially related to the russian hacking stuff.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-state-hackers-use-britney-spears-instagram-posts-to-control-malware/

quote:

Russian State Hackers Use Britney Spears Instagram Posts to Control Malware

Just goes to show you the level of hilarious obfuscation involved in state sponsored hacking.

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boner confessor posted:

minecraft and dwarf fortress are the yin and yang of early 2010's indie pc game innovation

You leave dwarf fortress alone. It doesn't deserve to be tarnished like that.

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Blitz7x posted:

I can't even fathom the cost of a thousand mile solar plant when you include the maintenance and upkeep.

Trillions of dollars, not to mention the cost of conditioning and transmitting the power. It's almost as ridiculous as the wall itself.

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Phoix posted:

Sounds like sources are saying Russians planted a fake story that caused the Qatar poo poo.

edit: here it is

quote:

The Qatari government has said a May 23 news report on its Qatar News Agency attributed false remarks to the nation's ruler that appeared friendly to Iran and Israel and questioned whether President Donald Trump would last in office.

Can we just loving cut all the internet lines coming in or out of russia at this point?

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business hammocks posted:

Is this some kind of internet world war? There is no entity capable of dealing with this poo poo. Putin is a literal supervillain.

Yes, it actually is.

WeAreTheRomans posted:

Well, Russian agents have been trawling the US identifying potential points of telecommunications attack, so there's a good chance they'll do this to the US first

I read this as well, and it is legit scary. can you imagine the economic devastation that would come about of a major disruption to the US internet infrastructure?

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Skippy Granola posted:

Good heavens.


Do you ever get the feeling like you just stepped sideways out of your own body? Like, how is this real? How could a country get denounced over an unverified news story?

coordination and collusion

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Solkanar512 posted:

Random question, since things are fairly quiet right now.

When folks talk about "no young democrats coming up the ranks", why is there no mention of former WA governor Christine Gregoire or current governor Jay Inslee? I'm not saying that there isn't a problem within the party, it just seems odd that since there is, these folks are generally being ignored.

They aren't white men. The Democrats have plenty of up and coming talent, but most of them are people of color or women. Thus anyone writing fluff pieces about the democrats bench pretty much ignore them.

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did you scold the President that he was breaking the law? Well, since you didn't i guess he can't get in trouble.

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My Twitter feed is moving too fast to actually read.

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Knifegrab posted:

Wow go gently caress yourself .

The president is a moron so this is ok!

No, they actually do think that it is okay, and it is actually something they advocated for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wYYX0mZsQA

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Not sure what to think of this.

https://twitter.com/rosskempsell/status/872860811865313281

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https://twitter.com/kasie/status/872946543254528005

:getin:

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There Bias Two posted:

Was this already anticipated, or is it response to today's testimony?

I think it was previously arranged, but it's his deadline to provide information.

Keep this in mind as well

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/872948202890293248

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theflyingorc posted:



Today is a very "troll Trump" day.

I can't wait to drink some Moscow Mules now. Maybe i'll have one during Sessions' senate session.

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buglord posted:

Really though like, are private health hearings common? Is it a partisan action to keep them private/public? What's the stated reasoning for keeping them private? Lack of obstruction?

Earnestly asking here.

They don't want the plebes to know what they are doing until it's too late to stop. They railed and railed against the ACA process, which had hundreds of hearings and the GOP was allowed to put in over 200 amendments to the bill. Now that the GOP is running the show, they suddenly don;t seem to care.

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