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Tom Nichols is a good follow, National Security professor at the Naval War College https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom David Simon (Creator of The Wire) is a fun follow too. https://twitter.com/AoDespair
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shame on an IGA posted:HOLY poo poo HULU JUST ADDED THE ENTIRE RUN OF KING OF THE HILL THIS IS THE GREATEST loving DAY!
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Nov 1, 2018 16:18
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LingcodKilla posted:I just signed up for Hulu. THAT'S MY PURSE! I DON'T KNOW YOU!
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Nov 1, 2018 17:06
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Proud Christian Mom posted:theyre not broken, just lovely and unfortunately lovely in favor of Ted Cruz It does the same thing for Beto that it does for Cruz if you vote straight ticket R. It's lovely and stupid, but it's not a feature it's a bug that they were aware of last election but still haven't made any efforts to fix.
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Nov 1, 2018 18:25
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Tell that to Stalin General Zhukov says hello. But I mean yeah, pre-1941, no one was safe.
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Nov 2, 2018 16:12
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psydude posted:Amazon is in advanced talks to open HQ2 in Northern Virginia (specifically Crystal City) FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. Well it was fun living in my house that had the sweet view of the DC skyline while it lasted. Though my landlord said he'd sign a two year lease with me this weekend, maybe I call him tomorrow and push that through now to lock in my rent. He also said he'd let me vacate with two months notice if my wife and I decide to buy a house in the next couple of years, so he's a cool landlord but fuckkkk paying any more in rent.
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Nov 4, 2018 04:11
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Deathy McDeath posted:My local election is very boring. Don Beyer is like a +20 favorite, Tim Kaine is deffo gonna win, our city’s mayor is running unopposed. I got to vote on allowing tax breaks for coastal homeowners who flood-proof their home which is LAME AS HELL The only fun thing about my election (same rep as you) was voting for a dem for the county council against an independent and voting against a woman who's running for school board that made keeping high schools named after confederates her first point.
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Nov 6, 2018 18:46
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Deathy McDeath posted:Wait, who was this?? Clement. http://audreyclement.com/ like the rest of her platform is boilerplate stuff you'd expect someone running for school board to be about, but if the first thing on your platform you want to tell people about is "preserving the Washington-Lee High School's name", kinda says it all.
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Nov 6, 2018 20:18
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https://twitter.com/ArlingtonVotes/status/1059917496562708482 For reference, turnout last year during the gubernatorial was 55%. This number is insane.
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Nov 6, 2018 23:15
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Yeah I'm done with D&D for the night. They keep seeing races that still have a ton of votes outstanding and proceed to freak the gently caress out.
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Nov 7, 2018 03:44
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Florida being this close is a bit of a kick in the nuts.
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Nov 7, 2018 03:53
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mods changed my name posted:I thought taking senate was always like a beyond minuscule chance anyhow? It was, at best it was a 20% chance and this map was insanely difficult for Dems to begin with. The issue to be concerned with is less the senate staying in GOP hands and more that they look like they'll be picking up a few seats.
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Nov 7, 2018 03:55
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:ND was super toast - who else is flipping? As of right now, Donnelly IN is gone. Florida is still too close to call but it's potentially a pickup for the GOP and Bat Boy.
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Nov 7, 2018 03:59
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IN was called over an hour ago, FL...it could still go either way but  Florida Man strikes again.
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Nov 7, 2018 04:02
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facialimpediment posted:loving FLORIDA I SWEAR TO CHRIST SDFLKJSADFASLDLKJFASDFLKSAJDJFASDFLKJKJASDF gently caress.
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Nov 7, 2018 04:42
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Smiling Jack posted:hello everyone I spent my mental health break campaigning to defeat Republican Peter King (and you know fighting crime and poo poo) and the challenger Liuba Gretchen-Shirley currently has a 600 vote lead And I am freaking out  That's cool. Don Dongington posted:So is the issue here the incompetence, or the likelihood that the counts have probably been hosed with a lot? Broward county is a Dem stronghold, I'm leaning towards technical fuckup/incompetence.
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Nov 7, 2018 04:50
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I think I need to check out for the night. I realize what a big deal the house going to Democrat control will be, but Florida and Georgia are really eating at me and it's upsetting me more than it should.
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Nov 7, 2018 04:59
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Proud Christian Mom posted:you shouldnt really celebrate You know, normally I defend her for being able to whip votes and being a better speaker than Ryan was, but hearing this, gently caress that. It's time for a new speaker, get the gently caress out of the way Pelosi.
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Nov 7, 2018 05:03
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Vasudus posted:A lot of support for Beto is largely responsible for turning downticket TX races into meatgrinders. So even though he didn't win, he helped out more than people realize. Yeah, this is a huge thing that I think a lot of the "nothing matters" crew is ignoring or missing out on. I'm bummed out about Florida, and Georgia looks to be going the same way, but there is a lot of good stuff that happened last night that shouldn't be ignored. I mean 1.4 million people getting their voting rights back is a huge loving deal.
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Nov 7, 2018 16:45
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Hot Karl Marx posted:It's gonna own when the stock market collapses due to "obstruction by the democratic house" and we get king trump Ehhhh, considering how well the economy is right now (or at least how people perceive it to be), I have my doubts that if/when things go tits up in the next two years, Trump ends up the victor. Gonna be kinda hard for them to keep pushing the "We want to protect pre-existing conditions, Dems want to remove it!" bullshit when the Dem house doesn't let it get to a vote or soundly defeats it if the Senate sends them a bill. I'd also argue that PA's and MI's house races are indicative that his poo poo isn't working nearly as well as it did two years ago. Time will tell.
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Nov 7, 2018 17:08
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I think a lot of the "sky is falling" is coming from people who were super behind Gilliam, Abrams, and Beto and refusing to look beyond those races at the bigger picture. Beto's coat tails did a hell of a lot of good. Even though he lost, he lost within 3 points (which is insane considering how routinely Dems get clobbered in that state), he's not gonna disappear and he helped down ballot races a lot more than running someone like, Wendy Davis or Juan Castro, would have. Abrams is likely gonna push for a run off. gently caress if I know how that goes, it'd be nice if she wins but I'm not optimistic about that one. Gilliam, well, Florida being Florida, is anyone loving surprised? Also like Beto, he lost by a stupidly small margin, he's not going to disappear. House oversight is a huge get, as is the net governorships and the FL actually passing re-enfranchisement for felons.
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Nov 7, 2018 17:14
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Aren't all appointments done through the senate? Yes, so judicial appointments and cabinet appointments (you know at least a couple of them are going to be replaced in the next few months) will pretty much glide through the senate with ease. Though I'm with Vas on this, I'd much rather win the house then the senate.
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Nov 7, 2018 17:25
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Hot Karl Marx posted:https://twitter.com/jessesingal/sta...ingawful.com%2F There was a rumor Mueller was witholding his report/indictments till after the Midterms so he wouldn't pull a Comey. Likely bullshit (Mueller moves whenever he wants to it seems), but if that news came out today/this week, lol. EDIT: https://twitter.com/AprilDRyan/status/1060196196948566017 Uhhh, but Gilliam conceded?
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Nov 7, 2018 17:27
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Vasudus posted:El Trumpo has to be real careful now. Dems are 100% going to impeach him if the special council is hosed with now. Not like it goes anywhere though, so they vote to impeach...then what? No way in hell they get 60 votes in the Senate even if they have 4K footage of Trump letting Putin take a dump on the Resolute Desk.
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Nov 7, 2018 20:57
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Marcy Wheeler doesn't seem too concerned. When she starts panicking about things, I'll proceed to panic. https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1060265349009022977
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Nov 7, 2018 21:49
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Current Event: Chuck Yeager still owns. https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/1060715511699382272
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Nov 9, 2018 03:09
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facialimpediment posted:gently caress, this would be so funny. As of right now, MT has been called for Tester, and Arizona still has a ways to go but it's looking better and better by the hour for Sinema. Florida's really the big wild card at this point, but either way, it's pretty  at how this turned out days later.
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Nephzinho posted:I follow the guideline of "if you don't wish someone a happy birthday you should unfriend them" and it has kept things pretty garbage free. I don't even do that on facebook anymore, haven't for years. If we're close enough, I'll call you or send you a text, otherwise 
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bob dobbs is dead posted:i would take 5 trumans, 5 eisenhowers, or 5 fdr's over any orange dipshit Who the gently caress wouldn't? That's a rhetorical question N4I, you don't need to answer that.
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Nov 9, 2018 17:46
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Yeah Lindsey Graham is also whining about the FL and Arizona vote counts. I mean they haven't even finished the initial vote count, let alone start a recount, so it's pretty  that they want to ignore votes so they can call it a day while they are ahead.
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Nov 9, 2018 19:01
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facialimpediment posted:Rain appears to have replaced stairs as the dumb thing that Trump is completely scared of for no reason. I live next to Arlington Cemetery. It's overcast but there's no rain whatsoever right now. It hasn't rained at all today. Man, gently caress that rear end in a top hat. mlmp08 posted:https://twitter.com/jesselehrich/status/1062001468339838976?s=21 Waiting for Meghan McCain to yell about this and then in the very next breath, blame the liberal media.
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I'll remove that benefit. Any other president, I would imagine would just move their visit to earlier in the day, show up for the 45 minute ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown and then head over to the Pentagon right after since it's right next door (and they usually shut down that part of the GW Parkway, all 2 miles of it, whenever the president is going to either location). Donnie's afraid of rain. He also hates leaving his residence before 10AM.
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Nov 12, 2018 18:37
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facialimpediment posted:The best part about that is that McSally is likely about to get appointed for the McCain Senate seat, held temporarily by Jon Kyl. That's why McSally didn't ring the conspiracy gong when national Republicans and Trump wanted her to. Though the best part is, she will have to run for her seat again in 2020, and then yet again in 2022 (assuming she wins in 2020). Handsome Ralph fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Nov 13, 2018 |
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Just hoping that housing in Maryland doesn't get as crazy. Helps that my wife and I don't want kids so suddenly buying a house isn't as much of a poo poo show since we don't have to worry about school systems and such when looking around.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:As long as nothing happens to Bob & Edith's DON'T YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME, RICKY BOBBY. gently caress, tech bros are gonna ruin that and the Burrito Brothers shack, aren't they?
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Good morning! Warms the cockles of me heart, it does.
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So the NYT actually did some good journalism this week instead of interviewing voters in fly over country. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1062813760774172672 There's a whole lot of  in here.
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psydude posted:e: I don't have an issue with AOC, I just struggle to understand the fandom surrounding her when the only thing we know about her so far is that she runs a great campaign. It's pretty easy to understand, -She's a millennial -She's advocating for things that are very popular with millennial's -Her unseating a boomer Dem political machine head speaks for itself -She's living rent free in the right wing's head right now, and that's pretty impressive for someone who hasn't even been sworn in yet. I don't think anyone reasonable thinks she's going to change things all on her own in her first term, but she's a pretty good representation of millennial's starting to become politically aware and active aside from just voting and volunteering.
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Nov 18, 2018 05:27
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Godholio posted:We lost a P-51D yesterday in Texas, along with its pilot and passenger, a WWII B-17 pilot. Unlike most warbirds, which will give you a ride for a few hundred bucks, WWII vets and Purple Heart recipients got to ride on "Pecos Bill" for free. Fuckkkkkk. Hell of a way to die though.
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I bought a 970 three years ago, and it served me well. This week I bought myself a 1070 ti, a 9600K and a new motherboard and ram to go with it for under 950. Took the plunge since my 2500K has finally started to show it's age and I'd really like to fully utilize my ultrawide monitor. Prices have come down a lot but I reckon you'll see them drop even further in the months to come. As someone said, Nvidia is in a bit of a bind right now. Doesn't help that the 20XX series is having some serious teething issues. On that note, anyone want to buy a 970?
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