One day, someone will be going for the job as PM in the UK and his opponents will dig up some old shit about him, like cocaine and hookers. And the reply will be "so fucking what? I've lived."
He, she, or [other] will get my vote.
01-24-2020 06:06 PM
#6526
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One day, someone will be going for the job as PM in the UK and his opponents will dig up some old shit about him, like cocaine and hookers. And the reply will be "so fucking what? I've lived." | |
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01-25-2020 12:41 AM
#6527
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01-29-2020 12:11 PM
#6528
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Trump tweeted something today about how he only hired Bolton as head of NSA because he begged him for a job, like it was a pity hire. | |
01-29-2020 12:47 PM
#6529
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I'll understand if he got Bolton to take a pay cut on account of how much he's begging for the job and all. | |
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01-30-2020 04:35 PM
#6530
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Brexit Day tomorrow. | |
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01-31-2020 03:31 PM
#6531
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Happy B-day, Brittain! | |
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01-31-2020 06:17 PM
#6532
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Thanks. I celebrated with a cup of tea and a spliff. | |
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02-01-2020 02:12 AM
#6533
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Poor Theresa May, if she knew that brexiters would have been happy with Britain suspending their vote in the EU, but to keep abiding by its trade rules, she could have just done that. Or maybe Britain needed the right salesman to sell them this *slaps bonnet* vintage Marina! | |
Last edited by oskar; 02-01-2020 at 02:19 AM.
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02-02-2020 01:36 AM
#6534
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Gabbard's real, Buttigieg is a fake and a fraud. A 3 dollar bill. He's a made up politician. | |
Last edited by Jack Sawyer; 02-02-2020 at 01:50 AM.
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02-02-2020 01:47 AM
#6535
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https://fair.org/home/corporate-medi...ttack-machine/ | |
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02-02-2020 01:53 AM
#6536
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LOL Impeachment! | |
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02-02-2020 02:01 AM
#6537
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LOL you're not kidding, this will happen. MAGA will cordon off the white house, armed to the teeth in their second amendment and potato chips. Mexican ICE will be defending their northern border against detractors of the regime. All the while NBC picks up the rights to "Not Leaving", and CBS comes up with "Forever J". November will be stunningly hilarious | |
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02-02-2020 02:11 AM
#6538
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02-06-2020 02:12 PM
#6539
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https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...stigating-2020 | |
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02-06-2020 02:21 PM
#6540
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Isn't Trump's approval rating at an all time high now? This impeachment farce has been a huge own-goal from the "Dems", as far as I can tell. | |
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02-06-2020 03:34 PM
#6541
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I'm torn. Kyle Kulinsky who has a good record of predicting things correctly always said it was a bad move from the start. It was weak to focus on the Ukraine stuff, which was not all that interesting compared to emoluments, crimes against humanity at the border, overtly racist policies: the muslim ban, which only passed the supreme court on a technicality, the travel ban on african countries which has zero security merit. I think by far the strongest impeachment article would have been separating 4000 children at the border, losing track of them, and then fighting the Flores act in court... we've been over this. | |
Last edited by oskar; 02-06-2020 at 03:49 PM.
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02-06-2020 04:55 PM
#6542
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The problem I saw with this whole impeachment nonsense was that it never had any chance of succeeding, so it was all very obviously a huge waste of time and money, and only served to further divide the country. Impeachment shouldn't even go to trial unless there is a clear chance of success, and for that there needs to be more than one person flipping. The fact the Dems pushed so hard for this smacks of desperation, and further hurt their cause. It doesn't help that they say things like "Trump is a threat to democracy" while they try to remove an elected man from power. | |
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02-06-2020 05:15 PM
#6543
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The house shouldn't do their jobs because they know the senate most likely wont? Democrats forced the republicans to preside over a sham trial. | |
02-06-2020 05:21 PM
#6544
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02-06-2020 05:25 PM
#6545
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Let's put it another way. We're to believe that approximately half of those polled believed the President to have acted criminally. To think that's true when the vote is split down party lines, that's nonsensical. Arguably, only Romney voted with his conscience. The rest were partisan, which shows it for the sham it is. Not one Dem thought "this is bollocks, I'm not voting for it", and only one Rep thought "I can't support this President". A complete waste of time and money that should never have been allowed to get to trial. | |
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02-06-2020 05:50 PM
#6546
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With as strong a base of support as he has, no impeachment trial for any reason was going to succeed. They don't need a majority in the senate, they need a supermajority of 75%. Dems need more than half of the republican senators to vote with them. With Trump at 85% approval among republicans, that would kill the party. It would kill the party at just about any approval rating. With the vote being public, every senator who votes against Trump would get voted out next cycle. The way political parties have developed, it is pretty much inconceivable for an impeachment vote to ever hold up in the senate. | |
Last edited by oskar; 02-06-2020 at 05:53 PM.
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02-06-2020 05:55 PM
#6547
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On a more positive note: Bernie's ads are on fire. | |
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02-06-2020 05:56 PM
#6548
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02-06-2020 06:41 PM
#6549
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Cool thing about Bernie is people are actually passionate about supporting him. Biden is just a slightly more likeable version of boring old douchebag Hillary. Bernie gets people excited. | |
02-06-2020 06:41 PM
#6550
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02-06-2020 09:24 PM
#6551
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Again, the republicans were forced to orchestrate a sham trial with no evidence and no witnesses. | |
02-07-2020 02:01 PM
#6552
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According to the polls he beats Trump handily head to head... but any democrat might have to beat Trump by as much as 60% to win the electoral college vote, and even if he does win it, Trump is not leaving. There will be endless recounts, Trump will declare the election fixed and if RBG doesn't hold on for another year, Trump has the supreme court picks to overrule any election result. | |
Last edited by oskar; 02-07-2020 at 02:05 PM.
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02-07-2020 02:14 PM
#6553
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That was an important vote. It is very hard to spin this in the public eye as anything other than obstruction. | |
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02-07-2020 04:38 PM
#6554
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02-07-2020 05:09 PM
#6555
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That seems relevant but I've never heard anyone bring it up. I guess if you can have a trial without documents and witnesses I don't know what kind of law is actually relevant to that trial. | |
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02-07-2020 05:40 PM
#6556
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I think the issue is that impeachment is a trial, broadly speaking, but it's not a criminal court. | |
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02-07-2020 05:42 PM
#6557
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Argh... obv. criminal courts are operated by the Judicial branch, but those trials originate with indictments from the executive branch. | |
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02-07-2020 05:48 PM
#6558
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02-08-2020 03:22 AM
#6559
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02-08-2020 03:42 AM
#6560
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02-08-2020 10:26 AM
#6561
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02-08-2020 10:30 AM
#6562
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@ oskar and jack... | |
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02-08-2020 01:06 PM
#6563
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Clinton was always statistically more likely to win the popular vote and a 60/40 flip on electoral college. She ended up winning the popular vote and lost the flip. Because of the way the US presidential election hangs on a few low population swing states, they are much more volatile than the general election for a country of 300 million should be. Doesn't mean the polls were wrong. | |
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02-08-2020 02:22 PM
#6564
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02-08-2020 05:51 PM
#6565
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This must be the greatest day of poop's life. You got me. | |
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02-08-2020 06:44 PM
#6566
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Ong (not sure why quotes aren't working), | |
02-08-2020 06:48 PM
#6567
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On polling: | |
02-09-2020 06:16 AM
#6568
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Votes for Brexit because "Arrrggh foreigners!!" | |
02-09-2020 08:22 AM
#6569
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Fair play to him for voting based on conscience rather than selfish reasons like his business. | |
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02-09-2020 10:15 AM
#6570
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You should become a fruit picker. It's not backbreaking work at all, and the wages are going to relatively high given there's no-one else to do it. | |
02-09-2020 10:23 AM
#6571
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In fact, I think they should round up every unemployed person who voted for Brexit and make them pick fruit every summer until we negotiate a migrant labour deal with the Ukraine and Russia. | |
02-09-2020 11:47 AM
#6572
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02-09-2020 12:31 PM
#6573
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"We need someone with a diverse coalition." | |
Last edited by oskar; 02-09-2020 at 12:37 PM.
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02-09-2020 01:43 PM
#6574
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I'm sure knowing that you got their back would make all those bankrupt farmers feel so much better. | |
02-09-2020 01:47 PM
#6575
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02-09-2020 02:10 PM
#6576
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02-09-2020 02:13 PM
#6577
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02-09-2020 03:04 PM
#6578
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There's different kinds of farms. I suspect most of the fruit is grown in the south. Not sure what they grow up there, but if it doesn't depend on migrant labour, they're probably safe from bankruptcy. Doesn't help the farmers in the south much though. | |
02-09-2020 03:28 PM
#6579
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02-09-2020 03:38 PM
#6580
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Interesting question. | |
02-09-2020 03:43 PM
#6581
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Back to MAGA - news, I don't know what annoys me more: The Alabama cop who says they should blow up Nancy Pelosi, or this announcer's outrage being so out of proportion, like this guy was seriously making a death threat. | |
02-09-2020 03:55 PM
#6582
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Sorry boost, I missed your wall at me somehow because I got distracted by poop. | |
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02-12-2020 10:36 PM
#6583
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Ong, Nixon had strong support and an apparently unshakable grasp on his party going into impeachment. | |
02-12-2020 10:45 PM
#6584
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I will say, I'm kinda coming around on Brexit. | |
02-13-2020 02:02 AM
#6585
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Ok, let me put it this way... the impeachment of Trump was, in my opinion, motivated purely by politics, and not morality. They've been itching for a reason to have a go at him since he took the job. | |
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02-13-2020 12:51 PM
#6586
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If by this you mean you understand people being against globalisation, and voting for Brexit as a means to show that opposition, then I can see that. It's also possible to be against globalisation without shooting your own country, and by proxy yourself, in the foot the way Brexit does,which I think you acknowledge implicitly. | |
02-13-2020 12:56 PM
#6587
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Politics is the mechanism by which an off the rails president is checked. This is a good thing. It's good that it's not, for example, the supreme court. If 9 unelected individuals could remove the president, that would be trouble. It's a good thing that impeachment charges were brought, because politically there was support for the charges to be brought. And since Trump's support from his base remained so firm, while it pains me to say it, it was good that he was acquitted**. It's not quite a ballot recall, but is instead a less disruptive way to deal with a problematic president with deference to the electorate. Political theater is not a bad thing, it's a core part of a representative democracy. | |
02-13-2020 01:00 PM
#6588
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I think you'll find the level of stink being kicked up now is much less than the stink caused by the Windrush fiasco, where people were denied their rights, held without trial, and deported without cause; the one that led to the resignation of the Home Secretary. | |
02-13-2020 01:02 PM
#6589
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02-13-2020 01:04 PM
#6590
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I agree with this inasmuch as it implies the Ds were right to impeach even if it seemed unlikely to lead to his removal. | |
02-13-2020 01:07 PM
#6591
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It is looking increasingly grim. I think Bernie is starting to look like America's last hope for turning things around. Not sure enough of his supporters are violent enough to strap on their guns and march on Washington though to get the Orange menace evicted from the premises if Bernie wins. | |
02-13-2020 01:12 PM
#6592
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02-13-2020 01:24 PM
#6593
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Poop: | |
02-13-2020 01:28 PM
#6594
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02-13-2020 01:33 PM
#6595
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Honestly, I kind of worry that America has just lost sight of what politics shields us from. Like the in pax-romana, people have come to forget what the alternative to a well functioning government is: violence. All these norms that are getting trampled, they're the same norms that see to it that outgoing power holders aren't routinely exiled or executed. | |
02-14-2020 10:38 AM
#6596
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02-14-2020 10:47 AM
#6597
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Our neoliberal parties are further left than Sanders... except for the racism. They're pretty racist. | |
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02-14-2020 10:51 AM
#6598
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I recommend Greatest Events of WWII on Netflix. Lots of great colorized archival footage, and one of the few documentaries that doesn't paint Hitler as some sort of evil genius, but exposes him for the dunce he was. | |
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02-14-2020 11:50 AM
#6599
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Love some of the comments on this on twitter: | |
02-14-2020 11:50 AM
#6600
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