01-13-2021 09:42 AM
#8326
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01-13-2021 09:43 AM
#8327
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Because Trump would say that he finished first in his class when he really finished last. And that he was class president, and won the class golf tournament with a hole in one on the last hole. And the last hole was a par five. | |
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01-13-2021 09:44 AM
#8328
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01-13-2021 09:45 AM
#8329
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01-13-2021 09:48 AM
#8330
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01-13-2021 09:50 AM
#8331
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01-13-2021 09:52 AM
#8332
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You're soooooo close to "getting it". but you're just too stubborn to admit what you already know. |
01-13-2021 09:54 AM
#8333
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01-13-2021 09:55 AM
#8334
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01-13-2021 09:56 AM
#8335
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I mean maybe your vote banana was a protest vote or a vote for nihilism or whatever you want to call it. But a lot of people have really, legitimately drunk the KoolAid on Trump and you and I and every reasonable person knows it. | |
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01-13-2021 10:01 AM
#8336
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Populism = what happens when the people in charge fuck up. |
01-13-2021 10:05 AM
#8337
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01-13-2021 10:08 AM
#8338
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And the cure is always worse than the disease. | |
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01-13-2021 10:08 AM
#8339
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01-13-2021 10:46 AM
#8340
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Just because he didn't bat 1.000 on his first term doesn't mean that he didn't deserve a second. The previous two presidents fucked the economy extremely badly. Trump turned that around. Economy, jobs, employment...he gets A's for all of those policies. He appointed all the right judges, at least ostensibly. He got some wall built. Crossings are down 100% in the places where walls were built. I could go on, but it suffices to say that the guy wasn't totally useless. |
01-13-2021 10:58 AM
#8341
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Here's chapter 1 of the indoctrination manual. Get them while they're young |
01-13-2021 10:59 AM
#8342
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Your MAGA-tears are killing me. Please stop. | |
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01-13-2021 11:33 AM
#8343
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I mean... banana raving is just hilarious to read. | |
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01-13-2021 11:33 AM
#8344
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01-13-2021 11:42 AM
#8345
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That's great Ong. Glad to hear your objective opinion on how biased I am because I make fun of Trump. | |
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01-13-2021 11:43 AM
#8346
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01-13-2021 11:47 AM
#8347
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The difference between Trump and other politicians isn't the corruption. It's the scale of corruption. | |
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01-13-2021 11:48 AM
#8348
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01-13-2021 12:05 PM
#8349
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01-13-2021 12:05 PM
#8350
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01-13-2021 12:05 PM
#8351
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01-13-2021 12:06 PM
#8352
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01-13-2021 12:15 PM
#8353
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01-13-2021 12:16 PM
#8354
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01-13-2021 12:18 PM
#8355
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01-13-2021 12:19 PM
#8356
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You're still refusing to confront your bias poop. | |
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01-13-2021 12:20 PM
#8357
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01-13-2021 12:21 PM
#8358
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01-13-2021 12:22 PM
#8359
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I'd never heard of him either until this pooped up in my timeline, but I somehow have been blocked by him. It's a guy called Bill Palmer, claims to be a journalist. I had to dig around to find out what he was about. Check his website, it's relentless anti-Trump and anti-conservative propaganda. Like multiple articles a day. | |
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01-13-2021 12:24 PM
#8360
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01-13-2021 12:24 PM
#8361
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01-13-2021 12:27 PM
#8362
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Sorry? When did you call out Trump? There's 112 pages ITT so there must be at least one occasion you can refer to. | |
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01-13-2021 12:35 PM
#8363
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OOOOOHH YOU'RE SO CLOSE!!! |
01-13-2021 12:40 PM
#8364
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When have I defended Trump? I've never suggested he's not a liar, I've never suggested he's a nice guy, I've never implied I support him. | |
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01-13-2021 12:40 PM
#8365
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01-13-2021 12:47 PM
#8366
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Not calling out anyone for anything is at best apathetic, and at worst, tacit approval. Not expressing an opinion on anything does not make you objective. | |
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01-13-2021 12:51 PM
#8367
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Ong: what you do is you speak to power. You engage in the dialogue with the politicians. You write them letters, you phone their staffers, you give them feedback. Voting is only one form of engagement, and when people only voice their opinions on their politicians in a binary fashion once every few years, that's not giving them adequate, nuanced feedback. | |
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01-13-2021 01:08 PM
#8368
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To the extent that Trump supporters are standing up for what they believe in and speaking out to corrupt powers, I totally support them. | |
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01-13-2021 01:14 PM
#8369
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01-13-2021 01:16 PM
#8370
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01-13-2021 03:16 PM
#8371
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Not mojo but can act like a monkey, so I'll butt in: | |
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01-13-2021 03:36 PM
#8372
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01-13-2021 03:41 PM
#8373
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To be fair, the choice offered to Americans was to either: | |
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01-13-2021 03:46 PM
#8374
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Ok, let's see how you do at being a monkey. |
01-13-2021 03:51 PM
#8375
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Term limits, campaign finance changes, lobbying reforms....all the stuff Bill just suggested would only affect the legislative branch. |
01-13-2021 03:52 PM
#8376
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I don't know how many members are in the two houses of British Parliament, but I know the number is up there. The US House of representatives has 435 members. I'm not sure of the order, but I do know that those three lawmaking bodies represent the top 3 largest in the western world. |
01-13-2021 03:59 PM
#8377
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How do you stop gerrymandering? I don't know, but other countries have managed to recognize it's a problem and don't have it themselves, so that suggests there is a way. Possibly by not letting the people who have a vested interest draw the boundaries? That seems like a plan to me. | |
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01-13-2021 04:04 PM
#8378
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01-13-2021 04:09 PM
#8379
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It's the New Hampshire state legislature. For those of you in shithole countries, I'll explain. Every state in the US has it's own mini-congress. The State of New Hampshire's congress is the 4th largest legislative body in the west. |
01-13-2021 04:13 PM
#8380
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Witholding aid to Ukraine to try to get them to provide dirt on his political opponent springs to mind. | |
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01-13-2021 04:16 PM
#8381
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01-13-2021 04:30 PM
#8382
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The idea is that having so many members in congress, it's harder for lobbyists, donors, and special interests to affect policy. They would have to buy too many lawmakers to actually influence a vote. |
01-13-2021 04:32 PM
#8383
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Here's the trick. The ideal state is that *nothing* gets done. Congress passing a law that 49% of the country hates is a really really bad idea. The only laws congress should get through are the ones with 70-80+ percent public support. The rest of the time, I prefer they just argue with each other and fail at just about everything. |
01-13-2021 05:55 PM
#8384
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Portland Andy on youtube | |
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01-13-2021 07:34 PM
#8385
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He had a perfectly good reason. |
01-13-2021 07:53 PM
#8386
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01-13-2021 08:05 PM
#8387
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One of the "Impeachment Managers" is the same congressman who was recently exposed for having sex with a chinese spy working on his own staff. |
01-13-2021 08:15 PM
#8388
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That same guy went on TV and said that Osama bin Laden wasn't even in America on 9/11, but we can still hold him responsible. |
01-13-2021 08:27 PM
#8389
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01-13-2021 09:02 PM
#8390
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Oh give me a break. |
01-13-2021 09:12 PM
#8391
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Cmon on dude. He is literally the only person who ever took office in washington, any office, and left poorer than when he got in. No one else has done that. |
01-14-2021 02:03 AM
#8392
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I'm convinced it wouldn't solve a lot, and not even convinced it would solve anything, but I think worth a shot. It would get rid of career politicians just wanting to hold onto their seats, for one. That's potentially a big deal. | |
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01-14-2021 02:07 AM
#8393
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I'd like a source on that >90%, but even if that were true, it's the legislative that make the rules, the executive just act upon those rules, as the names suggest. One is IMO a far bigger priority. | |
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01-14-2021 02:11 AM
#8394
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01-14-2021 03:00 AM
#8395
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Voter registration data for the city of washington dc shows that it's only 5% republican. |
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01-14-2021 03:15 AM
#8396
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You can easily google this shit yourself dude. Cmon. If you want to cross-examine something I post....go ahead. Post your own contrary evidence though. |
01-14-2021 04:11 AM
#8397
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According to your source 76.8% are dems, not >90%. Thanks for the link. | |
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01-14-2021 04:14 AM
#8398
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01-14-2021 04:25 AM
#8399
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none of this is right. every word is wrong. Candidates have to file all kinds of financial disclosures, hundreds of pages in fact. So we do know what Trump's net worth is. Even the snopes article admits that the numbers are right. |
01-14-2021 05:00 AM
#8400
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So 10 senators voted for impeachment. That's not many, but I guess still a bit surprising. Those 10 did that knowing they'll face the wrath of Trumpster divers, so in effect putting their career in jeopardy. Very few people make those decisions lightly, most of them probably have families to take care of. It's sad that those things directly interfere with the job they're doing, which should be making things better, not pandering to whoever can further their own careers. | |
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