10-15-2022, 10:40 AM | #6651 |
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Also the idea that illegal alien drug dealers came here to buy a house in your neighborhood just to give kids drugs on halloween.
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10-15-2022, 10:40 AM | #6652 | |
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It's beyond a paywall so maybe I don't have full context ... But as an owner of multiple guns, I personally can't see a valid, non-criminal reason to own weapons without serial numbers. Seems like a no-brainer to me. I can see an exception with older weapons that don't already have serial numbers. But don't think that's what the article was about. |
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10-15-2022, 10:50 AM | #6653 |
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The creepiest part of this story is how this has become localized. Someone (Russia? GOP Astroturfing?) has made a hugely concerted effort to make sure this rumor is /everywhere/. And I don't mean by a moron like Joe Rogan amplifying it, but I mean on our local neighborhood FB page, some Twitter follows, and posts all over Reddit (so, not all may be legit - I get that there). Also, my wife, upon hearing this: "Wait, what? People can't be this stupid to believe this. Well..." SI
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10-15-2022, 11:18 AM | #6654 | |
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People lost fucking posts Ben. People Lost Posts.
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10-15-2022, 11:21 AM | #6655 | |
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Things seem to be heating up in Haiti. There are similar articles in MiamiHerald and others but they have paywall. So something is going to happen but don't know the specifics, so take below FWIW
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The second highlighted paragraph seems weird to me. I don't understand why it would not be under the UN charter. Probably good reason but don't know the rationale. It's obvious Haiti is a failed state (and has been for a while). I wish the US & allies can really, really, really do something to stabilize Haiti and set it on the right course. Last edited by Edward64 : 10-15-2022 at 11:22 AM. |
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10-15-2022, 04:20 PM | #6656 |
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10-16-2022, 08:51 AM | #6657 |
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I can't recall an election where I had less of an idea of what was going to happen. Anything from a huge GOP night to the Dems keeping the House and Senate seems in play.
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10-16-2022, 09:22 AM | #6658 | |
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I think the Dems gain in the senate and lose the house but I agree. What we saw in Kansas makes me hopeful a lot of young voters come out and women are motivated. My niece is voting for the first time blue across the board and is excited about it. Her generation has taken notice and likely isn't being factored in to polling very much because they don't have landlines and don't answer unknown numbers so hopefully they are underrepresented. Maybe I have too much faith in humanity, I just can't see people like Oz, Walker, Masters winning. |
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10-16-2022, 09:46 AM | #6659 | ||
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Biden's foreign policy is keeping busy.
Biden enacted restrictions/constraints on chips between China & US. Below article doesn't tell the full story, from what I've read elsewhere, it's a pretty significant move. Below article is how it impacts employees of those companies. Basically, US folks can't be working for those impacted Chinese companies. Biden’s chip controls may force Chinese-Americans working in China’s semiconductor firms to choose between their citizenship or their job Quote:
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10-18-2022, 09:25 AM | #6660 | |
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Belated effort Joe, and you probably won't get the votes. But yes, this should be the top issue front and center to galvanize the base (obviously can't be the economy).
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10-18-2022, 10:22 AM | #6661 |
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10-18-2022, 06:51 PM | #6662 |
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10-18-2022, 06:54 PM | #6663 |
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Early voting has started in GA. The place closest to me opens this Sat.
It's clear cut to me that Warnock is the better option than Walker. Have to get my sample ballot and research the others. |
10-19-2022, 12:46 PM | #6664 | |
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Googling tells me UK Home Secretary is kinda equivalent to the US Attorney General.
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10-19-2022, 01:10 PM | #6665 | |
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It's the biggest shitshow I can recall seeing, ballot filled with races between complete clowns vs clueless clods. The most appealing guy on the ballot in any statewide race for me is one that I largely only like because he's disliked by a politician I loathe. I even went so far as to research the 3rd party options in several races, to no surprise they seem nuttier than the frontrunners.
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10-21-2022, 12:25 PM | #6666 |
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Biden just came out against repealing the debt ceiling entirely. Left-wing Twitter is slamming him and calling it a missed opportunity, etc.
I think it may actually be good politics. If he comes out in favor of it, then the GOP jumps on that and uses it to paint him as fiscally irresponsible. Now, he is positioning himself against the left-wing of his party. If the GOP agrees with him, then they admit he’s right. So he can keep the rhetoric down while Congress works on the issue. |
10-21-2022, 12:27 PM | #6667 |
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Personally, I think the debt ceiling is so stupid that I would not eliminate it. I would just raise it to $568,432,890,427,765,347,987,456,236,098,453,875.99 to emphasize the absurdity.
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10-21-2022, 01:17 PM | #6668 |
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Agreed on all accounts
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10-21-2022, 06:23 PM | #6669 | ||
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The politics are what the politics are. It is disgusting. But it is also hilarious. I just have thoughts of this guy adding to his Linkedin resume "State of Florida Government Subcontractor" and using Governor DeSantis as a reference. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/pol...267445097.html Quote:
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10-21-2022, 11:59 PM | #6670 |
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10-22-2022, 01:47 PM | #6671 |
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This seems somewhat optimistic and portends to better relations with the new China? I hope this implies the old folks that Xi pushed out and replaced, were the one's forcing him/China to be anti-US, and he has more breathing room now ... or not (probably).
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10-23-2022, 10:41 AM | #6673 |
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The guy had his predecessor practically dragged out of the Congress minutes after media was allowed in, there's nothing good about a dictator for life. Ever.
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10-23-2022, 01:44 PM | #6674 | |
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Yeah, we went through this with our local school district recently. The "cut spending" side kept questioning why we have all these specialist when they didn't exist "back in the day" and you just ask them if they remember the number of kids they grew up with who basically dropped out of both school and society and how did they feel about that? |
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10-24-2022, 09:19 AM | #6675 |
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The political emails are so out of control. It's got to be the most infuriating thing about supporting a party. I get probably 50-60 emails a day right now. It's spread out from races across the US, and that's after the ones that I've unsubbed from. I've avoided unsubbing from others just to see how bad the emails get.
trump gets bashed for his fundraising schemes and language, but the Dems run for cash is crazy too. It's like giving money at church to help the homeless, and then having churches from all over the US suddenly outside your door asking for money to help other homeless and starving people, and if you don't you're willing to accept other people dying. It's out of control. We donate locally, but a couple of PAC's but the ask is enough to make you pull it all back just on principle. You don't let your kids keep asking over and over again without getting tired of it and pointing it out to them.
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10-24-2022, 01:28 PM | #6676 |
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Did my civic duty and voted today. Line was longer than what I remembered. Took me about 45 min from start to finish, probably about 70 people ahead of me.
They let 75+ cut in line. That's fine but thought it should have been like 65+. Interestingly (maybe only to me), there were "no cameras/phones" and "don't talk politics" graphic signs up. I was thinking shouldn't there be no guns graphic also. Finally got close enough to read the no guns warning, lots of words, no graphics etc. |
10-24-2022, 02:31 PM | #6677 |
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The Russians are better at this.
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10-25-2022, 09:34 AM | #6678 | ||
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Don't know what Russia wants, but they want something.
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10-25-2022, 09:39 AM | #6679 | |
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Its not like it's costing them much to keep her imprisoned. And who knows when she'll be useful as a bargaining chip.
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10-25-2022, 10:04 AM | #6680 |
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It's not really much of a secret that the redder (in the US Congress) the better for Russia. So it's a cheap and easy way to dampen sentiment against the US and the West - "see, this is a failure of Biden" (despite him having really nothing to do with this). I mean, it's a front page story on ESPN, CNN, and my Yahoo email had it as "breaking news" in my inbox this morning for... reasons? It's cheap, easy political points with free amplification.
Of course, that leaves out the subtext of "we can't beat them on the battlefield so we have to do this" but all of warfare is asymmetrical now. It's a simple, digestible story that wins them free PR points. SI
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10-25-2022, 01:28 PM | #6681 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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The Onion or Not The Onion...?
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10-25-2022, 01:50 PM | #6682 |
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Don't worry, I've heard NBC is the liberal media, definitely not an outlet that would post stories that make banks look sympathetic
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10-28-2022, 08:53 AM | #6683 |
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Somebody attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband in their home in San Francisco. Nancy wasn't home.
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10-28-2022, 10:07 AM | #6684 |
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I urge everyone to not speculate on motive. I know someone that was murdered in their home by a mentally ill laborer. It may be politically motivated, but it may not be.
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10-28-2022, 12:00 PM | #6685 | |
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CNN headline. Troubling if true.
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10-28-2022, 12:06 PM | #6686 |
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I was hearing there is security at the home.
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10-28-2022, 12:08 PM | #6687 |
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Okay. That is somewhat reassuring. More details to come I'm sure.
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10-28-2022, 01:44 PM | #6688 |
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I read that there was no security because Nancy was in Washington. And the attacker is apparently some kind MAGA drug addict. ETA: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/polit...nvs/index.html
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10-28-2022, 01:59 PM | #6689 |
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I thought I saw that the police chief said police were doing a check of the house and interrupted the assault as it was happening.
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10-28-2022, 02:54 PM | #6690 |
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Long thread on the guy's website if anyone cares. Lot of holocaust denialism, racism, anti-semitism, and you can fill in the rest. Would fit in well on 4chan or as a Congresswoman from Georgia.
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Everything I've read on him so far sounds like a mainstream MAGA supporter nowadays. Religious nut, election was stolen, COVID is fake, vaccines kill people, ect, ect. |
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10-28-2022, 03:06 PM | #6692 |
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It sort of feels like there was a small window after 1/6 to nip some of the political violence in bud but the DOJ passed. Pretty much game on at this point and don't see it getting better.
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10-28-2022, 03:47 PM | #6693 |
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10-28-2022, 09:32 PM | #6694 |
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Yeah, yet somehow NBC tonight reported he had "mixed ideologies." Mixed, sure.
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Apparently that is the case. Attempted attack on Pelosi raises questions on motive, family protections - POLITICO Quote:
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Anybody surprised that of course Elon Must would spread an unhinged conspiracy theory from an obscure source about how it's a sex worker and a drunken 'victim' at the core of it rather than it being the result of stochastic terrorism by MAGA and other right wing actors?
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10-30-2022, 09:05 AM | #6698 |
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This is why there is no reason to be to excited about the high turnout numbers in Georgia. More 80-85 year olds have voted so far than any of the five year age blocks under 40. Those age demographic numbers makes it look like a massive Red landslide here. Welcome Senator Hershel Walker.
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10-30-2022, 09:17 AM | #6699 |
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Early vote tells us almost nothing--don't let it get you excited. Don't let it get you down. It feels like it should tell us more than polls and stuff because it is actual real votes. But study after study finds that good old fashioned polls and economic indicators are better predictors. Boring but true.
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10-31-2022, 08:57 AM | #6700 |
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Affirmative action: Challenge to Harvard's policies was designed by a conservative to reach a friendly Supreme Court | CNN Politics
The guy who is bringing the case that's finally going to gut affirmative action sounds like quite the douchebag. SI
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