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Rap Record Hoarder posted:Apparently, the US created and implemented a fake twitter-esque service to foment rebellion in Cuba against Castro and they did it under the guise of "humanitarian outreach" via the USAID. In the big scheme of things this isn't surprising in the least, it's hilarious in a really hosed up way. I mean, this is the stuff conspiracy theorists dream of, something out of a Tom Clancy novel. I'm not sure whether this is hilarious or terrifying. If there was a trojan horse fake-Twitter in Cuba then Castro would fall!  It makes USAID look really, really bad though.
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Talmonis posted:I have to wonder if the alphabet agencies don't do this poo poo just to justify their budgets. Spend a few million loving around with vaguely defined "enemies", ruining our reputation abroad, creating more enemies. Rinse and repeat. Or is it that I'm just far too cynical? I think the most absurd part of it is that it was directed at Cuba of all places.
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Yeah that's big news.Washington Post posted:In an interview, [Senator] King said the document convinced him that what the CIA had done was torture. “I don’t have any doubts on that fact,” King said. “It’s a pretty hard read. It’s very disappointing.” This is going to be worse than we all thought isn't it?  Lying to Congress/the President takes this to a whole new level. axeil fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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Chris Christie posted:These aren't going anywhere no matter what happens, and there is zero chance the Republican hold the Senate in the 2016 elections if they are the majority following this fall's elections. The GOP has run on turning Medicare into a voucher system and they tried privatizing social security. Nothing is safe at this point.
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Apr 7, 2014 21:43
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Mineaiki posted:The article says he's dropping the character. It's going to be interesting to see how people respond to the real Stephen Colbert every night. It'll probably end conservatives screaming that Colbert isn't a parody he really is saying all that stuff and is meta-trolling liberals or whatever the hell their argument was.
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Apr 10, 2014 20:56
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greatn posted:Won't that make her reelection more difficult with lower enthusiasm? What if a Republican won in 2016, extremely narrowly, enough that people could remember how lovely they are while Dems still manage to hold the senate til 2020 as a safety measure. The GOP almost caused a debt default for fun and shut down the government for nearly a month and everyone has already forgotten about it.
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Apr 10, 2014 21:40
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Cross-quoting from the 2014 thread. Dems in the south are...improving?Alter Ego posted:In strange news, southern Democrats seem to be...improving in the polls? The Governor of KY (a Democrat) has a +27 approval rating according to this and the Landrieu numbers are completely mind-boggling. 
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Wow. They really, really, really want another Waco. Armed checkpoints are something the Feds can't really ignore.
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Apr 29, 2014 18:02
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The thread in SAS just copy/pasted a tweet indicating that had the NBAPA not been happy with Silver's ruling, there would've been a boycott of tonight's game. I cannot believe that almost just happened. edit: tweet in question Dan Woike @DanWoikeSports 11m Had NBPA been unhappy with ruling, players would've boycotted tonight's playoff games.
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Relentlessboredomm posted:^^^^^Every once in a great while there is a positive bit of labor news like this and it fills my black heart with joy. Yeah I'm assuming Chris Paul (head of the union) let Silver know what their decision was prior to his press conference. This is also probably why every single NBA owner is in the process of indicating they'll vote to force a sale. I know I saw a tweet from Mark Cuban and the owner of the Bulls. I'm sure more are coming in the next few hours.
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A Winner is Jew posted:Not speculation. It was confirmed by every member of the Warriors who the Clippers are currently playing against in the playoffs that they planned to go through warm-ups, the anthem, and then at tip-off just walk off court in protest if they weren't satisfied with how Silver reacted to the situation. It was rumored that every other team playing that night would do the same thing, but it's only been confirmed that one team would absolutely follow through with it. Had this actually happened it would probably be the most iconic and talked about moment in sports in the last century.
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