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DB is back https://twitter.com/duffelblog/status/1134414562202148864?s=21
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# ? May 31, 2019 15:05 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 22:18 |
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Ted has desire to become a lobbyist so he doesnt care about burning down this bridge. He's either going to become a Supreme Court Justice or live on Fox News.
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# ? May 31, 2019 15:10 |
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Ted has desire to become a lobbyist so he doesnt care about burning down this bridge. He's either going to become a Supreme Court Justice or live on Fox News. It would be extremely on brand for him to gently caress the portion of the debate team who sell out. Jesus, I still remember his face melting in a frown like manner when he had to do donation calls for 45.
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# ? May 31, 2019 15:28 |
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WHY AM I PERSECUTED?!
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# ? May 31, 2019 15:47 |
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Yes, banned for life from being a lobbyist but I'm actually a legislative advisory partner so CASHIN CHECKS FROM DAY ONE BAYBEEEEEE
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# ? May 31, 2019 15:55 |
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:WHY AM I PERSECUTED?!
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# ? May 31, 2019 15:55 |
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FAUXTON posted:Yes, banned for life from being a lobbyist but I'm actually a legislative advisory partner so CASHIN CHECKS FROM DAY ONE BAYBEEEEEE Yeah pretty much. In Canada at least the definition of “lobbying” is pretty narrow; you can work for years for a registered lobbying organization and not need to register as a lobbyist because you don’t spend enough of your time doing actual lobbying for it to count.
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# ? May 31, 2019 16:06 |
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:WHY AM I PERSECUTED?! I got this reference
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# ? May 31, 2019 16:11 |
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I still don't really understand how lobbying works.
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# ? May 31, 2019 16:16 |
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Lobbyists for the most part do the bulk of the writing of the laws that directly benefit them. They pass it along to the offices of politicians that are their allies, and enter it as law. These politicians then enjoy campaign donations (both the legal and quasi-legal kind) and most likely a cushy job after they're out of office. In other cases, when something is being proposed that a client doesn't like, lobbyists use their connections and influence to either outright kill the proposed legislation, or insert specific exemptions on behalf of their client. edit: the people that actually write the laws in the lobbying firms are almost entirely from congressional staff members that have since left government for whatever reason. Sometimes it's because they got fired, sometimes it's because their congresscritter got voted out, etc. Vasudus fucked around with this message at 16:27 on May 31, 2019 |
# ? May 31, 2019 16:23 |
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Nuclear War posted:I still don't really understand how lobbying works. Politician goes “wow, we really need to legislate this poo poo!” Lobbyist goes “here’s how this poo poo works, and here’s how we’d like you to legislate it.” Politician: “thanks for saving me all the efforts of researching this poo poo!” Lobbyist: “Our pleasure! Here we even wrote a draft regulation to help you out!” Next level is getting the politician to go “wow, we really need to legislate this poo poo!” on demand. Edit: the bribes are how you get “access” to the politician so he listens to you in the first place. FrozenVent fucked around with this message at 16:25 on May 31, 2019 |
# ? May 31, 2019 16:23 |
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FrozenVent posted:Politician goes “wow, we really need to legislate this poo poo!” The Military Industrial Complex works the same way! Just replace Politician with Procurement Office and Lobbyist with Contractor.
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# ? May 31, 2019 16:38 |
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I would argue that the MIC revolving door is slightly better than the legislative lobbying industry. It's not as world-altering when some 3-star goes to work for Boeing and rigs a few billion dollars in contracts vs. successfully deregulating entire industries. edit: for the record I am very much against the MIC revolving door, even though it's my industry's lifeblood and I'm personally benefiting from it.
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# ? May 31, 2019 16:50 |
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Xenoborg posted:The Military Industrial Complex works the same way! Just replace Politician with Procurement Office and Lobbyist with Contractor. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-tragedy-of-the-american-military/383516/ quote:Jim Webb is a decorated Vietnam veteran, an author, a former Democratic senator, and a likely presidential candidate. Seven years ago in his book A Time to Fight, he wrote that the career military was turning into a “don’t break my rice bowl” culture, referring to an Asian phrase roughly comparable to making sure everyone gets a piece of the pie. Webb meant that ambitious officers notice how many of their mentors and predecessors move after retirement into board positions, consultancies, or operational roles with defense contractors. (Pensions now exceed preretirement pay for some very senior officers; for instance, a four-star general or admiral with 40 years of service can receive a pension of more than $237,000 a year, even if his maximum salary on active duty was $180,000.)
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# ? May 31, 2019 16:52 |
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I never thought I'd say this, but there's no Army of the Potomac challenge coin and this needs to change because they sell loving R.E. Lee ones for poo poo's sake.
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# ? May 31, 2019 17:51 |
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I never thought I'd say this, but there's no Army of the Potomac challenge coin and this needs to change because they sell loving R.E. Lee ones for poo poo's sake. What the gently caress? Semi-related. I've been reading Gov. John Andrew's (gov of Mass during the Civil War) correspondence for the past few weeks for work. It can be really boring sometimes, but there's so much gold in these letters. Love that I'm getting paid to do this poo poo now. Highlights include... -Chaplain from a Mass regiment complaining that soldiers drink and swear too much. Wants the governor to appoint a new regimental commander in to get things fixed up. This is about a week before Bull Run lol. -Whole lotta letters from people asking for commissions and such, but one dude straight up pushing to get a guy he knows from New Orleans a commission because he fled New Orleans rather than stay and take an oath to the confederacy. Other one is from a dude who was in the British army for 15 years and wants to help train volunteers and fight secessionists if need be. -Our boy Sherman came up for a visit post Bull Run. Nothing super interesting, just mostly inquires about how many volunteer regiments the New England states can raise, etc. Nothing about the 54th yet, though I'm still reading through 1861's mail.
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# ? May 31, 2019 17:59 |
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I never thought I'd say this, but there's no Army of the Potomac challenge coin and this needs to change because they sell loving R.E. Lee ones for poo poo's sake. That (and similar GAR coins/medallions) are probably as close as you'd get to a proper challenge coin. But yeah I'd be down for one with Meade's statue on the front and an unshackled arm fisting through a tattered confederate flag on the back, with the closing line of the Gettysburg address around the outer edges.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:13 |
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https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1134469748614410240?s=20 It's only a matter of time.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:14 |
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/business/facebook-google-wire-fraud.html This story is old, but this guys is a hero.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:19 |
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Vasudus posted:https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1134469748614410240?s=20 If this happens I really hope it doesn’t do to the DNC what the impeachment of Clinton did to the RNC. I have 0 hope that impeachment leads to conviction so I have to hope that a failed conviction isn’t the boost Cheeto Benito needs to win 2020. And that it leads to a blue wave somehow in 2020. Somehow. I’m kind of impeachment shy, and I despise the motherfucker.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:24 |
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I'm hoping that the recent Mexico tariffs and general increasing instability will eventually kick it off on the red side. Though I could see it being the overwhelmingly vast majority of democrats and the minimum number of republicans necessary (on the senate side) to stick it. edit: there's a very strong possibility that with the current crop issues in the midwest in conjunction with retaliatory tariffs coming down the pipe there's a low-level famine coming to poor people. That's the thing with tariffs, they take a very long time to kick in but when they do hooooooo boy.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:27 |
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gop support of nixon broke only, what, a week before he resigned?
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:32 |
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Re Challenge Coins: I propose a General Sherman / Blue Lives Matter mashup
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:34 |
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:gop support of nixon broke only, what, a week before he resigned? Pres Pissbabby isn’t going to resign though.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:34 |
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I don't have the time to collect my sources from poo poo I've been reading this week, but there's some insanely bad poo poo going on right now with global crops. There's been record crop failures in central/southern america this year due to climate issues. In the US, a huge amount of corn and soy hasn't been planted yet - and the insurance for those crops expires this month, as in today. The absolutely bonkers weather has caused record crop damage, crop failures, and just overall delays in production. Then you add in the fact that global trade has been hosed all year due to tariffs and things are gonna get real bad for people that can't afford to take the hit - on both the production and consumption side.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:38 |
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Vasudus posted:I don't have the time to collect my sources from poo poo I've been reading this week, but there's some insanely bad poo poo going on right now with global crops. There's been record crop failures in central/southern america this year due to climate issues. In the US, a huge amount of corn and soy hasn't been planted yet - and the insurance for those crops expires this month, as in today. The absolutely bonkers weather has caused record crop damage, crop failures, and just overall delays in production. Then you add in the fact that global trade has been hosed all year due to tariffs and things are gonna get real bad for people that can't afford to take the hit - on both the production and consumption side. Wouldn't most of the now-nonexistent corn and soy have been exported?
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:40 |
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:gop support of nixon broke only, what, a week before he resigned? I thought he resigned because GOP support collapsed and Republican Senate leadership told him there were enough votes to remove him from office?
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:43 |
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Syrian Lannister posted:Pres Pissbabby isn’t going to resign though. He's going to openly call for a coup if/when he loses the election (or if magic happens and republicans convict in the senate) and only in the event that call gets a wet fart in response, he'll quietly walk out the back door. The big question is how republicans, both elected and the base, will respond to that call. I'm guessing nothing will happen but who knows.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:43 |
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So what you're saying is, buy beans, bullets and bullion?
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:44 |
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Torrannor posted:I thought he resigned because GOP support collapsed and Republican Senate leadership told him there were enough votes to remove him from office? Basically yeah. But good luck getting any Republican senators other than maybe North Carolina and Maine to vote for conviction in this Senate.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:45 |
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Torrannor posted:I thought he resigned because GOP support collapsed and Republican Senate leadership told him there were enough votes to remove him from office? all im saying is that support eroded quickly then, I can't imagine how fast it could go in the age of twitter. then pence steps in and blanket pardons everyone bc ford set the historical standard
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:45 |
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I think the base is too lazy / comfortable to actually do poo poo, and see right wing politics primarily as a form of entertainment and personal branding rather than as a call to action, and the establishment Rs don't actually want to do a coup, yet. So I don't think anything will happen outside some true believers doing some terrorism. But I also thought Trump would never get the support of the right so I'm biased towards thinking too highly of conservatives.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:47 |
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:gop support of nixon broke only, what, a week before he resigned? Pretty much. GOP support in the House Judiciary committee to not impeach broke, then leading GOP Senators went to the White House and told Nixon that GOP support in the Senate to not convict had broken, then Nixon resigned. What broke GOP support was the Supreme Court ordered release of "The Smoking Gun tape of Nixon and Haldeman discussing and planning the Watergate coverup. joat mon fucked around with this message at 18:53 on May 31, 2019 |
# ? May 31, 2019 18:49 |
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https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1...ingawful.com%2F
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# ? May 31, 2019 19:19 |
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shame on an IGA posted:Wouldn't most of the now-nonexistent corn and soy have been exported? Yeah, and domestic consumption is mostly as animal feed or ethanol. That said, corn and soy failures are indicators of wide scale climate poo poo that is ALSO loving with other crops, it's just corn and soy are the big producers so you get more visualization of "normally production is here, right now it's here."
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# ? May 31, 2019 19:21 |
Queen Elizabeth II needs to step in, fistfight Trump, then beat Pence into submission and declare herself High Ruler No way she can do any worse
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# ? May 31, 2019 19:22 |
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joat mon posted:Pretty much. GOP support in the House Judiciary committee to not impeach broke, then leading GOP Senators went to the White House and told Nixon that GOP support in the Senate to not convict had broken, then Nixon resigned. Yeah, and even then you had 56 Democrats in the senate and 241 Democrats in the house, so Dems were already at 56% or so in both Chambers.
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# ? May 31, 2019 19:24 |
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https://twitter.com/aaronmehta/status/1134085269853036544?s=21
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# ? May 31, 2019 19:34 |
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Best Friends posted:I think the base is too lazy / comfortable to actually do poo poo, and see right wing politics primarily as a form of entertainment and personal branding rather than as a call to action, and the establishment Rs don't actually want to do a coup, yet. So I don't think anything will happen outside some true believers doing some terrorism. Problem is that they don't really have to DO anything. They just have to make a lot of noise, and if Trump refuses to leave office, there's a non-zero chance that Congress won't do a drat thing about it. Because as the last three years have revealed, all of our government's checks and balances are based on gentlemen's agreements and can be completely undone by one party just saying "nah."
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Bigly President had Dow down almost 300 thanks to Mexican tariff talks
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# ? May 31, 2019 20:00 |