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Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!



REFORM. OUR. CHILD. CONCENTRATION. CAMPS.

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Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

OMBUDSMAN
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Clapping Larry
the children are spread too thinky across a grossly unoptimized network of camps

time for a little CONSOLIDATION

Barry Convex
Sep 1, 2005

Think of the good things, Pim! The good things!

Like Jesus, candy, and crackerjacks! Ice cream and cake and lots o'laffs!
Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Joe! Larry, Curly, and brother Moe!
AIPAC shill has other terrible opinions, news at 11

https://twitter.com/bakari_sellers/status/1013423900288577536?s=21

Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


it is really fun how the democrat position is "we can't actually ever do anything"

Dirk Pitt
Sep 14, 2007

haha yes, this feels good

Toilet Rascal

Hentai Jihadist posted:

it is really fun how the democrat position is "we can't actually ever do anything"

might as well keep offering watered down republican ideas in an effort to pull their votes.

The Nastier Nate
May 22, 2005

All aboard the corona bus!

HONK! HONK!


Yams Fan

Abolishing ICE and folding those responsibilities back into INS just means the chuds wear different uniforms, so not entirely wrong.

First abolish ICE, then implement new immigration policies, then try ICE agents for crimes against humanity.

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
the amazing thing is that the "Reform ICE" crowd also hates ICE, but they're convinced that the strawman they've constructed of the Mythical Moderate would be scared of someone saying Abolish ICE

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

Joementum posted:

the amazing thing is that the "Reform ICE" crowd also hates ICE, but they're convinced that the strawman they've constructed of the Mythical Moderate would be scared of someone saying Abolish ICE

Slight correction: They hate ICE when the person in charge has a R next to their name.

Feldegast42
Oct 29, 2011

COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

Tired: Abolishing ICE
Wired: Hiring more kiddie kamp women guards for ICE

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

comedyblissoption posted:

has gore proposed a solution to climate change that doesn't involve shoveling giant amounts of cash to wall st and goldman sachs

at least it's an ethos

It's not the best possible thing to stand for but it's something and probably would have been enough to beat Trump


The Russia Thing is doing actual serious harm now, because it has caused people to decide that Jill Stein, who has many good opinions and some bad ones, is dolchstoss and therefore autowrong

Hentai Jihadist posted:

it is really fun how the democrat position is "we can't actually ever do anything"

All "policy wonks" know how to do is shuffle money back and forth between various rich people hoping to find the one magical rich-person/money configuration that solves every problem on Earth simultaneously

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

"This opinion is being promoted by Russia to divide us. You can tell because I vehemently disagree with it."

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

loquacius posted:

The Russia Thing is doing actual serious harm now, because it has caused people to decide that Jill Stein, who has many good opinions and some bad ones, is dolchstoss and therefore autowrong

It's at Derangement Syndrome levels

Jill Stein says drinking water is good, HAVE THE RUSSIANS GOTTEN TO THE WATER?!?

I will not give up my purity of essence to the reds.

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!
The amazing thing is that reaction is exactly what the analysis( by the kind of bullshit retired intelligence officers that appear on NPR and CNN) says is the goal.

Not some specific policy aim, but undermining the credibility of everything.

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1013784599019782145

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

ikanreed posted:

The amazing thing is that reaction is exactly what the analysis( by the kind of bullshit retired intelligence officers that appear on NPR and CNN) says is the goal.

Not some specific policy aim, but undermining the credibility of everything.

It's a very self-fulfilling prophecy

"Russia wants to undermine and divide us, which is why I've decided that no serious policy goal is worth trying and politicians that care about stuff are bad"

It reminds me a lot of the Tea Party's shtick -- "government doesn't work, which is why I've decided to do my best to sabotage all government programs" -- which is ironic considering which faction is supposed to be the Tea Party analogue

Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


i love the comments, americans have been well trained to think the richest country on earth cant have things other countries already have had for decades

the sad thing is its infecting my country and now we have people going "well we can't afford the NHS, despite having been able to afford it suspiciously well until the party that hates it trashed it for 8 years"

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

She's so good at twitter lol

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
It's not just that the Republicans have spend decades calling anyone to the left of Nixon a socialist communist that they have no words left for the real thing, but they have zero idea how to deal with a Democrat who actually doesn't sit back and take their poo poo and isn't ashamed of having policies, and won't shackle themselves with one-sided 'decorum'.

Terror Sweat
Mar 15, 2009

Absurd Alhazred posted:

What the hell happened to her? :smith:

Drugs

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

oh also


lol

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

lolll

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

yeah matty, could AMLO win in Iowa?

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin

Ghost Leviathan posted:

It's not just that the Republicans have spend decades calling anyone to the left of Nixon a socialist communist that they have no words left for the real thing, but they have zero idea how to deal with a Democrat who actually doesn't sit back and take their poo poo and isn't ashamed of having policies, and won't shackle themselves with one-sided 'decorum'.

This is pretty much true for Trump and replacing socialist with racist

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
love too commit usury

https://twitter.com/HayesBrown/status/1013659754768535552

(the company mails you a check which is actually a loan and hides the 33% interest rate)

MeatwadIsGod
Sep 30, 2004

Foretold by Gyromancy
Foaming the runways with millions of poor American bodies. Sounds like him, alright.

Hentai Jihadist posted:

i love the comments, americans have been well trained to think the richest country on earth cant have things other countries already have had for decades

I think it's the end result of 30+ years of ratcheting down on taxation and therefore government programs that are visible to everyday people. The lived experience is lovely roads, lovely public transport, lovely government services so it broadcasts "America is broke." The siphoning off of all America's wealth by the vampire class isn't an easy thing to see around you when this has been the norm for 30+ years. That and a concerted effort by Republicans to equate the debt-to-GDP ratio with freedom, and Third Wayism from Democrats.

It all narrows the horizon for what government is actually capable of accomplishing, even though we have plenty of examples from American history where implementing progressive taxation, jobs programs, big public works projects, etc. was incredibly popular with the vast majority of Americans, and these things rightly caused the presidents who pushed for them to be idolized for it. Teddy Roosevelt would have almost certainly won a third term had he not proclaimed to the world he wouldn't seek one in a heady moment of victory, and FDR was arguably the most popular and successful president ever. My big hope is that we can just get Sanders or someone like him in the door, get some of these policies in place, and then have them be so overwhelmingly popular that it's basically the new normal for at least a generation. It's a lot to hope for, but I think people are finally waking up to this and getting mad enough to run and/or vote.

MeatwadIsGod has issued a correction as of 16:32 on Jul 2, 2018

Concerned Citizen
Jul 22, 2007
Ramrod XTreme
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1013805588457906177

he's right

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008


rear end-covering nate

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

it depends on the policy obviously

pushpins
Sep 11, 2006


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Ghost Leviathan posted:

It's not just that the Republicans have spend decades calling anyone to the left of Nixon a socialist communist that they have no words left for the real thing, but they have zero idea how to deal with a Democrat who actually doesn't sit back and take their poo poo and isn't ashamed of having policies, and won't shackle themselves with one-sided 'decorum'.

Wraith of J.O.I.
Jan 25, 2012


https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/1013799626909143040?s=21

Phi230
Feb 2, 2016

by Fluffdaddy
Warsaw Pact except for North America

Martin Random
Jul 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Lanyards I figured referred to people who are in some way plugged into the democrat establishment, often campaign workers and journalists/opinion writers, who wear lanyards at public events all the time, hence the name.

When higher classed slaves went to market or into public they'd wear a placard around their neck. Ostensibly, this placard was to designate their status as slaves, but it was also a message: gently caress with this guy and you'll be dealing with consequences from the domina/dominus of that family or house. Jewellery served the same purpose for wives, daughters, signaling "this person is cared about by society and matters."

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010


:five:

Martin Random
Jul 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Lanyards aspire to show themselves off as slaves owned by ever more powerful masters is what I'm saying. It's not a bad quirk of human psychology for survival; we've mostly been slaves or subjects for most of our civilized history.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

Lambert posted:

Seems like that complaint is making a case for getting rid of the ridiculous idea of a "tipped wage" (which is, essentially, every tip supporting the owner of an establishment instead of the servers).

This is the root of the problem (well beyond just capitalism).

Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

Interesting how ocasio is pursuing her own career rather than going back to Puerto Rico to help rebuild

Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG



Happy Civil War Eve! I brought presents!

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

byob historian posted:

this post is so wrong it belongs itt

In my observations, dude hasn't done really anything different, just said "hey, let's put '16 behind us," "AoC is okay," but nothing else from him in terms of actions undertaken that really signals that he's had a real change of heart.

He asked for examples of him being lovely to progressives, and instead of owning up to it, he made the bog-standard centrist "I'm sorry if you misinterpreted what I said" non-apology.

I'm willing to be proven wrong, but I ain't seen poo poo from him yet.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

:lol:

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Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Calibanibal posted:

Interesting how ocasio is pursuing her own career rather than going back to Puerto Rico to help rebuild

SCAM

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