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tyler is a joke posted:The Huxley examples are chicken and egg arguments, in my mind. Do people watch the Superbowl because they've been lulled by politicians and the media? Or do people tune out of the state of the union because they don't give a poo poo about a speech from one stooge to another? Hey, speaking of TIME being a lovely rag, here's one of their more recent covers:  Now what they don't tell is that Rahm's plan for "fighting failing schools" was initially closing over 50 of them (now reduced to 49). By some astounding coincidence, most of those schools happen to be in neighborhoods with large black populations. Historically, Rahm has been making cuts to libraries and schools and claiming that there was no money to support them. However, he somehow managed to convince the State of Illinois that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange deserved a $50 million tax cut.  
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Maybe next time they won't vote for the obvious Daley stand-in. Although that applies to most of the city because a lot of people voted for Rahm, not just poor Black people. That man has managed to piss people off faster than I thought he would.
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seal it with a kiss posted:Comrades? True comrades will only participate in summer fun that is sanctioned by the state!
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Stultus Maximus posted:If you're watching State of the Union sober, you're doing it wrong. There's a drinking game posted online every year for a reason. Everett True: grumpy, short-tempered champion of the working man! 
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Crasscrab posted:The fruits of Neoliberlism bear bitter fruits. Neoliberalism needs more bad PR is what I'm saying 
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Accretionist posted:When I bring up neoliberalism, I often have to explain what it is. I often see light bulbs going off in people's head like, "Oh, all that poo poo I read about is all part of the same thing..." I guess Detroit is not enough. 
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Fluoride Jones posted:I guess Detroit is not enough. What the hell kind of heat map uses grey as both an intermediate color and also meaning no data. Here's an xkcd effortcomic you've all probably seen.  http://xkcd.com/1127/large/
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Zombie Raptor posted:From Imgur: Reminds me of these stupid photoshopped border signs I see on Facebook all the time, usually with comments like "I wish Michigan would do this!" I really don't get how people don't read "Illinois and Chicago" and think something might be up.  
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Soviet Commubot posted:Reminds me of these stupid photoshopped border signs I see on Facebook all the time, usually with comments like "I wish Michigan would do this!" I always love these, especially the big numbers of gun owners that are supposed to be scary but work out to like 3% of the population. Also funny is where the phrase "Don't mess with Texas" came from: 
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Zapdos posted:I always love these, especially the big numbers of gun owners that are supposed to be scary but work out to like 3% of the population. Don't mess with Delaware! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RDu6zvaxS0 agarjogger posted:Here's an xkcd effortcomic you've all probably seen. I was reading it, nodding in appreciation until I reached the Civil War, in which a "left-wing" South seceded from a "right-wing" North. The clock struck thirteen, and I chucked it in the garbage. The definition of "left/right" is far too narrow. A new item in the store at The Onion:
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Brother Jonathan posted:Don't mess with Delaware! Am I missing something? Because as best I can tell this video makes no god drat sense at all. Delaware is a pretty awesome state though.   
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Pobama posted:Am I missing something? Because as best I can tell this video makes no god drat sense at all. It looks like something out of a Stephen King short if you substitute Maine for Delaware. But no, no it does not. Incidentally the former motto of the United States was thought to have been based on a recipe for salad dressing, but was sadly changed to "In God We Trust" in 1956.  You can clearly see that the eagle has it half right but we regressed.  Flipside.  And some Tool for good measure.
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Pobama posted:Am I missing something? Because as best I can tell this video makes no god drat sense at all. That's the joke. Delaware is the last place that you'd expect to be jumped by feral rednecks. But yes, Delaware is a great state, with free shopping! Unfortunately, it is also the home of taxation.  
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A number of Kansans rolled up on shitlord Kris Kobach's house in Kansas City today to drop off some shoes on his porch representing deported fathers. 
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thylacine posted:A number of Kansans rolled up on shitlord Kris Kobach's house in Kansas City today to drop off some shoes on his porch representing deported fathers. Kobach is such an rear end; he's quite intelligent and well educated - D.Phil in Politics from Oxford as a Rhode Scholar, Yale Law - but appears to be lacking any moral compass. Rolling Stone had a great article about the state of affairs the other day: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rogue-state-how-far-right-fanatics-hijacked-kansas-20130612?print=true Here's their profile of Kobach: quote:Brownback's ideas aren't the only ones being studied carefully by national audiences. His Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, garnered national attention last year as the creator of "self-deportation," the immigration policy adopted by Mitt Romney, in which laws impacting undocumented workers would be enforced so punishingly that the workers would choose to return to their home countries. "Self-deportation" wound up on a long list of punchlines generated by the Republican primary circus – Kobach says he now prefers "attrition through enforcement" – but the Secretary of State remains a potent figure, handsome, articulate and very smart: Harvard undergrad, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law School, a stint in the Bush Justice Department under John Ashcroft. You can just tell throughout the article how shocked the reporter writing the story is by it all, it just seems so unbelievable. Here's another politician with poisonous ideas, Allan Rothlisberg:  The writer describes him rather unflatteringly as "a retired 30-year Army veteran who is the approximate shape and shade of a Red Bartlett Pear.", and goes on to detail some of the ridiculous legislation he and others helped get passed, and how they kicked out a moderate Republican whose family had been active in the Republican Party since Lincoln. If Brownback manages to get control of the judicial branch like he's trying, you guys are in for some real poo poo for at least the next few years. Best of luck I guess get the gently caress out of Kansas as soon as possible, best decision I ever made. Broken Machine fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jun 16, 2013 |
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Broken Machine posted:Best of luck I guess get the gently caress out of Kansas as soon as possible, best decision I ever made. The most unbelievable, fantastical, and absurd moment in all of the Wizard of Oz is that Dorthy in any way, shape, or form, wishes to return to Kansas. Pictured: The cover of a Kansas high-school history book, 
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What's happening in Kansas is absurd, but nothing is going to happen to reverse it. Believe it or not, the super-Christian population actually hates what's happening--even my dad and his redneck, "Thanks Obama!" conservative friends down in rural Kansas are mad at Brownback for the ridiculous tax cuts he's put in. That said, no Democrat is going to win (sans a Sebelius situation) for a while because there's no horses in the stable to run against Brownback or his minions. Former Lt. Gov. Parkinson is the only person who could even get within 15% of Brownback. PPP did an extremely interesting polling of Kansas recently, as you can find here. The most popular person in Kansas is Bob Dole, followed by a few others by their favorability ratings: Fred Phelps: 2% John Brown: 30% Sam Brownback: 37% (not in the linked pdf, but can be found elsewhere) President Obama: 41% Bill Self: 62% Bob Dole: 69% Yes, you read that right--Obama has a higher favorability rating in Kansas than our ultra-conservative governor. Everyone can agree that Bob Dole rules, though. The man wouldn't even make it through the primaries in today's GOP.
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Protests over public transport still going strong in Brazil, this Thursday the act goes national, lots of smaller cities joining the fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcLqlFk6Ac
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIBYEXLGdSg Bit of a rundown in what is happening in Brazil for those (like me) who didn't know what it was about.
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Prominent right-wing blogger/pollster goes to Queen's birthday party at British High Commission, dresses as a British Icon :iamafag:
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I've lived in Delaware approximately 1/3 of my 27 year old life. I currently reside in Wilmington, home of the longest military occupation of any US city by federal troops outside of the Civil War. 
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cheerfullydrab posted:I've lived in Delaware approximately 1/3 of my 27 year old life. I currently reside in Wilmington, home of the longest military occupation of any US city by federal troops outside of the Civil War. I thought the Wilmington occupation was entirely state troops, not Federal. My grandpa was in the Michigan Guard during the riots in Detroit in '67. He still says that his proudest achievement during his 43 years of service is that nobody in his infantry squad fired a single shot the whole time they were there. If only there had been more like him. 
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http://tinyurl.com/k2gq98fquote:Frustration with do-nothing politicians has sparked a surreal situation in the eastern Mexican city of Xalapa, where two students have nominated a cat for that town's upcoming mayoral election. 
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What the hell does that even mean? What is the area of a megabyte? 
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The Moon Monster posted:What the hell does that even mean? What is the area of a megabyte?  
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The Moon Monster posted:What the hell does that even mean? What is the area of a megabyte? It's Brass Eye. 
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Pobama posted:The most unbelievable, fantastical, and absurd moment in all of the Wizard of Oz is that Dorthy in any way, shape, or form, wishes to return to Kansas. What's your source on this being an actual cover? I'm very skeptical that this is the case-- unless you have a link or a picture of the actual book, or something. Some pictures from the same artist:   Website: http://www.unusualcards.com/Jesus_and_Friends.html E; Note how the watermark has even been cropped out of the Jesusaur picture. That is some classic political-email-my-mom-sent-me, right there Bohemian Nights fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Jun 16, 2013 |
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Exclamation Marx posted:Prominent right-wing blogger/pollster goes to Queen's birthday party at British High Commission, dresses as a British Icon :iamafag: "Hmmm, I wonder which blogger that is? I know, Google Reverse Image search is sure to have the answer!"  I, errr...oh.
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Man Jesus really gets around
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hairysammoth posted:"Hmmm, I wonder which blogger that is? I know, Google Reverse Image search is sure to have the answer!" Anyway, it's David Farrar. He sound just like you'd expect but he's lost some weight so good on him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E3Vizb1i4g
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President Dad.    http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/14/13-our-favorite-photos-president-obama-being-dad
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 just your normal everyday family having dinner. in a hotel room. on a balcony. overlooking the kremlin.
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Pobama posted:Delaware is a pretty awesome state though. This has been my Facebook cover photo since we passed gay marriage:  Delaware Pride  (Also Biden is pretty cool. Basically Delaware owns.)
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