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Malachi Constant posted:Although nowadays Canada invading us to liberate concentration camps seems like the sort of thing I'd nod at and go on with my day. Don't threaten me with a good time, they eliminated pennies and they're still 1-0 all time against us
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Jul 1, 2019 21:04
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This guy shows up to every DC Trumpfest and he’s doing it to get photos. He’s a literal trigger-man.
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Jul 3, 2019 20:48
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It gets difficult not to consider declaring asylum at the northern border.
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Jul 3, 2019 22:26
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What would make me happy is if this, of all things, led to Trump’s impeachment. Defying SCOTUS finally giving Pelosi a spine to go for it.
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Jul 4, 2019 00:23
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If you can’t withstand this world without substance abuse, you clearly haven’t found peace within your own soul. America has a substance abuse problem, mostly because America has a coping problem, and man alive the last few years haven’t helped. It’s all survivable though.
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Jul 8, 2019 22:50
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Ershalim posted:I don't know if I'd call it that. America has a lot of quality-of-life problems that aren't addressed, or are paved over with the overworking and exploitation of vulnerable people. "Coping" is something that we aren't good at, sure, but there's a lot of people whose situations are so bad that "coping" isn't going to help them with it. For a lot of people: it's work until you break, then die and hope you don't bring down anyone you care about. Of course. That said, what systemic issues will substance use / abuse solve? And on the other end, what good will you do if you’re only looking at overall systemic issues instead of smaller and more personal issues? You’ll go mad if you pursue either extreme. I’ll say this - the anarchist and anti fascist groups I’ve met over the years are legitimately fantastic at checking up on people. No one is allowed to drive themselves mad for the cause. Finding that inner balance is vital to deal with the world in general; when the heavy lifting of the moment comes, its good to have an ally reminding you that you’re only one human and you’re not being expected to do it all. And a lot of this is coming from my own world of being clean/sober in a town that’s anything but. The ones who are using chemicals of any form to cope are usually the ones not coping at all, just turning the car stereo up to mask their own insanity. It’s important to allow ourselves to not be okay for a moment, then accept ourselves and move toward the next goal. This isn’t at all what anyone was talking about, but it’s on my mind every day. Donald Trump can’t steal my sobriety, and can’t none of y’all steal my sanity without my consent. Drink Iced Tea And Tell Jokes Every Day
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Jul 8, 2019 23:10
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Ershalim posted:This is good advice. It's not practical for a lot of subsistence level employees, but it's something I think we should strive for. In addition to smashing the system, I mean. I just think that there's a problem with forced positivity (which is what I thought you were going for) because it makes it easy to gloss over systemic problems as personal ones. It's very common for otherwise well-meaning people to say, "oh, well just don't let it bother you so much" and then think they've done something helpful. But this will easily go into a big dumb side-track about mental health and modern slacktivism being actively harmful, so ... Yeah, we're on the same track I think.  It's less "don't let it bother you so much" and more "allow it to bother you, let it be valid, so you can process it and let it pass through you instead of retaining it and breaking you." If you're not doing mental/emotional health spot checks, you're asking for trouble at some point down the line. GreyjoyBastard posted:iced tea is caffeinated HYDRATE EVERY DAY YOU FOOL
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Jul 8, 2019 23:21
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Mendrian posted:I work in service and when I say people abuse noted non illicit substance caffine, i mean. We're talking 2 or 3 redbulls per day, giant rear end coffees multiple times per day, espresso shots in between. I’ve met those people in the entertainment circuit too. A lot of them have or had a coke addiction. Caffeine comes up a lot, but it doesn’t do the job once you’re older. The ones who survive are the ones who discover cardio instead. The freelance world has a lot of that Never Tired Keep Grinding alpha attitude. The union world knows that life is very long and preserves their bodies as best they can, because a new guy, an alpha type with bad habits, will probably get them hurt on accident. So we protect each other, we call out bad habits, and the survivors retire with a good pension and a sigh of relief.
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Jul 9, 2019 03:12
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Source4Leko posted:Yea just lol at thinking FIFA has any sway at all here. Nobody here gives a gently caress, we play the World Series against teams from only our country (and Canada) lol. FIFA will move the World Cup to Kazakhstan and bar both USNTs from every tournament. They do not play about government interference in national federations. Manchin is potentially doing more damage to the USWNT than any other politician on Earth right now.
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Jul 10, 2019 02:03
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Taerkar posted:FIFA desperately wants to get into the US market because of the cash cow that is the US viewership. They’ve already got it. We consume huge quantities of football from other countries and every international tournament. And FIFA would absolutely delight in sending a gently caress you to America. EwokEntourage posted:The us government indicted like 15 people and got blatter removed from office in 2015, and then got the host for 2026 like 2 years later. They’re not going to do poo poo, especially when a cry baby trump controls the most powerful agency in the world (treasury department) and could easily put the screws to the rest of the corruption in fifa. Consider the idea that Trump would do more than tweet and that this administration could manage to influence any country to do anything. This is the one fight where FIFA might even be considered the good guys. 2015 America can do things. 2019 America would be told to get hosed. Tayter Swift posted:gently caress'em. If FIFA balks at the US trying to institute pay disparity then we shouldn't be a member. It’s not about gender pay disparity. It’s about a government interfering in the affairs of a national football program. There’s good reasons for that kind of protection, usually involving money laundering, occasionally involving discrimination. They ban nations for good reasons. Your Boy Fancy fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Jul 10, 2019 |
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Quorum posted:To clarify for those not following along: after the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Northam called the General Assembly back into session to address gun violence. He proposed a raft of bills, most of them aimed squarely at the "milquetoast but nonzero improvement in the status quo" window, like universal background checks and allowing local governments to ban guns in their government buildings, something the state already does. A couple of the most milquetoast of these bills actually managed to pick up one or two Republican supporters, mostly from the Virginia Beach area, enough to pass them in both narrowly-divided chambers of the Assembly. The usual gambit here for the Precambrian liches in charge of the legislature, like in Congress, is to bury such bills in a hostile committee so they never see the floor to begin with. That's sort of what everyone had expected to happen-- bunch of committee meetings, everyone gets to pound their desk, some impassioned floor speeches, the GA passes something useless that nobody really likes or cares about and then we all go home with some fresh sound bites in our pockets, and if all the stars align maybe we get literally the most lukewarm gun legislation passed that does nothing but makes everyone feel better. This is such an amazing thing. The sight of them going NOPE and booking it for the hills is gonna sink them in Virginia Beach, and with the redrawn maps, 2019 could complete the pendulum swing from 2017 entirely. For people who wrote Northam’s move as an empty political stunt, he sure got one hell of a visual out of it. “You’re all coming to work to do something, anything.” “Get hosed, I’m outta here”
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Groovelord Neato posted:not entirely sure why these cities don't refuse to provide security details and poo poo. The alternative is having a riot break out and people getting killed.
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Angry_Ed posted:Probably becqause it's an incredibly bad look for them if something bad happens as a result, plus do you really want Trump to call up his war criminal buddy Erik Prince to supply Academi mercenaries for his fascist rallies? Also this. You want to see National Guard call ups for this?
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Jul 10, 2019 17:06
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This is a great episode of Breaking Bad.
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Jul 11, 2019 21:44
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GreyjoyBastard posted:i don't really remember this guy but he seems good Center left NoVA guy. He’s good when it matters.
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Jul 14, 2019 22:27
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Trump isn’t flashing codes. He doesn’t know how. He just says poo poo that’s on his mind. Stop looking for signs of codes when dude just says racist poo poo. Fucks sake guys. Prester Jane posted:Your counter argument here fundamentally misunderstand how narcissists operate, and how sociopaths in the orbit of a narcissist manipulate them. Stephen Miller doesn't need "control" over Trump- that just isn't how this game is played at all. He also didn’t come up with the symbol himself, and he doesn’t tell us how clever he is for inventing it. Doing the white power symbol doesn’t occur to him. Hanlon’s Razor, PJ. Your Boy Fancy fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Jul 23, 2019 |
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Jul 23, 2019 18:52
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Skippy McPants posted:Looking forward to all the hot takes from people aghast at the details that come out today even though every single thing Mueller says will be from the month's old report, but nobody paid attention to that because lol at reading 400+ pages. Which, of course, is the point of this exercise. People need this spoon fed to them.
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Jul 24, 2019 12:39
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umbrage posted:So what makes it loving physically impossible for Democrats to just scream conspiracy theories for their five minutes and make Muller look like a coward like the Republicans can? How is there so much loving asymmetry here? So what you’re saying is that you’re susceptible to propaganda tactics instead of rational analysis? Good to be self reflective.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:39
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They’ve flat out proved that federal charges will be brought on Citizen Trump on 1/20/21. That is quite something.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:46
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Ershalim posted:I wish that's what it meant. That's all very much "could," rather than "would." It's the opposite of the stupid thing they're trying to do, but it's unlikely that the feds would prosecute after the fact. If he's not impeached, he's gonna skate (unless state charges get him). You’re assuming people will let this slide, or that states will let this slide in the case of a pardon.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:49
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Ershalim posted:Yes, I am. History backs me up on that. Past isn’t always predictive. Bet you :tenbux: I’m right.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:56
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Gatts posted:I am at work and cannot watch but the feeling I’m getting from this thread is I need to try to kill my liver with alcohol this weekend Not necessarily. A Republican managed to get Mueller to confirm that charges can be brought on Trump once he’s not president, and media is SPRINTING with that.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:59
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Nail Rat posted:Looking forward to his thrashing about in November 2020-January 2021 in anticipation, if he even understands anything at all at that point. The fingers of his mind are too greasy to grasp objective reality.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:02
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VH4Ever posted:Which was always true and honestly was true with GWB also. I don't mean to be pessimistic, but don't be surprised that even if a Dem takes over in 2021, we'll need to "move on as a nation" or some poo poo and nothing happens. Past isn’t necessarily predictive. The last 4 years have been a long, National scream. It can’t be swept under as easily as you think.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:06
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VH4Ever posted:Well, you have more faith in the system and your fellow humans than I do. Without hope, you cannot start the day.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:09
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VH4Ever posted:Shows what you know! You know that show you watch that turned to poo poo long ago but you hate watch it anyway out of spite? That's how I start most days and the world is my show that went to poo poo. Go outside then. I’ve met people who’ve gone from the fire barrel to home ownership. Unlovable bastards becoming pillars of their communities. Arrogant pricks made repentant. Go outside. Change the channel of your perspective. Ershalim posted:The celebration is that community effort was effective at curbing the damage of a fascist organization. None of this is going to be pretty or fun. If you can't take any pride or satisfaction in harm reduction, you're gonna have a bad time. For instance.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:15
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nine-gear crow posted:“We ask our Democratic members to limit their time to five minutes.” / [lets Republicans rant for 20 minutes each] That hasn’t happened all morning.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:32
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scuz posted:The republicans all sound like Glenn Beck with their lines of questioning. Just conspiracy theory bullshit. This timeline is so dumb. But apparently because it pings lizard brains we’re all doomed or something
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Jul 24, 2019 16:40
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Groovelord Neato posted:you're saying this like it isn't what anyone with a functioning brain would do. If you believe this in your heart, you would be storming the Capitol.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:49
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HelloSailorSign posted:Yes actually, there is - depending on what is at stake. Basically this. As long as we’re breathing, there’s work to be done.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:05
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Willie Tomg posted:What fight? What way? Where are you going? “Democrats are such controlled opposition and have such learned helplessness” *exudes learned helplessness whenever asked to put good into the world* You were just loving told that 2,000 families were targeted by ICE raids, and activism is universally credited for keeping the numbers down to 35 individuals. That fight, that way, and we’re going forward. Get into your community and do something you’ll be proud you were part of.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:12
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Useful hearing. They’re laying the case down. It’s not happening at the speed we want, but it’s happening. They’re gonna drum impeachment proceedings through the House for a year, and vote to conclude in late October, and I’m going to laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:14
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Boris Galerkin posted:I don’t know what you guys were watching, but this hearing was p good. Impeachment went from a “fringe far left” thing to every Democratic member in that committee all but saying yes we need to do this. It’s no longer just a thing the Squad and Co. are saying anymore. Exactly. The case has been made.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:24
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Junior G-man posted:So if I'm reading the Guardian summary right: That’s a hell of a conclusion unless you were working backwards. Those last two or three bullet points are about penetrating the public consciousness in a way it hasn’t previously.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:30
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canepazzo posted:https://twitter.com/chucktodd/status/1154062809338195968 It means Chuck Todd buys into the Sleepy Mueller thing from the morning
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Jul 24, 2019 17:49
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Dog Friday posted:The right appear to be seeing this hearing as a major Republican victory The right cannot fail. They can only be failed. And if they did fail, they were cheated. They’re basically wrestling heels.
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Jul 24, 2019 18:00
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John Ratcliffe is trying very hard to join the FoxCU. Even knowing from this morning that he can’t ask about Steele, that chicken ain’t fuckin’ itself
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Jul 24, 2019 18:35
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Groovelord Neato posted:he's auditioning for director of national intelligence. That’s Nunes, I know you think nothing matters but please keep up
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Ytlaya posted:
If you’re going to quote the program, get it right. It’s admitting your powerlessness over the situation, and that life as it stands has become unmanageable. And the vast majority of the world doesn’t buy into that. Nor can you, as an outsider from someone else’s consciousness, enforce that belief upon others. They have to approach you with the concern. That’s why there isn’t a general strike today, and why there won’t be there tomorrow - the sense of Change We Must Or Die We Will hasn’t permeated yet. Not to mention the Higher Power in the theoretical second step ain’t about to be universally accepted by all.
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