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Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

sexpig by night posted:

Shoe is still kinda dumb in a lot of ways but yea she's one of the few weird 4chan-y libertarian types who actually did get pulled to the left and a vaush fan being a weird 'labor means everyone has to be actively working in a capitalist style job' type of leftist where they just accidentally spout republican 'dignity of work' poo poo is 100% on brand.

i cant dislike anyone who made this intro. i want the Day of Justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyZ7x1oduWU

# ¿ Mar 8, 2021 15:01

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 17:33

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

the day 9/11 happened I told my school friend "well that's what America gets for loving around in the middle East"

I had to keep that sort of talk quiet pretty quickly. Iraq was obvious bullshit

# ¿ Mar 21, 2021 07:11

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

spacetoaster posted:

lol, Trump's back!

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/desk

"big lie" eh? wow trump has gone Full Hitler

# ¿ May 5, 2021 13:41

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Fitzy Fitz posted:

Poli sci students should be studying history instead

can confirm. i have a history degree and half my professors were marxists and they taught us how material conditions shape history and politics. i donno what political science class would teach you that isn't history? i never took any politician science because i assumed it must be propaganda

# ¿ May 6, 2021 13:54

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Fitzy Fitz posted:

Hey you can do lots of productive things with a history degree, like going to grad school

Raskolnikov38 posted:

hey hey

enjoy the lack of employment

# ¿ May 6, 2021 13:58

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

There needs to be some kind of comedian advisory board that can hand out suspensions whenever a comic starts getting the idea that their work is important. That Kate McKinnon quote is worthy of at least a year suspension, something like the Ricky Gervais Jesus photoshoot is a lifetime ban.

stephen colbert gets a lifetime ban

# ¿ May 6, 2021 14:56

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Nichael posted:

a person with aoc's politics can win anywhere if they have a good campaign, and the democratic party doesn't actively campaign for the gop (like in the case of 2020's senate election in WV)

as AOC demonstrates you don't actually need to say what your politics are. if we want good candidates what we need to do is get people that will lie on camera and say republican talking points all day, but vote for full communism

like an anti-AOC

# ¿ May 6, 2021 15:34

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

i'm pretty sure shoe on head is just a troll

# ¿ May 6, 2021 15:36

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

joepinetree posted:

I am probably among the people most critical of "wonks" in this forum, and I am pretty sure I am one of the few to ever be affiliated with a public policy department.

Because anyone who has ever actually worked on public policy will either lie to themselves about what they do out of convenience, or end up deeply cynical of all of it.

Story time:

A few years ago, I was approached to be a reviewer for Americorps. Americorps is the "service" program created under Clinton. The way that it works is that if you need some type of civic service you apply for funding or for other types of help from Americorps. So, for example, if you want a crew to clear trails at your local city park, the city park can submit a proposal to americorps to request funding to get people to come over and clear it up. I thought it would be like reviewing for the National Science Foundation, where I'd get a grant proposal and provide an assessment. But it wasn't like that at all.

If you receive a grant from Americorps, you have to submit external evaluations of the work you did at the end of the cycle. So the grand money already comes in with funding for the grantees to hire external evaluators (and depending on the size of the grant, some have a requirement for 2 or even 3 external evaluations). No, I wasn't in the evaluator part. Because, to make sure that these evaluations were done right, Americorps needs reviewers for the evaluators. But they don't have the personnel to do that in house, so they hire out firms to evaluate the evaluations. These firms then hire paid evaluators (the position that was being offered to me), and then there is a second set of evaluators or evaluations, which are the QA people. All of these paid.

So now instead of, say, the government just going up and cleaning a public park, what you have is the local government write a grant (meaning they have to have people on staff hired to write grants). If they get the grant, they need to hire 2 or 3 firms to do an evaluation of the work they did. Those evaluations will then go on to another firm to verify if the evaluations were sound, and this firm will then hire paid reviewers, who will submit the evaluation of the evaluations to the QA person (another paid position), and this person will then evaluate the evaluation of the evaluations. When the evaluation of the evaluation of the evaluation is then submitted to Americorps, Americorps in house person will then do a last check to see if the documents submitted fit the specifications and then forward it to the folks in charge of deciding if the grant is renewed or not.

This is why neoliberalism is so popular among the "wonk" types: look at how much money now goes to credentialed people instead of the people actually cleaning the city park. Outsourcing government functions like this is a great way to enrich your credentialed people. Suddenly, cleaning a city park involves a grants specialist, multiple evaluation firms, paid reviewers, paid QA people, etc...

when i was 15 someone tried to explain to me what a "service economy" means and it sounded like everyone was just jerking off the guy to their left and calling it an economy. many years later i still don't understand. why does china send us boats of goods when all we are doing is jerking ourselves off all day?!

# ¿ May 6, 2021 17:17

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

World War Mammories posted:

victims of communism foundation does that, yeah. they count all corona deaths as victims of the commies too

communism is a reaction to capitalism so any deaths caused by communists should be properly attributed to capitalism

# ¿ May 24, 2021 14:50

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

fart simpson posted:

im serious. if anyone has this data for pre 1949 please send it to me. ive been looking off an on for months and cant find anything. basically i cant find data on this for any country except america, actually

china was hiding demographic information from the world according to this 1982 paper
https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/1972987

# ¿ May 24, 2021 15:48

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Excelzior posted:

this is also why they abhor Jimmy Dore- anyone who makes fun of liberals must, by the inverse definition, be an arch-conservative demon who believe THEM to be profoundly stupid people

i'm surprised jimmy is still allowed on youtube. i assume the algorithm keeps him well isolated

# ¿ May 24, 2021 18:36

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

The Nastier Nate posted:

My wife graduated from temple and Bill Cosby gave a speech, and you know what? He was pretty funny

comedians are sick people, thats why they can make funny jokes. our mistake was ever assuming cosby was a good guy to begin with

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 14:58

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Rectal Death Adept posted:

I have to believe that all of the meltdowns and surprise about Manchin killing HR1 and protecting the filibuster are an indication of some deeper psychological issues because the stupid rear end in a top hat has said this basically every day since January

Was there really some kind of secret hope that Manchin was a triple agent deftly manipulating the republicans into the waiting embrace of a Unified Democrat Senate or was it just extreme denial on the part of the fools that are so stupid they are willing to convince themselves that Joe Biden is progressive or that Good Things Were Coming because of him?

I'd break out the dreaded R-Word but i think even people that classify as mentally retarded are more in-touch with the world.

all the republicans and democrats talk behind the scenes and make up whatever bullshit they are planning this week to ensure nothing good is accomplished. the stuff they say in public is just kayfabe

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 15:09

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Raskolnikov38 posted:

Biden�s single accomplishment is going to be the the checks he stiffed us on lmao

if biden survives until the next election that will be an accomplishment. the man can barely string two words together without getting winded

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 16:28

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

can anyone point me to the good democrats I can vote for

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 16:31

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Blockade posted:

So to put a stop to racism, we are renaming a bunch of birds : https://www.npr.org/2021/06/05/1002944505/monuments-and-teams-have-changed-names-as-america-reckons-with-racism-birds-are-

what are fake progressive people going to do when they run out of pointless bullshit to accomplish

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 16:42

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Insanite posted:

Until I see actual evidence rather than vague doomposting about the Dems intending this all along I suggest we stop making these baseless claims. We�re no better than Trumps base if we continue down this path.

you actually support the democrat party? thats hosed up man

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 17:46

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

lib posters are not evil masterminds, they are highly deranged because the logic of their world is rapidly unraveling. they need an isolated community to maintain their sanity.

please don't bother them, their world is very fragile and they need it

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 17:56

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

PostNouveau posted:

This dude gets paid by so many places to understand politics

no one is paid to understand politics. you get paid to misunderstand in a specific way

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 18:11

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

maybe they should try doing good things that people want. then they could talk about the good things they did once its time for reelection

# ¿ Jun 6, 2021 20:02

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Killin_Like_Bronson posted:

rather than impotently raging on a comedy forum where nothing you do actually matters.

Lao Tzu posted:

Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2021 15:01

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

gradenko_2000 posted:

Politico: Pentagon considering permanent naval task force to counter China in the Pacific

A couple of points:

1. The only reason I wouldn't instantly consider this yet another escalation/provocation is because it uses the Washington-speak where the government is "considering" something rather than actually doing it.

2. Apparently Biden created a task force specifically for "the China Problem", what the gently caress!

3. if you google Ely Ratner, who is heading this task force, he used to work at the RAND Corporation, and then was also Biden's deputy national security advisor from 2015 to 2017 when he was still VP. Later, he worked as Executive VP and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. This "think-tank" was founded by Michele Flournoy, who was instrumental in shaping Obama's war on Libya, and by Victoria Nuland, who was instrumental in shaping Obama's support for the Ukrainian far-right. It's funded by Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Chevron, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BAE Systems, Exxon Mobil, BP, and the Taiwanese embassy.

i can't wait for china to get tired of this poo poo and embargo the USA to just loving destroy it

# ¿ Jun 16, 2021 13:34

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Srice posted:

When was the last time dems haven't said that the upcoming election is the most important election of our lifetime? I remember reading Nixonland and seeing something similar popping up there wrt Humphrey vs Nixon lol.

no election is important so they have to say that every time or people will stop caring about the whole ritual

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 14:00

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Mirthless posted:

Because Democrats choose to lose and choose loser strategies because they're a controlled opposition party

both parties are controlled opposition. do you think trump voters really got what they wanted out of him?

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 14:24

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

docbeard posted:

As always, "controlled opposition" implies that someone is in control.

capital is in control

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 14:28

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

docbeard posted:

Capital isn't a person

yeah capital is more like a god or a demon. an intelligence beyond any mere human

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 14:30

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Lib and let die posted:

I've got a friend that I'm always Doing The Politics Arguing with that says I'm being overly nihilistic all the time. Simple, concrete statements like "all cops are bastards" are met with "well it's not good for my mental health to believe something that nihilistic, it simply can't be that way" and it makes me insane that someone who is generally extremely smart just handwave an institutional issue away with "well that makes me feel icky"

Like, I'm sitting here looking at our finances and our retirement funds and I'm earnestly asking myself if my wife and I are gonna die on the streets or in forgotten about in a low-overhead, state-run geriatric facility because that's the only outcome I see - I'm in my late 30's and my wife's in her mid 40's, and we still don't even have the means to own a home - hell, we had a serious discussion just the other day about us moving in with our in-laws in their 2 bed 1.5 bath mobile home. No loving poo poo I'm "nihilistic," I'm sorry that doesn't mesh with your security blanket of telling yourself that you're not leaving your kid a blasted, burned out, dried up, fully monetized planet to struggle and suffer on after you kick it.

everyone needs the illusion of hope to keep going. you talk with your friend about politics, which means you assume that voting can change things? thats just as delusional as thinking that some cops are good.

you just have different coping mechanisms

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 14:34

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

What is this leap of logic lol

ah he said he argues with his friend so i just assumed they had something to actually argue about

Lib and let die posted:

oh heavens no, I've made it abundantly clear to him (and others) that the only reason I go out to vote is to vote for 3rd parties, because it has an extra special chance of spoiling blue party races here in Florida. If it weren't for spite, I'd just sit at home on the couch like al bundy on election day.

good, spite voting is fun

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 14:38

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

i'd write an ancient curse in "tell us your politics" box so the computer that reads my form gets sick

# ¿ Jun 23, 2021 15:07

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Some Guy TT posted:

I downloaded this image back in 2016. People are STILL sneering, "how you gonna pay for it, huh? How you gonna pay for it?" and then declaring, "socialists want everything for free." So... yeah. Feel free to swipe this any time you're stuck having to explain how affordable "socialism" really is.

the answer to "how are you going to pay for it" is "defund the military and police"

# ¿ Jun 26, 2021 13:52

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Uncle Wemus posted:

Rip to dems

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1410602360498376715?s=20

good, anything that reduces the legitimacy of the two-party parliament is a step in the right direction

# ¿ Jul 1, 2021 15:28

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Mirthless posted:

Democrats don't solve problems. I have never seen them do it once in my life. This is how they fix things. Reforms have time limits. Handouts have means testing. Everything has strings attached. The whole point isn't to fix america or push a progressive agenda, it's to keep the endless stream of money flowing into the pockets of the people running the party, and when progressive politics happen, they happen by accident. Marijuana Reform happened on a wave of ballot initiatives. Gay Rights was decided by the supreme court. The Democrats don't want to make people's access to voting better, or they would have done it, or tried to do it, instead of making a big loving deal over a state saying "hey you gotta have like an id or a social secruity card or your voter id card or like your student ID with like a bill from your current address..."

the purpose of the democrat party is to demoralize the american public about political action

# ¿ Jul 1, 2021 15:54

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

comedyblissoption posted:

getting a voter id if youre poor is intentionally crippled because the intention of these policies is to disenfranchise them. getting a voter id is intentionally underfunded, understaffed, bizarre hours, bad locations, long waits during work hours, etc.

it would be like saying that having literal 8+ hour long voting lines can be combatted by yelling at poor people to stay in them

keep in mind democrats do all this disenfranchisment and electoral rigging too and voting doesnt matter there's one party so just kind of roll your eyes and laugh at the failson caucus that cant keep up

i think its fascinating that either party tries to disenfranchise people from participating in the farce two-party system. why would they do it? all it serves to do it reduce their own legitimacy.

its not like they are preventing people from voting 3rd party and disrupting the system. they are preventing people from voting for the democratic party, a meaningless gesture!

# ¿ Jul 1, 2021 16:05

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Mirthless posted:

okay this ice cream thing is really starting to creep me out now

biden likes to drive around in a white van and give neighborhood kids ice cream. i dont see whats wrong with this

# ¿ Jul 1, 2021 16:54

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

The Pussy Boss posted:

It owns how things can't even stay at the same level of bad, they have to keep getting worse forever

# ¿ Jul 1, 2021 17:51

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

this ruling is a clear signal that any law they pass will be shut down

with full control of both houses they could simply pack the supreme court with 50 judges who will do what they want. they wont because accomplishing things is not part of the agenda

# ¿ Jul 1, 2021 17:57

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

The Pussy Boss posted:

Remember when Biden created a commission to study expanding the Supreme Court?

Haven't heard much about that lately so I googled it and, get this: the commission is a useless waste of time! Holy poo poo! https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/561037-supreme-court-expansion-push-starts-to-fizzle

quote:

The stalled progress isn�t exactly unwelcome to Democratic leaders in Washington who are happy to avoid a fight over court expansion, which could end up being a political liability for moderate Democratic candidates in next year�s midterm elections.

Congressional Democrats would prefer to stay focused on President Biden�s infrastructure agenda and conserve their political capital for a potential Supreme Court confirmation fight if Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement this week.

maybe spend some of the political capitol that obama saved up. there must be tons of that left over

# ¿ Jul 1, 2021 18:07

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

sexpig by night posted:

Dems lucked out with the whole 'impeachment matters to literally less than 1% of voters but people still hate Trump just as a guy so whatever I guess it's fine to bang that drum all day' thing and they 100% believe that the 1/6 insanity will do the same somehow

hating on trump was cool when trump represented the evils of the US government. now he is just a guy who cares

# ¿ Jul 8, 2021 12:25

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 17:33

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

I will not stop posting :911:

# ¿ Jul 21, 2021 08:12

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