07-19-2017, 08:44 PM | #3876 |
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And before someone comes in here making a big stink about Mozz being banned for a month, don't make me go through the thread quoting all of the racist bullshit he has expressed over his tenure. Flagrant continual breaking of Rule 3. We've quite frankly had enough.
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My aunt and uncle, who are coming to the US this year, were petitioned the year before I was born. They've waited 25 years. I don't agree, necessarily, that countries like the US should only accept top-flight talent, because that induces brain drain in the poorer countries and breaks apart families. Combined with corruption like in the Philippines, it gets to the point where you have to pretty much game/abuse the system to get what you want. If you play by the rules, like my family did, the promises go unfulfilled. What you want, I think, is to prevent the poorer country from importing the poverty aspects of its culture into the US. Like going to the ER if a baby has a cough. Or spending money on liquor/cigarettes instead of saving it.
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The amount of sudden posturing and bullying on Sessions to try and get him to investigate Hillary for her BUTTERY MALEZ and UKRAINIAN COLLUSION smells of scapegoating and desperation - he's gearing up to fire him and replace him with someone who will end the Russia investigation.
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07-28-2017, 04:07 AM | #3879 |
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Yeah it's really dumb. Trump is seriously stupid, Sessions is actually doing his job.
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07-28-2017, 10:55 AM | #3880 | |
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Oh man John McCain.
Sometimes I wonder if the US would've been better off in the long run if he'd beaten Obama to the Presidency.
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07-28-2017, 11:10 AM | #3881 |
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I honestly believe he wouldn't have survived his term, and the mere concept of President Palin makes it abundantly clear we would've been much worse off lol
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07-28-2017, 11:17 AM | #3882 |
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I'm not sure if it's really being appreciated just how comprehensively the Republicans were just fucked over.Didn't know this "budget reconciliation bill" bullshit was even a thing. But apparently it is. And if what the Redditor quoted above has had to say is true, then it sure does seem like McCain's move was heavily calculated. He won't be able to run for President again -- even when he tried in 2008, he was already plagued with public concerns about his likelihood to die in office; it's the primary reason his run was torpedoed by selecting Sarah Palin for his running mate -- so I am curious why he would make this move. Is it as simple as "because it was the right thing to do"? Or is their an ulterior motive we're not aware of that isn't "because he's preparing for a presidential bid in 2020" (because lol no that's not going to happen)?
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Yeah potentially, but can you imagine how much less nutty the Republican party could be if they'd had eight years of the Presidency in someone independent-minded and fairly bipartisan? It's hard to imagine them picking Trump without the hyperpartisan anti-Obama sentiment fuelled by people like McConnell and Ryan.
>Talon From what I've seen of McCain, I genuinely get the impression he's more interested in the effective running of the country than playing political games or sticking it to the other guy. He strikes me as being "conservative" rather than "a conservative" - ie naturally cautious and inclined to stick with what works reasonably well rather than risk screwing things over with major changes unless he's super convinced they won't cause unforseen problems, rather than married to partisanship or some idealogocal dogma. I believe he torpedo'd this because he thought it was a bad bill. /2cents
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Didn't know this, but apparently McCain's brain cancer has been confirmed as a glioblastoma with an estimated life expectancy of 14 months post-diagnosis with medical treatment. This assumes he can even survive the treatment at his current age of 80 nearing 81. So forget career advancement or posturing for appointments down the line --
This move has to be viewed as that of a man who acted knowing he will be dead this time next year, and all that that entails. Legacy. Lack of personal consequences. Of course, it could be none of this, and he simply acted as he would have acted were he twenty years younger and death were not in sight.
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Would love to read a memoir from McCain giving us a glimpse behind his thought process. Did he decide to say fuck the partisan adversity? Did he simply feel it was in the best interest for the country? Is he tired of having to toe the party line? Or perhaps he is a real Republican who wants to work across the aisle? Or was this one big calculated 'fuck you' to Trump for what he said about him on the campaign trail? |
07-28-2017, 02:06 PM | #3887 | |
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For those interested, McCains statement in full.
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YES i love mccain now
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07-31-2017, 01:52 PM | #3889 |
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Anthony Scaramucci's been canned.
He'd make a tasty tomato sauce.
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07-31-2017, 02:40 PM | #3891 |
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It was on Kelly's suggestion, since Scaramucci was being insubordinate to him.
I've always had this idea that Trump is pro-Marine, so this is pretty cool. That said, I'm still thinking about the potential shame of him signing my commission papers.
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I've taken shits longer than Scaramucci was in that office, jesus.
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Well if there was any doubt that Fox News has become the propaganda arm of the Trump admin, it's definitely gone now.
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Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia leaked
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This is just amazing. It's so pathetic. And is that man incapable of not bragging every 10 seconds?
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FWIW, not too happy with Turnbull's "They were Russians" line either. As if someone being Russian were an obvious red flag.
But yeah. It is beyond belief that this is the man in the White House.
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08-03-2017, 03:42 PM | #3899 |
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Mueller has impaneled a grand jury and has now issued subpoenas
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Is this the "I'm Going to Hell" thread?
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