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Postby Dahon » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:50 pm

Telconi wrote:
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People usually like politicians they can relate to.


So if a politician is corrupt and authoritarian, what does it say about those who want him and voted for him and keep on supporting him?

What does it say about you?
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Postby NeoOasis » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:54 pm

Dahon wrote:
Telconi wrote:
People usually like politicians they can relate to.


So if a politician is corrupt and authoritarian, what does it say about those who want him and voted for him and keep on supporting him?

What does it say about you?


They probably love a good show. As to what it says about me... Probably that I have really bad taste in entertainment.
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Postby Dahon » Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:31 am



Looks like Jared's useful for something after all, Rudy.
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Postby Bakery Hill » Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:56 am

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Looks like Jared's useful for something after all, Rudy.

Useful for impoverishing the worker maybe. I was hoping that the end of this free trade bullshit would be the one silver lining in Trump's presidency.
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:03 am

Bakery Hill wrote:
Dahon wrote:
Looks like Jared's useful for something after all, Rudy.

Useful for impoverishing the worker maybe. I was hoping that the end of this free trade bullshit would be the one silver lining in Trump's presidency.

Tariffs might improve production at home, but it will also draw jobs back to Canada and Mexico (outsourcing works both ways) and tariffs make products more expensive. So, it is hard to say whether NAFTA is actually good or bad for the American worker. I would say, in general, it's a good thing, because while maybe costing localised jobs, the entire US profits from the lower prices of goods.
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Postby Dahon » Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:27 am

But wouldn't you want to be employed so you can buy those same goods, if at a higher cost than would be the case with NAFTA?
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Postby Vassenor » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:12 am

The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

Well, so much for the whole "smaller government" thing. If the GOP is going to start diving on states to stop them from going against their party line like that.
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Postby Telconi » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:14 am

Vassenor wrote:The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

Well, so much for the whole "smaller government" thing. If the GOP is going to start diving on states to stop them from going against their party line like that.


Since when has the Trump administration valued 'smaller government'?
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Postby Geneviev » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:16 am

Vassenor wrote:The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

Well, so much for the whole "smaller government" thing. If the GOP is going to start diving on states to stop them from going against their party line like that.

I still don't know why the administration hates California that much, but it was to be expected.
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Postby Telconi » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:17 am

Geneviev wrote:
Vassenor wrote:The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

Well, so much for the whole "smaller government" thing. If the GOP is going to start diving on states to stop them from going against their party line like that.

I still don't know why the administration hates California that much, but it was to be expected.


Same reason California hates the administration so much.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:19 am

Geneviev wrote:
Vassenor wrote:The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

Well, so much for the whole "smaller government" thing. If the GOP is going to start diving on states to stop them from going against their party line like that.

I still don't know why the administration hates California that much, but it was to be expected.

If you don't growl at California now and then people might start thinking we have some shit figured out.
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Postby Geneviev » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:23 am

Telconi wrote:
Geneviev wrote:I still don't know why the administration hates California that much, but it was to be expected.


Same reason California hates the administration so much.

No reason other than needing something to complain about to look superior, then.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:26 am

Geneviev wrote:
Telconi wrote:
Same reason California hates the administration so much.

No reason other than needing something to complain about to look superior, then.

Ideological differences? No? Just theatrics? Sure...that makes total sense...
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Postby Telconi » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:27 am

Geneviev wrote:
Telconi wrote:
Same reason California hates the administration so much.

No reason other than needing something to complain about to look superior, then.


I mean, I guess if you don't believe people have disagreements...
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Postby Petrasylvania » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:54 am

Vassenor wrote:The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

Well, so much for the whole "smaller government" thing. If the GOP is going to start diving on states to stop them from going against their party line like that.

Nothing new. Remember when a city in North Carolina got reamed by the state proper because it didn't want to have Dick Police to crack down on Those Shemale Freaks™?
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Postby Zurkerx » Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:52 am

Telconi wrote:
Vassenor wrote:The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

Well, so much for the whole "smaller government" thing. If the GOP is going to start diving on states to stop them from going against their party line like that.


Since when has the Trump administration valued 'smaller government'?


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Postby Dahon » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:17 pm

Looks like phones won't have to get chucked at after all.

Three New Yorkers are suing in federal court to try to halt a test scheduled for Wednesday of a system that allows President Donald Trump or any future president to send alert messages to the cellphones of all Americans.
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Postby NeoOasis » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:18 pm

Zurkerx wrote:
Telconi wrote:
Since when has the Trump administration valued 'smaller government'?


Trick question: Never. Next question please.


Yeah, but don't the Republicans value smaller government and state rights? I don't hear Nunes screaming from the rafters about this.

Questions aside... Not surprised by the government actions, still disappointed at the lip service the Right does/did towards states rights and the first amendment.
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Postby Petrasylvania » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:19 pm

NeoOasis wrote:
Zurkerx wrote:
Trick question: Never. Next question please.


Yeah, but don't the Republicans value smaller government and state rights? I don't hear Nunes screaming from the rafters about this.

Questions aside... Not surprised by the government actions, still disappointed at the lip service the Right does/did towards states rights and the first amendment.

States' Rights is only for keeping x groups in their places.
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Postby Uxupox » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:21 pm

Petrasylvania wrote:
NeoOasis wrote:
Yeah, but don't the Republicans value smaller government and state rights? I don't hear Nunes screaming from the rafters about this.

Questions aside... Not surprised by the government actions, still disappointed at the lip service the Right does/did towards states rights and the first amendment.

States' Rights is only for keeping x groups in their places.


what group do you want to keep in their "place"?
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Postby Geneviev » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:21 pm

Dahon wrote:Looks like phones won't have to get chucked at after all.

Three New Yorkers are suing in federal court to try to halt a test scheduled for Wednesday of a system that allows President Donald Trump or any future president to send alert messages to the cellphones of all Americans.

That's disappointing. I already started planning how I would make destroying my phone into a physics experiment.

Seriously though, I hope this works. The president shouldn't be able to text everyone.
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Postby Uxupox » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:22 pm

Geneviev wrote:

That's disappointing. I already started planning how I would make destroying my phone into a physics experiment.

Seriously though, I hope this works. The president shouldn't be able to text everyone.


will blocking number work?
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Postby Napkiraly » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:24 pm

It's a goddamned warning system test. Did your parents chuck their TV's out the window when warning system tests were done because they didn't like who the President was?

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Postby Geneviev » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:25 pm

Uxupox wrote:
Geneviev wrote:That's disappointing. I already started planning how I would make destroying my phone into a physics experiment.

Seriously though, I hope this works. The president shouldn't be able to text everyone.


will blocking number work?

Probably not, seeing as it's an emergency warning system.
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