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Todd Gack

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  1. 5 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    I sincerely wish that I wasn't the only one who would acknowledge that the laws intended to protect Americans from unwarranted government surveillance were broken in the course of the Russiagate thing. But I recognize that I am speaking to an audience of posters who largely think that a UK spook operating in a political context to seed disinformation from Russians to influence our election was operating in our best interests. Breaking that delusion down has caused some real brain damage. 

    Can you elaborate on this?  Who do you mean by "our"?  The american politicians who paid him, or us, the average american?  Prolly naive, but I'd imagine a foreign ally who was paid (presumably) handsomely would indeed have our bests interests in mind during the investigation we paid him to conduct.  Return business and all that.

  2. 11 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

    So, in addition the tragedy of so many people unable to pay their rent and possibly getting evicted, we’re about to get The Big Short Part 2, aren’t we?   Those securitized mortgage packages from 2008 never really went away, you know, and plenty of landlords are highly leveraged with their rents now getting abruptly slashed in half.

    I thought they kinda went away when the big bank mortgage holders were bailed out.  But I'm dumb and may be completely overlooking what you're saying.

    But yes, the landlords who will be evicting will be financially fucked and the poor bastards who can't move in with their parents will be proper fucked.  And crime/drug use/suicides will likely spike.  Because we elected a bunch of immoral assholes who don't give a fuck about us.  Time to drink.

  3. 28 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    This.  While it sounds nice to run away, holding the line here in the US is likely our last, best hope.  If we surrender our position on the globe -- and we're running at breakneck speed to do so -- then what fills the void will not be pretty, for us or anyone else.

    We are on the brink of becoming the kind of world that couldn't help but fall into a WWI and then a WWII.  This decade is where liberal democracy -- the concept that largely kept the peace and paved the way for unprecedented prosperity for 75 years -- makes its stand.  And yes, the inherent flaws of liberal democracy helped bring this moment about -- there are weaknesses that were there to be exploited.  But now, the fight is an existential one.  

    There are people who don't think it is as serious as making our stand in the fight for everything right now.  They are wrong.  That is absolutely what is at stake.

    Between reading your takes and hearing (or reading the captions - the man is hard to decipher) on Noam's take, I'm starting to think this trump fellow might be doing some real damage...

     

  4. 9 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

    Really, really excited to have a baby due in August. Gonna be a real fun time this fall.

    July 30th here.  Already put a deposit down to start daycare Nov 1st... annndd it's time for more bourbon

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  5. On 4/25/2020 at 12:15 AM, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    Don't do it.

    Incessant barking. Dog shit in the yard. Chews up everything fucking thing left outside for more than a minute. I can't walk out onto the porch and down the steps without tripping over a fucking dog. I can't walk across the fucking yard without tripping in a hole.  I can't grill outside with out having a damn dog all up in my shit. I can't sit on the porch and drink a beer or have a smoke without dogs all up in my shit. Once a month or so one will either get sprayed by a skunk or roll in dead shit.

    I will fucking divorce my wife if she ever brings home another fucking dog. I hate our dogs. Fuck dogs hate dogs hate fuck shit hate

     

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  6. 2 hours ago, Turkleton said:

    Look, I know you commies can’t stand facts and reality (racist, xenophobe and all those other phobias you dumbfucks claim), so I understand your hatred toward him. But sorry, he is here to provide facts to the indolents that your party just can’t provide and it will be for years……… Should be fun.

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