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Posts posted by David Dennison
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9 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:
wtf is this "becky" shit. I didn't get the memo. Is it like "barbie" for uglier women?
It's what black women call white women. Lots of Becky talk on black twitter and The Root.
I think they should just call them all honky because honky is hilarious.
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1 minute ago, TornACL said:
I've never been a big supporter of reparations, because it's another example of treating the symptoms and not the illness. What's the point of making reparations if you're still putting people in shitty schools and letting policemen shoot them for driving on an expired license? It's just bullshit window dressing.
That said, at this point I'm in favor of anything that causes outrage among uptight conservative racist assholes.
How bout this.
No white people on juries anymore.
Ever.
Kidding.
Sorta.
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Just now, TwiceHorn said:
You're right that the administrative burdens and the shitshow that would produce pretty much outweigh any moral justification and are a manifestation of the attenuation of the whole thing. It's too damned late, basically.
There is no country on earth that lacks a history of discrimination against some group. Is there a precedent for reparations somewhere?
The Holocaust.
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Just now, Mojo Hand said:
For. Not cutting checks per se, but targeted government investments to remediate the continuing effects of slavery and the Jim Crow era on people today. One example might be addressing the racial gap in home ownership through special mortgage tax credits, or down payment assistance, or something else along those lines.
Other examples:
Disparity in incarceration rates, unemployment rates, education rates, mortality, infant mortality, poverty, hunger, etc., etc.
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33 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
Agin it.
Tex archer spells it out pretty well. If we're going to give black folks money then logically the native Americans are due a shit load as well, if not more. Our gov't genocided them out of existence in some cases.
Honkies have a lot to answer for.
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17 minutes ago, Anastasis said:
Yes. The most invasive of surveillance operations against US citizens need to abide by the policies and procedures that are intended to protect 4th amendment rights. That is apparently an extreme minority viewpoint on the surly these days.
That's why the FISA warrant process is so exhaustive.
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Johnny Sack thinks they're doing a great job.
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2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:
I’ll eat my crow when the report drops and says it was all by the book. In the meantime, you guys do the same thing y’all did when we had two rounds of McClatchy Prague.
There's the wiggle room.
Good job.
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3 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:
Different shit is in the news every day, and none of it is due to messaging from Pelosi or Democratic leadership. They can't keep anything specific in the headlines for more than a couple days, not even when handed a report summarizing at least eight times the President clearly obstructed justice (and a few more that are a little more legally iffy).
Again, the Republicans pounded the table about Benghazi. They pounded the table about Hillary's emails. And those weren't remotely scandalous. You're acting like the entire public is paying daily attention to all of this shit just like we are when you know that's not the case. if Pelosi wanted to do so, she could take a few examples of Trump's corruption and malevolence and coordinate a simple but brutal messaging campaign that reminded the public every single day of those issues. Twenty-two women have accused him of sexual misconduct, including rape, and the House hasn't held one fucking hearing on it! That's complete and utter political malpractice and there's no justifiable explanation for it.
Stop voting for Democrats who support leadership.
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Just now, Captainant said:
Oh, so it's not a requirement, they're just abdicating the oaths they swore? Gee, that's SOOOO much better. I bet that'll bring in tons of donations, which is really what it's all about right?
Yes. Politics is about winning elections. That requires money. Lots of it.
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2 minutes ago, Captainant said:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
So just to be clear, you disagree that they swore an oath to support and defend the constitution? And that trump's actions do not represent repeated and intentional attacks against the constitution? For a specific example, his suggestions to postpone the census because he couldn't get his question on it? Which is explicitly required in the constitution?
I don't disagree. That doesn't mean they are required to impeach the president. It means they open themselves up to political attack for not doing so.
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1 minute ago, Captainant said:
So it's not an abdication of their oath of office to uphold the constitution by not impeaching a president that's trampling over the constitution? Man, your time in washington REALLY fucked your brain up.
There is nothing in the Constitution that requires Congress to impeach the president.
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Just now, Captainant said:
So your argument is that because the house cannot hold trump to account on its own, it should abdicate its responsibilities all together and focus on fundraising?
I think they should impeach him, but I don't believe they have a responsibility to do so.
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14 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:
Sums it rather nicely here:
This is just wrong. It's in the news every single day.
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1 hour ago, Captainant said:
And what I'm saying is, maybe her job should be acting like a co-equal branch of government and driving accountability. Ya know, rather than
selling out to corporate interestsbeing a fundraising specialist. Because fundraising doesn't fix our broken system, and it arguably perpetuates and worsens the problem.The House of Representatives does not have the power to hold Donald Trump accountable in a manner worthy of his malfeasance.
Thanks a lot, Madison.
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Just now, Captainant said:
And she'll get chosen again because she's great at sucking up those sweet lobbying bucks and distributing it to her caucus. Money is what makes washington work, and nancy keeps the trough full. Nancy doesn't garner support by pushing policies that her caucus is interested in and supports. She does it by changing ballot rules to make dissenting voices be named and shamed. She prefers a stick to a carrot, and it's going to lead to the democratic party being a fucking dumpster fire just like it has been since 2012. BECAUSE SHE WAS FUCKING RUNNING IT THEN TOO!
Yep. She's really, really, really good at her job.
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1 minute ago, Fozzz said:
This is silly and extremely reductive.
Just like capitalism.
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1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:
Bad news for Flynn.
Someone wants a pardon.
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2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:
I don’t need to talk to Pelosi to know my views are being heard. She is taking shit from all directions. Just read the replies to any of her recent tweets. The only people protecting her are republicans/centrists that thinks she has some master plan.
Even if she does have some master plan (she doesn’t), her moves thus far indicate that plan sucks.
She's being protected by the caucus that voted her Speaker of the House.
She'll get chosen again if they hold the House.
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1 minute ago, Captainant said:
Yeah sure, let me just take a week off of work, fly to DC, get a hotel, and hope to not get ignored by a politician that statistically demonstrably ignores what their constituents want. I call my senators offices on a weekly basis and my email correspondance via their .gov site takes literally months to get any sort of response, and even then it's not answering the question I actually asked.
I don't fucking believe you one bit that our representatives give a single fuck about what their constituents want. Sure, they may do what we want sometimes because it aligns with their interests, but far and away it's just protecting their own asses and wallets.
I've been trying to speak to even just a staffer for months and I haven't gotten fucking anywhere because I'm asking questions that aren't answerable by buzzwords and talking points.
Nancy is cut from the same cloth as my shitty senators. Her lack of action on what her caucus is fucking rioting for, and even making light of it, is evidence enough of that. I don't believe that any of these reps that are of the "old guard" really give a fuck past getting another couple years in office.
They do because constituents vote.
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1 hour ago, Lat22 said:
It's not worthy of the commercial thread, but the HEB spot where Correa is strumming the guitar and singing "chocolate, caliente, Mexicano, yada, yada yada" sends me into an irrational rage.
You have to get through that to get to the hilarity that is Jose Altuve.
"It's gooooooood."
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2 minutes ago, Captainant said:
How in the fuck do I get that same sort of breakthrough to my representatives then? Show up in DC, suck their dick, and write them a check for $10k? Because so far that seems to be fucking bar for entry.
And Pelosi sure does love that corporate cheese and protecting corporate interests in the same fucking way that every shitty neolib has for the last couple decades.
Go to their district office and ask to speak with them. Or if you are in DC when Congress is in session, go by their office. Most of the time you'll get a chance to talk to them if you try.
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1 minute ago, Captainant said:
I'm calling bullshit on that. No fucking politician gives two soft shits about what a constituent thinks or wants. All they care about is getting those sweet lobbying bucks and appeasing the interests of people who have money.
At least that's been my personal experience so far with my direct representatives.
My personal experience has been the complete opposite. One thing I learned working in Washington is that the vast majority of members will bend over backward to help a constituent that actually takes time to contact them personally.
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