The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult

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5 minutes ago, NBMisha said:

Check sarcasm meter

 

2 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

no u

[Pancho 44455]

The smartest people

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

This textbook, that I wrote...

(lmao)

[elfenix 34171]

3 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

This textbook, that I wrote...

(lmao)

did liz warren ever pull that move?

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

We endorsed Sen. Cory Gardner in 2014 because we believed he’d be a statesman. We knew he’d be a conservative voice in Congress, to be certain, but we thought his voice would bring “fresh leadership, energy and ideas.”

We see now that was a mistake – consider this our resolution of disapproval.

Gardner has been too busy walking a political tight rope to be a leader. He has become precisely what we said in our endorsement he would not be: “a political time-server interested only in professional security.”

 

 

Edited March 15, 2019 by Hugo Stiglitz

[Francisco 2.0 32318]

What could possibly go wrong.

 

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/national/missouri-lawmaker-s-bill-would-require-residents-to-own-an/article_84f793ea-62f0-5ef1-9653-1acd6734ad90.html

 

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A Missouri lawmaker has proposed legislation that would require many adult residents to own assault-style rifles.

Rep. Andrew McDaniel, R-Deering, introduced House Bill 1108 on Feb. 27.

The so-called McDaniel Militia Act "requires every person between 18 and 35 years of age who can legally possess a firearm to own an AR-15 and authorizes a tax credit for a purchase of an AR-15."

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According to McDaniel's measure, any person who qualifies as a resident on Aug. 28, 2019, who does not own an AR-15-style rifle would have a year to purchase one. In addition, anyone who becomes a state resident after that date would have no more than a year to purchase such a rifle.

McDaniel also filed House Bill 1052 seeking to require every person 21 and older to own a handgun if legally able. According to the Missouri House of Representatives website, neither bill has yet been scheduled for a hearing or put on a House agenda.

 

[Brisketexan 104560]

"Missouri: we may only have the first four letters of "Mississippi" to start our name, but we're just as stupid!"

[gmr548 16491]

What could possibly go wrong.
 
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/national/missouri-lawmaker-s-bill-would-require-residents-to-own-an/article_84f793ea-62f0-5ef1-9653-1acd6734ad90.html
 

A Missouri lawmaker has proposed legislation that would require many adult residents to own assault-style rifles.
Rep. Andrew McDaniel, R-Deering, introduced House Bill 1108 on Feb. 27.
The so-called McDaniel Militia Act "requires every person between 18 and 35 years of age who can legally possess a firearm to own an AR-15 and authorizes a tax credit for a purchase of an AR-15."

According to McDaniel's measure, any person who qualifies as a resident on Aug. 28, 2019, who does not own an AR-15-style rifle would have a year to purchase one. In addition, anyone who becomes a state resident after that date would have no more than a year to purchase such a rifle.
McDaniel also filed House Bill 1052 seeking to require every person 21 and older to own a handgun if legally able. According to the Missouri House of Representatives website, neither bill has yet been scheduled for a hearing or put on a House agenda.

 

Take all the money from the bottom 90 percent and funnel it to the ultra wealthy, but require the poors to purchase assault rifles and pay for it. Interesting policy platform there.

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[Biff Tannen 45491]

He has to be making some kind of point with this right?  Or are they really just that stupid?

[Bama Chick 28596]

The Shoot Me State?

[Pescado_Rojo 19331]

Co-sponsors of the bill include Sturm, Ruger and co, Remington, Daniel Defense, LaRue Tactical, and Panther Arms. 

[Francisco 2.0 32318]

Here's more, with the mugshot portrait of this fine legislator:

 

http://www.kfvs12.com/2019/03/15/proposed-bill-would-require-mo-residents-own-an-ar-/?fbclid=IwAR0i1coDWLvad2PImhts7s5hnYrt_aqYeFArOVnfhzMif15vn4FHqy334TE

 

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A bill introduced to the Missouri House of Representatives would require every resident between 18 and 34 years old to own at least one AR-15.

Introduced by Bootheel Representative Andrew McDaniel, House Bill 1108 is called the “McDaniel Militia Act.”

The bill defines an “AR-15” as “any semi-automatic rifle that is modeled on the AR-15 rifle design by AramLite, Inc.” It defines a “resident” as “a resident of the state who is 18 years or older and under 35 years old, who is not prohibited by law or court order from possessing a firearm.”

Under the bill, residents could be eligible for a tax credit equal to 75 percent of the cost of the AR-15 they bought.

 

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It was first introduced to the House on February 27.

According to the Missouri House of Representatives website, a hearing on the bill has not been scheduled and it is not currently on a House calendar.

McDaniel was elected in 2014 and represents parts of Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties. He also served as a deputy sheriff for Pemiscot County for three years.

 

[bolverk 29397]

Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties

If anyone was wondering, those two counties comprise the "boot heel" of Missouri.

[Gil Bang 25897]

that heel is covered in dog shit.

[bolverk 29397]

Throwing out this link for discussion:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/03/14/feature/the-strongmen-strike-back/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5129827fa574

It's a longform essay by Robert Kagan discussing the resurgence of autocrats as seen through a historical perspective from the signing of the Declaration of Independence into the present. He gives a persuasive argument that the true ideological struggle since the Enlightenment has been between Liberalism and Authoritarianism.

I'd spoiler but I'm too lazy to copy/paste this much text (opening the link in incognito mode still works with WaPo if that's any concern).

[horncyclist 1385]

26 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Throwing out this link for discussion:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/03/14/feature/the-strongmen-strike-back/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5129827fa574

It's a longform essay by Robert Kagan discussing the resurgence of autocrats as seen through a historical perspective from the signing of the Declaration of Independence into the present. He gives a persuasive argument that the true ideological struggle since the Enlightenment has been between Liberalism and Authoritarianism.

I'd spoiler but I'm too lazy to copy/paste this much text (opening the link in incognito mode still works with WaPo if that's any concern).

Or you could, you know, subscribe and support important journalism. 

[bolverk 29397]

13 minutes ago, horncyclist said:

Or you could, you know, subscribe and support important journalism. 

Get off your high bike. I support my local public radio station. Even if I were a WaPo subscriber, I'd still need to give the same advice to others to share it here - same with NYTimes, DMN, the Statesman, and many other papers. 

[Brisketexan 104560]

Throwing out this link for discussion:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/03/14/feature/the-strongmen-strike-back/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5129827fa574
It's a longform essay by Robert Kagan discussing the resurgence of autocrats as seen through a historical perspective from the signing of the Declaration of Independence into the present. He gives a persuasive argument that the true ideological struggle since the Enlightenment has been between Liberalism and Authoritarianism.
I'd spoiler but I'm too lazy to copy/paste this much text (opening the link in incognito mode still works with WaPo if that's any concern).

It’s a fantastic piece. It very much captures the current split...and it so frustrates me that those on the authoritarian populist side don’t see how they are fighting against every significant gain the west made in the postwar period.

[troph 24562]

From the closing of that article:

“We seem to have lost sight of a simple and very practical reality: that whatever we may think about the persistent problems of our lives, about the appropriate balance between rights and traditions, between prosperity and equality, between faith and reason, only liberalism ensures our right to hold and express those thoughts and to battle over them in the public arena. Liberalism is all that keeps us, and has ever kept us, from being burned at the stake for what we believe.”

As we think about foreign policy and our next election it may be this lens we should view the world through. Authoritarianism versus liberalism. And nothing is more at stake than is now with the existence of our digital lives and the ability to control and restrict reward and punish with that information.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

 

[Bama Chick 28596]

Reads like Jim Jones last words before passing out the cyanide and eating a bullet.

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[Degenerate Gardner 4081]

2 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

Is that legit?  Steve King's home state of Iowa is blue and receiving the gut punch...to own the libs!

[triplehorn 2664]

21 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

^^^

 

[Chrispy 132]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

 

To be fair, Steve King isn’t wrong here. 

[sidis 9732]

3 minutes ago, Chrispy said:

To be fair, Steve King isn’t wrong here. 

good lord, you cannot even troll properly.  i know you're not terribly bright but inject some subtlety and cleverness every once in a while.

[NBMisha 224]

6 minutes ago, Chrispy said:

To be fair, Steve King isn’t wrong here. 

Only in that his comment, and your post of it, reveal the favor you and he bestow on the very thought.

Edited March 18, 2019 by NBMisha
a word

[Chrispy 132]

8 minutes ago, sidis said:

good lord, you cannot even troll properly.  i know you're not terribly bright but inject some subtlety and cleverness every once in a while.

I may not be terribly bright, but I do understand capitalization. 

[Chrispy 132]

7 minutes ago, NBMisha said:

Only in that his comment, and your post of it, reveal the favor you and he bestow on the very thought.

It would probably be the end of college football, so no thank you. 

[Brian Fantana 6667]

21 minutes ago, Chrispy said:

To be fair, Steve King isn’t wrong here. 

The South Will RiseLose Again

[sidis 9732]

9 minutes ago, Chrispy said:

I may not be terribly bright, but I do understand capitalization. 

see? still not getting it.  i know you're entire personality is wrapped up in being a worthless drivel manufacturer so at least put the time and effort into developing and mastering your worthless craft...

[Chrispy 132]

Just now, sidis said:

see? still not getting it.  i know you're entire personality is wrapped up in being a worthless drivel manufacturer so at least put the time and effort into developing and mastering your worthless craft...

Your*, is English your second language? You do seem like a straight shooter, though, and I like that quality. I’ll tell you what, I’ll put some work into my posts and try to mend our relationship, but I have one important rule: you must not fall in love with me. 

[sidis 9732]

1 minute ago, Chrispy said:

Your*, is English your second language? You do seem like a straight shooter, though, and I like that quality. I’ll tell you what, I’ll put some work into my posts and try to mend our relationship, but I have one important rule: you must not fall in love with me. 

one day i hope you will actually say something funny or at least mildly entertaining...let's just start there. 

[WhatTheBuck 28705]

38 minutes ago, sidis said:

good lord, you cannot even troll properly.  i know you're not terribly bright but inject some subtlety and cleverness every once in a while.

 

18 minutes ago, sidis said:

see? still not getting it.  i know you're entire personality is wrapped up in being a worthless drivel manufacturer so at least put the time and effort into developing and mastering your worthless craft...

 

4 minutes ago, sidis said:

one day i hope you will actually say something funny or at least mildly entertaining...let's just start there. 

You just went 0-3 against the troll. Every time you react to a troll, the troll wins. It's like you're hand feeding the troll at a petting zoo. 

Don't feed the trolls. 

[sidis 9732]

2 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

 

 

You just went 0-3 against the troll. Every time you react to a troll, the troll wins. It's like you're hand feeding the troll at a petting zoo. 

Don't feed the trolls. 

asking a troll to improve their craft is not reacting to a troll.  it is simply reminding them that no one takes them remotely seriously and thus, they need to deliver some occasional quality with their garbage or they will lose their troll status and simply become ignored.  like phlegm.

Edited March 18, 2019 by sidis

[hpslugga 4043]

13 minutes ago, sidis said:

asking a troll to improve their craft is not reacting to a troll.  it is simply reminding them that no one takes them remotely seriously and thus, they need to deliver some occasional quality with their garbage or they will lose their troll status and simply become ignored.  like phlegm.

The thing is, he already knows that what he says isn’t worth the plastic from the keys that it’s typed. There’s no way he’s that unaware, so when you tell him that no one with an IQ above 80 takes him seriously, you’re not telling him anything he doesn’t already know. If I’m wrong, he has a chronic case of the Dunning Kruger effect, at which point there’s no way he could learn anything from what you say.

[gmr548 16491]

1 hour ago, Chrispy said:

To be fair, Steve King isn’t wrong here. 

Regardless of the silly hypothetical civil war argument, what isn't debatable is that that a US Congressman tweeted, with a smirk, about one third of the country shooting up the other two thirds. Being an intellectual giant of the GOP, naturally Steve King did so while including his own district/state in the "losing" side. But yeah, let's defend him on the merits of his "argument."

[WhatTheBuck 28705]

31 minutes ago, sidis said:

asking a troll to improve their craft is not reacting to a troll.  it is simply reminding them that no one takes them remotely seriously and thus, they need to deliver some occasional quality with their garbage or they will lose their troll status and simply become ignored.  like phlegm.

Except he knows that if you really didn't take him seriously then the shit he says wouldn't get under your skin and evoke a response. 

[Chrispy 132]

6 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Regardless of the silly hypothetical civil war argument, what isn't debatable is that that a US Congressman tweeted, with a smirk, about one third of the country shooting up the other two thirds. Being an intellectual giant of the GOP, naturally Steve King did so while including his own district/state in the "losing" side. But yeah, let's defend him on the merits of his "argument."

I think he’s probably right, but yes, it’s just a silly hypothetical in the end. Everything is a personal affront to you lefties anymore and it’s a damn shame. 

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tan suit

starbucks holiday cups

girl scout cookies

Nike

Taylor Swift

Keurig cups

Levis

Willie Nelson

 

Just a list of things that were personal affronts to righties because their feelings were hurt.

[gmr548 16491]

I think he’s probably right, but yes, it’s just a silly hypothetical in the end. Everything is a personal affront to you lefties anymore and it’s a damn shame. 

 

Lol. There it is. The "I have nothing to say so I'll make fun of them for being offended" approach. Bless your heart.

 

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[Brisketexan 104560]

24 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

 

Lol. There it is. The "I have nothing to say so I'll make fun of them for being offended" approach. Bless your heart.

 

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Stop feeding him.  He's a troll.  He's a moron.  He's not remotely clever.  The only thing that brings him pleasure is shitting himself and smearing feces around.

1) don't engage him

2) particularly because, based on my analysis above, he might be the fucking President of the United States.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

Not sure if poor quality trolls are the product of Trump or Trump is product of poor quality trolls. 

[Chrispy 132]

24 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

 

Lol. There it is. The "I have nothing to say so I'll make fun of them for being offended" approach. Bless your heart.

 

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Forgive me, but I don’t want to run the risk of over analyzing a joke. 

[lemonlime 5503]

15 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Not sure if poor quality trolls are the product of Trump or Trump is product of poor quality trolls. 

There's no way to defend dotus with anything approaching good quality.  

[Bama Chick 28596]

Don’t even know what thread to put this nonsense in.

[Lurch 5921]

Somebody said the quiet part out loud again. Oops

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

Pompeo is trash, never thought I’d miss Rex Tillerson but here we are.