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[Fenderputty]

Can't wait for Republicans to pour tens of millions of dollars into this race and then lose.

The day California votes for a man in a cowboy hat to be gov, is the day I consider moving from this state.

 

[Fenderputty]

O RLY?

touché ... Though this was before I was born.

 

[Karakand]

What the fuck is it with these people and refrigerators? Like, I kind of get the reasoning behind the smartphone as a luxury but they seriously rate "refrigerator" as something noteworthy to own without any irony?

You look at poverty locally (in the national sense) and they look at it worldwide. (Without having access to statistics of worldwide refrigerator access, I'm going out on a limb and saying it isn't ~99% worldwide. Clean water access isn't even that high.)

e: Ah, here we go. www.ers.usda.gov/media/612721/householdamenities.xls

touché ... Though this was before I was born.

I honestly thought you were taking the piss. Shoulda played it off.

 

[Oblivion]

The article I read said they were exempt from all EPA regulations, as related to the strict regulation on coal and coal industries and cleanliness and so forth. But they were still under state and local regulations, hence the old inspection.

I must have misread something somewhere if the article you read is correct.

No, I think you're right. It was just the EPA they were exempt from.

But still, the point stands. FI should have done the bare minimum required of them and they couldn't even do that.

Sorry if old. If not, well, you're welcome.

Click me

Wait, that's a REAL ad? Swear to god, I honestly thought that was a parody.

 

[speculawyer]

Good news everyone, Republicans put forth a jobs bill yesterday.

It just seems like politics never really gets anywhere.

I guess it just takes long periods of time. Tax cuts, abortion, and guns. It is like nothing has changed in 30 years. Well, I guess things have changed a bit on gays (significantly) and pot (slightly).

 

[speculawyer]

Sorry if old. If not, well, you're welcome.

Click me

The fuck was THAT?

Yeah, I don't think you can win California with the Central Valley and Orange County alone.

 

[Wilsongt]

Sorry if old. If not, well, you're welcome.

Click me

I see.

As a gay man, and a lover of bears, I am interested in seeing these said "large balls".

 

[Giant Panda]

So for the first time today I had that "Professor fails entire class to teach about Obama's socialism" story pop up on my Facebook feed. I thought for sure it was going to be my raging tea partier friend, but it turned out to be from a nice girl that hadn't ever given any indication of believing stupid things before. Should I hold out hope she was posting it sarcastically?

 

[789shadow]

So for the first time today I had that "Professor fails entire class to teach about Obama's socialism" story pop up on my Facebook feed. I thought for sure it was going to be my raging tea partier friend, but it turned out to be from a nice girl that hadn't ever given any indication of believing stupid things before. Should I hold out hope she was posting it sarcastically?

I'm sorry, but one of your friends is secretly........a Republican.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

Does anyone think there's any chance that net neutrality goes the other way...If not this is depressing...

 

[789shadow]

Does anyone think there's any chance that net neutrality goes the other way...If not this is depressing...

Hope that Thomas or Scalia croak.

 

[WayneMorse]

The day California votes for a man in a cowboy hat to be gov, is the day I consider moving from this state.

Why isn't Meg Whitman giving it another shot?

 

[Diablos]

Why isn't Meg Whitman giving it another shot?

Apparently someone bought her candidacy for the Buy It Now price.

 

[FyreWulff]

Apparently someone bought her candidacy for the Buy It Now price.

Couldn't get enough money to run because her campaign only accepted donations via Paypal

 

[PhoenixDark]

Finally, some god damn sense

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Corker has proposed the idea of scheduling a vote on Iran sanctions six months from now, after the interim nuclear agreement has run its course, instead of voting on sanctions right now.

Corker said Thursday that he had suggested the idea to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during a closed-door briefing for senators by lead Iran negotiator Wendy Sherman on the implementation agreement with Iran that is due to kick in on Jan. 20, the text of which was released to Congress today. The Senate is mulling a new sanctions bill introduced by Sens. Mark Kirk and Bob Menendez that is currently stalled pending a vote scheduled by Reid.

“One of the things I posed to the leader was look, why don’t we schedule a vote for July the 21st, that’s six months after the implementation date and if they haven’t reached an agreement that we believe is satisfactory, let’s implement on that day,” Corker, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters after the briefing.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/senator-corker-proposes-putting-off-sanctions-vote-until-sum

 

[Diablos]

Now the narrative can be "six months have passed and the agreement has failed [even if it hasn't, we're just all going to band together and say that by overreacting]."

Fantastic.

 

[Lucky Forward]

Legalized medicinal pot has new supporter: Harry Reid

“If you’d asked me this question a dozen years ago, it would have been easy to answer – I would have said no, because (marijuana) leads to other stuff,” the Senate majority leader told the Sun today. “But I can’t say that anymore.”

“I think we need to take a real close look at this,” Reid went on. “I think that there’s some medical reasons for marijuana.”

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Finally, some god damn sense


http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/senator-corker-proposes-putting-off-sanctions-vote-until-sum

But they're more inflexable than the ayatollah and all they want is war!

 

[Sibylus]

But they're more inflexable than the ayatollah and all they want is war!

You conveniently left out the "if they choose to be", metsfan. You're a disgrace to hatchetmen!

 

[Diablos]

If properly regulated I don't see the problem with letting people smoke some green (and I don't even smoke). I'd argue we've done more damage to ourselves by the amount of fucking pills that are shoved in our faces all the time. We are such a medicated nation and the Government has basically enabled it for YEARS, giving heavy bias towards big pharma so they can get you hooked and charge you more for it, even...

Chris Rock always said it best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRN3d5S_MTk

Seriously, legalize weed.

 

[Oblivion]

More bad news for Obama(care):

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-slow-transition-healthcare-normalcy

- Insurance execs are okay with the law
- Business leaders are okay with the law
- Even pro-business interest groups like the Chamber of Commerce are giving up efforts to dismantle the law.

Basically our job creators are secret soshulists!

 

[Diablos]

More bad news for Obama(care):

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-slow-transition-healthcare-normalcy

- Insurance execs are okay with the law
- Business leaders are okay with the law
- Even pro-business interest groups like the Chamber of Commerce are giving up efforts to dismantle the law.

Basically our job creators are secret soshulists!

When do new Ohio polls come out?

 

[theprodigy]

So for the first time today I had that "Professor fails entire class to teach about Obama's socialism" story pop up on my Facebook feed. I thought for sure it was going to be my raging tea partier friend, but it turned out to be from a nice girl that hadn't ever given any indication of believing stupid things before. Should I hold out hope she was posting it sarcastically?

....I'm sorry for your loss

 

[StopMakingSense]

Why isn't Meg Whitman giving it another shot?

Is that a serious question?

 

[PhoenixDark]

Context: House Dems say consumers signing up for ACA at a faster pace than seniors did for Medicare Part D: (click for link)

More context: enrollment beating targets in 10 states, 6 of states - NC, MI, WI, ID, NH, ME, use

https://twitter.com/NoamLevey/status/423832041633742849

New York also "is seeing an increase in call volume as we approach today's deadline," said Danielle Hollihan, deputy director of New York State of Health, referring to the Jan. 15 cut-off for coverage beginning Feb. 1. New York has been enrolling about 7,000 people per day in private plans and Medicaid in January, she said, compared with a total of about 230,000 from Oct. 1 through late December.

California, whose 500,000 private-plan enrollments through December lead all states, has not released January numbers, but said it continued "to see a tremendous amount of interest."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/obamacare-enrollment_n_4604767.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

California getting its shit together early has really helped the law overall. Imagine if Texas wasn't run by nihilists.

 

[Diablos]

Socialism on American soil is officially here and fully functional!

 

[Trouble]

Socialism on American soil is officially here and fully functional!

Medicare doesn't count because old people like it, right?

 

[RustyNails]

Wow @ 20 subpoenas. Is that common? How many subpoenas were issued during Blagojevich's investigation?

 

[Trouble]

Wow @ 20 subpoenas. Is that common? How many subpoenas were issued during Blagojevich's investigation?

Blago got wiretapped by the FBI, so they didn't need to blanket subpoena.

 

[B-Dubs]

Wow @ 20 subpoenas. Is that common? How many subpoenas were issued during Blagojevich's investigation?

There was a Bedford case where about 16 were served last year. I'm more shocked at where all of them are going, I expected his staff but also his reelection campaign got them. That's surprising.

 

[KingGondo]

Tom Coburn is resigning at the end of this congressional term.

Here's hoping he's replaced by someone like Tom Cole instead of that theocrat Lankford.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has announced he's leaving at the end of the year. Don't know if that means anything to anyone.

 

[789shadow]

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has announced he's leaving at the end of the year. Don't know if that means anything to anyone.

Well, there is literally no chance of a Democratic Senator from OK, so nut much.

 

[ivysaur12]

Gay marriage caused a patriot like Tom Coburn to leave office.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Doesnt coburn have cancer?

Well, there is literally no chance of a Democratic Senator from OK, so nut much.

And that's the only thing that matters?

 

[KingK]

It just seems like politics never really gets anywhere.

I guess it just takes long periods of time. Tax cuts, abortion, and guns. It is like nothing has changed in 30 years. Well, I guess things have changed a bit on gays (significantly) and pot (slightly).

On the bright side, Obama did get reelected on the platform of raising taxes for the rich, implementing a form of universal healthcare, and support gay equality. The electorate is heading in the right direction I hope.

Legalized medicinal pot has new supporter: Harry Reid

Someone slipped Harry some special brownies. As a casual pot smoker, I'm really hoping that the legalization movement will soon take off as rapidly as gay marriage has in the past few years. Although I'm sure Indiana will be among the last states to legalize it willingly. But I've been planning on leaving this shithole of a state as soon as I get my degree and moving in with my aunt in Denver til I find a job for years now anyway, so oh well.

Finally, some god damn sense

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/senator-corker-proposes-putting-off-sanctions-vote-until-sum

Eh, I think putting some arbitrary deadline on negotiations is still pretty stupid, but it is a significant improvement over killing them immediately.

 

[Oblivion]

So who else knew Harry Reid is against abortion?

 

[speculawyer]

Hope that Thomas or Scalia croak.

I put Scale a in a death pool I'm in. It is more a hope than pprediction.

 

[789shadow]

I put Scale a in a death pool I'm in. It is more a hope than pprediction.

Unfortunately he is probably a vampire.

 

[pigeon]

Why isn't Meg Whitman giving it another shot?

Because she never had a prayer of winning and she didn't get any more likeable since then.

 

[Aaron Strife]

And that's the only thing that matters?

You could get a more "moderate" Republican in there I suppose but it when it comes to the votes that really count they'll fall in line.

They always do

 

[PhoenixDark]

Sucks about Coburn, I hope he gets better. Always found it weird that him and his wife are apparently good friends with Obama and Michelle.

 

[Oblivion]

Sucks about Coburn, I hope he gets better. Always found it weird that him and his wife are apparently good friends with Obama and Michelle.

Coburn said Obama should be impeached.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Coburn said Obama should be impeached.

They probably laugh over that shit while watching sports.

 

[Aaron Strife]

They probably laugh over that shit while watching sports.

While their wives are having a lesbian affair.

 

[jamesinclair]

Wow @ 20 subpoenas. Is that common? How many subpoenas were issued during Blagojevich's investigation?

I dont get the need for these.

Why not just pull all of Christies calls and texts and emails from the NSA server?

If he has nothing to hide, he shouldnt worry.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

You could get a more "moderate" Republican in there I suppose but it when it comes to the votes that really count they'll fall in line.

They always do

I was referring more to the fact his health possibly sucks.

I'm not one to say their politics are off limits. Coburn has done and supported some appalling legislation but I still wish him and his family well.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

NSA thread going as expected.

 

[KingGondo]

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has announced he's leaving at the end of the year. Don't know if that means anything to anyone.

It probably means Senator James Lankford. Sickening to think about.

Not only that, but my congressional district will have to replace Lankford, and the odds of it being somebody who's not batshit insane are low.

 

[AndyD]

I dont get the need for these.

Why not just pull all of Christies calls and texts and emails from the NSA server?

If he has nothing to hide, he shouldnt worry.

Hah. I wonder what happened in that drug dealer's case who asked for the NSA phone records to exonerate him. It got some traction a while back, then it disappeared.