I didn't say they did; I put climate change deniers on the same level as creationists, which is just a mere step above people who are required, by law, to wear a helmet at all times but just slightly below people who eat crayons.
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I didn't say they did; I put climate change deniers on the same level as creationists, which is just a mere step above people who are required, by law, to wear a helmet at all times but just slightly below people who eat crayons.
Avon Barksdale
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George Will only passes for intellectual because he's old and wears glasses.
speculawyer
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Obama in The Sims 4:
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/this-is-what-barack-obama-looks-like-as-a-character-on-88303261604.html
Read the comments at your peril. :-/
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/this-is-what-barack-obama-looks-like-as-a-character-on-88303261604.html
Read the comments at your peril. :-/
Obama in The Sims 4:
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/this-is-what-barack-obama-looks-like-as-a-character-on-88303261604.html
Read the comments at your peril. :-/
Only read first comment.
am satisfied.
NYCmetsfan
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I wouldnt call it Obama derangement syndrome but just standard conservatism. They don't like that some of their behavior and behavior glorified in movies. That was once acceptable in college is now recognized as rape and sexual assault
Are you really calling Buckely any better? He was much better read but I wouldn't call many of his arguments better argued or position any different
speculawyer
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PhoenixDark
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Wendy Davis digging the grave deeper and deeper
http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/09/w...icans-dislike-people-who-dont-look-like-them/
http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/09/w...icans-dislike-people-who-dont-look-like-them/
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Well, she's not wrong... but it's not like she was ever going to get any support from Republicans anyway.
:/
#isthisreallife
That is some shameful shit. This "Democrat" who is supposedly resigning is a horrible person if this all holds true. WTF. He isn't even trying to be subtle about it. He is basically telling people desperately in need of health coverage to go fuck themselves. Holy hell that's HORRIBLE especially coming from a Democrat. Way to represent your party and constituents who are counting on you in a tough election year, asshat. Go fuck yourself.
Also this reminds me of how pissed I am at the SCOTUS; I know it was going to be fully repealed but we instead we got a vastly superior outcome, but leaving Medicaid up to the states has rendered the most progressive part of Obamacare, expanding upon actual socialized medicine, up to the states... essentially dumbing it down to a 'red vs. blue' benefit which you can NEVER count on in most states unless you live in solidly progressive strongholds... it really cheapens the entire law and what it intended to do...
Oh well, I don't think I can be too confident in Terry McAuliffe anyway. I mean does anyone remember this guy from 2008? My only takeaway from this is that he (and ultimately Bill/Hillary) are testing the waters, making observations very closely here and how they take that strategy to the campaign trail in 2016. Should Hillary win, that will play a role in how she tries to sell/defend the law as President to people in states like VA where certain politicians are willing to fuck over hundreds of thousands of people for a better job...
Whatever, she's right though. Her ship is sunk, might as well start telling it like it is.
speculawyer
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Why do you even click on the Daily Caller? It is maybe a notch above Breitbart.com.
reggieandTFE
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Dumb comment but she is working that orange dress.
benjipwns
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Obama's Thankfully 'Dictatorial' Approach to Climate Change
neat
b. Buckley would never write a whole column whining about people wearing jeans.
neat
1. Watch a bunch of Firing Line.
b. Buckley would never write a whole column whining about people wearing jeans.
Ironically, he takes the opposite position as about 60% of the GOP platform.
Alls I see is a congressperson supporting an entrepreneur who wants to self regulate instead of having the guverment do it, ergo libertarian.
Fuck Buckley.
That asshole supported Mccarthyism, white supremacy, Franco, Pinochet and opposed nuclear disarmament
Fuck, he wanted to nuke Vietnam.
Sure, he was more eloquent that your average tea partier, but his spew some fucking shameful crap.
Edit: though yeah, George Will is an idiot, and the worse thing about him that he pretends to be a centrist. Fuck him and his concern trolling.
RustyNails
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Man I'm still pissed.
Avon Barksdale
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Republicans are so fucking scared of her.
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thepotatoman
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What makes these things so incredibly annoying is that these people directly benefit from science, which goes all the way back to those ages and further to accurately predict where oil is likely available to be extracted. Not to mention how much evolutionary theory helped our medicinal sciences.
If everyone on earth chose to be as ignorant as they choose to be, most of those people would be much poorer and much less healthy than they are now as a result. Like even if they got their wish that science bent to their beliefs, it's not just human knowledge that would be lost, but actual real life benefits.
I still have a couple of episodes of Cosmos to finish up on, but I do wish they hammered the point a bit harder that these theories have real life consequences attached to them, though at least they did some of that with astrophysics and big bang theory.
benjipwns
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Were you there?
Why we still got Noah?
WayneMorse
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/u...eorgia-give-gop-slight-lead.html?ref=politics
Senate numbers looking pretty mixed right now. Senator Castration in Iowa is actually doing pretty well.
Senate numbers looking pretty mixed right now. Senator Castration in Iowa is actually doing pretty well.
benjipwns
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You know left-wing hollywood, they love remakes. That's why the only original films are coming out of places like Sherwood Pictures, Five & Two Pictures, Pure Flix Entertainment, Possibility Pictures, Gener8Xion Entertainment, Crystal Creek Media, and EchoLight Studios.
A huge meteor wiped out the dinosaurs. An exterior force caused that sudden climate change, just as humans are causing one now. The death of the dinosaurs supports climate change removed from natural cycles. Though I suppose the bigger problem is so many politicians don't know what the fuck they're talking about.
Black Mamba
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God sent that meteor because too many dinosaurs were having gay sex. It's in the bible.
Are you implying Obama is an asteroid?
I thought it was because he was jealous that we were riding around on T-Rex's and shit and he couldn't.
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thepotatoman
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The good news about Georgia is that the SurveyUSA poll putting democrats down also puts Kingston up for the primaries, which is a much easier fight than Purdue.
As for Iowa, you're talking about a poll taken by a small catholic college with no real polling history. And even if she is somehow popular in Iowa, I doubt that's any indication at all about the national outlook for races in NC, LA, and AK, which republicans still need.
speculawyer
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speculawyer
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Jesus said that the end of the world would happen during the lives of people then living. Well, the world hasn't ended so OBVIOUSLY there is someone still alive from back then!
The Bible gotcha!
benjipwns
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Damn it, you figured me out!
Angry Fork
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Off topic but does anyone know why empty vessel was banned and if it was permanent? I usually come here once in a while to see his posts but realized he's still banned.
benjipwns
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Ukraine thread I think. No idea how long.
Black Mamba
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34% see berghdal exchange as right.
56% believe US responsible to captive's release no matter the circumstances.
lolz.
56% believe US responsible to captive's release no matter the circumstances.
lolz.
benjipwns
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The one that stands out is the Sympathetic/Anger one. Democrats are more sympathetic and Republicans more angry, which makes some sense. Everyone else basically is split.
But then there's the Neither. 65+ and Republicans/Conservatives are the only splits not near or above 60%. It's only a 13 point spread between Neither and Anger for Conservatives!
Not at all surprised at the numbers.
At first, I was perplexed as to why the GOP would go hard on this. A president getting a POW back home? Who would be against that? This is clearly a losing issue. But I foolishly forgot how powerful the Fox noise machine is and how effective repetition is in shaping public opinion. Constantly repeat that Bergdahl is an anti-American traitor, that we're giving up hardcore Taliban leadership for him who will strike us the moment they are free, mix in the usual anti-Obama derangement, and you got this great cocktail to splash in the face of Obama.
At first, I was perplexed as to why the GOP would go hard on this. A president getting a POW back home? Who would be against that? This is clearly a losing issue. But I foolishly forgot how powerful the Fox noise machine is and how effective repetition is in shaping public opinion. Constantly repeat that Bergdahl is an anti-American traitor, that we're giving up hardcore Taliban leadership for him who will strike us the moment they are free, mix in the usual anti-Obama derangement, and you got this great cocktail to splash in the face of Obama.
This is what black-or-white decision making / politics gives you. People just rote follow an ideaology (never negotiate! ever!), damn the cost (sending away 5 taliban guys we already cleared for release)
Black Mamba
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This is the sad part about our politics. It's that if the other side is for it, you must be against. War mentality.
It's why things like climate change are allowed to actually be a "debate."
"Dems believe in climate change!? We must deny its existence!"
etc
Angry Fork
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This isn't sad, that's what politics should be. The problem is democrats haven't taken that role yet, and so we keep capitulating to the demands of the right, who actually care about their principles however wrong they may be.
If you want progress you need a tea party of the left, not in terms of lies/distortion, but in ideological determination and resistance.
Black Mamba
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No, that's not what politics should be.
Politics should be taking a position you actually believe to be true.
Because Obama/Dems accept climate change doesn't mean the Republicans should deny it and then mislead their constituents into thinking it's a hoax causing massive problems.
I agree in fortifying your position better and yes, the Dems could be less compromising at this point. But I'm not talking about that. What I'm talking about is people taking a position solely because of whom they've aligned with.
For instance, because someone is a liberal doesn't mean they have to be against the death penalty. But in today's climate, you're almost feel pressured into it simply because if you don't, you're on "their side." That's how you end up with a political dichotomy where little actually happens and progress is stifled.
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