NYCmetsfan
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He hates all religions.
I like and hate bill at the same time. His show is great but the guy can be the biggest dick in the world.
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PoliGAF 2014 |OT| Kay Hagan and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad News
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He hates all religions.
I like and hate bill at the same time. His show is great but the guy can be the biggest dick in the world.
zero shift
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His latest monologue on the Muslim world was annoying as hell. I get it Bill, hell I even agree with you on many points, but shit he's treating the religion like some sort of disease like ebola.
and anti-vaccinations
and anti-GMOs
and blindly supports Israel
and supports NSA programs
I mean a like the guy but he is a bit annoying at times.
Joe Molotov
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He loves him some Israel, tho.
RustyNails
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Reza Aslan's response to latest Bill Maher rant: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/reza-aslan-slams-maher-for-facile-arguments-about-muslim-violence/
thezerofire
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I thought he took back the anti-vaccine stuff
speculawyer
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I loved it. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDFrNQAjDYA
and anti-vaccinations
He hasn't done that for years. He is a person willing to change views upon learning more.
and anti-GMOs
He just supports labeling. Nothing wrong with that . . . I'd continue buying the stuff.
and blindly supports Israel
Definitely supports Israel but hardly blindly . . . he hammers them a lot too. And even hammered an atheist group in the rant linked to above.
Aaron Strife
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Bad news for Kay Hagan
PPP's Iowa poll is out, Ernst is only up 2. Everyone step away from the ledge, Braley can still win this.
PPP's Iowa poll is out, Ernst is only up 2. Everyone step away from the ledge, Braley can still win this.
RustyNails
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There goes the senate.
Aaron Strife
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Civitas has Hagan up 5
Bad news for etc
Bad news for etc
That margin is so thin you could cut my beard with it.
Bill Maher hates all religion equally, he's not singling out Islam. But that's not a Christian or Buddhist extremist group over there beheading people and trying to institute a 13th century state. Singling out Muslims for their uniquely violent and archaic behavior is just calling a spade a spade.
NYCmetsfan
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Which has nothing to do with religion. He makes fun of Jews all the time. The sabbath thing in religious was funny.
eBay Huckster
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Black Mamba
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Right now the hope is that the likely voter models is underrepresenting Dems. I'm not going to sit here and "unskew polls," but the last 2 midterms, including the GOP 2010 wave, underrepresenting Dems by an average of 2 points. And Senate polls on average are 5 points off.
Now, I'd also expect (and hope) these polling firms are getting better at their jobs but this isn't like a presidential election. Midterms are harder and while I would never say "R up 1, therefore Dems really leading," hopefully they are still underestimating the Democrat vote.
We'll see.
RustyNails
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Bill Maher does not just single out Muslims for terrorism. He paints the entire faith and its 1.5 billion adherants as the same as the terrorists. He has called for racial profiling of Muslims at airports. Most of the tips aggainst domestic terrorists come from the Muslim communities and mosques in US. Everyone remembers the time square wannabe bomber Faisal shahzad, but no one remembers Aliune Niasse a senegalese Muslim vendor who noticed the smoke from the SUV and alerted the police.
It's good when we get 125 prominent Muslim scholars coming out against ISIS. The problem I feel is the examples we have of Islamic countries as they exist now are quite poor. Most of these countries are hotbeds of regressive politics and human rights violations, and the natural thought that follows that is "if this is what happens when a country is predominately Islamic, what does that say about the faith?" Turkey is one of the few exceptions as one that introduced secularism, and even that country has serious problems.
Yes, every country is guilty of sins; but not necessarily equally.
However, I'm of the opinion that Islam alone isn't at fault. All religion is fucking horrible, it's just that Islam right now in its popular political forms seems to be stuck in the 15th century. Christianity went through long periods of that too in terms of political power, but that slowly evolved into the modern age. It seems Islam has to go through that now, and I am of the opinion we do need to therefore push Islam harder than the other major religions due to how assbackwards these countries are.
Yes, every country is guilty of sins; but not necessarily equally.
However, I'm of the opinion that Islam alone isn't at fault. All religion is fucking horrible, it's just that Islam right now in its popular political forms seems to be stuck in the 15th century. Christianity went through long periods of that too in terms of political power, but that slowly evolved into the modern age. It seems Islam has to go through that now, and I am of the opinion we do need to therefore push Islam harder than the other major religions due to how assbackwards these countries are.
I love that a polling org went so far as to ask about the topic in one of their surveys..
"61% of voters in the state either say they approved of Landrieu doing that (keg stand) or that they don't care"
PPP: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/...as-small-head-to-head-lead-over-landrieu.html
"61% of voters in the state either say they approved of Landrieu doing that (keg stand) or that they don't care"
PPP: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/...as-small-head-to-head-lead-over-landrieu.html
The same as terrorists? Nah, but a good number of them are sympathetic to their stated goals and the idea of a state governed by Sharia law. As for racial profiling, what are you going to do? Check the shoes and tap the phones of 80 year old white grandmas? No, you target the people most likely to be terrorists, namely younger Arab males. I know what I look like when I don't shave, I don't blame airport security one bit for wanting to check my shoes. It's not racial profiling so much as selective allocation of limited resources.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
You sound like an Arizona Republican defending the laws allowing cops to profile.
RustyNails
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Are you sure you want to defend racial profiling. Think carefully about "selective allocation of limited resources" before answering.
WayneMorse
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How was Braley's debate performance? And are the Dems planning a massive ad buy for October?
The Dems could still win Iowa like they won North Dakota in 2012, but Braley and the Iowa Dems need to bust their asses every day from now to election day.
NYCmetsfan
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Profiling is real and logical. Cops give physical descriptions of suspects all the time. They don't stop people that don't fit the description.
The problem is when that descriptions becomes so broad and isn't in relation to an actual threat where certain characteristics that have nothing to do with the threat are included. That why racial profiling and religious profiling are so dangerous and counter productive.
Its not racial or religious profiling to target people going to jihadi websites are posting about how its justified to commit terrorism. But there is no logical or rational connection between beared islamic looking guy and terrorism even if the majority of terrorists had beards and were brown (they're not by the way, look at the 9/11 attackers) it offers no predictive value. If he's got no return ticket and has a heavy coat that's different but then you're targeting him for that not being islamic.
There are specific warning signs that are exclusive to Islam but that's a far cry from saying bearded dude should be stopped.
The rationalization of racial profiling and religious profiling are products of the human mind being horrible at actual statistics and math and finding 'shortcuts' that make 'common sense' but don't improve any security.
There's a reason why the justice department is banning the practice, and its not just because of accusations of racism.
The problem is when that descriptions becomes so broad and isn't in relation to an actual threat where certain characteristics that have nothing to do with the threat are included. That why racial profiling and religious profiling are so dangerous and counter productive.
Its not racial or religious profiling to target people going to jihadi websites are posting about how its justified to commit terrorism. But there is no logical or rational connection between beared islamic looking guy and terrorism even if the majority of terrorists had beards and were brown (they're not by the way, look at the 9/11 attackers) it offers no predictive value. If he's got no return ticket and has a heavy coat that's different but then you're targeting him for that not being islamic.
There are specific warning signs that are exclusive to Islam but that's a far cry from saying bearded dude should be stopped.
The rationalization of racial profiling and religious profiling are products of the human mind being horrible at actual statistics and math and finding 'shortcuts' that make 'common sense' but don't improve any security.
There's a reason why the justice department is banning the practice, and its not just because of accusations of racism.
PhoenixDark
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Eh. I think a majority of Muslims (and Christians) have views I would deem repulsive, and while it's true a large percentage of Muslims are sympathetic to very ugly views I don't support broad profiling. I'm black, how could I cosign that shit, having dealt with it for years.
However I don't think it's profiling to target some guy who has a one way ticket, or to target someone who leaves a bag in a public place, etc. Regardless of color or religion.
NYCmetsfan
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The bullshit Obamacare case is back!
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/...rules-against-obamacare-subsidies-pruitt-case
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/...rules-against-obamacare-subsidies-pruitt-case
Paging Magnesium Chloride to defend this.
Aaron Strife
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Braley did fine in the debate. I think he could have been more aggressive in calling out Ernst for her far right positions, but female Republicans have a tendency to play the victim card whenever they're called out on bullshit so maybe his approach was better.
Ernst is spending more on ads now, but Democrats in most states (not just Iowa) have been buying more ad time in October, and by a hefty margin as well. We saw this in 2012 also where Obama and DSCC were smarter with their ad dollars than Republicans were.
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thepotatoman
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Metalicaphan will set us straight.
Metaphoreus
This is semantics, and nothing more
I saw MgCl2 projected in the clouds and knew that I was needed. We've already discussed the questions involved in these cases extensively, so I see no need to rehash the arguments. (Plus, it's just a district court; things'll only get interesting if the 10th Cir. affirms.)
But, to add something to the current discussion, I'll note that this judge solves the Chevron question at step 1 as follows:
Pruitt said:
NYCmetsfan
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Aaron Strife
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As I've mentioned Dem spending is ramping up in the last month of the Senate campaigns. Here's info in graph form:
It appears Dems are abandoning Kentucky while the GOP is abandoning Michigan. The only other state where the GOP is outspending the Democrats is Colorado by a 52-48 margin.
If you want to see something nuts though, look at Georgia. A 75-25 Dem advantage! The polls are more or less tied and it'd be great if Nunn could win.
It appears Dems are abandoning Kentucky while the GOP is abandoning Michigan. The only other state where the GOP is outspending the Democrats is Colorado by a 52-48 margin.
If you want to see something nuts though, look at Georgia. A 75-25 Dem advantage! The polls are more or less tied and it'd be great if Nunn could win.
NYCmetsfan
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As I've mentioned Dem spending is ramping up in the last month of the Senate campaigns. Here's info in graph form:
It appears Dems are abandoning Kentucky while the GOP is abandoning Michigan. The only other state where the GOP is outspending the Democrats is Colorado by a 52-48 margin.
If you want to see something nuts though, look at Georgia. A 75-25 Dem advantage! The polls are more or less tied and it'd be great if Nunn could win.
Outside money
Rhomega Beta
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This was mentioned in Dinesh D'Souza's America.
jeeesus that's scary
NYCmetsfan
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the emails finally got me.
NYCmetsfan
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Can we talk about the fact that the first real obama scandal is going to force the GOP to talk about how much they want to protect their sworn enemy. I love seeing them talk about how much they care about he president's safety.
braley I'm sure feels the same
braley I'm sure feels the same
I'm surprised they're actually mad at that dude. You would think the House would have awarded him the congressional medal of freedom for a failed, though valiant effort.
RustyNails
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Looks like someone has not been paying attention to Benghazi. I mean, how many more hearings is it gonna take? Is Darrell Issa gonna have to choke a bitch?
PhoenixDark
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I'm going to give senate/congressional republicans the benefit of the doubt and say they don't want to see the president of the United States hurt, and sure as hell don't want to see the country erupt if something like that did happen. Let's be real.
It's baffling that he seems complacent with his fucking life and his family. I still think a president is quite safe when roaming in public events but that elevator story is shocking. Personally I don't think he would have been able to pull his gun and do any damage, but the threat alone is troubling. The intruder story is more of an issue to me, plus the 2011 shooting incident. Getting rid of the chief Secret Service person isn't enough. It's time to drop a bomb on the leadership and revamp things. Even if it means Obama has to hold off on doing events until things are settled, it would be worth it.
Maybe that's why Michelle is allegedly not a happy camper right now. Something needs to be done, and this "no drama/don't overreact/wait until the last minute" shit needs to be thrown out the window.
It's baffling that he seems complacent with his fucking life and his family. I still think a president is quite safe when roaming in public events but that elevator story is shocking. Personally I don't think he would have been able to pull his gun and do any damage, but the threat alone is troubling. The intruder story is more of an issue to me, plus the 2011 shooting incident. Getting rid of the chief Secret Service person isn't enough. It's time to drop a bomb on the leadership and revamp things. Even if it means Obama has to hold off on doing events until things are settled, it would be worth it.
Maybe that's why Michelle is allegedly not a happy camper right now. Something needs to be done, and this "no drama/don't overreact/wait until the last minute" shit needs to be thrown out the window.
NYCmetsfan
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Aaron Strife
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Chart includes that
Outside group spending isn't very effective either. Parties and candidates' spending goes farther since they get lower rates than Super PACs.
As I've mentioned Dem spending is ramping up in the last month of the Senate campaigns. Here's info in graph form:
It appears Dems are abandoning Kentucky while the GOP is abandoning Michigan. The only other state where the GOP is outspending the Democrats is Colorado by a 52-48 margin.
The attack ads on Grimes have been going nonstop for the last couple months and yet I still have noticed an evident uptick in their presence the last few days/weeks.
You went through when the people who know the truth about America's greatness were in charge and teaching, not these hippy communists who teach now.
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