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[Particle Physicist]

If Kasim Reed, mayor of Atlanta was on your presidential wish list....


LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Guy is going to be roasted all week.

I don't get it. :/

 

[speculawyer]

This in addition to Cruz's ridiculous WSJ op-ed and the ridiculousness of last night.

basically, the GOP has now formulated a strategy to pain Obama as an emperor.

So let me get this straight . . . the people who have abused the fuck out of the filibuster and gerrymandering are going to try to make the guy who has used fewer than average executive orders as some dictator?

Makes perfect sense (in the Fox bubble).

 

[B-Dubs]

I don't get it. :/

The entire South has been shut down by what amounts to a relatively small storm. Basically the guy bragging about how they were ready for the snow screwed up massively.

So let me get this straight . . . the people who have abused the fuck out of the filibuster and gerrymandering are going to try to make the guy who has used fewer than average executive orders as some dictator?

Makes perfect sense (in the Fox bubble).

It's not even shocking anymore. It's just an advancement of an old, failed, strategy.

 

[speculawyer]

I don't get it. :/

Go look at some pictures in the Snowmageddon thread.

 

[jamesinclair]

I don't get it. :/

They were, in fact, not ready for the inch of snow. See the weather thread for HILARIOUS pictures.

Some people spent 10+ hours in traffic.

Not Atlanta but hilarious in that HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE

 

[speculawyer]

http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/every-once-and-a-while-its-incredibly-easy-to-see-behind-the-vail/


Not surprising, but still aggravating.

Those Germans have shown how unions, when run properly, can be useful and improve morale and productivity. And despite good wages, they have low unemployment in Germany. We can't have that.

I mean what is next? Lots of solar and wind like they have in Germany? Are you crazy?

 

[ClassyPenguin]

They were, in fact, not ready for the inch of snow. See the weather thread for HILARIOUS pictures.

Some people spent 10+ hours in traffic.

Not Atlanta but hilarious in that HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE

Looks like LA after a light rain.

Also, this.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/01/29/every-face-boehner-and-biden-made-at-the-state-of-the-union-last-night/

 

[Black Mamba]

So let me get this straight . . . the people who have abused the fuck out of the filibuster and gerrymandering are going to try to make the guy who has used fewer than average executive orders as some dictator?

Makes perfect sense (in the Fox bubble).

Last night Jack Tapper called Cruz out for calling him an emperor and such. Tapper told him he has, to this point, done less executive orders than Bush, Clinton, Reagan and Cruz while at first looking befuddled then argued "it's not the number it's the content of the orders" or some shit.

They're still talking about the HHS delaying the employer mandate and such, which has precedence and even the SCOTUS has upheld such agency leniency (basically the rule is something in the law can be delayed for legit reasons so long as it's not indefinite).


Another hilarious part of that interview was him arguing Obama won't do things like repeal the medical device tax. He literally said Obama is unilaterally stopping it and that already got voted on the Senate and passed, then 10 seconds later literally argued Harry Reid won't allow a vote on it and then that Obama has again unilaterally blocked it.

It was such a mess. Their arguments are so contradictory and absurd.

 

[Particle Physicist]

Go look at some pictures in the Snowmageddon thread.

The entire South has been shut down by what amounts to a relatively small storm. Basically the guy bragging about how they were ready for the snow screwed up massively.

They were, in fact, not ready for the inch of snow. See the weather thread for HILARIOUS pictures.

Some people spent 10+ hours in traffic.

Not Atlanta but hilarious in that HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE

Oh wow, yeah, I haven't really been near any media in the past few days.

 

[Thatonemoor]

Oh wow, yeah, I haven't really been near any media in the past few days.

This is going one right now actually lol.

 

[zero shift]

It cost me over $10 to ship the Angry Birds 3DS game from Chicago to Oklahoma City via UPS. Truly is a blessing that we have the efficient private sector to curb the bureacratic USPS.

Spoiler

I will never get why people hate the USPS.

 

[Particle Physicist]

This is going one right now actually lol.

Haha, wow. Eh, I am preparing for a flight/interview!

 

[gcubed]

if mcconnell loses i will eat a bag of sand

 

[zero shift]

Those Germans have shown how unions, when run properly, can be useful and improve morale and productivity. And despite good wages, they have low unemployment in Germany. We can't have that.

I mean what is next? Lots of solar and wind like they have in Germany? Are you crazy?

The wage thing may not be that true anymore.

 

[Diablos]

PPP: Kentucky, Georgia Senate races both tossups


Support for raising the minimum wage is predictably large and polling indicates it could be a winning issue for Nunn and Grimes.

Great numbers overall for the Democrats, I'd say.

It's close but it should never be in these states, period. Very nice.

if mcconnell loses i will eat a bag of sand

I'll remember this ;-)

 

[smokeandmirrors]

http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/every-once-and-a-while-its-incredibly-easy-to-see-behind-the-vail/
.

Those pesky Germans!

I mean what is next? Lots of solar and wind like they have in Germany? Are you crazy?

Absolutely not. Didn't you know Germany gets more sun than most of the US? It'll never work here.

 

[empty vessel]

Those Germans have shown how unions, when run properly, can be useful and improve morale and productivity. And despite good wages, they have low unemployment in Germany. We can't have that.

I mean what is next? Lots of solar and wind like they have in Germany? Are you crazy?

Germany also has a constant stimulus in the form of a trade surplus where we have a huge drag on our economy in the form of our trade deficit (which the government could, but does not, make up for in spending).

That's not meant to suggest that trade surpluses are good and trade deficits bad, by the way. Trade deficits represent a net inflow of real goods and services (i.e., real wealth), whereas trade surpluses represent a net outflow of real wealth. It's just too bad that our government does not pick up the slack created by the trade deficit by either reducing taxes on the middle class (like eliminating the payroll tax) or increasing spending.

 

[Karakand]

Those Germans have shown how unions, when run properly, can be useful and improve morale and productivity. And despite good wages, they have low unemployment in Germany. We can't have that.

I mean what is next? Lots of solar and wind like they have in Germany? Are you crazy?

Eh, don't believe the hype.

http://www.spiegel.de/international...eater-gap-between-rich-and-poor-a-830972.html

It cost me over $10 to ship the Angry Birds 3DS game from Chicago to Oklahoma City via UPS. Truly is a blessing that we have the efficient private sector to curb the bureacratic USPS.

Spoiler

I will never get why people hate the USPS.

I have to walk into USPS branches a lot to mail documents to taxing authorities and there is ALWAYS that one person in line who has a bone to pick with the USPS, looks for something to complain about, and then turns to me for intellectual reinforcement because I look like a white man. Narishkeit.

 

[Oblivion]

The STOP (Stop This Overreaching Presidency) resolution,

You can't use the word that your acronym is based on IN the fucking acronym!

 

[Aaron Strife]

I like how Tom Cotton (AR-4, the most prominent Republican running against Pryor) was the only member of the Arkansas delegation to oppose the farm bill.

Good luck selling that one

 

[Diablos]

Spoiler

I will never get why people hate the USPS.

Because they don't seem to understand that it is essentially the federal Government's fault that they can't reform their prices/policies properly. This has been a disaster 10-15+ years in the making. It's bullshit.

 

[Chumly]

You have no idea.

I know dozens and dozens of Joye Davises - farmers completely oblivious to the stupidity and fundamental hypocrisies of their political views, specifically when it comes to government spending.

Yep it's truly unbelievable. My entire extended family is from the farm community. The ignorance truly knows no bounds. It's not just my family either. It's almost everyone. They will literally sit there and tell you that farmers are hard workers and deserve help but some person in th city working at McDonald's is a lazy piece of shit.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

I'm confused. So Obama is going to raise the federal min wage to $10.10?

 

[Black Mamba]

I'm confused. So Obama is going to raise the federal min wage to $10.10?

No, he's raising it for federal employees and federal contractors. If you have a contract with the govt you must pay at least $10.10.

The federal minimum is unchanged.

 

[Fenderputty]

No, he's raising it for federal employees and federal contractors. If you have a contract with the govt you must pay at least $10.10.

The federal minimum is unchanged.

But he did kindly ask businesses and states to increase minimum wage because congress has their head up their asses.

 

[platypotamus]

You can't use the word that your acronym is based on IN the fucking acronym!

Hofstadter did it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym

See Also: PNG

 

[Oblivion]

Hofstadter did it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym

Hofstadter's a dick.

 

[The Technomancer]

Hofstadter did it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym

Hofstadter is one of the few people who gets to be a supreme smart-ass because he actually is almost as clever as he thinks he is.

 

[Diablos]

I never knew if DC was given statehood it would be referred to as "New Columbia". I like it. But what would the abbreviation be since NC is already taken? Hmm.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Columbia_(state)

 

[Aaron Strife]

www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-shipps/opposed-to-hr-7-support-dc-statehood_b_4682637.html

"New Columbia". I like it. But what would the abbreviation be since NC is already taken? Hmm.

NT

North Tacoma

 

[NYCmetsfan]

but they wanted war!

 

[Piecake]

but they wanted war!

Sounds like these morons are coming to their senses

 

[Diablos]

NT

North Tacoma

Nahhh.

 

[WayneMorse]

The wage thing may not be that true anymore.

Actually after last year's election Angela Merkel's government was forced into entering a "grand coalition" with the center-left Social Democratic Party and one of the conditions from SDP was a national minimum wage so hopefully it will lower the gap in wages.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Sounds like these morons are coming to their senses

or you know they were aware this is how it would play out?

 

[Piecake]

or you know they were aware this is how it would play out?

I really don't think that makes much sense. They co-sponsored it, but after some heat and seeing the polls they are putting in some caveats like wait till after negotiations, this helped it, give peace a chance, etc? None of those are good reasons to have cosponsored the bill since not cosponsoring it and not voting for it would have been the best method to achieve those aims.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I really don't think that makes much sense. They co-sponsored it, but after some heat and seeing the polls they are putting in some caveats like wait till after negotiations, this helped it, give peace a chance, etc? None of those are good reasons to have cosponsored the bill since not cosponsoring it and not voting for it would have been the best method to achieve those aims.

You don't see how putting their name on the bill helped them even if they weren't for the bill? If the bill started moving they always could have withdrawn it. I just see nothing that was harmful to them about signing the bill, only upsides since the issue polls well and there are vested monetary interests in the issue. Is it cynical? yeah, but welcome to congress US Politics.

They co-sign many bills. They sign, issue a press release, get on the local news or fund-raise off it and then forget about it.

I will say the outside pressure has probably done a lot too. There is a lot of pressure not to act and not pushing it to the president to possibility take the fall

 

[Chichikov]

I never knew if DC was given statehood it would be referred to as "New Columbia". I like it. But what would the abbreviation be since NC is already taken? Hmm.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Columbia_(state)

We shouldn't name anything new after Columbus.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Damn washington state for stealing our name!

 

[RustyNails]

Harry Reid gives another one to the liberals

At issue is a bipartisan bill to extend the President’s “trade promotion authority (TPA),” which lets him negotiate giant trade deals with other nations while allowing Congress only to vote up or down on those deals but not amend them. Most Republicans and big business groups support the bill, believing it will lead to more trade agreements and open more markets for U.S. goods. But many Democrats and union groups oppose it, arguing past trade deals led to job losses.

Basically, quite a few liberals and union group advocates were against the TPA bill, and the bill was certain to be passed by the Congress. Until today, when Reid threw cold water on it's passage.

“I’m against fast-track,” said the powerful Democrat who controls which bills get to the Senate floor. “I think everyone would be well-advised not to push this right now.”

But guess who is pushing for this bill? His name rhymes with "cock us"

The bill is a priority of Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, a centrist Democrat who chairs the Finance Committee.
Baucus, who was recently tapped to be the ambassador to China, is expected to leave Congress soon, leaving uncertain the fate of trade bill.

 

[Avon Barksdale]

but they wanted war!

Good.

 

[jamesinclair]

NT

North Tacoma

Georgestate

Freedom

Anacostia

 

[Sibylus]

Good.

.

Still ridiculous Obama had to state repeatedly the bloody fucking obvious before some of these got the picture that maybe, just maybe, that going over his head and those of his diplomats was premature and ultimately counterproductive. Maybe it's all for show. Not sure how that's supposed to make the games any less unpalatable.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Harry Reid gives another one to the liberals

Basically, quite a few liberals and union group advocates were against the TPA bill, and the bill was certain to be passed by the Congress. Until today, when Reid threw cold water on it's passage.

But guess who is pushing for this bill? His name rhymes with "cock us"

Its DOA in the house too.

Georgestate

Freedom

Anacostia

Good luck getting those in NW to associate with that.

 

[Oblivion]

Finally, some Republicans who actually have some principles:

"I really don't need it or want it right now," said David Petersen, 52, a registered Republican in Walla Walla, Washington. A construction manager who has gone without insurance for years, Petersen could purchase insurance on his state's exchange for about $200 a month.

People who decline to purchase insurance risk a fine of $95 or 1 percent of their income. Knowing that, Petersen did go online and search for a plan. But he decided, in the end, that he'd rather risk the fine.

Cheryl Mooney would qualify for a subsidy that would reduce the price of a policy for herself and her husband to $150 per month from about $1,300.

But the 55-year-old, who lives in North Carolina and is "against Obamacare absolutely," said she might not buy it. "Even with that, I'm not happy," Mooney said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014...republicans-idUSBREA0S18K20140129?p=BREA0S18L

I mean, they're still unbelievably retarded, but at least they're consistent.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Finally, some Republicans who actually have some principles:

walla walla

 

[RustyNails]

Finally, some Republicans who actually have some principles:



http://www.reuters.com/article/2014...republicans-idUSBREA0S18K20140129?p=BREA0S18L

I mean, they're still unbelievably retarded, but at least they're consistent.

 

[Black Mamba]

Finally, some Republicans who actually have some principles:



http://www.reuters.com/article/2014...republicans-idUSBREA0S18K20140129?p=BREA0S18L

I mean, they're still unbelievably retarded, but at least they're consistent.

ODS in action.

I will never get over the fact that people will willingly hurt themselves simply because Obama.

Never in my wildest imagination did I see this happening in 2008.

 

[Giant Panda]

So Bill O'Reilly was pushing back against the equal pay for women thing. He and his guests kept coming back to a talking point about how women take more time off from work for kid reasons, and so that explains why they make less money. So does the $.77 to $1 statistic take into account the reduced experience women might have? I thought it did but I'm not sure.

 

[zero shift]

I have to walk into USPS branches a lot to mail documents to taxing authorities and there is ALWAYS that one person in line who has a bone to pick with the USPS, looks for something to complain about, and then turns to me for intellectual reinforcement because I look like a white man. Narishkeit.

In my local USPS one of the workers there was bitching about government regulations and how USPS was being tied down so much that it couldn't make a profit. Some old white guy was there and laughed and shook his head. He hated big gu'ment.

Actually after last year's election Angela Merkel's government was forced into entering a "grand coalition" with the center-left Social Democratic Party and one of the conditions from SDP was a national minimum wage so hopefully it will lower the gap in wages.

How have they made the lack of minimum wage work for so long?