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PoliGAF 2016 |OT5| Archdemon Hillary Clinton vs. Lice Traffic Jam

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Favorite Type of Music? folk/Indie music, country, top 40, 80s, edm. Specific artists include The Head and the Heart, kris orlowski, Ivan & Ayosha, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Shovel & Rope, the Avett Brothers, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, The Decemberists,Noah Gunderson, Ed shereen, Sam hunt, sugarland, Ciara, Adele, pearl jam. Armin can bureen, above & beyond
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Political leaning: I am a centrist, I align slightly to the left, but not by much. When people say socially liberal, fiscal conservative that generally falls where I am at. When people say what they dislike the most about Clinton is her foreign policy, that is one area where I'm okay with her on.
 
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brainchild said:
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Well, even if you don't share your template answers, I am interested in your thoughts on the current discussion of technocracy, as I recall you musing the idea some time ago.
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I could probably muse over it forever going back and forth internally. I'm definitely sympathetic towards the problems that a technocracy ostensibly is about solving, but I am equally concerned with its vulnerability to becoming more and more Autocratic. I think democracy has scaling issues but I'm not convinced it's the best response to that dilemma.
 
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I'm back in school for the third and final time. Bachelor's in marketing, MBA in health care management, getting bachelor's in accounting so I can sit for cpa exam and then take over a company. I'm a controller by day, adjunct instructor at night. Interracial marriage. I'm black, she's white, Irish and Mexican. I'm also a deist.
 
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brainchild

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It's the more snazzy name for "Straight (White) Male".
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I don't wanna open a can of worms, but this isn't true.

Transgender people can be 'straight while males'. Cis simply means that a person isn't transgender. That's it.

I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but the way you described the term is inaccurate and ignores the men in the trans community who consider themselves to be straight.

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Your gender? Female
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Politics: Moderate, Centrist left leaning Progressive
Race: White.
What are your hobbies: Grandmother to soon to be 2 kids.
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backslashbunny said:
Cloud Connected - In Flames
Distortion Sleep - Soilwork
Fury of Our Maker's Hand - Devildriver
Hate Crew Deathroll - Children of Bodom


Stuff that I consider to be melodic death metal but can just be.. melodic metal? lol


Rose of Sharyn - Killswitch Engage (I also really like End of Heartache, and that one has no screaming, so you might prefer it if you're not into people yelling.)
Nymphetamine - Cradle of Filth
Fall Into Sleep - Mudvayne (also not so much screaming)





Full disclaimer: I'm Asian American, grew up upper middle class in a really well off suburb and have a great life. I got into this kinda stuff, not because I was angry or angsty or or hate a shit life and hated the world, but because a guy I dated was really angry self-proclaimed white trash (basically, the stereotype of what you'd think of this genre.. angry, poor, young, white male that resented the world and was from a small shit town where no one went beyond high school). For whatever reason I really enjoy it now, probably because there's a small part of me that kinda gets the whole stabby stab stab blood darkness outcast/freak thing.
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Thanks for introducing me to the genre :)

Brawndo Addict said:
I could probably muse over it forever going back and forth internally. I'm definitely sympathetic towards the problems that a technocracy ostensibly is about solving, but I am equally concerned with its vulnerability to becoming more and more Autocratic. I think democracy has scaling issues but I'm not convinced it's the best response to that dilemma.
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I completely understand, and tend to agree for the most part. But I'll take a representative democracy over a technocracy any day.
 
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Sibylus

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brainchild said:
I think that the party system should be more Democratic, not less. After all, not everyone has an equal chance of being elected; if the citizens are going to be stuck with only a few realistic choices to pick from, they should have as much power in the selection of these candidates as possible, so that the people can be represented as accurately as possible.

Setting the qualifications for the candidacy of a public office to 'must be an expert in these areas' significantly inhibits the fluidity and dynamism of a free, democratic country and would disenfranchise many people who may want to run for office.
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What about a sortition system for politicians in the newly hyper-connected world? How's that for democratic, representative, and equal?
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And I'm not sure enshrining the chiropractor's right to be a science minister is a positive, set against the very real damage he did. His right to be elected somewhere? Certainly. He's qualified for the Alternative Medicine portfolio, or one of the numerous political posts that don't require a solid broad understanding of science.

I'm Non-ironically for sortition, but it would require a complete overhaul of political infrastructure. And death to the party system!
 
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Suikoguy

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NeoXChaos said:
no. she is up between 8-15 pts. All I care about is Rhode Island and the chances of a Queen Sweep on Tuesday. Wallofwinningx2.gif
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Yeah, put dirt on the media narrative of Sanders having any chance.

4/5 though will still pretty much end it though.
 
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backslashbunny said:
Stuff that I consider to be melodic death metal but can just be.. melodic metal? lol


Rose of Sharyn - Killswitch Engage

Fall Into Sleep - Mudvayne (also not so much screaming)
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KSE is straight Metalcore. They have some melodic elements, but it's not central to their songs, usually they do it for lead-ins and outros. Mudvayne similarly is pretty solidly Nu Metal early in their career and Hard Rock in modern songs. I can't speak much to CoF since I never got into them but the other two I know pretty well.

I would say if you wanted some Melodic stuff that's newer you could look at bands like The Human Abstract and Between The Buried And Me. THA even did an EP that's a metal version of Moonlight Sonata.
 
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I just need Trump to win Indiana, but Kasich and Cruz campaigns are coordinating efforts.


Cruz Campaign:
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Kasich Campaign
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Edit: oh fudge late by about 30 seconds
 
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HylianHistorian said:
I really hope JBE can turn things around enough to be re-elected.
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That's going to be hard, given the hole they're in. Gotta feel bad for JBE but I hope his supporters stay loyal, he gets some help from a Hillary admin, etc. The republican playbook here is basically the same as the 2012 playbook: let JBE eat shit for his term and do a lot of heavy lifting, then knock him off and reap the benefits as the economy improves under a republican.
 
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brainchild

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Holmes said:
I've put all the straights on ignore. Thanks for identifying yourselves.
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SAVAGE


Sibylus said:
What about a sortition system for politicians in the newly hyper-connected world? How's that for democratic, representative, and equal?
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And I'm not sure enshrining the chiropractor's right to be a science minister is a positive, set against the very real damage he did. His right to be elected somewhere? Certainly. He's qualified for the Alternative Medicine portfolio, or one of the numerous political posts that don't require a solid broad understanding of science.

I'm Non-ironically for sortition, but it would require complete overhaul of political infrastructure.
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A sortition system is ridiculous. The government as a whole is not a jury. What is this, Greece? I absolutely cannot get behind that idea.

And if you are talking about that kind of extremity of selectiveness in terms of technocracy, then sure, I would agree with those technocratic elements, but only in such relevant cases. Not cases like a presidential candidate needing to have a M.S. degree in neuroscience.
 
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lol so Cruz is gonna spend the next week in Indiana with Trump... to give Kasich a chance to split the anti-Trump vote in Oregon and New Mexico? ok.
 
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Sibylus

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brainchild said:
A sortition system is ridiculous. The government as a whole is not a jury. What is this, Greece? I absolutely cannot get behind that idea.

And if you are talking about that level of extremity of selectiveness in terms of technocracy, then sure, I would agree with those technocratic elements, but only in such relevant cases. Not cases like a presidential candidate needing to have a M.S. degree in neuroscience.
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And Greece then is not the west today. Combine a couple thousand years of political, historical, and technological advances and I think sortition could sing.

And if it wasn't clear already, I would be against imposing technocratic requirements upon executives, management, or people-oriented positions. That they get there at all usually is indication enough that they're qualified (knowledge of delegation of responsibility, public need, coalition-building, navigating the system, etc).
 
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Is anyone here concerned about the 2018 midterms? I looked at the Senate seats that are up that year, and it's a 25/8 split D/R (including the 2 independents on the democratic side). Does anyone know how many of these seats are relatively safe, or is it far too early to predict?
 
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So, I don't now if many in here are aware, but last night Beyonce released her new album, Lemonade. This album has shocked the world by being near-completely about Jay Z cheating on her. In a few songs, she makes several vague references to Jay Z's mistresses. None of whom are Monica Lewinsky, but still.

Earlier this evening, Monica tweeted this:

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Hopefully Hillary continues to do what she has been doing and ignores it. But still...I'm dying.
 
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