Remember when Bernie wouldn't drop out? Good times.
Yeah I remember 4 weeks ago too.
Remember when Bernie wouldn't drop out? Good times.
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That time period in US history is really important. I would definitely recommend taking it.
During that period we saw the establishment of Jim Crow, the rise of jingoist nationalism, and the desire for overseas imperialist conquest.
It was also one of the most violent and turbulent political time periods in our history with massive labor strikes, violent responses to those labor strikes, anarchist terrorist plots, assassinations, bombings, massive corruption, populism, women's rights movements, temperance movements, etc.
After that, we begin to see the rise of progressiveness in response to the corrupt corportist/laizzee fair government that we had before. This is an extremely important period because we get to see how America dealt with the huge dislocations of industrialization that gave enormous wealth to business leaders, put millions in squalid working conditions in a factory and not on a farm, and how this new wealth influenced and shaped our politics.
Progressiveness was not without its problems because they largely favored everything scientific and what was scientific at the time was also scientific racism, social darwninism, and eugenics. The connections to these ideas and Hitler/WWII are pretty obvious. I think this is important because we shouldn't pretend that these ideas were not accepted anywhere else besides Germany. Hell, even pogroms against Jews were rather common in Europe, especially Eastern Europe and Russia before Hitler took power.
My other choices would be Women's history and Germany
The history of Teddy could be instructive since we're essentially seeing what happened back then happen again, in relation to the Republican party.
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We'll release rest of our TX poll this PM but here's a preview. 50% support building a wall with Mexico, 7% support building one w/ Oklahoma
This is what jumped out at me too. I mean, we're talking about a guy who was in SERIOUS danger of losing his reelection as a GOP governor in a red state (even with Donnelly, Bayh, and Obama 08, IN is a red state).There's no friggin way these numbers are right on Pence:
No way he's at +19 approve/disapprove as governor. Daniels was only at 51% approval in 2008. This sample is off.
You say that, but I wouldn't bet against it.
"Beat the shit out of him" isn't really an insult, and calling someone a pussy (derived from referring to cats according to OED, i.e. a scardy-cat) is still pretty mild."I'd like to beat the shit out of him" "pussy"
"Beat the shit out of him" isn't really an insult, and calling someone a pussy (derived from referring to cats according to OED, i.e. a scardy-cat) is still pretty mild.
Read about halfway down:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...us_57b490f7e4b0edfa80daabf5?al2y5n7w790wqxgvi
"Beat the shit out of him" isn't really an insult, and calling someone a pussy (derived from referring to cats according to OED, i.e. a scardy-cat) is still pretty mild.
The faster we can switch the House over to a Parliamentary system the better.
Where you basically vote for a party, then the state is represented proportionally.
CNN said according to their sources Trump will be unleashed during debates.
Haha I heard that Live but didn't see the video because I was gaming with the CNN audio
There is no universe where "pussy" is G-rated.
Pretty sure "pussy" is a gendered insult using slang for genitalia, such as calling someone a "dick" isn't making fun of their detective abilities, but is also a gendered insult using slang for genitalia.
yes and a horrible human being
https://newrepublic.com/article/118145/scott-walkers-toxic-racial-politics
I wonder where Trump came from?
Good point well made. Perhaps I should clarify why I went for Greek/German/Jewish...
Both Womens' and US history, within the specified time periods, are really well-documented. they are certainly not unworthwhile but you can go a long way in learning from/about them in maybe 3-5 books worth (my usual procedure for doing this is to raid the local library, take out a shelf-worth of books on any subject, skim-read the lot, pick the best and follow up it's bibliography - if it doesn't have a bibliography then you picked wrong).
Greek, German (even within that time frame) and Jewish (ditto) history are each so broad and so lengthy and so intricate and nuanced that you actually benefit from having a taught course, so as to pick up nuances and insights and angles from a decent teacher.
Upshot is, if you want to actually learn something you otherwise couldn't, go for Greek, German, Jewish. If you just want the credits do US and Womens' and throw a die for the other.
Well, that's the way I see it anyhow.
That doesn't strike me as a very good idea.
Representatives need to actually represent districts. States are too diverse for your plan to work. For instance, nobody would ever feel the need to represent the interests of Upstate New York. All of the politicians would only be motivated to keep NYC happy.
Sykes is currently having his moment of clarity:
Doubt it sticks, but it's a start, I suppose.
Read about halfway down:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...us_57b490f7e4b0edfa80daabf5?al2y5n7w790wqxgvi
The taco bowl incident, trivial though it was, is one example. On Cinco de Mayo, Trump happened to be eating a taco bowl for lunch at his desk in Trump Tower. Manafort was in the office with other aides when a member of the family suggested they tweet a picture of Trump enjoying his Mexican lunch.
Manafort politely suggested that this might be seen as condescending and cautioned against it. The tweet went out. Trump himself was delighted by the resulting controversy. The people who were offended were people we wanted to offend, he later said.
Sykes is currently having his moment of clarity:
Doubt it sticks, but it's a start, I suppose.
I don't even know what to do with this.
I expect the GOP to self reflect, do a postmortem etc this election. I expect them to learn nothing from this reflection, just like last time.
Shit. He's almost got enough people for another season of the Apprentice. Why has some TV network not made this yet?
I thought they were doing a special or something that day which is why he had it?Didn't he also claim it was from the Trump Cafe, which doesn't have these on the menu?
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Ted Cruz has become unpopular even in Texas. Only 39% of voters approve of him, 48% disapprove: https://t.co/G3QbbZAhrx
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Here's the best poll for Donald Trump in a long time. GOPers in TX say they prefer him as nominee to Cruz 52/38: https://t.co/G3QbbZAhrx
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Only 50% of GOP primary voters in general want Cruz to be Senate nominee again, 43% say someone else: https://t.co/G3QbbZAhrx
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72% of voters in Texas support increasing minimum wage to at least $10 an hour- 94% of Ds, 74% of Is, 53% of Rs: https://t.co/G3QbbZAhrx
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Texans even support assault weapons ban 48/43. Dems much more unified in support (70%) than GOP in opposition (55%): https://t.co/G3QbbZAhrx
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63% of voters in Texas support Senate hearings on Merrick Garland's nomination, only 18% opposed: https://t.co/G3QbbZAhrx
I thought I'd the same criticism as soon as I posted it. I just felt that we've mucked up this system so much we need to burn it down.
I suppose we could gerrymander districts based on algorithm. Set them up proportionally, so the entire population of the state is being adequately represented.
This doesn't challenge its racism. He's mad they won't listen to him, they've found other outlets.
I don't see him apologizing for these racist dogwhistles.
He's still a horrible person who has these horrible thoughts
He had me there until he started talking about the "liberal media" and their "bias." Conservatives do that shit to themselves with all the crazy shit they be spouting. A lot of the news media on television is profit based.
I actually think they did learn - the overlords tried to pivot to become less horrible to Latinos, and their racist base revolted and backed Trump.
Sykes is currently having his moment of clarity:
Doubt it sticks, but it's a start, I suppose.
Yeah, and going forward the base will keep Republicans from learning any lessons and moving anywhere but further right. They'll turn to echo chamber media to salve their wounds and more white women and college educated whites will leave the party. The 2020 nominee will likely be some joker like Cruz.
I wanted him to run as a third party.Remember when Bernie wouldn't drop out? Good times.
I think the important take away for me personally, is these people are unwilling you adjust their view points to coincide both with the majority of Americans and with supportable facts/data.
I used to be naive to think that Republicans would readjust to be a center right foil to the Democrats. It's becoming increasingly obvious that they are more willing to burn the entire thing down rather than reevaluate their outlook.
Hopefully sometime in her 4-8 years in office. Clinton backs a black woman for supreme court justice. They pretty much pushed her over the top in the primaries.
Keep polling in Colorado at least for the Senate. Though last I checked Bennet was up something like 15 points over the Republican challenger
I don't even know what to do with this.
when a member of the family suggested they tweet a picture of Trump enjoying his Mexican lunch
-- Donald still within 6 nationally is just not good enough, I mean...
-- Iowa numbers are kinda concerning
-- Arizona numbers, anyone? Not happy until those come in.
-- Brietbart guy running a campaign is kinda scary. Imagine the damage he could do with that platform!
-- Losing Indiana could be a real blow to taking the House, which isn't even really a possibility
-- Obamacare is probably going to collapse any minute now, too. And who can fix it without a majority?
-- Seeing all these Hillary health rumors are legit concerning, real or not. What if that scares people?
-- Donald still within 6 nationally is just not good enough, I mean...
-- Iowa numbers are kinda concerning
-- Arizona numbers, anyone? Not happy until those come in.
-- Brietbart guy running a campaign is kinda scary. Imagine the damage he could do with that platform!
-- Losing Indiana could be a real blow to taking the House, which isn't even really a possibility
-- Obamacare is probably going to collapse any minute now, too. And who can fix it without a majority?
-- Seeing all these Hillary health rumors are legit concerning, real or not. What if that scares people?
90% of Claire malone's analysis in their latest instant messagitcle is wondering about wiki leaks.
-- Donald still within 6 nationally is just not good enough, I mean...
-- Iowa numbers are kinda concerning
-- Arizona numbers, anyone? Not happy until those come in.
-- Brietbart guy running a campaign is kinda scary. Imagine the damage he could do with that platform!
-- Losing Indiana could be a real blow to taking the House, which isn't even really a possibility
-- Obamacare is probably going to collapse any minute now, too. And who can fix it without a majority?
-- Seeing all these Hillary health rumors are legit concerning, real or not. What if that scares people?
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Bet it was juniorThat's what happens when you listen to Barron!