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[ArkhamFantasy]

I just find it highly unlikely they find anything concrete to pin on Trump and company related to Russia. None of it really required collusion to pull off, which means you're really looking for evidence of quid pro between Trump and Russia. The only thing that gives me hope is just how stupid all these people are, someone could have screwed up.

I think the only hope we have is that Trump has gotten away with everything his entire life, and he's been rewarded greatly for it, even became president, i dont think its a stretch to say that his arrogance could leave him vulnerable.

I have zero confidence in Republicans to do anything about it even if they actually did a proper investigation though.

 

[Owzers]

Tom price on tapper state of the union just seems kinda evil. We'll make Medicaid better by spending less on it.

 

[Plinko]

Tom price on tapper state of the union just seems kinda evil. We'll make Medicaid better by spending less on it.

At this point, I see no difference between Ryan, Mulvaney, and Price when it comes to levels of evil.

 

[Tranqueris]

Tomi Lahren learning the age old Republican lesson. If you're not a rich white man, you're just a another mascot that can be thrown under the bus at a moment's notice.

 

[Vixdean]

I'd like to see some of Paul Ryan's college essays or early opinion articles. If he's been dreaming about killing the poor for 30 years, I bet it's gotten into some of his written work. Something like "The best way to address poverty is to revoke all government assistance and force them to compete for scraps. The cream rise while the weak die.".

 

[Wilsongt]

Whoops?



https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/843463124560896001

Low level staffer #56?

 

[SparkleMotion]

Tomi Lahren learning the age old Republican lesson. If you're not a rich white man, you're just a another mascot that can be thrown under the bus at a moment's notice.

When was she thrown under the bus?

 

[Hindl]

When was she thrown under the bus.

See her pro-choice comments on the View and the reaction since then, including Glenn Beck

 

[FyreWulff]

there's no room to march outside of the lockstep in conservatism.

 

[Tranqueris]

When was she thrown under the bus?

“I’m pro-choice and here’s why,” Lahren said during the show’s “Political View” segment, “I can’t sit here and be a hypocrite and say I’m for limited government but I think that the government should decide what women should do with their bodies.

“I can say, you know what, I am for limited government so stay out of my guns and you can stay out of my body as well,” she continued.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tomi-lahren-pro-choice_us_58cde0e3e4b00705db4ffb27

 

[royalan]

If Tomi Lahren gets hated by both sides of the aisle she deserves it.

She has made a career of making a caricature of the left and attacking that. She's spread lies and incited hate against every "liberal issue" under the sun. Oh, but now you want cover for the one issue that means something to you?

Do you want a cookie or something? #GirlBye

 

[smokeandmirrors]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tomi-lahren-pro-choice_us_58cde0e3e4b00705db4ffb27

at least that logic is entirely consistent.

 

[nature boy]

Face The Nation‏Verified account @FaceTheNation 32m32 minutes ago

.@tedcruz says he won't vote for GOP health care bill as it stands

.

 

[Plinko]

I'd like to see some of Paul Ryan's college essays or early opinion articles. If he's been dreaming about killing the poor for 30 years, I bet it's gotten into some of his written work. Something like "The best way to address poverty is to revoke all government assistance and force them to compete for scraps. The cream rise while the weak die.".

I'm kind of surprised we haven't seen this yet. Perhaps they're waiting for him to decide to run for a bigger office?

 

[Pixieking]

at least that logic is entirely consistent.

Yup. Which explains why she was thrown under the bus - the GOP hate logic almost as much as women.

Edit:

Cruz will knuckle under. The very epitome of the slimy two-faced Republican.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

The only complement I can give Lahren is that atleast she understands that being a Republican means wanting less government and she displays that by being pro choice.

Thats about it tho.

 

[Tall4Life]

Two """""""""liberals""""""""""" told me today that when they're older, they're going to become conservative so they can get more money. One of them also said that we should keep the poor in America as they are because the poor are necessary for the rest of us to do better, or something.

They're not white either. My god.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Trump drops to 37% approve, 58% disapprove on Gallup. His worst numbers yet and worse numbers than Obama's lowest point (which was... Ebola somehow).

http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx

But Gallup has been moving erratically so be careful about this one.

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Two """""""""liberals""""""""""" told me today that when they're older, they're going to become conservative so they can get more money. One of them also said that we should keep the poor in America as they are because the poor are necessary for the rest of us to do better, or something.

They're not white either. My god.

Are you surprised? Look at any OT thread which involves discussing some form of taxes or health insurance. People can quickly do 180s when their personal income is involved.

 

[kess]

Trump drops to 37% approve, 58% disapprove on Gallup. His worst numbers yet and worse numbers than Obama's lowest point (which was... Ebola somehow).

http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx

But Gallup has been moving erratically so be careful about this one.

Last week was more of a shit show than usual, though. Tried to distract from that healthcare bill by bringing up a joke of a budget.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Trump drops to 37% approve, 58% disapprove on Gallup. His worst numbers yet and worse numbers than Obama's lowest point (which was... Ebola somehow).

http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx

But Gallup has been moving erratically so be careful about this one.

.....People blamed Obama for Ebola?

 

[Veidt]

.....People blamed Obama for Ebola?

He's black.

 

[ascii42]

But Gallup has been moving erratically so be careful about this one.

Really seems like the 15th was a weird outlier and took until today to roll off the 3 day average. Otherwise, it's basically been a decline since the 11th

 

[Electric Eye]

.....People blamed Obama for Ebola?

He brought it with him from Kenya to kill whites.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

.....People blamed Obama for Ebola?

Yes.

We lost three Senate seats because of Ebola.

It was the dumbest shit in the world.

 

[Ecotic]

The run up to the 2014 midterms was awful. You had Isis become a household name, the Ebola outbreak, and the annexation of Crimea earlier in the year. The failed Obamacare rollout was still fresh also.

 

[sphagnum]

Two """""""""liberals""""""""""" told me today that when they're older, they're going to become conservative so they can get more money. One of them also said that we should keep the poor in America as they are because the poor are necessary for the rest of us to do better, or something.

They're not white either. My god.

This is the basic logic of capitalism. You need poverty to scare workers into compliance.

 

[Y2Kev]

I think Obamacare website failure doomed the dems. It was everywhere and it WAS a demonstration of how government just "fucks everything up all the time LOL". This was after the GOP shut down the government. That was EXTREMELY unpopular. It was just a huge mess.

 

[KingK]

The run up to the 2014 midterms was awful. You had Isis become a household name, the Ebola outbreak, and the annexation of Crimea earlier in the year. The failed Obamacare rollout was still fresh also.

The scaremongering in the media over ISIL and Ebola leading up to the midterm election was a fucking joke. The day after the election, the Ebola coverage was pretty much dropped completely and republicans stopped bringing it up. It was so damn infuriating.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

The greatest quote of all time came from Ben Carson about Ebola.

CARSON: Well, again I say you always have to guard for the worst case scenario. So, you know, someone comes up to a lab worker. He knows he's got the urine. “How would you like to have a million dollars?” A little transaction there. I mean, somebody's going to say “That's crazy. That can never happen.” Such things have been known to happen. We have to guard against worst case scenarios.

 

[Plinko]

The greatest quote of all time came from Ben Carson about Ebola.

LOL

Classic Carson.

 

[Wilsongt]

The greatest quote of all time came from Ben Carson about Ebola.

How this man was a world renounced neurosurgeon I will never know. Unless this shit is all an act.

 

[StopMakingSense]

How this man was a world renounced neurosurgeon I will never know. Unless this shit is all an act.

Renowned, but renounced makes this way funnier.

 

[pigeon]

This is the basic logic of capitalism. You need poverty to scare workers into compliance.

In fairness you rarely hear people explicitly say that we have to starve unproductive workers to demonstrate the consequences, even though that is the principle behind it.

Also I'm starting to think we really should just propose single payer right now.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I'm interested in the idea that Ben Carson is still a genius and is just using his genius to scam white evangelicals by putting on an act.

It's still possible for one of the best neurosurgeons in the world to be this stupid, but the idea of Carson just being really dedicated to the scam is intriguing.

 

[Ether_Snake]

I forget if I asked before here; is there any proof Carson was actually a practicing neurosurgeon? Neurosurgeons make a lot of money, and this guy seems more like a scammer.

edit: Wow, so he was world renowned. Wtf lol.

 

[sphagnum]

In fairness you rarely hear people explicitly say that we have to starve unproductive workers to demonstrate the consequences, even though that is the principle behind it.

Also I'm starting to think we really should just propose single payer right now.

Didn't Rick Santorum flat out say that we need poor people a couple years back?

 

[smokeymicpot]

How this man was a world renounced neurosurgeon I will never know. Unless this shit is all an act.

Just reminds of that guy everyone knows who is great at one thing but he is a moron with everything else.

 

[Box of Kittens]

Spend enough time in academia and you get very used to the idea that someone can be a genius at one thing and a complete idiot otherwise.

 

[StopMakingSense]

I forget if I asked before here; is there any proof Carson was actually a practicing neurosurgeon? Neurosurgeons make a lot of money, and this guy seems more like a scammer.

edit: Wow, so he was world renowned. Wtf lol.

He was director of a surgical department at Johns Hopkins for 20 years.

 

[Y2Kev]

I don't understand people who say that. Did y'all not go to college? You don't know anyone who could do math but was a moron? Or some superb creative writer who was also CERTAIN Apple programmed her iPhone to explode so she'd have to buy a new one? Smart people or talented people do stupid shit all the time. Is it just because people say, "This isn't brain surgery" that people think that? Should people say "this isn't options pricing" so people are more respectful of traders?

 

[dramatis]

I was in a polisci class with a dude who actually thought Reagan was the greatest president

That was the extent of the stupid I encountered, so I was pretty sheltered

 

[Diablos]

In fairness you rarely hear people explicitly say that we have to starve unproductive workers to demonstrate the consequences, even though that is the principle behind it.

Also I'm starting to think we really should just propose single payer right now.

Given the likely reality of the SCOTUS being right wing for another generation (hang in there, liberals and Kennedy), I think single payer is out of the question. Best we can do is ACA unless Dems can transform themselves at the state level in the next 10 years and amend the constitution.

 

[Plinko]

I needed a break from master's degree work so I perused Fox News' twitter account for a bit.

Never again.

 

[Trouble]

I don't understand people who say that. Did y'all not go to college? You don't know anyone who could do math but was a moron? Or some superb creative writer who was also CERTAIN Apple programmed her iPhone to explode so she'd have to buy a new one? Smart people or talented people do stupid shit all the time. Is it just because people say, "This isn't brain surgery" that people think that? Should people say "this isn't options pricing" so people are more respectful of traders?

If you crave validation you could go with "This isn't vidya game forum moderation." Might get more traction.

 

[broz0rs]

I was in a polisci class with a dude who actually thought Reagan was the greatest president

That was the extent of the stupid I encountered, so I was pretty sheltered

I had a realization that trickle down economics is a complete fraud when I took accounting classes in college and understood corporate financial statements. Rich people who loves trickle down are just greedy motherfuckers, plain and simple.

 

[sphagnum]

I don't understand people who say that. Did y'all not go to college? You don't know anyone who could do math but was a moron? Or some superb creative writer who was also CERTAIN Apple programmed her iPhone to explode so she'd have to buy a new one? Smart people or talented people do stupid shit all the time. Is it just because people say, "This isn't brain surgery" that people think that? Should people say "this isn't options pricing" so people are more respectful of traders?

"traders" sounds like "traitors" to me

 

[sc0la]

I don't understand people who say that. Did y'all not go to college? You don't know anyone who could do math but was a moron? Or some superb creative writer who was also CERTAIN Apple programmed her iPhone to explode so she'd have to buy a new one? Smart people or talented people do stupid shit all the time. Is it just because people say, "This isn't brain surgery" that people think that? Should people say "this isn't options pricing" so people are more respectful of traders?

I usually just say "This isn't rocket surgery!"

 

[Hellwarden]

Well it's a real relief to know the giant stupid fucking wall is at least gonna be pretty on our side.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Well it's a real relief to know the giant stupid fucking wall is at least gonna be pretty on our side.

The fuck