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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
I want to know what crack is Mrs. Romney on.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Lost in Space
I believe that if John McCain had been elected President, every single U.S. citizen would have begun shitting gold.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Indiana Solo
Mc Cain, maybe, but Romney? meh. I don't think Putin'd have taken him any more seriously than Obama.
I'm baaaaaaack
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
Romney is an empty suit, Putin has enough of those sitting around the Duma.
Oh really when?
A procrastination in of itself
Could Warren be looking to become Senate leader?
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
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Ooooh. Now that'd be somewhat useful...
Actress best known for "Clueless" TV series.
She's a complete nut.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur
Lost in Space
Yet another proponent of the idea that we don't have privilege, we have opportunity that some people are too lazy to reach for. /sigh
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Professional Forum Ninja
Gunpla is amazing!
Ah politics.
"Whats that? A public scare? Should we inform the public and take smart steps?" "NAH FUCK THAT THROW MONEY AT THE PROBLEM!"
edited 21st Oct '14 1:45:22 PM by Thorn14
Lost in Space
How long will the facility take to build, though? One imagines it won't be ready in time to deal with this particular outbreak, if you can call three people an outbreak.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
It's Texas basically spending stimulus money for a decently good cause (if somewhat overblown). Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Lost in Space
Depends on how much cronyism is involved in its construction. This is Texas, after all. It's nice, of course, but it's kind of small potatoes on a macro scale.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
V
It's better than nothing, and fills an obvious hole in the Texas medical infrastructure.
edited 21st Oct '14 2:39:30 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On
Collector Of Fine Oddities
Just heard that one of the local tea party campaign volunteers was arrested for bribing people to vote against Dem. candidates.
Rather amusing to me since one of their loudest lines has been "Democrats are bribing their way to victory!" ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Don't know if there's an official news report yet. The one I did see refused to state her political affiliations, but I know which group she's a part of.
Professional Forum Ninja
Rick Perry's first court appearance for abuse of power has been moved back to November 7th.
Wandering Jew
ISIS claims to have taken weapons U.S. air-dropped into Syria.
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
Oh no, they have second rate M16s and expired body armor. Whatever shall we do? 
More seriously isn't this how they got all their shit in the first place? Taking the stuff we sent to rebels that were fighting Assad?
Oh really when?
Stacey Dash is a much more pronounced and earnest version of Bill Cosby and Morgan Freeman. At least with Freeman and Cosby, they somewhat inadvertently threw the baby out with the bathwater when they chastised the black community for its uncouthness and stifling employment problems.
Dash is basically a walking security blanket for people who don't want to acknowledge the reality of race relations in America and how they overlap with issues of poverty, incarceration and sub-standard education for black people. What really grinds my gears is that her white conservative constituents are basically using her as a living defense mechanism against accusations of racism, classism and other forms of bigotry. Most of her presence as a correspondent for Fox News is to be a manifestation of the "I have a black friend" argument.
edited 21st Oct '14 4:56:55 PM by Aprilla
Indiana Solo
A mix of that, stuff taken from syrian caches and bases, and the stuff they took from Iraqi bases.
A procrastination in of itself
If ISIS are claiming they've got stuff then they probably haven't. If they could grab stuff from the air drops they wouldn't want people to know as the drops would stop, while if they aren't getting stuff from the drops they'll say they are so as to stop the Kurds getting stuff via drops.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Wandering Jew
CDC issues new rules for protecting workers from Ebola.
I like how one commenter is claiming that Rand would know more about the issue since he is a doctor. Because an Ophthalmologist would know so much about Ebola.
edited 21st Oct '14 6:36:37 PM by Deviantbraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
I could see her looking at 2024, if she's up for going for a McCain-esque candidacy age-wise. 2016, the consensus is that it's "Hillary's turn," and Warren has repeatedly disclaimed a desire to go into the Presidential hot seat this time.
If Hillary somehow loses in 2016, then Warren 2020 is likely to try and unlikely to succeed, for the same reason that Howard Dean couldn't muscle out Kerry in 2004 and Santorum couldn't get the nod in 2012: she'd look like an extremist and be pushed out by a "centrist" candidate with "mass appeal" who couldn't even beat a President as unpopular as the Republican who beat Hillary.
BIPAC teaches companies to force their employees to listen to campaign speeches, such as the North Slope companies defending the oil-company tax cut in Alaska; disguises the campaign rally as a safety briefing
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edited 21st Oct '14 5:47:28 AM by Ramidel
I despise hypocrisy, unless of course it is my own.