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I mean, having bear feet would indeed be somewhat problematic.
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If you bear feet you surly have the right bear arms
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Oh, bother.
Is it weird that I suddenly have a craving for bear meat? I've always wanted to try bear paws.
Edited by M84 on Jan 12th 2019 at 12:31:34 AM
Disgusted, but not surprised
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Nothing about this conversation was really food related, so yes. It is weird.
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Me, I am more concerned that people/media are still wonking over such insignificant things. Politics is not a beauty pageant, never mind sexism concerns.
Also, I am a little afraid of how much authority presidents have during "emergencies".
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Oh, bother.
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Blame generations upon generations of society treating a woman's sexuality and physical appearance as the most important things about her. Sex and scandals sell papers, get ratings, and grab clicks.
Edited by M84 on Jan 12th 2019 at 12:46:18 AM
Disgusted, but not surprised
Call me Stick
x7 What's wrong with fetishists (well, at least the ones who don't dip in to nonconsensual/snuffy stuff)?
Edited by TroperOnAStickV2 on Jan 11th 2019 at 12:22:14 PM
Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
Disasturbator
polite society does not approve of what you think is sexy,so talking about is lewd and not approved
Edited by Ultimatum on Jan 11th 2019 at 5:26:41 PM
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The Spectre Monk
So RBG will miss her second week of court next week, but she is on track to return (around the first of February, as I read in another article.) There are no signs of disease left, and no further treatment is planned:
Even a bit of good news is still good in these troubling times
I've re-read the rules carefully and hopefully this one doesn't break anything
I guess, after a night of pillaging and raping, a Viking wants a little something to go with his cocoa.
Wrong? Nothing. It's more amusing due to the contrast of them stopping a Conservative smear through their own, for lack of a better term, expertise.
Meanwhile, the headline feels a bit clickbaitey, so I've included an excerpt to help a bit
Exasperated Democrats try to rein in Ocasio-Cortez
The effort is part carrot, part stick. But it's far from clear the anti-establishment political novice can be made to play ball.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrats-establisment-1093728
The effort, described by nearly 20 lawmakers and aides, is part carrot, part stick: Some lawmakers with ties to Ocasio-Cortez are hoping to coax her into using her star power to unite Democrats and turn her fire on Republicans. Others simultaneously warn Ocasio-Cortez is destined for a lonely, ineffectual career in Congress if she continues to treat her own party as the enemy.
“I’m sure Ms. Cortez means well, but there’s almost an outstanding rule: Don’t attack your own people,” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.). “We just don’t need sniping in our Democratic Caucus.”
Incumbent Democrats are most annoyed by Ocasio-Cortez’s threat to back primary opponents against members of their ranks she deems too moderate. But their frustration goes beyond that: Democratic leaders are upset that she railed against their new set of House rules on Twitter the first week of the new Congress. Rank and file are peeved that there’s a grassroots movement to try to win her a top committee post they feel she doesn’t deserve.
Even some progressives who admire AOC, as she’s nicknamed, told POLITICO that they worry she’s not using her notoriety effectively.
“She needs to decide: Does she want to be an effective legislator or just continue being a Twitter star?” said one House Democrat who’s in lockstep with Ocasio Cortez’s ideology. “There’s a difference between being an activist and a lawmaker in Congress.”
Also:
Exclusive: Trump team should be allowed to ‘correct’ final Mueller report, says Giuliani
The claim, made in a telephone interview with The Hill on Thursday evening, goes further than the president’s legal advisers have ever gone before in arguing they have a right to review the conclusions of Mueller’s probe, which is now in its 20th month.
“As a matter of fairness, they should show it to you — so we can correct it if they’re wrong,” said the former New York City mayor, who is a member of Trump's personal legal team. “They’re not God, after all. They could be wrong.”
The special counsel's office declined to comment.
Edited by sgamer82 on Jan 11th 2019 at 12:23:46 PM
Looks like Go Fund Me killed the Trump Wall fundraiser.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
A (still-developing) story on
Veteran Ends Go Fund Me Border Wall Campaign, Vows To Build It Himself
Brian Kolfage’s online fundraiser is officially over, but his dream of building Donald Trump’s wall lives on.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c38eea3e4b0e0baf53d4a87
Edited by sgamer82 on Jan 11th 2019 at 1:45:00 PM
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Well, Giulani gets the vote for the stupidest thing said today.
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“The park will be closed until I can ensure that resources inside the park are protected," Smith said during a short phone call. "We’re hoping that the shutdown will be over soon."
While the closure will take effect 8 a.m. Thursday, the superintendent could not say how long it would last. Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has directed the National Park Service to use fee revenues brought in under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to pay for cleanup and additional law enforcement personnel. Smith said that while his park normally takes in about $9 million a year, most of that has been committed to projects. Staff was working to see how much in unobligated funds remained.
One place that saw traffic was around Joshua Tree's Live Oak area, which is not far from the north entrance to the park.
“We had some pretty extensive four-wheel driving around the entire area to access probably our most significant tree in the park," Smith said. "We have this hybrid live oak tree that is deciduous. It is one of our kind of iconic trees inside the park. People were driving to it and camping under it. Through the virgin desert to get to this location. That would probably be a quarter-mile or so around the rock formation that is there.”
The superintendent said there also were instances of graffiti in the park this past week. Park officials were identifying additional staff and resources needed to address immediate maintenance and sanitation issues.
Monitoring a park the size of Joshua Tree, which covers 1,235 square miles and has about 20 different entrances due to dirt roads that ring the park, is extremely difficult with just eight law enforcement rangers. Were it not for the shutdown, there would have been more than 100 other "sets of eyes" to help keep an eye on visitor behavior, the superintendent said.
"We have 120 employees in the park, plus 30 associates that work for Great Basin Institute, the majority of whom are in the park every day," he said. "Those are the folks that are in the campgrounds and in the day-use areas and doing science. So you’ve got 100 sets of eyes in the park every day with folks contacting visitors."
Law enforcement rangers were to continue to patrol the park and enforce the closure until park staff completes the necessary cleanup and park protection measures.
I've returned to play Bioshock Infinite one more time on my new computer. It's a shame we live in a version of Columbia without the vigors, floating particles, and technical wonders.
Ugh. I do follow Nate Silver's Twitter feed and among the (ahem) "interesting" things linked there is this Tweet about Politico running a "Hillary Clinton will somehow cause Democrats to blow the midterms" story and another one about their coverage of Elizabeth Warren. Pace my previously stated opinion of a Warren candidacy, I am thinking that Politico's coverage in both cases is exactly what people mean when they say that sexism still runs rampant in politics.
@Raining Metal: To be fair the modern US is arguably considerably more technologically advanced than Columbia is.
"Any campaign world where an orc samurai can leap off a landcruiser to fight a herd of Bulbasaurs will always have my vote of confidence"
Much less flashy, though. Just playing that game myself, to be honest I'd rather use a blowtorch to light a fire or a forklift to move things rather than have my hand turn into some horrible burnt skeleton-thing throwing fireballs or grow horrible bloody octopus-suckers, for all that the airships and skylines look neat.
I mean if any one can pair a foot to a specific person it's a foot fetishist, that's kind of there thing. 
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So Trump is holding off on declaring a national emergency "for now":
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-holds-border-security-roundtable-live-updates/
So why can't the government re-open? What is the point of dragging this out? Mc Connell is rejecting every single bill, even the ones drafted by Republicans
What is the point of any of this?
Edited by MrHellboy on Jan 11th 2019 at 4:08:40 AM
I guess, after a night of pillaging and raping, a Viking wants a little something to go with his cocoa.
Disasturbator
> What is the point of any of this?
to stick it to those L i b r a l s
And generally because they can
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The Spectre Monk
Do you think, if this lasts long enough, people might actually start revolting?
If enough people are jobless and/or hungry, I would hope that would spur them to some kind of action
What is Trump going to do? Arrest them? Tear-gas them? Have the military turn their weapons on them?
When is enough going to be enough?
Edited by MrHellboy on Jan 11th 2019 at 4:19:43 AM
I guess, after a night of pillaging and raping, a Viking wants a little something to go with his cocoa.
Trump's been probably told that it either won't work or that Republicans are opposed to it. Remember, if Trump can use an emergency declaration to embezzle appropriated money for pet projects so can any future Democratic president. And we already know that the only times - such as scrapping the legislative filibuster - where Evil Turtle holds his party back is when a measure would allow future Democratic administrations and Senate majorities to waltz over the minority.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Behind the scenes it's because Mc Connell ultimately can only game Trump, not control him. Mc Connell is not blocking votes because he wants to extend the Shutdown, he wants to avoid having the clash between him and Trump openly.
And if Congress passes a bill in both Houses only for Trump to Veto it, it'll be in the open.
The Turtle gives a flying fuck about the Wall, he wants his Agenda done. Trump believes not getting that Wall is a sign of weakness and is unwilling to budge on it. Thats what started this mess.
So unless the Dems blink, the true Clash of Wills here is between Mc Connell and Trump behind closed doors.
Edited by 3of4 on Jan 11th 2019 at 11:27:59 AM
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Is there any irony that fetishists saved the day against an attempt to smear a Democrat for relatively tame sexiness?
Pagetoppers don't you ever change.
Edited by sgamer82 on Jan 11th 2019 at 9:15:33 AM