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math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#176376: Feb 28th 2017 at 2:05:21 AM

This technofascist dystopia is a bit on the nose when you're detaining Holocaust scholars.

What's next, instituting National Puppy-Kicking Day?

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#176377: Feb 28th 2017 at 2:46:14 AM

Recap of the most important things that happened recently here?

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#176378: Feb 28th 2017 at 3:38:12 AM

@Krieger22: here's the response by the other dem who voted against that bill (facebook link). Their argument is that they did it to take advantage of weird rules in the NM house so they can bring the measure back when it actually has a chance to pass.

EDIT: WHAT THE FREAKING FUCK?

edited 28th Feb '17 5:05:04 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#176379: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:12:28 AM

...

Really, DeVos? Out of all the possible choices, you had to pick Jim Crow to openly put on a pedestal?

edited 28th Feb '17 5:12:38 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#176380: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:22:39 AM

[up][up] ...Nope. Words have failed me.

edited 28th Feb '17 5:23:24 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#176381: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:27:22 AM

Oy. And I was just thinking that the head of that AIDS foundation in LA was a piece of scum.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#176382: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:28:04 AM
Thumped: This post was thumped by moderation to preserve the dignity of the author.
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#176383: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:49:55 AM

Yeah, she's not technically wrong about the school choice thing, but all the black universities really meant was that black people had the possibility of going to university. If segregation didn't exist, they wouldn't have been necessary.

It's a really terrible argument to make, though, because she clearly doesn't understand the context and history. I think all she sees is the historically black universities being academically on the same level as the other universities, with both types letting anyone attend, and assuming that's how it worked back then.

Never mind the fact that universities don't work the same way with "school choice" as public schools.

edited 28th Feb '17 5:52:20 AM by Zendervai

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#176384: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:15:07 AM

The huge increase in "options" (private schooling with curiously mono-racial classes) were a direct response to school integration, but I can't tell if she's laying the groundwork for perpetuating the same on purpose or if she's that clueless.

edited 28th Feb '17 6:18:13 AM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#176385: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:15:40 AM

Right-wing "choice": You can go to a school segregated for your race, or do without.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#176386: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:29:54 AM

I'll leave this here.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#176387: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:39:40 AM

Conservatives are totally a totally oppressed minority guys! No one having to put up with our shit is totally equal to the shit we have made everyone else go through!

Inter arma enim silent leges
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#176388: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:44:20 AM

[up] What they want is the "right" to be total assholes without facing any consequences or even criticism and the "right" to lynch anyone who dares impugn on their "honor". Never mind of course that this isn't remotely how "Free Speech" actually works.

edited 28th Feb '17 6:45:30 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#176389: Feb 28th 2017 at 7:26:29 AM

Throwing Down the Gauntlet in the Peach State
A ‘make Trump furious’ Democrat navigates race for Georgia’s Sixth

Jon Ossoff stood ramrod-straight and spoke in sparing phrases, as if a great burden rests on his 30-year-old shoulders. To hear from many of the 150 people who crowded a Dunwoody synagogue the other night to meet him, it’s easy to understand why.

“The Republican side has been showing up to vote here for years, and we haven’t been energized,” said Melanie Manning, among the Democrats pinning her hopes on Ossoff. “Now we are. This election will be different.”

No Democrat has represented Georgia’s 6th Congressional District since Newt Gingrich won the seat in 1978...

But Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker who was until recently unknown to even veteran Georgia strategists, has quickly captured the imagination of Democrats hoping to notch an early victory against Donald Trump. The special election will be among the first in the nation since Trump became president.
His campaign claims nearly $2 million in donations in less than two months, an almost unfathomable amount for a political newcomer. He has racked up celebrity support and a string of big-name endorsements. And national Democrats are pouring staff and resources into his race.


Karen Handel vows to fight the ‘status quo’ in 6th District bid

Former Secretary of State Karen Handel on Wednesday entered the wide-open race to succeed Rep. Tom Price with hopes that her high name recognition and deep Fulton County roots can help her win the coveted seat.

“It’s time to deliver on the promises made of cutting spending, repealing Obamacare and reducing regulations,” she said, adding: “I have a record of standing up and fighting the status quo to get things done and I will take that fight to Washington.”

...her political career was twice derailed. Her 2010 gubernatorial bid ended in a narrow runoff defeat to Nathan Deal, a bitter rival, and she finished in third-place in the 2014 GOP primary for an open U.S. Senate seat.

In between, she became a darling to religious conservatives when she resigned from a leadership role in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation in 2012 after it reversed its decision to cut ties with the abortion rights Planned Parenthood group. Her book about the episode was called “Planned Bullyhood,” and it gave her a national profile.

...the district, a conservative-leaning stretch spanning from east Cobb to north De Kalb that should be the GOP’s to lose. But President Donald Trump looms large over the contest, and the race could become an early test for his popularity in an establishment-friendly territory. Trump lost the district in Georgia’s March primary and eked out a 1-point victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in November. Price, who was confirmed last week as Trump’s health secretary, won re-election by a more convincing 62 percent of the vote.

edited 28th Feb '17 7:29:20 AM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#176390: Feb 28th 2017 at 7:39:54 AM

Here are some municipal elections that happen this year.

EDIT: and this may be interesting for anyone from LA (also, please fact check it?)

edited 28th Feb '17 7:45:21 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#176391: Feb 28th 2017 at 7:57:23 AM

There's been a lot of reporting on that LA measure. The theory is that this Weinstein tapeworm does not like some development project or other in the neighbourhood of his skyscraper and has been fighting it in court for times and is now funding this measure to block it.

That's what I am referring to when I speak about the housing crisis down there. NIMBY scum like this fellow are a big part of the problem. There'd be enough space for extra development 'xcept for zoning regulations and environmental protection rules that have been hijacked by people who don't want new neighbourhoods or profit from high housing prices.

I wonder if you could get him nailed for embezzlement.

(It's not even the worst in dodgy behaviours by supporters of that measure - misleading campaign notices that looked like eviction notices have been used as well)

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#176392: Feb 28th 2017 at 8:03:21 AM

You think what Devos said is batshit crazy? Sessions think the DOJ reports on Chicago PDs racism are anecdotal and unscientific

edited 28th Feb '17 8:19:52 AM by SeptimusHeap

New Survey coming this weekend!
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#176393: Feb 28th 2017 at 8:05:56 AM

[up]Each's worse than the last.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#176394: Feb 28th 2017 at 8:17:06 AM

What do you say when you read statistics you don't like? — "Fake news!"

What do you say when you realise it's an internal report from the DoJ and not the work of a journalist? — "Bad science!"

Keep on trucking, GOP. You be predictable as fuck. tongue

edited 28th Feb '17 8:17:58 AM by Euodiachloris

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#176395: Feb 28th 2017 at 8:20:18 AM

[Took the liberty of fixing the broken link in your post, Tactical]

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#176396: Feb 28th 2017 at 8:29:49 AM

Trump claims the desire for town hall meetings, security leaks, and call for more open press conferences are all part of a massive conspiracy by Obama to undermine him.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#176397: Feb 28th 2017 at 8:40:14 AM

[up]"Mr. Trump offered no evidence for his claims" I anticipate hearing this a lot in the near future.

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#176398: Feb 28th 2017 at 8:40:48 AM

Is he sure it wasn't the Illuminati? Or maybe President Obama was an Illuminati plant all along? Duh-duh-duhhh!

Also:

In [Trump's] wide-ranging interview with Fox News' programme Fox and Friends, he said:

He gave himself a "C" on getting his message out but an "A" for achievement and "A+" for effort

His plans to boost defence spending by $54bn (£43bn) would be paid for by a "revved up economy"

He would be a "hypocrite" if he attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner in light of "fake news"
Seems legit...note 

edited 28th Feb '17 8:49:41 AM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#176399: Feb 28th 2017 at 9:58:33 AM

The Freedom Caucus has withdrawn their support from the ACA repeal bill Ryan put forward, apparently it doesn't screw people hard enough.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/politics/mark-meadows-vote-leaked-obamacare-bill/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Perian Since: Jun, 2016
#176400: Feb 28th 2017 at 10:12:27 AM

@sgamer82 if you want to know the biases of news sources, you can refer to http://mediabiasfactcheck.com/.

Just posting their rating of The Intercept, because I (and others) have been attacked for using it as a source:

Factual Reporting: HIGH

Notes: The Intercept is an online publication launched in February 2014 by First Look Media, the news organization created and funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The editors are Betsy Reed, Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill (Wikipedia). The Intercept produces well sourced quality journalism. They have a left-center bias in reporting and tend to use loaded, sensational words.

Of course, I agree that its journalists have certain biases (with investigative journalism, it is practically impossible to avoid this), but that doesn't mean that they don't have their facts straight, as some of you suggested (to the extent that anything that comes from them is unreliable). They still have journalistic integrity, and have received several awards for their articles, and therefore shouldn't be put on the same level as real garbage journalism such as The Young Turks, for example.

That being said, I'll admit that less opinionated sources are preferable in most cases, just saying that you shouldn't automatically dismiss a source because you don't like its author.


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