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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#178526: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:16:49 PM

[up] He won't.

I'm frankly tired of listening to uninformed clowns rage about "corruption" while not having the slightest clue about government, public policy, norms, the campaign process.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#178527: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:17:27 PM

[up][up][up][up] Putin's most likely successor is Medvedev...again.

edited 18th Mar '17 9:17:35 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#178528: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:18:33 PM

That's worrying. Medvedev has generally been doing a good job of diversifying the Russian economy and getting them back up to speed.

Oh really when?
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#178529: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:19:27 PM

[up] Which is why he is Putin's most likely successor.

Disgusted, but not surprised
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#178530: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:22:03 PM

@Tactical Fox

I know he can't prove it. I'd at least like to see him try though. Little annoys me more than the people who pop in for one second to declare that "Clinton was corrupt" or "Hillary would have started a war with Russia" and then vanish rather than trying to debate the issue.

It might be annoying to have the thread derailed by debates about topics we all know are inane. But it's far less irritating than these drive by attempts at attacks.

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?
#178531: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:23:09 PM

[up][up][up]If you want to complete the irony train, a country with a healthy economy, a populace expecting goodies and caring less about the near abroad, and generally with satisfied/patched up pride, may well be stronger but also less aggressive.
Even if Russia magically regained Soviet levels of clout and set about "fulfilling a historical mission" again, tis not like one can export crony capitalism with the same poetry as comes with "workers of the world unite." (The Baltics might be screwed though...)

[down]We thought that last year. The GOP have traded politics for becoming an ethnic bloc. That kind of thing is very cohesive, but not widely appealing for obvious reasons. They can limp on for a while yet and drag us down in the process.
But then, they can also be cast aside and isolated. The Dems, just have the entire rest of the body politic to set towards a single goal. Doable, just, no champagne until Dem 2020 is in the WH, the blue Congress is passing a new Voting Rights Act while repealing everything with Trump's signature, and every American is drawing lots for the right to escort Trump himself to the Hague.

edited 18th Mar '17 9:33:27 PM 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
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#178532: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:26:00 PM

the GOP has a new party head

... The GOP Of Howard County (Of Which State? I can't even tell). A Local Party Head doesn't really matter much in terms of scale or importance. Still, it's nice that at least on a local level, a more level headed person can win instead of a hyper-partisan hack.

Also, the way the Republicans are heading, there won't be a GOP of any County unless they radically change, and given how they reacted to their 'self-autopsy' in 2012 (IE, Ignore it entirely), they're as good as dead come 2018-2020.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#178533: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:28:48 PM

Even still, I know it's better late than never, but considering how gas and oil have fluctuated literally since they were first extracted from the ground, how the hell did not ONE person tell Putin or his Cabinet during the height of the oil boom, that "Hey, we're riding a high, let's invest in diversifying our economy, because we have some expansionist goals, and we don't want the west to be able to easily cripple us."

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#178534: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:32:06 PM

Medvedev has actually been doing that for a while. The Russian economy isn't actually as bad as people like to say it is.

It getting better is just something that wouldn't be good for us.

edited 18th Mar '17 9:32:34 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#178535: Mar 18th 2017 at 9:36:22 PM

[up] Sorry. I'll ensure the inclusion of geographic details next time

Speaking of geographic details North Carolina court stopped an attempted power grab on the state's election board...on the grounds of being unconstitutional (relating to the state's constitution, not the US one, but still)

edited 18th Mar '17 9:39:51 PM by MorningStar1337

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#178536: Mar 18th 2017 at 10:08:48 PM

I remember that. It's good to hear that it worked out.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#178538: Mar 19th 2017 at 5:17:17 AM

[up][up][up] Sounds like we got a 2/3 deal on that one, since they're upholding one of the legislature's three December laws. But, fortunately, it's just the one making the governor seek senatorial consent for his cabinet and seems to be functioning as intended.

Interestingly, reading Salon's source article from the NC paper the News & Observer, the vote to block the election and ethics board changes was unanimous in a three judge panel that's 2-1 Democrat.

edited 19th Mar '17 5:31:30 AM by sgamer82

StarOutlaw Since: Nov, 2010
#178539: Mar 19th 2017 at 5:29:02 AM

@ The portrait of Trump: Jesus Christ this asshole is such a fucking tool. Like....Mr. Burns levels of cartoon villain.

edited 19th Mar '17 5:47:35 AM by StarOutlaw

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#178540: Mar 19th 2017 at 6:46:49 AM

Fox News host demands Snoop Dogg and Bow Wow be executed by the Secret Service

Around the three minute mark.

What the actual fuck

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TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#178541: Mar 19th 2017 at 6:48:39 AM

I see the problem here. They're confusing the Secret Service with another SS.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#178542: Mar 19th 2017 at 7:02:04 AM

Fuck Rupert Murdoch and fuck his propaganda bullshit generator masquerading as a news network.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#178543: Mar 19th 2017 at 7:09:58 AM

Would someone in this thread try to post a new rule forbidding any unproven claim of "Corrupt Hillary" please?

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#178544: Mar 19th 2017 at 7:16:50 AM

That's overreacting a bit. But we will keep an eye on it. I'm noting that the latest incident got slammed down pretty hard.

edited 19th Mar '17 7:17:06 AM by Fighteer

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#178545: Mar 19th 2017 at 7:21:01 AM

Too bad hypocrisy isn't a limited resource, or there would be no hypocrites anywhere else in the world right now.

But seriously, they spend eight years constantly whining about Obama, with none of their fake "fears" coming true, and now they're personally offended by people criticisizing the president? Really?

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#178546: Mar 19th 2017 at 7:37:17 AM

Hmm, self serving bastards indeed.

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#178547: Mar 19th 2017 at 7:46:10 AM

Just as for why that Fox News host was calling for them to be killed, Snoop Dogg had a mock assassination of a Trump look alike in clown makeup with a cartoonist gun that unfurl a flag with the word bang, and Bow Wow told Trump to stop talking shit about Snoop before they went and pimped Melania.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#178548: Mar 19th 2017 at 8:05:01 AM

Even still, I know it's better late than never, but considering how gas and oil have fluctuated literally since they were first extracted from the ground, how the hell did not ONE person tell Putin or his Cabinet during the height of the oil boom, that "Hey, we're riding a high, let's invest in diversifying our economy, because we have some expansionist goals, and we don't want the west to be able to easily cripple us."

How willing would you be to tell him that if you had to deal with potentially being killed or having your family become collateral damage if he decides he doesn't like your attitude, or doesn't want to be corrected?

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#178549: Mar 19th 2017 at 8:28:43 AM

I don't think Putin is that touchy, he does go after opponents but I doubt he'd kill an advisor for giving well intended advice that he didn't agree with. He's no saint, but he's not Stalin or Saddam.

As for our friends at Fox, this is standard GOP procedure. When a Democrat is in the Oval Office; it is the patriotic duty of every Real American(TM) to resist tyranny. When a Republican gets in; Führerprinzip goes into effect.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#178550: Mar 19th 2017 at 8:41:08 AM

I've heard that people are afraid to contradict him or tell him when he's wrong or un-iformed. Granted I've only heard that from one source, but I can imagine becoming a target of a paranoid ruler if you voice objections to his plans, and then they don't work out. It certainly lets the kissasses whisper as much.

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