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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#181451: Apr 6th 2017 at 2:25:26 PM

Seth Myers on O'Reilly scandals.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3S8A9HRdLA

Edit: Seth Myers is the host of the Late Night so it's a lot of Satire along with analysis and didn't seem to be worth it. But it's discussing the relationship between Trump, Fox News and Bill O'Reilly, as well as the O'Reilly's sexual harrassment charges.

edited 6th Apr '17 3:16:49 PM by megaeliz

Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#181452: Apr 6th 2017 at 2:35:11 PM

[up] We'd prefer if you gave a summary of your link or video for people who can't access the website/video and can easily discuss what you posted.

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#181454: Apr 6th 2017 at 3:34:49 PM

The Democrats introduced a bill to restore internet privacy: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/327652-senate-dems-want-to-reinstate-privacy-rules

edited 6th Apr '17 3:35:45 PM by Bat178

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#181455: Apr 6th 2017 at 4:06:44 PM

For any of you that want a chuckle, read this [1]

A coal museum in Kentucky is getting retrofitted to run off solar power, in order to save money, since the school is getting its budget cut.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#181456: Apr 6th 2017 at 4:11:51 PM

So Trump, Pruitt, and DeVos in one go?

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#181457: Apr 6th 2017 at 4:37:58 PM

[up][up][up][up]I guess the WWC is not full of irremediable GOP fanatics after all.

edited 6th Apr '17 4:38:15 PM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#181458: Apr 6th 2017 at 4:40:15 PM

I did think, at one point, that Kansas could be a state that swings from Reagan Red to Sanders' Blue, but considering the history of Kansas I was also skeptical of this idea. Interesting to see that my suspicion may be correct. It certainly doesn't help that their Governor is a complete wreck.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#181459: Apr 6th 2017 at 4:45:57 PM

[up]It goes much deeper than that-Kansas has been solid Red from top to bottom for years with essentially no pushback-now, the state is spiraling into enormous debt, bleeding population, and everything wrong with Republican fiscal policy in on display in an accelerated microcosm. Perhaps the biggest problem with flipping the state blue is the rapid drop in population density, with that in turn being hugely disproportionate in loss of educated and skilled labor.

edited 6th Apr '17 4:46:25 PM by ViperMagnum357

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#181460: Apr 6th 2017 at 5:22:02 PM

A possible win in Kansas? I mean, I'll believe it when I see it, but that would be a pretty good early indicator of a Blue Wave.

edited 6th Apr '17 5:29:30 PM by Gilphon

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#181461: Apr 6th 2017 at 5:26:56 PM

If a Democrat wins in KANSAS, I guarantee the Republicans will start to immediately draw up impeachment articles. Because at that point their jobs would be on the line.

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#181463: Apr 6th 2017 at 5:46:58 PM

Thing is Kansas has for years been going though what the country is now beginning, unrestricted Republicanism without the limits of sanity or reason.

Honestly considering how bad things have been getting in Kansas I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually saw violence as a reaction to what the state government has done.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#181464: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:21:29 PM

If you can try to support the dem. Canidate.

DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#181465: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:22:00 PM

CNN is reporting that the US has launched tomahawk missiles at targets in Syria.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#181466: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:22:14 PM

BREAKING: US has launched airstrikes in Syria. 43 Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#181467: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:23:56 PM

Watch as Russia releases the dirt on Trump and the GOP for betraying them and killing their troops, pretty much dooming the party to oblivion.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#181468: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:24:58 PM

They don't even have to release much, they just have to release a certain Pee Tape featuring a certain someone...

DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#181469: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:26:36 PM

Actually, unless Russian personnel are caught in the crossfire, this doesnt hurt Russian interests in any direct way. The weaker Assad gets, the more he needs his Russian and Iranian patrons.

edited 6th Apr '17 6:26:50 PM by DeMarquis

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#181470: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:27:41 PM

Seems that it's closer to 60 missiles now.

Also Russia was apparently warned ahead of time.

So I guess it's war then.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#181471: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:28:05 PM

Um, no. They need to release evidence of Trump working for them. That pee tape is gross and stupid, if it exists, but compared to the other shit he's done in office, it's nothing. Not even embarrassing compared to the two losses he's incurred so far. And nothing compared to this move, which could be seen as courting not just a renewed war in Syria but also an all-out conflict with Russia.

No, for Russia to tank Trump, they need to go "nuclear" and show evidence of the GOP being in their pocket. It's the only way to shake enough Republican voters for a Democratic win.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#181472: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:28:36 PM

Is there any information as to what they targeted?

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#181473: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:29:38 PM

Two airbases near Homs (so not the Russian base at Latakia) where the chemical weapons that were used in Khan Sheikoun where reportedly stored.

NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#181474: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:30:32 PM

Just to be clear, should...

I don't think I've been alive for something as dramatic as this to happen before now. Are there any safety precautions I should personally take for this?

I'm worried about being in a war, needless to say, much less one where we're more-or-less the instigators.

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DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#181475: Apr 6th 2017 at 6:33:53 PM

There will be no war involved the US directly. Syria doesnt remotely possess the capability to attack us, and Russia has no reason to (that's a war they wouldn't win, anyway, and they know it).

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.

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