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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I'm probably savvy enough to never have listened to Ben Shapiro. Mainly because he looks like a Smug Snake with a punchable face whose opinion you should never listen to.
Edited by RainingMetal on Mar 6th 2019 at 4:32:31 AM
ASAB: All Sponsors Are Bad.He's a massive sophist, basically. He's good at making arguments that seem clever and rational on the face of it, but break down once you examine them closely or look at the actual evidence.
Edited by GoldenKaos on Mar 6th 2019 at 12:41:49 PM
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."He's probably just a Smug Snake who puts on the facade of rationality, but in reality, he's just as much of a puppet as the rest of the alt-right.
I always say that you can't negotiate with cancer. You fight it.
ASAB: All Sponsors Are Bad.He's a trend-follower too, I remember seeing a video that tracked what he had been doing during the Bush years before he became well-known, and he's just a reactionary that rages against the progressive values of the day, and gets paid to do it. He has no real values.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."Shapiro has like the opposite of the Voice of Saruman. That grating, nasal schoolyard bully voice pretty much removes any subconscious appeal his ideas have when decontextualized.
"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."The Mueller report no one’s talking about
Justice Department rules require an accounting of any time supervisors told the special counsel “no” during his work.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/06/mueller-report-special-counsel-1206147
The reporting requirement is tucked into the department regulations that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein used when he appointed Mueller. No matter what the memo says, it’s expected to be one of the few items on a fast track for being made public that will be closely scrutinized for insights into the inner workings of the special counsel’s tight-lipped investigation.
Barr’s report could very well end up being blank, which itself would be a telling reveal that gives President Donald Trump and the leaders of the Justice Department he appointed tangible proof that the special counsel was allowed to carry out his investigation without interference.
By contrast, a report that includes explosive revelations detailing instances in which Mueller clashed with his department supervisors — say, over a subpoena for the president or an indictment against a top Trump aide or family member — would open a road map for Democratic lawmakers who have already begun their own investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, as well as the president’s conduct since taking office.
“Either way, it’s significant,” said Sol Wisenberg, a former deputy on independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s investigation of President Bill Clinton. “Assuming Mueller doesn’t indict anybody else, Trump will be able to say this guy wasn’t kept at all from going anywhere he wanted to go. So I think that’s a big deal.”
“On the other hand,” Wisenberg added, “if he was kept from going somewhere, that’s a big deal too. The Democrats will make a big deal about that. I think it’s important either way.”
Mc Connell preps new nuclear option to speed Trump judges – The Senate majority leader is moving quickly to confirm appointments to the Circuit and District Courts — likely leaving few vacancies for the next potential Democratic president.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/06/trump-mcconnell-judges-1205722
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell and his GOP caucus have long prioritized confirming conservative judges to lifetime appointments. But they’re about to accelerate their ability to unilaterally approve many nominees in dramatic fashion.
The Senate is on track to confirm the 34th Circuit Court judge of Trump’s presidency in the next week and the GOP has three more ready for floor action; that would give Trump roughly 20 percent of the Circuit Court seats in the country after just two years in office. At this rate, Mc Connell and Trump could leave few, if any, vacancies there for a potential Democratic president in 2021.
Even more alarming for Democrats, the GOP is also preparing to pull the trigger on the “nuclear option” and change Senate rules once again with a simple majority to allow much quicker confirmation of lower court judges in the coming months.
“The committee is working to put [judges] out on the floor and as soon as they come to the floor the leader’s making it a priority to move them,” said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, Mc Connell’s top deputy. “It'll be a high priority for the foreseeable future. I mean, it’s one of the things we can do that we don’t need the House’s help with.”
With the House controlled by Democrats, stocking the judiciary is the most tangible way for Republicans to deliver conservative results during divided government.
Edited by sgamer82 on Mar 6th 2019 at 9:23:00 AM
She'll be a write in candidate for the Presidency.
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer

It's also proof of something I learned years ago: if you say something with enough confidence, then people are more likely to believe it, even if it's nonsense. Especially if it's something they really want to believe.
Edited by Draghinazzo on Mar 5th 2019 at 3:16:13 PM