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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#274776: Mar 19th 2019 at 7:29:12 PM

[up][up]It could be.

My quote was a joke about the way politicans are exceedingly vague. I actually didn't tell anyone that I was going to put in a quote button. What I actually said was, basically "Meh, I'll look into it", in the most verbose way possible.

Leviticus 19:34
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#274777: Mar 19th 2019 at 7:37:51 PM

Now I've heard many people say that we should emulate other forums by introducing a quote-button. But these people do not understand that quote-buttons would not work with our large population spread over a much broader geographical area compared to those foreign forums. A quote-button would be inefficient and stifle innovations in forum posting and will eventually lead to rationing and death-panels for your beloved posts.

Edited by nightwyrm_zero on Mar 19th 2019 at 10:40:04 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#274778: Mar 19th 2019 at 7:39:45 PM

I've heard people make pie-in-the-sky claims that we should use quote buttons. But those people have no actual plans or ideas as to how we'll implement those buttons or how we'll pay for them.

Disgusted, but not surprised
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
#274779: Mar 19th 2019 at 7:43:43 PM

Not that this isn’t fun but should we perhaps get back on topic?

Also to make serious commentary, the choice was made many years ago not to include a quote button, I don’t believe that the admins have changed their mind on that.

“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
#274780: Mar 19th 2019 at 9:02:45 PM

In inconsequential but kinda fun? (I guess), news, George Conway has officially stopped giving a crap, and the twitter feud between him and Individual One is heating up.

After George tweeted out a picture of the DSM diagnostic criteria for Clinical Narcisism (which another source I had also called) and several other tweets referring to trump’s obviously deteriorating mental health, Brad parascale tweeted this gem.

We all know that @realDonaldTrump turned down Mr. Kellyanne Conway for a job he desperately wanted. He barely worked @The Justice Dept and was either fired/quit, didn’t want the scrutiny? Now he hurts his wife because he is jealous of her success. POTUS doesn’t even know him!

Too which trump quoted and said:

A total loser!

Of course, it turns out that he actually chose to drop out of the consideration of a Do J job.

His response was great.

Congratulations! You just guaranteed that millions of more people are going to learn about narcissistic personality disorder and malignant narcissism! Great job!

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#274781: Mar 19th 2019 at 9:22:08 PM

Earlier today someone was trying to smear Warren over Medicare-for-All. She recently did an interview that covered a whole range of issues and healthcare was one of them.

Edited slightly for clarity:

"So let me start by saying I believe in Medicare for all. I’m a co-sponsor on this bill. I'm signed up for this but remember even the bill that Bernie has put on the table has a lot of layering in over time. It doesn't just happen immediately, nobody throws a light switch and says "We're there!" It's got its ways of how we get some people, how we get some more people, how we get some more people, and by the way how some people never end up in it.

So for example, veterans are are kept in a different system. It's a question about how Medicaid gets brought into it. It's a big and complex system to be able to do this. And so there are folks who think, for example one way you could layer this; How about if we say Medicare now starts at 60, and then a year from now it starts at 55, and a year from now it starts at 50, in a year from now it starts at 45? Or how about we go the other way and we say everybody 30 and under is covered by Medicare and in another year another two years everybody 35 and under is covered by Medicare.

How about if we let more of the population shift to Medicare immediately by letting employers buy directly and drop private insurance and put people into Medicare. How about if we let people individually be able to buy into Medicare instead of having private insurance. In fact, I'll tell you I have a bill that I put out last year, that Bernie is a co-sponsor on, that says if you're going to have any private insurance one of the the provisions we ought to put into law right now is private insurance has to at least cover what Medicare covers. So that's what I mean by there are a lot of different paths.

But we all know, or at least I know, where we're aiming and that is the center of this where we're trying to head to is that everyone has Medicare coverage and that everyone in this country has coverage at a price they can afford. And let me just add on that; Think about what it means that Democrats are talking about, OK? Is the way to get there - Bernie said well it's just over four years, other people say let's do it over six years, some people say let's build up from Medicaid instead of Medicare. Others say start with young people start with the older people. Lots of different ways. That's the conversation Democrats were having."

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#274782: Mar 19th 2019 at 9:24:03 PM

... she’s way better at being clear and succinct in written posts than interviews. Her team needs to work on that.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#274783: Mar 19th 2019 at 9:33:04 PM

She can definitely be kinda rambly when just speaking off the cuff. [lol]

It does sound better when you listen to it rather than read it. The healthcare discussion starts at 8:26:

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#274784: Mar 19th 2019 at 10:36:25 PM

Remember Paul Ryan? He's now on the board for FOX.

And need I remind you that FOX is just the branded networks now, with Disney now owning FOX's TV, Film, and animation catalogues and studios as of just a couple of hours ago.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#274785: Mar 19th 2019 at 10:57:07 PM

So, FOX still exists as a company, it just has nothing to do with the TV, film, and animations previously made by FOX? What else is left? Is FOX literally just FOX News now?

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#274786: Mar 19th 2019 at 11:10:13 PM

[up] FOX Sports and the local affiliates.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#274787: Mar 20th 2019 at 6:23:15 AM

I love how one of the biggest go-to responses to any criticism made of the administration is, "They're just jealous!" Nevermind that that's impossible to prove without some kind of mind-reading ability, that's third grade level accusations. It also assumes that people are only motivated by how high they can climb the ladder. Maybe, just maybe, George Conway is legitimately concerned with how the POTUS is behaving and wants to warn people before it's too late?

On an unrelated but-not-TOO-unrelated note, Russia just passed a bill that would impose harsher penalties on people who post fake news and "disrespect" the presidency. We're talking YEARS in prison and hefty fines. I say "not too unrelated" because I'm sure Trump would LOVE something similar here. And it goes without saying, "fake news" doesn't necessarily have to mean ACTUAL fake news but something the president simply doesn't like.

Edited by speedyboris on Mar 20th 2019 at 8:23:47 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#274788: Mar 20th 2019 at 7:59:59 AM

https://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations/North-Texas-Stores-Raided-CBD-Products-Seized-507386561.html

Police raid and confiscate all the CBD oil products in a store as well as take all the cash.

A nice example of how bullshit civil forfeiture and police drug culture has become.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#274789: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:09:26 AM

"We seized 300 kilos of marijuana!"
"Did you say 200 kilos of marijuana?!"
"Yessir, 50 kilos of marijuana!"

As the old joke goes.

It's been fun.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#274790: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:10:33 AM

Its all legal but the police claim its not.

Which is what makes it all the more insane.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#274791: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:14:28 AM

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elizabeth-warren-president-confederate-monuments-museum-a8830841.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Warren wants to remove all Confederate statues.

YAY!

And put them in museums....

BOO!

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#274792: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:16:52 AM

Dunno, keeping them in museums helps give the statues context.

The fact that the US once built monuments to celebrate slavers isn't something that should be forgotten.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#274793: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:20:32 AM

Yeah, I'm okay with that. Putting them in museums isn't glorifying them, and preserving statues for their historical context in the context of a museum is nowhere near the same thing as keeping them in their public places.

It's been fun.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#274794: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:22:48 AM

Warren is leaning herself quite heavily into the racial justice realm lately, isn't she. First reparations, now Confederate statues.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#274795: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:23:02 AM

[up][up] The thing is there's a lot more confederate monuments than there are museums where it would be appropriate; ie places covering the Jim Crow to Civil Rights movement era, which is where these statues originate from.

Edited by CaptainCapsase on Mar 20th 2019 at 11:23:14 AM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#274796: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:24:20 AM

Museums sometimes have literal garbage on display if it has historical value, don't see how the statues are any different.

GoldenKaos Captain of the Dead City from Cirith Ungol Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Captain of the Dead City
#274797: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:26:39 AM

Museums is exactly where they should be, if anywhere.

"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#274798: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:27:40 AM

All museums of United States history should cover the fact that there was a very long period of time where a lot of the US was governed by, committed treason for, and then lionized slave owners. There are no museums of United States history where that's "appropriate" to cover.

Edited by RedSavant on Mar 20th 2019 at 11:28:03 AM

It's been fun.
HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#274799: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:32:03 AM

She should go one step further and build statues of influential black figures of US history in the place where the Confederate statues were.

The meltdown would be glorious.

TechPriest90 Servant of the Omnissiah from Collegia Titanica, Mars, Sol System Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Servant of the Omnissiah
#274800: Mar 20th 2019 at 8:32:30 AM

Honestly, I have zero objection to museums. They're relics of history - you can put a plaque beneath them saying "A Reminder of a Dark Past" and leave it there.

I hold the secrets of the machine.

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