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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#42276: Nov 30th 2012 at 2:42:48 PM

[up] Nah, I think it means that they're in the non-visible spectrum beyond ultraviolet now.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Arkasas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#42277: Nov 30th 2012 at 2:57:50 PM

[up]This color is called infra-black. It is the color you see after you run into a wall with a good run-up just before you die. That is an accurate metaphor for the current state of the Republican Party.

edited 30th Nov '12 2:59:05 PM by Arkasas

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#42278: Nov 30th 2012 at 3:47:21 PM

Just like to Americans, Europeans appear as Center-Left and Far-Left.

edited 30th Nov '12 3:48:13 PM by terlwyth

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#42279: Nov 30th 2012 at 3:47:32 PM

Well, our Far-Rights are brown...so the reps could not be the most right anyway.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#42281: Nov 30th 2012 at 4:57:33 PM

This is their grand outreach to woo the Hispanic vote? Wow, not a good idea. It also completely ignores the problem that we should be educating our own populace instead of importing scientists.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#42282: Nov 30th 2012 at 5:08:45 PM

There is nothing wrong with importing expertise. Remember where most of our nuclear scientists came from. But I do agree we should be bolstering our own nations science ability. Do both and reap the benefits.

As for our immigration and worker program system. It is horribly broken.

I found this while casually cruising some news feeds I normally wouldn't read anything from sites like this but it proved kind of interesting. Would someone else please be so kind as to peruse it and and give me your opinion. To me it looks like the Right wing is tearing itself apart from the inside out.

Who watches the watchmen?
Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#42283: Nov 30th 2012 at 5:31:45 PM

That completely goes against the spirit of American immigration.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#42284: Nov 30th 2012 at 5:41:06 PM

[up]Yes it does. Do you think they care?

GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#42285: Nov 30th 2012 at 5:47:10 PM

[up][up][up] Sounds like the free market at work. tongue

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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#42286: Nov 30th 2012 at 6:12:41 PM

The GOP, the party of free markets and zero oversight, defeated by free markets and zero oversight. Love it.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Indiana Solo
#42287: Nov 30th 2012 at 7:20:33 PM

Their the type that keep smacking their head against the brick wall, and every time it hurts them and doesn't damage the wall they blame someone else and continue.

I'm baaaaaaack
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#42288: Nov 30th 2012 at 7:24:10 PM

How does one bleed incestuously? I thought one could only f**k incestuously.

Trump delenda est
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#42289: Nov 30th 2012 at 7:34:43 PM

Fucking oneself over is obviously super-incestuous, yo.

Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#42291: Nov 30th 2012 at 8:17:54 PM

These people sure are slow on the uptake. Yes, your party doesn't care about you and they will sell you out at any opportunity. Why are you just now realizing this, and more importantly, why do you think this is limited to a select group of companies/people?

tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#42293: Dec 1st 2012 at 6:32:25 AM

[up][up][up]More like Screw Yourself

edited 1st Dec '12 6:32:50 AM by tricksterson

Trump delenda est
Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#42294: Dec 1st 2012 at 7:34:33 AM

So that would mean the Republicans are so much to the Right that they went past violet and warped back to red?

I always imagine the Republicans like some warped mixture of the French Front Nationale, the British Ukip, and the Greek Golden Dawn. tongue Which makes them red-purpley-yellow.

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#42296: Dec 1st 2012 at 7:40:05 AM

Oh, yeah. That's certainly true. America is not a 50/50 nation. That was one of the first things I was taught at the start of the year. America may have two parties, but it has an unlimited amount of political variety.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#42297: Dec 1st 2012 at 7:50:34 AM

Same as I was taught, Hopey. If a view exists*

, it exists in America.

Keep Rolling On
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#42298: Dec 1st 2012 at 8:02:04 AM

I'm surprised Palestine got nonmember observer status, like the Vatican.

Will it change anything, though?

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
QuestionMarc Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#42299: Dec 1st 2012 at 8:06:42 AM

I'm no expert, but it's a step forward?

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#42300: Dec 1st 2012 at 8:47:35 AM

Its a form of step, yes. It's mostly symbolic, but then again symbolism is everything.


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