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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#58101: Jul 11th 2013 at 4:51:41 PM

...if the nuclear option is used, Senate Republicans won't be able to block jack shit.

occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#58102: Jul 11th 2013 at 4:57:31 PM

The only winning move is to play.

Dumbo
deviantbraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#58103: Jul 11th 2013 at 5:18:41 PM

Heritage Foundation blasts House GOP for passing farm bill

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tryrar Since: Sep, 2010
#58104: Jul 11th 2013 at 5:35:42 PM

....when the Heritage Foundation is calling your bill to the left of the dems, something's screwy in conservo-land

occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#58105: Jul 11th 2013 at 6:01:29 PM

The conservative commentators on that site seem suddenly very quiet on that article.

Dumbo
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#58106: Jul 11th 2013 at 6:10:55 PM

Surprise! Huge US Budget Surplus Shatters Record

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100880536

Thanks, Obama!

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#58107: Jul 11th 2013 at 7:23:57 PM

No thank you. We need deficits to stimulate the economy right now. This is good for Obama's record among the Very Serious People who claim to be experts on how to run countries, but not so good for the actual country. Good policy is bad politics, and vice versa.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
deviantbraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#58108: Jul 11th 2013 at 9:14:22 PM

Ways and Means chairman: Senate immigration bill unconstitutional

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger Tells Party To Tone Down The Anger: Stop ‘Screaming On Fox News Channel All The Time’

edited 11th Jul '13 9:30:12 PM by deviantbraeburn

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Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#58109: Jul 11th 2013 at 11:43:33 PM

^

Regarding Kinzinger: That's hilarious, and at the same time I really gotta commend the guy for actually having the guts to stand up and say "You guys are embarrassing as hell, please stop."

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#58110: Jul 11th 2013 at 11:54:45 PM

Clarification on the budget: It's for one month only.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#58111: Jul 12th 2013 at 12:56:24 AM

RE: the 3rd Amendment case, I'd be quite willing to class that sort of police intrusion under that. As has been said the line between military and police is often blurry, especially with the likes of Bloomberg using police as a personal army. While I'm not sure of the exact circumstances in Nevada, I'm eager to draw a line in the sand there.

edited 12th Jul '13 12:57:20 AM by Pykrete

Linhasxoc Since: Jun, 2009
#58112: Jul 12th 2013 at 4:48:51 AM

I don't even think the budget news will help Obama among the Very Serious People. They're determined to buy into the Golden Mean Fallacy, so they'd probably say something about how it's the wrong kind of deficit reduction, or there's not enough of it, or something.

KBSL Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#58113: Jul 12th 2013 at 6:44:02 AM

How do you have a budget surplus for one month? I thought the budget was for the entire year.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#58114: Jul 12th 2013 at 6:45:08 AM

Basically, the revenue available now on a per month basis exceeds the spending.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#58115: Jul 12th 2013 at 6:45:29 AM

[up][up]You take in more than you spent for that month.

Later on they might have to start funding other stuff which is why you could have a deficit for the entire year.

edited 12th Jul '13 6:45:54 AM by Kostya

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#58116: Jul 12th 2013 at 7:34:11 AM

Looks like Napolitano is retiring, too.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#58117: Jul 12th 2013 at 7:43:56 AM

[up][up] Agreeing—which is why in Financial Accounting class the text emphasized looking at multiple financial documents covering a substantial period of time before making investment decisions.

"The US Government brought in more money than it spent this month! Woot!"

One month later...

"You remember all those debts we put off until later? It's later now, and we had to spend way more money than we brought in."

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#58118: Jul 12th 2013 at 7:53:31 AM

It doesn't mean all that much in the big picture, but in politics you use what tools you have, and the report definitely takes the wind out of the sails of all the Republicans who are screaming about cutting social programs because OMGZ THE DEBTZ.

Of course, we all know that Republicans don't care about debts or deficits; what they want is those social programs cut. So they'll just find a different justification.

edited 12th Jul '13 8:04:56 AM by Fighteer

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#58119: Jul 12th 2013 at 8:23:18 AM

Hey, no fair, Boxer! You're rigging the hearing! Science isn't the only way to determine the right thing to do, especially if you let Jesus do your thinking for you!

To be fair, the bigger problem when it comes to climate is conspiracy theorists ("it's a lie designed to get us") and anti-government advocates ("they don't have the right to tell us what how to live our lives"), rather than religious nuts.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#58120: Jul 12th 2013 at 8:42:24 AM

Nobody takes conspiracy theorists seriously except the anti-government advocates though - and vice versa - so they're really just a self-feeding cycle.

The religious nuts are considered a reliable and stable source of information because of the fact that religion has a much larger reader base than conspiracy theory does. That makes them more dangerous.

If a guy in a tinfoil hat starts ranting about how Hurricane Katrina was caused by a secret government weather machine to kill all black people, nobody cares. But when a Priest comes out and starts demanding that the government shut down abortions because they're an affront against God, a lot of religious people nod their heads and start shouting with him.

edited 12th Jul '13 8:43:20 AM by TobiasDrake

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#58121: Jul 12th 2013 at 8:46:22 AM

I really don't get why climate change is apparently antithetical to the Bible. I'm a Christian, I've gone to Christian schools and I'm currently attending a Christian Liberal Arts university. I have not been able to find one thing in the Bible that says climate change is not a thing. Droughts are such a big thing in the Old Testament that, actually, I think the Bible confirms it.

Also, the Bible pretty much flat out says we were given stewardship of the planet, and a lot of the problems we have are because we screwed up. I guess the fundamentalists don't want to admit that.

midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#58122: Jul 12th 2013 at 8:49:36 AM

[up] Because these are the same people who are so utterly convinced of the Bible that they diont believe Jesus would ever allow something that could wipe humankind off the planet to occur. Therefore it cannot.

They also tend to think "stewardship of thew planet" means ":the right to burn and mine the fuck out of it for profit because Jesus will be back any day now and will fix it"

edited 12th Jul '13 8:50:20 AM by midgetsnowman

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#58123: Jul 12th 2013 at 9:05:36 AM

Secretary Of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano To Resign, Head University Of California System

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Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#58124: Jul 12th 2013 at 10:46:35 AM

[up][up][up]

Well, I keep noticing - I just can't be the only one! - this weird phenomenon where "Biblical teaching" seems to align with "Conservative interests". Funny that!

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Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#58125: Jul 12th 2013 at 10:52:50 AM

Has abortion ever even been mentioned in the bible?


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