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alioth Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#99901: Sep 3rd 2015 at 7:46:26 PM

Could someone explain what Bernie's foreign policy, if he gets elected, will be? I prefer him over Hilary for a lot of issues, but foreign policy is and will always be my single-issue voting.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
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#99902: Sep 3rd 2015 at 7:59:13 PM

His foreign policy just seems to be a milder version of her own. She's an interventionist Democrat, but he's no hardcore pacifist or isolationist. Both support the Two-State Solution on Israel, Sanders recently came out in support of a judiciously-applied drone warfare policy. Standard stuff.

More of Obama for either of them.

Artificius from about a foot and a half away from a monitor. Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
#99903: Sep 3rd 2015 at 8:03:25 PM

Feelthebern.org has a foreign policy section, he seems mostly noninterventionist. On a side note, I really like the site design for some reason.

edited 3rd Sep '15 8:04:09 PM by Artificius

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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
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#99904: Sep 3rd 2015 at 8:51:38 PM

[up]That's actually a pretty clever play on words. Major points in my book.

After checking out the web site, I can honestly say I like its design as well.

And while I disagree on some of his stances and agree with others, at least he sounds reasonable and is honest with his answers.

If it came down to Trump versus Sanders, I'd probably vote for Sanders. He is unlike most canidates I've seen before and that's a good thing in my opinion.

edited 3rd Sep '15 9:05:11 PM by Skycobra51

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BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#99905: Sep 3rd 2015 at 9:23:41 PM

Apparently Donald Trump didnt sign a loyalty pledge to the GOP

Instead the GOP signed a loyalty pledge to The D.

[1]

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
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#99906: Sep 3rd 2015 at 9:29:11 PM

[up]That ryhmedtongue

Maybe I've been reading to much Starwars EU stories lately, but Donald reminds me of the Reborn Emperor, or even better yet, Admiral Daala, 'cept he hasn't gotten all the competition in a room and killed them all to consolidate the Republican Party under one banner. Yet.

edited 3rd Sep '15 9:36:42 PM by Skycobra51

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#99907: Sep 3rd 2015 at 11:56:11 PM

A Tennessee judge has denied a divorce to a straight couple due to the Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage leaving him unable to determine what constitutes divorce.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
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Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#99908: Sep 4th 2015 at 12:02:32 AM

What a dick. Toss him in prison too.

Oh really when?
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.
#99909: Sep 4th 2015 at 1:17:59 AM

I got a 404 on the trump thing

And the Daala comparison...fits strangely.

I. Got position due to others (Trust fund vs banging Tarkin)

II. Is hailed as great leader but generally just fucks up (How many times went Trump bankrupt vs Daala's tactical Genius being Informed Attribute)

III. Both have an Ego and tend to run into the wall with their view on things.

Maybe Trump can get Karen Traviss as speechwriter. tongue

edited 4th Sep '15 1:26:14 AM by 3of4

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#99910: Sep 4th 2015 at 1:28:58 AM

I'm trying to make sense of how same-sex marriage makes divorce impossible.

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#99911: Sep 4th 2015 at 1:33:41 AM

That's easy. The court is saying that, essentially, Tennessee no longer has the authority to determine what is and is not a marriage - ergo, they do not have the authority to decide that a marriage is no longer contracted.

It's more ass-dragging.

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.
#99912: Sep 4th 2015 at 1:34:32 AM

From the article it seems less a real legal argument and more a "fuck you" to the SC on the back of that poor couple.

Ie a passive aggressive "Well, if the Supreme Court says my state cannot define what marriage is then I am unable to end a thing I cannot define."

Edit:[nja]

edited 4th Sep '15 1:34:56 AM by 3of4

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#99913: Sep 4th 2015 at 1:38:20 AM

[up][up][up]Because, I gather, letting gay couples get married altars (hurr hurr) the institution so dramatically that nobody can say what marriage even is. Is it a kind of hat? A shade of blue? Am I marriage? Are you marriage? And since divorce is a modification to marriage, we need to have it pinned down whether or not marriage is fish or fowl or good red herring before we can know what divorce is. As it stands, this "divorce" thing might curdle milk or cause traffic accidents. So might this "marriage." It'd be downright irresponsible to allow either to continue under these conditions.

edited 4th Sep '15 1:41:13 AM by rikalous

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#99914: Sep 4th 2015 at 2:34:25 AM

[[https://youtu.be/5tu32CCA_Ig This video shows a tremendously interesting Princeton graph on how well popular support of an idea correlates with its being made law], versus how elite support correlates, over several decades].

Obviously, Congress won't be passing the laws that change that any time soon, but these activists seem to have a few ideas on how to change things.

edited 4th Sep '15 2:34:58 AM by TheHandle

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#99916: Sep 4th 2015 at 4:29:41 AM

[up]I'd say that he ought to be spared. However, he gets to choose between watching MSNBC or listening to I Love You for the rest of his life.

...both are going to run afoul of the Eighth Amendment, aren't they?

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#99917: Sep 4th 2015 at 4:49:59 AM

[up]I can do better than that.

This has some great ideas.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S35c9igr32M

tongue

[up][up]But seriously they should give him the chair, without the sponge.

edited 4th Sep '15 5:09:44 AM by Skycobra51

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Shameful Display
#99918: Sep 4th 2015 at 5:12:11 AM

[up][up] We sentenced Tsarniav to death, and as I recall he killed just as many people as Roof. Plus, sparing him would be more trouble than it's worth. With so many blacks being executed for single murders and rapes, their could be riots if the man who killed 8 African Americans at one of the most important Black churches in the country,was given anything less than the harshest punishment allowed for under the law, their could be riots. This man is not worth riots, or really anything, just fry him, inject him, or shoot him, or however we do it now, and have him try to explain this shit to his maker.

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#99919: Sep 4th 2015 at 5:55:27 AM

Jack makes a good point (I can't believe I just said that... tongue), starting to show leniency and humanity when it comes to punishment, when it comes to the white terrorist, sends a pretty iffy message.

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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#99920: Sep 4th 2015 at 7:33:14 AM

Get rid of capital punishment altogether or apply it evenly to everyone as the law applies, with mercy where its due. That's justice, everything else is fiat.

I am myself opposed to it, but as Jack pointed out, sparing him while sentencing a non-Anglo Saxon for a similar crime is injustice. Though, this one is not tried under feral law as the Boston Bomber. (Yet?) Because if not you could make the argument that comparing the sentences here is again measuring with two different meters.

In the end, the prosecution can only demand a sentence, its up to the Court to agree to it or not. While I do not support Capital Punishment, I do think its good the prosecution here is not pulling punches.

edited 4th Sep '15 7:34:53 AM by 3of4

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#99921: Sep 4th 2015 at 7:43:25 AM

[up] I concur in that I believe that it is more important to apply punishments consistently than to worry about how severe any given punishment is. Not that severity is not a valid consideration, of course.

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#99922: Sep 4th 2015 at 8:17:53 AM

Through the words of a five year-old.

Wouldn't it be nice if more children could be this trusting of "Government People"? grin

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
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A nice butterfly
#99923: Sep 4th 2015 at 8:21:52 AM

Wouldn't it be scary? tongue

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#99924: Sep 4th 2015 at 8:29:24 AM

Tinyurl is blocked at work. What's it say?

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#99925: Sep 4th 2015 at 8:42:49 AM

Some kid wrote to the county asking for a "no outlet" sign on their street to stop people coming down it thinking it's a through road or something.

Methinks the parents dictated it to them.

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