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Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#103826: Oct 23rd 2015 at 2:16:11 PM

This means Jeb's circling the drain now too, does it not? Only his poll numbers are still not quite danger zone territory, but a lack of confidence now could kill him.

Next debate is do-or-die for Jeb!

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#103827: Oct 23rd 2015 at 2:19:30 PM

Found this on /lit/. Made me chuckle.

Schild und Schwert der Partei
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#103828: Oct 23rd 2015 at 3:44:55 PM

Texas now counts school days in minutes instead of days, 75,600 minutes with each full school day counting as 420 minutes including recess and lunch.

edited 23rd Oct '15 3:45:16 PM by tclittle

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#103829: Oct 23rd 2015 at 4:03:45 PM

[up]Blaze it!

Inter arma enim silent leges
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#103830: Oct 23rd 2015 at 4:05:49 PM

[up][up]I'm not sure how that really helps anything or was necessary???? I know the article says it allows more mobility but it doesn't explain beyond that.

I'm really getting to dislike these tiny little articles that just say "a thing happened" without saying why.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#103831: Oct 23rd 2015 at 4:10:51 PM

Ordinarily I'd say it's easier to keep track of school lasting a certain number of minutes because of snow delays but Texas doesn't get those.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#103832: Oct 23rd 2015 at 4:22:23 PM

Well, we have the past few years. Weather's getting crazier all the time. Last year or the year before we had nearly a whole week off because it got bad. We don't have snow shovels down here.

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#103833: Oct 23rd 2015 at 6:13:03 PM

why Sanders would use a former Reagan figure who talked about being a fan of Margaret Thatcher as a representative for his government to other countries is beyond me.
Because someone has to be ambassador to Russia?

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#103834: Oct 24th 2015 at 1:15:46 AM

Hopping in with a remark on something a couple days old:

And an online game has a similarly motivated faction as one of its enemies. On the other hand, I find their idea of a militant left-wing equivalent utterly laughable.

The Left does have a militant fringe, though it is much more fringe in the current political atmosphere than the militant rightist fringe. Any time a WTO or G8 or similar conference is in town there tends to be a sizable number of anti-corporate and/or anti-globalization protesters and occasionally a few outright vandals who have busted the windows of Starbucks and the like. There have been serious police clashes at some of these events (including tear gas assaults on the peaceful but refuse-to-stand-asside-when-ordered body of the protests.) I saw a lot more of them when I went to a liberal arts school that was very much so in multiple senses of the word (particularly near the start of the Iraq war). Friend of mine at the time who was big on photography/documentary went with a group to DC at one point for an anti-war protest.

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#103835: Oct 24th 2015 at 2:33:16 AM

I don't deny that left-wing militants exist, I just found that game's particular interpretation to be bizarre, especially with how it's based on an extension of contemporary politics.

We don't really see current liberal issues like student debt or health care motivating people to arm themselves, instead choosing to influence/change/work with "the system." In contrast, we have seen current conservative issues motivate people to arm themselves, in order to fight "the system."

Could that change? Sure. But right now it seems much more unrealistic than its supposed "equivalent."

It struck me as similar to the "leet haxor" faction in Alpha Centauri, which is hardly the basis for a nation-state.

edited 24th Oct '15 2:41:28 AM by Eschaton

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#103836: Oct 24th 2015 at 3:14:33 AM

I'm guessing by the description that it might have at least been partly inspired by Occupy? In our universe it didn't amount to a lot, but make the conditions for protest a lot more dire (which the game plot supposes, the system to "work within" apparently breaking down) and have it go a lot longer and it would at least attract that fringe. The majority of the movement would not like it and I don't know if it would take over like in the game but it's not a nonzero chance.

edited 24th Oct '15 3:18:40 AM by Elle

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#103837: Oct 24th 2015 at 8:54:37 AM

Obama has just compared the Republican party to Grumpy Cat.

I never thought he would stoop so low. I mean, insulting a cat like that? Come on... tongue

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#103838: Oct 24th 2015 at 9:21:28 AM

Memetic Mutation has come to such point where the politicians themselves are using them instead of just their voter base.

I wonder if Bush and Obama go online just to see the people posting about them.

Inter arma enim silent leges
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#103839: Oct 24th 2015 at 11:14:43 AM

World-wide, the radical left went a bit out of style when the Berlin wall fell.

In the US? What group opposes the system depends on who's running the system. When a democrat enters office, the right becomes the counterculture. When a republican enters office, the left becomes the counterculture.

Leviticus 19:34
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#103840: Oct 24th 2015 at 11:22:39 AM

Christ, that's a scary thought. Think that movies fifty years down the line will be made about the counterculture movement in the Obama years? Like those movies about the 60s, except instead of free love to The Zombies it's Bible study to Michael W. Smith.

Sivartis Captionless One from Lubberland, or the Isle of Lazye Since: Apr, 2009
Captionless One
#103841: Oct 24th 2015 at 12:37:19 PM

Donald Trump said he would consider closing certain US mosques to fight ISIS

Donald J. Trump angered Hispanics when he referred to immigrants as criminals and rapists during the kickoff of his campaign in June. This week, he has put American Muslims on edge by suggesting that he would be open to shutting down mosques as president.

Asked on Fox Business Network if the United States should take action to close certain mosques as part of the fight against the Islamic State, as has happened in Britain, Mr. Trump said, “I would do that, absolutely.”

Mr. Trump then said that he was not sure about the legality of closing mosques, but that it was certainly something that should be looked at.

“It depends if the mosque is, you know, loaded for bear,” he said.

Mr. Trump drew criticism from Muslim groups last month when he did not rebut a supporter who said: “We have a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims.”

Muslims have taken offense to remarks from Mr. Trump and Ben Carson, one of his leading rivals for the nomination, who said he did not think a follower of Islam should be president.

For his part, Mr. Trump has said he is concerned about religious extremists, not Muslims generally.

“I love the Muslims,” he said in September. “I think they’re great people.”

♭What.
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#103842: Oct 24th 2015 at 12:56:56 PM

Well the president knows about his meme.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#103843: Oct 24th 2015 at 2:32:05 PM

Huh, I just read (it was a tumblr post) Biff Tannen was based off of Trump.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#103844: Oct 25th 2015 at 2:27:52 AM

Biff in the second one is very clearly based on Trump, complete with Biff tower.

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#103845: Oct 25th 2015 at 12:12:35 PM

[up][up][up][up] I would support closing Mosques or any religious or political place that funds or recruits for terrorist groups. However since this is Donald Trump, it will almost certainly be taken to mean, "any Mosque with an Iman that preaches against Donald Trump", which will be all of them,or all of them with an Iman with the courage to call Trump what he is. Donald Trump should not be given that power, or any power really.

And the US's new approval rating are out. It seems like they have really gone up since I last looked at these kinds of polls, with the highest,the Philippines, being at 92 percent approval, and the lowest, Jordan, being at 14 percent, which as I recall is pretty high for Jordan.

edited 25th Oct '15 12:22:29 PM by JackOLantern1337

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#103846: Oct 25th 2015 at 12:17:21 PM

Trump is a fascist. He's made that clear enough already when asked about how he plans to get all these ideas past Congress.

Oh really when?
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#103847: Oct 25th 2015 at 12:19:09 PM

[up] I know, that's why I said he should never have any power. The word Fascist is over used,especially in leftist circles, but Trump fits the label perfectly.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#103848: Oct 25th 2015 at 12:20:26 PM

[up][up][up] Pakistan is on that list, third from bottom at 22%. Meanwhile, the UK is at 65% and Japan is at 68%. Germany is at 50%.

edited 25th Oct '15 12:21:35 PM by Greenmantle

Keep Rolling On
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#103849: Oct 25th 2015 at 12:22:50 PM

[up] Bit about Pakistan deleted. Thank you.

edited 25th Oct '15 12:23:07 PM by JackOLantern1337

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#103850: Oct 25th 2015 at 12:33:29 PM

[up][up][up]No he doesn't. Where's the Natalism? The Futurism? The need for a United Nation Marching In Lockstep? The sense of National Destiny? Trump is autocratic, egocentric, demagogic, and dictatorial, but that doesn't make him a Fascist.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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