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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Donald Trump to Ted Cruz: Only a Corrupter Like Me Can Fix Corruption
“These super PA Cs are a disaster, by the way, folks. Very corrupt. It’s going to lead to lots of disasters. But Ted has super PA Cs and you have to look at the people that are giving to those super PA Cs, number one,” said the real estate mogul. “It’s very important to do that.”
Super PA Cs are technically “independent” groups that allow corporations and wealthy individuals to spend unlimited sums of money backing candidates.
“There is total control of the candidates, I know it better than anybody that probably ever lived. And I will tell you this, I know the system far better than anybody else and I know the system is broken.
“And I’m the one, because I know it so well because I was on both sides of it, I was on the other side all my life and I’ve always made large contributions. And frankly, I know the system better than anybody else and I’m the only one up here that’s going to be able to fix that system because that system is wrong.”
edited 11th Mar '16 10:10:11 AM by SolipsistOwl
Went to a Bernie rally in Raleigh today, just got out. Turnout was YUUUUUGE, though he vowed to stop using that word after the crowd parroted it back at him. He also delayed his entrance to speak to the similarly yuge overflow crowd for fifteen minutes or so, which was nice. His entire speech was very appropriately volumed and well-reasoned while remaining frank and passionate. Nothing shouty about it.
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Some states are moving to allowing physicians to assist patients with serious untreatable diseases to commit suicide. It's a touchy subject because you need some serious consenting procedure and because killing someone is always a dicey thing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanDuring an interview with MSNBC on Nancy Reagan's funeral, Hillary Clinton praised the former First Lady and her husband President Reagan for pushing a national discussion on the HIV/AIDS crisis.
edited 11th Mar '16 12:09:40 PM by SolipsistOwl
She's not wrong, though. Keep in mind that a lot of disinformation spread around regarding AIDS/HIV prior to being officially addressed (e.g. "it can be caught like a cold!" and "only Gays are effected") - though I think Ervin "Magic" Johnson's retirement after catching it probably helped a bit more in regards to fixing public attention on it to begin with.
edited 11th Mar '16 12:22:39 PM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Basically the Reagans were complete assholes to Homosexuals and victims of HIV and AIDS, prevented funding and research and generally treated HIV and AIDS like a fart joke. The LGBT community FUCKING LOATHES AND DESPISES the Reagans.
Krugman on Cuomo cutting funding to CUNY
edited 11th Mar '16 12:58:22 PM by PotatoesRock
Ideally in the future, hospitals could record everything that goes on in the hospital in high enough quality, that there can be no doubt exactly what happened, whether in a surgical procedure or interaction towards patients.
edited 11th Mar '16 12:33:02 PM by CassidyTheDevil

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Chlorine? Laaaame! Ww 1 weapons, in this day and age! Whatever happened to ANTHRAX?
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