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CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#117001: Mar 22nd 2016 at 11:57:29 PM

It's no secret that prison radicalizes people.

desdendelle Hooded Crow from Land of Milk and Honey (Sergeant) Relationship Status: Hiding
Hooded Crow
#117002: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:02:46 AM

I'm not even talking about prison. Consider this example: I just broke up with my girlfriend. Being a religious person, I go to the mosque and hear the imam blather about how The West is Evil and other such things.
If the authorities would offer me a free psychologist, I might or might not take them up on that, but I don't think I'd go and think "hm they're evil let's bomb the shit out of them"; I'll probably be to busy moping. If, on the other hand, they'd take me to a police station, I'd probably see something in the imam's incitement.

On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#117003: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:03:36 AM

They'd also see it if there were police patrolling their neighborhoods looking for anyone in a hijab like Cruz wants.

Oh really when?
desdendelle Hooded Crow from Land of Milk and Honey (Sergeant) Relationship Status: Hiding
Hooded Crow
#117004: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:04:59 AM

Going after women in a hijab is stupid, it's like going after men with kippahs.
That's offtopic, however (more suitable to the terrorism thread or something, IMHO).

On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#117005: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:14:50 AM

Well when the establishment candidate for the Republicans want it to happen I'd say it's on topic.

Oh really when?
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#117006: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:16:29 AM

Cruz won Utah.

Trump ended up taking an embarrassing third place.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#117007: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:17:56 AM

@Greenmantle: They certainly tend to want the cops to crack down on black kids who smoke weed.

@wehrmacht: Indeed, the values of the LDS church tend to sway towards very socially conservative. However, if Trump gets the nomination, that's gonna backfire on him - because Trump isn't credible with the family values crowd or the religious right. He can't even pretend to fit in by the established Republican standards of hypocrisy - he wears his Complete Asshole credentials on his sleeve. That's not gonna fly in Utah.

Also, the LDS church takes charity and welfare very seriously. There's a reason that Utah is at the forefront of Housing First despite being deep crimson, and that might explain some of Sanders' appeal there.

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#117008: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:40:17 AM

Trump ended up taking an embarrassing third place.

Third place behind Cruz and... whom?

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#117009: Mar 23rd 2016 at 12:49:57 AM

[up] Kasich

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#117011: Mar 23rd 2016 at 2:06:57 AM

Even today, there are folks which prefer an actual adult with experience in the Republican nomination to the fanatic hate mongerers and empty suits.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#117013: Mar 23rd 2016 at 4:19:33 AM

[up][lol]

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#117014: Mar 23rd 2016 at 4:48:09 AM

That article made me hungry.

FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#117015: Mar 23rd 2016 at 4:49:41 AM

I really fancy a fajita now...

advancing the front into TV Tropes
Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#117016: Mar 23rd 2016 at 5:02:02 AM

I want Mexican now... but I'm too broke to order any. Sigh sigh.

[down] It's not nearly as widespread as in America, it's primarely attached to Italian deliveries with little acknowledgment of its Mexican origins(save the odd "Mexican pizza"), but I do have a place to order some nice burritos from.

edited 23rd Mar '16 6:21:22 AM by Luminosity

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
desdendelle Hooded Crow from Land of Milk and Honey (Sergeant) Relationship Status: Hiding
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#117019: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:30:14 AM

So, here's a question: what, exactly, do we do about ISIS?

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#117020: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:31:55 AM

Well they're pretty well fucked militarily thanks to Russian strategic bombing so all that's left now is a multi decade multi national rebuilding process.

Which nobody wants to do.

Oh really when?
desdendelle Hooded Crow from Land of Milk and Honey (Sergeant) Relationship Status: Hiding
Hooded Crow
#117021: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:37:13 AM

[up] That's counting the birds before you caught them. Especially considering ISIS' track record — they were as good as almost gone in 2009, too.

On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#117022: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:50:49 AM

I've been getting the impression that ISIS is a set of mostly unrelated groups with similar ideologies that share a name for the impression of size and strength.

Bense Since: Aug, 2010
#117023: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:51:52 AM

I congratulate my fellow Utahns on their devotion to the civic duty of voting and perhaps more importantly on having made sensible choices with that duty. Trump finished third out of 3 on the GOP side, and if you're going to vote Democrat Sanders is obviously the better choice.

That was the biggest turnout I've ever seen at a caucus, and I thought 2012 (the previous record) had a lot of people. Last night was about double that. Some places in Salt Lake had lines that stretched for blocks, and it took hours to get everyone in to vote. And it was cold last night too (we had snow during the day). That didn't seem to deter very many people. The Democrats said about 75% of their caucuses ran out of ballots and had to print more, even after they had printed more before hand expecting a bigger-than-normal turn-out.

All and all, it makes me proud to live where I live.

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#117024: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:53:14 AM

@desdendelle

There is no significance. That's the joke. The news article was literally 'Bernie Sanders eats Mexican food in Arizona'. This apparently is newsworthy.

@Luminosity

Huh.

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wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#117025: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:56:22 AM

If I'm being completely honest, I actually enjoyed the 3 months I spent in Provo. I disagreed with the majority of the people's political views there by default, but they were mostly pretty nice and welcoming people and were never cross with me even when I committed some kind of embarrassing faux passes around them. I'm happy to know they effectively told Trump to fuck off.


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