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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#118051: Apr 1st 2016 at 6:43:03 PM

Always knew Ted Cruz was a dickhead, but I never knew he had a dicknose as well.

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#118052: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:01:14 PM

[up][up][up] Doing bad since the 2008 financial crisis still counts as doing bad, especially since I am comparing it to the US in the same period. I haven't seen the growth and unemployment rates for the two before 08 though, so I'm not sure if the EU is always a stagnant mess.

edited 1st Apr '16 7:01:28 PM by JackOLantern1337

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Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#118053: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:01:22 PM

[up][up][up] That doesn't surprise me. At this point Kasich is only in the race to try to force a brokered convention. It's mathematically impossible for him to actually get the nomination at the first ballot, and I'd be surprised it's still a possibility for Cruz after New York's primary on the 18th.

However Trump still needs to win a comfortable majority of the remaining delegates, which is not guaranteed. So all that matters from Kasich's point of view is that people don't vote for Trump, whether they vote for him or Cruz isn't actually all that relevant. So any resources spent attacking Cruz would be wasted at best and counterproductive at worst.

edited 1st Apr '16 7:01:33 PM by Falrinn

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#118054: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:11:09 PM

@Fighteer: There's pretty much nothing within the realm of possibility short of running third party that Sanders could do or say that would make a Republican victory in November remotely likely; Kasich is the only person still in the race with a fighting chance, and there's no way in hell he's going to walk away with the nomination without some Grade-A dickery by the GOP at the convention, which I expect would provoke a reaction similar to superdelegates on the democratic side swinging a hypothetical scenario where Sanders has a lead in pledged delegates into a Clinton victory.

Which isn't outside of the realm of possibility; the best case scenario for Sanders would still be an insanely close race.

edited 1st Apr '16 7:14:39 PM by CaptainCapsase

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#118055: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:21:55 PM

[up] Agreed.

As long as Sanders concedes defeat when it becomes clear he isn't going to get the nomination (his only shot is getting a majority of pledged delegates, and unless he can make up his current deficit at some point that will become mathematically impossible), all he has to do is not actively try to sabotage Hillary's campaign.

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#118056: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:34:08 PM

Going to be away for most of the weekend, but I wanted to make a quick drive through post:

Clinton proposes closing a loophole in disability law that leaves people on disability being paid less than minimum wage

In addition to upping its minimum wage pay, New York State also passed the most generous family leave laws in the country

New York state just passed the nation's most comprehensive paid family leave policy yet, guaranteeing that all New Yorkers — men and women, employees of small and large firms, and full-time or part-time employees — can take three months of partially paid time off to take care of a new child or a sick family member without losing their jobs.

New York will join California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island in guaranteeing paid family leave. But New York's benefits will be much more generous — offering 12 weeks while California and New Jersey offer six, and Rhode Island just four. (It's still not as generous as Washington, DC's 16-week proposal, which hasn't passed yet but is looking likely to.)

New York's plan uses a popular model in working as insurance, funded by small paycheck contributions (about a dollar per week) from employees. Bosses won't have to chip in, nor will taxpayers.

The policy will also be phased in gradually — starting off at 8 weeks and 50 percent of pay in 2018, and reaching 12 weeks and 67 percent of pay in 2021.

"This is history in the making," said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, in a statement. Ness said the policy will benefit 6.4 million New York workers who aren't guaranteed paid time off, and is "a huge and meaningful victory for workers and their families."

Having paid leave is in fact a huge deal for most working families, especially low-income ones. Just 12 percent of American workers have access to paid family leave through their employer, and that access is unequally distributed — 5 percent of workers in the lowest-paid 25 percent of the workforce have it, while 22 percent of the top 10 percent of earners do.

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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#118058: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:44:06 PM

I wouldn't discount Trump. People I talk to in my town hate Clinton. Most believe everything bad about her, including some of the old murder allegations. I have a feeling Trump could persuade them to vote for him, hell he could persuade a lot of people. This election is going to be hell on Earth.

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#118059: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:50:26 PM

Jack he might be able to convince them but going off everything you've said in the past plenty of folks around where you live are idiots who nobody would expect to vote Dem.

Trump loses head to head against Clinton not just in national polls but also in state by state polls. Here is 270towin's Trump vs Clinton map, Trump is not looking good come the general.

For every person like thouse around you who buys the anti-Clinton propaganda there are five who see Trump for the fascist he is, that's all Clinton needs.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#118060: Apr 1st 2016 at 8:06:32 PM

Europe were doing much better before the 2008 economic crisis, but when that struck coupled with the refugee crisis, it created a lot of the problems that are now inflicting Europe.

Europe actually did reasonably well in the 2008 financial crisis. The problem is the ongoing austerity crisis, which was basically self inflicted.

In the years after 2008, the US and Europe pursued opposite economic policy, and the US recovered while Europe remains mired in recession. It's a textbook example of the wonders of keynesiasm.

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#118061: Apr 1st 2016 at 8:18:56 PM

There was an episode of BBC's Top Gear where they were driving through Spain, and found entire towns abandoned and empty. Instead of looking for a hotel, they just picked an apartment and moved in for the night.

Evidently these complexes had been constructed as bedroom communities for some big corporation or other, and when the business folded or relocated, there was no longer any need for employee housing.

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Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#118062: Apr 1st 2016 at 8:52:10 PM

Bernie Sanders demanded an apology from Clinton for accusing him of lying. The Clinton campaign refuses.

edited 1st Apr '16 8:54:22 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#118063: Apr 1st 2016 at 8:58:45 PM

[up][up][up][up] I actually live in a pretty liberal area, Westchester County to be precise. When I was a Republican in the 2008 and 2012 elections, I was young and impressionable then so I supported whomever my parents supported, most of the kids were diehard pro Obama, to the point where I remember being "shived" with pencils. Just my luck they start to consider Republicans when I'm planing on voting Democrat huh[lol] It's not that they like Republicans, it's that they hate Clinton. The vast majority of the kids at my school would vote Bernie, but most believe he will loose.

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#118064: Apr 1st 2016 at 9:05:13 PM

At this point, I'm just hoping Bernie visits an Upstate city or two (Rochester would be awesome, since I could conceivably attend, but Syracuse/Buffalo would work as well), because politicians unfamiliar with the area really underestimate just how much voting power lies outside NYC/Albany. Hell, with his being an outlier in regards to the typical Democrat stance on gun rights, he'd be pretty loved in the more rural areas compared to Hillary.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#118065: Apr 1st 2016 at 9:15:44 PM

Yeah, he could definitely draw a crowd in Rochester. I'd attend.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#118066: Apr 1st 2016 at 9:50:18 PM

I remain grumpy that you guys couldn't even be bothered to add a "new" to your shitty knockoff Rochester. tongue

This Clinton Sander's fight is getting messy, we need Warren to come in and make them put the kid gloves back on.

Oh and Jack, the kids around your area sound like a bunch of hipsters, blindly going against whatever they see as mainstream, that means making the US the global Big Bad, hating Clinton, loving Obama, rooting for China, ect...

I do not have a positive opinion of political hipsters.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#118067: Apr 1st 2016 at 9:54:19 PM

Honestly, I would have preferred Warren ran in the first place.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#118068: Apr 1st 2016 at 9:56:14 PM

Political hipsterism is omnipresent-and the worst.

Personally, I believe being a hipster is too mainstream. Hooray for Yuppies!

edited 1st Apr '16 9:57:19 PM by Protagonist506

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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#118069: Apr 1st 2016 at 10:10:59 PM

One of the greatest enemies of the democratic system of government is a person convinced that he (or she) is possessed of knowledge or information that is hidden from the public, with every denial and contradictory piece of evidence only serving to increase his certainty that he's the target of a concerted effort to hide The Truth.

Political hipsters have taken that notion and formed a subculture around it. One example of an idea that simply will not die because of this phenomenon is the "China is going to destroy our economy" meme. Krugman refers to them as zombie ideas.

edited 1st Apr '16 10:15:34 PM by Fighteer

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Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#118070: Apr 1st 2016 at 10:26:43 PM

Reddit deleted a paragraph found in its transparency report known as a “warrant canary” to signal to users that it had not been subject to so-called national security letters, which are used by the FBI to conduct electronic surveillance without the need for court approval.

Redditers aren't taking this well. I wonder if TV Tropes has ever been subject to FBI surveillance.

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#118072: Apr 1st 2016 at 10:40:28 PM

[up][up] I'd bet money that we have at least a few people from a few intelligence/security organisations who read (and maybe even post on) TV Tropes, likely for personal reasons more then security ones though.

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GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#118073: Apr 1st 2016 at 11:16:21 PM

[up][up] Again, I will be surprised if the Republican Party is not divided into two separate parties that have no hope of standing up to the Democratic Party at anything beyond a regional level by the end of this election.

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#118074: Apr 1st 2016 at 11:33:59 PM

@ pwiegle:

Evidently these complexes had been constructed as bedroom communities for some big corporation or other, and when the business folded or relocated, there was no longer any need for employee housing.

No, I expect the complexes were purely property speculation, with no involvement from big corporations, who are probably based in another part of Spain. Indeed, an airport was built on the same basis.

edited 1st Apr '16 11:35:28 PM by Greenmantle

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#118075: Apr 1st 2016 at 11:35:26 PM

Bernie has an outside-but-real chance of getting a majority of the pledged delegates if he manages to clean up in New York and California (stranger landslides have happened). The problem is that, if he goes in with a majority of the pledgeds, he still has to convince the superdelegates to vote for him. In other words, he has to convince the Democratic establishment to not ratfuck him, when they know that he won't take revenge like Trump would.


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