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darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#122176: May 12th 2016 at 6:33:13 PM

Re: that Obamacare ruling, important to note that the judge put a stay on her ruling while it's being appealed, so nothing has actually changed at this point.

Obama Administration to Issue Decree on Transgender Access to School Restrooms

The letter to school districts that will go out Friday describing what they should do to ensure that none of their students are discriminated against, signed by officials of the Justice Department and Department of Education, does not have the force of law. But it contains an implicit threat: Schools that do not abide by the Obama administration’s interpretation of the law could face lawsuits or a loss of federal aid.

edited 12th May '16 6:37:54 PM by darksidevoid

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#122177: May 12th 2016 at 6:35:34 PM

Well, I'm glad Trump's backing down from his ban on Muslims even if his method of doing so is a blatant lie.

Leviticus 19:34
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#122179: May 12th 2016 at 7:00:49 PM

And there goes any fondness or respect I had for him or his band.

Oh really when?
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
#122180: May 12th 2016 at 7:09:17 PM

I'm used to artists/media creators having questionable opinions. Not to say it isn't disappointing.

edited 12th May '16 7:09:33 PM by wehrmacht

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#122181: May 12th 2016 at 7:11:07 PM

Hahahahahaha...I am glad I don't mix the personal and the political.

edited 12th May '16 7:11:37 PM by vandro

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#122182: May 12th 2016 at 7:12:57 PM

Senator John McCain and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) think Trump should pick Iowa Senator Joni Ernst (R) as his VP.

You may remember this Ad from Ernst

Castration aside, having her on the ticket would compliment Trump in several ways. Plus she represents a swing state.

edited 12th May '16 7:15:17 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.
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#122183: May 12th 2016 at 7:21:23 PM

It's becoming more and more likely that he will win and I am scared.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#122184: May 12th 2016 at 7:24:24 PM

Yep.

It seems that her lead over Trump is gone and the general election hasn't even started yet.

At this rate, Trump is a shoe in to become our next president.

The Democrats have chosen poorly.

edited 12th May '16 7:24:48 PM by MadSkillz

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#122185: May 12th 2016 at 7:26:13 PM

Yeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhh, no. This is just blatant fearmongering in order to grab attention. If you ask a random person if they'll vote for Trump or Hillary, they're far more likely to say Hillary than Trump.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#122186: May 12th 2016 at 7:28:40 PM

I'm still waiting until after the conventions happen before I really start looking at the polls.

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) signed a law that blocks the state's Medicaid division from paying for "costs of care and services" at providers who also offer abortion services—anywhere in the state.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#122187: May 12th 2016 at 7:35:57 PM

Ted Cruz going after Fox News, blaming them for Trump's rise.

Royal Dutch Shell had an 88,200 gallon oil spill just off the coast of Louisiana.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#122188: May 12th 2016 at 7:53:05 PM

@Mad Skillz

TYT is hardly a reliable or unbiased source. They've been pulling for Sanders the entire time, and railing about how Clinton is no different from Trump, and how a choice between them is no choice at all. They've subscribed to both "there is a conspiracy against Sanders" and "Sanders is really winning" sometimes at the same time.

That's without mentioning the numerous other times that they've distorted the news, or the fact that they devote time to stories like "man with world's largest penis stopped by airport security" (actual story) or the fact that Cenk Ugyur's a freaking genocide denier.

To make a long story short, I'm not trusting anything they say.

darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#122189: May 12th 2016 at 7:54:10 PM

[up][up]

The sheen is near Shell's Glider Field, a group of four subsea wells whose production flows through a subsea manifold to the Brutus platform, which sits in water with a depth of 2,900 feet (884 m).

"Et tu, Brute?"

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vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#122190: May 12th 2016 at 7:59:09 PM

I've never understood how an Armenian works for a Turkish Armenian Genocide denier.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#122191: May 12th 2016 at 8:02:13 PM

[up]Because she needs money and couldn't get work elsewhere? It's not like she or anyone else on that network was exactly in high demand.

EDIT: It's also one freaking poll. Not all polls everywhere. A poll which, I might note, didn't include very many non-white voters. So more BS from TYT.

edited 12th May '16 8:04:53 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#122192: May 12th 2016 at 8:04:18 PM

I actually like her, tho. She seems more concerned with the news than many of their other panelists. However faint the praise.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#122193: May 12th 2016 at 8:04:43 PM

To be fair, I think he stopped denying the genocide. Or at least, Anna said he did.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#122194: May 12th 2016 at 8:07:18 PM

[up]He's never publicly recanted. He's stopped saying it didn't happen but he's never said it did. In one "Ask Me Anything" session, where that was the top comment people wanted to ask, he still refused to answer that question. Ask Me Anything my hind end.

Coming from a guy who purports to be a rationalist and not influenced by stuff like religion or nationalism or what have you, it's somehow even worse than the same sort of BS coming from the right.

[up][up]Was going to say, that's not saying much.

edited 12th May '16 8:07:41 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#122195: May 12th 2016 at 8:11:57 PM

That's why I pre-empted you. Given I am not a Usonian, watching them fuck up doesn't really affect me personally, It's thanks to them I started watching Rachel Maddow clips too.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#122196: May 12th 2016 at 8:17:35 PM

[up]What depresses me is the number of people on the left who do seem to buy their nonsense.

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#122197: May 12th 2016 at 8:24:13 PM

<Insert oblique Toxoplasma of Rage reference>

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#122198: May 12th 2016 at 8:25:52 PM

TYT is a garbage news source. It's become the Fox News, but for leftists. When you're main argument against Hillary is that somehow she's corrupt and not a liberal (the latter of which is absolutely insanity by any definition) I can't ever take you seriously.

New Survey coming this weekend!
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#122199: May 12th 2016 at 8:28:33 PM

And I'm just scared that it ends up working and we end up with Trump as president.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#122200: May 12th 2016 at 8:54:01 PM

Boehner suggests that if Clinton is criminally charged, she'll have to drop out and Biden might parachute in.

Aww, it's so cuuuuute how Boehner actually thinks that investigating Hillary Clinton's emails is going to hold water.


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