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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#171726: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:25:55 PM

The Army Corps of Engineers have been ordered to progress on the Dakota pipeline.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/dakota-access-pipeline-granted-easement-1.3961027

This won't end well.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#171727: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:26:18 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]I really didn't mean it as harshly as it sounded. It was more like a professor lecturing a student. Saturday morning cartoon villains exist for a reason. There actually have been people who were just that obviously evil. Heck, there are people who think Machiavelli was writing his honest opinion about rulership when he penned that satirical work The Prince. He wasn't. He was lambasting the crap out of the trends he saw in the world leaders of his time.

edited 31st Jan '17 8:26:34 PM by Journeyman

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171728: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:27:39 PM

[up][up]A rather large part of me thinks that they're doing this purely to spite the Native Americans and the protesters.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#171729: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:32:24 PM

Trudeau must balance protecting Canada’s values and its jobs

Cross posting this from the Canadian thread. The US has basically become Canada's antithesis overnight, especially on trade and foreign policy.

Gist is that Trudeau has to avoid selling Canada's soul and prevent Trump from having a tantrum and destroying our economy. But that might be an impossible balance.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-needs-to-balance-protecting-canadas-values-and-its-jobs/article33835371/?cmpid=PM0117

I'm not optimistic. The North American alliance is probably dead, though its not quite as doomed as the US-European alliance.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#171730: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:32:40 PM

So...Bernie is gonna Debate Ted Cruz on CNN, next week.

....

....

New Survey coming this weekend!
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#171731: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:34:24 PM

Um, what the fuck?

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#171732: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:34:39 PM

[up][up] That's pointless, but interesting.

I will laugh my ass off it Ted Cruz is persuaded by Bernie Sanders to leave the Republicans and join this new Democratic movement he started, though. Cruz will probably suck in the debate, anyways.

edited 31st Jan '17 8:34:46 PM by DingoWalley1

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#171733: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:35:18 PM

@Link To The Future Probably not. They've promised it'll create jobs, so they need to get started on the pipeline. Taking on the Natives adds more for us to get distracted over, and any jobs that come of it will probably muddy the waters for anyone who's barely giving two shits about the Muslim ban anyway. There's enough people in my area who don't like Muslims anyway that I haven't heard jack fucking shit about the ban or any protests in my area about it. I've never outright seen anyone mess with the Muslims shopping at my store, but Sam's Club shoppers tend to behave themselves better than folks shopping at stores they don't pay to enter.

edited 31st Jan '17 8:36:08 PM by Journeyman

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#171734: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:36:21 PM

@Journeyman: Don't worry, no hard feeling. I know that there are people who are stupid evil, but I don't expect them to be in charge of a first-world country. And here I thought that Trump already bad. Plato already predicted that democracy will eventually lead to tyranny which I guess means Trump. Although, this is a flawed case, considering that America's democracy is kinda flawed. But, even he don't see someone like Bannon could be in charge.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#171735: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:37:44 PM

Cruz? Joining the Democrats? If demons/aliens/zombies invaded Earth, Cruz would sell mankind out if they promised a socially regressive agenda. And then said invaders would kill him, because he pisses literally everyone off.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#171736: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:39:06 PM

I'm pretty sure they would kill him regardless of him pissing them off. Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves and all that.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171737: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:39:55 PM

[up][up][up][up]Yeah, I think it's probably that they just don't care rather than actively going out of their way to spite the opposition here. Still, it really sucks. I'm moving towards being a full-blown environmentalist, and I think my last step will be finding out about how fossil fuels can be replaced in a smooth and economical manner, because right now, no matter how much it sucks, the world runs on oil. However, the DAPL sucks because of the aforementioned treatment of the Natives.

edited 31st Jan '17 8:40:12 PM by LinkToTheFuture

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#171738: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:40:21 PM

Bernie is outclassed. Cruz was on the debate team in college. He performed well when Trump wasn't on stage.

I'd prefer not to have a debate on the ACA being defended by one of it's wildest critics on the campaign trail.

New Survey coming this weekend!
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#171739: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:43:07 PM

[up] Sanders, however, is very Trump-esque, in a way. He knows how to play a crowd and make his opponent look like scum. Cruz couldn't deal with Trump, I don't think he's going to fair well against Sanders.

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#171740: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:46:57 PM

[up][up]Cruz did theater in college too, doesn't mean it translated into performance ability, since he's still as slimy as ever.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#171741: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:49:50 PM

I have no interest in this masturbatory debate where, assuredly, nothing of value will be discussed.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171742: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:51:51 PM

Yeah, nothing of any value will happen there. It's not like anyone is going to be convinced that the other is right.

Though I was wondering how we should go about trying to recruit more people to our side.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#171743: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:51:57 PM

What is this, the consolation prize debate?

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171744: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:54:23 PM

White House Ices Out CNN

This sort of thing is disturbing on several levels.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#171745: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:54:34 PM

There's no sense in it. It's just more distraction. Unless Sanders goes rogue on it and starts talking to us directly about things we can actually use during it, it won't come to anything at all.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#171746: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:55:13 PM

Yeah this debate seems rather pointless given everything else that's going on right now.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#171747: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:56:35 PM

[up][up][up] I say we retaliate by all watching CNN at least for an Hour during prime time every day until either the Ban is lifted, or Trump is gone. Ratings should stabilize, or at least not go down too badly, and CNN will know we have their back.

edited 31st Jan '17 8:56:42 PM by DingoWalley1

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#171748: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:58:27 PM

Times sure are weird when we all agree to back CNN.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#171749: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:59:26 PM

Didn't CNN, still clinging to their bullshit notions of "representing both sides of the argument," also just hire a bunch of Fox anchors or something?

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#171750: Jan 31st 2017 at 9:01:22 PM

[up] The only person from Fox I know they hired was Meagan Kelly, who was very Anti-Trump through most of his Run.

And we don't have to support the network's views or tactics, but we absolutely have to support their right to report and not be banned from reporting just because they may or may not be nice to the President.

[down] My bad. I don't watch a lot of TV News.tongue

But my point still stands!

edited 31st Jan '17 9:05:22 PM by DingoWalley1


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