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FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#185076: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:15:16 PM

[up][up] Me neither. I prefer Japanese games over Western ones and have gotten more into Anime recently, and I refuse to associate with trash like Trump and his ilk.

edited 26th Apr '17 8:20:24 PM by FireCrawler2002

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#185077: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:19:48 PM

In the continuing theme of avoiding name calling, let's not do "weebs" please. :P

wild mass guessObviously you don't hear about left-ish anime fans because we're better behaved.wild mass guess

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#185078: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:22:21 PM

So Puerto Rico isn't a territory of the US now? CW: It's Trump's Twitter.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#185079: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:22:49 PM

[up]x5 I'm over here. You can tell I'm on the left because my avatar is an anime guy.

edited 26th Apr '17 8:23:11 PM by Zendervai

FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#185080: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:24:06 PM

[up][up] I think he got it confused with Costa Rica...

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#185081: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:26:22 PM

I thought Costa Rica was mostly doing okay. It's one of the most stable Central American countries. Possibly because there's no military.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#185082: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:29:12 PM

Isn't the federal funding to Kansas basically the rest of the country bailing out the most hardcore of Trump states?

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#185083: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:30:26 PM

BuzzFeed News: How Sebastian Gorka failed upwards from Hungary to the White House.

Gorka, a deputy assistant to the president who focuses on counterterrorism, was denied security clearance in 2002 to serve on a committee investigating the then-Hungarian prime minister’s past as a communist secret police official during Soviet times. That denial, local security officials and politicians told Buzz Feed News, effectively ended his career as a national security expert in Hungary.

Washington’s standards may be lower than Budapest’s. Gorka has been widely criticised for his lack of qualifications and connections with fringe political groups since joining the Trump administration. In the past few months, his ties with far-right Hungarian groups his and past as an editor at Breitbart News have raised questions about both his ideological views and his judgment. But, back in Hungary in the 2000s, he wasn't seen as an extremist, but instead a self-promoter, who exaggerated claims about his past, including his work for the British intelligence services.

“Sebastian Gorka is not a Nazi or a security threat because he is some sort of secret British agent,” said a member of the Hungarian counter intelligence service, who has reviewed the files a security background check on Gorka from 2002. “Gorka is, how do you say in English — a peddler of snake oil.”

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#185084: Apr 26th 2017 at 8:32:12 PM

I think Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay are supposed to be the most stable Latin-American countries.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#185085: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:05:04 PM

[up][up][up]Yes-under Brownback Kansas was supposed to be a model for how the GOP would run the country without resistance. I consider the sorry, failing state of Kansas to be a terminal indictment of all current GOP fiscal policies, and the strongest possible argument against anyone running on their ticket being put in charge of anything more important than a lemonade stand.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#185086: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:05:58 PM

Universal Healthcare advances in California.

A proposal to eliminate health insurance companies and guarantee government-funded health care for all California residents is moving forward.

The Senate Health Committee voted Wednesday to send the measure to the Appropriations Committee. The vote came after hundreds of nurses clad in red held a rally in Sacramento, marched to the state Capitol and packed into a committee room.

The proposal is promoted by the state’s powerful nursing union and two Democratic senators who say California should create a national model for providing health care for everyone.

Critics say the measure would disrupt the health care used by millions of Californians, would require high taxes and would likely create longer waits to see a doctor.

edited 26th Apr '17 9:07:26 PM by MadSkillz

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185087: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:32:04 PM

[up][up]I wouldn't trust the GOP with a lemonade stand either if there was a chance someone would actually drink their overpriced swill.

edited 26th Apr '17 9:32:29 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#185088: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:37:56 PM

Trump doesn't know Puerto Rico is a US territory and probably couldn't get through a high school class without cheating. Sad.

That almost 10,000 people want to retweet with at least 8,000 of those probably supporting it. More sad.

edited 26th Apr '17 9:57:03 PM by Wildcard

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#185089: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:37:59 PM

[up]Hell, I wouldn't trust the GOP with a goddamned piggy bank.tongue

edited 26th Apr '17 9:40:09 PM by kkhohoho

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#185090: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:40:24 PM

[up][up] Was the first part supposed to sound like a Trump tweet or was that happy coincidence?

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#185091: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:43:42 PM

Yeah it was supposed to mock his predictable twitter posts.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#185092: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:46:15 PM

I'm just waiting for him to break out the pathetic (sad) parentheses (brackets) again, since whenever he uses anything in grammar that isn't super basic, he gets it wrong in a really weird way.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185093: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:51:26 PM

And so America's dignity dwindles, tweet by tweet.

edited 26th Apr '17 9:53:42 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185095: Apr 26th 2017 at 9:59:42 PM

[up]...Okay so maybe this is just me trying to be optimistic.

TBH, I am not very good at it.

Disgusted, but not surprised
fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#185096: Apr 26th 2017 at 10:04:10 PM

California is in many ways the anti-kansas as far as economics go.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185097: Apr 26th 2017 at 10:06:50 PM

[up]So if someone from each state met each other, they would react like matter and antimatter? tongue

Disgusted, but not surprised
fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#185098: Apr 26th 2017 at 10:12:16 PM

[up] now all I need to do is find someone from the state that's anti-Virginia and run headfirst into them, killing me instantly. tongue

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#185099: Apr 26th 2017 at 10:17:53 PM

[up]So, West Virginia?

edited 26th Apr '17 10:18:15 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#185100: Apr 27th 2017 at 4:37:17 AM

@kkhohoho: Nobody would trust any politician with a piggy bank. They'd see it as an excuse to spend on pork.


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