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#192251: Jun 7th 2017 at 9:33:14 AM

I was not aware he was against vaccinations, and it seems out of character for him. But if so, yeah, that's an attitude that can DIAF.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#192252: Jun 7th 2017 at 9:34:35 AM

It's especially ironic given his outspoken disdain for climate change denialists. He is completely oblivious to the fact that he's falling into the same cognitive traps with his anti-vaccine stance and germ theory denialism.

edited 7th Jun '17 9:36:11 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#192253: Jun 7th 2017 at 9:39:43 AM

And it's a bad idea to stop vaccinating because the disease is gone in a certain country. Because it's not gone everywhere else. Especially Polio. It still rarely shows up in the US, and it's apparently relatively common in Central Asia.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#192254: Jun 7th 2017 at 9:56:14 AM

Maher is not only anti-vaccine but has, at various points, been an all-out germ theory denier. Throw in his raging hypocrisy on any number of issues (I simply will not have the world's proudest stoner lecture me on what I eat or health in general) and there's not a lot of point in giving him the time of day.

Speaking of dumb voices on the left, this opinion piece provides a handy summation of all the "news" sources on the ostensible left that we might want to avoid. Most of are already familiar with a lot of it, I expect, but I thought it might be convenient to have links to a lot of it in one place.

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#192255: Jun 7th 2017 at 9:58:09 AM

With the (Eric) Trump "Democrats aren't people", it's definitely a case of "Hello pot, I'm kettle."

“I’ve never seen hatred like this,” he said on Fox News’s “Hannity” Tuesday night. “To me, they’re not even people. It’s so, so sad. Morality’s just gone, morals have flown out the window and we deserve so much better than this as a country.

“You see the Democratic Party, they’re imploding. They’re imploding. They became obstructionists because they have no message of their own.”

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#192256: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:11:19 AM

So, Politico argues we shouldn't put too much faith in Mueller's probe into Trump and Russia given the disappointing results of his previous probe into the NFL and domestic violence.

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#192257: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:19:44 AM

Related: I love the argument that "The Democrats don't see the irony in that they're being obstructionist when they criticized the Republicans for doing it during Obama's term!" Difference is, the Republicans back then were obstructing primarily because they had a petty grudge against Obama, while Democrats are obstructing now because the current GOP platform is, frankly, objectively dangerous.

HallowHawk Since: Feb, 2013
#192258: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:25:19 AM

Just heard that Ossof won in Georgia through people wanting donations because I signed some surveys. Is it true?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#192259: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:26:54 AM

Um - rewrite that please?

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#192260: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:30:45 AM

[up][up]Your reading comprehension skills are not up to snuff or an algorithm somewhere deems you a perfect target for tailored fake news disinformation - the election proper is not until the 20th.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#192261: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:31:14 AM

Not seeing anything about an Ossof victory.

When's the election, again?

edited 7th Jun '17 10:31:39 AM by KarkatTheDalek

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#192262: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:36:03 AM

It's just the usual donation rounds through emails. They all have titles like "Ossof WINS!" or "UTTER DISASTER! Ossof loses!"

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#192263: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:46:50 AM

The testimony is 10:00 in the morning eastern time.

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A real bad hombre
#192264: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:50:23 AM

The Qatar crisis seems to have put US interests between a rock and a hard place...and of course Trump manages to bungle it.

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#192265: Jun 7th 2017 at 10:57:39 AM

This is an example of a fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative. I do not support a livable wage, what I support is an economy that is- is robust with low taxes and less regulation so that those small businesses - that would be dramatically hurt if you impose higher minimum wages on them - are able to do what they do best: grow jobs and create good-paying jobs for the people in the 6th District.

She is absolutely right on that first part: this IS an example of the fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative. I love that she is against livable wages but wants to see job growth. This marks it as a quality v. quantity argument.

Democrats want quality of jobs. The Democratic economic philosophy is that working earns you enough money to live if you can find a job. If you can't, you should be buffered by welfare programs that allow you to stay on your feet.

Republicans want quantity of jobs. The Republican economic philosophy is that everyone should be working, regardless of whether or not you're actually paid to do so. They believe that the country should thrive on a fully employed population of people slowly drowning in poverty, working their fingers to the bone for the right to be homeless on really nice streets.

Democrats want welfare, Republicans want slaves.

edited 7th Jun '17 10:58:07 AM by TobiasDrake

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#192266: Jun 7th 2017 at 11:12:29 AM

[up] Republicans want an underclass of people to drive them around via Uber and Lyft, a 21st century rendition of Chinese rickshaws.

Disgusted, but not surprised
HallowHawk Since: Feb, 2013
#192267: Jun 7th 2017 at 11:22:29 AM

RE: Ossof and Georgia: Thanks

Other than Georgia, any other state elections to watch out for before next year?

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#192268: Jun 7th 2017 at 11:40:06 AM

Regarding Brownback, those tax increases got through a Republican-held Legislature AND had to override a veto to do it. Yeah, it was that bad.

And since I got blessed by a page-topper, holy shit, Comey has confirmed the rumored memo along with Trump having asked him about his "loyalty".

edited 7th Jun '17 11:43:05 AM by ironballs16

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#192269: Jun 7th 2017 at 11:43:28 AM

Guys, Comey has already told the Senate that Trump both asked for his loyalty and to back off on Flynn.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/james-comey-testimony-released/index.html

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The ride never ends.

edited 7th Jun '17 11:44:12 AM by Rationalinsanity

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vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#192270: Jun 7th 2017 at 11:47:12 AM

So Obstruction of Justice proven or not?

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#192272: Jun 7th 2017 at 11:52:32 AM

CNN has a copy of Comey's prepared testimony for tomorrow

Edit: Having read it, nothing we don't already know (it focuses on Comey's interactions with Trump over loyalty and ending the investigation)). If anything new comes out it will be in the questioning.

edited 7th Jun '17 12:22:24 PM by Elle

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#192273: Jun 7th 2017 at 11:53:12 AM

[up][up]That's utterly bonkers. If anything, stores should get a tax cut for offering goods and services for those on food stamps to boost availability and coverage in food deserts.

edited 7th Jun '17 11:54:22 AM by Euodiachloris

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#192274: Jun 7th 2017 at 12:06:54 PM

Can we now finally see him in trouble for obstruction of justice? Please? I mean, there isn't much we didn't already know about, but now that it is official, isn't it time to act?

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#192275: Jun 7th 2017 at 12:09:40 PM

He probably has to give his official testimony tomorrow. I think? I have no idea how one can go after the president for obstruction of justice WHILE the guy is president. I'm guessing you probably can't, and thus this is the sort of thing that impeachment is supposed to address in this case???


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