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August LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

View Poll Results: Who will NOT survive the month of August?

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

4 8.70%

John Kelly

6 13.04%

Jared Kushner

3 6.52%

Wilbur Ross

4 8.70%

Ben Carson

2 4.35%

Rudy Giuliani

11 23.91%

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

4 8.70%

Kellyanne Conway

0 0%

Rod Rosenstein

8 17.39%

Write-in

4 8.70%

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08-01-2018 , 08:29 PM

#101

uDevil

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Originally Posted by All-In Flynn

Excession, Use of Weapons or The Player of Games.

Ha. Those are good though. The end of Use of Weapons... I didn't see it coming.

08-01-2018 , 08:30 PM

#102

stinkubus

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No BoJack Horseman fans ITT? I think it's one of the very best things out there right now. It's funny and also does drama better than most "serious" shows.

08-01-2018 , 08:31 PM

#103

ScreaminAsian

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but bojack horseman is my #1 cartoon rn

it's about an existential nihilist, clinically depressed alcoholic horse. who used to be on a sitcom in the 90s. it's amazing.

Last edited by ScreaminAsian; 08-01-2018 at 08:31 PM. Reason: jinx

08-01-2018 , 08:31 PM

#104

Oroku$aki

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Originally Posted by uDevil

What one book gets me the most culture for the effort of reading it?

Blood Meridian.

08-01-2018 , 08:32 PM

#105

ecriture d'adulte

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Quote:

Originally Posted by All-In Flynn

Cartman: Good, Kyle! That's good anger you're showin' there! See that?! That's emotional character development based on what's happening in the storyline! Not at all like Family Guy.

That's character reflecting plot, not plot itself, it's an entirely valid criticism of Family Guy but it's not what we're talking about. This is:

Cartman: When I make jokes, they are inherent to a story! Deep, situational and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT! Not just one interchangeable joke after another!!

Bin Laden: If you look closely at the writing in "Family Guy", you will see that the jokes never derive from the plot, and I think that's totally gay.

Right. Nothing about Family Guy is ever inherent to the story. In American Dad the humor usually is.

08-01-2018 , 08:32 PM

#106

stinkubus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

but bojack horseman is my #1 cartoon rn

it's about an existential nihilist, clinically depressed alcoholic horse. who used to be on a sitcom in the 90s. it's amazing.

Yeah, his inner dialogue during season 4 when he has his mom and half sister staying with him is probably the most accurate portrayal of depression I've ever watched.

08-01-2018 , 09:03 PM

#107

uDevil

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Originally Posted by Oroku$aki

Blood Meridian.

Huh. I remember reading about the Glanton gang in HS in an Arizona history class. I might check it out. Possible it's too gruesome for me though.

08-01-2018 , 09:42 PM

#108

Oroku$aki

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You get McCarthy's writing/description, and ICE is the Glanton Gang and Trump is a ******ed Judge Holden. The Kid is America.

08-01-2018 , 10:21 PM

#109

ReasonableGuy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

In today's dual edition of Anyone Can Make It In America If They Just Bootstrap Hard Enough and Millennials Have Been Born Into A Hell World: Loans to first-time home buyers featuring down payment assistance from parents are rapidly growing in California

Since data is only available for FHA loans, we don't have data for all areas:

LOL at starting the graph at 20%.

08-01-2018 , 10:42 PM

#110

Jiggymike

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Yeah Blood Meridian is great

08-01-2018 , 11:05 PM

#111

uDevil

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Originally Posted by Jiggymike

Yeah Blood Meridian is great

Hold placed.

08-01-2018 , 11:18 PM

#112

ScreaminAsian

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lol you guys can't be serious voting rudy this month

kellyanne conway looks like she's going the distance

08-01-2018 , 11:33 PM

#113

uDevil

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Lewandowski or the Mooch could do Rudy's job with less self-ownage. Rudy made it clear that knowledge of the law is not required.

Everybody looks comfy until the music stops.

Last edited by uDevil; 08-01-2018 at 11:37 PM. Reason: when the music's over, yeahhh

08-01-2018 , 11:34 PM

#114

bobman0330

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Originally Posted by Oroku$aki

Blood Meridian.

This is a good answer.

08-01-2018 , 11:39 PM

#115

MrWookie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ReasonableGuy

LOL at starting the graph at 20%.

Perfectly fine place to start the y axis given the range. The issue is starting the x axis at 2011 instead of ~1965 to contrast our lives with that of the boomers.

08-01-2018 , 11:53 PM

#116

Max Cut

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Originally Posted by stinkubus

No BoJack Horseman fans ITT? I think it's one of the very best things out there right now. It's funny and also does drama better than most "serious" shows.

BoJack is excellent.

08-02-2018 , 01:43 AM

#117

simplicitus

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Bojack sounds a bit heavy, lol. I can understand Rick and Morty being occasionally off-putting or plodding or overly antagonistic to viewers, but every episode seems to have 3-5 scenes that are very sharp. Pickle Rick stimulating cockroach then rat brains to move, the car protecting summer, the false memory parasites, the inception parody, the schwifty song, and some solid off the wall sci-fi stuff.

08-02-2018 , 02:10 AM

#118

simplicitus

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From front page of Reddit.

Note that the guy seems fine with Spanish speaking coworkers.

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08-02-2018 , 02:15 AM

#119

OmgGlutten!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Namath12

Anyone have a good experience to report regarding switching from glasses to contacts? I found my last colonoscopy a more enjoyable experience.

you can't wear contact lens 24 hour and they can't get wet, it's normally to take them out in the evening.

08-02-2018 , 02:54 AM

#120

DudeImBetter

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Originally Posted by dth123451

Gay valedictorian leaves church after being sent to conversion therapy, is kicked out of the house by his parents. Has to raise Georgetown tuition on gofundme.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...orian-to-go-to

Florida, of course.

Jfc

08-02-2018 , 04:01 AM

#121

SuperUberBob

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

but bojack horseman is my #1 cartoon rn

it's about an existential nihilist, clinically depressed alcoholic horse. who used to be on a sitcom in the 90s. it's amazing.

Love it. Rewatched it a couple of times already. Probably my favorite cartoon that's currently running.

New season coming out later this year.

I find R&M fans to be annoying as ****. People treat it like it's some kind of deep and intellectual cartoon when it's not anything close to that. It's just a cartoon. A very good one, but a cartoon nonetheless. Hell, here they are going nuts over Szechuan Sauce at McD's

Any fans of F is for Family? I love Bill Burr but I find the cartoon a bit lacking. It's not bad or anything like that. Just not as good as his stand-up.

08-02-2018 , 04:57 AM

#122

simplicitus

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Came across this article from a fairly mainstream legal publication. The article does not strike me as out of tune with at least a significant minority of lawyers under 40, particularly from more highly ranked schools. This will actually make it semi-difficult to pack the judiciary with conservatives in the future (unless they are willing to bottom feed, which they likely are).

Once Respected DOJ Honors Program Now Mainly Recruiting Deportation Forces
Everybody who applies is complicit in Trump's war on immigrants

By ELIE MYSTAL, Executive Editor of Above The Law

Quote:

The time when the Department of Justice was a non-partisan force for the “rule of law” is over. It’s been over at least since Confederate Attorney General Jefferson Sessions got his Klan-sympathizing hands on the institution. Now, Main Justice is merely ground zero for President Donald Trump’s war on immigrants.

I can prove it. A tipster circulated the hiring plan sent to law schools about this year’s DOJ Honors program. In the past, the program has been called “the largest and most prestigious federal entry-level attorney hiring program of its kind.” This year, they’re pretty much only recruiting little Eichmanns.

From the email, emphasis mine.

Number of available positions:
Honors Program – Approximately 195 positions in the following components:

Antitrust Division (7)
Civil Division (21)
Civil Rights Division (5)
Criminal Division (7)
Drug Enforcement Administration (3)
Environment & Natural Resources Division (8)
Executive Office for Immigration Review (131)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of General Counsel (3)
Indian Country Fellowship (1)
National Security Division (1)
United States Attorneys’ Offices in Arizona (2) (eligibility restrictions)
U.S. Trustee Program (6)

If you apply to the DOJ Honors program this year, you are complicit. If a future employer sees “DOJ Honors: 2019” on your résumé 10 years from now, they’ll know you were complicit.

I can hear the morally flexible strivers object to my characterization. “I just want to work for the Civil Rights Division.” Stop fooling yourselves. Stop lying to yourselves. The DOJ “civil rights” division is doing nothing of the kind under Sessions. And even if you are there, fighting what you think is the good fight, you’re just freeing up time and resources for others at the Justice Department to continue their policy of ethnic cleansing. There is no moral safe space when you are working for a corrupted and evil organization. And “corrupted and evil” is the only way you can describe the DOJ these days.

Leave this crap to the Federalist Society. Let them mark themselves as weak and desperate as they eagerly cloy to a racist organization for the status bump. Let students from Regent or Liberty scoop up these positions that defy the very concept of Christianity, and make hypocrites of themselves.

The DOJ Honors program is TRASH now. This post constitutes fair warning. If you apply, you’ve earned the negative judgment and disrespect of your peers.

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/08/once...tation-forces/

08-02-2018 , 06:23 AM

#123

Huehuecoyotl

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These numbers are pretty crazy

Quote:

As a new joint report from the Roosevelt Institute and the National Employment Law Project by Katy Milani and Irene Tung shows, from 2015 to 2017 corporations spent nearly 60 percent of their net profits on buybacks.

If that's true, it'd be pretty hard to see how the Republican tax plan is going to spur some massive investment spree. Companies already had a ton of opportunity to invest and they've decided they didn't need to.

http://theweek.com/articles/787966/b...medium=twitter

08-02-2018 , 06:46 AM

#124

markksman

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

NYT Opinion: The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line

Counterpoint: Pennsylvania

I like maps and this is an article with some maps but I kinda feel like it's total bull****

When you put "city vs. country is not our political fault line" in the title of your article and somehow ignore that cities voted liberal and the country didn't, and have bizarre **** like "the Central Valley and Denver/Boulder should go together" or "yeah maybe Dallas and Austin are in Greater Appalachia" or <insert probably hundreds of similar contradictions that do nothing to explain "our political fault line">

Neighboring Jefferson parish was +27k for Trump not making up anywhere near the difference, and Baton Rouge churned out +16k votes for Hillary, and how many ****ing places in "New France" are you claiming are "urban" to make up the difference to back up this claim you dip****?

no no no why are you doing this

That map is pure AIDS. Being from Texas, Texas being part of three different groups for no logical reason while not uniquely identifying the really different parts is just weird. That is just for starters. Did they run out of diners to visit?,