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July LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

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

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

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John Kelly

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Jared Kushner

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Wilbur Ross

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Ben Carson

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Rudy Giuliani

1 1.96%

Scott Pruitt

15 29.41%

Kellyanne Conway

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Rod Rosenstein

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Write-in

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07-28-2018 , 01:19 AM

#1476

Schlitz mmmm

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organ-dependent compactor

07-28-2018 , 01:33 AM

#1477

Schlitz mmmm

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Undersaying how the neighbor's gaesh. Hutton'ed orange fall floats in.

07-28-2018 , 03:59 AM

#1478

Huehuecoyotl

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Quote:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked public uproar when on Tuesday he claimed that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was the one who planted the idea of the extermination of European Jewry in Adolf Hitler's mind. The Nazi ruler, Netanyahu said, had no intention of killing the Jews, but only to expel them.

In a speech before the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, Netanyahu described a meeting between Husseini and Hitler in November, 1941: "Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jew. And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here (to Palestine).' According to Netanyahu, Hitler then asked: "What should I do with them?" and the mufti replied: "Burn them."

The right wing alliance between America, Europe, Israel and Russia is going well.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...uilt-1.5411578

07-28-2018 , 05:36 AM

#1479

AllTheCheese

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^^^ Wowzer. Hitler was an innocent pawn of Radical Islam: the hottest of takes.

07-28-2018 , 08:11 AM

#1480

tomdemaine

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

The right wing alliance between America, Europe, Israel and Russia is going well.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...uilt-1.5411578

Wait isn't that what ken livingstone got branded a virulent anti semite for saying? I didn't follow it super closely but it sounds familiar.

07-28-2018 , 08:42 AM

#1481

DrChesspain

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DudeImBetter

So am part of a huge network of colleagues online where we discuss billing matters and how to get reimbursed by insurance companies (mental health).

Was told that there is federal law that prohibits us from sharing rates we're given in contracts with private insurance companies.

I'm not getting any specific citations from these folks but goddamn that seems pretty heinous, and also feels totally contrary to everything I've learned which is explicitly the OPPOSITE; that employers are disallowed from discouraging employees from discussing their compensation, which is federally PROTECTED.

Does the Sherman Antitrust Act have anything to do with it?

I can remember all of the complaining about this from fellow clinicians in the early 90's, when managed care began to gain traction.

My laymen's understanding is that clinicians were/are prohibited from discussing their contracted rates because of the alleged fear of price fixing.

Whether or not this is a legitimate fear is a different matter entirely.

07-28-2018 , 11:00 AM

#1482

chezlaw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tomdemaine

Wait isn't that what ken livingstone got branded a virulent anti semite for saying? I didn't follow it super closely but it sounds familiar.

A bit related but also very different.

Ken was saying that hitler used to be a zionist before he went mad and got all exterminatey. This is both offensive and bizarre but maybe has no great political import.

Netanyahu is saying that muslims support(ed) genocide against jews. This appears to be about inciting emotions against Muslims, in the most dangerous calculated manner, as part of his foreign policy.

07-28-2018 , 11:09 AM

#1483

microbet

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Netanyahu has been criticized for this type of thing before, but I bet it's a lot of the same "nothing matters" as it is with Trump voters. The thinking is that surely the hawks and Jewish religious zealots, of all people, would be angry here, but no. N is hating the Arabs and that's what counts. Amazing that this is said and that it's said entirely for the purpose of Jews committing religious and racial persecution, but that's the world we're living in.

07-28-2018 , 12:06 PM

#1484

.Alex.

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That story is from 2015 fwiw.

07-28-2018 , 12:17 PM

#1485

Jiggymike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Not technically in Berkeley (Oakland or Albany, but Berkeley adjascent) Zachary's is my favorite pizza. I haven't tried the 2 table pizza place though. I will probably be having some next week.

Trip report if interesting please. I thought you were in SoCal though...

07-28-2018 , 01:01 PM

#1486

microbet

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Originally Posted by Jiggymike

Trip report if interesting please. I thought you were in SoCal though...

I am in SoCal now, but lived in Oakland/Berkeley for like 12 years. I'll be up there next week installing solar on a friend's house in El Cerrito. Wanna help?

Trip report is not expected to be that interesting. I can already tell you the Chicago style spinach and mushroom from Zachary's will be delicious if that happens.

07-28-2018 , 01:17 PM

#1487

suzzer99

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People who live in SF - is the homeless problem any worse than it's always been? Apparently conservatives are convinced it's spiraling out of control.

07-28-2018 , 01:28 PM

#1488

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

People who live in SF - is the homeless problem any worse than it's always been? Apparently conservatives are convinced it's spiraling out of control.

I'm pretty sure it is in every major city on the West Coast. Haven't you seen the tent encampments all over LA? The blocks full of people living in cars, trucks, trailers, and old RVs. It's hard to notice incremental changes, but a couple summers ago I went through Portland and Santa Cruz after not being there for years and the difference was stark.

What are conservatives doing? Suggesting that it's because of a terrible Obama economy? (Obvious lol if so as CA has one of the best economies in the US and if anything it's about soaring housing costs.)

07-28-2018 , 01:37 PM

#1489

Namath12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by .Alex.

That story is from 2015 fwiw.

And “what it’s worth” is **** all. Bibi is and always will be a more educated Trump. He’s ****ing garbage and Israel would be so much better served by listening to its prosecutors and jailing his racist, corrupt ass.

07-28-2018 , 01:39 PM

#1490

PoppaTMan

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Conservatives are, as always, calling for more police harassment in response to growing homelessness.

07-28-2018 , 01:43 PM

#1491

Jiggymike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

No but I might want to do a 2p2 meet up next time I’m in LA, likely late October. I thought you were going to try the 2 table pizza place not Zachary’s.

I’m sure conservatives are all over some wacky reasoning but my understanding is that SF in particular has had such an increase in housing prices that lots of people were suddenly priced out of their housing and had no real recourse other than to become homeless.

07-28-2018 , 01:47 PM

#1492

Namath12

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Freemarket Capitalism, Esquire will be along directly to sort out all the homelessness

07-28-2018 , 02:03 PM

#1493

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggymike

I don't know - housing was always crazy expensive in SF. I don't see someone who could afford $2500/month but not $4k/month becoming homeless.

But maybe they're tearing down a lot of tenement hotels or something.

07-28-2018 , 02:10 PM

#1494

suzzer99

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Russia is our friend.

Quote:

“What did Anya do? She and her 19-years-old friend Maria Dubovik, joined a Telegram chat that’s been critical of Vladimir Putin. Participants of the chat would meet at McDonalds and talk about boys, exams and politics.

Then the chat was joined by the FSB agent, who later provided all info about its participants to the FSB and police, which caused a brutal arrest of 9 people. Police says that the activists created an ‘extremist community’ with a goal ‘to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin.’ Anya Pavlikova is the youngest of them, she was 17-years-old when police came to her room covered with unicorn pictures. ‘Are you a junkie? We gonna put you in jail for 20 years, you’ll get out of there as ugly, 40-years-old granny. Your parents will forget you in 2 days,’ policemen said to Anya while arresting her. One activist, Ruslan Kostylenkov, reportedly was tortured after his arrest.

07-28-2018 , 02:56 PM

#1495

Jiggymike

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Deplorables are going to be furious when they find out that great sexy man Vladimir Putin jailed some traitors/commies.

07-28-2018 , 03:34 PM

#1496

microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

25 years ago you could get a crappy place in The Mission or maybe SoMa that wasn't too bad. I had friends who lived in the Haight and didn't make that much money either. There basically are no cheap places anymore except maybe Bayview/Hunters Point, but other than the projects I wouldn't count on that either. (yeah, a little trip on Street View shows some very nice new condo buildings right next to the projects in Hunters Point)

07-28-2018 , 03:44 PM

#1497

suzzer99

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I remember someone getting a small studio in the worst part of the Tenderloin for $300/month when I moved to SF in '96. Then things got REALLY bananas and those went away.

But even at that time is was an order of magnitude easier to find a job than find a place to live. People were showing up to open houses with flower arrangements and essays on why they would be the best tenants ever, etc.

For all I know my old roommate is still in his rent-controlled $1000/month 2-bedroom in Nob Hill with a nice view of the Bay. How could you ever move out?

07-28-2018 , 03:44 PM

#1498

microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggymike

No but I might want to do a 2p2 meet up next time I’m in LA, likely late October. I thought you were going to try the 2 table pizza place not Zachary’s.

There should definitely be Politics forum meetups imo. I promise we're not all going to start brawling.

The 2 table place might be interesting, but I'm not sure I'll have time/patience for that this time. I'm up there a lot though, so maybe some day.