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March LC Thread: Survivor White House Edition

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

Rod Rosenstein

14 37.84%

Mike Pompeo

0 0%

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

2 5.41%

Kjrstyn Njielessen

1 2.70%

Mick Mulvaney

2 5.41%

Kellyanne Conway

0 0%

Rudy Giuliani

5 13.51%

Jared Kushner

5 13.51%

Donald Trump Jr*

6 16.22%

Write-in

2 5.41%

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03-31-2019 , 10:29 AM

#1676

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Quote:

Originally Posted by +rep_lol

i find it more shocking that the federalist fired some nobody for being too overt in her bigotry than i do to learn that saudi arabia tortures the **** out of government critics

this ****ing world, man

an interesting thought experiment is to think about about what the world would look like if the US didn't overthrow Mossadegh and was close allies with Iran and not Saudi Arabia

what does our relationship with Israel look like? Russia? etc

03-31-2019 , 10:35 AM

#1677

Huehuecoyotl

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Article makes the point that progressives are going to have to fix. Americans spend too little on government

Quote:

In this respect, the Boeing 737 Max fiasco is indicative of a broader pathology in American civic life. In the U.S., we don’t just underfund our regulatory agencies (thereby forcing them to outsource many of their core functions, and making it impossible for them to compete with the private sector for top talent), but scrimp on virtually every level of government.

Most state governments provide little to no staffing so ALEC steps in with ready made legislation

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As Congress has cut spending on legislative aid, the private sector has filled in the gap. Today, corporations*spend more than $2.6 billion a year on congressional lobbyists*— more than American taxpayers spend on all of Congress. If our elected representatives*didn’t*let special interests write legislative copy for them, it’s not clear that they would be able to do their jobs.

This is not an accident. The conservative movement understands that the fewer resources legislatures and bureaucracies receive from the public, the more they will accept from private interests — who will then see considerable returns on their investment in state capture. For decades, Congress had its*own think-tank, which provided it with publicly funded, nonpartisan policy research. But the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) often produced findings that undermined the Republican Party’s ideological goals — and so, in the name of fiscal responsibility,*Newt Gingrich killed it.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/...overnment.html

03-31-2019 , 10:47 AM

#1678

dth123451

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Latest Michael Moore movie didn’t get a lot of attention but it’s on the money. A little surprised it didn’t get more love around here. Available on Prime.

03-31-2019 , 10:59 AM

#1679

All-In Flynn

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03-31-2019 , 11:05 AM

#1680

fxwacgesvrhdtf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by All-In Flynn

What would anyone on this forum have said 10 years ago if I told you we would be posting about how Ace Ventura was just called a bastard by Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter because he compared President Donald Trump to Benito Mussolini? What a time to be alive.

03-31-2019 , 11:11 AM

#1681

All-In Flynn

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Truly wild.

03-31-2019 , 11:51 AM

#1682

+rep_lol

banned

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 14,900

wow what a disgusting ***** and that guy completely owned her

03-31-2019 , 01:16 PM

#1683

daca

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some former comedian that once played the president of ukraine on tv is 99% to be the next real one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelensky

03-31-2019 , 02:39 PM

#1684

smacc25

veteran

Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,969

Quote:

Originally Posted by jman220

I'd be wondering what reality TV show I was missing out on Directed by Sasha Barron Cohen & Ben Stiller.

03-31-2019 , 02:40 PM

#1685

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

Zelensky seems like way less of a prick than Trump though.

03-31-2019 , 02:44 PM

#1686

fxwacgesvrhdtf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daca

some former comedian that once played the president of ukraine on tv is 99% to be the next real one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelensky

It’s even wilder than that, they created the political party based upon the tv show.

03-31-2019 , 06:44 PM

#1687

Huehuecoyotl

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jman220

03-31-2019 , 06:52 PM

#1688

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

With a parent like Benito Mussolini, you either gotta lean right into that fascist **** and embrace it or go hard in the paint against it.

Guess she went, "**** it. I'm a Mussolini with a failed acting and modeling career that I got solely off my last name. Now that those grifts are over, I might as well go for the one I've had in my back pocket in case I got too lazy."

03-31-2019 , 07:11 PM

#1689

gregorio

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I won't be around to see how Ivanka's kids are doing in 50 years

03-31-2019 , 07:18 PM

#1690

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

Neither will she.

03-31-2019 , 07:31 PM

#1691

Trolly McTrollson

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Stalin’s granddaughter is an all-American badass

03-31-2019 , 08:02 PM

#1692

dth123451

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Looks like NYC is implementing contestion pricing - $12 to enter Manhattan below 60th street.

I know economists love this stuff but law/finance/etc people will just expense this and not think twice. That’s $200/mo, significant issue for regular people.

03-31-2019 , 08:14 PM

#1693

wheatrich

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daca

some former comedian that once played the president of ukraine on tv is 99% to be the next real one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelensky

I guess it's some consolation to see the whole world is imploding not just america. Dude even has a "let's talk to Putin he's a swell chap" policy.

In ****ing Ukraine.

03-31-2019 , 08:21 PM

#1694

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 46,838

This seems pretty reasonable

Quote:

Presidential campaign
Six months before he announced his candidacy for the Ukrainian Presidential Election in 2019 on 31 December 2018, Zelensky was already one of the frontrunners in opinion polls.[26][1][3][c]

After months of ambiguous responses[27][3][24], during the Kvartal 95 new year's eve evening show on the TV channel 1+1 he live announced[d] his candidacy for the 2019 Presidential election.[1] During the election campaign Zelensky continued to tour with Kvartal 95.[28]

The team of political advisers of Zelensky includes former Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk, former Economic Development and Trade minister Aivaras Abromavicius and anti-corruption campaigner Sergii Leshchenko.[29]

During his presidential campaign, Zelensky said that he would like Ukraine to became a member of the European Union and NATO; but he wants the Ukrainian voters to decide on Ukrainian membership (of these two organisations) in referendums.[30][31] At the same time, he believed that the Ukrainian people had already chosen "eurointegration".[31] The 2019 presidential election program of Zelensky claimed that Ukrainian NATO membership is "the choice of the Maidan and the course that is enshrined in the Constitution, in addition, it is an instrument for strengthening our defense capability."[32] The program stated that Ukraine should set the goal to apply for a NATO Membership Action Plan in 2024.[32] The program also states that Zelensky "will do everything to ensure" that Ukraine can apply for European Union membership in 2024.[33]

Zelensky promised that his first bill "On People's Power" will provide a mechanism for referendums. He also promised bills to fight corruption, including removal of immunity from the president of the country, members of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) and judges, a law about impeachment, reform of election laws, and providing efficient trial by jury. He promised to bring the salary for military personnel "to the level of NATO standards".[34]

Zelensky stated that as President he would develop the economy and attract investment in Ukraine through "a restart of the judicial system" and restoring confidence in the state.[35] He also proposed a tax amnesty and a 5% flat tax for big business which could be increased "in dialogue with them and if everyone will agree."[35] According to Zelensky, if people would notice that his new government "works honestly from the first day", they would stop avoiding to pay taxes.[35]

In an interview in December 2018, Zelensky stated that as President he would try to end the ongoing War in Donbass by negotiating with Russia.[36] Since he considered the leaders of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic to be Russia's "puppets", it would "make no sense to speak with them".[36] He did not rule out holding of a referendum on the matter.[30][36] Regarding the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, Zelensky said that, speaking realistically, it will be possible to return Crimea under a Ukrainian control only after a regime change in Russia.[37]

He has also come out against laws targeting the Russian language and the banning of artists for their political opinions.[30][38][39][40]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelensky

03-31-2019 , 08:24 PM

#1695

Money2Burn

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Jesus, Fox headline I just saw: “Why didn’t Obama do more to counter Russia’s interference in our elections?”

It’s gotta be nice not having to worry about consistency in your opinions. Every article exists in its own vacuum, so you don’t have to worry about contradictory narratives or facts or historical accuracy. Just take an event, find an angle that makes your political enemies look bad and hit publish.

03-31-2019 , 09:27 PM

#1696

fxwacgesvrhdtf

Guest

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RIP Augie’s personal politics thread, we hardly knew ye.

03-31-2019 , 09:33 PM

#1697

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

lol who could have forseen this

03-31-2019 , 09:35 PM

#1698

gregorio

Carpal \'Tunnel

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Why do you hate the first amendment?

03-31-2019 , 09:53 PM

#1699

Huehuecoyotl

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Some quotes on a jobs guarantee from some of its proponents

https://medium.com/@MattBruenig/vari...s-1291d22981ee

03-31-2019 , 10:32 PM

#1700

All-In Flynn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jman220

RIP Augie’s personal politics thread, we hardly knew ye.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomdemaine

I think it is funny that every now and then tptb are like why don't we try opening that locked and bolted door marked "diversity of opinion" looks like there's a skull and crossbones marked on it and a sign saying never open again under any circumstances but diversity is a good thing right? Surely it'll improve the forum. Then before long it's like ok time to close that door and padlock it some more in fact can we add another sign something like we really mean it please don't open this door. The whole process was a lot quicker this time so maybe we're leaning?

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