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That Chapo ep on Meghan McCain legit made me feel like punching her in the face. Just a spoiled, vapid, spiteful piece of ****. Please stop offering your opinions on things, holy ****, surely literally nobody cares.

What ep number?

Also, this is my first time listening. Yoshi spin out noise to start the ep is A+

11-20-2018 , 11:56 AM

#127827

StoppedRainingMen

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Tell me more about my ‘beautiful 401k’ the Dems will destroy you stupid fat ****

It’s going to be so maddening to watch the same people who jerked themselves off over the market after rump’s election magically decide the president suddenly has no impact on stocks

11-20-2018 , 12:03 PM

#127828

eyebooger

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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

They will just blame the Democratic majority in the house.

11-20-2018 , 12:09 PM

#127829

Slighted

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5...ushpmg00000067

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Originally Posted by True North

****ing monsters, the whole lot of them.

didnt they already do this ****.. from google-

missouri spent $350k found 48 people failed drug tests out of 40,000 tested
oklahoma spent $400k to find 290 people
utah spent $65k to find 29 people
kansas spent $40k to find 11
miss spent like $5-10k to find 2 people
ariZona got the testing for free somehow and tested 150k to find 3 people

11-20-2018 , 12:29 PM

#127830

DVaut1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

Tell me more about my ‘beautiful 401k’ the Dems will destroy you stupid fat ****

It’s going to be so maddening to watch the same people who jerked themselves off over the market after rump’s election magically decide the president suddenly has no impact on stocks

Quote:

Originally Posted by eyebooger

They will just blame the Democratic majority in the house.

It's probably worse than that. Authoritarians don't let a crisis go to waste. They are going to actively find scapegoats and they're going to find the aggrieved and their enemies and place the blame on them. We have already seen previews of this, and during the housing bubble + Great Recession, tons of idiot right wingers came out of the woodwork to blame things like the Community Reinvestment Act or, in utterly deplorable mediums, just Jews and poor black people and stuff with no subtext at all.

Which is to say if the stock market rout continues and we go into a recession, they aren't going to simply shirk responsibility and they won't stop at blaming Democrats, they are absolutely going to blame poor people, Jewish manipulators, blacks, whoever.

11-20-2018 , 12:33 PM

#127831

Huehuecoyotl

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Originally Posted by Slighted

My understanding is that they did it with TANF and now they're expanding it to unemployment, but I could be wrong.

11-20-2018 , 12:59 PM

#127832

Slighted

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

My understanding is that they did it with TANF and now they're expanding it to unemployment, but I could be wrong.

ah ok.. just taking a different bite at a similar apple. such a massive waste of money by the "fiscal conservatives", which is becoming the new(?) codeword for undercover racist.

11-20-2018 , 01:05 PM

#127833

Johnny Truant

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It's not a waste of money, it is funneling tax dollars directly to their donors and likely their own investments in drug testing.

11-20-2018 , 01:11 PM

#127834

Huehuecoyotl

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It's pretty telling how the reasons don't really matter. With TANF it was that it's not their money so we need to be responsible and not let it be spent by drug users to get another fix, but unemployment is money that gets taken out of your paycheck. It's insurance. It's ostensibly your money.

Now it's that they want to help addicts to get help in spite of not even trying to tie it into drug rehab or anything.

The only thing that's constant is drug testing to throw up barriers for the poor.

11-20-2018 , 01:32 PM

#127835

SuperUberBob

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Originally Posted by smacc25

1st time listening to Chapo, thanks bob....

well worth the 55 min

Their reading series shows are A+ material.

One of their best episodes is on conservative political cartoons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2cR_jdFfwo

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Originally Posted by hemstock

What episode # is that?

Quote:

Originally Posted by master3004

What ep number?

Also, this is my first time listening. Yoshi spin out noise to start the ep is A+

Episode 232

https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-ho...-bigfoot-73018

Starts at 24:47

11-20-2018 , 01:40 PM

#127836

smacc25

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Their reading series shows are A+ material.

One of their best episodes is on conservative political cartoons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2cR_jdFfwo

Episode 232

https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-ho...-bigfoot-73018

Starts at 24:47

Thanks for the links... Looked at a couple on YT last night & saved politics cartoon 1 for tonight...

11-20-2018 , 01:44 PM

#127837

RunyonAve

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holy ****

https://twitter.com/seungminkim/stat...37342656495619

Last edited by RunyonAve; 11-20-2018 at 01:46 PM. Reason: easier to read version

11-20-2018 , 01:50 PM

#127838

RunyonAve

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THEY SAY HE WAS PART OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD - but my decision wasn't based on that

11-20-2018 , 01:53 PM

#127839

SuperUberBob

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Trump not even pretending to condemn KSA.

At least other Presidents bull****ted us before letting KSA go on without penalty.

11-20-2018 , 01:57 PM

#127840

bobman0330

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Jaw-dropping statement, even adjusted for expectations.

11-20-2018 , 01:59 PM

#127841

microbet

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Man that's disgusting. He is just parroting whatever SA says about the war in Yemen as well as about Khashoggi.

Thanks awval.

11-20-2018 , 02:02 PM

#127842

Huehuecoyotl

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I feel dirty just reading that thing.

11-20-2018 , 02:03 PM

#127843

epcfast

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What a beta cuck

11-20-2018 , 02:04 PM

#127844

master3004

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Jesus ****ing christ

11-20-2018 , 02:11 PM

#127845

Slighted

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god damn.. that reads like a saudi arabia pamphlet..

i still love how hes claiming that the non existent deal he made will somehow create more jobs than that entire section of the defense industry employs currently. i think i saw somewhere that the actual amount created is in like the dozens and he's saying hundreds of thousands..

11-20-2018 , 02:13 PM

#127846

microbet

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ROW should really sanction us as we're on the wrong side of everything, but I think Neo-Franco Spain et al aren't going to be on the right side either.

11-20-2018 , 02:14 PM

#127847

synth_floyd

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I really wanted to hit the unsubscribe button at the end of that last pic.

11-20-2018 , 02:19 PM

#127848

Slighted

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a real schrodinger's journalist situation going on here.. we may never know about what happened to that guy who's torture, murder, and dismemberment we have on recording..

11-20-2018 , 02:23 PM

#127849

otatop

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For anyone who doesn't want to read it from Twitter:

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“America first!

The world is a very dangerous place!

The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq’s fragile attempt at democracy, supporting the terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon, propping up dictator Bashar Assad in Syria (who has killed millions of his own citizens), and much more. Likewise, the Iranians have killed many Americans and other innocent people throughout the Middle East. Iran states openly, and with great force, ‘Death to America!’ and ‘Death to Israel!’ Iran is considered ‘the world’s leading sponsor of terror.’

On the other hand, Saudi Arabia would gladly withdraw from Yemen if the Iranians would agree to leave. They would immediately provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance. Additionally, Saudi Arabia has agreed to spend billions of dollars in leading the fight against Radical Islamic Terrorism.

After my heavily negotiated trip to Saudi Arabia last year, the Kingdom agreed to spend and invest $450 billion in the United States. This is a record amount of money. It will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, tremendous economic development, and much additional wealth for the United States. Of the $450 billion, $110 billion will be spent on the purchase of military equipment from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and many other great U.S. defense contractors. If we foolishly cancel these contracts, Russia and China would be the enormous beneficiaries – and very happy to acquire all of this newfound business. It would be a wonderful gift to them directly from the United States!

The crime against Jamal Khashoggi was a terrible one, and one that our country does not condone. Indeed, we have taken strong action against those already known to have participated in the murder. After great independent research, we now know many details of this horrible crime. We have already sanctioned 17 Saudis known to have been involved in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, and the disposal of his body.

Representatives of Saudi Arabia say that Jamal Khashoggi was an ‘enemy of the state’ and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, but my decision is in no way based on that – this is an unacceptable and horrible crime. King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution of the murder of Mr. Khashoggi. Our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event – maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!

That being said, we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi. In any case, our relationship is with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They have been a great ally in our very important fight against Iran. The United States intends to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure the interests of our country, Israel and all other partners in the region. It is our paramount goal to fully eliminate the threat of terrorism throughout the world!

I understand there are members of Congress who, for political or other reasons, would like to go in a different direction – and they are free to do so. I will consider whatever ideas are presented to me, but only if they are consistent with the absolute security and safety of America. After the United States, Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producing nation in the world. They have worked closely with us and have been very responsive to my requests to keeping oil prices at reasonable levels – so important for the world. As President of the United States I intend to ensure that, in a very dangerous world, America is pursuing its national interests and vigorously contesting countries that wish to do us harm. Very simply it is called America First!”