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10-15-2018 , 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Crossnerd
The cat just left a beheaded and fully eviscerated chipmunk(?) on the front step.

So either he loves me.... or he’s going to murder me. Not sure.
I mean, I don't know, I've heard people saying it was actually the dog. Who knows? Could have been anybody. There will be severe consequences for the cat, but it does a great job of keeping the mice out of my hotels.
10-15-2018 , 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan
I won't argue that the us is scared to do anything about saudi arabia because of money. No argument from me, it is disgusting

And as pointed, it crosses party lines, businesses

We're pretty deep in bed with them
No, this is Trump, not US. He's shown repeatedly that his personal financial interests are more important than the interests of the country or anyone that live here. And, once again nobody does anything about it.
10-15-2018 , 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by biggerboat
No, this is Trump, not US. He's shown repeatedly that his personal financial interests are more important than the interests of the country or anyone that live here. And, once again nobody does anything about it.

Why did obama veto the 911 bill
10-15-2018 , 01:14 PM
For a brief moment, I envisioned what the thread will be like when Warren runs and Mets is still posting. Sweet Jesus...
10-15-2018 , 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan
Why did obama veto the 911 bill
I have no clue what you are talking about.
10-15-2018 , 01:27 PM


The war on voting has been going very well for Republicans.

The key victory was Shelby v Holder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder). That was a decision where the conservative supreme court legislated from the bench to favor their political team. It said federal courts must assume states mean no harm when they restrict voting rights, regardless of the facts or their history.

Some lawyers can talk about it, but to a regular person it sure seems like they rejected their own principles of defer to the legislature, original intent, textualism, or whatever. They also chucked out the legislature's fact finding and inserted their own. The result was a decision that the 14th amendment doesn't apply to voting.

Now the official republican position is creating artificial barriers to prevent democrats from voting is good, smart politics. Poll taxes are back. SQL queries to delete democrats are also popular.

The North Dakota one is quite a thing. The USPS won't deliver mail to the tribes, so they use PO boxes. The law requires your id have a residential address, not a PO box. Poof, 70000 native americans can't vote without paying a poll tax.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/voting-rig...tive-americans
10-15-2018 , 01:33 PM
Texas also just purged a ton of voters to help Cruz I’m pretty sure
10-15-2018 , 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by biggerboat
No, this is Trump, not US. He's shown repeatedly that his personal financial interests are more important than the interests of the country or anyone that live here. And, once again nobody does anything about it.
Trump is definitely a factor, but the us is heavily in bed with the Saudis (bondholders, arms purchasers) before him. UK, too.
10-15-2018 , 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by biggerboat
No, this is Trump, not US.
wat

This is wrong.
10-15-2018 , 01:36 PM
The voter purging stuff is legit nineteenth century level grotesque
10-15-2018 , 01:42 PM
I get the US/Saudi ties. That's not my point. My point is that that isn't relevant to Trump at all. Number one is how it affects him personally. He could care less about anything else.
10-15-2018 , 01:48 PM
In Georgia, one of the gubernatorial candidates (guess which party) is the exact same guy who oversaw the voter purge here. Fun!
10-15-2018 , 01:50 PM
Search: "trump hotel saudi"


Guess he should have thought twice before buying up controlling shares in Uranium One!
10-15-2018 , 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by iamnotawerewolf
In Georgia, one of the gubernatorial candidates (guess which party) is the exact same guy who oversaw the voter purge here. Fun!
Ooh ooh me me. Is it the green party candidate?
10-15-2018 , 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by biggerboat
I get the US/Saudi ties. That's not my point. My point is that that isn't relevant to Trump at all. Number one is how it affects him personally. He could care less about anything else.
For sure. The interesting question is how many, if any, of his family members he wouldn't throw under the bus if the time came (by which I mean, it was marginally advantageous)
10-15-2018 , 02:25 PM
Ivanka is the only one drawing live in that scenario, IMO.
10-15-2018 , 02:32 PM
Yeah and the Clintons received massive donations to their foundation from SA. It’s not a Trump thing. It’s an america thing.
10-15-2018 , 02:52 PM
the north dakota voter purge is especially outrageous. they are all outrageous though
10-15-2018 , 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by filthyvermin
the north dakota voter purge is especially outrageous. they are all outrageous though
No difference between the dems and repubs though, huh?
10-15-2018 , 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by master3004
No difference between the dems and repubs though, huh?
lol there is nothing master loves more than tearing down strawmen

I look forward to the day when master provide real political analysis
10-15-2018 , 02:57 PM
Where's the fun in that?
10-15-2018 , 03:08 PM
it's only a strawman if it isn't, you know, an actual thing that has been said
10-15-2018 , 03:09 PM
i see a lot of celebs around town. i think i'm gonna tell them it's their responsibility to save the world, and tell them my taylor swift global strike for green new deal plan
10-15-2018 , 03:11 PM
*sigh*

for the millionth time...

**** the dems

**** the repubs more

      
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