Ok if you agree that you just made a totally irrelevant side comment fine. But it has nothing to do with my post.

If by “larger point” you just mean “point” ok. You did not address anything in my post.


If you are unwilling or not mentally equipped to engage with the concept of imperialism, fine. But at the very least I think you would find is suspicious how the two American political parties are in lock step on this (leaving aside for a second what they are actually lock step on for a moment) given you certainly seem to drink the kool-aid that Democrats are totally different than Republicans.

When was the last time a sitting member of Congress was assassinated? I'm going to have to go look this up. I can vaguely remember at least one attempt, but the details escape me.

Edit: There's a Wiki for everything, even this.

if it's unlikely she gets assassinated that doesn't make it ok that she is getting death threats and that other politicians are encouraging it

It is not OK imo that anyone gets death threats. Would like a cite as to what other politicians are encouraging them please. This is important information.

What are your thoughts on Marco Rubio making death threats to Maduro?

some republican congressman or senator that you or i never heard of, and who's name we can't remember had a poster of ilhan omar and 9/11. it said "never forget" and "she is the proof we have forgotten"

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/...causes_outrage

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/04/70016...rep-ilhan-omar

This fish is called a triple tail. You can't really see it by the way I'm holding it, but the back fins above and below the tail fin spread out so, with a bit of imagination, it looks like it has three tails.

These are very unusual fish. They find things that float on the surface and just sit there by them, usually on their side kinda like a flounder. In this case, I caught them on crab pot buoys. You can spot them fairly far away. They look like a garbage bag floating next to whatever it is they are next to. You have to throw a live shrimp near them and if they are hungry they will go get it. They are quite often finicky and won't do anything. They will eat live (fish) bait but people usually catch them with shrimp.



As a bonus, we saw these manta rays as well.

Are the manta rays protected? Google says the giant ones are. I had some for the first time while on the Pacific Coast of Colombia and they are delicious

Yeah, it's illegal to take one.


That particular species swim in big schools. They don't get real big. However, we do see very large ones from time to time.

filthy,

You should put AOC on the back burner and go all in on Rashida Tlaib. She's going to file impeachment paperwork whether party leadership likes it or not.

I also enjoyed the journalistic flair in this particular section of the article:

aoc is def on the back burner. i haven't been excited about a politician since 2000 nader run. i think i mentioned it before, but i wore his sign on my body, just throughout the day.

wtf

http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3...what-they-want
I thought this was an interesting take on current events. I don't agree with all of his conclusions. Like I've said, I think a Trump re-election in the cards. But his arguments are well reasoned enough. He goes on to argue that the economy is about to tank and that could be the catalyst that pushes people towards even more government control and that the green new deal is a part of that. It's close enough to my own thoughts.

Previously I've had discussions with eyebooger who hadn't considered that Trump and the ruling class/media could all be playing a game...a game that involves more long term narrative and shaping minds than things like money.

"They now plan to not only take down Trump by any means necessary ... The Trump Administration, while perhaps rebellious in its rhetoric, has done nothing to 'drain the swamp' in Washington DC. The left is rebelling against a fantasy."

Uhhhhh

a comedian made me laugh imitating a vegan... "i don't eat honey or milk cuz i like bees and cows more than the immigrants who pick my vegetables. and they don't have fur. and i'm dumb"

He means the political fake left not birdman's left if that helps, I think. The point would be that Trump isn't really different than standard politicians yet now we have all this radicalization.

What do you mean by "all this radicalization"?

The move of the left away from the center, the "tds" Trump derangement syndrome. The idea that Trump is Hitler, or a Russian agent. The idea that Trump must be stopped at all costs in order to return rule to the more traditional neoliberals. Etc.

Move of the left away from the center? Examples please.

You post this knowing full well that Bernie Sanders is just a pip shy of Harris in odds to win the Democratic nomination (9:2 vs 5:1 last I checked).
And if AOC could run she would probably win. Moderate democrats are despised (and rightfully so) by a greater percentage of the party than ever before. It all represents a move away from the center.

In what way is this "radical"?

What is with the 20 questions game?

The word I used was radicalization not radical. Perhaps it isn't the best choice of words but polarization isn't exactly what I want either.

Are you trying to argue that changes are not happening within the Democratic party or that it is not moving to the left?

They are moving closer (not close enough and not fast enough, but yes closer) to domestic policies that people want.