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Previous incarnations of Cleveland/P&C/D&D have had an image thread, to handle political cartoons and other image-based stuff that doesn't belong in the general post-a-picture threads.

If any of them spawn an extended discussion, please spawn it off into its own thread. Replies to non-picture replies should take the form of a link pointing to a post on a different discussion thread.

And I shouldn't have to say it, but the images still need to abide by the rules.

cheeze_pavilion wrote:

FYI: your spell check is behaving like Mitch McConnell

Huh?

Mixolyde wrote:
cheeze_pavilion wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:
cheeze_pavilion wrote:

With a lead like this, I hope he picks Hillary for the lulz and the Republicryin'

And then resigns after adding Gorsuch and Obama to the SCOTUS.

Yes!

FYI: your spell check is behaving like Mitch McConnell

Huh?

I assume it substituted Gorsuch when it should have been Garland ; D

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Re: Jim Jordan - Not surprising. This is the guy who, at the technology antitrust grilling they had earlier this week, tried to call out social media for being biased against conservatives and doing everything they could to help Hillary win. Then when the next representative who got the mic (Rep. Scanlon from PA) referred to them as "fringe conspiracy theories", he went completely batsh*t crazy - like so (via CNN - 2 minutes long, and if you really just want him going crazy she gets the mic at about 1:25).

PitchBot creates satirical article headlines. Pretty sure that's not a literal Gym Jordan quote.

ruhk wrote:

What do you think is currently most immediate in the day to day lives of voters, criminality in the administration or the people getting abused, beaten, and murdered by those supposed to protect them? Trump using his position for profit or cops occupying cities like an invading army? Maybe it’s quiet where you are but there are still regular protests in cities all over the country and it’s only going to pick up in the coming months now that unemployment extensions and eviction moratoriums have expired. Biden needs someone who doesn’t proudly and unapologetically call themselves the “Top Cop” right now. Literally anyone else would be better

Zona wrote:

But of course you have your finger on the pulse of the American public, which is why we're having this conversation about Sanders' VP pick.

I liked Sanders but I didn’t really expect him to win outside of the month or so when he was in the lead. The quoted section is just such a bizarre statement to make.

The most recent polls I could find showed that she was the most peoples first choice for Biden's VP, and she has generally decent favorability amongst Democratic voters, including AA democratic voters. The public also overwhelmingly sees Biden as better to handle police brutality, race relations, and the protests. So I don't know what to tell you. I'm pointing out, and not for the first time, that your pronouncements of how everything mainstream democratic politicians do is a huge mistake and will lead to DOOM might not actually reflect reality, but just your own feelings on the matter.

I long ago made my peace with the fact that what I want, and how I think about things, is often not what the American public wants and not how it thinks about things.

But far be it from me to try and keep you from constantly pointing out that, actually, the Democrats are also bad.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

PitchBot creates satirical article headlines. Pretty sure that's not a literal Gym Jordan quote.

I mean, it's close enough for him. Via Twitter:

It makes me viscerally angry when one of these peabrains starts waving around the word freedom.

Freedom ≠ anarchy.

Zona wrote:

I'm pointing out, and not for the first time, that your pronouncements of how everything mainstream democratic politicians do is a huge mistake and will lead to DOOM might not actually reflect reality, but just your own feelings on the matter.

I definitely don’t remember you ever calling me out for this stuff before, and I unfortunately remember arguments I’ve had with people here from years ago, so either you’re super subtle except for this one time or you’re mistaking me for someone else.

As for the doom stuff, yeah, we’re doomed. I believe that some of us here will probably be alive to see the collapse of modern western civilization in North America, brought about by secondary stresses from rampant climate change, and that the people we have in charge will probably only move the worst of it backward or forward by a decade or two. So ya got me there.

I hope for someone like Bottoms. (if I can't have Porter) I think it would strengthen Dem's position in Georgia and if Biden wins Georgia, well...
I also think she doesn't have the baggage of a lot of the other known prospects plus she exudes the "cares about her constituents" warmth that was mentioned as a critical trait earlier in the thread.

Harris's other problem is that she doesn't seem to have sustain. She successfully cornered Biden in the debate and then did capitalize on it or keep pressing. I would love to see her go after Pence the same way but we also need someone with persistence, top of the class warmth and a few of her competitors have city or state leadership backgrounds. There is a big difference between a mayor or governor and a DA or state AG.

I’ve seen Karen Bass mentioned A LOT in the last week but she’s probably the one on the list I know the least about.

ruhk wrote:

I believe that some of us here will probably be alive to see the collapse of modern western civilization in North America

Wait, why are you bringing us down with you? Leave Canada and Mexico alone! Fall off your cliff on your own!

You think Mexico and Canada will be unaffected if the US goes down? We’ll drag as much of the world down with us as we can, it’s the American Way!

they're already shipping the body bags
down below the Rio Grande
but you can fight for public health at home
and not in some foreign land
and the fate of the great United States is entwined with the fate of us all
but the incident in Wuhan proves, the world we live in is very small
.
And the cities of Europe have closed before
And they may yet close again
And if they do I hope you understand
That Washington will close with them
Omaha will close with them
Mar-a-Lago will close with them

Billy Bragg, Help Save the Youth of America, 2020 remix

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edit: Eh too late to the party.

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Is the AOC statement true? I stay away from Instagram.

Nevin73 wrote:

Is the AOC statement true? I stay away from Instagram.

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Just turn 35 already, AOC

Chairman_Mao wrote:

Just turn 35 already, AOC

Amen. She really is giving me the same vibe I got from the junior senator from Illinois when he delivered the 2004 DNC keynote.

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There's also video of the yacht party which would get any Liberty University student expelled.

So many questions...not the least of which is wtf is "black water"?

Liberty University, which he is president of, prohibits the consumption of alcohol for every student. The "black water" is likely wine, which would make it a violation of the university's code of conduct.

The code of conduct also prohibits any use of tobacco or nicotine, meaning everyone in the video was in violation, and they were clearly not following the guidelines for how students should dress ("Students must dress modestly and appropriately at all times.").

Rules for thee but not for me, the conservative credo.

Nevin73 wrote:

So many questions...not the least of which is wtf is "black water"?

Well, the first result from a google search on that question yields this from Wikipedia:

Blackwater is the mixture of urine, feces and flushwater along with anal cleansing water (if water is used for cleansing) and/or dry cleansing materials. Blackwater contains the pathogens of faeces and the nutrients of urine that are diluted in the flushwater.