U.S. Politics: Dining on Doritos with Derrida and Donald

[The Anti-Targ]

Like I said up thread, I think 2000 was the climate change election where the US lost it's opportunity to do anything meaningful on climate. 

4 minutes ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said:

A blast from the past.

Check out this Gopher faced motherfucker.  I imagine they cut to commercial after this segment with the entire crew staring at him, gobsmacked. And he's like, "What'd I do?"

Bonus: Pre-Trump rea Putin fellating goodness.

 

At least in the case of Europe white people are the natives. So if there is ever a case for indigenous rights for white people and their culture being preserved it's in Europe.

It's so depressing that Native Americans are so marginalized in the US that they don't even rate a mention when it comes to demographics. It's all about African Americans and Mexicans taking over the whites. Give them their reservations and their casinos and we can all pretend they don't exist.

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

7 minutes ago, Triskjavikson said:

Love that clip but think it was a strange one to present in response to what I posted given that JG has way, way worse stuff than this.  Here he sounded downright logical and well-intentioned.  

I thought it was entirely apt.  The meaning was clear, "Get to fucking or we will be overrun in 20 years".

Oh, and "Vladimir!! YOU'RE SO BIG! Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom."

And yes, I'm sure JG has said much worse stuff.  This was the clip that registered in my memory.

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

11 minutes ago, Jace, Basilissa said:

You're telling me. The stupid microwave keeps insisting that "Nuke the bastards" isn't a lawful order.

It is a violation of state policy to acknowledge the existence of the microwave.

[Altherion]

13 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said:

It's so depressing that Native Americans are so marginalized in the US that they don't even rate a mention when it comes to demographics. It's all about African Americans and Mexicans taking over the whites. Give them their reservations and their casinos and we can all pretend they don't exist.

Don't worry, it's quite likely that they'll be mentioned eventually -- if only in the sense of "our ancestors dealt with this issue once and we can do it again."

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

26 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said:

It's so depressing that Native Americans are so marginalized in the US that they don't even rate a mention when it comes to demographics. It's all about African Americans and Mexicans taking over the whites. Give them their reservations and their casinos and we can all pretend they don't exist.

You're not wrong.

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

1 hour ago, The Anti-Targ said:

Like I said up thread, I think 2000 was the climate change election where the US lost it's opportunity to do anything meaningful on climate. 

Well, if there are American Greens who use this as a justification to say "whatever" in distinguishing between Republicans and Democrats, what reason does the Green Party have to even exist?

I mean, if 2000 was our last, best chance and we blew it, then the entire Green Party movement is a waste of time isn't it?  We should just all kick back and watch the hellscape roll in.

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

57 minutes ago, Triskjavikson said:

All of that works as you explain it here.   I just can't express enough how much worse his stuff can get.  

I think we're seeing it in real time.

[Jace, Extat]

23 minutes ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said:

Well, if there are American Greens who use this as a justification to say "whatever" in distinguishing between Republicans and Democrats, what reason does the Green Party have to even exist?

I mean, if 2000 was our last, best chance and we blew it, then the entire Green Party movement is a waste of time isn't it?  We should just all kick back and watch the hellscape roll in.

I think we should round up any green voters and have a little pogrom. 

[Darth Richard II]

What are the 14 words?

edit: never mind, I did me a google 

[OldGimletEye]

Immigrants and US medical spending.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/pfan-iul080718.php

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A study published today in the International Journal of Health Services finds that immigrants use far less health care than non-immigrants, and may actually subsidize the care of U.S. citizens. The findings by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine contradict recent claims by Pres. Trump and other political leaders that immigrants drive up U.S. medical costs.

 

Unions

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/unions-missouri-janus.html

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Unions improve wages, benefits and working conditions for their members. But it’s not just to members’ advantage. Collective bargaining affects pay standards across entire industries, meaning even nonunion workers benefit. Unions also secure legislation that protects all workers, from workplace safety guidelines to a guaranteed weekend. And they reduce gender and racial wage gaps across industries, which contributes to broader equality in society.

 

Trumpsters getting plum positions at universities.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/no-academic-normalization-of-trump-by-dani-rodrik-2018-08

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The University of Virginia recently faced a storm of protest after its Miller Center of Public Affairs appointed President Donald Trump’s former Director of Legislative Affairs, Marc Short, to a one-year position as Senior Fellow. Two faculty members severed ties with the center, and a petition to reverse the decision has gathered nearly 4,000 signatures. A similar protest erupted at my home institution last year, when Corey Lewandowski, a one-time campaign manager for Trump, was appointed a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics.

 

[OldGimletEye]

Paul "Numbers Guy" Ryan claims he influenced Trump behind the scenes.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ryan-suggests-hes-helped-thwart-trump-tragedies-behind-the-scenes

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Reading the feature piece in the New York Times Magazine on House Speaker Paul Ryan, it’s hard to miss the fact that the Wisconsin Republican doesn’t seem to care for questions about Donald Trump. That’s not especially surprising; if I were Ryan, I wouldn’t want to field a bunch of questions about the president, either.

But the Speaker, as he wraps up his congressional career, suggested he’s made a difference with Trump behind the scenes, taking steps to prevent what Ryan described as “tragedies.”

Yeah, I'm sure Ryan just dazzled and impressed Trump with his amazing numbers ability and a few power point slides.

What a bullshitter.

[Morpheus]

Hey, all those tragedies the president is responsible for? Well if it wasn’t for me he would have done even worse, you can’t even imagine, let me tell you, oh boy, the leader of the free world would make Thanos blush. That’s what the president/ speaker relationship is, the big guy sits around thinking of atrocities to commit, I talk him down to comparably palatable crimes. For instance,  I say, “sir, pardon me for speaking out of turn, if you may forgive one so low for his temerity, blinded as I am by your brilliance, luxuriating in the aroma of your manliness.....perhaps, maybe, if you can see it in your heart to consider, child internment camps rather than a full scale holocaust?” 

Yep, I think I can leave with my pride.

[LongRider]

6 hours ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said:

 We should just all kick back and watch the hellscape roll in.

It's rolling in whether we're kicked back or not.

[LongRider]

6 hours ago, Jace, Basilissa said:

I think we should round up any green voters and have a little pogrom. 

Ummm, Soylent Green?

[Jace, Extat]

4 minutes ago, LongRider said:

Ummm, Soylent Green?

Momma always insisted I eat my Greens.

[Martell Spy]

3 hours ago, OldGimletEye said:

Paul "Numbers Guy" Ryan claims he influenced Trump behind the scenes.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ryan-suggests-hes-helped-thwart-trump-tragedies-behind-the-scenes

Yeah, I'm sure Ryan just dazzled and impressed Trump with his amazing numbers ability and a few power point slides.

What a bullshitter.

I think he impressed Trump with how flexible and pliant he was. It helps to have no spine.

[Serious Callers Only]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/i-want-to-die-was-a-5-year-old-drugged-after-being-separated-from-his-dad-at-the-border/2018/08/08/df4cc2aa-95e1-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html?utm_term=.c6e6c9eb7db2

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

13 hours ago, DMC said:

I actually hope the Magic suck as their only chance to actually compete is to hit the lottery in the draft.  As for Garoppolo, if he continues to maintain a >80 QBR in spite of that 1.4 ratio it's fine by me.  Anyway, attacking sports teams is throwing stones in a very glass state with Minnesota's zero super bowls, zero NBA championships, and two world series since 1924 led by an obese sexual assaulter.

Didn’t they do that this year?

Also, how dare you discount the Lynx’s dynasty! We run the WNBA! Do you want to come across as sexist?

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Pretty sure Melania and Donald have been done with each other for over a decade.  I assume that's why they got married.

I’d say since the kid was born and her link to the money was secured. They do, after all, sleep in different rooms. I’ve heard of functioning couples having separate beds, but I’ve never heard of them having separate rooms.

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

10 hours ago, The Anti-Targ said:

It's so depressing that Native Americans are so marginalized in the US that they don't even rate a mention when it comes to demographics. It's all about African Americans and Mexicans taking over the whites. Give them their reservations and their casinos and we can all pretend they don't exist.

We still celebrate Columbus Day.

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

11 hours ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said:

So, the general point she's making is that demographic shifts are somehow anti-democratic?  That she should get a vote on how many Latinos live where and how many children they produce?

She can fuck herself.

No, the point she’s making is a coded attack on the browning of America. There is an obvious reason why diehard Trump supporters are anti-immigration and driven by white racial resentment. They are terrified of the idea that in the not too distant future America will be a majority-minority country.