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Not_an_Owl posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

US intel has determined that North Korea has legitimate nuclear missile capabilities

I'm glad we have a wise, experienced leader to oh my god we're doomed

Realistically, North Korea has no chance of making a missile that could hit the U.S. mainland. So it's South Korea and/or Japan that are doomed. Possibly Hawaii.

Those things occurring are also pretty solidly not good.
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So this book is about how racism is bad and wrong, and people are calling it racist, basically?
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http://time.com/4887574/trump-raise-act-immigration/

Fun facts: You can literally win a Nobel Prize and still not qualify to immigrate to America under Donald Trump's plan.

For some reason, planning to invest in the country is approximately as valuable as being fluent in english.

Being fluent in english is already extremely valuable here.
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LordoftheMorons posted...

metroid composite posted...

Interesting article about the effect of drawing out of the TPP on certain parts of rural america:

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/07/trump-tpp-deal-withdrawal-trade-effects-215459

(Note, I am overall against the TPP, but yeah, this is a pretty significant downside to drawing out).

As I understand it the US agriculture industry would have won big from the TPP. Trump straight up screwed them.

Reading that article... our trade rep thinks Japan should lower tariffs for free? It sounds like he doesn't understand the basic concept behind an agreement, which is probably not a quality you want in a trade rep.

Most of our white house appointments do not understand the basic concepts behind their jobs, and possess many qualities contrary to their position.

Of course, that's probably because of the sheer lack of filled positions. If they actually had a reasonable number filled, they'd probably even out just due to statistics.
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Well, he's on vacay, you see.
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Fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuu
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/us/politics/trump-leaks-deputy-attorney-general-journalists.html

Looooooooooooool
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10000 episodes
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*dramatic gaaaaaaaa*

ninkendo posted...

Famicom

Oh.
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We were expecting a series?
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HashtagSEP posted...

A gun is smaller and more likely to stay within the lips beneath the seat, though. Though I don't keeps gun beneath the seat so I'm not sure of the reasons one would

I'm just saying it's more likely for a gun to be underneath a passenger seat than important papers for the driver

I'm not saying the gun being there is common

Just that the common driver doesn't just toss their important papers on the floor like Kenri is suggesting is normal, much less intentionally store them underneath the passenger seat

People typically put stuff under car seats to hide them more than they do to access them easily

Uh, sure.

Except that a pile of papers sliding around underneath you is potentially lethal to the papers.

A gun sliding around underneath you is potentially lethal to you.

Like, seriously, this just sounds like an incredibly stupid place to have your gun.
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Double size jury.
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And mass media is having none of his shit.

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/345341-chuck-todd-i-look-forward-to-ignoring-doj-subpoena
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The primary focus of it was investors.
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https://twitter.com/business/status/893543155727044608

Woo.
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Not_an_Owl posted...

Ashethan posted...

Democrats should run Tammy Duckworth. Just imagine the Trump Campaign!

"I like people who don't lose their legs!"

"She can't even walk, how's she going to be President? Low energy."

"Was she even born in this country?"

Democratic Senators from Illinois have a pretty good track record in recent presidential elections!

Duckworth's from Bangkok. *folds arms*
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The Mana Sword posted...

SupremeZero posted...

The Mana Sword posted...

Yeah, Trump cares because it's another state he gets to shade in red in his US Government Coloring Book.

He already had that state shaded red.

There are separate maps for each government position!

I don't see why that's relevant when he can't even separate the Primary and the General elections.
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The Mana Sword posted...

Yeah, Trump cares because it's another state he gets to shade in red in his US Government Coloring Book.

He already had that state shaded red.
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The Mana Sword posted...

Here's your 'big announcement'

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/politics/west-virginia-governor-to-switch-from-democrat-to-republican-trump.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

this seems like a strange move

Uh, more to the point, why is it relevant to Trump.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Has he followed through on any of these promises?

That would require him to sign any legislation besides one he throws a shitfit about, wouldn't it?
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The Mana Sword posted...

Apparently Trump's got a "very big announcement" tonight at a rally he's holding in WV.

Who's excited

"Imma nuke all them blue states, who's in!"
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HashtagSEP posted...

So the Daily Show did a piece on the company I work for and the tech/coding training program I went through in Eastern Kentucky last night

And now the Daily Signal is trying to blast it as much as they possibly can because they ran a smear piece on it a week ago in order to go "Look, another Obama program failed!"

https://twitter.com/kelseyjharkness/status/893118376930922497

Literally doing stuff like this

...While I am actually in the building as we speak, and she is not allowed in the building because the current office space is on a college campus. She's not allowed in to interview us, so she's... Lying.

But #FakeNews is stuff like CNN, right?

Well, if she can't talk to you, you must not exist, right? Checkmate, libruls.
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HaRRicH posted...

Paratroopa1 posted...

30% chance of Trump getting re-elected is really horrible odds

17% on making it to election and losing are good odds depending on what that means (does that include the chances of losing a primary?)

I mean, Donald had about a 30% chance last year too didn't he? I'll take the bet that he loses (if he makes it there) and we're years away, but.....

Last year he barely won in a perfect storm in his favor, so...
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I think the republicans who are removing their registration as Republicans because of Trump would normally vote republican, yes.
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Leafeon13N posted...

In a world where victory is usually decided by small percentage points, angering the portion of your power that supports trump is an easy way to lose an election.

Of course, angering basically EVERYONE ELSE is a rather better way, but hey!
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Skyridge87 posted...

I just don't understand how republicans are content with keeping Trump in power when removing him from office still gives them Pence as President.

Sign of weakness, basically.
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MenuWars posted...

Then there's the new Ghostbusters remake which was a crap attempt at shoehorning a political agenda I agree with (more female rolemodels and representation) into an established franchise and then trying to bash you over the head with it throughout making it at worst a massive shit show and at best decidedly average.

I mean, yes, but that's not really why it sucked, though it certainly contributed.
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He's actually signed the bill now, mind.
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You say, pretending this hasn't always been the case.
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StealThisSheen posted...

Corrik posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

Corrik posted...

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Corrik posted...

I am pretty convinced if 100% voting was compulsory and could be possible that republicans would never lose a presidential election ever.

I believe it would be the opposite.

The majority of America who are not registeted nor vote I would feel confident are isolated, more rural families who generally vote more republican.

"They’re younger. Roughly a third (34%) of nonvoters are younger than 30 and most (70%) are under 50; among likely voters, just 10% are younger than 30 and only 39% are under 50.

They’re more racially and ethnically diverse. Fully 43% of those who are not likely to cast ballots Tuesday are Hispanic, African American or other racial and ethnic minorities, roughly double the percentage among likely voters (22%)."

While that was from 2014, those things suggest it'd weigh the other direction

I don't think that study likely aligns with the conditions I am stating.

What are the conditions?

That they're rural and isolated who generally vote more republican.
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Emeraldegg posted...

Mr Lasastryke posted...

Corrik posted...
Oh it is not aggressive. It is a legit observation that has been made consistently.

Just because an observation is not to someone's liking does not make it aggressive.

Just because something isn't to someone's liking doesn't mean it's not aggressive.

Yeah, how dare you say that, Lasa.
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Suprak the Stud posted...

LordoftheMorons posted...

Jeff Flake coming out with something a little stronger than "deep concerns":

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/31/my-party-is-in-denial-about-donald-trump-215442

Has he voted against anything Trump has pushed? I like the sentiment, but Flake is an example of the very thing he's arguing against in this article.

He's absolutely trying to save his own skin, but it's nice to have it out there from a sitting republican senator.
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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/31/540605220/jury-begins-deliberations-in-shkreli-trial
Can... can we get a hat trick?
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TheRock1525 posted...

SupremeZero posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

I'd like to point out that Mooch's wife filed for divorce on like July 8th. Before he got hired I believe.

He didn't just magically get hired and everything went wrong. He did a bunch of shit in his quest to get hired.

Incidentally, Mooch didn't officially start until mid August.

So he actually got fired before he started.

Right but people are acting like he got the job and his wife divorced him and that's not what happened.

No, they're acting like he worked to get the job and his wife divorced him. Because that's what happened.

This isn't even a question, it's actually the reason she gave.
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TheRock1525 posted...

I'd like to point out that Mooch's wife filed for divorce on like July 8th. Before he got hired I believe.

He didn't just magically get hired and everything went wrong. He did a bunch of shit in his quest to get hired.

Incidentally, Mooch didn't officially start until mid August.

So he actually got fired before he started.
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Dancedreamer posted...

The Mana Sword posted...

Spicer technically isn't even gone yet, he might be able to hop back on the train.

Why would anyone want to hop back on a trainwreck?

I mean unless he just really enjoys reading letters from 9 year olds or something I guess.

He hopped on in the first place.
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https://twitter.com/brahmresnik/status/892086175120334848
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Barely even last a week at the job his wife divorced him over.
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Wanglicious posted...

in fairness, that has been a growing trend. latest story being a growing number of central americans deciding to just stay at mexico.

Honestly, that's not because of the threat of the wall, or border patrol, or even (directly) anything Donald Trump's done. It's just that the attitude toward them's gotten worse (which is indirectly caused by what Donald Trump's done)
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Net worth DOES fluctuate.

It does not fluctuate on the feelings of the person, short of because he just spent a shitton of it on some impulse buy.
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TheRock1525 posted...

Didn't Trump say after the House failed the first time that he wanted to start on tax reform anyway? That they convinced him to start with health care?

That, ma boi, is what we call "Being a lying shit"
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Did the "media" do that, or was it social media?

Book Media.
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Jakyl25 posted...

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/30/senate-obamacare-repeal-mulvaney-241141

Mulvaney said that “yes,” it's official White House policy that the Senate shouldn’t hold a vote on another issue — not even an imminent crisis like raising the debt ceiling— until the Senate votes again on health care.

LOL at the White House "having official policy" on how the Senate is run

Theoretically, that's one they can actually uphold, since the President has to sign bills.

It'd be insanely stupid to do so, of course.
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If I could trade in my 3DS for it, I'd absolutely be getting it. Unfortunately, they don't consider the original 3DS to be a thing anymore.
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America
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MalcolmMasher posted...

At what point do they start thinking maybe President Pence isn't such a bad idea?

The "two terms per Prez" limit rounds to the nearest term, so that's an incentive for Republicans to wait until Trump has served two years before they bring Pence in.

Uh, if they're high, maybe. Pence is essentially unelectable. Appeals to basically no one, Indiana hates him, and he was about to get kicked out by his own party in favor of a democrat. If they want to get as much time of him as they can, they want it ASAP.
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iiicon posted...

This is kind of a big, scary headline that doesn't mean much. Netflix added 25 million subscribers between 2016 and 2017. Netflix have over 100 million paying subscribers. Most of this is short-term debt. Yawn.

Wait, they brought in a quarter of their entire base just this year?
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

Jeff Zero posted...

Oh, this part was funny, though.

“I don’t believe Netflix is going to get this right at a better rate than anyone else,” said Michael Pachter, a Wedbush analyst who has long been pessimistic about the company. He said his “underperform” rating on Netflix shares has been wrong in the past but believes the company’s lavish spending will eventually catch up to it.

“I think it is kicking the can down the road and a looming write-down is coming,” he said.

Netflix confirmed to dominate the world by 2027, I guess.

Pachter has been wrong before. It's not necessarily bad to have that much debt. They're taking a risk that could pay off...will be interesting to see how it plays out.

That's his point. Pachter is ALWAYS wrong. Therefore, Netflix will take over the world instead of die.
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Who?
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HaRRicH posted...

Guess I missed this from the press conference earlier this week about banning transgender people:


https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/890288066698629120

Trump makes a major decision today to ban transgender soldiers, SHS threatens to end the briefing if she keeps getting asked Qs about it.

*VIDEO*

"Listen you brats I will turn this briefing around!"
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