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OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55200 on:** March 22, 2020, 03:43:19 PM »

https://twitter.com/RonPaul/status/1239551403074433025

Nintex · « **Reply #55201 on:** March 22, 2020, 03:45:05 PM »

https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1241802663391567873

brrrrrrrrrrrrr

corporate welfare

lmao what stage of capitalism is this

Tripon · « **Reply #55202 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:24:23 PM »

----

https://twitter.com/vermontgmg/status/1241719364472180738

Pompeo the opposite of this.

Nintex · « **Reply #55203 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:27:45 PM »

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1241814624401526785

Trump just keeps dropping these Directs

VomKriege · « **Reply #55204 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:44:13 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 22, 2020, 03:43:19 PM

https://twitter.com/RonPaul/status/1239551403074433025

Betrayed by his own son, sad.

Tasty · « **Reply #55205 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:47:08 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 22, 2020, 02:23:42 PM

Quote from: twitter.com/getfiscal/status/1241792001768644608
Who cares if Joe Biden is alive or not

james · « **Reply #55206 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:50:52 PM »

Quote from: Cauliflower Of Love on March 22, 2020, 01:42:57 PM

Rand Paul tested positive.

Please tell me his front lawn beat down involved lung damage

Mandark · « **Reply #55207 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:51:49 PM »

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/rand-paul-part-of-lung-removed/index.html

that'll be five bucks

james · « **Reply #55208 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:55:29 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on March 22, 2020, 04:51:49 PM

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/rand-paul-part-of-lung-removed/index.html

that'll be five bucks

Tasty · « **Reply #55209 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:58:14 PM »

Quote from: Cauliflower Of Love on March 22, 2020, 01:42:57 PM

Rand Paul tested positive.

For AIDS?

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55210 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:58:44 PM »

I just learned Biden hasn't been seen in like a week.
Last supposed sighting was his Instagram account posting a emoji in a stream. Yeah, totally him

VomKriege · « **Reply #55211 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:01:38 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 22, 2020, 04:58:44 PM

I just learned Biden hasn't been seen in like a week.
Last supposed sighting was his Instagram account posting a emoji in a stream. Yeah, totally him

He's got "great ads" (ResetERA©) on his Twitter though !

james · « **Reply #55212 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:01:40 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 22, 2020, 04:58:44 PM

I just learned Biden hasn't been seen in like a week.
Last supposed sighting was his Instagram account posting a emoji in a stream. Yeah, totally him

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55213 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:04:05 PM »

Quote from: james on March 22, 2020, 05:01:40 PM

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 22, 2020, 04:58:44 PM
I just learned Biden hasn't been seen in like a week.
Last supposed sighting was his Instagram account posting a emoji in a stream. Yeah, totally him

Bernie meanwhile running fireside chats and shit like a boss

VomKriege · « **Reply #55214 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:08:09 PM »

Quote from: Esch on March 22, 2020, 05:04:30 PM

Benji, is this a violation of the NAP?

https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1241799144559251456

...he then licked all doorhandles and was heard shouting "May the fittest survive !" and "Who is John Galt ?"

Coming up next : Did you know the Fed is private and was instituted by a vote of only 3 representatives ?

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55215 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:11:38 PM »

bullying libertarians (even more) is a real upside right now

https://twitter.com/hilaryagro/status/1241509532527820800

https://twitter.com/DoctorofButts/status/1241706321755463680

https://twitter.com/inthefuckingway/status/1239733527064838145

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55216 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:20:18 PM »

even better

https://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/fmixnn/what_we_have_learned_from_covid19/

Quote

The global economy is fragile as glass, and we will never know if a truly free market would be more robust, because no government has the balls to refrain from interfering the moment people are scared.

VomKriege · « **Reply #55217 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:27:33 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 22, 2020, 05:20:18 PM

even better

https://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/fmixnn/what_we_have_learned_from_covid19/

Quote
The global economy is fragile as glass, and we will never know if a truly free market would be more robust, because no government has the balls to refrain from interfering the moment people are scared.

Quote

If the price system was allowed to work properly we wouldn't be having these problems

VomKriege · « **Reply #55218 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:28:34 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 22, 2020, 05:26:40 PM

Today's briefing has been repeatedly pushed back for nearly 6 hours so far

Rand Paul was doing sensual back massages to Trump all morning, perhaps.

curly · « **Reply #55219 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:29:18 PM »

we've got our very own lolbertarians on this forum:

Quote from: JayDubya on March 16, 2020, 08:54:45 AM

Quote from: Occam on March 16, 2020, 02:29:14 AM
I am kind of shocked such a law even exists, because "muh free markets!".

It's a stupid law.

Stores should raise the prices; that would be the appropriate thing for them to do, and it works out better for everyone.

If say, toilet paper... if toilet paper costs what it appropriately should right now given the sudden scarcity, people who need it would have it available to buy in the store at the correct price instead of panicked randos buying it up cheap because the stores can't - by law - make the adjustment they should. Increasing the price means said randos can't walk away with so much and wouldn't want to in the first place. This also obviously incentivizes increased production.

Same principle where concerts don't cost what they should and scalpers swoop in and take profits because they get what people are actually willing to pay.

I'd be mad too if I believed in something this dumb

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55220 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:31:56 PM »

fights back by... not even denying the accusation that he was spreading germs pre-results but claiming a false argument of spreading germs after to attack
what a weasel

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1241820090804379654

Tripon · « **Reply #55221 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:32:40 PM »

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1241839995922665473

james · « **Reply #55222 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:58:28 PM »

This corona virus is pretty cool.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #55223 on:** March 22, 2020, 06:19:36 PM »

https://twitter.com/crampell/status/1241834220533809154

team filler · « **Reply #55224 on:** March 22, 2020, 06:54:04 PM »

fuck romney! he doesn't even pay tax

get him trumpy

BIONIC · « **Reply #55225 on:** March 22, 2020, 06:54:57 PM »

Quote from: curly on March 22, 2020, 05:29:18 PM

we've got our very own lolbertarians on this forum:

Quote from: JayDubya on March 16, 2020, 08:54:45 AM
Quote from: Occam on March 16, 2020, 02:29:14 AM
I am kind of shocked such a law even exists, because "muh free markets!".

It's a stupid law.

Stores should raise the prices; that would be the appropriate thing for them to do, and it works out better for everyone.

If say, toilet paper... if toilet paper costs what it appropriately should right now given the sudden scarcity, people who need it would have it available to buy in the store at the correct price instead of panicked randos buying it up cheap because the stores can't - by law - make the adjustment they should. Increasing the price means said randos can't walk away with so much and wouldn't want to in the first place. This also obviously incentivizes increased production.

Same principle where concerts don't cost what they should and scalpers swoop in and take profits because they get what people are actually willing to pay.

I'd be mad too if I believed in something this dumb

JayCuckya

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #55226 on:** March 22, 2020, 06:55:10 PM »

You'll be able to literally track corruption in washington through covid infections.

Bernie immune.

Tripon · « **Reply #55227 on:** March 22, 2020, 06:57:57 PM »

https://twitter.com/DavidSegalRI/status/1241844322984738817

https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1241851890067005445
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1241837059146428422
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1241859607728971776

BIONIC · « **Reply #55228 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:01:11 PM »

Cross-posting for non-shit thread readers:

Quote from: JayDubya on March 22, 2020, 06:52:59 PM

They wish he was dead though [Rand Paul] They wish anyone who disagrees with them were dead, and given how out on a limb they are in their little cult, that’s damn near everyone.

They’re evil and they’re crazy. They may or may not be dangerous; in all likelihood, absolutely no danger at all - just being internet edgelords.

I can’t with the lack of self-awareness

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #55229 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:09:07 PM »

trump saying he offered to send people to china early on and they said no, and that's why they closed the border with them.

But this came out of nowhere.

he just commited to allowing testing on undocumented people and had to call them illegal immigrants, and just said "he's going to send them back"

fucking wow. That's not what supposed to happen.

VomKriege · « **Reply #55230 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:16:09 PM »

Can't US Senators cast absentee votes (through giving temporary power to a colleague for instance) ? Or is it just because the self quarantines suddenly happened today and they didn't have time to do the paperwork ?

Tripon · « **Reply #55231 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:20:08 PM »

House and senate would have to vote to allow remote voting. Neither wants to do it so far for various reasons.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #55232 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:22:18 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 22, 2020, 07:20:08 PM

House and senate would have to vote to allow remote voting. Neither wants to do it so far for various reasons.

You know the illegals would just vote twice!

team filler · « **Reply #55233 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:23:45 PM »

https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1241194720489025542

VomKriege · « **Reply #55234 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:25:17 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 22, 2020, 07:17:40 PM

Quote from: VomKriege on March 22, 2020, 07:16:09 PM
Can't US Senators cast absentee votes (through giving temporary power to a colleague for instance) ? Or is it just because the self quarantines suddenly happened today and they didn't have time to do the paperwork ?
No, we don't have a modern democracy

Isn't it common in some State legislatures (up to having sticks and canes to push the voting buttons) ? But maybe it's more accepted usage than codified... Seems incredibly explosive in any sort of crisis but I guess you could make the argument that you have a lot more chronic absenteism in institutions that have this.

Tripon · « **Reply #55235 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:35:07 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on March 22, 2020, 07:25:17 PM

Quote from: shosta on March 22, 2020, 07:17:40 PM
Quote from: VomKriege on March 22, 2020, 07:16:09 PM
Can't US Senators cast absentee votes (through giving temporary power to a colleague for instance) ? Or is it just because the self quarantines suddenly happened today and they didn't have time to do the paperwork ?
No, we don't have a modern democracy

Isn't it common in some State legislatures (up to having sticks and canes to push the voting buttons) ? But maybe it's more accepted usage than codified... Seems incredibly explosive in any sort of crisis but I guess you could make the argument that you have a lot more chronic absenteism in institutions that have this.

I don't think it's an official policy. Just tolerated because regular people don't pay attention to it.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #55236 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:35:35 PM »

Quote from: JayDubya on March 22, 2020, 06:40:29 PM

Quote from: curly on March 22, 2020, 05:29:18 PM
we've got our very own lolbertarians on this forum:

Quote from: JayDubya on March 16, 2020, 08:54:45 AM
Quote from: Occam on March 16, 2020, 02:29:14 AM
I am kind of shocked such a law even exists, because "muh free markets!".

It's a stupid law.

Stores should raise the prices; that would be the appropriate thing for them to do, and it works out better for everyone.

If say, toilet paper... if toilet paper costs what it appropriately should right now given the sudden scarcity, people who need it would have it available to buy in the store at the correct price instead of panicked randos buying it up cheap because the stores can't - by law - make the adjustment they should. Increasing the price means said randos can't walk away with so much and wouldn't want to in the first place. This also obviously incentivizes increased production.

Same principle where concerts don't cost what they should and scalpers swoop in and take profits because they get what people are actually willing to pay.

I'd be mad too if I believed in something this dumb

In calling that “dumb,” you demonstrably don’t understand the most basic of salient terms - price, supply and demand - on even the most basic level.

By this metric, you should be downright furious - because you’re fucking retarded. Cheers.

So what you're saying is supply and demand go like this

?

Huge if true

Tripon · « **Reply #55237 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:37:38 PM »

Arbitrage is a funny business.

team filler · « **Reply #55238 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:47:11 PM »

aoc looking so fine rn

team filler · « **Reply #55239 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:48:00 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 22, 2020, 07:37:38 PM

Arbitrage is a funny business.

gArbigtrage!

james · « **Reply #55240 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:56:09 PM »

Quote from: filler on March 22, 2020, 07:23:45 PM

https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1241194720489025542

Shosty, whats the line on Liz here being next to catch the rona?

Nintex · « **Reply #55241 on:** March 22, 2020, 07:57:20 PM »

LMAO
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1241874567695646721

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1241868497841512449

And the Democrats just blew up the world economy to try and get rid of Trump
https://twitter.com/BenGoldey/status/1241872516739670019

Nintex · « **Reply #55242 on:** March 22, 2020, 08:08:15 PM »

Schumer says he thinks a new bill can be drafted within 24 hours.
But what if Rand has infected more senators and there aren't enough for a vote.

Goddamn Chuck, no was not the time to grow a spine

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #55243 on:** March 22, 2020, 08:10:05 PM »

senators "self isolating" like cruz cause they're too cowardly to vote

GG

Nintex · « **Reply #55244 on:** March 22, 2020, 08:16:24 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1241869341332832259

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a “secret bailout authority” (per one D aide) for Mnuchin

Guess Mnuchin was ready to nationalize the Trump Organization

Anyway the headlines show: "Senate Democrats block ..."

Guess they wanted to claim ownership of what comes next?

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #55245 on:** March 22, 2020, 08:21:26 PM »

So 50K Bernie bros donated 2 millie for charities.

They've added 9 more charities to the BerniebrosSavetheWorld ebegging.

Tripon · « **Reply #55246 on:** March 22, 2020, 09:00:07 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 22, 2020, 08:57:09 PM

Quote
The Trump administration is considering whether to create a special enrollment period for Obamacare coverage because of the coronavirus emergency, a CMS spokesperson confirmed.
I guess we're not repeal and replace anymore

https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1241872794062905344

james · « **Reply #55247 on:** March 22, 2020, 09:02:59 PM »

NYT being slick again.

When a D bill fails, its "Democrats fail to get votes needed to pass bill". When its an R bill, its "Democrats block bill"

Tripon · « **Reply #55248 on:** March 22, 2020, 09:09:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1241870210753331206
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1241870213890609152

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1241875473191374849

7 days!

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55249 on:** March 22, 2020, 09:12:33 PM »

the asymptotic rate on this thing is wild
looks like man will skate through without a scratch if it has been a week already without a sign, of course

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #55250 on:** March 22, 2020, 09:28:43 PM »

paul blowing up the system from within

lol

benjipwns · « **Reply #55251 on:** March 22, 2020, 10:19:34 PM »

The Libertarian Moment™

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #55252 on:** March 22, 2020, 11:20:57 PM »

Quote from: james on March 22, 2020, 07:56:09 PM

Quote from: filler on March 22, 2020, 07:23:45 PM
https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1241194720489025542

Shosty, whats the line on Liz here being next to catch the rona?

Judging by Rand being dandy and Trump not even a sniffle.
Very low. Watch Kissinger be just fine too.