Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP (Read 6923823 times)

nudemacusers · « **Reply #22920 on:** August 30, 2018, 08:57:46 PM »

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/30/trump-cancels-pay-raises-federal-workers-804574

Wonder how all the crusty GS I work with in MA feel about this after they all squawked about how trump winning. Especially considering he nixed locality pay.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #22921 on:** August 30, 2018, 09:31:38 PM »

Ran into this during lunch..

benjipwns · « **Reply #22922 on:** August 30, 2018, 10:08:05 PM »

Quote from: Maiden Voyage on August 29, 2018, 10:05:14 PM

No doubt, but why have a tantrum on Twitter over it? Get a staff member to complain and move on.

She has no paid staff. And basically no volunteer staff at this point. She doesn't attend open and free candidate forums. She skipped the debates. She doesn't respond to media/interest group/etc. inquires. So on and so on.

This is the best part though from her reply:

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I have dressed professionally every day for 2 years to present myself as a serious candidate. Hair done professionally, down and straight. Natural color. Heels.

I have four versions of the same dress, I wear it so much.

It was 95 degrees today and I wore that canvassing.

Every single photo I've seen of her attending any event or taking photos for her ads does literally have her in this same terrible, and arguably cut way too high for her height (6-4), dress with the same stupid white belt.

It's like she bought a "candidate dress-up" play set. (To go with her motorcycle racer one probably. Like in that commercial where the dad makes his daughter be sheriff for a day so he can wash the princess dress.)

benjipwns · « **Reply #22923 on:** August 30, 2018, 10:15:14 PM »

Don't worry though, she promised last year she'll run again in 2020. Maybe for a higher office? (Against Trump?!?)

benjipwns · « **Reply #22924 on:** August 30, 2018, 10:18:42 PM »

BUT SERIOUSLY, ONE OUTFIT, LIKE BEN SHAPRIO USED TO HAVE:
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/1026260354865737729

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agrajag · « **Reply #22925 on:** August 30, 2018, 10:21:04 PM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #22926 on:** August 30, 2018, 10:30:50 PM »

oh good, they finally put out that ad:

also, video proof that she has at least a second dress (BUT SAME BELT)

benjipwns · « **Reply #22927 on:** August 30, 2018, 11:24:48 PM »

Quote from: Jack Remington on August 29, 2018, 09:51:11 PM

Benji can drop all that Vietnam War history, and Mandark thinks he'd be one of the clubs fighting relegation

FACT CHECK: I just made four straight posts about Brianna Wu.

Mandark · « **Reply #22928 on:** August 30, 2018, 11:50:22 PM »

https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1035331293964369921

Less an instance of Trump being extra goofy, and more one of him reading his audience well.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #22929 on:** August 30, 2018, 11:51:24 PM »

Pay for...socialism?

benjipwns · « **Reply #22930 on:** August 30, 2018, 11:57:34 PM »

Keep The Government Out Of My Medicare For All!

Trent Dole · « **Reply #22931 on:** August 31, 2018, 01:38:09 AM »

bluemax · « **Reply #22932 on:** August 31, 2018, 01:42:26 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 30, 2018, 10:18:42 PM

BUT SERIOUSLY, ONE OUTFIT, LIKE BEN SHAPRIO USED TO HAVE:
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/1026260354865737729

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Apparently she has four of that same dress because she wears it so much.

She also tweeted that she's been dressing professionally for a whole 2 years now!

agrajag · « **Reply #22933 on:** August 31, 2018, 02:26:25 AM »

Can someone with shop skills smiley the thumbs up Wu?

sinxtanx · « **Reply #22934 on:** August 31, 2018, 04:53:12 AM »

it was funnier with the cardboard man included

benjipwns · « **Reply #22935 on:** August 31, 2018, 04:56:04 AM »

if that gets picked up here the alt-text should be "I am very tall. He is not."

Nintex · « **Reply #22936 on:** August 31, 2018, 05:47:19 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 30, 2018, 10:18:42 PM

BUT SERIOUSLY, ONE OUTFIT, LIKE BEN SHAPRIO USED TO HAVE:
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/1026260354865737729

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One outfit and probably part of the SOAP IS POISON demographic.

Imagine the s m e l l $:-\$

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #22937 on:** August 31, 2018, 07:58:29 AM »

cool benji's weirdo obsession with Wu resurfaces for another seventeen consecutive posts

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22938 on:** August 31, 2018, 08:05:30 AM »

benji even has an accurate count of what clothes she owns, terrifying

benjipwns · « **Reply #22939 on:** August 31, 2018, 08:07:10 AM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #22940 on:** August 31, 2018, 08:12:23 AM »

Though I know what this endless tantrum by beaks is actually about, he's just jealous that 100% of my blog views come from GERMANY and SAUDI ARABIA.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22941 on:** August 31, 2018, 08:19:59 AM »

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/08/29/texas-prison-heat-air-conditioning-cost-drop/

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At a committee hearing Wednesday at the Texas Capitol, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Bryan Collier said the estimated cost to install permanent air conditioning at the Wallace Pack Unit near College Station is now about $4 million. In 2017, amid a years-long federal lawsuit over what a judge ruled were unconstitutional conditions in the prison, an expert obtained by the department said the cost would be more than $20 million.

Before settling the lawsuit, the department conducted its own research and the cost dropped to $11 million, but Collier said in Wednesday's hearing that number had dropped even further after the state comptroller's office said some construction upgrades weren't necessary. The state spent more than $7 million on the lawsuit over installing air conditioning in the Pack Unit's housing area.

As a result of the lawsuit, the department also has asked the Legislature for funds to install air conditioning at the Hodge Unit in East Texas, which houses developmentally disabled inmates, for an estimated $2 million, Collier said.

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The department fought the lawsuit for years, saying the cost was too burdensome and their mitigation efforts against heat, like providing ice water and allowing personal fans, sufficiently countered the stifling temperatures. After a landmark ruling requiring air conditioning for vulnerable inmates last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said “taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to pay for expensive prison air conditioning systems.”

benjipwns · « **Reply #22942 on:** August 31, 2018, 08:43:10 AM »

kingv · « **Reply #22943 on:** August 31, 2018, 09:40:54 AM »

Brianna Wu

I’m surprised no one has posted this yet:

https://twitter.com/rvawonk/status/1035303612505894912?s=21

Gillum is gonna win in FL.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #22944 on:** August 31, 2018, 09:57:32 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 31, 2018, 08:19:59 AM

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/08/29/texas-prison-heat-air-conditioning-cost-drop/
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At a committee hearing Wednesday at the Texas Capitol, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Bryan Collier said the estimated cost to install permanent air conditioning at the Wallace Pack Unit near College Station is now about $4 million. In 2017, amid a years-long federal lawsuit over what a judge ruled were unconstitutional conditions in the prison, an expert obtained by the department said the cost would be more than $20 million.

Before settling the lawsuit, the department conducted its own research and the cost dropped to $11 million, but Collier said in Wednesday's hearing that number had dropped even further after the state comptroller's office said some construction upgrades weren't necessary. The state spent more than $7 million on the lawsuit over installing air conditioning in the Pack Unit's housing area.

As a result of the lawsuit, the department also has asked the Legislature for funds to install air conditioning at the Hodge Unit in East Texas, which houses developmentally disabled inmates, for an estimated $2 million, Collier said.
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The department fought the lawsuit for years, saying the cost was too burdensome and their mitigation efforts against heat, like providing ice water and allowing personal fans, sufficiently countered the stifling temperatures. After a landmark ruling requiring air conditioning for vulnerable inmates last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said “taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to pay for expensive prison air conditioning systems.”

True fact: It's considered cruel and unusual punishment to live in Texas during the summer, even if you have an air conditioner.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #22945 on:** August 31, 2018, 11:53:20 AM »

I thought she was Asian?

agrajag · « **Reply #22946 on:** August 31, 2018, 11:58:33 AM »

Did you just assume her ethnicity

Brehvolution · « **Reply #22947 on:** August 31, 2018, 01:06:11 PM »

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A spokesperson for Congressman Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial campaign released a statement defending the lawmaker’s role as an administrator of a Facebook group filled with racists and conspiracy theorists, claiming that he did not know that he was part of the page.

“The Congressman was completely unaware that he was part of the Facebook group, which he was added to without his knowledge or consent. As soon as he found out about it, he immediately deleted it,” DeSantis’ spokes Stephen Lawson said in a statement.

Nintex · « **Reply #22948 on:** August 31, 2018, 01:47:48 PM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on August 31, 2018, 01:06:11 PM

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A spokesperson for Congressman Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial campaign released a statement defending the lawmaker’s role as an administrator of a Facebook group filled with racists and conspiracy theorists, claiming that he did not know that he was part of the page.

“The Congressman was completely unaware that he was part of the Facebook group, which he was added to without his knowledge or consent. As soon as he found out about it, he immediately deleted it,” DeSantis’ spokes Stephen Lawson said in a statement.

That's actually how Facebook groups work. You get an invite. You click 'OK' to join and anyone that's an admin can make you an admin.

Also those Facebook groups tend to evolve over time. I was part of a local Facebook group that was all fun and games until the elderly took over.

$:-\$

Basically don't do Facebook

Nintex · « **Reply #22949 on:** August 31, 2018, 03:30:10 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on August 31, 2018, 02:51:08 PM

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Bernie Sanders will be introducing legislation to give employers like Amazon and Walmart the choice to either pay workers a higher wage or pay taxes equal to the total cost of federal assistance programs their workers use. If an Amazon employee uses $100 in food stamps, Amazon would be taxed $100.

Amazon paying for food stamps is certainly a bold strategy. Let me guess the workers will have to redeem their food stamps at Amazon.

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1035334044698009600
Big corporations are the backbone of the left

kingv · « **Reply #22950 on:** August 31, 2018, 03:36:54 PM »

It’s fairly obvious that Amazon would be reimbursing the government.

I don’t think it is necessarily a bad policy. It’s similar to how unemployment insurance works. You lay off a bunch of morherfuckers who file for unemployment you pay more to the state.

It’s a way to keep companies from abusing state safety net programs.

Only real problem with it is Amazon will probably introduce some sort of program that tries to talk employees out of applying for SNAP.

Nintex · « **Reply #22951 on:** August 31, 2018, 03:43:05 PM »

Quote from: kingv on August 31, 2018, 03:36:54 PM

It’s fairly obvious that Amazon would be reimbursing the government.

Essentially Amazon is paying for food stamps if they're taxed $100 for someone on food stamps.

There's no incentive for them to hand out higher wages if they have those same workers redeem their food stamps at Amazon owned Whole Foods supermarkets.
They'd even make a profit as food production costs would be lower than the price consumers pay.'
Amazon could make at least $20 on every $100 in food stamps. The more workers on food stamps, the richer they get.

Nintex · « **Reply #22952 on:** August 31, 2018, 03:50:04 PM »

The math works out.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1035528943238082562
An anti-chinese Trumper with purple hair extensions

kingv · « **Reply #22953 on:** August 31, 2018, 03:54:48 PM »

Food stamps are basically just a debit card that needs a special processing system to use.

I suppose amazon could say “btw you can use your food stamps at Whole Foods”, but there’s no way to enforce it.

They’ll work anywhere that has the machines.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #22954 on:** August 31, 2018, 03:59:00 PM »

Cucker is only hitting amazon because it's Bezos. Democrats have been saying the same shit about walmart for a decade while the dimwits at fox decried it as class warfare.

Mandark · « **Reply #22955 on:** August 31, 2018, 04:15:45 PM »

Is this going to turn into two pages of Nintex trying to Dutchsplain SNAP and constantly fucking up, while ignoring everyone trying to correct him?

Cause I'd be fine with that.

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #22956 on:** August 31, 2018, 04:29:46 PM »

I just met a guy who will pay me $20 for each $100 bill I burn. Infinite money here I come!

curly · « **Reply #22957 on:** August 31, 2018, 04:32:35 PM »

The Dutch are per capita the worst posters on the internet

nachobro · « **Reply #22958 on:** August 31, 2018, 05:21:15 PM »

tucker and bernie gonna save us all

kingv · « **Reply #22959 on:** September 01, 2018, 12:43:13 PM »

She has put on weight. You know he’ll come at her for that

agrajag · « **Reply #22960 on:** September 01, 2018, 12:52:54 PM »

what did she say

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22961 on:** September 01, 2018, 02:10:43 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on September 01, 2018, 12:52:54 PM

what did she say

Something to the effect of that America doesn't need to be made great because it's always been great because of men like John McCain and not opportunistic hucksters that never had to serve their country.

team filler · « **Reply #22962 on:** September 01, 2018, 02:15:00 PM »

didn't she read my post about what a shit person mccain was?

agrajag · « **Reply #22963 on:** September 01, 2018, 02:18:31 PM »

I'll send her a link

MMaRsu · « **Reply #22964 on:** September 01, 2018, 02:27:54 PM »

Quote from: curly on August 31, 2018, 04:32:35 PM

The Dutch are per capita the worst posters on the internet

Motherf...

agrajag · « **Reply #22965 on:** September 01, 2018, 02:29:24 PM »

the Hardcoreradio dude is pretty chill, I think he's Dutch

Nintex · « **Reply #22966 on:** September 01, 2018, 02:40:50 PM »

https://twitter.com/rolandscahill/status/1035904690825908225

George is slick

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1035925329376948224

Nola · « **Reply #22967 on:** September 01, 2018, 04:31:53 PM »

“Would you be more or less likely to eulogize for John McCain…if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?”

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #22968 on:** September 01, 2018, 05:08:27 PM »

McCain was a war hero, I give him dap. But can anyone name a single accomplishment he made as senator, one with positive long lasting impact? The first thing to come to mind is campaign finance reform, but of course he shitcanned it shortly thereafter. This is a man who got caught in a financial scandal as a congressman, voted for the Iraq war, voted with W Bush 90% of the time, and of course voted against all of Obama's noteworthy legislature.

Also can anyone name some foreign policy issues McCain was right on, in the last...20 years? Outside of Russia.

curly · « **Reply #22969 on:** September 01, 2018, 06:49:40 PM »

https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1035541767725228033

agrajag · « **Reply #22970 on:** September 01, 2018, 06:52:29 PM »

what if they were crying tears of joy

curly · « **Reply #22971 on:** September 01, 2018, 06:57:02 PM »

what if they were pissing

team filler · « **Reply #22972 on:** September 01, 2018, 07:24:27 PM »

what if they were squirting

agrajag · « **Reply #22973 on:** September 01, 2018, 07:35:33 PM »

squirt is piss

Nintex · « **Reply #22974 on:** September 01, 2018, 07:46:13 PM »

The McCain funeral certainly was a who's who of the 'Washington establishment'. Cheney, the Clintons, Kerry, Bush, Giuliani the entire gang was there side by side, singing, praying and weeping.

It seems kinda selfish in a weird way. Like they all showed up because in due time they each expect to get a similar burial.

agrajag · « **Reply #22975 on:** September 01, 2018, 07:58:32 PM »

Quote from: Jack Remington on September 01, 2018, 07:48:27 PM

Quote from: agrajag on September 01, 2018, 07:35:33 PM
squirt is piss

When they fake it for you maybe.

I don't care when your mama fakes as long as she let's me nut on her face.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22976 on:** September 01, 2018, 08:12:34 PM »

Quote from: curly on September 01, 2018, 06:49:40 PM

https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1035541767725228033

this is now the worst vibes thread

nachobro · « **Reply #22977 on:** September 01, 2018, 08:16:17 PM »

Quote from: Jack Remington on September 01, 2018, 06:01:58 PM

I actually like this one.

This Sanders guy should run for President with ideas like that.

it'd never work. some dumb bitch would probably fuck it all up somehow.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22978 on:** September 01, 2018, 08:18:44 PM »

Quote from: Jack Remington on September 01, 2018, 06:01:58 PM

I actually like this one.

This Sanders guy should run for President with ideas like that.

as long as it's an independent or third-party run, probably don't want him messing with any primaries for a party he's never been part of

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22979 on:** September 01, 2018, 08:22:29 PM »

Quote from: agrajag on September 01, 2018, 07:35:33 PM

squirt is piss

Women don't have balls, so where is it stored?

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