[Skuj]

Something between 2 and 37 parties might be good.

I know I said it yesterday......but this CPAC thing, this complete Trump Lovefest......I hate it, and I fucking love it. Go ahead GOP.....make Trump the defacto leader of your party. Make him the 2024 Nominee ffs!!!

This is a cult. And the GOP needs to die.

[tw2113]

Everyone can talk about the need for more parties until our faces are purple, but the fact is that when it comes to filling on the ballot, we collectively still fill in either red or blue.

[Skuj]

Hopefully more blue than red for years to come.

[!@#$%!]

cpac stage … odal rune

 

 

lmfao

[choc e-Claire]

I mean, it could just be a coincidence, and twenty years ago we probably would've assumed it was. But now...

Funny how Republicans have decided that trans women playing sports is going to be their next issue (although Trump actively avoided giving the USWNT a visit to the White House when they won the World Cup, so pretty clear he's an active supporter of women's sport in general). Guess TERFism is trying to make the jump from Britain outwards...

(That said, at least they haven't dropped seven 500-pound bombs as a "relatively small response", or told people they'll be given $2,000 checks and then not do it.)

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

or told people they'll be given $2,000 checks and then not do it.)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bi...k-checks-2000/

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bi...k-checks-2000/

That's a more measured view of the issues, yes. Still doesn't stop the fact that many (including myself) read it as "$2,000 as well as the earlier $600", or the fact that that's nowhere near enough anyway.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

That's a more measured view of the issues, yes. Still doesn't stop the fact that many (including myself) read it as "$2,000 as well as the earlier $600", or the fact that that's nowhere near enough anyway.

that's a separate issue altogether from "they promised $2k and lied" though.

anyway the real hairy ethical business at the moment is the currently insufficient sanctions against the saudi regime for the khashoggi murder.

see: https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...676_story.html

[h8kurdt]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

I mean, it could just be a coincidence, and twenty years ago we probably would've assumed it was. But now...

Funny how Republicans have decided that trans women playing sports is going to be their next issue (although Trump actively avoided giving the USWNT a visit to the White House when they won the World Cup, so pretty clear he's an active supporter of women's sport in general). Guess TERFism is trying to make the jump from Britain outwards...

(That said, at least they haven't dropped seven 500-pound bombs as a "relatively small response", or told people they'll be given $2,000 checks and then not do it.)

Whilst it is absolutely ridiculous they've decided to make that one of their main issues there's nothing wrong with discussing it.

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Whilst it is absolutely ridiculous they've decided to make that one of their main issues there's nothing wrong with discussing it.

I'd be inclined to agree if it wasn't for the fact that the IOC has had views on this for almost two decades and generally accepted guidelines. It's one thing to say "we have our stringent guidelines for the hormone levels that trans athletes need to meet, backed up with medical evidence" - and, granted, given few Olympic sports are contact ones there are issues to be discussed there - but it's absolutely another for this to be a part of the 'anti-SJW' culture wars.

I'll never be the most unbiased source on this, but the way Trump just smirks as he discusses 'every ounce', the fact that everyone involved in this brings up Mack Beggs when it's the exact opposite argument, and the general increase in TERFish nonsense that we're seeing outside of Britain is honestly starting to shit me.

[!@#$%!]

repukes always pick a hotspot in the culture wars and exploit the shit out of it until it no longer works. before this they had "the sanctity of marriage" which was the stupidest argument ever, but the goobers ate it. then the tv normalized gay marriage and they had to find something else. they've been ranting about "bathrooms" for years now.

[The Soup Nazi]

 

[tw2113]

Ahh...ending the filibuster a great idea when it'd be abused by the GOP. However once it'd be needed again by the Democrats, they'd be shit out of luck if they actually ended it now.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by tw2113

Ahh...ending the filibuster a great idea when it'd be abused by the GOP. However once it'd be needed again by the Democrats, they'd be shit out of luck if they actually ended it now.

it would be a big gamble no doubt. then again there is no guarantee that republicans wouldn't end it themselves given the chance.

it's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma scenario where the nash equilibrium is mutual destruction.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by tw2113

Ahh...ending the filibuster a great idea when it'd be abused by the GOP. However once it'd be needed again by the Democrats, they'd be shit out of luck if they actually ended it now.

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

it would be a big gamble no doubt. then again there is no guarantee that republicans wouldn't end it themselves given the chance.

it's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma scenario where the nash equilibrium is mutual destruction.

OK, true, but there's another component to this. Unlike, say, the "packing the Court" idea, ending the filibuster is a moral imperative.

[The Soup Nazi]

'It's Not Fair!': Rioter Who Posed at Pelosi's Desk Loses It in Court

"This has been a bunch of crap," Richard Barnett screamed on Thursday, as he complained that other Capitol rioters have been released from jail.

 

[The Soup Nazi]

 

[choc e-Claire]

Come on, man. That's obviously fake.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Come on, man. That's obviously fake.

 

[The Soup Nazi]

‘QAnon shaman’ to remain in jail after ‘insulting’ court defence

The so-called “QAnon Shaman” who wore furs and warpaint to the U.S. Capitol riot will not be released from jail before his trial after a U.S. federal judge deemed him too dangerous and delusional for release.