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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    They've repeatedly claimed that going to a campaign website or doing a basic web search for news articles on a candidate's policy positions is asking too much of them, and that the Biden campaign should seek them out to inform them of every single policy position they have.
    Tfw slacktivism becomes a full fledged ideology.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UnifiedDivide View Post
    "blood in the streets" IIRC.
    It's always other people's blood in the street. While I post from my parent's villa in Brussels/Hamptons.

    The Left needs a bit of intervention. Too many of it's thought leaders calling for revolution ... are wealthy and bored kids.
    After their careers in comedy and esports stalled out. They decided to ride youtube's "Dems are stupid" algorithm, to wealth and fame.


    Quote Originally Posted by Elegiac View Post
    Tfw slacktivism becomes a full fledged ideology.
    Real fucking shame a certain Socialist based their whole primary strategy on elevating slacktivism. Boosting these a-holes with podcast appearances and hiring them to run his campaign.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arch-Angel of Riots View Post
    There is no possible way that you believe politicians actually are going to do the things they promise during their election campaigns.
    All you're describing, here, is your own personal paranoia and misanthropy.

    Politicians can and do follow through on campaign promises all the time.

    But regardless; you weren't even talking about the efficacy of outcomes, you were lying about whether Biden had any position on those issues at all. Just straight-up, bald-faced lying, when anyone who even bothers to glance at Biden's platform can see that you're lying.

    And now that you've been called out, you're trying to move goalposts, and pretend you didn't get caught out. That's just more dishonesty.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Breccia View Post
    The NYTimes reports but others will surely follow the following:



    Yep. The Republican Party, part of it at least, admits it intentionally committed election fraud.
    And why the response was a "cease and desist" letter and not several armed FBI agents is the reason people think they can pull that bullshit.
    "Law and Order", lots of places have had that, Russia, North Korea, Saddam's Iraq.
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    Quote Originally Posted by D Luniz View Post
    And why the response was a "cease and desist" letter and not several armed FBI agents is the reason people think they can pull that bullshit.
    Seriously. They need to go after the state party hard on this. People need to be in jail.

    Republicans constantly talk about the seriousness of voter fraud, they should appreciate the desire for swift and serious consequences for anyone engaging in that behavior. Including themselves.

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    Useless non-Americans with shitty opinions on civic engagement in United States elections aside, Lindsay Graham is threating me with a good time if people go out and vote Democrat.

    South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham painted a grim picture for Republicans if they lose control of the White House and Senate next month.

    Graham said he believes Democrats would extensively change the rules when it comes to nominating appointees to the Supreme Court and would also impose other changes to the makeup of the country that would help them stay in power.

    "If we lose the House, the Senate, and the White House, they’re going to change the rules of the Senate, Maria, so you only need a majority," Graham told Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo. "Anything coming out of the House goes to the Senate. They’re going to expand the Court from nine to whatever number they need to make it liberal. They’re going to abolish the Electoral College, which means New York and California pick our president. They're going to change America."

    Several election forecasters suggest Republicans are not only at major risk of losing their Senate majority but that Democrats may even pick up more seats in the House, which they already control.

    "We must win this election, keep the Senate because if they win, it's not going to be about a healthcare debate — they’re going to structurally change the country so it’ll be hard for a Republican to get elected president," Graham said. "They’re going to make D.C. a state, altering the balance of power in the United States Senate. The parade of horribles will come if we lose the House, the Senate, and the White House. It’s unbelievable."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arch-Angel of Riots View Post
    There is no possible way that you believe politicians actually are going to do the things they promise during their election campaigns.
    Then what's the point?

    If they don't say X, you complain, if they say X, you complain that they can't be believed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by downnola View Post
    Useless non-Americans with shitty opinions on civic engagement in United States elections aside, Lindsay Graham is threating me with a good time if people go out and vote Democrat.


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    They should turn Graham's statement into a political ad, could get Joe a few more votes with that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam Jensen View Post
    They should turn Graham's statement into a political ad, could get Joe a few more votes with that.
    His comment that everyone is welcomed, as long as they are conservative, would be a good one as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by downnola View Post
    Useless non-Americans with shitty opinions on civic engagement in United States elections aside, Lindsay Graham is threating me with a good time if people go out and vote Democrat.


    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...use-next-month
    I'm honestly a little flabbergasted that after the complete shitshow of the last 4 years where the Republicans in power shat all over every regulation, law, responsibility, expectation, etc... they were supposed to adhere to, and then are now surprised there are people who want to update or change the rules to try and help ensure shit like that doesn't happen again.

    They can't really be this stupid, dense or incompetent can they? I'm hoping it's just an "act" like one of those cheesy "OH MY! how did THAT get there!?" gift giving things where everyone involved knows good and well how that shit got there....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arch-Angel of Riots View Post
    As I said before:

    "in highest echelons of governance, where risk is not an option, you don't ever judge people by what they promise, but you judge them by their past deeds. When we apply that to Biden then my list stands as the most objectively measurable truth we have."

    That is how decision making is done on a military level, that is how people are appointed to highly important ranks and tasks in technocratic systems.
    When judging Biden and Trump by their passed deeds, you see no difference? You see no problem with a billionaire oligarch, pushing fascism, being in power?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katchii View Post
    I'm honestly a little flabbergasted that after the complete shitshow of the last 4 years where the Republicans in power shat all over every regulation, law, responsibility, expectation, etc... they were supposed to adhere to, and then are now surprised there are people who want to update or change the rules to try and help ensure shit like that doesn't happen again.

    They can't really be this stupid, dense or incompetent can they? I'm hoping it's just an "act" like one of those cheesy "OH MY! how did THAT get there!?" gift giving things where everyone involved knows good and well how that shit got there....
    He isn’t from US, this is a show for him. I even linked showing that Brussels is the fucking capital of fossil fuel lobby in Europe, he said nothing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by downnola View Post
    Useless non-Americans with shitty opinions on civic engagement in United States elections aside, Lindsay Graham is threating me with a good time if people go out and vote Democrat.

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...use-next-month
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arch-Angel of Riots View Post
    That is how decision making is done on a military level, that is how people are appointed to highly important ranks and tasks in performant technocratic systems.
    Wow, never expected you to believe in the myth of the qualified technocrat.

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    REMEMBER THAT BIG DEAL IN WISCONSIN TRUMP AND FORMER GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER BRAGGED ABOUT THAT WOULD BRING THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND BILLIONS IN INVESTMENT?

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...y-deal-is-off/

    The state of Wisconsin was supposed to provide Foxconn with $3 billion in subsidies over the next few years to support the construction of a massive LCD display factory in the state. The deal was negotiated in 2017 by Gov. Scott Walker and announced by Donald Trump at a White House event. It was part of Trump's strategy to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.

    In a Monday letter, the state informed Foxconn that the company wouldn't get the first installment of the $3 billion because Foxconn wasn't holding up its end of the deal. Under Foxconn's 2017 agreement with the state, Foxconn would be eligible for the first round of subsidies if it hired at least 520 full-time employees to work on the LCD panel factory by the end of 2019. Foxconn claimed that it had cleared this bar by hiring 550 employees in the state. But Wisconsin found that Foxconn had only 281 employees who counted toward the requirement.

    Foxconn was supposed to spend $3.3 billion on the project by the end of 2019. Instead, Foxconn had only spent around $300 million by the end of the year.

    Foxconn was supposed to build an LCD panel factory based on the industry's new Generation 10.5 standard. This standard uses enormous sheets of "mother glass"—roughly 10 feet (3 meters) square—to provide LCD panels for large televisions. Each glass sheet is typically cut into several displays. The factory was expected to cost $10 billion to build and eventually employ 13,000 workers in Wisconsin. The state now says that Foxconn won't come anywhere close to meeting those targets.
    Promises made, promises broken. As literally everybody said would happen based off of Foxconn's prior history.

    Don't re-elect these grifters giving away our tax dollars to multi-billion dollar corporations that have a history of backing out of deals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arch-Angel of Riots View Post
    As I said before:

    "in highest echelons of governance, where risk is not an option, you don't ever judge people by what they promise, but you judge them by their past deeds. When we apply that to Biden then my list stands as the most objectively measurable truth we have."

    That is how decision making is done on a military level, that is how people are appointed to highly important ranks and tasks in performant technocratic systems.
    So, this is why you are such an avowed Trump supporter?

    Please, tell me more.

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    https://abc57.com/news/congresswoman...y-over-weekend

    In the middle of a pandemic? Have a base that flouts basic safety and best-practices rules? WHAT A BETTER TIME TO GO HUG AND GLADHAND FOLKS WITHOUT WEARING A MASK OR TAKING ANY PRECAUTIONS, IN A LOCATION WHERE CASES ARE INCREASING.

    Vote these members of the fucking death cult out of office. Republican candidates sure seem like they want to infect as many people as possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    So, this is why you are such an avowed Trump supporter?

    Please, tell me more.
    Who is he quoting? Looks like a copypasta of Theo's bullshit potato salad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Milchshake View Post
    Who is he quoting? Looks like a copypasta of Theo's bullshit potato salad.
    In the end, he's no different than Theo... a lying Trumpster who pretends to attack the Democrats from the left, all while getting caught being disingenuous on a daily basis.

    He's already said he wants Trump to win.

    He's already said he doesn't care about rape and sexual assault, and still wants to support Trump, even though he says Trump did those things.

    He's also admitted to being a political arsonist, who doesn't actually have any morals or principles, and this is all just to muddy the waters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UnifiedDivide View Post
    If you look at the new signature, you may recall a specific Theo thread. He's just European Theo-lite while being a bit of a fan.

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    If Trump can't learn anything after being hospitalised, or from the fact Herman Cain straight up died, none of them are going to learn a damn thing. You're basically at peak levels of anti-intelligence and ignoring those pesky experts. Something the Republicans seem to have been working towards for quite a while.
    I honestly expected him to use getting over it as a campaign slogan and to low key mock people who died from it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    In the end, he's no different than Theo... a lying Trumpster who pretends to attack the Democrats from the left, all while getting caught being disingenuous on a daily basis.

    He's already said he wants Trump to win.

    He's already said he doesn't care about rape and sexual assault, and still wants to support Trump, even though he says Trump did those things.

    He's also admitted to being a political arsonist, who doesn't actually have any morals or principles, and this is all just to muddy the waters.
    So just a coward putting up the facade of caring about the masses.

    When all it really wants is to causes chaos without consequences.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TigTone View Post
    So just a coward putting up the facade of caring about the masses.

    When all it really wants is to causes chaos without consequences.
    Pretty much. I doubt anyone has ignored more evidence on these threads over the past 6 months than he has.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    In the end, he's no different than Theo... a lying Trumpster who pretends to attack the Democrats from the left, all while getting caught being disingenuous on a daily basis.

    He's already said he wants Trump to win.

    He's already said he doesn't care about rape and sexual assault, and still wants to support Trump, even though he says Trump did those things.

    He's also admitted to being a political arsonist, who doesn't actually have any morals or principles, and this is all just to muddy the waters.
    Shocking to see such rigorous groupthink from these guys. The copying of words and aesthetic choices is uncanny.

    Anyone know, does misskobayashi roughly translate into archangel?

    Asking for a friend.
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