#NeedsMoreLikes

[bibliophile20]

Can we get a GOP Friendly Writeup of Grievences?

Here’s my problem with that, though: I was one of those people (there are millions of us) who was always nice, always conciliatory, always took the high road, kept my mouth shut, lied for them if that’s what it took to make sure THEY continued to feel good about themselves, didn’t show my horror at their egregious hatred of human and civil rights for anyone who wasn’t exactly like them, didn’t point out how hypocritical their opinions were with regard to the timbers in their own eyes…and over t…

[bibliophile20]

Can we get a GOP Friendly Writeup of Grievences?

I’m tall,so I have to prop my monitors up on books at work. Under my monitors are all my textbooks from my favorite class in college “Welfare States in Comparison.” That class blew my mind wide open as to what a comprehensive, intentional and effective welfare state is, as opposed to a collection of hodgepodge “safety nets.” Systems like single-payer, for a relevant example, are an improvement in the system of healthcare at it’s root, not just a subsidy for those who can’t. Social Programs vs.…

[nimelennar]

Multigenerational wealth makes white Americans richer than black Americans

Hey @doctorow, I know people sometimes criticize you for your headlines, but there’s no need to overcompensate into “water is wet” “dog bites man” territory.

[LockeCJ]

Trump wants to reinstate and expand civil asset forfeiture so cops can steal your stuff

I never cease to be impressed by the competence and intellectual honesty of people who think that tweaking capital gains taxes by a couple of points is essentially a communist revolution; but running a program where armed state agents just expropriate whatever they fancy is good old law 'n order.

Well said.

[Melizmatic]

@Ignatius

I owe it to my Jewish, Muslim, Sanātanī, Sikh, black, brown, disabled, ND, women, fellow LGBT siblings to listen when they tell me how America’s policies are affecting them. If we don’t listen, if we make decisions without the input of the people who are affected, then we don’t have democracy. On those terms, I’m not sure we’ve ever had democracy.

[bibliophile20]

South Dakota lawmaker blocks workplace protection for pregnant workers: "It's not prison. You can quit."

How can an employer exist? I mean, if you have a lot of wealth, what prevents the untamed hordes from picking all your valuables clean away and leaving you with a commemorative t-shirt? I believe that’s laws imposed by the government. Also, what prevents a CEO from just selling off the business and pocketing the profits and leaving the investors with nothing? I believe that’s laws imposed by the government. What prevents the business down the street from using your name, logo, brand and basi…

[bibliophile20]

Playing Cards Against Humanity on the bbS

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[wrecksdart]

NSA has transcripts of Flynn talking to Russia about Obama's Sanctions

USA 2019: Scraps of garbage and scorched bone blow through the shattered ruins of cities blasted by nuclear fire. As one final mushroom cloud rises above the baking toxic wastelands that were once America, an emaciated figure in Mad Max mutant garb turns to his companion and whispers “This must be the start of the end for Trump.”

[andy_hilmer]

This was the first comment I wanted to post here, but I’m on mobile and shit iz hard. Good on you.

[Kimmo]

Edible Anus

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[Auld_Lang_Syne]

'Flynn Doesn't Matter,' says TPM's Josh Marshall, 'This Is About Trump'

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Click through and see it. You’ll agree (that it needs more likes).

[Snowlark]

President blames the "fake media" for Flynn's firing - Jake Tapper has a field day

‘Fake news’ is just a string of syllables that mean ‘thing people say is bad’. Just like the word ‘Nazi’. There isn’t any real understanding there, it’s like a parrot saying ‘Polly want a cracker’. It’s like when Ted Cruz says ‘falsifiable’ and means ‘science thingy logic word’. We are being ruled by Markov networks trained on cable news.

That last sentence is goddamn gold.

[emo_pinata]

Texas Senator Shatters Table Trying To Silence Woman Testifying

If it was a legitimate gavel drop, the table has ways of shutting that whole thing down.

[LockeCJ]

For the past 40 years, the presence of immigrants in US cities was correlated with a reduction in violent and property crime

While I think it is important to de-bunk notions that immigrants are disproportionately prone to crime and violence, I think it is dangerous to hang a whole pro-immigrant stance on it… If instead we found out that immigrants did commit more crime than their ‘native’ counterparts, would we all change our minds and chant “build the wall!”? No, we wouldn’t. That’s because there are ethical reasons for supporting immigration from a human-rights standpoint– especially refugees! Bullshit should be deb…

[Nightflyer]

At first I was thinking, “Good grief, not another Trump apologist”… but I kept reading. Then I literally laughed out loud. And it’s this person’s first post on the BBS too!

Here's the weirdest, scariest stuff Trump said at 77-minute 'I’m not ranting and raving' meltdown

I think we need to be fair to the President. He never said the White House was a finely tuned machine. If you watch that part of the “Pres” conference he was very precise and clearly thinking carefully and using all of his brain power to give an accurate statement. He very specifically said the White House was operating like a finely tooned machine. Toon being slang for a comic animation. I am not sure what toon he had in mind when he said this. It could have been South Park or Tom & Jerry…

[anon67050589]

40% of Wikipedia is under threat from deletionists

there’s two kinds of racism. ( i wish i could repeat this every day on every topic. ) the first is the easiest to understand. it’s overt. a person who literally says: i hate black people. ( we can put stephen bannon and richard spencer into this category without much problem. ) the other category of racism is the kind that i have, that you have, that all of us have. it exists in the moments that we can’t see our own behavior. black guy in a hoodie at night, cross the street. white guy in a cr…

[OtherMichael]

Have you seen THIS?

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[anon35121463]

Post your Pet or animal Pics (Part 1)

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[anon61221983]

What the president of Y Combinator learned from interviewing 100 Trump supporters

That is one of those big, identifiable moments when the media fucked up entirely. They exclusively focused on, and fed into. The noise about “attacking voters”. While completely ignoring the content of the speech. That was an important moment. And a good speech. Younger Americans and people with a fair bit of experience on line (particularly if they happen to be not white or not male) are typically at least some what aware of what’s been doing with the alt right. But the broader media and older…

[anon61221983]

From that same thread:

What the president of Y Combinator learned from interviewing 100 Trump supporters

I appreciate most of the points in your well-stated comment, but it misses the same point (for the same reason) that the TGOP misses: we must keep our rich in check. Clinton wouldn’t say it. Trump is the poster brat for why we must say it. But no one says what is obvious: Clinton was one attempt by the wealthy at marketing, to the people, rule by a tiny minority of wealthy thieves. Trump was another. Financing of politics and media has been taken over by the worst thieves living now on the plan…