Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[Ibanez]

I'm sure this must've been posted somewhere else but just in case:

So we have a Republican Congressman tweeting this on the day before Michael Cohen testifies in the House:



Thoughts?

OH yeah, that's a dumb move. Agree with CID, clear case of witness tampering. He should be appropriately reprimanded.

[CID1990]

I'm sure this must've been posted somewhere else but just in case:

So we have a Republican Congressman tweeting this on the day before Michael Cohen testifies in the House:



Thoughts?

OH yeah, that's a dumb move. Agree with CID, clear case of witness tampering. He should be appropriately reprimanded.

I’d throw his ass in front of a judge

Not sure it can be done though..

I’m sure there’s some rule that protects elected asshats at the national level


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[kalm]

The problem for conservatives is that people who call themselves "moderate" really tend to lean Liberal. For example if you look at the latest YouGov poll at https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/c ... Report.pdf 57% of respondents who call themselves "moderate" disapprove of Trump vs. 37% who approve. If you go back to 2016 election polling results Clinton won among people who called themselves "moderate" by 52% to 40%.

The real problem is those who view themselves as “moderate” are really pretty fucking far left. They don’t “lean” liberal, they’ve got both fee firmly planted in socialism and it’s more radical ideas....Harris, Warren, Booker, etc., etc. all would self identify as “moderate”....they clearly are NOT.

You sure about all that, Chachi?



http://www.people-press.org/2018/10/04/ ... al-values/

Most Americans Are Liberal, Even If They Don’t Know It

PETER DREIER NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Don’t believe it? Check out these polls.

Few Americans call themselves “progressive,” or think they share similar views with citizens of social democracies like Canada, Denmark, and Germany. But on most major issues, Americans lean left. Although Trump, the corporate plutocracy, and the so-called alt-right may think otherwise, the United States is a more decent and democratic society than we give it credit for.

https://prospect.org/article/most-ameri ... 9t-know-it

[Winterborn]

Most Americans Are Liberal, Even If They Don’t Know It

PETER DREIER NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Don’t believe it? Check out these polls.

Few Americans call themselves “progressive,” or think they share similar views with citizens of social democracies like Canada, Denmark, and Germany. But on most major issues, Americans lean left. Although Trump, the corporate plutocracy, and the so-called alt-right may think otherwise, the United States is a more decent and democratic society than we give it credit for.

https://prospect.org/article/most-ameri ... 9t-know-it

Some days I am pretty liberal in applying my distrust and general lack of empathy for stupid people and their actions to all the people I may meet.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Triggered liberals..
https://abc7news.com/society/woman-bann ... l/5150178/

Isn’t Tinder basically the fucking site? But no pics with a successful hunt. That’s crosses a line, man.

Tinder is like fishing with dynamite

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

[kalm]

Isn’t Tinder basically the fucking site? But no pics with a successful hunt. That’s crosses a line, man.

Tinder is like fishing with dynamite

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Something tells me you’ve tried both.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Tinder is like fishing with dynamite

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Something tells me you’ve tried both.

I love dynamite

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

[CID1990]

I was thinking earlier tonight about the guy (Disinterested Jelly knows his name fo sho.... I don’t) who made the threat towards Cohen...

If I thought I could be the majority/minority whip.... I’d run for Cawngress and Id pull out all the stops to get there... lie, cheat, steal..

Because the reward would be that I could bounce those snively little critters off the walls... borderline put them in the hospital... and nobod6 would do sh1t to me

I’d be known to Hill insiders as “abrasive”

But I’d get paid 200 large just to kick those fvckers’ asses up over their shoulders

I’d run as Dem or Rep... I don’t care. I’d espouse full on state communism. I’d support putting “y’all back on the plantation”... I’d swing like a windvane,.,, just get me that seat and make me the whip

[AZGrizFan]

The real problem is those who view themselves as “moderate” are really pretty fucking far left. They don’t “lean” liberal, they’ve got both fee firmly planted in socialism and it’s more radical ideas....Harris, Warren, Booker, etc., etc. all would self identify as “moderate”....they clearly are NOT.

You sure about all that, Chachi?

Yes. And I think most of those positions support my assertion.

58% think it's the government's responsibility to ensure we all have healthcare?
59% think there's some right that whites have that blacks don't? Please, please tell me what that right is....
63% believe our economic system favors powerful interests? Hello? SOCIALISM???
61% think abortion should be legal in all/most cases? Real "moderate" there...
51% think people are poor because of circumstances beyond their control? Oh, woe is me....
Only 40% approved of Trump's tax law, despite the fact it helped the vast majority of Americans keep more of their paycheck?

Here's a newsflash: Socialism IS NOT a "moderate" position. Try again, klammy.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

The government has ZERO business being involved in healthcare

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

[BDKJMU]

I'm surprised the United Methodist Church didn't go down the same road on ordaining gays and gay marriage as the Episcopal and Presbyterian USA went down in the last 5-10 years..
https://www.foxnews.com/us/united-metho ... iage.print

[JohnStOnge]

I think a stigma has been attached to the term "liberal." As a result I think there are a lot of people who really are "liberal" but instead call themselves "moderate." When it comes right down to it I think the distribution of public opinion, for better or for worse, favors liberalism. And I think the evolution is such that things are moving farther in that direction as time goes on.

[Ivytalk]

I think a stigma has been attached to the term "liberal." As a result I think there are a lot of people who really are "liberal" but instead call themselves "moderate." When it comes right down to it I think the distribution of public opinion, for better or for worse, favors liberalism. And I think the evolution is such that things are moving farther in that direction as time goes on.

You sure are.

You just outed yourself.

Congrats.

[css75]

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/artic ... 39205.html

I don’t think US Is as antilife as some think,


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[dbackjon]

Analjelly hedging his bets with adverbs!

*solely

You’d think the Semantic Slayer would be a better speller.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So you are an avowed anti-Semantic?

[dbackjon]

Judge orders Texas not to purge voters after botching list

https://www.chron.com/news/texas/articl ... 649806.php

Saying there is no evidence of widespread election fraud in Texas, a federal judge Wednesday blocked the removal of any registered voter after state Republican leaders loudly but wrongly questioned the U.S. citizenship of tens of thousands of people.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery of San Antonio temporarily halts a bungled search for illegal voters in Texas, which began in January with the release of a deeply flawed list of 98,000 voters who were flagged as possibly not being citizens. Those names were immediately referred to prosecutors , and Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton amplified the announcement as a "VOTER FRAUD ALERT."

[dbackjon]

Will accept retractions from Col, et al

[CAA Flagship]

You’d think the Semantic Slayer would be a better speller.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So you are an avowed anti-Semantic?

.....and not anti-Semandwich.

[kalm]

You sure about all that, Chachi?

Yes. And I think most of those positions support my assertion.

58% think it's the government's responsibility to ensure we all have healthcare?
59% think there's some right that whites have that blacks don't? Please, please tell me what that right is....
63% believe our economic system favors powerful interests? Hello? SOCIALISM???
61% think abortion should be legal in all/most cases? Real "moderate" there...
51% think people are poor because of circumstances beyond their control? Oh, woe is me....
Only 40% approved of Trump's tax law, despite the fact it helped the vast majority of Americans keep more of their paycheck?

Here's a newsflash: Socialism IS NOT a "moderate" position. Try again, klammy.

Good thing we have a mixed economy. You just happen to not as close to moderate as you think.

[kalm]

I think a stigma has been attached to the term "liberal." As a result I think there are a lot of people who really are "liberal" but instead call themselves "moderate." When it comes right down to it I think the distribution of public opinion, for better or for worse, favors liberalism. And I think the evolution is such that things are moving farther in that direction as time goes on.

The country was founded on liberal ideals. Some of those have naturally evolved along with civilization and culture.

To me, the word still means open mindedness and freedom. Hence college campuses can be illiberal while libertarian policies can be liberal.

[AZGrizFan]

Yes. And I think most of those positions support my assertion.

58% think it's the government's responsibility to ensure we all have healthcare?
59% think there's some right that whites have that blacks don't? Please, please tell me what that right is....
63% believe our economic system favors powerful interests? Hello? SOCIALISM???
61% think abortion should be legal in all/most cases? Real "moderate" there...
51% think people are poor because of circumstances beyond their control? Oh, woe is me....
Only 40% approved of Trump's tax law, despite the fact it helped the vast majority of Americans keep more of their paycheck?

Here's a newsflash: Socialism IS NOT a "moderate" position. Try again, klammy.

Good thing we have a mixed economy. You just happen to not as close to moderate as you think.

I’ve never claimed to be a moderate. I’m a fiscal conservative libertarian when it comes to social issues.

[AZGrizFan]

I think a stigma has been attached to the term "liberal." As a result I think there are a lot of people who really are "liberal" but instead call themselves "moderate." When it comes right down to it I think the distribution of public opinion, for better or for worse, favors liberalism. And I think the evolution is such that things are moving farther in that direction as time goes on.

I think a stigma has been attached to the term “Trump supporter”. As a result I think there are a lot of people who really are “Trump supporters” but instead call themselves “independent”. When it comes right down to it I think the distribution of public opinion, for better or worse, favors Trump-ism. And I think the evolution is such that things are moving farther in that direction as time goes on.

[SDHornet]

I was thinking earlier tonight about the guy (Disinterested Jelly knows his name fo sho.... I don’t) who made the threat towards Cohen...

If I thought I could be the majority/minority whip.... I’d run for Cawngress and Id pull out all the stops to get there... lie, cheat, steal..

Because the reward would be that I could bounce those snively little critters off the walls... borderline put them in the hospital... and nobod6 would do sh1t to me

I’d be known to Hill insiders as “abrasive”

But I’d get paid 200 large just to kick those fvckers’ asses up over their shoulders

I’d run as Dem or Rep... I don’t care. I’d espouse full on state communism. I’d support putting “y’all back on the plantation”... I’d swing like a windvane,.,, just get me that seat and make me the whip

[SDHornet]

I think a stigma has been attached to the term "liberal." As a result I think there are a lot of people who really are "liberal" but instead call themselves "moderate." When it comes right down to it I think the distribution of public opinion, for better or for worse, favors liberalism. And I think the evolution is such that things are moving farther in that direction as time goes on.

I think a stigma has been attached to the term “Trump supporter”. As a result I think there are a lot of people who really are “Trump supporters” but instead call themselves “independent”. When it comes right down to it I think the distribution of public opinion, for better or worse, favors Trump-ism. And I think the evolution is such that things are moving farther in that direction as time goes on.

[Ivytalk]

The real problem is those who view themselves as “moderate” are really pretty **** far left. They don’t “lean” liberal, they’ve got both fee firmly planted in socialism and it’s more radical ideas....Harris, Warren, Booker, etc., etc. all would self identify as “moderate”....they clearly are NOT.

You sure about all that, Chachi?



http://www.people-press.org/2018/10/04/ ... al-values/

Most Americans Are Liberal, Even If They Don’t Know It

PETER DREIER NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Don’t believe it? Check out these polls.

Few Americans call themselves “progressive,” or think they share similar views with citizens of social democracies like Canada, Denmark, and Germany. But on most major issues, Americans lean left. Although Trump, the corporate plutocracy, and the so-called alt-right may think otherwise, the United States is a more decent and democratic society than we give it credit for.

https://prospect.org/article/most-ameri ... 9t-know-it

History moves in cycles. Not surprised here.