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I missed the part where Democrats are the ones more responsible for splitting families.
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5/25/2018
TWITTER - Johnathan H. Gray! (Archie/Sonic/Disney)

They lost 1500 children to lord knows where and *this* is the tweet they put out today.

This is entirely on purpose and its beyond disgusting. This is some *GROSS* nerve. https://t.co/GoLOGedrRq

*IN RESPONSE TO CAREERS AT ICE*

Today is National #MissingChildrensDay. Learn how ICE HSI's Cyber Crimes Center uses 3-D technology in innovative ways to assist @MissingKids https://t.co/z5q6cTScTY https://t.co/ZA5UpOEvkZ

*VIDEO OF TECHNOLOGY*

https://twitter.com/jongraywb/status/1000164207806091266?s=19

That was probably previously scheduled...but also, they got staff who knew this was written and had time to change it after the news broke in this scenario, but didn't.
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Ya'll are having fun confusing blue and green for your hypotheticals, but there are suggestions that people didn't have a name for "blue" and even possibly couldn't tell the difference between blue and green. This article says the world probably picked up on blue in the 1800s.

https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-didn-t-see-the-colour-blue-until-modern-times-evidence-science
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Lulz aside, thanks for sharing that perspective of your takes red.
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Red sox makes more sense if you look at his Containment posts about Republicans more like his CS&D posts about Crono. He has fun arguing for his favorites and would rather play the game of "keep the dream alive" than take the time to concede ground and dull the conversation. I suspect he doesn't disagree with people here as much as he lets on.

If that bothers you, I get it, but he's nowhere near as annoying as recent posts toward him suggest.
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Up for the day-crowd. Thank you for the advice so far everybody.
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Valid point -- secondhand market it is.

Only 250? Probably not going to like those prices anyway.
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Were those Donald/Kim coins available for purchase yet? I never thought of myself as the type of person to buy a commemorative coin until now.
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Did you only have black co-workers to have those experiences with? Did other co-workers have better experiences with them one-on-one than they did when they were with you or another co-worker? Just exploring if there was a group dynamic to your angle that otherwise sounds pretty bad.
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What is practice-testing

X_Dante_X posted...

People have said the test is basically nothing like the real world, so you'll need to study for it even if you've run giant projects for years.

Pretty much this.

I've got letters of recommendations from several people who could vouch for my hours of projects I managed, so I feel comfortable with that aspect too.
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I've been recommended to get this certification and I've never really bothered with certifications before so I'm blindly intrigued.

My contact said it changed her life and opened her up to new industries, income, and respect. She also thinks I've done enough projects in the past with theatre to go straight to practice-testing and would be a slam-dunk fit for the work...so my curiousity has been peaked.

What has been your experience with it? What commitment should I expect to get certified?
I'm not letting one person's experience represent everybody's experience, but this sounds pretty nice.
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Thanks xp.
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xp1337 posted...

Jets CEO said he'll pay any fines related to anthem protests.

cool

Link?
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Boo this man.
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Peace___Frog posted...

Peace___Frog posted...

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/nyregion/michael-cohen-trump-taxi-cooperation.html

Something tells me that cohen and trump aren't thrilled by this.

A significant business partner of Michael D. Cohen, President Trumps personal lawyer, has quietly agreed to cooperate with the government as a potential witness, a development that could be used as leverage to pressure Mr. Cohen to work with the special counsel examining Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Reupping this since apparently the last two pages aren't something that corrik cares about, despite being the one to bring it up and push its discussion

Mr. Freidman, who was disbarred earlier this month, had been accused of failing to pay more than $5 million in taxes and faced four counts of criminal tax fraud and one of grand larceny all B felonies. Each carries a maximum prison sentence of up to 25 years in prison.

Instead, he appeared in court in Albany on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a single count of evading only $50,000 worth of taxes; he faces five years of probation if he fulfills the terms of his agreement, the judge, Patrick Lynch of Albany County court, said during the roughly 20-minute proceeding.

On one hand, it's a state charge and not a federal charge so we'll see just how relevant this is to Donald. On the other, the evasion charge dropped over 99% and Friedman's going from life in jail to five years probation...so whatever the plea deal was, the information must have been juicy.
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1) Never EVER declare you're alpha on a message board. Back of the line if you have, ya weak-ass omega-betas.

2) Never be the last person clapping in a crowd. Deaf people got the hint sooner -- stop it.

3) Only be the first person clapping if that's your favorite girlfriend at the moment getting the applause.

4) If you reach for a lightswitch and you miss it with your first flick, fuck it -- do your business in the dark.

5) No picnics. Special exception is made for Yogi Bear.

6) No work-out routine is complete without a shirtless selfy.

7) Selfies are still stupid though, so own the contradiction -- contradictions are alpha af.

8) Never forget rules.

What else am I forgetting?
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Ulti's problems snowballed since 2005. The alpha/beta phase wasn't as bad as his LOL X-STATS and 2015-onward's political meanness, but it too was annoying.
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5/22/2018
NEW YORK TIMES - The Latest: EPA Bars AP, CNN From Summit on Contaminants

Guards barred an AP reporter from passing through a security checkpoint inside the building. When the reporter asked to speak to an EPA public-affairs person, the security guards grabbed the reporter by the shoulders and shoved her forcibly out of the EPA building.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/05/22/us/politics/ap-us-pruitt-epa-the-latest.html

Friendly reminder that while shutting out the press is important news (especially AP after their recent expos), don't forget that the contaminants are news too.
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Also, Mitch was elected and re-elected. I know it's easier to blame Kentuckians in this angle than Americans, but either way you look at it big swaths of people put the dominoes in place.
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Whoever posted the NAACP article on Fox: I finally read it. Come on, gotta represent your chapter better than that!
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Donald's complaining about Democrats moving on to other countries about his funding and support when it's been known for two years he was illegally soliciting funds from other countries.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/288031-trump-campaign-solicits-illegal-foreign-donations-despite-warnings

This article calls out Australia and the United Kingdom during the summer of 2016, and a Washington Post article around then also said Mexico (of all places) was being pitched to too. I'm guessing there were more countries.....

But none of that could have actually paid off, right? Well forgive me for making a jump based off the new Saudi news about Trump Tower, but here's a thing from one year ago today:

5/20/2017
TWITTER - Rebecca Ballhaus (Wall Street Journal reporter)

Trump pilloried Clinton for such donations to the Clinton Foundation on the campaign trail

*IN RESPONSE TO*

Saudi Arabia and UAE pledge $100 million to Ivanka's Women Entrepreneurs Fund, per @carolelee:

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/866145787750871040

It wasn't clear to me if that fund was truly run by Ivanka, but there's still an obvious connection there: they gave money because of a Trump.

It was easy to laugh when Donald was floundering as a candidate and illegally begging other countries to chip in...but this may have been pretty public proof of payments as President.
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12/7/2017
THE HILL - Trump considering spy network to combat 'deep state' enemies: Intercept

The Trump White House is reportedly considering a proposal for a global, private spy network to counter 'deep state' enemies who want to undermine Trumps presidency, according to a report in The Intercept.

The proposals for the network were reportedly developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince who is also the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as well as retired CIA officer John Maguire and Oliver North, who was heavily involved in the Iran-Contra scandal and was reportedly brought on board to sell the effort to the administration.

The spies would be off the books, sidestepping official U.S. intelligence agencies and would report directly to CIA Director Mike Pompeo, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials, the Intercept reported.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363308-trump-considering-global-spy-network-to-combat-deep-state-enemies

Article's from December, but this stinks to me after some changes since then.

Mainly:

1) Erik Prince was just revealed to be in the Trump Tower meeting from August 2016 (not the original "Trump Tower meeting" we're used to talking about from June 2016).

2) Oliver North became President of the NRA earlier this month at a time when we're learning more about how Russia's funded them.

Meanwhile, Mike Pompeo was voted to be the new Secretary of State and Gina Haspel has filled his former position at the CIA. I don't know much about John Maguire.
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Tag in hopes of Storytime With Yo (tm).
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5/19/2018
NEW YORK TIMES - Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election

Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the presidents eldest son. One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation. Another was an emissary for two wealthy Arab princes. The third was a Republican donor with a controversial past in the Middle East as a private security contractor.

[...]

Erik Prince, the private security contractor and the former head of Blackwater, arranged the meeting, which took place on Aug. 3, 2016. The emissary, George Nader, told Donald Trump Jr. that the princes who led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were eager to help his father win election as president. The social media specialist, Joel Zamel, extolled his companys ability to give an edge to a political campaign; by that time, the firm had already drawn up a multimillion-dollar proposal for a social media manipulation effort to help elect Mr. Trump.

[...]

The meetings, which have not been reported previously, are the first indication that countries other than Russia may have offered assistance to the Trump campaign in the months before the presidential election. The interactions are a focus of the investigation by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, who was originally tasked with examining possible Trump campaign coordination with Russia in the election.

Mr. Nader is cooperating with the inquiry, and investigators have questioned numerous witnesses in Washington, New York, Atlanta, Tel Aviv and elsewhere about what foreign help may have been pledged or accepted, and about whether any such assistance was coordinated with Russia, according to witnesses and others with knowledge of the interviews.

[...]

It is illegal for foreign governments or individuals to be involved in American elections, and it is unclear what if any direct assistance Saudi Arabia and the Emirates may have provided. But two people familiar with the meetings said that Trump campaign officials did not appear bothered by the idea of cooperation with foreigners.

[...]

Mr. Zamel and Mr. Nader were together at a Midtown Manhattan hotel at about 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Aug. 3 when Mr. Nader received a call from Mr. Prince summoning them to Trump Tower. When they arrived, Stephen Miller, a top campaign aide who is now a White House adviser, was in Donald Trump Jr.s office as well, according to the people familiar with the meeting.

[...]

Since entering the White House, Mr. Trump has allied himself closely with Saudi Arabia and the Emirates. His first overseas trip was to Riyadh. He strongly backed Saudi and Emirati efforts to isolate their neighbor Qatar, another American ally, even over apparent disagreement from the State and Defense Departments.

This month, Mr. Trump also withdrew from an Obama administration nuclear deal with Iran that both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had campaigned against for years, delivering them their biggest victory yet from his administration.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html

Oh look, a new Trump Tower meeting to worry about.
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Fake rooms.
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I thought Google removed that clause years ago.
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/997559526235746304?s=21

TX Lt Gov Dan Patrick, a fierce opponent of gun control, says today's shooting may have been caused by Texas schools having "too many entrances and too many exits."

Okay thats a new one

Yeah, well, I bet you never heard of an active shooter killing people in a locker before.

One-door policy: it's the #onlyway.
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The_Ctes posted...

I voted because of the notification.

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Whoa, hey, hold on with that metaphor. What if Mueller's still investigating after November?
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Mueller's been on the case since one year today.

Feels like longer.
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An all-time great combination.
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Board 8 saw me train eight years ago for the basis of my sexy critique...so in a way, I worked on my climaxes with all of you to get here.



Thanks for letting me fool around with ya'll, it was satisfying then too.
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Just pointing this out from one year ago today:

5/16/2017
FIVETHIRTYEIGHT - Even The Biggest Scandals Cant Kill Party Loyalty

Overall, though, the lesson from history is simple. In the wake of Comeys firing, Democrats are encouraging Republicans to put country over party. In making this call, they are essentially asking congressional Republicans to do something politicians historically have not: push for punishments and the potential removal of a president from their own party.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/even-the-biggest-scandals-cant-kill-party-loyalty/


One year later and it's still true: it's on America to vote for how they want impeachment hearings to go, not just count on the President's party to turn on the President.
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Grow up, this is a topic for the arts.
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CelesMyUserName posted...

where's my ticket

It's done and over with, sorry, but good news: if the internet is good for anything, it's good for capturing a series of satisfying climaxes. My nine-minute performance is expected to release all over this fall!
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I just got a quote published from a reviewer about how my performance built "a series of satisfying climaxes" for a packed audience.

brb updating my theatre resumes
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Kenri posted...

KamikazePotato posted...

What do people think of this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXZSfruU0AAV4me.jpg

It's definitely more accurate the less you scrutinize it but generally it looks okay.

I always appreciate the latest versions of these being posted. I'd like to see how some of these brands have shifted over the years too one day.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

SupremeZero posted...

https://twitter.com/DemWrite/status/996247091272798209

"Cool"

jesus christ.

i honestly assumed the guy who quoted him was paraphrasing what he said to make him look worse, but then i found out he was quoting him verbatim.

It wasn't clear to me this guy was running a serious campaign -- I thought I saw a tweet about this guy running satirically...hard to tell in today's world though.
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LeonhartFour posted...

socks suck

Can't tell if you're encouraging wearing fewer socks or throwing away more socks.
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brb starting a gofundme to afford all these new socks
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You better never let it go -- you only got one shot.
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5/12/2018
TWITTER - Brian Krassenstein (Uncovering Donald Trump's Crimes - Reporting on Trump/Russia/Mueller Investigation)

BREAKING: Former Qatari diplomat, and now the head of a $100B Qatari Investment Fund, admitted to bribing Michael Flynn and tried bribing Steve Bannon.

Who is buying that 19% stake in Rosneft? You guessed it, this fund.

Steele Dossier Verification?!?!

See Court Doc:

*PICTURE OF DOCUMENT*

https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/995274892638543873?s=20

5/13/2018
TWITTER - Michael Avenatti (Attorney at law)

Warning ignored. So here it goes.
December 12, 2016 - Trump Tower. Details to follow...

*THREE PICTURES OF MICHAEL COHEN, MIKE FLYNN, AND AHMED AL-RUMAIHI IN AN ELEVATOR AT TRUMP TOWER*

*BEGINNING OF THREAD*

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/995692536122564609?s=20

Why was Ahmed Al-Rumaihi meeting with Michael Cohen and Michael Flynn in December 2016 and why did Mr. Al-Rumaihi later brag about bribing administration officials according to a sworn declaration filed in court?

*END OF THREAD*

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/995781076533510144?s=19

And somehow in the midst of this, Ice Cube is involved and I'm having a hard time keeping up with how.
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