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TopicLatest poll from NH: Sanders 31, Buttigieg 21, Biden 12, Warren 12
Antifar
02/05/20 11:09:20 PM
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Topicwhat's pete buttigieg's appeal?
Antifar
02/05/20 11:05:33 PM
#5
He's precisely the sort of person you'd pick out of a lineup to run for the Democratic nomination in 2004 (sexuality aside, at least). That is, he looks and talks in the way people have become accustomed to politicians looking and talking.
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TopicWhere do you go to get away from political discussions?
Antifar
02/05/20 10:36:32 PM
#6
Solid Sonic posted...
But those are full of shit developers and anti-consumer practices.

Got some news for you about, uh, *gestures towards everything*
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TopicWhere do you go to get away from political discussions?
Antifar
02/05/20 10:34:34 PM
#4
I play video games
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TopicYOUR San Jose (largest city in NorCal) Quakes have a new sick AF jersey
Antifar
02/05/20 10:24:27 PM
#4
tbh of the new MLS kits I think theirs might be one of the worst looking; it'd be a cleaner look if they moved the blue and yellow stripes down and the sponsor into that white space.

The full assortment of new jerseys (except Chicago's) can be seen here, for the curious:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8NPWQAheX5/

I'd say Vancouver's and Minnesota's are my favorite of the bunch.
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TopicJoe Rogan guest: Woke Politics Are Alienating Liberal Voters
Antifar
02/05/20 10:15:15 PM
#14
I'm not watching an 11 minute video to get to the remark in question.
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TopicHigh ranking government officials just tearing up important documents
Antifar
02/05/20 7:54:32 PM
#7
gamer167 posted...
Pelosi is an pandering old self entitled white woman with a face that looks like melted ice cream.

Yes, correct, but I'm not sure why that's relevant
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Antifar
02/05/20 7:36:51 PM
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TopicHigh ranking government officials just tearing up important documents
Antifar
02/05/20 7:34:43 PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/opinion/archives-document-destruction.html
President Trump has long made it a practice to tear up his papers and throw them away. It is a clear violation of the Presidential Records Act, which is supposed to prevent another Watergate-style cover-up. When the National Archives sent staff members to tape these records together, the White House fired them.

In 2017, a normally routine document released by the archives, a records retention schedule, revealed that archivists had agreed that officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement could delete or destroy documents detailing the sexual abuse and death of undocumented immigrants. Tens of thousands of people posted critical comments, and dozens of senators and representatives objected. The National Archives made some changes to the plan, but last month it announced that ICE could go ahead and start destroying records from Mr. Trumps first year, including detainees complaints about civil rights violations and shoddy medical care.

Its not just ICE. The Department of the Interior and the National Archives have decided to delete files on endangered species, offshore drilling inspections and the safety of drinking water. The department even claimed that papers from a case where it mismanaged Native American land and assets resulting in a multibillion-dollar legal settlement would be of no interest to future historians (or anyone else).

Virtually all the papers of the under secretary of state for economic growth, energy and environment are also being designated as temporary, despite the incredibly broad responsibilities of that office from international aviation safety to foreign takeovers of American firms.

It is hard to know why the government is not even holding on to records about antidumping efforts, or the protection of intellectual property, which fall under the new temporary status. It is perhaps easier to understand why the Trump administration wants to delete other records from the under secretarys office, including documents regarding the enforcement (or non-enforcement) of health, safety and environmental laws and regulations. All this is good news for anyone interested in evading economic sanctions, buying American strategic assets, selling us shoddy goods, stealing our intellectual property or violating aviation safety regulations. Now, even the court of history will be closed.

All this is happening without so much as a congressional hearing Congress has not called Mr. Ferriero to appear for almost five years, when he spoke about why the National Archives has been rated as one of The Worst Places to Work in the Federal Government.

Archivists have a tough job even when they are adequately supported. They somehow have to predict what records future historians will judge to be truly significant. But now the State Department is cutting archivists completely out of the process: Instead, it will start using machine learning algorithms to separate the historic from the temporary. Going forward, it is not even planning to turn these records over to the National Archives a clear violation of the Federal Records Act. And so far there has been no public acknowledgment or discussion of this plan. When a group of concerned historians met with Archives senior staff members, they did not even seem to be aware of it.

In fairness, the National Archives own inspector general has repeatedly warned that its information-technology systems are antiquated and unreliable. Mr. Ferriero himself announced that in two years the Archives will no longer accept paper records it simply doesnt have any more room for them. Everything must be digital, or the departments and agencies must use their own resources to scan them.

The C.I.A. alone had an estimated 160 million pages of paper records as of the late 1990s, and since then it has released less than 10 percent fewer and fewer every year. It has not even reviewed the vast majority of the holdings of the clandestine branch for public release, claiming they are exempt from normal declassification review. The agency has a long history of destroying records related to the overthrow of democratically elected governments, mind control experiments and torture. Once the National Archives closes the door, does anyone know what will become of all the other secret documents hidden in locked file cabinets at the Pentagon, the F.B.I. and the National Security Agency?

What is driving this mad rush to delete or destroy the historical record, rather than preserve it for future generations? It is not just the Trump administration. For more than a decade Congress has simply been unwilling to pay for such preservation. Since 1985, the volume of archived paper records has more than tripled. The number of data records has gone from fewer than 13 million to more than 21 billion. But the National Archives has fewer employees now than it did then. Adjusted for inflation, it has a smaller budget than it did a decade ago, and Congress has cut that budget every year for the last three years.

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Antifar
02/05/20 7:23:53 PM
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TopicDemocrats are their own worst enemy. Trump approval rating at all-time high.
Antifar
02/05/20 7:12:51 PM
#60
One poll=/=all polls

https://twitter.com/JesseCharlesLee/status/1225207840383651845
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Antifar
02/05/20 5:51:24 PM
#134
https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1225096153613701127

Talk about conspiracy theories
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TopicJoe Rogan: There's a petition to have Brie Larson step down for a gay POC
Antifar
02/05/20 5:47:39 PM
#10
specialkid8 posted...
There's probably another petition out there to have Thor replaced with a chicken salad sandwich.

He should be, though.
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TopicThe English word 'sky' is a misunderstanding of Old Norse 'sky'.
Antifar
02/05/20 5:45:53 PM
#8
Would you say the Angles were obtuse?
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TopicWhat do you make about the Democratic Primary Conspiracies?
Antifar
02/05/20 5:43:17 PM
#13
One thing that was harped on by a media law professor I had in college is that "the appearance of a conflict of interest is a conflict." You can tell yourself you're following all the rules and not letting your connections skew your work, but the presence of those connections will rightly make a lot of people skeptical about your impartiality.

Democrats at high levels have spent too long fostering the sorts of connections that sure look like conflicts of interest. Joe Biden can tell people there was nothing wrong with Hunter taking up a job at a fossil fuel company, and that the two of them abided by the rules. Maybe that's true! But good luck getting everyone to believe it.

And so on in this case.
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TopicJoe Rogan: There's a petition to have Brie Larson step down for a gay POC
Antifar
02/05/20 5:35:06 PM
#6
Why does he care
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TopicTrump says he'll be president forever in new tweet
Antifar
02/05/20 5:34:28 PM
#17
That's an actual Time Magazine cover from October 2018; the suggestion, which I happen to agree with, is that the supporters and forces that created Trump won't simply go away, even if, say, Joe Biden wins.
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TopicGod damn, Civ has its hooks in me again
Antifar
02/05/20 5:27:26 PM
#5
Also, did games always take this long to play? Lol.
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TopicGod damn, Civ has its hooks in me again
Antifar
02/05/20 5:26:00 PM
#1
Started playing Civ VI over the weekend and it's amazing how quickly the hours disappear.
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TopicDonald J. Trump, the Acquitted President of the United States of America!!
Antifar
02/05/20 5:19:40 PM
#5
OJ Simpson, acquitted former Buffalo Bills running back
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TopicTrump administration withholding funds for clean energy program
Antifar
02/05/20 5:17:40 PM
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/trump-withholding-823-million-for-clean-energy-democrats-say?sref=Vi7wu7Hv
The Trump administration is withholding nearly a billion dollars for a clean energy program it has unsuccessfully tried to cut, congressional Democrats said Wednesday, raising the specter of political interference.

The unspent funds now amount to $823 million in the Energy Departments office that provides grants and other financial assistance for alternative energy, electric vehicles and energy efficiency, according to Democrats on the House Science Committee, which is holding a joint subcommittee hearing on the topic.

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Antifar
02/05/20 4:54:44 PM
#119
*Archer voice* Do you want conspiracy theorists? Because this is how you get conspiracy theorists.
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Antifar
02/05/20 4:42:04 PM
#114
Imo if you're gonna spend 36 hours making sure you get the results right, you should get the results right
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Antifar
02/05/20 4:35:17 PM
#107
Smashingpmkns posted...


Lmao at Steyer getting hundreds more votes. And who tf is Patrick?

Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor and Bain Capital board member who is not Mitt Romney
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Antifar
02/05/20 4:32:52 PM
#105
Topiciowa 2: electric boogaloo
Antifar
02/05/20 4:29:23 PM
#102
TopicSony reportedly waiting for Microsoft to announce Series X price to price PS5
Antifar
02/05/20 3:43:03 PM
#8
Microsoft will win back gamers by pricing their new console at $420
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TopicCaution999 is SUSPENDED
Antifar
02/05/20 3:37:55 PM
#16
I believe the offending post here was his claim that "illegals are watering down the votes of Americans."
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TopicMitt Romney's going to vote to convict.
Antifar
02/05/20 3:27:20 PM
#66
Caution999 posted...
It's more of their votes being watered down by people who are illegally here.

Undocumented immigrants cannot vote and there is no proof whatsoever that they do so. If you want to be treated as something more than a bullshitter, you can start by not posting bullshit.
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Antifar
02/05/20 3:19:56 PM
#96
Iowa has 41 delegates in a race where you need 1,990; all signs suggest Sanders/Buttigieg will end up separated by one at the most. Its real value is and has been in its ability as the first state to set up media narratives for the race to come (which in turn impacts the donations campaigns need to carry on). That was already going to be dampened by the fact that the State of the Union and impeachment are also this week, but this drawn out process further weakens its importance. To the extent any of this matters, I'd guess it's a lucky break for Biden to have his defeat overshadowed by the party's incompetence.
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Antifar
02/05/20 3:00:25 PM
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TopicMitt Romney's going to vote to convict.
Antifar
02/05/20 2:56:19 PM
#42
Mitt's niece is apparently the chairwoman of the RNC

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1225139087843168256

Lol
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TopicMitt Romney's going to vote to convict.
Antifar
02/05/20 2:49:56 PM
#26
TopicWhen I was young and told people I was going to vote for Trump, everbody laughed
Antifar
02/05/20 2:47:05 PM
#13
Christian RULES posted...
But who is the winning team?

Fossil fuel CEOs
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TopicI attended a socialist meeting last night, ask me anything
Antifar
02/05/20 2:42:18 PM
#16
Malfunction posted...
Did you have fun

Yeah, it was a good meeting, good crowd.
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TopicI attended a socialist meeting last night, ask me anything
Antifar
02/05/20 2:40:58 PM
#14
linid0t posted...
Who paid for the food

The folks who made dishes or brought snacks, I would assume.
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TopicI attended a socialist meeting last night, ask me anything
Antifar
02/05/20 2:39:39 PM
#13
Romulox28 posted...
how many of them are going to vote trump because they're mad at the DNC

I can't see any of them doing that. But we're in NY, so it wouldn't matter if they did.
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TopicI attended a socialist meeting last night, ask me anything
Antifar
02/05/20 2:38:54 PM
#11
linid0t posted...
Was it really just a support group for a bunch of people with crippling school debt?

I can't speak for other attendees directly, but I don't have school debt.

Smackems posted...
What did it smell like

Can't say I noticed any smells in particular. There was food there, but on the other side of the room from where I sat.
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TopicI attended a socialist meeting last night, ask me anything
Antifar
02/05/20 2:37:20 PM
#8
darkphoenix181 posted...


But am I right and Bernie the big dawg or they like other candidates?

There is zero appetite for the other candidates in the race.
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TopicLSpeaker Pelosi just ripped up the story of a Tuskegee Airman.
Antifar
02/05/20 2:36:48 PM
#37
hockeybub89 posted...

Who knew all we had to do was get Trump to tear a piece of paper and we would have locked him up just like this.


That has happened!

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164
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TopicMitt Romney's going to vote to convict.
Antifar
02/05/20 2:35:17 PM
#8
linid0t posted...
Say goodbye to your career mittens

He'll be 76 at the time he next faces an election
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TopicMitt Romney's going to vote to convict.
Antifar
02/05/20 2:34:28 PM
#3
Color me surprised
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TopicI attended a socialist meeting last night, ask me anything
Antifar
02/05/20 2:34:06 PM
#4
Evening_Dragon posted...
How many times did they dunk you in vaginal blood?

Uh, zero

darkphoenix181 posted...
Did they talk about how the dislike the candidates who are not Bernie?

Not during the meeting proper, but in conversations afterwards that definitely came up
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Antifar
02/05/20 2:33:00 PM
#75
TopicI attended a socialist meeting last night, ask me anything
Antifar
02/05/20 2:31:37 PM
#1
Go on
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Topic'One of America's most prominent racists received the Medal of Freedom'
Antifar
02/05/20 11:57:02 AM
#2
Hmm
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TopicDoug Jones of Alabama is going to vote to impeach Trump.
Antifar
02/05/20 11:45:51 AM
#7
His chances of getting re-elected in Alabama are contingent on a pedophile being his opponent again.
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TopicHow would you react if Obama was re-elected?
Antifar
02/05/20 11:43:04 AM
#17
Get right to work opposing his agenda and working to push back against it.
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TopicDid Burisma hurt Biden afterall?
Antifar
02/05/20 11:39:18 AM
#4
More likely that Sanders' attacks on his social security record played a role. Biden's backers were Clinton supporters in 2016; it takes a lot more than vague accusations of foreign corruption to sway their views of Democratic candidates.
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TopicPelosi seems salty.
Antifar
02/05/20 11:31:16 AM
#48
Imo the speaker of the house has more effective tools than speech ripping to express opposition to the president.
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