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ChaosTonyV4 08/23/17 12:32:51 PM #252: |
Corrik posted...
trdl23 posted...UltiXX posted...For the sake of my own sanity, please tell me this ESPN story about Robert Lee is a practical joke. lmao come on Corrik --- Phantom Dust. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 08/23/17 12:53:45 PM #253: |
Jumping back to an earlier topic of discussion. I'm 100% certain the Democrats would help pass a debt ceiling extension over a veto if it came to it (and in fact wouldn't be surprised if Ryan needs them to pass it outright.) I'm also very sure they'd help avoid/end a shutdown with regards to a budget provided they weren't passing a budget with wall funding. I'm less sure Ryan could find enough Republicans to reach a veto override (just passing it would be easy for him) but probably could.
Unlike Ryan, Pelosi can deliver votes for whatever. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Dancedreamer 08/23/17 1:09:43 PM #254: |
So Trump is really going to pardon Arpaio.
I feel like pardons need some sort of rules to them. I mean it's used way too often to help political allies--including by Bill Clinton when he pardoned Marc Rich. --- This isn't funny Dean, the voice says I'm almost out of minutes! ~Alexandra ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Not_an_Owl 08/23/17 1:13:08 PM #255: |
Dancedreamer posted...
So Trump is really going to pardon Arpaio. Arpaio was voted out of office, wasn't he? I wouldn't really consider him a political ally so much as a dude Trump's base approves of and that he can fire up his supporters by mentioning a lot. Essentially, he's using Arpaio as a Confederate monument. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Corrik 08/23/17 1:13:16 PM #256: |
ChaosTonyV4 posted...
Corrik posted...trdl23 posted...UltiXX posted...For the sake of my own sanity, please tell me this ESPN story about Robert Lee is a practical joke. ? --- LoL ID = imajericho XBL GT = Corrik ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Dancedreamer 08/23/17 1:14:49 PM #257: |
Not_an_Owl posted...
I wouldn't really consider him a political ally so much as a dude Trump's base approves of and that he can fire up his supporters by mentioning a lot. You just described a political ally. --- This isn't funny Dean, the voice says I'm almost out of minutes! ~Alexandra ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 08/23/17 1:18:15 PM #258: |
I know the timing of saying this feels convenient, though I believe I've said it in the past, but pardons always felt "unbalanced" to me. Way too much power that can be exercised with no checks on it.
I know it's meant to be a check on the judiciary, but the potential for abuse is just so high. I think it'd be better if it could be overridden like a veto as another check. Maybe up the requirement for override from 2/3 to 75% if you're concerned about it. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 1:23:23 PM #259: |
Theoretically the check on it is impeachment, which is way too all-or-nothing. Having a very difficult Congressional override seems fair.
That said, I'm not sure you'd get 75% opposing this pardon --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 08/23/17 1:27:22 PM #260: |
Yeah, impeachment or elections are always the ultimate check on any use of power, but like you said way too all-or-nothing.
I also didn't mean to imply that instituting that kind of check would stop this instance. I don't even think it could be stopped if it only required a simple majority! I'm just saying in the abstract I've always felt it was too much power granted to a single person without any check on it. It would also, theoretically, give the public a more feasible option to petition for. You could always call your representatives and lobby for a pardon override. Instead of now where you either have to call for impeachment (which wouldn't actually nullify the pardon) or do nothing because there's nothing you can do. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UltiXX 08/23/17 1:29:49 PM #261: |
Liberals are the only people defending ESPN, which is all I need to know. Liberals are literally always wrong. They could tell me water is wet and I wouldn't believe them at this point.
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LapisLazuli 08/23/17 1:30:18 PM #262: |
Wow you got boring.
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Corrik 08/23/17 1:34:35 PM #263: |
UltiXX posted...
Liberals are the only people defending ESPN, which is all I need to know. Liberals are literally always wrong. They could tell me water is wet and I wouldn't believe them at this point. Lots of liberals are criticizing it also. It's just frankly stupid and served no real purpose. It is like they thought "how can we gain good will with the public... how about a story about..." but it backfired because they don't realize how dumb it truly is. --- LoL ID = imajericho XBL GT = Corrik ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HashtagSEP 08/23/17 1:37:02 PM #264: |
Corrik posted...
UltiXX posted...Liberals are the only people defending ESPN, which is all I need to know. Liberals are literally always wrong. They could tell me water is wet and I wouldn't believe them at this point. To be fair, the guy himself came out and said that it was a mutual decision not for anybody else or their feelings, but for the guy himself, so that he wouldn't have to deal with any potential idiots from being there. --- #SEP #Awesome #Excellent #Greatness #SteveNash #VitaminWater #SmellingLikeTheVault #Pigeon #Sexy #ActuallyAVeryIntelligentVelociraptor #Heel #CoolSpot #EndOfSig ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Not_an_Owl 08/23/17 1:43:28 PM #265: |
Because people are quoting Ulti, here's Deadspin (about as left-wing as sports outlets come) criticizing ESPN for the Robert Lee thing:
http://deadspin.com/welp-espn-shot-itself-in-the-dick-1798338890 --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LapisLazuli 08/23/17 1:45:32 PM #266: |
So just to be clear, when Robert Lee said he wasn't comfortable going on, ESPN should have said "fuck you"?
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 1:46:38 PM #267: |
xp1337 posted...
It would also, theoretically, give the public a more feasible option to petition for. You could always call your representatives and lobby for a pardon override. Instead of now where you either have to call for impeachment (which wouldn't actually nullify the pardon) or do nothing because there's nothing you can do. I feel like that's potentially even more dangerous. IN GENERAL I would trust the President with unlimited pardoning power than giving any amount of the public judicial override power. This is just an extreme President EDIT: Oh never mind, I misread --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 08/23/17 1:52:34 PM #268: |
Oh, yeah, no way should pardon overrides be subject to a public ballot initiative or something.
oh god that'd be a disaster. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Peace___Frog 08/23/17 1:58:53 PM #269: |
LapisLazuli posted...
So just to be clear, when Robert Lee said he wasn't comfortable going on, ESPN should have said "fuck you"? There's nothing more Republican than telling other people to shut up and do their job, while simultaneously not doing your own. --- ~Peaf~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Emeraldegg 08/23/17 2:18:38 PM #270: |
LapisLazuli posted...
So just to be clear, when Robert Lee said he wasn't comfortable going on, ESPN should have said "fuck you"? To be fair, from the quote I read it sounded more like ESPN went to him with it, and he said sure, rather than him going to ESPN and saying "i'm not comfortable with this." That said, I have no problem with ESPN doing this because what they said is true, the possibility for bad stuff happening from it was certainly there. --- I'm a greener egg than the eggs from dr. seuss ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 2:35:52 PM #271: |
https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/900344776733708290
Forget Trump Criticizes Trump Rubio has found Bible Criticizes Trump --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ChaosTonyV4 08/23/17 2:41:22 PM #272: |
Corrik posted...
ChaosTonyV4 posted...Corrik posted...trdl23 posted...UltiXX posted...For the sake of my own sanity, please tell me this ESPN story about Robert Lee is a practical joke. Literally three posts before yours someone shared a thing from ESPN saying basically "the dude agreed to switch games because he didn't want to become a meme". --- Phantom Dust. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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kevwaffles 08/23/17 4:00:58 PM #273: |
The thing about this situation is that it was never supposed to be publicized in the first place.
I agree that this would have probably been at most a stupid joke forgotten by kickoff (and more likely nothing), but I wouldn't have thought what is essentially a mundane assignment trade would blow up if I were them, either. --- "One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land." -Toad, SMB3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 4:25:14 PM #274: |
Yeah, what they're concerned about absolutely would have happened.
It's obviously gotten worse now that it leaked though --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LordoftheMorons 08/23/17 4:29:05 PM #275: |
http://www.theonion.com/article/new-clinton-memoir-we-all-made-mistakes-you-made-m-56743
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 4:43:28 PM #276: |
Holy fucking shit GOP
https://twitter.com/jonadams3/status/900443218109661184 I don't know how they keep staggering me but they do. I like the top reply though: The modern republican party. "We blew our dogwhistles so hard we broke them so now we just use our objects of scorn to do our racism for us" --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LapisLazuli 08/23/17 4:49:48 PM #277: |
Jakyl25 posted...
Holy fucking shit GOP This is DNC levels of fucking up! --- **** Netflix ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LordoftheMorons 08/23/17 4:52:24 PM #278: |
The White House has prepped the paperwork for Arpaio's pardon:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/politics/joe-arpaio-pardon-white-house-paperwork/index.html Still possible Trump could be talked out of it, but it looks like it's most likely happening. Fucking disgusting. --- Congrats to BKSheikah for winning the BYIG Guru Challenge! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 4:52:43 PM #279: |
It will never stop being funny to me that this is the party that decided after 2012 that they needed to reach out to Hispanics more.
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 4:53:29 PM #280: |
That was about the Mariachi band but it applies to Arpaio too
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 5:30:51 PM #281: |
https://twitter.com/jameskarst/status/900362982999371777
How very Trumpian --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mr Lasastryke 08/23/17 6:23:22 PM #282: |
UltiXX posted...
Liberals are literally always wrong. They could tell me water is wet and I wouldn't believe them at this point. you fit right in with the other trump supporters with this mentality. --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Eddv 08/23/17 6:25:06 PM #283: |
LordoftheMorons posted...
http://www.theonion.com/article/new-clinton-memoir-we-all-made-mistakes-you-made-m-56743 The best humor is true --- Board 8's Voice of Reason http://i.imgur.com/chXIw06.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MenuWars 08/23/17 6:31:28 PM #284: |
https://twitter.com/HamiltonElector/status/899769144350056453
The Pence picture made my day. --- I'm bad at Maffs. BEDMAS Bioshock, Earthworm Jim, Diablo 2, Mass Effect 2, Ark: Survival Evolved, Super Meat Boy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 6:53:09 PM #285: |
https://twitter.com/housegop/status/900484476664524805
I'm afraid to click that link Pun intended --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CelesMyUserName 08/23/17 6:55:00 PM #286: |
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JonThePenguin 08/23/17 6:57:44 PM #287: |
The Legend of Zelda series is Nintendo’s best-selling video game franchise enjoyed by more than two generations of gamers. The action-adventure game was released in 1986, only one year after Nintendo’s founding in 1985. Um... --- JonThePenguin http://www.backloggery.com/main.php?user=erunion ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 08/23/17 6:58:20 PM #288: |
Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/housegop/status/900484476664524805 Thankfully, it's not some attempt to connect the games' storylines with the GOP's philosophical views. --- Thus is our treaty written, thus is our agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid. ARF ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MenuWars 08/23/17 7:00:33 PM #289: |
Zelda: All these Pixies are taking our jobs.
Navi: Hey! Link: Build a wall! Navi: Listen! --- I'm bad at Maffs. BEDMAS Bioshock, Earthworm Jim, Diablo 2, Mass Effect 2, Ark: Survival Evolved, Super Meat Boy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 7:03:33 PM #290: |
JonThePenguin posted...
The Legend of Zelda series is Nintendo’s best-selling video game franchise enjoyed by more than two generations of gamers. The action-adventure game was released in 1986, only one year after Nintendo’s founding in 1985. Maybe if we didn't tear down all those Ganondorf statues we'd know history better --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvGKDK2WIAAmKTf?format=jpg&name=large ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheRock1525 08/23/17 7:06:14 PM #291: |
I guess you could say all those confederate statues are a link to the past.
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MenuWars 08/23/17 7:08:08 PM #292: |
Tingle: So about pro choice.
Link: Absolutely not, that would be murder. Tingle: But how do we have the right to make someone do what we want with their body? Zelda: All in favour of killing all the Tingles? Tingle: Wait a minute, you just said you were against murder! Link: Aye! --- I'm bad at Maffs. BEDMAS Bioshock, Earthworm Jim, Diablo 2, Mass Effect 2, Ark: Survival Evolved, Super Meat Boy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 7:09:32 PM #293: |
Like the Legend of Zelda series, there are 3 timelines. We live in the Downfall Timeline
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Jakyl25 08/23/17 7:12:48 PM #294: |
We need to uncover the truth about Princess Zelda's use of a private psychic server to communicate!
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MenuWars 08/23/17 7:14:47 PM #295: |
Send all the terrorists back to Dark World.
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Dark Young Link 08/23/17 7:16:31 PM #296: |
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Paratroopa1 08/23/17 7:24:38 PM #297: |
I like that they got the date of Nintendo's founding wrong by almost 100 years
What's especially funny about it is that it's not even the year they started making video games or even close They went by the year that the NES was released, but then picked the Japanese release date of Zelda 1 good fact checking solid ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Not_an_Owl 08/23/17 7:26:32 PM #298: |
The whole Zelda thing comes off like the GOP trying to appeal to the youths and failing miserably, because nobody in their target age range would talk to them.
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PrivateBiscuit1 08/23/17 7:31:59 PM #299: |
Well, they deleted that tweet fast.
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Peace___Frog 08/23/17 7:46:43 PM #300: |
I almost feel bad for the intern they thrust that on
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MrGreenonion 08/23/17 8:03:49 PM #301: |
So why did the House GOP even want to talk about Zelda? Like it obviously wasn't their detailed knowledge of the facts.
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