Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 185: Doubly Negative

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Brexit is like a sledgehammer smashing Twitter.
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And these Twitter polls are not the hammer!
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...The hammer is my Brexit.
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Lose a twitter poll and destroy your own house with a sledgehammer to own the libs.
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Its not the first time Trumps star which happens to be situated next to the one bearing Kevin Spaceys name has been damaged by protesters.

Haha.
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https://imgur.com/KdiTx0e
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/398799-soccer-ball-putin-gave-trump-contains-transmitter-chip-but-for-adidas?__twitter_impression=true

Wait...what?
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TheRock1525 posted...

Wait...what?

since when were you under the impression that FIFA wasn't a player in this game
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That soccer ball was developed for training shortly after the last world cup
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TheRock1525 posted...

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/398799-soccer-ball-putin-gave-trump-contains-transmitter-chip-but-for-adidas?__twitter_impression=true

Wait...what?

Theres no way this was intended to spy.

Unless Russian spy technology is literally at Dwight from the Office levels.

Now at least we know to check any wooden mallards Putin sends us.
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http://thefayetteadvocate.com/2018/07/25/whistleblower-provides-emails-that-show-stormy-daniels-arrest-was-pre-planned/
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SupremeZero posted...

http://thefayetteadvocate.com/2018/07/25/whistleblower-provides-emails-that-show-stormy-daniels-arrest-was-pre-planned/

Mayor Ginthers office is pissed that people are critical of the police over this.

:thinking:
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Articles of impeachment introduced... against Rosenstein.
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lol
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Peace___Frog posted...

Articles of impeachment introduced... against Rosenstein.

Not even Gowdy or Goodlatte signed on to this so it is a big old nothingburger.

Jim Jordan did though. If only he was as passionate about stopping men from being molested as he was about stopping federal investigation into election interference.
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Peace___Frog posted...

Articles of impeachment introduced... against Rosenstein.

lol

No way that ever gets a vote. Well, a successful vote. It's not impossible Ryan lets a vote happen if he knows it'll be horribly lopsided to quash that talk, but that seems out-of-character for him.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022447980408983552

already talked about this in vlado's topic but it should be posted here as well. this is scary as fuck.
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https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1022267646119763970?s=21

This is sweet though
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1022267646119763970?s=21

This is sweet though

That is honestly pretty cute.

I wish he hadnt gone through his whole THREAT TO THE NATION nonsense but as long as he isnt actively pissing off the EU Ill count that as a win.

Until he inevitably walks back the walk back, of course.
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have they even come to an agreement yet?

trump yesterday came out and acted like they had, and that the EU agreed to back down/give him what he wanted, but then they came out and said that no agreement had been reached yet. trump was just being trump.

did that change?
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Here's a neat map of the 2016 election results that goes really granular, all the way down to individual precincts.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html

Not really relevant to anything at hand, but maps are cool.
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well hey at least my county was entirely blue

despite the entirety of the rest of the state going red
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The Mana Sword posted...

Here's a neat map of the 2016 election results that goes really granular, all the way down to individual precincts.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html

Not really relevant to anything at hand, but maps are cool.

This may be the least touchscreen friendly map I've ever used lol

I'll give it a real look when I'm at home, but I can't zoom or move this thing without ending up halfway across the world.
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Oh yeah, it doesn't really work on mobile at all. Should have mentioned that.
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pxlated posted...

have they even come to an agreement yet?

trump yesterday came out and acted like they had, and that the EU agreed to back down/give him what he wanted, but then they came out and said that no agreement had been reached yet. trump was just being trump.

did that change?

No. Well, kinda.

They made an agreement to make an agreement at some point. Which could be nothing depending on Trump's mood next week. But it is at least better than where it was at a week prior >_>
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Well hey, that's like one step above a handshake.

That's a win for trump, right??
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The Mana Sword posted...

Here's a neat map of the 2016 election results that goes really granular, all the way down to individual precincts.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html

Not really relevant to anything at hand, but maps are cool.

99th percentile for Clinton

Jill Stein beat Trump in my precinct
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LordoftheMorons posted...

The Mana Sword posted...

Here's a neat map of the 2016 election results that goes really granular, all the way down to individual precincts.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html

Not really relevant to anything at hand, but maps are cool.

99th percentile for Clinton

Jill Stein beat Trump in my precinct

I happened to move over exactly to my county on the first try.

66% for Trump.

Bleh.
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Right in that Clinton corridor between Detroit and Ann Arbor
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TheRock1525 posted...

66% for Trump.

Same. Expected it to be worse, actually.
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64% Trump 33% Hillary where I live.

80% Hillary 15% Trump where i work.
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Cohen is confirming Trump knew and gave the go ahead about the 2016 meeting with the Russians
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StealThisSheen posted...

Cohen is confirming Trump knew and gave the go ahead about the 2016 meeting with the Russians

Wow, that's pretty big.
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Oh wow. I figured he'd flip eventually but that's quite the way to announce it.
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Is there a tape?
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Jakyl25 posted...

Is there a tape?

Cohen said he doesn't have evidence but is willing to testify. He also says there were "several others" present so I suppose they could be subpoenaed as well.
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It can likely be corroborated with Don Jr's phone records before the meeting.
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If they can prove that Trump knew then that's collusion right there
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Good and all that, but man, how much more obvious does it have to be?

Also worth noting that, if confirmed, this is bad news for Donald Trump Junior who testified last year that his dad didn't know anything about the meeting beforehand.
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I love the news right now with Giuliani going "Cohen is a liar. He's been a liar for years, he has no credibility" and then them immediately showing all the Trump "I have very good people" stuff
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Donald will never ever live that line down. Even though he's not firing as many people now or driving then to quit as much, a sarcastic reference to "the best people" will always be around his crooked staff and family.
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Even with something big like this, I still have no hope of anything happening.
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I mean there have been a bunch of indictments and guilty pleas already. These investigations take a lot of time as well.
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Still baffled why some people stand by this incompetent fool in the White House.

All I can think of is anger directed towards SJWs.
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gotta own the libs bro
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LMS bro....take the hint. No one wants to have that conversation with you.
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I feel like I still don't fundamentally understand why rural/farming america skews so heavily republican.

I mean the bible belt I can see, but it's still indicative of people who can't separate their personal beliefs from the political discussion and what's best for everyone regardless of religion.

But what is with the animosity towards funding social programs, or the concept that we should be helping out our fellow man?

idk :/
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Rural towns don't have the same struggles as cities. If someone needs welfare they are more likely to get help from neighbors and family living nearby. They have a stronger belief in taking care of each other/their own.

In addition rural areas are struggling because people are moving to the cities which can cause increased resentment towards cities and policies that favor cities. Which includes a lot of government spending.

Republicans also give more money to farmers traditionally.

Plus tradition. Their parents were republicans so they were raised to be republicans.
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Maniac64 posted...

Rural towns don't have the same struggles as cities. If someone needs welfare they are more likely to get help from neighbors and family living nearby.

This is blatantly bullshit by this point though quite frankly, as the opiate struggles ravaging the rural population has exposed.
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Republicans are trying to gut the Endangered Species Act

Why?

(Source, since I posted initially as a stunned reaction to CBS anchors talking about it

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/endangered-species-act-republicans-pushing-overhaul-before-midterm-elections/

The Endangered Species Act is credited with bringing grey wolves, Florida manatees and the humpback whale back from the brink of extinction. Still, Utah Republican Rob Bishop says the act is broken.

"All we are doing is making lists of species. We are not really rehabilitating them," Bishop told CBS News' Nancy Cordes.

One of his bills would require the government to consider not just science but the cost to business before adding a new animal to the list.

Is it inappropriate to say "fuck off and die"? Because I really, really wanna say that to this piece of shit.
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Fuck off and die
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