US Politics Mega-thread - Page 2940

On February 17 2016 10:33 GreenHorizons wrote:


There is a real difference in value but it's not what most people think. By making tuition 60k you send a signal that students will network with people who can afford to spend that on an education, which is fair to presume would put you in contact with far more capital than if tuition is half that.

Same general concept as country clubs, by restricting access to people willing to pay 2-3x as much as they would have to at a less expensive facility, you keep out the "undesirables" and people without money to waste (eg "invest" in others).

On February 17 2016 10:55 Introvert wrote:


Perhaps I wasn't clear. I'm mocking this closeted gay theory. I accept him dying naturally.

On February 17 2016 11:01 GreenHorizons wrote:


Well it's been somewhat demonstrated that some of the most emboldened anti-gay folks are closeted so it's not that absurd, but it was a joke about the conspiracy Trump was floating about him being murdered. I suppose you would have the same critique for Republicans pushing the "Obama had him killed" crap. That they do in fact hate him beyond reason?

On February 17 2016 11:08 Introvert wrote:


Conspiracy theories circulated among admirers or supporters is understandable. Not so much among haters. And saying he could be a closet homosexual is like saying he hates abortion because he had one once and regrets it. There is no reason to think so.

Edit: the point of the example is that I don't see any reason to think that was the case. It's some sort of strange fantasy from people who hate him. I think hating abortion after having one is actually quite legitimate.

On February 17 2016 11:39 GreenHorizons wrote:


So basically you're suggesting that speculating if Obama had Scalia murdered is understandable. Understandable as in they hate Obama beyond reason or...?

I find it hilariously sad that it's easy for folks to turn jokes around Scalia as hate but people being murdered/poisoned/violated/and discriminated against is a bridge to far.

The "anti-PC" crowd sure does get sensitive when the shoe's on the other foot.

On February 17 2016 11:45 ticklishmusic wrote:
http://jebbush.com/

lol

On February 17 2016 11:44 Introvert wrote:


uh, what does PC have to do with anything I said?

I would like to think that a little bit of brain power would help, but I shall provide it.

When someone people respect dies, it seems normal that some of their admirers come up with all sorts of theories. It has nothing to do with Obama or whoever else happens to be president.

The United States and Cuba on Tuesday signed a deal restoring commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades, allowing dozens of new daily flights to bring hundreds of thousands more American travelers a year to the island as early as this fall.

Immediately after the signing, the U.S. Department of Transportation opened bidding by American air carriers on as many as 110 U.S.-Cuba flights a day — more than five times the current number. All flights operating between the two countries today are charters.

Barring other major announcements, the restart of commercial flights will be the most significant development in U.S.-Cuba trade since Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced in late 2014 that they would begin normalizing ties after a half-century of Cold War opposition. The Obama administration is eager to make rapid progress on building trade and diplomatic ties with Cuba before the president leaves office. The coming weeks are seen as particularly crucial to building momentum ahead of a trip he hopes to make to Havana by the end of March.

“Today is a historic day in the relationship between Cuba and the U.S.,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said after he and Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez signed the deal in a ceremony at Havana's Hotel Nacional. “It represents a critically important milestone in the U.S. effort to engage with Cuba.”

The U.S. Department of Transportation expects to award the new routes by the summer. The winning airlines then must negotiate their own deals with Cuba.

On February 17 2016 11:51 GreenHorizons wrote:

And you don't think that people can use parody to point out the ridiculousness of people without hating the topical component of it?

I'd save your brain power for figuring out how to beat Trump unless you've already given up on this election?

On February 17 2016 12:05 Introvert wrote:



What are you talking about? Are you going to try and cover with "I was just joking" again? lol

On February 17 2016 12:08 GreenHorizons wrote:


I said "my conspiracy money" that should have been your first clue.

But how about beating Trump or have you given up on the election?

On February 17 2016 12:15 Introvert wrote:


So are you recycling, long, not funny jokes? Cause you had like two paragraphs in defense of such a view the other day.

The fact that you think that some people are conspiratorial because they especially hate Obama is funny, though. I'll give you that.

On February 17 2016 12:18 GreenHorizons wrote:


Conspiratorial no, specifically believing it's Obama and it being such a large portion of the Republican party is a special kind of hate " beyond reason" though I'm sure plenty of it could be blamed just on Obama's political standing.

Your silence on the Trump part says more than your comments on my lol's though.