EPTAs crazy as he is, I'd take him over Cruz and Rubio. I can only hope he'll mellow out in office and reconsider deporting, oh I dunno, tens of millions of Americans. I hope that bar isn't set too high.
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strongwind
United States862 Posts
As crazy as he is, I'd take him over Cruz and Rubio. I can only hope he'll mellow out in office and reconsider deporting, oh I dunno, tens of millions of Americans. I hope that bar isn't set too high. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:21 xDaunt wrote: You should like Trump more. He's going to govern like a moderate technocrat. That would mean that he will have to ignore 90% of the stuff he is continuously promising in the election cycle | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:23 Nyxisto wrote: That would mean that he will have to ignore 90% of the stuff he is continuously promising in the election cycle To be fair, that's what politicians usually do. Not that i would consider him a politician, but you know. | ||
The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:22 strongwind wrote: I'm trying to prepare myself for 4 years of Trump. I clench every time. As crazy as he is, I'd take him over Cruz and Rubio. I can only hope he'll mellow out in office and reconsider deporting, oh I dunno, tens of millions of Americans. I hope that bar isn't set too high. For me, it's been Sanders > Rand = Clinton > Jeb! > Trump > Rubio > Cruz > other republicans (Carson/Christie/Fiorina etc), so you're not alone. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:21 xDaunt wrote: You should like Trump more. He's going to govern like a moderate technocrat. high variance on that one. in all likelihood not going to be good | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
WASHINGTON -- A New York mayor is proposing to offer the first supervised injection facility in the U.S., making it possible for heroin users to inject the drug under the supervision of a nurse, as part of an ambitious and controversial plan to tackle heroin addiction. "Using heroin is bad for you," Svante Myrick, the mayor of Ithaca, New York, told The Huffington Post on Monday. “Dying from an overdose is even worse. We have to keep people alive and get them the resources to get clean. They won't get those resources in public bathrooms and behind dumpsters in alleys." Myrick argued that supervised injection facilities have the ability to "save lives, reduce illnesses and help people kick heroin." Canada and Europe have brought down their numbers of fatal overdoses using such facilities. "Nothing else has worked," Myrick said. "We can't continue to try the policies that have so badly failed to keep our friends and family alive and healthy." The Associated Press reported Monday on Myrick’s proposal, which he began crafting a year and a half ago after convening Ithaca's Municipal Drug Policy Committee. In New York, heroin overdoses jumped from 215 in 2008 to 478 in 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heroin use among 18- to 25-year-olds went from 3.5 percent between 2002 and 2004 to 7.3 percent between 2011 and 2013. That’s a 100 percent increase. The complete report, which Myrick will release on Wednesday, incorporates recommendations from the Ithaca Police Department, the local syringe exchange and the Greater Ithaca Activities Center, as well as more than 350 community members, officials and stakeholders. Source | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:28 m4ini wrote: To be fair, that's what politicians usually do. Not that i would consider him a politician, but you know. but the fact that he is 'anti-establishment' is the main point of his whole campaign. I really wonder what his supporters are going to do if he completely switches on day one. | ||
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strongwind
United States862 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:28 The_Templar wrote: For me, it's been Sanders > Rand = Clinton > Jeb! > Trump > Rubio > Cruz > other republicans (Carson/Christie/Fiorina etc), so you're not alone. I think Cruz is the worst of them all. Where others are just plain inept, Cruz has a very solid plan for America. And that plan is to privatize everything he can get his hands on, a flat tax across the board (math so simple! yay), and completely gut the government of any and all programs. Maybe a tad hyperbolic, but since this is election season, I think I deserve a pass  | ||
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puerk
Germany855 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:06 xDaunt wrote: I think GH deserves an achievement award for most improved poster. He's actually been tolerable for some time now. I'm going to go ahead and say that he's more palatable to you because you don't really have a horse in this race and you agree with his Hillary bashing. On February 23 2016 10:21 GreenHorizons wrote: Oh well now that's just sad. "Bernie-splaining" really? What does "Bernie-splaining" even mean to you*? Your ability to explain why Hillary Schillary is losing and St. Bernard is winning (sometimes with an asterisk) despite the evil so-and-so's. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
Trump is proof that it's hard to be a well-informed individual, or at least you can be very successful in a certain area and be a complete moron elsewhere. Carson is example 2, though he's quiet so we don't give him quite as much shit. | ||
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oBlade
United States6395 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:22 strongwind wrote: I'm trying to prepare myself for 4 years of Trump. I clench every time. As crazy as he is, I'd take him over Cruz and Rubio. I can only hope he'll mellow out in office and reconsider deporting, oh I dunno, tens of millions of Americans. I hope that bar isn't set too high. The government can't exile citizens, can I ask where you heard that a Trump administration would deport tens of millions of Americans? | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18412 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
Edit: Just realized Trump would make it legal for him to bang his daughter. | ||
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:23 Nyxisto wrote: That would mean that he will have to ignore 90% of the stuff he is continuously promising in the election cycle I mean, 90% of what he's saying is literally illegal, so he'd kinda have to. I'm really not sure how he would govern. Lots of bluster, sure. Perhaps he'd leave most stuff in the hands of random advisors, and you would end up in a technocratic place. I'm not really sure he has a vision for America, unlike, say, Rubio, Cruz, or Bernie. HRC's vision is of her being president. | ||
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strongwind
United States862 Posts
On February 23 2016 11:48 oBlade wrote: The government can't exile citizens, can I ask where you heard that a Trump administration would deport tens of millions of Americans? http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-deportation-plan-2015-11 I literally typed "trump deport..." into Google, it autofilled "immigrants", and that was the first hit i got. Deep Web research right there. | ||
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oBlade
United States6395 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
Don't think about it. Just think of the sweet wall Mexico will have to build. On February 23 2016 12:07 oBlade wrote: Excuse me, but you said "tens of millions of Americans." Would you mind clarifying this - you consider people who enter and live in the USA illegally to be Americans? Are you going somewhere with this amazing line of questioning? There are people who think that the illegal immigrants should have a path to citizenship as long as they are not horrible criminals. Which is better that the people who want to deport everyone because they like wasting money on useless shit. | ||
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oBlade
United States6395 Posts
On February 23 2016 12:07 Plansix wrote: Lets remove due process. I am sure that will work out just fine and we won't end up deporting legal immigrants or legit American citizens. It not like we don't totally do that with due process right now. And lets not think about what deporting 11 million in a four year term looks like. Just think of the holding cells, trains and buses. Just think of the protests. Yes, yes, his bark is worse than his bite, we're all familiar. On February 23 2016 12:07 Plansix wrote: Don't think about it. Just think of the sweet wall Mexico will have to build. Why would it behoove Mexico to build a wall to stop their own citizens from entering the country? | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On February 23 2016 12:11 oBlade wrote: Yes, yes, his bark is worse than his bite, we're all familiar. Why would it behoove Mexico to build a wall to stop their own citizens from entering the country? I was mostly talking about the entire idea of deportation of all 11 million undocumented immigrants being a really stupid idea. And the wall being almost as stupid, but its sort of funny, so its less stupid. But seriously, we can just burn all that money that we would spend on that on the White House lawn. It would be better than the deportation pipe dream. | ||
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