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{CC}StealthBlue
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Plansix
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Now a CPAC the NRA PR teams make up stories about how high school kids were going to attack them. Mind you, they were on stage with law enforcement. | ||
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GreenHorizons
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On February 23 2018 00:13 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Just realized that NRA is the GOP's armed paramilitary... https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/966691696586166280 Democrats, you're all going to be painted as socialists, may as well just actually support it. | ||
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Plansix
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GreenHorizons
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On February 23 2018 00:24 Plansix wrote: The press also has a socialist agenda now. Most of the journalist I follow are asking who has been arranging the meetings and conference calls for this agenda, because they were not invited. Probably be a lot easier to actually be socialist rather than try to campaign in between and have Republicans accusing you and leftists denying you are. But I'm pretty confident that whoever the Democratic establishment gets behind will adamantly deny being a socialist. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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On February 22 2018 23:55 LegalLord wrote: There was clearly no point to it other than to just gush over cool-sounding ideas. Everyone needs their personal delusion. And you still fail to see what I typed. Everyone else seems to have caught it. But you. No way. You're a rebel. | ||
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iamthedave
England2814 Posts
On February 23 2018 00:00 Plansix wrote: The physics behind large scale space colonization would require us to develop tech to move asteroids and other large objects in space into earth orbit. And once you do the math for capturing anything worth using as building material, it is a short leap to crashing the thing into the side of the planet and a whole lot of people. That is the cool part about space. Everything is moving so god damn fast that you don’t even need bombs. Finally the Republicans will have a way to deal with Democrats. Can't wait to see how 2nd Amendment Rights apply to personal asteroid usage, and how the mentally ill should have access to weaponised asteroids too. On February 22 2018 23:17 Gorsameth wrote: But who leaked the scandals forcing them out? Random politicians, interns, the janitor, the White House cat, outgoing members of the Administration, Republicans in general, Democrats in general, Donald Trump on at least two occasions... Just about anyone, really. The WH is a disorganised mess of people trying to climb over each other's corpses to bow at Dear Leader's feet and get a better (safer) position. It seems to be better now Bannon's gone, but the idea that one official can be behind all those leaks is insanity. | ||
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Plansix
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Edit: This is some awful shit right here. | ||
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LegalLord
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On February 23 2018 00:31 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote: And you still fail to see what I typed. Everyone else seems to have caught it. But you. No way. You're a rebel. As usual taking it awfully personally. Why am I not surprised? | ||
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Logo
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On February 23 2018 00:15 Plansix wrote: https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/966673033367781377 Now a CPAC the NRA PR teams make up stories about how high school kids were going to attack them. Mind you, they were on stage with law enforcement. I love the disconnect of someone telling people to carry guns to protect themselves from mass shootings then claiming they had to flee a peaceful gathering of high school kids for their own safety. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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On February 23 2018 00:48 LegalLord wrote: As usual taking it awfully personally. Why am I not surprised? Being a negative fuck, as usual. Why am I not surprised? | ||
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xDaunt
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On February 23 2018 00:13 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Just realized that NRA is the GOP's armed paramilitary... https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/966691696586166280 Wayne's not wrong. | ||
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Gorsameth
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The shit they are willing to do should be shocking but... its expected at this point. | ||
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Plansix
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On February 23 2018 00:54 Logo wrote: I love the disconnect of someone telling people to carry guns to protect themselves from mass shootings then claiming they had to flee a peaceful gathering of high school kids for their own safety. They are talking about a socialist takeover of the US and are telling gun owners they should be afraid at CPAC. The leadership of the NRA is about stoking fears and grievance. They are in the business of making their members fear other Americans. On February 23 2018 00:58 Gorsameth wrote: At this point I don't think there is any depth that I don't see the GOP sinking to. The shit they are willing to do should be shocking but... its expected at this point. This is the conservative wing of the Republican party, who had been slowly taking over the party since 2010 and the rise of the Koch backed tea party movement. But at this point with so many moderates retiring, they might as well be the entire Republican party. But they are also a political group that has never been in the minority, which will be interesting to watch. | ||
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Gorsameth
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At this point not believing in the constitution is a positive from where I am sitting. As is not believing in the god hand of capitalism so solve all problems. | ||
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Plansix
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On February 23 2018 01:07 Gorsameth wrote: At this point not believing in the constitution is a positive from where I am sitting. As is not believing in the god hand of capitalism so solve all problems. The constitution is pretty good. The whole conservative argument around the constitution is that socialism runs counter to the basic tenets of the constitution and is therefore un-American. Of course, they are also pretty flexible on what “socialism” means. | ||
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Gorsameth
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On February 23 2018 01:13 Plansix wrote: "Respect/believe the constitution" is only ever used to defend the 2nd amendment. The constitution is pretty good. The whole conservative argument around the constitution is that socialism runs counter to the basic tenets of the constitution and is therefore un-American. Of course, they are also pretty flexible on what “socialism” means. What a paradise we would live in if Republicans have a 1/10th of the shit about the rest of the thing. | ||
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iamthedave
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On February 23 2018 01:13 Plansix wrote: The constitution is pretty good. The whole conservative argument around the constitution is that socialism runs counter to the basic tenets of the constitution and is therefore un-American. Of course, they are also pretty flexible on what “socialism” means. I'd agree with that assessment. The problem is the same problem I have with biblical literalists. Just because some dude had a good idea a while ago doesn't mean that good idea is an immutably perfect ideal. The basics of the constitution are good. But it needs to evolve. I don't believe Abraham Lincoln or the founding fathers in general were thinking that American children would use guns to murder each other, and if they were alive today, writing the constitution today, they'd be thinking the 2nd Amendment needed revisions to take that into account. For a nation that's best known for thinking ahead and being innovative, it's weird to see how culturally enslaved you are to the ideals of a few decent, intelligent, but imperfect dead men. | ||
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farvacola
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On February 23 2018 01:07 Gorsameth wrote: At this point not believing in the constitution is a positive from where I am sitting. As is not believing in the god hand of capitalism so solve all problems. Don't buy into their bullshit, the Constitution does not oppose socialism nor reasonable gun regulations the likes of which the NRA opposes at every juncture. The NRA's crowning jewel judicial decision is only a decade old, after all. | ||
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xDaunt
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On February 23 2018 01:21 Gorsameth wrote: "Respect/believe the constitution" is only ever used to defend the 2nd amendment. What a paradise we would live in if Republicans have a 1/10th of the shit about the rest of the thing. You Europeans are so cute in your ignorance of American politics. Maybe if you took a moment to read what conservative luminaries actually say instead of only paying attention to the cherry-picked bits that the left-wing media regurgitates for maximum political impact you'd actually find how ridiculous your post is. | ||
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