haha nice gamesmanship
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
I think the Nevada GOP can minimize the damage if they levy 90% of the new taxes on the lazy poors
xpost
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
would be kind of cool if there was some new minority trend in the GOP like "We're the party of fiscal responsibility - when did that get to mean no taxes, ever, for anything?" but I'm not holding my breath.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
Unions have succeeded in persuading some Republicans not to support Fast Track for the TPP. "For example, reliable allies of GOP leadership like New Jersey Rep. Frank LoBiondo and Ohio Rep. Dave Joyce are unlikely to support the measure because of local union concerns, aides said." Just last week Morning Shift was voicing strong skepticism that organized labor would exert any significant influence over fast track. That judgment may have been, uh, hasty.
http://media.giphy.com/media/W9WSk4tEU1aJW/giphy.gif
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:46 (nine years ago) link
Boehner fail:http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/house-yanks-first-spending-bill-off-the-floor-117497.html
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 April 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
Bohener yanks
― jennifer islam (silby), Thursday, 30 April 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Did not enjoy the DNC email with the subject line 'Boehner CRUSHED'
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 1 May 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
lel
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 1 May 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
Boehner deflated
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 May 2015 01:27 (nine years ago) link
http://33.media.tumblr.com/1a20a0358f42f7fe0e8575ddb4f6747e/tumblr_nnneg62Bk01qdmmiqo1_400.gif
― Karl Malone, Friday, 1 May 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
some americans are just so crazy
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/have-obama-hang-himself-death-national-tv
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 4 May 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
creatorR. M.Davenport, FLApril 22, 2015Signature # 1
― goole, Monday, 4 May 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
when the fed's call about this it'll be just more socialist government hates our freedoms
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
We need to just scrap representative democracy and have everyone vote on the internet.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/WfJMAAd.png
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
i'm telling you, if there's a way to vote online, and also a way to make Doritos an official nominee for president of the United States, get ready for President Cheesyfingers
― Karl Malone, Monday, 4 May 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
that just makes me think of the performance artist who ran for mayor of Vancouver as Mr Peanut
http://artdaily.com/news/14622/The-Mr--Peanut-Mayorality-Campaign-of-1974#.VUegwvlViko
(clips of the debates are really worth watching)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
i want to know what brand icon i should be costumed as when i run against Schumer
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
With his motto of "elect a nut for mayor," it also captured the public's imagination and, remarkably, Mr. Peanut drew 3.4 per cent of the vote.
i honestly believe that doritos could capture a minimum of 10% of the vote
― Karl Malone, Monday, 4 May 2015 16:45 (nine years ago) link
I wonder what it would be like to have this country run by PepsiCo rather than Goldman Sachs.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
Delicious, probably.
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
Speed up your internet connection by sharing Doritos status updates with your friends to earn Frito Lay Buxx which can be spent on extra votes in the upcoming Pepsi Presidential Sierra Mist Election Bowl!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 4 May 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
See, it's only slightly more absurd than the way things currently are.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
imagine if things went a little haywire and the supreme court decided it should be legal to officially sell your vote - some PAC would contact you and offer you money to vote a certain way. how much do you think the going rate would be for a single vote in a presidential election?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 4 May 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
I believe that was almost part of a terrible Kevin Costner movie
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 May 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
$200 maybe? this chart suggests much less but that's for a non-presidential year:
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Blogs/FixGov/2014/11/table2014.png?la=en
― Mordy, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
also that money goes thru third parties + stuff. just a simple payment per vote would bring costs down probably.
― Mordy, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
otoh if ppl were just competing to purchase votes, that could drive up the price of individual votes in close races. probably smart to hold onto yr vote until the last week in a real toss-up state. might be able to cash in.
― Mordy, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
this is what i was thinking of
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/swing-vote
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 May 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
bobby jindalmao
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/05/01/exclusive-bobby-jindal-block-obama-trade-deal-to-stop-him-from-doing-more-harm-to-america/
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
Wow, this guy is in the House?!!
http://boingboing.net/2015/05/01/computer-scientistcongressman.html
https://twitter.com/RepTedLieu
― Vic Perry, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
those internal 'liberty score' ranks on breitbart are something... not sure what to think..
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 4 May 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
Breaking: Hillary Clinton Gains Favor, Times/CBS Poll Says
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
looking like she's gonna adopt a lot of leftist/populist talking points, as this is the expedient thing to do to unify her party. seems to me the big question is going to be coattails - can the Dems take back Congress on the back of her presidential campaign - which seems like a big "if" given current gerrymandering of House seats. If that does actually happen there may be a brief window where some decent legislation gets passed, maybe a climate change bill, or an immigration bill. I'm not particularly hopeful though.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 22:44 (nine years ago) link
Im not gonna believe anything Hillary says in light of the 08 Obama list of promises of which he delivered like 5%
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 5 May 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
idk why you have to bring Obama into it, Hillary is plenty untrustworthy on her own
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 23:24 (nine years ago) link
That poll confirms the Beltway chatter of the last three months matters fuck all to voters, as do her chances to ruin those voters.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 May 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
Normal people do not give the slightest squeeze about who to vote for in 2016 now.
― Vic Perry, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 01:12 (nine years ago) link
Hillary is a fucking piece of shit, piss on her and the Fellated War Criminal.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:46 (nine years ago) link
(that's for Mordy and his highly evolved moral sense)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:48 (nine years ago) link
u kno what tho i can take it. it seems like yr much more miserable than i am. maybe bc hillary is going to be the next POTUS.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
perhaps, she'd fit nicely in that gallery of assholes
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:54 (nine years ago) link
yeah looking at the Clintons some more in my dying years will make me even more miserable, get your popcorn.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:55 (nine years ago) link
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/president-barack-obama-eats-popcorn-everett.jpg
― Mordy, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
but back to Congress:
when does Bibi speak again?
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 03:57 (nine years ago) link
former speaker Jim Wright dies: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/us/politics/jim-wright-house-speaker-who-resigned-amid-ethics-charges-dies-at-92.html?ref=politics&_r=0&gwh=2AE6B4C1BCD62365697D74DCF184AB4D&gwt=pay
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 May 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
nice to see the courts starting to do their job re: the Patriot Act and the NSA: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/appeals-court-rules-nsa-record-collection-violates-patriot-act/2015/05/07/c4fabfb8-f4bf-11e4-bcc4-e8141e5eb0c9_story.html
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Yes. Not gonna think about possible appeal or Congressional action.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 May 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1HILRGV8--/o5u63o3xrktxcvrjoifq.jpg
newt
oculus rift
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 9 May 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/why-obama-is-happy-to-fight-elizabeth-warren-on-118537612596.html
― Mordy, Sunday, 10 May 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link