a quick poll about Russia and Donald Trump

i will not litigate yr 5-star review of Jacob's fucking Ladder

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 27, 2019 10:36 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's a fucking politics thread morbs, i continue to not give a shit what you think about my taste in movies

https://thenib.imgix.net/usq/4ca76840-4ade-48a7-a96f-1d43944a59d7/the-collusion-delusion-2-0c6.png

me itt

oh lol i forgot the nib treats their comic panels as separate pngs, anyway that's not me

Lol

I still don't know why I should be expecting the full report to be significantly more interesting or damming than the summary suggests

― Simon H.,

This is what I don't get. Mueller writes a report, then Barr misrepresents the contents, and Mueller just goes sure dog whatever?

There surely can't be people who still think there is anything of consequence in that report or that anything is going to result from it idgi

how big is Maddow's cult?

i don't give a shit what you think my poli-pundit "faves" are, Braddykins

Is Mueller even allowed to publicly dispute that

Hang in there, patriots. Let the process play out. :-)

The process is a lengthy frustrating mess, constantly manipulated or delayed, with no guarantee the results will resemble anything like truth or justice. But the only alterative to the current process** that I can see is rioting in the streets and I am too old for that.

**nb: the current process includes vigorously browbeating a reluctant Congress into activity and working to dominate the next election cycle.

Re: "Maddow's cult", viewership supposedly plunged half a mil this week

Like the point isn't that Mueller's report was "lol perpwalk these motherbitches" and Barr put whiteout all over it. But that perhaps the body of data was more like "some very concerning things were found but it is impossible to prove intentional collusion" or "there could have been obstruction but it's difficult to prove intent" vs "nothing to see here"

i don't give a shit what you think my poli-pundit "faves" are, Braddykins

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 27, 2019 10:48 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cool, maybe next time don't bring up my letterboxd reviews here bc you're incapable of having a discussion where you're not convinced of your own superiority

Is Mueller even allowed to publicly dispute that

― Buttigieg comes right from the source (Neanderthal), Wednesday, March 27, 2019 1:48 PM (three minutes ago)

congress can call on him to testify, can't they?

Yeah absolutely...and probably will be called. I just don't think right now he can call NYT and say "about that report...."

But idk for sure

Re: "Maddow's cult", viewership supposedly plunged half a mil this week

― Simon H.,

Damn! Ok fair enough so there have been some consequences

afaik Mueller no longer holds any defined position in government and therefore is free to publically discuss anything not officially classified as secret by law or by the courts. But he's not going to go out of his way to make any public statements unless he is asked to testify before Congress. He will do everything by the book.

Why didn’t mueller subpoena trump?

yeah, that I don't understand

This is the issue where I am frustrated with my uncle, Robert Swan Mueller.

But I do hate American leftists.

all of them? like, every community activist and union organizer and...?

Re: "Maddow's cult", viewership supposedly plunged half a mil this week

well, something good came out of this at least...

He will do everything by the book.

the mueller whisperer....

yeah it's absolutely nuts that Trump was never asked for an interview, the only explanations I can think of are 1) Republicans don't have to play by those rules or 2) they figured he was just going to lie his ass off anyway so what's the point?? idk man this is just weird. what the hell was Mueller even investigating??

Before this whole situation, Rachel Maddow always seemed kinda chill, like someone who I’d want for my trivia team.

She can still be on it if she wants

def into trivia

i'd bet she would be amazing

i could see us winning the league if she was on the team. but alas

I'm guessing I have the most consistent far-left voting record of anyone on this thread

there were 340 boxes on the upper house ballot last weekend. aiui you only get to number one (1) box?

tbh americans seldom really have an opportunity to vote for "far left" candidates.

i mean my mom voted for dick gregory once upon a time...

I am the most “out there” probably—a true firebrand

yeah but how many of you have a rosa luxemburg tattoo on the small of your back?

It's true that the far left in the US does not enjoy the widespread popularity, and electoral success, it does in The People's Republic of Denmark.

political parties and electoralism are reactionary

come into my eco-libertarian-communist yurt and find the true meaning of the left

i dont cair what any body says, i still thing that trupm did rusha

But I do hate American leftists.

all of them? like, every community activist and union organizer and...?

Nah, that's an exaggeration, I hung out with leftists when I lived in San Diego, and liked a lot of them. But American leftism in general is pretty annoying.

tbh americans seldom really have an opportunity to vote for "far left" candidates.

― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), 27. marts 2019 20:09 (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I mean, yeah, this is most of the explanation. I vote for the Unity List, as did 7,8% of Denmark last parliamental election (and 12,8% of my city last municipal election, which is a bit low for a city).

Also, I was elected to the school council on the communist/satanist ticket back in ninth grade. True story.

satanist is the opeth of the masses

arrgh
*satanism

as a constituent of, donor to, and voter for America's only (I think) Socialist Alternative city councilor, I claim the right to be called the most leftist person on ilx

Never voted for a far left candidate in my life, I must be American.

i once voted for a trotskyist party

which makes me the biggest dumbass on ilx

ok now whose dick curves the most to the left. fred?

i once voted for a trotskyist party

which makes me the biggest dumbass on ilx

I currently donate to a trot organization which makes me an even bigger dumbass than you jim

which one?

my fave north american trotsky org is solidarity, and their journal against the current is really good

none of you poseurs have a regular donation to any maoist organizations though.

wait there are non-annoying political factions in the US? please explain

mister, we could use a man
like leon trotsky once again
those...were...the...days!

in my experience calling a girl annoying is guy for "im gonna try and fuck that chick". its an instant break up in my book.

― sunny successor, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 8:47 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol