Is Trump really a serious contender for the Republican nomination? - Page 176

ilduclo · 01.31.2018, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by evollove

Was this directed at me?

certainly not. was criticizing those who demand free speech zones to air their neo Nazi beliefs. Because, if they had their ways, there certainly would be no free speech

The Soup Nazi · 01.31.2018, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

far left wing and far right wing are equally fascistic and intractable. the people that matter are the 98% that sit in the middle of that Bell Curve.

Well... I can agree with the first sentence. The second? I doubt 98% of all people MATTER — sounds like way too big of a percentage to me.

The real point, though, is this: where in today's main public "debate"

is this "far left wing"? Obviously it's not CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times or The Washington Post. It's not even Bill Maher. Shit, it's not even Noam Chomsky (not that he's anywhere to be seen on media outlets like the ones I just mentioned). So, for purposes of discussing the Trumpocalyptic context in which we live, it's rather irrelevant... Unless, of course, one's willing to be sucked into the pathological vortexes of horseshit that are Faux News AND Schunk's bunk.

The Soup Nazi · 01.31.2018, 05:32 PM

Train Carrying Republican Lawmakers to Retreat Crashes Into Garbage Truck

"This is proving to be extraordinarily hard work", a first responder said. "I hadn't noticed before, but garbage looks remarkably like Republican lawmakers. It's pretty difficult to tell a real live turd from one of these fuckers".

The Soup Nazi · 01.31.2018, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ilducio and soupnazi are being goofy which this being the internet is their prerogative i guess

ilduclo · 01.31.2018, 07:35 PM

perogative? my perogi, rather

!@#$%! · 01.31.2018, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert Schunk

How about that? My rational arguments reduced evollove to that! Another head on my trophy wall!

aaaand this is what your petty drunken self is really about behind the syntax, Q.E.D.

!@#$%! · 01.31.2018, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert Schunk

The stakes seem quite high to me, as the integrity, quality and future of Western academia are at stake. If the schools are now turning out ideologically programmed robots, who's going to restore academic rigor, creativity and objectivity?

I don't know how crazy I am, as I've already indicated that Defending Rights and Dissent raised the alarm on CVE while Obama was still in office, and it alarmed me as well as it seems to imply, if not guilt by association, then suspicion by association. I oppose both CVE and the Muslim Registry for the same Constitutional reason.

evollove · 02.01.2018, 09:08 AM

I was worried I went too far, but anyone who matters seems to get I was demonstrating I'm not PC or mindlessly virtue signaling.

Still, apologies to any mentally handicapped homosexuals I may have upset. Please know that should push come to shove, I got your back.

ilduclo · 02.01.2018, 09:42 AM

something I'd like to add, certainly don't need any internecine rancor. All oppo to the right wing is acceptable.

The Soup Nazi · 02.01.2018, 11:23 AM

David Byrne Radio Presents: The Beautiful Shitholes

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The Beautiful Shitholes

I assume I don't have to explain where the shithole reference came from.

Here's a playlist that gives just the smallest sample of the depth and range of creativity that continues to pour out of the countries in Africa and the Caribbean. It is undeniable. Can music help us empathize with its makers?

For me, Trump is not the issue. We know and have known for a long time that he is racist. That is a fact, borne out by plenty of evidence. It's not news — we know what he is.

What is truly disturbing is the Republicans who go along with this person. Their behavior makes them complicit and the same as he is... exactly the same, no difference. Remember that come voting time.

The swells in Davos too — who are happy to get rich off Trump's policies and are more than fine supporting a racist. None of them has risen to condemn his racism and to say that this man does not represent our values as human beings.

Got that off my chest, now maybe I can listen to some music.

Enjoy.

David Byrne

(Click on the link above to listen)

Severian · 02.01.2018, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

no, seriously, academia is a special kind of hell

Yep. Still right there with you on this.

evollove · 02.01.2018, 12:26 PM

Fine. But can we agree there are bigger fish to fry?

I'll make a deal: let's first work together to purge our country of right-wing killers, and then I'll do what I can to solve the problem of snowflake students and wussy administrators.

!@#$%! · 02.01.2018, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by evollove

Fine. But can we agree there are bigger fish to fry?

I'll make a deal: let's first work together to purge our country of right-wing killers, and then I'll do what I can to solve the problem of snowflake students and wussy administrators.

haa haaa haaa

haaa haaaa haaaa haaaa

yeah

Rob Instigator · 02.01.2018, 01:22 PM

academia, like any field, has it's hells and it's heavens.

Severian · 02.01.2018, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

academia, like any field, has it's hells and it's heavens.

* its and * its

BOOM! You’ve been academiated! Welcome to hell!

The Soup Nazi · 02.01.2018, 04:18 PM

Rob Instigator · 02.01.2018, 04:26 PM

hahahha. I am the Graduate Documentation Coordinator for the University of Houston Graduate School.
At least in academia you can hold intelliogent conversations with your co-workers, as opposed to the inane drivel that passes for conversation at a corporate gig or at a large law firm (both of which I have suffered through)

tesla69 · 02.01.2018, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by evollove

virtue signaling..

anytime you use that expression you are doing it.

ilduclo · 02.01.2018, 05:51 PM

President Donald Trump “didn’t really care” about opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling until a friend of his in the industry asked him to, he said during a speech Thursday.

Speaking to Republicans at the party’s annual retreat in West Virginia, Trump said he was convinced to put a provision in his tax bill that would open up part of the wildlife refuge to oil and gas companies after one phone call with a friend “who’s in that world and in that business.”

Recounting the phone call, Trump told lawmakers: “He said, Ronald Reagan, and every president, has wanted to get ANWR approved. And after that, I said, oh, make sure that’s in the bill. It was amazing how that had an impact, that had a very big impact on me… I really didn’t care about it and then when I heard that everybody wanted it, for 40 years they’d been trying to get it approved, I said make sure you don’t lose ANWR.”

Severian · 02.01.2018, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

hahahha. I am the Graduate Documentation Coordinator for the University of Houston Graduate School.
At least in academia you can hold intelliogent conversations with your co-workers, as opposed to the inane drivel that passes for conversation at a corporate gig or at a large law firm (both of which I have suffered through)

Lol. I was just fucking with ya. Ballsy to put your job title up online though. Careful with that.

Yeah, I’m sure your setting is a better on than most bullshit corporate office gigs. I’ve been there too.

Anyway, academia in general is preferable to right-wing America in general, but I’m not sure why we’d be comparing the two. Two completely different kinds of hell.

This is so off-topic, I’m very sorry.
Who said there are bigger fish to fry? Because that person was right.

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The Soup Nazi invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Del Boca Vista Posts: 18,370	Train Carrying Republican Lawmakers to Retreat Crashes Into Garbage Truck "This is proving to be extraordinarily hard work", a first responder said. "I hadn't noticed before, but garbage looks remarkably like Republican lawmakers. It's pretty difficult to tell a real live turd from one of these fuckers". __________________ You either die a punk or you live long enough to see yourself become classic rock.
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ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	perogative? my perogi, rather
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evollove invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,879	I was worried I went too far, but anyone who matters seems to get I was demonstrating I'm not PC or mindlessly virtue signaling. Still, apologies to any mentally handicapped homosexuals I may have upset. Please know that should push come to shove, I got your back.
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02.01.2018, 09:42 AM	#3509
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	something I'd like to add, certainly don't need any internecine rancor. All oppo to the right wing is acceptable.
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02.01.2018, 12:26 PM	#3512
evollove invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,879	Fine. But can we agree there are bigger fish to fry? I'll make a deal: let's first work together to purge our country of right-wing killers, and then I'll do what I can to solve the problem of snowflake students and wussy administrators.
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02.01.2018, 01:22 PM	#3514
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 28,014	academia, like any field, has it's hells and it's heavens. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.01.2018, 04:18 PM	#3516
The Soup Nazi invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Del Boca Vista Posts: 18,370	__________________ You either die a punk or you live long enough to see yourself become classic rock.
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02.01.2018, 04:26 PM	#3517
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 28,014	hahahha. I am the Graduate Documentation Coordinator for the University of Houston Graduate School. At least in academia you can hold intelliogent conversations with your co-workers, as opposed to the inane drivel that passes for conversation at a corporate gig or at a large law firm (both of which I have suffered through) __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.01.2018, 05:51 PM	#3519
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	President Donald Trump “didn’t really care” about opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling until a friend of his in the industry asked him to, he said during a speech Thursday. Speaking to Republicans at the party’s annual retreat in West Virginia, Trump said he was convinced to put a provision in his tax bill that would open up part of the wildlife refuge to oil and gas companies after one phone call with a friend “who’s in that world and in that business.” Recounting the phone call, Trump told lawmakers: “He said, Ronald Reagan, and every president, has wanted to get ANWR approved. And after that, I said, oh, make sure that’s in the bill. It was amazing how that had an impact, that had a very big impact on me… I really didn’t care about it and then when I heard that everybody wanted it, for 40 years they’d been trying to get it approved, I said make sure you don’t lose ANWR.”
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