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[Mandark]

Harry Reid > Kobe

[Phoenix Dark]

Mormon Mamba

[Phoenix Dark]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/anti-gay-activists-praise-maine-governor-for-crude?ref=fpb
 

These people will always exist in pockets of the country somewhere. Some pockets larger than others. Still it feels good knowing most of the country is changing around them.

[Joe Molotov]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/anti-gay-activists-praise-maine-governor-for-crude?ref=fpb
 

These people will always exist in pockets of the country somewhere. Some pockets larger than others. Still it feels good knowing most of the country is changing around them.

"One in the pink, one in the stink, as written in Leviticus 12:36."

[Positive Touch]

pockets? they seem to be doing a pretty good job of fucking shit up on the state level all over the place

[Brehvolution]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/07/15/fox-guest-decries-immigration-reform-naturalize/194893

CUTLER: I had a front-row seat to the '86 amnesty. If you give lawful status to a bunch of illegal aliens who are being exploited, guess what, they will no longer be willing to be exploited. They will demand to be paid on the books, they will have the right to expect that they will be treated equally as Americans, but more importantly, they will have an equal standing in a labor pool that's already unable to find work. An alien who is naturalized or given employment authorization legally cannot be discriminated against, so they could get the same jobs that Americans desperately need to avoid losing their homes to foreclose.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Today on "Whoops, I forgot I wasn't at the country club!"

[Great Rumbler]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/07/15/fox-guest-decries-immigration-reform-naturalize/194893

CUTLER: I had a front-row seat to the '86 amnesty. If you give lawful status to a bunch of illegal aliens who are being exploited, guess what, they will no longer be willing to be exploited. They will demand to be paid on the books, they will have the right to expect that they will be treated equally as Americans, but more importantly, they will have an equal standing in a labor pool that's already unable to find work. An alien who is naturalized or given employment authorization legally cannot be discriminated against, so they could get the same jobs that Americans desperately need to avoid losing their homes to foreclose.

 

You're not supposed to say that out loud!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Detroit filed for bankruptcy today: http://www.freep.com/article/20130718/NEWS01/307180107/

Edit: Looks like it was done under some shady circumstances: http://www.freep.com/article/20130718/NEWS06/307180130/detroit-bankruptcy-king-pension-ingham

An emergency hearing for a lawsuit involving Detroit's pensions funds was delayed for 5 minutes today, at the request of attorneys for Gov. Rick Snyder. During that time the city filed its request for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection

[Human Snorenado]

Awesome-o bait:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/senate-deal-nuclear-option-fragile.php?ref=fpb

[Human Snorenado]

A WILD AWESOME-O APPEARS!  YOU USE OBVIOUS FILIBUSTER TROLL BAIT!  IT'S WILDLY EFFECTIVE!

[Human Snorenado]

The CFPB will only be effective so long as there's a Democrat in office.  Never forget that Republicans just don't believe in government, so they'll appoint their horse judge buddies to run, say, FEMA and then act surprised when shit needs to get done and everything falls apart.  I'm sure President Christie won't hesitate to appoint someone from the Chamber of Commerce to head the CFPB when he's elected, which is why it's important to keep driving stakes through the hearts of these vampires until they're all fucking dead.

[Mandark]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/senate-deal-nuclear-option-fragile.php?ref=fpb

Maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't everything described in the article already understood?

This isn't a legislative compromise, where you can't go back once everyone's voted and it's become law.  This was a procedural compromise, where each side made promises about future behavior to the other: we won't use the nuclear option, and you'll stop being so obstructionist about executive branch nominees.  The enforcement mechanism was always going to be the threat to renege, no?

Also, I'd expect a lot of these cloture votes to be close, and that won't necessarily mean the outcome is up in the air.  To get to 60, you'll need six GOP votes.  The climate right now is that all Republican politicians want to avoid ever voting with Obama if they can help it, even in obscure cases, lest they get the RINO label and a primary challenge.  There's a good chance most Senate Republicans want to preserve this deal, but as few individuals as possible will want to bite the bullet themselves.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm not worried about a republican getting into the White House anytime soon, assuming Hillary runs. Some truly crazy shit would have to happen in order for that to happen, like a 2008-esque crash or huge scandal. And considering Rand Paul is the current front runner, I'll just sit back and chill as dat white voters percentage lowers every year.

I'm quite excited about Cordray.

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/18/us/michigan-detroit-howdy-doody/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Detroit's about to get looted.  :'(

[Phoenix Dark]

It was looted a long time ago, given that so much of the city's taxes are siphoned out and given to other cities.

[Human Snorenado]

Nate Silver is bringing his gay numbers to ESPN/ABC

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/business/media/nate-silver-blogger-for-new-york-times-is-to-join-espn-staff.html?_r=0

[Phoenix Dark]

I might get cable just to see his first live altercation with Skip Bayless.

[Human Snorenado]

I might get cable just to see his first live altercation with Skip Bayless.

They're probably gonna have him be on Olbermann's new show, and do stuff with Baseball Tonight.  I hope he goes on SVP & Russillo sometimes.  I highly doubt he'll ever interact with Skip.

[Phoenix Dark]

Olberman...nevermind, I remember why I won't be getting cable.

[Dickie Dee]

Helen Thomas dead at 92 

Such a badass

[Phoenix Dark]

[Dickie Dee]

 

[Yeti]

[Great Rumbler]

[Oblivion]

That storm they show at 00:40....isn't that technically a hurricane?

[Great Rumbler]

That storm they show at 00:40....isn't that technically a hurricane?

So was the storm in Sharknado, it just had tornadoes that formed inside of it.

[Joe Molotov]

That storm they show at 00:40....isn't that technically a hurricane?

So was the storm in Sharknado, it just had tornadoes that formed inside of it.

It's that attention to detail that makes Karl Rove the best in the biz.

[Oblivion]

That storm they show at 00:40....isn't that technically a hurricane?

So was the storm in Sharknado, it just had tornadoes that formed inside of it.

Really? I expect way more meteorological accuracy from Sci-fi than I do from Karl Rove.

[Great Rumbler]

That storm they show at 00:40....isn't that technically a hurricane?

So was the storm in Sharknado, it just had tornadoes that formed inside of it.

Really? I expect way more meteorological accuracy from Sci-fi than I do from Karl Rove.

http://www.scilogs.com/from_the_lab_bench/storms-inside-storms-how-hurricanes-spawn-tornadoes/

[Oblivion]

Well, shit. Owned on a technicality.  :'(

[Atramental]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/18/virginia-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-wants-to-outlaw-oral-sex-even-for-married-couples/

 

[Phoenix Dark]

"If we don't outlaw it, pedophiles will go free"

Seems like quite a tough argument to make bro. Certainly there are ways to convict child rapists without banning oral and anal sex. Legal oral/anal does not mean it's legal to do either on a minor. 

[Great Rumbler]

Univisión, an American Spanish language broadcast network, announced Monday that it placed first in the July sweeps, ranking ahead of ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX.

 

[Human Snorenado]

Oh please let the immigration bill fail

please please please

[Joe Molotov]

You thought Benghazi was dead? Think again, bitches!

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/terrorism/312539-conservatives-seek-to-put-pressure-on-boehner-with-60-foot-long-benghazi-petition#ixzz2Zn0N0pXq

Republican leaders are coming under new pressure from conservatives to allow a House vote on legislation that would form a special committee to investigate the Benghazi, Libya, attack.

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) is circulating a discharge petition that would force GOP leaders to allow a House vote on forming a committee to investigate events leading up to the terrorist attack last year on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, as well as the Obama administration’s response.

Conservative lawmakers have been pressing for the creation of a special committee, but GOP leaders have resisted, arguing existing panels can investigate the incident on their own.

If Stockman can get 218 House members to support his discharge petition, it would force a vote on the House floor.

Discharge petitions are very rarely introduced by members of the party that’s in power.

They invariably infuriate leadership since they’re a way to get around the scheduling process for bills, which is controlled by the majority leader, in this case, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.).

To promote his effort, Stockman, an outspoken freshman, will unveil on Tuesday a 60-foot-long scroll signed by 1,000 special operations veterans who support the select committee. Supporters tout it as the largest petition ever presented to Congress, and Stockman plans to unroll it down the Capitol’s steps.

60 foot long petition? This just got real (stupid)!

[Great Rumbler]

hahaha

[brawndolicious]

In Harry Potter they measured documents in feet. It finally makes sense now that Dumbledore was gay.

[Brehvolution]

This pompous asshole has all the answers to fix black people problems. SMFH

[DCharlieJP]

“to reinstate Virginia’s unconstitutional Crimes Against Nature law,"

bwAHHhahaahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa




.... no wait he's serious. loooooooooooool.

[Joe Molotov]

http://nbclatino.com/2013/07/23/iowas-rep-king-for-every-valedictorian-dreamer-100-are-hauling-marijuana-across-the-desert/

Iowa conservative Republican Congressman Steve King said in an interview with Newsmax that for every valedictorian DREAMer who has been brought to this country by his or her family, “…there’s another 100 out there who, they weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act.”

Just keep it coming, guys. Surely this can have zero consequences.

[Human Snorenado]

Weiner is out of control!

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/anthony-weiner-responds-to-alleged-new-sex-chats?ref=fpb

[Phoenix Dark]

This pompous asshole has all the answers to fix black people problems. SMFH

Well he's right about the destruction of the black family being the major cause of this. But what helped lead to the destruction of the black family? He dismisses poor education and poverty as if they're excuses, when in reality they put many cities on this path. And drugs. He's right, ask anyone over 40 years old in Detroit about what destroyed the city and they'll say drugs. Obviously the auto industry, highways, redlining, and racist zoning had a major impact too but I doubt he'd want to discuss any of that.

He's basically telling people to pull their bootstraps up, when many don't have bootstraps and might get randomly shot out of nowhere.

[TakingBackSunday]

So stop trying to always defend him, PD.  Bill is as much as an asshole and moron as Hannity.  Bill is just a much more coherent moron.

[Phoenix Dark]

If I can defend symbios, pre-black friend FoC, Manabyte, and Am_I_Anonymous then I can defend Bill god dammit.

[Mandark]

If I can defend symbios, pre-black friend FoC, Manabyte, and Am_I_Anonymous then I can defend Bill god dammit.

Nice picks.  You are truly the Joe Dumars of the Bore.

[Phoenix Dark]

They're all undersized power forwards.

[Joe Molotov]

Power bottoms, you mean.

[Eric P]

http://ignatzisunfunny.tumblr.com/

these are pretty great

[Human Snorenado]

So Obama's speech today was pretty good.

Of course it was, he read it off a teleprompter

 

[Joe Molotov]

Teleprompter-in-Chief

[Brehvolution]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/groundswell-rightwing-group-ginni-thomas

"We need to reframe this. This narrative of the Left has already taken hold in MD. The words 'Voter ID' are already lost & equated with racism. Maybe a 'free and fair elections initiative' with a heavy emphasis on avoiding ANY voter disenfranchisement combined with an identification requirement which includes a broader range of documents.
In response, Tapscott suggested, "How about 'Election Integrity'?" And Gaffney weighed in: "I like it." Fitton noted that Judicial Watch had an "Election Integrity Project." Boyle proposed, "Fair and equal elections," explaining, "Terms 'fair' and 'equal' connect with most people. It's why the left uses them." Then came True the Vote's Anita MonCrief: "We do a lot under the Election Integrity Banner. Does not resonate with the people. Voter Rights may be better. We really have been trying to get the messaging right."

At another point, List emailed Ginni Thomas an idea for an anti-Obama ad that he thought could go viral:

    A 15 sec internet [YouTube ad] featuring ethnically diverse children on a merry-go-round [soft music]…
    Nuclear explosion.
    Two bullet points on the facts.
    Call to action:
    Tell President Obama & Congress not to cut our nation's defense.

Thomas posted the note for all in Groundswell to see. "Brilliant idea," she commented. "…Taker?"

    Issues matter. Details matter. Substance matters. But theme matters more. Substance matters only as it helps to reinforce the themes.

    We all lament the difficulty we have persuading Americans. After all, we have the facts, figures, and data to prove our points. Why can't we persuade? There are many tactics we can use to help persuade (telling stories, finding victims, tempering tone). But these tactics pale in comparison to the importance of providing a context…a theme…to help people organize their thoughts and opinions.

  These people. This must be what going full distinguished mentally-challenged fellow looks like.

[Phoenix Dark]

[Joe Molotov]

I can't wait for Clarence Thomas's wife, Breitbart.com, Daily Caller, Allen West, and the Family Research Council to save the Conservative movement! That's a brain trust you can trust.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I suspect the current GOP's only strategy going forward is waiting until another recession hits.

[Boogie]

I suspect the current GOP's only strategy going forward is waiting until another recession hits. to make every effort to bring another recession about.

Fixed that for ya.

[Great Rumbler]

The VRA is totally out-dated, guys, we don't need that anymore, times have cha-

In order to limit the votes of their political opponents, North Carolina Republicans - freed up from the restrictions of the Voting Rights Act are pushing through a raft of new voting restrictions including Voter ID, dramatically curtailed early voting, an end to same day registration. A popular high school program designed to register high school students in time for their 18th birthdays is also getting the axe.

[Brehvolution]

Reading more about that law, it disenfranchises tens of thousands of gop voters too. But it disenfranchises more Dem voters so it's worth passing.

[Great Rumbler]

A net gain for Republicans! Great success!

[Rufus]

As disgusting as politics can be here in Germany, it's funny how transparently vicious and asinine yours are. It's like everything is turned up to eleven without any shame whatsoever.