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    SergeantMatt got a reaction from LoooSeR in The UK Brave Space For Shitposting and Other Opinions Thread   
    I believe you mean liberation fantasies.
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    SergeantMatt got a reaction from Jeeps_Guns_Tanks in The UK Brave Space For Shitposting and Other Opinions Thread   
    I believe you mean liberation fantasies.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Toxn in Competition: Tank Design 2239   
    Best oscillating turret...
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    It's not whataboutism.  It's directly related.  I was rebutting a previous post about Lindsey Graham in which he tried to claim that Republicans had been dealing with supreme court confirmations in good faith while democrats had suddenly politicized the process.  The politicization had started far earlier.  Republicans tried to ram this confirmation through saying they were on a strict time table.  Two years ago, they stalled for months. So you see, those are related topics.  Whataboutism is when you bring up an issue, and I bring up something unrelated in order to distract from your point.  
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Funny, when Obama nominated Merrick Garland, the Republican Senate had no problem postponing a hearing for months for purely partisan reasons.   
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    you don't get to take the high road.  
     
    Once you all threw in with Trump, normal rules go out the window.  Every tactic is allowed.  You all support a man of such obvious low character and bad motives because it furthers an agenda you favor.  Don't complain when the people who disagree with you start to utilize every tactic available. 
     
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Actually, I was using the numbers from Gallup, who tend to post numbers more in favor of Trump than most of the other polls.  ABC is reporting a 60% dissapproval rating.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Fixed that for you.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Apples and Oranges.  The Trillion Dollar coin idea you mention was a gimmick response to the debt ceiling crisis and it was not taken seriously.  Watch the video you linked, Obama is very dismissive of the idea.  
     
    As to the references to the Woodward book, you can read it for yourself here.   Trump was not discussing the debt ceiling.  He was talking about the US government printing money to reduce debt, a concept everyone knows is a recipe for inflation.  

     
     
    As to the idea that Trump was just joking, I don't believe the man jokes.  If there is one thing I have learned, it's that Trump means everything he says.  It's just that much of what he says is so outlandish or off the wall that reasonable people assume he must be joking.  He is not.  As far as I can tell, the only time he exhibits a sense of humor is when he is mocking or belittling other people.  
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Toxn in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    What is your definition of 'socialism' exactly?
     
    Because I've learnt from bitter experience that what people refer to as 'socialism' differs wildly.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Really?  You really believe that?  He released his birth certificate in 2008, before he was even elected.  Then, in 2011, he released his "certificate of live birth", also known as the long form birth certificate as well as accompanying birth announcements from Hawaiian newspapers.  And yet, the conspiracy theories continued, despite the complete lack of any evidence.  This bullshit should have ended in 2011.  In no way did this crap benefit Obama.  The ones who benefitted were the ones pedalling this bullshit to their gullible believers.  You know, Donald Trump.
     
     
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    How is Trump not an Oligarchy of one?  Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Pretty sure liberals don't love Jeff Sessions.  Not at all happy with his misguided, antiquated war on pot.  That said, Sessions seems to have enough integrity to know, at least at the barest minimum, of the proper role of the Attorney General as the head of the Justice Department.  He is not the lawyer for the President.  He is not there to protect the President or the Republican party.  He is there to lead the Justice department. The "libtards" are not cheering for individuals such as Sessions or Comey, they are cheering for the institutions they represent to survive the threat posed by the would be dictator King Donald.  
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Based on my own experiences this description matches most organizations in general.  I can think of several departments and people at my old workplace who nobody knew what they did or why they were there, but somehow, they were considered important.  Or at least thought they were.  Anyhow, it was pretty apparent from the last election that the Democratic party is not a well run machine.  The fact that it represents a fairly large range of demographics and interest groups probably does not help either.  Also, normal people don't choose a career in politics. 
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Again, you keep using Communism and Socialism interchangeably.  I looked at the platform for Ocasio-Cortez, most of it is pretty much a continuation of New Deal style policy.  I saw nothing about the liquidation of Kulaks, imposition of single party rule, or the collectivization of the means of production.  And please, don't assume that I support her entire platform.  Some of it sounds wildly impractical from a financial standpoint.  That said, I don't think she is the second coming of Stalin, nor is it fair to compare her to some of the extreme right nutjobs that have surfaced on the Republican ticket in non-competitive districts.  And yes, the Democratic establishment is not all that happy with her.  For that fact alone, I am sort of happy she is around.  
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Yes, I to think it's a shame the Republican party threw away what remained of its values and dignity.  Oh wait,  you were talking about the Democrats?
     
    anyhow, enough snark.

    You say the economy is doing great.  Yes, for corporations, who got the lions share of the tax cut.  Wages for working people are stagnant, and the average US worker has nothing in savings.  This is not a new trend, but Trump's "great" economy has done nothing to reverse this trend.  And of course, while the corporate tax cuts are permanent, the ones for individuals end in ten years.  I figure that's about when they will use the excuse that there is a huge hole in the federal budget (due to the Bush Jr and Trump tax cuts) to start seriously cutting entitlements.  So, kiss your social security and medicaid goodbye by the time any of us need it.
     
    As to NATO, please stop using Trumps deliberately misleading rhetoric.  No one "pays" anything.  The issue is whether or not member states are "spending" enough on defense, not "paying" money to anyone.  The 2% goal is not something Trump created, it actually is a long standing goal established by previous administrations.  Trump's main "accomplishment" regarding NATO has been to cause our allies to have serious doubts as to the US willingness to actually Article 5 of the NATO treaty.  
     
    On other foreign policy issues, he tore up the Iran deal, then said he would be willing to talk to the Iranians.  Predictably, the Iranians were not in any hurry to talk to a leader who just arbitrarily withdrew from a treaty signed only a few years ago.  By reimposing sanctions on Iran, Trump has created another dilemma  regarding European relations, who have not disavowed the Iran deal. 
     
    So far, negotiations with North Korea have gotten the return of US soldier remains, but as far as actual progress on the dismantling of NK's nuclear capability, recent reports claim that NK research and development is continuing.  Actually, Mike Pompeo stated it himself last month.  As to US - Russian relations, Trump went to meet with Putin in Helsinki, and the results were, shall we say, a little odd...
     
    One the international economic front, he seems to think tariffs are the magic bullet.  Frankly, it's still probably too soon to tell exactly what impact these tariffs will have, although Trump already has had to bribe US farmers with $12 billion dollars to make up for their tariff related losses.  If we are lucky, prices on consumer goods will not go up too dramatically as this trade war escalates.
     
    As to his skill as an executive leader, the Trump white house has been an absolute mess.  Never before have we seen an administration with such a quick turnover of high ranking positions.  Most of his cabinet heads seemed to have been picked based on their antipathy for the department they are supposed to head.  His first EPA choice, Scott Pruitt, ended up in over a dozen ethics investigations.  Zinke, the head of interior, has had a few ethical issues of his own.  Betsy Devos, sec of Ed, went in front of congress and delivered one of the most embarrassing performances by a cabinet head ever.  Tom Price, of Health and Human services had to resign over misuse of department money for travel.  Ben Carson seems to like very expensive office furniture.  
     
    As far as Trump's primary campaign promises, most are still unfulfilled. 
     
    The Wall?  Congress has not been able to come up with a new immigration bill, let alone funding for the wall.  The idea that Mexico will pay for the wall seems to have been quietly abandoned.  The only accomplishment by Trump on immigration so far has been to put children in cages. 
     
    His other big promise, to repeal and replace Obamacare with something better has not materialized either.  He's managed to cripple the AHCA to a certain extent, but the law still stands, and it is doubtful congress will take up the issue of repeal any time soon. 
     
    And then there is the promise to "drain the swamp", whatever that means exactly.  If it means getting rid of corruption, perhaps he should have started with his own campaign?  Currently, we have Trump's former campaign manager on trail, the star witness being Trump's former deputy campaign manager.  Both are accused of serious financial crimes. His commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, has been accused of grifting $120 million dollars.  His son and son in law are prime targets for the Mueller probe, and Trump himself has admitted that the two willing attended a meeting during the campaign with the goal of securing damaging information about Trump's opponent from agents of a foreign government.  Meanwhile, a different legal case is proceeding regarding Trump's potential violations of the emoluments clause.  Given that Trump refused to disclose his tax returns to the American public, or to effectively distance himself from his business empire while president, the notion that he is financially benefiting from his elected office is not all that far-fetched. 
     
    Meanwhile, Trump's approval ratings have stayed fairly flat, hovering in the 40-45 % range.  The republican establishment is scared as hell of November, knowing that Trump has alienated all but his base.  Just look at all the high profile republicans who decided to retire to "spend more time with their families."  Most of what Trump has accomplished so far has been done the same way his predecessor did it, with executive orders.  And as we have seen, executive orders are not nearly as long lasting or as durable as actual laws.  If Trump loses the congress in November, you can be guaranteed that the next two years of his presidency will be even less productive. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Donward in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    In the interest of bi-partisanship, here's some red-meat for the Democrats/Socialists.
     
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just strapped on her dildo and verbally ass-raped Ben Shapiro on Twitter today.
     
     
     
    Apparently Pajama Boy Shapiro and his minions at DailyWire have been trolling Ocasio-Cortez' social media accounts challenging her to a debate in exchange for $10,000 (donated to "charity"). Because it's not like Ocasio-Cortez is involved in a political campaign to get elected and actually has an opponent in the race to debate. But she has to debate Ben Shapiro for some reason who doesn't even live in her Congressional District and is from California. And in taking him down a peg, she has made Shapiro look like a cheap pervert.
     
    And now the gang at DailyWire is busy clutching their pearls and collapsing on their collective feinting couches because their fearless leader got beat up by a girl, claiming that Ocasio-Cortez has "slandered" Shapiro.
     
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/34321/twitter-explodes-after-ocasio-cortez-attacks-ryan-saavedra
     
    "Twitter exploded on Thursday after democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slandered Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro in response to the debate offer he extended to her earlier in the week, leading many prominent accounts to slam the 28-year-old bartender turned politician."
     
    And it's stupid shit like this that annoys me with modern politics, where even the GOP intelligentsia tries to score political points by seeing who can get offended the hardest after their cheap political stunt fails.
     
     
     
    God Shapiro is such a pussy.
     
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    I'm sure they all have their platforms posted on campaign websites in case you want to prove your point.  Anyhow, while I am sure there are a number of democratic candidates who are socialists, I doubt there are any that resemble of the hardline communists of old, demanding the liquidation of the Kulaks and Stalinist re-education camps.  Most of the "democratic socialist" candidates seem to be espousing something more in line with the socialist policies of some of the Western European countries.  
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    This story has nothing to do with anything.  She wasn't even on the ballot, let alone the Democratic candidate for her district.  Anyhow, if you want to start comparing which party has more nutcase candidates for US house races, I just want to point out that the Republicans can boast of a handful of candidates that are literal Nazis. 
     
     
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    I have made no secret of my dislike of the man.  Examining his history as a business man and public figure leads me to the conclusion that he lacks the necessary skills and ethics to occupy the highest office of the land.  
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Fringe folks will be fringe.  At least there are not actual gun battles in the streets.  If ever there was a time for calmer head to prevail, now would be the time.  
     
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Well, that's an optimistic take on it.  A less optimistic take would be that the GOP held on to this seat by the narrowest of margins despite the fact that Trump won it by 11 points in 2016, Romney by 10 points in 2012, and it has elected a Republican congressman for the past three decades.  According to one op-ed I read, there are 68 house districts currently held by the GOP that are less consistently red than the 12th Ohio.  So if the GOP can only eek out a victory by the narrowest of margins in a thoroughly red district after pumping in millions of dollars and a visit from Trump himself, they could very well lose some of these 68 other districts that are traditionally less red.  
     
    That said, we will find out in November.  After the 2016 election, I am a bit hesitant to prognosticate too much.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Thats....one way to look at it, yes.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    I suppose you have evidence that thousands of non-citizens are somehow voting?  If so, you have better information than Trump's failed "voter fraud commission" which managed to uncover diddly squat.
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    SergeantMatt reacted to Belesarius in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Pruitt was a SPESHUL brand of stupid and anyone who thinks otherwise, well, I question their sanity.
     
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