Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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http://www.independent.ie/world-new...ting-sexually-aroused-by-faeces-35276837.html
Yup, the Pope said that.
Is it wrong that the first thing that I thought of after chuckling was, "Hey now Pope, don't kink shame."
Yup, the Pope said that.
Is it wrong that the first thing that I thought of after chuckling was, "Hey now Pope, don't kink shame."
Butt, it is harder to kiester a cell phone to your loved one over a CCTV call.
I'd forgotten the news articles earlier this year about how millions of democrats voted in the republican primaries. Some, perhaps, to push away from trump, but there was a concerted effort to choose trump, who they assumed hillary would readily beat. One person estimated some 12 million democrats switched primaries to influence the republican nomination process.
I can't find anything terribly conclusive - ie, there's no proof that we would have had a different republican nominee if voters hadn't crossed the aisle in the primaries - but for those that did this, they only have themselves to blame for Trump.
Not a funny picture, so even though the trend is to place political pictures, funny or not, in the funny pictures thread, I'm going to suggest that this and other political threads are fine for the political barbs and sobering pictures that are currently cluttering the funny pictures (political, religious) thread...
I can't find anything terribly conclusive - ie, there's no proof that we would have had a different republican nominee if voters hadn't crossed the aisle in the primaries - but for those that did this, they only have themselves to blame for Trump.
Not a funny picture, so even though the trend is to place political pictures, funny or not, in the funny pictures thread, I'm going to suggest that this and other political threads are fine for the political barbs and sobering pictures that are currently cluttering the funny pictures (political, religious) thread...
Challenge accepted. Cell phone too.
On the one hand, "runaway" is much more likely than "abducted," but still...I feel ya.
--Patrick
Somebody only read the URL.
She has been found unharmed. (via CBS New York)
Hey, I read the article, too.
The other stuff is of course also reprehensible, but if I had to lay odds, my money would be on "can't take this I'm getting out of here" rather than "kidnapping."
EDIT: Thanks for that update, @evilmike.
--Patrick
That's very good.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/12/pipe...50-miles-from-dakota-access-protest-camp.html
Ha ha, Jesus Christ...
Ha ha, Jesus Christ...
Not really the point...
Well yeah, America has been meddling in foreign elections (and various other "government transitions") for a long time. So has Russia. So has Canada. This is not new. But it is incumbent on the country in question not to let themselves be (unduly, negatively) influenced.
Or to put it another way: it is good for America when y'all manipulate Russia to your ends. Bad when they manipulate you.
Or to put it another way: it is good for America when y'all manipulate Russia to your ends. Bad when they manipulate you.
I think this would be almost a non-issue if Trump hadn't been so insistent in questioning the intelligence agencies ability and motivation. If it were any one else, I might question why he's so insistent on denying Russia had anything to do with the hacks. I'm sure it's just his ego though.
So many stories like this one, where alleged incidents of abuse are found to be false:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38328242
Really makes it hard to understand the actual level of horribleness going around.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38328242
Really makes it hard to understand the actual level of horribleness going around.
Well in that case, there should be no need to fabricate hate crimes.
I'm going to have to disagree if only based on my own extensive experience abroad in a number of countries that make the U.S. a paradise if a mixed cultural harmony is your thing. For every "we dont like your kind here" stories, I could give you one worse from Singapore/Korea/Japan/China/Hong Kong from my own experiences. Is Trump worse than Shinzo Abe? Park Geun-hye? Xi Jinping? My bar for the dehumanization and demonization of my country and its citizens is a lot higher once, you know, I didn't live here for a while.
Looks like Several of Detroit's precincts are going to be audited to find out the reason why nearly half the precincts have fewer ballots in the ballot box than votes counted towards the election.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...cords-many-votes-detroits-precincts/95363314/
Right now it's an audit - and the article specifically mentions the alleged precinct that had 50 ballots count as 306 votes in the election - not an investigation. They are assuming human error at this point, and the audit should either provide reasonable explanations for the discrepancies, or they will point towards needing to conduct a more comprehensive investigation.
If human error, great, let's change our system to reduce the error.
If not, though, this could be a big deal because the only precincts that had such problems were in democrat leaning areas, and would only point toward increasing voter ID requirements (even if that doesn't resolve this problem, it's what will be sold as part of the solution).
In fact, the Michigan house just passed a bill to tighten voter ID requirements, including making IDs free or subsidized based on need, and requiring an ID to vote, doing away with the current system where an ID or an affidavit is needed, and the vote will count either way. Under the new system if you vote without your ID you have ten days to show your ID to the clerk before your vote will be counted.
People are blaming Stein for the new law, since it's her recount that brought these issues up.
What a mess.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...cords-many-votes-detroits-precincts/95363314/
Right now it's an audit - and the article specifically mentions the alleged precinct that had 50 ballots count as 306 votes in the election - not an investigation. They are assuming human error at this point, and the audit should either provide reasonable explanations for the discrepancies, or they will point towards needing to conduct a more comprehensive investigation.
If human error, great, let's change our system to reduce the error.
If not, though, this could be a big deal because the only precincts that had such problems were in democrat leaning areas, and would only point toward increasing voter ID requirements (even if that doesn't resolve this problem, it's what will be sold as part of the solution).
In fact, the Michigan house just passed a bill to tighten voter ID requirements, including making IDs free or subsidized based on need, and requiring an ID to vote, doing away with the current system where an ID or an affidavit is needed, and the vote will count either way. Under the new system if you vote without your ID you have ten days to show your ID to the clerk before your vote will be counted.
People are blaming Stein for the new law, since it's her recount that brought these issues up.
What a mess.
Police sources say Seweid made up the story because she didn’t want to get in trouble for breaking her curfew after being out late drinking with friends.
Her strict, Muslim parents allegedly forced Seweid to shave her head over the incident and were upset that she was dating a Christian, sources said.
Her strict, Muslim parents allegedly forced Seweid to shave her head over the incident and were upset that she was dating a Christian, sources said.
(via NewYorkDailyNews)
Doesn't matter, voter ID.
I've seen discrimination and hate shit around here before the election, but oddly not after.
I haven't seen as many women in hijabs, which is usually a lot at the metro station nearby, but that could also be chalked up to everyone being bundled up and thus it being hard to tell just what's on anyone's head.
I haven't seen as many women in hijabs, which is usually a lot at the metro station nearby, but that could also be chalked up to everyone being bundled up and thus it being hard to tell just what's on anyone's head.