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Sandro

Terrified of Cucumbers
Nov 12, 2006
3,228
2,541
The old world
any way to view WP articles without being a subscriber?
Pocket! You'll get to read all their sweet content without giving any money to Bezos, who'll just end up giving it to Putin. Get their browser extension and save everything interesting you come across and you'll be able to read it via browser or through their app. Really useful since it works great for offline reading while travelling.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,912
19,243
Riding the baggage carousel.
Still no threat, I guess.
if we get close to impeachment, my money is on a fun filled invasion of north korea to distract the peons.
Does "Mad Dog" Mattis have the intestinal fortitude of Jim Schlesinger? We might find out.


Edit: Keep in mind, if the Nixon scenario continues to play out, that the two guys who might keep us from dying in a nuclear fire storm are a guy who self applies the nicknames "chaos" and "mad dog", or an Exxon CEO with strong ties to Russia. Sleep tight!
Hey, both of those guys got fired. :twitch:
 

Brian HCM#1

Don’t feed the troll
Sep 7, 2001
32,241
382
Bay Area, California
America, where the president goes golfing while staying at a resort he owns and bills the taxpayers for it. While the working poor struggle just to make it though the day. Photo taken this morning in Oakland CA near 105th and Edes

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A democratic run city within a democratic run state. CA the 6th wealthiest economy in the world. Instead of Newsom giving free healthcare to illegal immigrants, how about address the homeless issues in the state? CA has plenty of money, its just ran by the wrong side. Has been for years. Baltimore run by democrats for 50+ years, Chicago, democrats, Detroit, democrats. Maybe its time to look in the mirror and figure out who's been running/destroying these cities. Obama was president for 8 years and accomplished nothing in these cities. Give Trump credit for calling them out. Can't blame him, they've been fucked up and poorly ran way before Trump took office.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
21,901
9,192
Transylvania 90210
A democratic run city within a democratic run state. CA the 6th wealthiest economy in the world. Instead of Newsom giving free healthcare to illegal immigrants, how about address the homeless issues in the state? CA has plenty of money, its just ran by the wrong side. Has been for years. Baltimore run by democrats for 50+ years, Chicago, democrats, Detroit, democrats. Maybe its time to look in the mirror and figure out who's been running/destroying these cities. Obama was president for 8 years and accomplished nothing in these cities. Give Trump credit for calling them out. Can't blame him, they've been fucked up and poorly ran way before Trump took office.
Hey man. We’ve made some progress.
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A democratic run city within a democratic run state. CA the 6th wealthiest economy in the world. Instead of Newsom giving free healthcare to illegal immigrants, how about address the homeless issues in the state? CA has plenty of money, its just ran by the wrong side. Has been for years. Baltimore run by democrats for 50+ years, Chicago, democrats, Detroit, democrats. Maybe its time to look in the mirror and figure out who's been running/destroying these cities. Obama was president for 8 years and accomplished nothing in these cities. Give Trump credit for calling them out. Can't blame him, they've been fucked up and poorly ran way before Trump took office.
Crawl back in your hole amigo.
 

Brian HCM#1

Don’t feed the troll
Sep 7, 2001
32,241
382
Bay Area, California
Crawl back in your hole amigo.
Come on John, that's a typical leftest comment when you know where the blame really should be pointed. For instance, the US government gave the city of Baltimore alone $18 billon in 2018. Trump called Cummings out on where that money went? The people of Baltimore said they have seen no change in years and its only getting worse. The problem is, too much democratic corruption there. The left says they are for the working class people, but in reality they aren't. Instead of taking the blame they are pushing over to the right side. Again, the city of Baltimore has not had a republican in office for over 50 years, so its kind of hard to blame the other side, when they have no control on where the money is spent.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
21,901
9,192
Transylvania 90210
Come on John, that's a typical leftest comment when you know where the blame really should be pointed. For instance, the US government gave the city of Baltimore alone $18 billon in 2018. Trump called Cummings out on where that money went? The people of Baltimore said they have seen no change in years and its only getting worse. The problem is, too much democratic corruption there. The left says they are for the working class people, but in reality they aren't. Instead of taking the blame they are pushing over to the right side. Again, the city of Baltimore has not had a republican in office for over 50 years, so its kind of hard to blame the other side, when they have no control on where the money is spent.
Because it’s as simple as left or right.
Flip the party, solve the problem. Got it.
 

Brian HCM#1

Don’t feed the troll
Sep 7, 2001
32,241
382
Bay Area, California
Because it’s as simple as left or right.
Flip the party, solve the problem. Got it.
It's not always that simple, but 50+ years of failure from one side, what do you have to lose? Can't get any worse, so why not give it a shot? Then again if AOC ever gets her way, everything will be free and that will fix every poor urban area's problems! LOL
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,840
8,814
Kansas is a great example of how it can get worse with right wing nut jobs at the helm.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
21,901
9,192
Transylvania 90210
It's not always that simple, but 50+ years of failure from one side, what do you have to lose? Can't get any worse, so why not give it a shot? Then again if AOC ever gets her way, everything will be free and that will fix every poor urban area's problems! LOL
50 years of failure on one side?
Why don’t you review this list of governors, count back 50 years, and reconsider your position on the reign of democratic terror. Is that really the angle you want to take here?
 
Come on John, that's a typical leftest comment when you know where the blame really should be pointed. For instance, the US government gave the city of Baltimore alone $18 billon in 2018. Trump called Cummings out on where that money went? The people of Baltimore said they have seen no change in years and its only getting worse. The problem is, too much democratic corruption there. The left says they are for the working class people, but in reality they aren't. Instead of taking the blame they are pushing over to the right side. Again, the city of Baltimore has not had a republican in office for over 50 years, so its kind of hard to blame the other side, when they have no control on where the money is spent.
Human institutions petrify.

As noted above, labels are of limited use. Local cesspools (choose a city, any city) are a different problem than the management of a nation as a whole. The current national Republican party has nothing to offer our nation other than theft and human misery. The "centrist" Democrats are also sold to the plutocrats but are less abusive in terms of creating and abetting that misery. Ms. Cortez, Bernie, et. al. offer some real relief; were they to win, improvement would be notable but temporary, because we are all insane assholes and:

Institutions petrify.

Once in power, those in positions of "leadership" inevitably devolve to self-service.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
21,901
9,192
Transylvania 90210
So, if China gets deep into it (trade war) with Trump, do you think they might use their intellectual prowess to interfere with our elections in order to neutralize him?
Discuss!
Interesting. It’d be interesting, academically. Would they interfere with Russian interference, or simply pump the opposition and attack Trump directly?
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,912
19,243
Riding the baggage carousel.
Come on John, that's a typical leftest comment when you know where the blame really should be pointed. For instance, the US government gave the city of Baltimore alone $18 billon in 2018. Trump called Cummings out on where that money went? The people of Baltimore said they have seen no change in years and its only getting worse. The problem is, too much democratic corruption there. The left says they are for the working class people, but in reality they aren't. Instead of taking the blame they are pushing over to the right side. Again, the city of Baltimore has not had a republican in office for over 50 years, so its kind of hard to blame the other side, when they have no control on where the money is spent.
LIke as a gift?

Or as required by laws, statutes and programs for funding, infrastructure, etc?
As with all things Trump, that claim is reliably bullshit.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
21,901
9,192
Transylvania 90210
Human institutions petrify.

As noted above, labels are of limited use. Local cesspools (choose a city, any city) are a different problem than the management of a nation as a whole. The current national Republican party has nothing to offer our nation other than theft and human misery. The "centrist" Democrats are also sold to the plutocrats but are less abusive in terms of creating and abetting that misery. Ms. Cortez, Bernie, et. al. offer some real relief; were they to win, improvement would be notable but temporary, because we are all insane assholes and:

Institutions petrify.

Once in power, those in positions of "leadership" inevitably devolve to self-service.
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Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,912
19,243
Riding the baggage carousel.
For instance, the US government gave the city of Baltimore alone $18 billon in 2018.
While the federal government does send billions to individuals, agencies and other entities in Baltimore, most of it does not go to the city government or any politician. According to the federal website that tracks government spending, the majority goes to residents of the district, including retirees who receive Social Security benefits, patients who use Medicare and Medicaid, military members who get government-funded health care, universities that do research, and public school budgets.

Records show that over the past two years, city government got $380 million in federal aid — far less than $1 billion. Trump offered no evidence that any of the money has been “stolen or wasted.”

That source though.......yikes
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,840
8,814
Brian is apparently perfectly content to read crap propaganda from mouthpieces of Dear Leader. The only problems in his world are of the poor not hiding themselves adequately and of the limit of how much gas he can purchase for his Tahoe at one time.
 

Brian HCM#1

Don’t feed the troll
Sep 7, 2001
32,241
382
Bay Area, California
Brian is apparently perfectly content to read crap propaganda from mouthpieces of Dear Leader. The only problems in his world are of the poor not hiding themselves adequately and of the limit of how much gas he can purchase for his Tahoe at one time.
Let me guess, everything you read/watch is not bias in anyway? Unfortunately most journalism today is based on opinions, not facts. So at the end of the day, it's where you prefer to get your source of information. I try to read both sides before I come to my conclusions and offer my opinions.
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,840
8,814
Let me guess, everything you read/watch is not bias in anyway? Unfortunately most journalism today is based on opinions, not facts. So at the end of the day, it's where you prefer to get your source of information. I try to read both sides before I come to my conclusions and offer my opinions.
I don't get my news from ThinkProgress or the Daily Kos, and even those sites aren't filled with absolute crap the way the echoing holes of the right wing seem to be.
 

mykel

closer to Periwinkle
Apr 19, 2013
5,501
4,223
sw ontario canada
Pick your poison - it ain't that hard to figure out.

@Brian HCM#1 - look here is a pretty picture - maybe this will help.


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Please remember who you are dealing with in PaWN, we are not your dumb-ass friends and relatives living in a facebook bubble. You seriously need to up your game.


@Toshi - Thinkprogress is on the left no doubt, but it is also in the yellow box, so all in, fair reporting with a good sized liberal bias. Daily Kaos, is further left and riding the line on the bullshit section, but they ain't in the same league as Infowars, Breitbard or Gateway....
 
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