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Anteater 04-17-2020 12:39 PM

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WWWP 04-17-2020 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2113097)

Calling it a vacation might be the most he's ever offended me

Lucem Ferre 04-17-2020 01:11 PM

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^ This is the most he's ever offended me, personally.

Frownland 04-17-2020 01:15 PM

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Lucem Ferre 04-17-2020 01:23 PM

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My man Bernie.

OccultHawk 04-17-2020 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2113151)
he's kinda right

About the braids or vacation because of those ****s don’t live a life of perpetual vacation I don’t know who the **** does.

Anteater 04-17-2020 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2113156)
About the braids or vacation because of those ****s don’t live a life of perpetual vacation I don’t know who the **** does.

Most of them don't even live in the districts they supposedly represent. They actually are on vacation somewhere (usually) if they aren't convening in Washington to raise money or pass legislation they don't read.

Lucem Ferre 04-17-2020 01:45 PM

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Neapolitan 04-17-2020 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2113149)
Calling it a vacation might be the most he's ever offended me

He's saying Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and what he calls the "Do Nothing" Democrats are on "vacation," it wasn't aimed at any one else who is quarantined.

The Batlord 04-17-2020 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2113097)

The **** is that dweeb on about? Were people trying to shoot the infected and now Virginia is outlawing guns?

Anteater 04-17-2020 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2113168)

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Lucem Ferre 04-17-2020 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2113174)
The **** is that dweeb on about? Were people trying to shoot the infected and now Virginia is outlawing guns?

Remember a few days ago when Trump said he was going to have these states open back up because he has total authority? This is him throwing a tantrum because he doesn't actually have that authority. It seems it's a call to violence.

Lucem Ferre 04-17-2020 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2113175)

Propaganda! Lies and propaganda!

Edit: BTW, you do a much better Trump than me.

Anteater 04-17-2020 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2113178)
Propaganda! Lies and propaganda!

Edit: BTW, you do a much better Trump than me.

I forgot that there was a free thing out there to make Trump tweets. Thanks for reminding me. :laughing:

WWWP 04-17-2020 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2113176)
Remember a few days ago when Trump said he was going to have these states open back up because he has total authority? This is him throwing a tantrum because he doesn't actually have that authority. It seems it's a call to violence.

I liked when he was asked what kind of tactics he would use to confront whatever crisis and he pointed to his head and said "THESE tactics."

The Batlord 04-17-2020 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2113181)
I forgot that there was a free thing out there to make Trump tweets. Thanks for reminding me. :laughing:

I've had it bookmarked for three years.

Lucem Ferre 04-17-2020 02:28 PM

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Lucem Ferre 04-17-2020 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2113183)
I liked when he was asked what kind of tactics he would use to confront whatever crisis and he pointed to his head and said "THESE tactics."

LOL I didn't see that part.

OccultHawk 04-17-2020 02:38 PM

These are hilarious

jwb 04-17-2020 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2113183)
I liked when he was asked what kind of tactics he would use to confront whatever crisis and he pointed to his head and said "THESE tactics."

would've been better if he grabbed his crotch

OccultHawk 04-17-2020 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2113190)
would've been better if he grabbed his crotch

lolololololol

He would so have my loyalty forever if he did that.

The Batlord 04-17-2020 02:44 PM

"These tacDICKS"

WWWP 04-17-2020 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2113190)
would've been better if he grabbed his crotch

Lol x3

OccultHawk 04-23-2020 05:59 AM

Mitch McConnell said he supports allowing states to declare bankruptcy.

I looked at several articles and didn’t get a clear answer to my first question which is: Would that mean they wouldn’t have to be pay pensions for state workers? Several articles mention pensions but none said directly bankruptcy could be used to not have to pay pensions.

I know that corporations have filed bankruptcy and never paid promised pensions even after they became solvent again. Some auto-workers who worked for 30 plus years never got their pensions. I’m sure that caused plenty of suicides.

Psy-Fi 04-23-2020 04:57 PM

Bin Laden wanted to kill Obama because he thought Joe Biden was totally unprepared to be president and would 'plunge the US into a crisis'

OccultHawk 04-23-2020 05:36 PM

Man if he’s in Muslim Heaven he’s laughing his ass off.

OccultHawk 04-23-2020 05:59 PM

Vietnam hasn’t had a single death.

They closed school in Jan.

They have a one party Leninist communist government.

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This month Hanoi expedited the shipment to the U.S. of nearly half a million protective medical suits manufactured at a DuPont factory in Vietnam, earning a thank-you tweet from President Trump.
LA Times


I’ve been there. You can read whatever you want. You can listen to jazz records all day if you want.

“But it’s not a democracy - we’re free - we can vote”

The Batlord 04-23-2020 06:16 PM

Corona has been spreading slowly in the tropics in general.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...ies-2020-03-17

OccultHawk 04-23-2020 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2114233)
Corona has been spreading slowly in the tropics in general.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...ies-2020-03-17

Yeah. I’ve been following that. Never thought I’d say this but bring on that Florida sun son if it’s true and it’s starting to look like it might be - it might be mutated strains of the virus

It might have something to do with living in apartments and recirculated air

Maybes and mights

OccultHawk 04-23-2020 06:37 PM

Many viruses are unstable in heat

That’s why you run fevers

OccultHawk 04-23-2020 06:39 PM

tbh I didn’t totally discount the guy at the Florida somewhere city council who said use a hairdryer to heat up your nose

Totally unscientific but so is pretty much everything else so far

Lucem Ferre 04-24-2020 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2114231)
Vietnam hasn’t had a single death.

They closed school in Jan.

They have a one party Leninist communist government.



LA Times


I’ve been there. You can read whatever you want. You can listen to jazz records all day if you want.

“But it’s not a democracy - we’re free - we can vote”

Aren't they actually socialist? Like, they're Marxist so they believe they need to become socialist before becoming communist so just like China they plan on being communist but aren't really communist yet?

Lucem Ferre 04-24-2020 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2114276)
I think I've just accepted that communism has one use that just means some kind of command economy with at least an appearance of social welfare

and then the actual Marxist definition that's just for bookish leftist to jerk off with, as it exists nowhere, but is actually correct

China's party doesn't believe it's communist, it believes (in theory) that China is the state that's meant to usher in communism

Yeah, they know what they are but every other idiot doesn't so when they call themselves communist every atrocity the enact gets pinned on communism.

It's cherry picking propaganda nonsense. Every problem you've gotten from "communist" governments is the same problems you get with any authoritarian dictatorship. So common sense should tell you that it's not the economic platform that causes the problems but the authoritarianism. People tend to lack common sense, though.

OccultHawk 04-24-2020 05:15 AM

Idk tbh

Just from my observations that were a long time ago and don’t mean **** anyway because I was just a tourist but it didn’t appear to have the crushing poverty of places like India or the United States. As far as how much what happens in practice aligns with their official policy - probably not that much really. China felt a lot more aggressive and regimented to me. And from what I saw in China very brutal poverty was quite prevalent.

Lucem Ferre 04-24-2020 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2114282)
Idk tbh

Just from my observations that were a long time ago and don’t mean **** anyway because I was just a tourist but it didn’t appear to have the crushing poverty of places like India or the United States. As far as how much what happens in practice aligns with their official policy - probably not that much really. China felt a lot more aggressive and regimented to me. And from what I saw in China very brutal poverty was quite prevalent.

From what I read their economy has been going through rapid growth but they still lack a lot of resources. Despite that they have been lifting more and more people out of poverty in their country. So as a whole the country isn't as rich as most first world countries but their people aren't facing the same kind of poverty as most first world countries.

OccultHawk 04-24-2020 11:45 AM

Man. When I google pictures of what it looks like now compared to when I was there it’s insane.

This may seem pretty modest

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ydbk-Y8gaa0/hqdefault.jpg

But there was no modern architecture when I was there.

I am so old.

The Batlord 04-24-2020 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2114317)
I am so old.

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Lucem Ferre 04-24-2020 11:53 AM

I'm waiting for there to be some kind of catch as to why Vietnam is evil or something.

The Batlord 04-24-2020 11:56 AM

I mean they're a small enough country that it's possible they manage to... install(?) leaders who aren't ****bags.

Lucem Ferre 04-24-2020 11:58 AM

From what I read it seems fairly fascist there. Like, neighbors are snitches. They have a culture of snitching.


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