Pidesco
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Chile was already a successful democracy before the CIA and Nixon's policies helped depose Allende. -
Because every time a moderate left leaning government was put in power in any Central or South American country, the US would butt in the name of the Truman Doctrine. Pinochet is pretty much the perfect example of that.
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"Politics 2017" It is, of course, ok as is.
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I think you should have taken a page from sports gaming naming conventions when coming up with the title for this thread.
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There was a forum Thunderdome in another place and another time. I'm not sure there's anyone left who used to post there.
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Stupid level scaling.
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Metaphors, how do they work.
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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why-i-am-changing-the-name-of-our-puppy-burning-movement-to-alt-warmth
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http://electionado.com/canvas/1479173071893
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It's certainly the year racism and xenophobia came back to the fore. Nationalism with air quotes.
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The results of this election are a result of demographics more than anything. At the national level, I don't see how the GOP will win the popular vote again. The EC, gerrymandering and demographics (Democrats are concentrated, Republicans are spread out) are what gave the election to the GOP. The presidential election was won by 100000 votes, and Congress was, as usual defined by gerrymandering. This election was mostly defined partisanship and the aggrieved, uneducated white vote.
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When **** hits the fan just remember, 42% didn't even show up to vote. When **** hits the fan just remember, all 50 states did have a second choice. When **** hits the fan just remember, you picked the dumpster fire that burned brightest. When **** hits the fan just remember, your vote probably didn't matter anyway. When **** hits the fan just remember, Berlusconi 2.0 is your president elect. When **** hits the fan just remember, it never stopped hitting the fan and you never noticed.
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If they have something really juicy they are three weeks too late to do anything with it. And as Shady said, anything other than flagrant illegality would not have changed anything. Well, when I say juicy, I mean juicy. Career ending, jail time. Stuff that would make his own kids disavow him. Like I said the time to play that card was a few days before the election. That is when that would have done the most good. Doing it now would be like kicking the ball into the goal after everyone has left the stadium. They could save it for 2020 but unless it's REALLY good ot will just be old news. And if he's doing really well or really poorly as President it would not matter anyway. Obviously now, but at that time even Trump thought he was going to lose so why would they rock the boat. The best laid plans and all that.
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If they have something really juicy they are three weeks too late to do anything with it. And as Shady said, anything other than flagrant illegality would not have changed anything. Well, when I say juicy, I mean juicy. Career ending, jail time. Stuff that would make his own kids disavow him.
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I can't help but think that there are Democrats sitting tight on really, really juicy Trump scandals. I imagine that the only reason they don't release the info is that they can't figure out which is better/worse for their party; the GOP in charge of everything with Trump at the helm or the GOP in charge of everything with Trump pushed aside.
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Th good news is that Lindelof has been kicked to the curb. The bad news is that Michael Green, the new writer, wrote Green Lantern. He has also written the new Blade Runner, and he is the show runner of American Gods, the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. I'm bracing myself for a lot of disappointment.
