Pidesco
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That idiotic outrage happened on social networks with that picture of Spielberg sitting in front of the Triceratops on Jurassic Park. What actually happened in Africa and is more deserving of outrage was this:
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Perhaps I should edit the poll, to somehow emulate the great American tradiftion that underpins the country's democracy. The Electoral College, I mean.
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Perhaps I should edit the poll, to somehow emulate the great American tradiftion that underpins the country's democracy. Gerrymandering, I mean.
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The problem with the USA's foreign relations isn't that they meddle but rather that they are short sighted at best, woefully incompetent at worst. It has been screw up after screw up since the 60s. I mean I'd understand if they, at least, bungled things up for everyone else while in process of strengthening their own position, but they can't even do that. It's infuriating.
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It's not a question of belonging. Symbols mean whatever people want them to mean. If a white dove with an olive branch suddenly was used systematically to represent the KKK, it could perfectly well become a symbol of racial hatred, even if before it wasn't ever used in that sense. An exetreme example of that would be the swastika but it's the same thing as what has happened over the to medical terms for the mentally impaired, for example. I'm not saying that's what happened with Pepe, I really have no idea if that meme fits this bill. I will say, however, that to my mind, he isn't keeping the best of company in that deplorables photoshop.
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Maybe it's a total coincidence but I have seen the frog drawing used by the alt-right all over the place. The Codex seems to love it, for example. I don't get the connection, but that deplorables photoshop Trump Jr posted really knocked me for a loop. In any case, I don't see how anyone can state to be proud to be associated with someone like Alex Jones, and not be considered an idiot.
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It isn't morally wrong if a coach is using a position of power to force players to do a religious act when they don't believe in it? Especially in a public institution.
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She didn't say that in any way. I stand corrected. She said half of Trump's supporters were in a basket of deplorables. Not that that is an improvement. But hey, at least she only insulted 25% of Americans. Obama insulted us all last week. I'd say that 25% of Americans being xenophobes is a fairly conservative estimate. Not that the statistics are any different for other nationalities, though. So the problem with her statement is not that it is untrue but rather that it is offensive. I wonder why Trump and his supporters, of all people, are complainingt. Aren't they on the side of the straight talkers who tell it like it is? I really don't think this is true. Immigrants are welcome here like nowhere else. We just ask that you do it legally! But on your larger point I disagree completely and emphatically that even 25% of us are xenophobic. I thought about all the people I know and could only come up with one but that guy hates everyone. Now I don't know enough people to constitute a sample size but speaking as someone who actually lives here... that is way off base. Actually, despite the USA having become a great country in part precisely due to immigration, the population has always been seriously xenophobic to new immigrants, be they Irish, Chinese, Polish, Italian or whatever you want. Nativism has always been a sizeable seedy undercurrent of US culture, and Trump's candidacy isn't the first time that nativism coalesces into a political force. In fact, immigration was immensely reduced after the 1920s precisely due to laws that were passed due to heavy lobbying from nativists, Again, this is not an attack on American culture, as nativist sentiment is certainly not exclusive to the US, as the growth of far right movements in Europe attests to.
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She didn't say that in any way. I stand corrected. She said half of Trump's supporters were in a basket of deplorables. Not that that is an improvement. But hey, at least she only insulted 25% of Americans. Obama insulted us all last week. I'd say that 25% of Americans being xenophobes is a fairly conservative estimate. Not that the statistics are any different for other nationalities, though. So the problem with her statement is not that it is untrue but rather that it is offensive. I wonder why Trump and his supporters, of all people, are complainingt. Aren't they on the side of the straight talkers who tell it like it is?
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She didn't say that in any way.
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It's not like this is going to make much of a difference. The RepDem field is already the best it has ever been for third party candidates, and Johnson can't get past 10 percent. By the same measure that says Clinton should be crushing Trump, Johnson should be polling well above expectation. If 10% is already well above expectation, than his campaign is effectively dead in the water. The two party system is unavoidable.
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http://25logicalreasonstovotefordonaldtrump.com/ As you can see there are valuable arguments to be made in favour of Trump.
Before suddenly deciding to run for the Republican nomination, Trump was a huge fan of the Clintons. There are quite a few videos online of him saying how they're awesome. Politicians and millionaires are all first and foremost on the side of money.
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We as in the people reading the forum. Not sure what the family remark is about but oh well. We are family Get up everybody and sing I don't think you'll like my taste in music, but ok. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB_tGab-t0g Lyrics are spoiled You just love to ruin song lyrics for everyone, don't you? Next time keep them in the fridge.
And it wasn't actually "ATARI", but rather Infogrames which was once a great, classic developer.
Yep, there were NWN2 forums here during development. Ferret, MCA and Feargus were occasional posters, then.
The two alternative candidates also advocate widely unacceptable policies, I think. Johnson promised to literally end the IRS. I'm not too clear on Stein's campaign, but at the very least, she appears scarily non committal towards stuff life vaccines or GMOs. She seems to represent the bad science side of the left in the US.
Clearly overstating his (potential) impact on the race. Probably. But as we were discussing before, there are other prizes to be had in the race than the White House. A trip to the debates, a strong showing on election day (say 5-7%) and a concerted effort to run congressional candidates in 2018 sets things up nicely for 2020. Assuming a suitable candidate can be found. I don't think Johnson will run again and I don't think they will have Weld without him. As long as the electoral system isn't reformed there is no way a third party becomes a viable option in the US, unfortunately.
