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    I got a twitter account going for my website, which is a weird universe to navigate. Hopefully it helps spread the word about my podcast. @historyofhops.
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    She isn't really holding that up, it was photoshopped. But the joke is that the new first lady is not from the US, which is humorous given Trump's immigration stance. The joke loses humor when I explain it.
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    Yeah, that would work for me. Dang energy bills.
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    Nah. A bunch of them are getting some ridiculous freedom medal from the current President.
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    Heck, just look at the people Trump is choosing as his cabinet. There aren't a lot of shockers, they are party establishment guys. Also, the current news titans are in a terrible state of transition. They are losing badly to the new internet age. It's going to get worse for them. We should weigh everything we read with a critical eye, because a lot of it is desperation reporting.
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    That's interesting, I had not read we have been creeping up towards a stronger showing overall for voters. I certainly agree that the media has been a total mess throughout this election. Let me address a few of Boo's points: I love my state, but if my wife and I taught in most other states, we would be able to afford a house. I'm not saying there aren't serious issues in the US and the Western world as a whole, I'm saying it is not in decline. The benefits of the current age still outweigh the bad parts, but that doesn't mean we should not continue to strive for a better world. As the candidate of a major political party, that's pretty much how it works. It was very impressive that he managed to overcome the numerous media and political outlets that tried to throw him under the bus. But temper that with the fact that Clinton was a terrible candidate who also had a ton of criticism, and the fact that most voters simply fill in the bubbles for R's or D's. If he won under a 3rd party, I'd be more likely to call it a revolution. But it's not that.
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    You are a grown man. You can have a drink whenever you damn well please.
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    America elected Trump because nobody showed up to vote for Clinton. He got less votes than McCain or Romney.
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    Well I'm guessing Trump will not be the guy to regulate the banking industry. But hey, maybe he'll be the next Andrew Jackson. Who knows?
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    My RPG Maker project is the story of an Incan messenger caught in a Civil War and dealing with the arrival of the Spanish. I've got some maps done, but I'm stymied by my total lack of artistic skill.
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    Then I am not sure how you can possibly characterize the west as in decline. Growth amongst lower and middle classes is terribly stagnant compared to the wealthy, but compared to the past most people are still seeing an improvement in most areas. Food, shelter, clothing, health care, etc. Which past? You can take any time period you want. Food production, medical technology, and housing have all become better over time. We aren't even a generation removed from asbestos in the walls. Just look at the infant mortality rates over the last 80 years. We've had this argument before. Give me some real evidence that the western world is in decline as a whole, not a handful of tragic examples. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/09/for-most-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ http://www.mybudget360.com/cost-of-living-2014-inflation-1950-vs-2014-data-housing-cars-college/ http://prospect.org/article/40-year-slump https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/07/31/wages-arent-stagnating-theyre-plummeting/ I am not disagreeing that the stagnant wages are a major problem in our society, in fact it is the one thing I mentioned earlier. But that is one issue among many, and despite decades of it being a problem, people are still driving around in their increasingly safe cars, getting increasingly sophisticated medical care, and eating fairly inexpensive junk food that makes that medical care so important.
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    Then I am not sure how you can possibly characterize the west as in decline. Growth amongst lower and middle classes is terribly stagnant compared to the wealthy, but compared to the past most people are still seeing an improvement in most areas. Food, shelter, clothing, health care, etc. Which past? You can take any time period you want. Food production, medical technology, and housing have all become better over time. We aren't even a generation removed from asbestos in the walls. Just look at the infant mortality rates over the last 80 years. We've had this argument before. Give me some real evidence that the western world is in decline as a whole, not a handful of tragic examples.
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    Then I am not sure how you can possibly characterize the west as in decline. Growth amongst lower and middle classes is terribly stagnant compared to the wealthy, but compared to the past most people are still seeing an improvement in most areas. Food, shelter, clothing, health care, etc.
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    I sided with the Disfavored in Act 1 and did not have to do any of those things. The game has a lot of choice.
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    Other than being potential hit list material, what benefit is to this? The weird thing is a similar system was abandoned years ago because it was redundant. Because WE ALREADY DO THIS. If you come into the US, you go on a list.
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    And regardless of who Trump really is, he has a terrible image problem right now. I mean, every President is going to have group that are just going to irrationally hate him, but Trump is setting a new bar. Heck, even WoD was ready to not vote for him after the Billy Bush tape came out. I like this speech, but I don't see how it would serve Trump in any way. It also seems to lump all protesters in with those who are getting violent, which is the same problem with lumping all Trump voters in with racists. If every time we talk about Trump supporters, we feel the need to lecture on racism, it is just going to cause people to tune out. The perception of Trump is that he not in support of any of those things that the symbol is supposed to represent. That may be totally inaccurate and irrational, but I don't see how it will hurt him to show support. He already won the election, now would be a good time to start mending bridges (because people are flipping out over fences.)
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    I read the transcript. Spencer may be well-spoken, but he seems to be living in la-la-land. His whole fantasy about an ethnostate is built around the idea that something tremendously terrible has to happen to get us there. His Israel example fits well, because there was a World War and a Holocaust that resulted in those circumstances. Not sure why we would want to recreate any of that. He also kind of takes the whole history of racial subjugation and brushes it under the carpet. It's not exactly ancient history, we aren't even a full generation removed from this stuff.
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    If I as in a position to advise Trump, I'd tell him to put one of those safe space safety pins on his jacket the next time he goes out. I mean, if he's trying to tone down the rhetoric and bridge the gap between the other half of the country, that seems like a pretty tame symbol to adopt. Either that or the symbol will lose any power it might have. Just a thought.
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    If you are making the decisions that lead to such a scenario, then I am not sure you can call it railroading.
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    Made my first goblin in WoW. This is a crazy storyline in a crazy town. Someone clearly had a lot of fun making this stuff up.
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    Yep, I didn't say anything about legislation. Social pressure is an entirely different beast.
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    That IS pretty bad.
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    In this case i would say the Zoological Association of America. They can decide if an ape would be offended or not. See this right here just strikes me as passive aggressive douchbaggery. If, as GD said, un-PC comments are supposed to rebel against thought control, I fail to see how this comment meets the criteria. But I'd be happy to hear an explanation.
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    Seems like we are drawing a rather arbitrary line here though. Who decides what is virtuous political incorrectness and simple douchebaggery?
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    So, sometimes maybe it's ok to be a little PC: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/11/14/ape-in-heels-w-va-officials-under-fire-after-comments-about-michelle-obama/?postshare=2621479171356584&tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.73ac6688ead2 Ape in heels? Hard to imagine in what universe that isn't incredibly racist.
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