RedSoxFan9 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Firewithin said: But he went on SNL! More proof that SNL is the dumbest show on tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Crenshaw will run for President in 2024 on a platform solely based on owning the libs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 7 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Crenshaw will run for President in 2024 on a platform solely based on owning the libs. That'll be his campaign's slogan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 2 hours ago, PaladinSolo said: Crenshaw got a bit of love after someone made fun of his eye patch, but my god is he a dumpster fire. I mean he is a Republican Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 political science is really something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 3 hours ago, RedSoxFan9 said: political science is really something lol wtf lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 5 hours ago, RedSoxFan9 said: political science is really something Poly Sci Major is a joke. Most of what I learned in poly sci classes only helped me understand things people on the CEB were saying a few years ago. Out of my friends who were Poly Sci majors, only one is doing something productive with her life and is about to graduate law school. The others are still living with their parents with shit jobs lol. People are better off majoring in something more useful and taking a few classes on the side if the topic interests them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, johnny said: Poly Sci Major is a joke. Most of what I learned in poly sci classes only helped me understand things people on the CEB were saying a few years ago. Out of my friends who were Poly Sci majors, only one is doing something productive with her life and is about to graduate law school. The others are still living with their parents with shit jobs lol. People are better off majoring in something more useful and taking a few classes on the side if the topic interests them. Hey, I was a polisci major for a bit... Before the recession really hit. Then I went engineering. Was also planning on law school. I'm really glad I didn't, cause I don't think I would have been able to get into a good school with my grades, and lower tier law schools have a terrible track record for grads But yeah, it was a joke. I got more substantive discussions here than in my classes. Though I will say that my international relations class is the best class I've ever had. We did a simulation where different groups in class made up fake counties that paralleled real counties. My group got North Korea which was so much fun on the "international" stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 6 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Though I will say that my international relations class is the best class I've ever had. We did a simulation where different groups in class made up fake counties that paralleled real counties. My group got North Korea which was so much fun on the "international" stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 13 hours ago, RedSoxFan9 said: political science is really something She's a mystery to them but Trump isn't? Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: She's a mystery to them but Trump isn't? Ok. I'm sure Trump was in 2015. It wouldn't surprise me: both are outside the mold of current politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: I'm sure Trump was in 2015. It wouldn't be surprise me: both are outside the mold of current politics. They're both essentially populists who use current technology to their benefit... like Politicians back in the day who jumped on radio and television respectively. Neither isn't anything we haven't seen before. They are, both of them, products of their times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: They're both essentially populists who use current technology to their benefit... like Politicians back in the day who jumped on radio and television respectively. Neither isn't anything we haven't seen before. They are, both of them, products of their times. Brah, I'm responding to your point that Trump wasn't a mystery to them. He totally was. What the technology is and how it's used are going to be completely different. Trying to steer 24-hour news using social media, and randomly going nuts in public to every slight to you, don't have a hundred parallels in US history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 28 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anathema- Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 6 hours ago, Jason said: Jesus Christ she bit his fucking head off. I wasn't sure how to take her at first but she's 100% the example democrats need to follow in responding to disingenuous ignorant right wing bullshit. For now, I think I'm in love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Putting the Trump admin on blast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 They definitely need to use her ability to throw GOP members off-balance. They simply don't know how to respond to her. I'm not saying she's some magical politician, because she has flaws (no experience legislating, etc), but she also has talents that differ from most other legislators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Putting the Trump admin on blast Not just her but Tlaib and Khanna. Trump's gonna have a bad time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: They definitely need to use her ability to throw GOP members off-balance. They simply don't know how to respond to her. I'm not saying she's some magical politician, because she has flaws (no experience legislating, etc), but she also has talents that differ from most other legislators. She also has a brighter spotlight than most other politicians. Source Not that twitter is the be-all-end-all of media reach, but I think it's demonstrative of how much attention she can generate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 That's fucking absurd. So good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 It's interesting how Twitter has basically failed as a mainstream social media platform (declining users each year), but yet it's still huge in the political landscape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 lol at dat thread title change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: It's interesting how Twitter has basically failed as a mainstream social media platform (declining users each year), but yet it's still huge in the political landscape. Apparently the REALLY crazy shit that Trump aims at his supporters actually goes up on Instagram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: It's interesting how Twitter has basically failed as a mainstream social media platform (declining users each year), but yet it's still huge in the political landscape. Isnt that decline because of the fake account purges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Ben Stein says AOC is literally Hitler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 NBC Opinion Piece: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70 percent tax on the rich isn't about revenue, it's about decreasing inequality Quote Again, the revenue question is the wrong question. Not because talking about revenue plays into a Republican strategy of deeply hypocritical deficit fear mongering — though it does. Not because extracting money from rich people is easy; there are serious technical questions about how to implement taxes on the very wealthy. The problem with using revenue to justify progressive taxation is that over time, an effective progressive tax system should actually raise less and less money. Progressive taxation should work as a corrective tax, like tobacco taxes or a carbon tax. Sure, tobacco taxes raise some revenue for the states. But their primary purpose is to curb smoking. While a carbon tax could produce a lot of government revenue, the real point is to limit global warming pollution. In essence, corrective taxes try to put themselves out of business; if tobacco tax revenues decline because people quit smoking, or if carbon taxes stop rolling in because the economy becomes fossil-free, that is victory, not defeat. Quote [AOC's] wealth tax scares billionaires. But it's a great idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 What did this thread use to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 minute ago, osxmatt said: What did this thread use to be? Midterms and special elections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jason said: Midterms and special elections. Ah yes. This is much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 5:39 PM, Jason said: Ben Stein says AOC is literally Hitler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 6 hours ago, osxmatt said: What did this thread use to be? 6 hours ago, Jason said: Midterms and special elections. I was wondering the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 12:18 PM, Jason said: Apparently the REALLY crazy shit that Trump aims at his supporters actually goes up on Instagram. Seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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