Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo — Page 292

In that case, the post-edit above explains a bit that “queer” was an attempt at such a word that failed.

Marco Rubio meets Ivanka Trump.

Garfunkel confirmed.

TV’s Frink said:

CatBus said:

Garfunkel confirmed.

http://theshizz.org/forum/index.php/topic/40371-what-the-fuck-is-up-with-paul-simons-chrome-egg-cup/

They’re all wrong. It’s a trailer hitch, which is a clue to his secret identity for those in the know.

Have it your way, but that doesn’t explain where Garfunkel disappeared to, does it? All aboard Paul Simon’s traveling roadshow of horrors, that’s where.

Adding to the pile of letters to Santa, we now have a letter from ten major health insurance providers begging the Senate to not screw up the health insurance market as they seem hell-bent on doing. This of course follows several letters begging the Trump administration to end the federal negligence that led to the upheaval taking place in the market right now.

Oddly, I do not see any reports that anyone in the Nevada state legislature received one of these letters. Surely some mistake.

Polls just closed in Georgia Sixth… hold on to your butts.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/georgia-south-carolina-special-elections/

yhwx said:

Polls just closed in Georgia Sixth… hold on to your butts.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/georgia-south-carolina-special-elections/

For election nerds–most news outlets are lumping in early voting with mail-ins, but mail-ins tend to lean Democratic and are counted very late. The end-of-day tally will definitely favor Handel, so don’t stay up late. Nevertheless, I have a bad feeling about this one.

I guess you were right.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/877348599067234304

BREAKING: Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia special election, avoiding major upset in most expensive House race in US history.

Also:

https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/877347788220243969

On the day the Han Solo movie lost its directors, Han Solo also lost #GA06.

It’s actually a good result for the Democrats but by them talking it up as if they were going to win, they made a tactical error. A quick check on Wikipedia shows the split between left and right in Georgia’s 6th has consistently been around the 65%-35% area. This time it was 52%-48%, reducing an 80k Republican majority to 10K.

The “Trump effect” just caused Republican support in a super-safe district to drop off a cliff and if (a big if) the same swing is replicated across the US… the GOP are f**ked. It’s a Pyrrhic victory.

Same sort of thing just happened in the UK General Election, where the left made huge gains on the right (but still lost). The difference being that the left were expected to lose badly, so their huge gain in power was seen as the victory it was.

TV’s Frink said:

I’ll bet the people who those acronyms apply to sure wish having to “deal” with an acronym was the biggest problem they had to deal with. Seriously, get over it.

Or you could try not being a jerk just because I voiced an opinion, whether it’s a trivial issue or not.

Also, lol at the idea that you don’t agree with gender fluidity as a concept. I don’t agree with you as a concept but presumably you’re a real person anyway.

You know… I’m a moderate Democrat, but I’m beginning to understand how some people on the right might say they feel that people on the left have an elitist attitude when they encounter opposing views. Go pull the stick out, please.

‘Donald Trump’s State Visit To UK Shelved In Queen’s Speech 2017’…

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-uk-state-visit-shelved-after-no-mention-in-queens-speech-2017_uk_594a48a5e4b0177d0b8aa0cb?v08&utm_hp_ref=uk

Sadly, my US friends, it seems he’ll be staying in the US rather than coming to the UK for a state visit (though he’ll likely just go to the golf course a bit more 😉)

‘Queen’s Speech - live updates: Grenfell Tower ‘Day of Rage’ protests demand Theresa May quit as government plans unveiled’…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/queens-speech-day-of-rage-protests-live-updates-latest-theresa-may-full-watch-tory-dup-a7800326.html

‘DUP says deal with Tories 95% complete’…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/21/dup-says-deal-with-tories-95-complete

^ It’s going to be interesting to hear what’s in the deal if/when completed… and if it breaches the Good Friday Agreement - as well as raising tensions in Northern Ireland, and if it actually gets the Tories enough votes to pass most of it’s legislation…

(we’ve already seen many manifesto promises being scrapped by the Tories - as they do not likely have the votes to get them through even with a DUP deal - and many manifesto pledges have also been deeply unpopular with the public - at a time when they they need all the good PR they can get)

dahmage said:

I don’t have time to read the article right now I’m curious if a reason was given for why Donald Trump’s visit was shelved.

Basically mate, Theresa May may not be PM by the time he arrives - and Trump is also likely a bit worried about the reception he’d get from the British public - a good PR visit for Trump (in a golden carriage ride) it would not be - mass street protests, moonings etc - and general embarrassment to the Royals 😃

And that was before Trump attacking the Mayor Of London and embarrassing Theresa May with disclosing his latest Muslim-Ban hours after May left the US on her visit.