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In the interest of law & order and fair & balanced and all that is right, I hope these people get a stiff fine for littering. Some poor county employee’s got to take all that trash to the dump.

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yhwx said:
What are we going to do about it? Redistribute the wealth?

I hate that slogan/meme “redistribution of wealth”. Redistribution of wealth is exactly what any government is charged with doing. Our tax dollars go to all sorts of people - architects, doctors, police, scientists, teachers, the poor, the sick, etc. Republicans have done a staggeringly good job of coming up with slogans to villify every idea thought up by democrats. “Death panels” was another such meme.

We know that what we did in the past was wrong. Any solution to fix the past wouldn’t affect the lives of those in the past. We shouldn’t fixate on it.

Were you opposed to reparations for Japanese Americans interred during WW2 ?

"Close the blast doors!"
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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

yhwx said:
What are we going to do about it? Redistribute the wealth?

I hate that slogan/meme “redistribution of wealth”. Redistribution of wealth is exactly what any government is charged with doing. Our tax dollars go to all sorts of people - architects, doctors, police, scientists, teachers, the poor, the sick, etc. Republicans have done a staggeringly good job of coming up with slogans to villify every idea thought up by democrats. “Death panels” was another such meme.

I had no idea about this. This is the first time I have discussed the issue.

We know that what we did in the past was wrong. Any solution to fix the past wouldn’t affect the lives of those in the past. We shouldn’t fixate on it.

Were you opposed to reparations for Japanese Americans interred during WW2 ?

Obviously not. Why would you?

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CatBus said:

Hey, where’s Frink?

[Cut to a scene with Frink in secret agent garb opening a vault door under a doghouse]

On family vacation!

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yhwx said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

yhwx said:

We know that what we did in the past was wrong. Any solution to fix the past wouldn’t affect the lives of those in the past. We shouldn’t fixate on it.

Were you opposed to reparations for Japanese Americans interred during WW2 ?

Obviously not. Why would you?

I must have misunderstood your opposition to trying fix mistakes made in the past. Japanese reparations seems a sort of canonical example of doing exactly that.

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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Were you opposed to reparations for Japanese Americans interred during WW2 ?

While I do not agree with the argument, I have heard it argued that many of the Japanese Americans that were unfairly interred were still alive when the reparations were given. Those that were slaves are all dead and have been for years.

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Jeebus said:

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/346544-dreamhost-claims-doj-requesting-info-on-visitors-to-anti-trump-website

Holy shit. Is this legal? Can they really just do that?

“The warrant, dated July 12, says that authorities will seize any information constituting violations of D.C. code governing riots that involve individuals connected to the protests on Inauguration Day.”

Peaceful protesting is protected under the Constitution, rioting is not.

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How are they supposed to sort out who rioted and who didn’t? Of course this administration would never ever abuse this information, like all those state voter rolls they want so badly allegedly to weed out illegal aliens. Most states have blown off that request so far.

It’s reaching the levels of an old gag on SNL, where Chevy Chase revealed Nixon’s enemies list and held up a phone book.

Where were you in '77?

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Is it a good thing I have no clue who this guy is?

Where were you in '77?

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Looks like Nigel Krofta, a Ridgeville, South Carolina Nazi, is out of a job. I am having a pity party right now, Nigel.

And I’ve been around white supremacists before, but one thing I never got was the haircuts. Okay, shaved heads we get, fine, that’s a thing. But what about the strange topiary disaster mop jobs? Is it some sort of a macho statement that you’re manly enough to be comfortable letting your mom cut your hair? Like that guy in Holland. Nazis and weird hair. I just don’t get it.

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SilverWook said:

Is it a good thing I have no clue who this guy is?

If you value your sanity, it’s probably healthier not to know who he is. If you’re interested, though, he’s just another insane alt-right conspiracy theorist. He’s known for trying to discredit an anti-Trump protest by planting a “rape Melania” sign. He’s also known for this;

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Oh, was he the one who started the Star Wars boycott that went nowhere? Not that any twitter boycott ever seems to affect the real world.

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Chicago is very nearly the murder capital of the nation, why would murder be surprising there?

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yhwx said:

This problem is where madness lies. You could very reasonably argue that all wealth in America is ill-gotten wealth. So what? What are we going to do about it? Redistribute the wealth?

Small problem = Let’s fix it / Big problem = Let’s ignore it.

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VIZ TOP TIPS! - PARENTS. Impress your children by showing them a floppy disk and telling them it’s a 3D model of a save icon.

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Jeebus said:

SilverWook said:

Is it a good thing I have no clue who this guy is?

If you value your sanity, it’s probably healthier not to know who he is. If you’re interested, though, he’s just another insane alt-right conspiracy theorist. He’s known for trying to discredit an anti-Trump protest by planting a “rape Melania” sign. He’s also known for this;

Plus:

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chyron8472 said:

What scenes in Rogue One are specifically anti-Trump??

um, none. it was all rumour before anyone had seen the movie.

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Baze and Chirruit blew up an ICE processing center.

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TV’s Frink said:

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/897422646513721344

Trump RT’d this pic showing a CNN journalist hit by a train days after a white nationalist ran his car into activists, killed Heather Heyer.

From the same person…

https://twitter.com/SLandinSoCal/status/897448407672815617

We’ve become so PC, people can’t even enjoy humor anymore. Gone are the days of #WileyCoyote

https://twitter.com/SLandinSoCal/status/897452190154883073

MSM depicted my meme as showing the TrumpTrain “running over” a reporter.
#FakeNews‼️ The reporter is trying to stop it- feet popping ties.

Her Twitter feed is full of this kind of stuff.

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When was there ever a political joke in a Road Runner cartoon?
Wile E. Coyote disavows that tweet.

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After that press conference today, I’d be surprised if what’s left of his business council doesn’t walk. Talk about digging a hole deeper!

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