Most leftists are aware that Mueller was Bush II's FBI guy.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
*tankie tweets
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure i want to know what a tankie is.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
mueller talk is consistently the most mortifying on ilx
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:34 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
keep it that way you are lucky
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
people that said RIP COMRADE! when fidel fucking castro died
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/heRrqp0O6i— Tankie Takes (@tankietakes) February 13, 2018
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
jesus christ
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
well, I know some trots said that too...yknow what I'm just gonna see myself out now
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
wow thanks for the heads up on that tankie twitter feed some real gems in there
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:57 (six years ago) link
the dprk tankies are the weirdest i had no idea they even had a fanbase
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
While an important chapter, that's an inadequate description of a broader career that omits his showdown with Bush
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582358540/muellers-reputation-in-washington-is-stunningly-bipartisan-journalist-says http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/msnbcs-ari-melber-looks-back-on-robert-mueller-s-fight-with-the-bush-administration-1038001219660
― Moo Vaughn, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 6:15 PM (forty-nine minutes ago)
iirc one of the ppl who did this was that moron jill stein
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
i thought about jill stein for the unlikeable progressive conversation but i'm not sure she qualifies as having gotten anywhere
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
yes JD i remember that
― Simon H., Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:41 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea i know it was fucking disgusting
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
Also Justin Trudeau tbf
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
― Moo Vaughn,
I'm aware of it (I've read Takeover), I just had to burnish my leftist credentials, see.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
well trudeau just has no spine he'll bend any way the wind blows
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
I wonder if he'd bend after a couple cocktails if ya know what I mean
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
hell yeah brother
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
plz don't start sounding like the f*gg*ts on JoeMyGod
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
I can't resist soft dudes who look like Ezra Koenig.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
that "tankie takes" twitter makes for grim reading
seeing kids with anime gifs using cutesy twittertalk to lol about how the holodomor didn't happen is enough to make me never want to use the internet again
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DC47sWmXgAEUlJZ.jpg:large
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
lmfao
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02X8bX_EBv4
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
I haven't been a commie that long but even I know stalin apologia is a bad look
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
I think that the genesis of a tankie is accepting the idea that the instruments of the power structure do not tell you the truth. From there it seems a short, logical step to think that everything they say is a lie. Once you have grasped that principle, you arrive at interlocking syllogisms:
A. The media and government do not tell me the truth.B. I hear or read statement or position X in the media or from the government.C. Therefore statement or position X is a lie, or is based entirely on lies.
A. Every lie is the opposite of the truth.B. Statement or position X is a lie.C. Therefore the opposite of X is the truth.
For example: the media and government say that NPRK is evil, therefore it must be the pure essence of good.
Logic does wonders like this with under-examined premises.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
I'm very sorry for having prompted this digression itt lol
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
DPRK tankies seem like people who flipped a coin and took their Asian fetishism that way instead of becoming anime Nazis.
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
i wish i could go back to when i didn't know what a "tankie" is
― marcos, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
It’s true: Ocasio2018 has officially endorsed defunding ICE.ICE was passed in the same barrage as the Patriot Act and the Iraq War. Black-box, unaccountable, secret detention is not what America is about.Time to correct course. https://t.co/EGmFsHh9b7— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) February 28, 2018
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:09 (six years ago) link
Heck yes
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
Hoping to see more of this.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
well would you look at that
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link
this is the first I've heard of Justice Dems that I know of but if this is the sort of candidate they're pushing, more power to 'em
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 23:29 (six years ago) link
Founding principle of the Liberal Party of Canada iirc
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 March 2018 00:38 (six years ago) link
Libby Watson provides the political coverage you need:
https://splinternews.com/texas-democrat-receives-huge-load-of-deer-semen-to-camp-1823436068
The names of the individual prize deer from which the semen was lovingly extracted are listed on the campaign finance report: Hotshot. Texas Giant. Bambi Chewy. Yard Dog. Sweet Dreams. All impressive names for those big, sexy deer. Who wouldn’t fuck Texas Giant, honestly?
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 1 March 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
lmao
https://imgur.com/wtO1Nas
― Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
finally a true poster-candidate running for office in texas
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Friday, 2 March 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
He seems cool! They should have him on.
― Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:26 (six years ago) link
woops thought this was posted in the chapo thread for a second, apologies everyone
― Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:29 (six years ago) link
Ha, it applies to both threads, too
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Friday, 2 March 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link
love the meme candidate
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Friday, 2 March 2018 00:51 (six years ago) link
it seems like the kind of thing i'd hate but it's super endearing i wish him the best of luck and i think he'd do a great job
― Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link
yea that rules i'd be persuaded to vote for anybody that showed up to my door, because i am vain and gullible
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 March 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
finally the perfect candidate to use my political slogan idea "It Me"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 2 March 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 04:09 (six years ago) link
im in
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 March 2018 05:31 (six years ago) link
make amemica lit again
― Wyld Scalyns (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 2 March 2018 11:45 (six years ago) link