How glib.
Hilary Clinton is in the process of helping Mike Pompeo become the highest diplomat in the world's most powerful country. He is an open islamophobe (and a bigot in various other ways) who has defended torture, wants to scrap the Iranian nuclear deal, and as CIA chief has met with conspiracy theorists pushing the theory that the phishing of democrat emails during the 2016 election was an inside job.
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 20:34 (eight years ago)
Yeah yeah yeah Pompeo is horrible but the glibness is in the splinternewz link. And jfc we know the quotes in the story dont constitute “helping him become...”.. Also “State Department is bad actually” is a take the extremely online left has been flirting with lately with Pareene’s help.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 20:59 (eight years ago)
I mean it is bad obv. I'm not American though so not as keen on your imperial state
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:03 (eight years ago)
Definitely say more things.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:07 (eight years ago)
Hilary Clinton is in the process of helping Mike Pompeo become the highest diplomat in the world's most powerful country.
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver)
so who _is_ the highest-ranking diplomat in russia, anyway?
(how's _that_ for glib?)
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:08 (eight years ago)
state tends to be a diplomatic counterweight to military options which is presumably why trump admin gutted it
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:09 (eight years ago)
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, April 11, 2018 2:08 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Sergey Lavrov
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:11 (eight years ago)
i should say i don't really know if that's why and he gutted like civil servant orgs and some of that is prob carelessness and some is general hostility to civil service. but traditionally u want more options than just which bombers to deploy.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:11 (eight years ago)
Can’t be overstated how bad that article is. Pompeo sought help from Hillary and she said he should listen to real diplomats = “whoa Hillary loves Pompeo”.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:24 (eight years ago)
i chuckled at "extremely online left"
― had (crüt), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:26 (eight years ago)
It’s the old resistance canard: That it’s worse for Trump and his cronies to make the government less functional and more chaotic than it is for the fascist #Drumpf regime to have an efficient, well-oiled machine to enact its awful ideas. It is terrible that so many career diplomats have left the State Department but I have no idea how even a fully-staffed department under Pompeo would improve America or the world in the slightest.
god this writer is a fuckin' idiot
i wonder how many of the cynical clickbait twitter leftists writing and retweeting this bullshit could actually give you a detailed explanation of how anything works in the federal government
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:39 (eight years ago)
its sad some will never make it as a jr narc
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:40 (eight years ago)
fuck all cops and squares forever!!!
― the late great, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:43 (eight years ago)
i mean fuck cops for real but that piece is awful
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:56 (eight years ago)
i'm prepared to be called a centrist for this
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:57 (eight years ago)
I have no strong feelings on this. Pompeo is slime but there's nothing at all surprising or noteworthy for HC to be taking his calls.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:09 (eight years ago)
The proof that feds like me are scum is that I didn’t quit my job last year and go work for... Facebook?
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:27 (eight years ago)
The left adopting the “large bureaucracies are all terrible” posture is pretty fucking stupid in both the short and long term
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:29 (eight years ago)
the Angry Samoans may have been on to something
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:30 (eight years ago)
If the aim of the trv kvlt cassette only left (not neoliberal scum) is socialism in the US is there a implementation of socialism that doesn't include large govt bureaucracies?
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:38 (eight years ago)
are left wing podcasts available on cassette?
― the late great, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:40 (eight years ago)
yeah dude check discogs
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:42 (eight years ago)
I would wager said kvltists are by and large more disgusted with how said bureacracies have been wielded by both major parties to the material disadvantage of the average citizen, not to mention citizens abroad, than the notion of bureaucracy itself.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:43 (eight years ago)
Oh, well, that certainly seems like an important distinction for the pompous assholes who identify with that belief set. “Somebody should ensure everyone is treated fairly!”“Not me though! Fuck a government job!”
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:49 (eight years ago)
I'll pass on to the mods at antifa.org that you're one of the good ones.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:51 (eight years ago)
Thanks : )
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:53 (eight years ago)
ah, look, this isn't even a hard argument for a socialist revolutionary to make. the problem is that the existing bureaucracies are ideologically in service of oppression of The People. obviously the solution is to get rid of the Oppressors' Bureacracies and replace them with institutions dedicated to liberating The People from their Oppressors.
this isn't a novel line of argument, and as to whether people will buy the same old bullshit all over again, well, they already are, aren't they?
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:58 (eight years ago)
this thread has become very intangible
― Dan S, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:10 (eight years ago)
xp and yet by nearly any measure quality of life has improved as those bureaucracies have proliferated soooooo
― the late great, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:18 (eight years ago)
Definitely need more dirtbag leftists at OSHA to run the checklists on those chemical plants.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:23 (eight years ago)
Also Dan S otm I think?
honestly is it really so much worse than the alternatives
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:30 (eight years ago)
Now you sound like a garden variety libertarian
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:35 (eight years ago)
I meant re thread derailment lol
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 April 2018 00:42 (eight years ago)
OK now we share a lol
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:08 (eight years ago)
just large bureaucracies that murder children, ET
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 06:52 (eight years ago)
i mean that shitpile Albright even got a fresh NPR segment the other day
Brad you're just a centrist enabler
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 06:53 (eight years ago)
and yet by nearly any measure quality of life has improved as those bureaucracies have proliferated soooooo
for whom? i'm not thrilled with my QoL these days, and it will likely get worse.
however if Tom is hiring...
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 06:56 (eight years ago)
hillary clinton, a woman worth over 00 million dollars, is posting a gofundme to help cover the medical bills of someone who worked for her. there is truly no metaphor more beautiful for how rich people think— Official Enya VEVO (@nachdermas) September 17, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 September 2018 01:09 (seven years ago)
what should she do?
― the late great, Friday, 21 September 2018 01:13 (seven years ago)
read thread
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 September 2018 01:14 (seven years ago)
nah
― the late great, Friday, 21 September 2018 01:22 (seven years ago)
bump
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:01 (seven years ago)
who?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:21 (seven years ago)
"All black people look alike."- Hillary Clinton 2018 pic.twitter.com/A7oPH17pNA— 🎃Spoopy Human Bean🎃 (@Rebell117) October 30, 2018
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:28 (seven years ago)
"all centrists talk alike"
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:29 (seven years ago)
I make that joke too. OK?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:32 (seven years ago)
worst comedian of her generation
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:34 (seven years ago)
Except what other joke is there to make when white people still can't tell high profile or completely physically different black people or asian people or latinx apart. It's absurdly ridiculous in how tiresome it is.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:37 (seven years ago)