KM otm
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 12 January 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
It's like if someone took a bunch of random warmed over liberal talking points from the 1990s and put them in a humanoid. https://t.co/CNt4HnT9GY— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) January 12, 2019
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 January 2019 21:29 (five years ago) link
"Today, we live in a world in which brainpower is the new currency of success." #Julian2020— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) January 12, 2019
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 12 January 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
lol that’s fuckin nonsense
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Saturday, 12 January 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
my god
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Saturday, 12 January 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
Hopefully her higher profile and the magnifying glass on her awfulness might lead somebody to primary her out of her seat― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Saturday, January 12, 2019 4:56 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Saturday, January 12, 2019 4:56 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
All my friends here on Oahu are hoping so too.
― davey, Saturday, 12 January 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
I’m sure castro is a nice guy but how can he think that kind if campaign could ever prevail.
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 12 January 2019 23:45 (five years ago) link
campaigning for veep? polishing his MOR credentials for some future gov/sen race? i have no idea.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 13 January 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link
Castro is a Clintonite, not interested
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 January 2019 02:29 (five years ago) link
Fuck. Well okay fair enough. Team Castro might as well close up campaign headquarters right now if they can’t get you on board
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 13 January 2019 04:27 (five years ago) link
If Julián Castro, as part of his campaign to become President of the United States, wants to issue uninspired, uninspiring, and semi-nonsensical tweets that sound like posters for employee break rooms written to mimic fortune cookie wisdom, then I for one am content to let him do so as often as he likes., for as long as he likes. Where's the harm in it? If he wants to sit in a corner and twiddle his lips, that's his call, too.
I don't currently see my role as criticizing his choices, unless or until those choices are likely to affect me or those I care about.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 13 January 2019 04:40 (five years ago) link
With a name like that, dude won't ever be elected president of the united states.
― pplains, Sunday, 13 January 2019 05:16 (five years ago) link
(and of course, I mean "Julian".)
Good review https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/kamala-harris-truths-we-hold-review/579430/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 13 January 2019 05:57 (five years ago) link
wild that she isn't already pretending she was never a prosecutor tbqh
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 13 January 2019 06:09 (five years ago) link
― pplains, Saturday, January 12, 2007 11:16 PM (12 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 13 January 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
yeah who could ever become president with a name like "barack hussein obama"
― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Sunday, 13 January 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
Intercept gonna Intercept
Jesus Fucking Christ ya'll. Wallace Burgerman and the Intercept are trying to spin Beto as anti-union over him opposing A POLICE UNION when he was on a city council.How the can you pretend this kind of shameless shit in't about smearing the NotBernie? https://t.co/t2pZ4e2ldV— Custodial Weedle (@weedlewobble) January 13, 2019
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
From the writer of “The Liberal Case for Trump” no less.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
Wtf?
― Frederik B, Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
I can literally not think of a more divisive and stupid thing for TheIntercept to do than to attack a politician for going after Police Unions. What on earth are they thinking?
― Frederik B, Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:41 (five years ago) link
Do reflexive contrarians ever have to think?
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
Chasing clicks. It's not complicated
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:44 (five years ago) link
Police "unions" aren't unions just to reiterate an obvious point
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
How so? Police unions participate in collective bargaining. Maybe you meant they are simply unions like, say, electrical workers or auto workers.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
So do professional associations of managers in some places. Call them guilds or fraternal organizations or whatever. I suppose I am speaking from a purist left-unionist position that doesn't believe in the legitimacy of such organizations being considered part of the labour movement of trades unions since they are dedicated to eroding the rights of the working class.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
redefining the word 'union' to only include unions you like doesn't really accomplish much
― iatee, Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:12 (five years ago) link
The public sector is a completely different situation. From my experience these last six years on City Council, I do not think it is in the community’s best interests, certainly not in the taxpayers’ best interests, to have collective bargaining by the police and firefighters.
This is a pretty shitty position.
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
Jim's stance is pretty standard among leftists (myself included)
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
there's a difference between having a stance on police unions such as 'they are bad' and having a stance on whether words should have clear meanings so that we can actually talk to each other
― iatee, Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
Alex Press has a good overview on this
https://alexnpress.com/2017/08/08/left-police-unions-labor-movement-uaw-racism-teamsters/
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
I include unions I don't like: many of the large unions in north america are "bad"
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
it's the 3 Stooges of ILX liberalism, everbuddy
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 January 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
Team Castro might as well close up campaign headquarters right now if they can’t get you on board
yr acid wit is apprec'd as always
also Castro is just a bullshitter, as his brainpower quote indicates
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 January 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
which one are you? xp
― iatee, Monday, 14 January 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
show me an example of unionized cops engaging in union busting
― Bnad, Monday, 14 January 2019 02:21 (five years ago) link
i don't know much about castro, other than that he was some hotshot relative newcomer who was rumored to be clinton's VP in 2016 (good thing she went for tim kaine!!!!!!), but the picture of him that was in the NYT morning briefing email thing this morning was very fake bullshit politician-y
https://i.imgur.com/slkpWPL.jpg
― Karl Malone, Monday, 14 January 2019 02:37 (five years ago) link
lolz at union puritans
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Monday, 14 January 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link
union puritans caused a bit of a stir round your end iirc darragh
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 14 January 2019 03:04 (five years ago) link
youre gonna have to be more or less specific than that tbh
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Monday, 14 January 2019 03:08 (five years ago) link
Watching lefties tear each other up over Tulsi Gabbard, with more fun to come. One of the perks of not backing anyone for president is avoiding these clashes, which are little more than political fantasy football.— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) January 13, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 January 2019 13:04 (five years ago) link
Given all that's been dredged up over the last little while, not convinced Gabbard is even gonna make it to the debate stage.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 14 January 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
At some point you must really explain to me how you always avoid clashing with anyone over politics, Morbs, I am deeply envious.
― Frederik B, Monday, 14 January 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
Tulsi can always say she "evolved.'
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 January 2019 13:51 (five years ago) link
yep, he's running
Bernie Sanders is staffing up ahead of a potential 2020 campaignhttps://t.co/wYaCwFinWw— POLITICO (@politico) January 14, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 14 January 2019 13:57 (five years ago) link
everyone i know just agrees that she sucks, not really seeing any tearing up
xps
― zwei dunkel jungen (crüt), Monday, 14 January 2019 13:58 (five years ago) link
Gabbard is a walking Clickhole article to me at this point tbh
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 14 January 2019 13:59 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 14 January 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
What is the good thing about Tulsi Gabbard even supposed to be? She endorsed Bernie Sanders, and... Isn't that pretty much it?
― Frederik B, Monday, 14 January 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
She has a rep for being "anti-war" but that doesn't really hold up to scrutiny either. She seems to have a weird cachet among libertarian types
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 14 January 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link