well passing an Amendment in 1947 to stop FDR from being re-elected shows that they really hated that dude
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
she got it wrong, it's an understandable mistake, the 22nd was clearly targeted at FDR and his legacy, but insisting that she actually got it right based on a strained reading of history is not a great strategy
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
People believed in ghosts then
― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
no it was better back then. Great in fact.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
https://media3.giphy.com/media/3og0IF3qXWcQtNUsZq/giphy.gif
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
just wait until Professor Ocasio-Cortez sees my scathing course evaluation for her ConLaw class.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I don't think that is doubling down. She's not wrong, her selection of words relative to the timing of how it played out is not great as shown in that newsweek article.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
what an incredibly silly thing to devote any number of ilx posts to
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:04 (five years ago) link
vmic though
― LEOPLOD BLOOMPS (Leee), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link
Also ILE board description.
Captain Kirk let Edith Keeler live, and FDR was overthrown by the Germans in 1943, I recall
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
xpost, yeah i feel stupid for defending something that doesn't need defending.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link
I just made the mistake of looking at my dad's fb to see if he has anything new public (because I haven't spoken to him in over 2 years and am not fb friends). Holy crap are there a lot of messy memes about AOC being stupid. Obsessed. (this fascination with Maxine Waters and Pelosi too).
― Yerac, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
I have to admit that I was taught that the Presidency is term-limited because it killed FDR and Congress didn’t want that to happen again.
― LEOPLOD BLOOMPS (Leee), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
if FDR had run for a fifth term, it might've cured his polio.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
Winning a fifth term unlocks a new level in Democracy
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
Paul Ryan: AOC Wasn’t Too Interested in His Advice; Didn’t Listen ‘To a Thing I Said’ https://t.co/qtdC1lN013 pic.twitter.com/PUOkPYuAms— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 3, 2019
lmao
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quits Facebook, calls social media a ‘public health risk’
The New York Democrat said she stopped using her account personally, but her campaign still sponsors several active ads on Facebook.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/15/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-quits-facebook-calls-social-media-public-health-risk/
― the late great, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
i have not really been paying much attention to AOC but she's got that right
― the late great, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
yeah A+ and a good reminder for me to erase my account
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
deactivated a couple weeks ago and it's been v good
― Simon H., Monday, 15 April 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
likely AOC couldn't understand Ryan because he makes that face while talking and no sound can escape his pursed lips
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
AOC on Biden: "Does not particularly animate me...I don’t want to go back. I want to go forward.’"“I haven't endorsed anybody but I'm very supportive of Bernie."“What Warren ‘is bringing to the table’ is ‘truly remarkable and transformational.’”https://t.co/Ps0pMMMMeJ— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) April 15, 2019
― Simon H., Monday, 15 April 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
lol just listen to the Skullduggery podcastthat's where all these quotes are coming from
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
ulysses, ck NYC gathering info first
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 April 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
hm, will peek
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
ha literally do not know what ilx fb group name is!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
Wait what? ILX FB group?
― DJI, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
ck yr fb invites U
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
ICYMI
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/438856-pelosi-progressive-dem-wing-represented-by-ocasio-cortez-is-like-five-people
Fox News Debuts Premium Channel For 24-Hour Coverage Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://t.co/Tdfe2IkJBD pic.twitter.com/oTwQ2JxhYa— The Onion (@TheOnion) April 15, 2019
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 15 April 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
that's from January ftr
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Monday, 15 April 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
is there really a private ILX group beyond the "now playing" one
― frogbs, Monday, 15 April 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
This is a story from the future. It's the story of the world we won by fighting for a #GreenNewDeal. Written and narrated by Representative @AOC.Watch: pic.twitter.com/URFcHgHB3n— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) April 17, 2019
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
• Has a boyfriend.
― pplains, Friday, 3 May 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
This is only going to drive that incel Tucker Carlson even further up the wall.
Has a boyfriend
plz don't. this is a bad direction for this thread.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 3 May 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
Yes please let’s keep this to her flaws
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 3 May 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
Thought this was good: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lamvo/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-conservatives-liberals-meme
AOC is the brightest political star born fully of the social media age, and how her political image has functioned online is emblematic of how society now experiences politics. A detailed examination of her digital persona offers a glimpse into the new digital partisanship — how Americans cleave to their ideological matches. Her rise and portrayal offer insight into the central qualities of contemporary politics: relatability, authenticity, and communities built around their identity. And the intense enmity toward her shows how those very same qualities can repel people.
― jaymc, Friday, 3 May 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
1) The team behind the Green New Deal is alarmingly under-informed about the subject matter2) The Green New Deal doesn't address the role of housing, urban design, or zoning in carbon emissions
― Benjamin-, Friday, 3 May 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
Sorry, I mean the role those things play in increasing carbon emissions.
― Benjamin-, Friday, 3 May 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
The Green New Deal, however it shakes out, is bound to be a flawed vehicle for addressing human-caused climate change. That's because it is a hybrid, attempting to build a coalition, where some reps who would not vote for a "climate change" bill will vote for it as a jobs bill and sell it to their constituents that way. That's how politics work. The decades-long billion dollar campaign of climate denial has a long tail and we'll be lucky to get anything moving before 2021.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 3 May 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
there are a lot of important things that aren't addressed in the Green New Deal. for example, it doesn't include anything about the mechanisms by which a price will be placed at carbon, which is probably the single most important step to reducing carbon emissions.
that's because at the moment, the green new deal is a resolution, not a bill. it's 14 pages, mostly a list of goals. i don't know what will be in the actual proposed legislation, but it will be many times longer than that.
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 3 May 2019 21:18 (five years ago) link
xp
Anyone planning to watch the AOC doc on Netflix?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 3 May 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
well, I am now
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 May 2019 22:31 (five years ago) link
The trailer looked great!
― DJI, Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:08 (five years ago) link
It's good. Ocasio Cortez comes off very well, magnificent.
― Yerac, Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:38 (five years ago) link
Man, and all the Crowley supporters in Jackson Heights made me laugh.
I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it, I know I’d be questioning the objectivity of the filmmakers the whole time
― calstars, Saturday, 4 May 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link