I kind of felt for the other candidates that lost and were so overshadowed by Ocasio Cortez but it's just not the way the story turned out.
― Yerac, Saturday, 4 May 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
fun fact: filmmakers aren’t objective, nor should they try to be
― michael keaton IS jim thirlwell IN ‘foetaljuice’ (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 4 May 2019 08:46 (four years ago) link
Did the filmmakers just document those four candidates or did they follow a larger number and then trim in post? I love all four of them, and I'm psyched all four are running again.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 May 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
Wait, Amy Vilela hasn't announced her plans yet, but the other three appear to be running again in 2020.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 May 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=79248
― flopson, Saturday, 4 May 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
can we not
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 4 May 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
I think that documentary opens here in a couple of weeks.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 11:38 (four years ago) link
Saw the trailer yesterday. Her boyf seems nice.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
We chose to go on the climate offense with the #GreenNewDeal.As a result, climate denial is now a losing position + we got GOP (incl #WheresMitch!) to finally admit that climate change is real + man-made.Now it’s time to go after predatory lending.Whose side is the GOP on? https://t.co/1nI4UQnEVB— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
a little early to declare victory on "+ we got GOP (incl #WheresMitch!) to finally admit that climate change is real + man-made."
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
this is what you do when you're organizing though, you trumpet each victory and you keep up the offensive on the boss.
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
YEP
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
nothing wrong with trumpeting victories, i'm just saying
"As a result, climate denial is now a losing position + we got GOP (incl #WheresMitch!) to finally admit that climate change is real + man-made."
is not correct
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
as in, that didn't happen
or, to the extent that it did happen, it's victory of the pyrrhic style - maybe there's a handful of conservatives willing to admit, under scrutiny, that climate change is real and driven by GHG emissions from humans, but forgive me for my disbelief that they're going to do jack shit about it in the future
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
jeez, Karl, it's Friday -- we won climate change
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
let's celebrate!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeBAG8tt2Vw
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
Karl yes but the idea here is that by saying it, you MAKE it happen - now the ball's in their court. whether that does anything, who knows, but it's worth staking out the claim pre-emptively imo
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
that didn't happen
Sometimes mischaracterizing your opponent's position is winning politics. God knows the GOP use this as their comprehensive approach to every position that doesn't follow their party line.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
Sometimes mischaracterizing your opponent's position is winning politics.
"You and I know it's not true, but let's make the son of a bitch deny it!"
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
here's a challop for you: given our immediate political peril, i am not only okay with the left prevaricating about shit that genuinely doesn't matter if it helps move the needle on things that do, i would GREATLY APPRECIATE MORE
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
otm
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
it's not even prevaricating, it's rhetoric imho - - - - if you're on the listserv of any campaign fighting anything it's full of stuff like this. it's how you make people feel like they're on the side that's going to win BUT that the other side are still being actively villainous and fighting tooth and nail to try and stop it, so they can't be complacent.
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
yeah, i mean...i see where everyone's coming from
i guess i read AOC's tweet as too much of a "mission accomplished, now the next thing" kind of statement. upon extensive further review that was projection on my part
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
but it works cf "we are already building the wall"
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 10 May 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
When truth is a rhetorical option, we all lose.
But lets just savor this, I guess.
― nonsense upon stilts (Sanpaku), Friday, 10 May 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
Best line in Spirts of the Material World
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 May 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
This was one of Socrates' main talking points. But the truth is (see what I did there?) that the option of lying outright, or shading the truth to whatever fine degree is in your linguistic power, is an option quickly discovered by every child capable of assembling a complete sentence. It was never possible to make truth mandatory.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 10 May 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
well that said, rhetoric and slogans are things the republicans are really good at, e.g. their recent arguments about abortion, we really need to start adopting their strategies and changing the conversation
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 23:09 (four years ago) link
McConnell mumbled "it's man-made" to one of his play partners while he was semi-conscious in a dungeon
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
there is no political sah-lution.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 May 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
lol Alfred <3
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Saturday, 11 May 2019 00:14 (four years ago) link
The truth is there are no rules any longer and the sooner the Dems get this the better.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Saturday, 11 May 2019 01:34 (four years ago) link
"when they go low, we lose elections"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 May 2019 03:34 (four years ago) link
in political terms, the Democrats are a basketball team still committed to shooting mid-range jumpers
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
so AOC is trae young bombing threes from the logo
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
i guess? i don't think about my posts i just hoist
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
dems who hoist: AOC, warren, berniedems who dribble into a contested midrange baseline j: biden
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
can we return to an English-only thread plz thnks
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
wow like all great prophets im being persecuted in my own times
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
Alfred gets a flagrant 2
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
Nesting Doll Yacht Rich is a very good turn of phrase.
― Yerac, Sunday, 12 May 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
oh my GOD look what i found at the comic shop today 😂 pic.twitter.com/58jp9iX1A2— Tatum Flynn (@Tatum_Flynn) May 24, 2019
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Sunday, 26 May 2019 04:34 (four years ago) link
oooof
https://deadspin.com/fresno-grizzlies-are-sorry-for-memorial-day-video-that-1835063084
But when it reached the part of the speech where Reagan addressed “the enemies of freedom,” the following images were shown: A protester in a beanie with an anti-fascist slogan, Kim Jong-un, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Fidel Castro, protesters holding a “NO TRUMP NO KKK” signs, and protesters holding an “ANTIFA” sign.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
BREAKING: Ted Cruz has had sex at least 16 times
On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) proposed a new bipartisan bill to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY): Make birth control available over the counter.When Ocasio-Cortez tweeted “Birth control should be over-the-counter, pass it on,” the GOP senator responded with “I agree.”“Perhaps, in addition to the legislation we are already working on together to ban Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists, we can team up here as well,” Cruz tweeted. “A simple, clean bill making birth control available over the counter. Interested?”Although Cruz is staunchly anti-abortion, the Republican lawmaker has expressed support for contraceptives in the past.“Now, listen, I have been a conservative my entire life,” Cruz said during a presidential campaign stop in 2015. “I have never met anybody, any conservative, who wants to ban contraceptives. As I noted, Heidi and I, we have two little girls. I’m very glad we don’t have 17.”
When Ocasio-Cortez tweeted “Birth control should be over-the-counter, pass it on,” the GOP senator responded with “I agree.”
“Perhaps, in addition to the legislation we are already working on together to ban Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists, we can team up here as well,” Cruz tweeted. “A simple, clean bill making birth control available over the counter. Interested?”
Although Cruz is staunchly anti-abortion, the Republican lawmaker has expressed support for contraceptives in the past.
“Now, listen, I have been a conservative my entire life,” Cruz said during a presidential campaign stop in 2015. “I have never met anybody, any conservative, who wants to ban contraceptives. As I noted, Heidi and I, we have two little girls. I’m very glad we don’t have 17.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ted-cruz-aoc-bipartisan-bill-birth-control-over-the-counter
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
i have a feeling cruz is about to meet some conservatives who want to ban contraceptives
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Ted Cruz had more sex than I did in 2015!
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
"...we can team up here as well."
I think somebody has a little crush!
― pplains, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
this guythis guy fuckshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Ted_Cruz_official_116th_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg
― God may judge you but his sins outnumber your own. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
There's been a lot of Ted Cruz/AOC wheeling and dealing lately. Not sure what to make of it or if it will amount to anything.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link