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2013/10/24-11/21 [Politics/Domestic] UID:54748 Activity:nil |
9/19 Real (i.e. inflation adjusted) per capita spending in the proposed 2010-11 General Fund budget is nearly the same as in the 1994-95 budget 16 years ago. Real per capita spending did increase during the <DEAD>dot.com<DEAD> boom and again briefly after 2003 but current per capita spending is below the recent long-term average. http://www.ccsce.com/PDF/Numbers-Jun2010-Budget-Myth3.pdf |
2012/11/12-12/18 [Politics/Domestic] UID:54530 Activity:nil |
11/12 White man, really hate the GOP. http://www.ericgarland.co/2012/11/09/letter-to-a-future-republican-strategist-regarding-white-people \_ As a nordic-descended white man who grew up in a military family, I gotta say: he nailed it. |
2011/11/16-12/6 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/President] UID:54232 Activity:nil |
11/16 Communism now more popular than Congress: http://preview.tinyurl.com/79v9wx8 |
2011/11/4-30 [Politics/Domestic] UID:54211 Activity:nil |
11/4 I am touring my Nephew around campus on Monday, is there some things that he should not miss? He is a Conservative, does anyone know how to hook up with the campus Republicans or any group like that? Any fraternity members willing to give him a house tour? -ausman \_ socially or fiscally conservative? there's a huge difference. \_ Wrong campus. Anyway, googling yields http://www.berkeleycollegerepublicans.com \_ The wrong campus would be someplace like UCSC, but yeah given Berkeley's reputation, he was worried that he might be the only one. I remember a very vocal and activist Conservative, albeit smallish, presence from my time, I can't imagine that only one. I remember a very vocal and activ, albeit outnumbered only one. I remember a very vocal and active, albeit outnumbered Conservative presence from my time, I can't imagine that this has changed much. -a \_ BCR members used to frequently sit at a table in Sproul. \_ Take him to the OWS camp in Downtown Oakland. \_ there's plenty of conservative business douchebags at haas. |
2011/1/5-2/19 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Japan, Politics/Domestic] UID:53975 Activity:nil |
1/5 Ultra marathon winner-to-be made a wrong turn in the final 100m during a 2-day, 217km race: http://www.csua.org/u/s8y (sports.yahoo.com) |
2010/7/22-8/9 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53894 Activity:nil |
7/22 Cast of "The Expendables" (2010): http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808411960/cast Our state governor is back to movie business? \_ "I'll be back." \_ He is Leading By Example! All you furloughed people, get jobs as Hollywood Extras! So easy! |
2010/3/8-30 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53746 Activity:nil |
3/8 http://holykaw.alltop.com/does-having-one-partner-make-men-smarter "Yay, I'm libural, therefore, I must be guy." |
12/23 |
2010/2/12-3/9 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:53707 Activity:nil |
2/12 Tea Party rallies: "tea bag libs before they tea bag you": http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100211/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1129 \_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teabagging |
2009/12/8-26 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53582 Activity:nil |
12/8 Republicans vs dems being funny. Ok I mean go figure which network aired this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wJX1Atch1k \_ Back then they were billing themselves as the rebel network. \_ "maverick, you're dangerous." \_ Simpsons, too. |
2009/11/15-30 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53529 Activity:nil |
11/15 who's the motd guy always bringing up the fact that democrats are storing bribery money in the freezer without any hassle? here: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/11/ex-congressman_gets_13_years_in_freezer_cash_case.php?ref=fpblg \_ FUCK no one cares about politics. Let's talk about Python and Ruby and MySQL vs. NoSQL |
2009/10/6-21 [Science/Space, Politics/Domestic] UID:53430 Activity:nil |
10/5 Make sure to watch The Crumbling of America on History today! America's infrastructure is collapsing. Tens of thousands of bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. A third of the nation's highways are in poor or mediocre shape. Massively leaking water and sewage systems are creating health hazards and contaminating rivers and streams. Weakened and under-maintained levees and dams tower over communities and schools. And the power grid is increasingly maxed out, disrupting millions of lives and putting entire cities in the dark \_ Oh noes! Did they also mention the sorry crumbling shape of the support columns that hold up the sky? \_ don't worry, Republicans and libertarians will help us out! \_ More proof that the government can't do anything right. \_ more proof that we need to take care of ourselves. self reliance via power generator, butane tanks, fuel, food, and guns+ammos -libertarian \_ you are such a poser. Do you own a well? Solar panels? how about your car? bio-diesel? |
2009/9/29-10/8 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53411 Activity:nil |
9/29 http://www.goodguide.com/contributions Democrat vs. Republican donations \_ I love how Fox contributes almost entirely to Democrats. \_ How does that work? I don't get it. |
2009/8/6-19 [Politics/Domestic, Reference/Tax] UID:53249 Activity:kinda low |
8/6 http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-great-depression-events-videos1.htm Excellent video of the Great Depression. Low corporate tax, little regulation... any of this sound familiar? \_ The Libertarians have surrendered the field. \_ just decided it wasn't worth arguing with y'all \_ it's ok you'll just be marginalized and then forgotten like the Federalists \_ When's the next world war? \_ ask putin, or north korea \_ Putin is too busy having skin-to-skin contact with his horse. \_ then ask his horse. \_ ask the Isralies \_ ask the Isralites |
2009/8/3-13 [Politics/Domestic/Gay, Politics/Domestic] UID:53236 Activity:low |
8/3 "Tenn. senator has affair with intern, resigns" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_re_us/us_tenn_senator_scandal That intern looks hot. \_ state senator. yawn: \_ Who cares about the senator. I only look at the intern. \_ "McKensie" sounds like a last name rather than a first name. |
2009/7/28-8/6 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53208 Activity:nil |
7/27 http://csua.org/u/oon "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked the countryĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s intelligence chief in the wake of a controversy that further exposed rifts within the political establishment in Tehran. A look at recent developments, as top U.S. officials gather for talks in Israel." \_ When are we gonna invade already? |
2009/7/2-15 [Politics/Domestic, Politics] UID:53104 Activity:nil |
7/1 Oh the irony. Malcolm Gladwell is mocking someone for making arbitrary and capricious "laws" surrounding business behavior: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/06/090706crbo_books_gladwell |
2009/2/19-25 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/President] UID:52605 Activity:nil |
2/19 GOP congressmen who voted against stimulus now bragging to their districts about getting the money http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/02/behold_the_hypocrimap.php \_ They're asking for people to report examples. I don't see any so far. |
2009/2/18-21 [Politics/Domestic] UID:52597 Activity:low |
2/18 Yep. http://www.investors.com/editorial/cartoons/IMAGES/cartoons/toon021809.gif \_ I love it when investment bankers, who caused this whole mess, try to blame homeowners and the government. \_ bankers are just doing what they're good at: making money. In another word, they're being good Capitalists. \_ You're joking, right? If they're so "good at making money," why are all those big banks insolvent? \_ Like libertarians/conservatives, the bankers only did what they thought was good for them-- bigger paychecks. In Ayn Rand-speak, the collective selfish people work together with the side effect of improving those around them (trickle-down). These bankers did exactly what a good Capitalist would do which was to get as much money as they could for themselves. They had no allegiance to the corporation they worked for. Ayn looked at the boom and saw that as a positive effect, and that the bust was just a side effect. Once again, I'm not advocating this is good or bad, but simply they're doing what they're good at doing-- highly motivated by greed for local gains. BTW the second Randian message is "Life is not fair, get used to it." Most bankers accept that. Ayn advocates like Bill Gates used to say the same thing to new graduates. \_ you misspelled "stealing" \_ Capitalism: survival of the fittest. I'm not saying Capitalism is good or bad, I'm just saying it's just the way it is in America. \_ "fittest"? No, not really. The game is skewed, not fair, not everyone has the same exposure to predation or the same access to "food" in the environment. Capitalism is more survival of the well positioned. \_ Capitalism: survival of the fittest. I'm not saying Capitalism is good or bad, I'm just saying it's just the way it is in America. \_ "fittest"? No, not really. The game is skewed, not fair, not everyone has the same exposure to predation or the same access to "food" in the environment. Capitalism is more survival of the well positioned. \_ like it or not, the US is not a pure Capitalism. If it were, there would be no bailouts. The fact is: the greed of the banking industry has endangered all of us. We can't just blow off what they've done, or ignore the industry and trust what it's doing to run itself, which was the temptation in the W era. That time has passed now. That policy didn't work. So, yes, you're going to see a lot of anger out there. And IMO it's well-deserved. The taxpayers are the elder brother that has to step in and clean up the mess the younger brother has made, even as the younger brother claims no wrongdoing. \- 80 columns, not 85, dumass \_ What's the reason for retaining this rule? Seems outdated. Maybe 100 columns? |
2009/1/23-27 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic] UID:52452 Activity:nil |
1/22 Who says Republicans don't have a sense of humor? From the National Republican Congressional Committee website http://www.nrcc.org/issues/default.asp?ID=47 Economy Thanks to Republican economic policies, the U.S. economy is robust and job creation is strong. Republican tax cuts are creating jobs and continuing to strengthen the economy, \_ Thanks for the reminder. I need to Google and Yahoo for Republicans and then click on their advertisements to support Google and Yahoo while draining Republican resources. Search for "conservative republican" and click on Recovering Republican and Newt Gingrich Newsletter and help the world! |
2009/1/19-26 [Politics/Domestic] UID:52416 Activity:low |
1/19 Creepiest video ever? Especially the end. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50632298 \_ What is wrong with Patriotism? \_ Pledging alligiance to a PERSON is not patriotism. Pledging to \_ Pledging allegiance to a PERSON is not patriotism. Pledging to be a servant, is not patriotism. \_ Do you have a problem with the Oath of Enlistment as well? \_ Swearing to support the Constitution is not the same as swearing to support a person. -op \_ "I do solemnly swear ... that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States..." Compare with: "I swear to be a servant to the President and all mankind." Both of these oaths swear fealty to the President (the office, not the person). \_ It was sweet. Right up until the end, which I agree, was pretty creepy. -phuqm (sweet as in nice, not sweet as in "cool" ) |
2009/1/5-9 [Politics/Domestic, Computer/SW/Security] UID:52317 Activity:nil |
1/5 http://indiacgny.org/php/showContent.php?linkid=200&partid=96&sub=sub2 IRONY |
2008/12/11-16 [Politics/Domestic] UID:52222 Activity:kinda low |
12/10 The Invisible Hand: http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2008/12/09/tomo \_ You know, I'm all for socialism given how unfair the market has been to those who simply got lucky during the dot-com and housing boom (I was born in the wrong era and got left out while prosperity passed by me). I'm all for socialism, but I really think this auto bailout is stupid. Why should I as a tax payer pay for making crappy cars that people obviously don't want to buy? \_ So, you don't want to be rich, you just want other people to be poor? \_ Ya, pretty much. -the next generation PS fuck yall who got lucky rich. Meritocracy #1!!! \_ Are you trolling or what? \_ Umm.. socialism != meritocracy... |
2008/12/1-6 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Foreign] UID:52138 Activity:nil |
12/1 http://tinyurl.com/5ldb9c (bloomberg.com) Head NBER fucker from Stanfurd said on 10/8 that economic data are "perplexing" \_ Well, it is pretty perplexing to have the economy growing while the unemployment rate is also increasing. I don't think it has ever happened before, but it is actually a pretty good sign for the long term prosperity of the country, since it means productivity must be jamming. |
2008/11/28-12/4 [Politics/Domestic] UID:52124 Activity:nil |
11/28 liberals suck: http://www.munidiaries.com/2008/11/26/it-flows-on-the-38 ^liberals^teenagers |
2008/11/17 [Computer/SW/Compilers, Politics/Domestic] UID:52028 Activity:nil |
11/18 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_new_word meh. lulz. |
2008/11/11 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:51917 Activity:nil |
11/11 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/12/2417037.htm lolz \_ Are you having a conversation with yourself? |
2008/11/6-13 [Politics/Domestic] UID:51859 Activity:nil |
11/6 "Palin's return? Russian parliament may allow it" - Yahoo! News: http://www.csua.org/u/mv8 I swear that's the headline I glanced. Just two characters off. \_ He can see her house from Russia! \_ Can we rename Wasilla to "Palingrad" |
2008/10/27 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic] UID:51695 Activity:nil |
10/27 Tech layoffs http://news.cnet.com/tech-layoffs/?tag=nl.e501 |
2008/10/25-28 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic] UID:51680 Activity:nil |
10/25 I embrace socialism and white women. Seriously. \- you may wish to see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1105762 \_ same here. I am young, hard working, and smart, yet I'm not getting the same piece of piece as the older generation. Why? Because capitalism IS NOT WORKING. I have nothing to lose and everything to gain by voting for Socialism. Bring it on. Young people of American, let's all vote for socialism NOW!!! |
2008/10/23 [Politics/Domestic, Reference/Tax] UID:51653 Activity:nil |
10/23 say bye bye to 401ks. House Dems want to get tax it \_ Why are you repeating yourself? |
2008/10/21-26 [Politics/Domestic] UID:51599 Activity:nil |
10/21 Republican Party, personified: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wQfQtpDAc |
2008/10/19-21 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic] UID:51578 Activity:nil |
10/19 Another classy Republican in Ohio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbbcVNOMqSk |
2008/10/7-9 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic] UID:51423 Activity:nil |
10/7 If the CSUA sponsored a political debate on the election and the major political issues, which Soda Personalities would you like to see argue the Democratic and Republican positions? \_ hard to tell, since all the republicans are anonymous cowards. -tom \_ Based on what? Knowledge of the issues? Debating skill? Entertaining speaker? Inadvertent entertainment? |
2008/9/26-10/1 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/California] UID:51319 Activity:nil |
9/26 http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/News/story?id=180291 Republicans more satisfied with sex than Democrats. \_ Women and fags are more likely to be Democrats. \_ I think it is all the bathroom sex. |
2008/9/24-29 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:51277 Activity:nil |
9/24 At least it isn't a 400 dollar haircut! http://www.usmagazine.com/news/john-mccain-uses-american-idol-makeup-artist (To be honest, I don't care about the prices, but I am sad that we had days or network news coverage about a 400 dollar haircut when that's just part of the price of being a national politician. And I do wish the fake outrage from the shitheads on the right got the same silent treatment as the fake outrage from the shitheads on the left.) |
2008/9/22-24 [Politics/Domestic] UID:51258 Activity:kinda low |
9/22 Shit, mortgages are getting expensive again http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=^TNX&t=5d We need market tankage to get rates low! </troll> \_ The market is finally waking up to the inflation risk. \_ the market = Republicans, conservatives, libertarians \_ actually, it's mostly foreigners the sheeple just want: the general American population just want: - market go up forever - housing stop going down - nuther stimulus pleese - dank u for cheep gazz \_ Sheeple. Wow you are so deep. \_ what's your point exactly? sheeple = the general American population, not just conservatives \_ sheeple = the general American population, not talking about conservatives \_ Anyone older than 19 who uses the word sheeple, even in jest, is an idiot. \_ noted and updated \_ what's significant about 19? \_ It's the age of every girl dans has dated? |
2008/9/21-23 [Politics/Domestic, Reference/Tax, Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:51252 Activity:nil |
9/21 700 fucking billion? Really? With no fucking oversight at all? What the fucking hell? And people think the Democrats are tax and spend? \- Wall Street Welfare Kings in Pink Cadillacs having out of wedlock children with their mistresses in Mayfair! |
2008/9/19-23 [Politics/Domestic] UID:51239 Activity:nil |
9/19 http://bigpicture.typepad.com We now see that the grand experiment of deregulation has ended, and ended badly. The deregulation movement is now an historical footnote, just another interest group, and once in power they turned into socialists. Indeed, judging by the actions of the conservatives in power, and not the empty rhetoric that comes out of think tanks, the conservative movement has effectively turned the United States into a massive Socialist state, an appendage of Communist Russia, China and Venezuela. To paraphrase Floyd Norris, we have become Marxists, but of the Groucho, not Karl, variety . . . \_ The government always overcorrects, which is why their best policy should be to do nothing. \_ No, the best policy is to wait until overcorrection is better than doing nothing. \_ ooh, yeah, and free markets *never* overcorrect... -tom \_ More proof that we need to do away with the government. We should have continued to bleed the beast, but thanks to Democrats it has become too powerful. |
2008/9/18-23 [Politics/Domestic] UID:51234 Activity:nil |
9/18 San Francisco style socialist liberals coming to LA parking spot near you to try to convince you that driving is bad and planting trees is good. Expect a lot of angry LA drivers and critical mass liberals shouting at each other: http://parkingdayla.com |
2008/9/17-19 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic] UID:51214 Activity:low |
9/17 The latest Metrolink crash is a proof that mass transit doesn't work well. When you drive your own car, you control your own destiny. 917 Mark Mellman on liberalism and moral relativism: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/opinion/17mellman.html \_ Yeah I'm sure that's what the union pacific engineer thought too. \_ Are you really this stupid or are you just trolling? 917 Mark Mellman on liberalism and moral relativism: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/opinion/17mellman.html \_ That's not moral relativism. That's moral pluralism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_pluralism |
2008/9/5-12 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic] UID:51071 Activity:nil |
9/5 The GOP has completed the transition to the party of identity politics http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2008/09/i-wasnt-in-st-p.html \_ Thanks for this hilariously bad piece. If the lefties misunderstand conservatives this badly, I'm not surprised. \_ As the flattery of friends corrupts, so often do the taunts of enemies instruct. -Augustine |
2008/9/5-12 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic] UID:51069 Activity:nil |
9/4 Palin's speech excited the Democrats too: http://preview.tinyurl.com/68p4qp |
2008/8/26-9/3 [Politics/Domestic] UID:50965 Activity:nil |
8/26 Republicans are getting violent. How far will they go? http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=160453 \_ They're not Republicans, they're Hillary supporters. \_ They could be "Recreate '68" type bozos. |
2008/8/13-17 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:50859 Activity:nil |
8/13 The most interesting thing I found in this article is that in Arkansas, when two towns, Helena, and West Helena, merge, the new town isn't named Helena, but Helena-West Helena: http://tinyurl.com/5ao3m6 (cnn.com) \_ "The citizens deserve peace, that some infringement on constitutional rights is OK, and we have not violated anything as far as the Constitution." Huh? |
2008/8/3-8 [Politics/Domestic] UID:50768 Activity:nil |
8/3 George hammers the incompetent Nancy http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5504708 \_ This is the way legistlature works. How many times did DeLay block consideration of issues the minority party was interested in? Your hypocrisy is stunning. \_ He hardly hammered her. The Legistlature is in a dispute with The White House over some piece of legistlation. Don't you think that this happens all the time? GOP hypocrisy is always amusing to see, I wonder how many times DeLay blocked the minority party from getting a bill to floor. \_ Democrat hypocrisy is always amusing to see - Democrats not being democratic... \_ do you get a woody every time you say "Democrat"? \_ Legislatures using procedure to fight it out is a feature, not a bug. |
2008/7/25-30 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:50686 Activity:nil |
7/25 doing business in russia kind of sucks: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/europe/24kremlin.html \_ Yeah, I sold my BP stock because of this crap. |
2008/7/21-23 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:50647 Activity:moderate |
7/21 Wouldn't we be better off having an "executive council" of a few people (e.g. 3) instead of one single elected leader? It would look more democratic. They could hold terms of 6 yrs each, staggered with an election every 2 yrs. Majority rule. Plus, watching them bicker with each other would be fun. Also we'd eliminate the useless VP role. It works for the Supreme Court, right? We don't have one single Supreme Judge. \_ We could have a Politburo, elected by elected representatives of communes. \_ We have three branches of government instead of one single elected leader. \_ We have one single elected executive, I mean. Besides, the other branches don't get nearly as much scrutiny as the POTUS. POTUS is responsible for appointing SCOTUS and all this stuff that people complain about with Bush. \_ POTUS focuses a lot of scrutiny by being the sole Executive. POTUS _nominates_ SCOTUS Justices, but Congress approves or denies; similarly, Congress proposes legislation which POTUS approves or denies. The current system of checks and balances works, if the players are willing to fulfill their roles. \_ Ok how about: put leader 1 in charge of Air Force, leader 2 in charge of Army, leader 3 gets the Navy. They can roll dice each week for who gets supreme command. Ok, just kidding... someone else come up with a motd subject damnit. \_ The Triumvarate never worked very well for Rome. \_ That's not strictly true. It just didn't work out in the long run. \_ Neither did Rome. So what? This isn't an argument. \_ ... dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio; genus unde Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae. ... en huius, nate, auspiciis illa incluta Roma imperium terris, animos aequabit Olympo, septemque una sibi muro circumdabit arces, felix prole uirum ... tum pater Anchises lacrimis ingressus obortis: 'o gnate, ingentem luctum ne quaere tuorum; ostendent terris hunc tantum fata nec ultra esse sinent. nimium uobis Romana propago uisa potens, superi, propria haec si dona fuissent. quantos ille uirum magnam Mauortis ad urbem campus aget gemitus ... \_ [latin deleted] \_ I'm adding a translation I found on the internet. ... until he founded a city and brought his gods to Latium: from that the Latin people came, the lords of Alba Longa, the walls of noble Rome. ... Behold, my son, under his command glorious Rome will match earth's power and heaven's will, and encircle seven hills with a single wall, happy in her race of men. ... O, do not ask about your people's great sorrow, my son. The fates will only show him to the world, not allow him to stay longer. The Roman people would seem too powerful to you gods, if this gift were lasting. \_ Ille ego, qui quondam gracili modulatus auena carmen, et egressus silvis uicina coegi ut quamuis auido parerent arua colono gratum opus agricolis, at nunc horrentia Martis \_ The Triumvarate "worked" for Rome in a variety of ways until it didn't. The original statement lacks any rigor. \_ Since both times it was tried, it led to a civil war, no further evidence is needed. Unless you think a civil war every few decades is a good way to run your government. \- one of the "Big Questions" in Roman scholarship is "was the Roman Revolution inevitable" [or more of a contingent outcome]. RSYME is "the standard" and one of the important rebuttals/reconsiderations is by EGRUEN (UCB Dept History...one of the finest lecturers at Berkeley). Anyway, the "it led to civil war" is a little glib, like say "the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand led to WW1". \_ Worked for Thomas Jefferson. \- the more appropriate roman analogy would be to the practice of dual consuls. and there were two Triumvirates ... the first was an alliance, not a formal structure of govt. and groups of 3 can be quite unstable because it is open 2:1, so that may make one "the decider". anyway, it is silly to go on. \_ Why is that more unstable? With 1, that one is the decider. \_ See Julius Caesar Act IV, Scene 1 \_ Brain for world emperor: _ _ /~\\ //~\ | \\ // | [ || || ] ) Y || || Y ( | \_|l,------.l|_/ | | >' `< | \ (/~`--____--'~\) / _____________________________________ `-_>-__________-<_-' / \ /(_#(__)#_)\ / By right of superior intelligence, \ \___/__\___/ ____/ | /__`--'__\ \___ I am best suited to guide the destiny | /\(__,>-~~ __) \ | /\//\\( `--~~ ) \ of this planet. | '\/ <^\ /^> \ / _\ >-__-< /_ `------------------------------------' (___\ /___) |
2008/7/18-23 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:50628 Activity:low |
7/18 Best caption evar! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92592545 \_ the "Enlarge" link is pretty good, too. \_ Totally appropriate. However I'm a liberal and I'm suppose to feel sorry for these guys and I'm suppose to want to get our government to mandate exercise for those who are obese. On the other hand, I don't feel sorry for them. What is wrong with me? -liberal \_ Being fat cows may largely be genetic, but spending $350/mo they spend on food and electricity? $350/mo on food and electricity? \_ Huh? Where do you get $350? \_ No, wanting the government to mandate exercise if fascist, not liberal--unless the two terms are the same. \_ Are you one of those Compassionate Conservatives I keep hearing about? \_ Food in general is obviously not out of reach enough |
2008/7/16-23 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:50600 Activity:nil |
7/16 Wow, quite a few errors in the dissent re: the DC gun law http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2008/dth_0715p.shtml \_ Wow, quite a few gun nuts need to get a life. \_ <img src="read_ayn_rand.jpg"> |
2008/7/15-23 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/California] UID:50574 Activity:nil |
7/15 i stuck 'sex dungeon' in my google news alerts http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1226788863 |
2008/6/30-7/14 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic] UID:50423 Activity:nil |
6/30 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7481857.stm Please explain to me why Mugabe doesn't get arrested as soon as he leaves Zimbabwe? \_ Does he leave? Does he leave to go to countries that have the political power and will to arrest him? Does he leave to got o countries with the political power and will to arrest them who haven't given their word not to arrest him? \_ He just arrived in Egypt for an African Union meeting. \_ If you have an African Union meeting and you arrest the leaders who go there it isn't going to be very Unionious for long. \_ Hey: "he was elected, he took an oath, and he is here with us, so he is president". What's your problem, huh? \_ >.< Lines like that make the baby jeebus weep blood. |
2008/6/20-23 [Politics/Domestic] UID:50317 Activity:nil 75%like:50297 |
6/19 Dumbest liberal evar! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6CLxpFuSmA |
2008/6/15-20 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/President] UID:50261 Activity:nil |
6/14 More Republican loan scandals in the media: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aG8uEA1VgMVs Why do Republicans thing they're special? These guys should be charged and kicked out of office. \_ You're being ironic, right? ^Republican^All Politicians \- "studies show" senators beat the pants off of wall street professionals when it comes to managing their own money. i.e. lots of access -> insider trading going on and this kind of "petit corruption" is de rigeur. YMWTGF(ZIOBROWSKI, JFQA). --psb \_ Actually, all six that have so far been found to get sweet heart loan deals were democrats. Thankfully they came into office in 2006 to clean house and put an end to the culture of corruption! |
2008/6/9-12 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:50204 Activity:kinda low |
6/9 i bet this grandma open carries http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Dark_Side_4/The_Rambo_Granny_of_Melbourne_Australia.shtml \_ "her granddaughter, Debbie, was car-jacked and raped in broad daylight by two knife-wielding creeps in a section of town bordering on skid row." It's a shame the granddaughter couldn't have killed them when they attacked her. Wait, I thought handguns were outlawed in Australia? How'd this granny have one? And is that why the thugs attacked with a knife? Shouldn't I be safe in the middle of the day? Indeed, the law seems a bit out of touch with the people: "What she did was wrong, and she broke the law, but it is difficult to throw an 81-year-old woman in prison, Det. Delp said -- especially when 3 million people in the city want to nominate her for Mayor." -emarkp \_ [my comment deleted, since this story is an urban legend] -emarkp \_ It's in the article, She didn't turn in the gun when the law changed. \_ The rest of the story: \_ Welcome to Urban Legends: http://www.snopes.com/crime/justice/grambo.asp \_ As opposed to this one, who has a concealed carry permit. And actually exists: http://csua.org/u/lqf (SFgate) |
2008/5/15 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:49954 Activity:moderate 66%like:49957 |
5/15 When will this winfall be taxed? http://csua.org/u/ljk \_ my brain is hurting from trying to parse this article. Harvard == GIANT UNREGULATED HEDGE FUND!!!!!!!!!! you know there are real live unregulated giant hedge funds out there who do actual shady documented crap, they probably don't concern themselves with giving out degrees. \_ The fact that this is from Glenn Beck explains it all. GO IRAQ WAR IT IS THE RIGHT THING! \_ But Glenn Beck apologized for misleading America and being a cheerleader for an incompetent and corrupt Administration. Right? \_ "But while their financial statements may look similar, their missions aren't. The Gates Foundation is working to cure malaria, develop new tuberculosis vaccines, and stop the spread of AIDS. Most of our colleges and universities are only working to spread the radical political views of some of their professors." Oh that's right Glen Beck. Harvard (which he had just been writing about a sentance earlier.) just exists to spread radical politics! THOSE DAMN FIFTH COLUMNISTS AT HARVARD. You read this shit and take it seriously? Do you have more braincells than God gave a toy poodle? This dude makes the chewbacca defense seem reasonable. chihuahua? This dude makes the chewbacca defense seem reasonable. \_ yeah, whoever posted the url... glen beck is not a noted economist. people pay attention to him. im not sure why. he's not as mean spirited as Rush. that might be it. \_ My favorite quote: "You'd be taxing success here," Kevin Casey, Harvard's associate vice president for government, community and public affairs complained in a quote that will soon be framed and hung in my office. "Over time, this would put us at a real competitive disadvantage, which would drastically hurt the Commonwealth." |
2008/4/14-19 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic] UID:49749 Activity:nil |
4/14 LA is facing a budget crisis. The city's a shithole. Ditto with 80% of the S Cal cities. \_ Unlike beautiful urine-soaked San Francisco. \_ Golden shower in the Golden State. \_ http://www.danheller.com/sf-top.html \_ Doesn't mention how all of these sites smell like urine. \_ You have your nose in the gutter, when instead you should have your eyes upon the stars. \_ surprisingly, people like LA more than SF, according to Mr. Google: http://appleorangescale.com/?wd0=san%20francisco&wd1=los%20angeles |
2008/4/12-16 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:49738 Activity:nil |
4/12 Is it true that the American taxpayer is paying for universal health care for Iraqis? \_ This guy says so: http://www.csua.org/u/la5 |
2008/4/10-12 [Politics/Domestic] UID:49718 Activity:nil |
4/10 Please suck my libertarian balls. \_ But your liberarian balls want to be free! \_ Niiiice :) \_ Actually, they want to be for sale. \_ They want to be outsourced to Bangalore. \_ Wouldn't you rather have the Invisible Hand fondle your libertarian balls? |
2008/4/4-9 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Foreign] UID:49668 Activity:nil |
4/4 jrleek, please tell us about the job you love, and if you guys are hiring. I'm fed up with big companies, big beauracracy, big politics and most importantly the lack of career growth in big ass places. \_ Maybe you are just a crank. \_ If you want details, post your name or email me. Anyway I work at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, we're not hiring, and it doesn't sound like you'd like it anyway. It's a big beauracracy. -jrleek \_ Why do you enjoy working at a place that you recognize is a big beauracracy? Is it the prestige, the bragging right that you're working on something secretive, that you're doing something good for our country (I LOVE AMERICA) or something else? Just curious. \_ Your assumption that big beaurocracy = bad in all situations may be fallacious. -not jrleek \_ Sorry, I think it's extremely rude to call someone out by name without posting your own. Post your name or email me. -jrleek \_ Bravo! \_ jrleek is awesome, but I would not want his job. -vallard \_ That's ok, I don't want your job either. -jrleek |
2008/4/1-6 [Politics/Domestic] UID:49629 Activity:nil |
4/1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGxdgNJ_lZM The robots have too much power!!! |
2008/3/31-4/6 [Politics/Domestic] UID:49624 Activity:nil |
3/31 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23883833 Fed overhaul. So much for FREE MARKET!!! "Republicans have generally favored a hands off approach and support the idea that, no matter how painful the consequences, people who took on more risk than they could handle whether home buyers or investors should have to accept the resulting losses." hello? What is going on today? \_ This *is* generally true, and you can see it in the respective plans being offered by Paulson vs. the House Democrats. They both favor regulation, but the Democrats favor 1) more regulation and 2) a home owner bailout. Republicans only want to bail out the banks. |
2008/3/14-17 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/911] UID:49455 Activity:nil |
3/14 Creatures Clone Selves in Face of Danger - Yahoo! News: http://www.csua.org/u/l18 How is this different from asexual reproduction? |
2008/3/4-7 [Politics/Domestic, Politics] UID:49332 Activity:low 75%like:49331 |
3/4 gary gygax, dead http://preview.tinyurl.com/3aur7a (laughingsquid.com) \_ http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/04 \_ He must have missed his saving throw. \_ http://www.corpcity.com/strips/dnd.gif \_ http://xkcd.com/393 |
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