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- 2020-08-13 07:16am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
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Sure, I'm to blame for pointing out that mr friendly guy and others are dishonestly questioning an ongoing genocide and smearing those who acknowledge it. Not them for doing it, just me for complaining about it. Definitely no double standard in moderation here. As I told you when I made the report, ...
- 2020-08-13 07:11am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: The Chinese Government's Genocide of the Uighurs and Other Ethnic Minorities.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4267
The Chinese Government's Genocide of the Uighurs and Other Ethnic Minorities.
As many of you are hopefully aware, the Chinese government is perpetrating a campaign of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uighur population, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority, and other minority groups. These crimes reportedly include forced cultural indoctrination, forced labou...
- 2020-08-12 12:38am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Its just frustrating to see people seemingly determined to refight these fights when the primary's been effectively over for months and Bernie and Biden have been nothing but gracious and cooperative toward each other in that time. It irritates me when Bernie or Busters do it. It irritates me when B...
- 2020-08-12 12:21am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Yes, of course. Despite Bernie's months of gracious cooperation with the Biden campaign, he was totally scheming to stab us in the back and destroy the party at the first opportunity. Seriously, FireNexus, you need help. Your posts about Sanders sound eerily like the fevered paranoia bordering on de...
- 2020-08-11 11:39pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Here's is Bernie's actual statement on Facebook regarding Harris's nomination: Congratulations to Kamala Harris, who will make history as our next Vice President. She understands what it takes to stand up for working people, fight for health care for all, and take down the most corrupt administratio...
- 2020-08-11 11:26pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15642
Re: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
Just some notes, because I love how this has gone so far. Well, there's also the tradition thing. Slayers may be expendable, but at the same time, the Council probably has strong taboos against killing them (and humans in general). Especially as Watchers who have actually worked with a Slayer may o...
- 2020-08-11 10:23pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18142
Re: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...
To illustrate how the dynamic of captain's authority vs democratic decision making could work on a pirate ship, there's an interesting story from Vane's captaincy (I believe I read it in The Republic of Pirates ): Basically, Vane's ship came upon a more powerful vessel. Vane's crew, and particularly...
- 2020-08-11 10:14pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Hmm, seems the early results were not indicative of the final outcome. Omar pulled it off, and the Squad remains intact for the time being.
- 2020-08-11 10:10pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18142
Re: The first republic in the Western Hemisphere was not the United States...
Elected/Appointed representatives serving on a central government body Did the Pirates have that? Or was it just "you're a captain, you have a say"? From what I've read on the subject*, the government of the "Pirates' Republic" was fairly lose and informal. Individual ships/crew...
- 2020-08-11 09:35pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Mixed bag today. Omar is struggling and may lose her primary. Also, a runoff in Georgia looks to be won by the Q Anon candidate, and given that its apparently a solid red district, there will likely be at least one open Q Anon believer in the House next year to shame America with their presence. On ...
- 2020-08-11 09:27pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Bernie's the way of the future? Democratic socialism has legs, but Sanders not so much I think. His moment was in 2016, and he blew it. I think he means Bernie's policies/movement, not Bernie himself. Realistically, Bernie will never be President. The question is who, if anyone, can succeed him as ...
- 2020-08-11 09:24pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Massive explosion of stored fireworks/explosives in Beriut, dozens dead, thousand injured, city evacuated.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8291
Re: Massive explosion of stored fireworks/explosives in Beriut, dozens dead, thousand injured, city evacuated.
Conspiracies started on the first day, with claims that it was a nuclear detonation, and Trump falsely referring to an "attack".
- 2020-08-11 08:43pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Dems just flipped a South Carolina House district by a twenty point margin:
https://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/Charlest ... 02.255596/#/
https://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/Charlest ... 02.255596/#/
- 2020-08-11 08:06pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Progressives (including myself) may not have been giving Harris enough credit. While she tacked Rightward a bit in the primary supposedly, her voting record is pretty damn progressive. In the 2017-18 Congressional session, for example, she voted with Bernie Sanders 93% of the time, breaking with him...
- 2020-08-11 07:32pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Why can't one take a shot at Sanders? Nobody would mind if we took shots at varied Republican politicians, or the massive cast of Democratic also-rans. Because its really tired, and because it serves no purpose other than to increase bad feeling and divisiveness. The primary is over. Biden's the no...
- 2020-08-11 07:05pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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The choice is fine. My only real concern with it is that there is some looming “declined to prosecute a cop who murders someone between now and November” that will shake shit up. It would be almost criminally negligent if they didn't carefully vet her record for that. I’m excited that a pick, any p...
- 2020-08-11 06:50pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15642
Re: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
That's still alot of girls that now have active demonic energy in them. I think they're be an effort to find and cleanse them of the energy, preferably without hurting them. There are demons and demons in the Buffyverse. Not all "demonic" entities are inherently malevolent. And forcibly s...
- 2020-08-11 05:09pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Harris is basically the safe, popular (within the party) choice for Biden. She's not the best pick necessarily, but far from the worst he could have made.
- 2020-08-11 09:53am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15642
Re: Revamping Buffy Season 8: Slayers Around the World and their Organiation
You know, you have to consider something. Even using the Scythe as the power source for the ritual, it was shown in the series that all Slayers are powered by demonic energy. When Willow powered up the slayers, did she basically cause demonic energy to violate 1000+ girls? I took it more as releasi...
- 2020-08-11 09:38am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Indeed. Regardless of whether one believes a specific claim or source is valid, there's enough there that the overall picture cannot (honestly or morally) be ignored. Buddy, trace the sources where they get this information from. Go on, do some work for once. Most of them comes one way from another ...
- 2020-08-11 08:41am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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They're once again saying a VP decision this week. Biden has reportedly finished interviewing his top choices for VP, and plans for the announcement are in place. Somewhat bizarely, they plan to forgo a video announcement and release the decision by text message. However, the decision, if there is o...
- 2020-08-11 08:36am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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I do think the lineup does a very nice job of showcasing the depth and breadth of the opposition to Trump. A convention which has Bernie Sanders and AOC speaking alongside Doug Jones and John Kasich sends a strong message of unity.
- 2020-08-11 08:19am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Unfortunately, due to the scaled-back nature of this convention, some news outlets reportedly likely won't cover the whole thing, possible only the "main" speech each night. So.. Monday: Probably Michelle Obama. Bernie may get cut away from, in the long tradition of mainstream news denying...
- 2020-08-11 08:09am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 779686
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Anyhoo, here's a possible speaker list for the Democratic convention, sourced from Morning Joe: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1293140821907312641 Monday: First Lady Michelle Obama Senator Bernie Sanders Governor Gretchen Whitmer Governor Andrew Cuomo House Whip Jim Clyburn Governor John Kasich Se...
- 2020-08-11 06:38am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Riots in Belarus, opposition leader flees country following suspect election results.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 10697
Riots in Belarus, opposition leader flees country following suspect election results.
I wonder if this is a glimpse of America's future. https://bbc.com/news/world-europe-53733330#_=_ Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has said she had taken a "very difficult decision" to leave the country, after disputing an election she claimed was rigged. Ms Tikhanovskay...