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thepaine says

Hispanic kids saying Spanish is "their language" is like Haitian kids saying French is "their language."

Or like majority of American kids saying that English is their language.

YAY!

Remember the time Trump was business partners with Russian govt? His company received $35M from Russia? -- Oh no wait, that was JOHN PODESTA!

Booger says

Remember the time Trump was business partners with Russian govt? His company received $35M from Russia? -- Oh no wait, that was JOHN PODESTA!

You forgot - transferred his shares to an LLC ostensibly run by his daughter, but voted the shares anyway in his leaked email a longer time after.

Booger says

Remember the time Trump was business partners with Russian govt? His company received $35M from Russia? -- Oh no wait, that was JOHN PODESTA!

You forgot - transferred his shares to an LLC ostensibly run by his daughter, but voted the participated in decisions via his now-leaked email a longer time after.

They found him in the White House kitchen naked, passed out with a gallon ice cream container on his head, empty bags of corn chips everywhere, and a RealDoll holding a whip. Sad.

APOCALYPSEFUCK_is_ADORABLE says

All of that and a turkey baster he was apparently using to inject melty Coffee Heath Bar ice cream into his asshole

Wow, he HAS gone all delusional IHL, trying to inseminate himself to produce an orange, hirsute bundle of joy.

Please, everybody knows the President puts in a brief appearance at the WH, says something distracting and scowls for the cameras, then returns to golf and his harem at Mar-A-Lago. After hearing about Mohamadman and the 72 whores, The Donald is upgrading to 73 eastern European beauties, because the President deserves at least one more than anyone else. Meanwhile, like Cinderalla, Melania can enjoy the views from atop the phallic golden tower that bears President Trump's name.

If Anderson Vanderbilt Cooper wants to compete, he'll need to find the long lost codicil that declares him the rightful owner of half Manhattan and most of the upper Hudson River Valley. If he furnishes his mansion with a bed big enough to fit the entire Men's Olympic Swimming Team, people might take CNN seriously again.

The perfect job in the Trump Administration to drive somebody crazy before getting shitcanned: a job where you have to tell the truth at least part of the time, whether you like it or not.

Rewire the Press Briefing Room like a Skinner box, and put a control keyboard on the podium. Any time somebody messes with you, ZAP 10k Volts from one foot to the other. Pulses too brief to kill, but long enough that the shrieking and collapsing to the floor will send the right message of compassionate conservatism.

Federal law has mandated submission to involuntary contracts since 2014, so the next logical steps in American democracy may include mandatory consent forms. Happily, PatNet has already a thread that you can use.

anonymous says

The GOP needs to remember that their mission is to represent ordinary working Americans and not big business, too big to fail banks, the oil industry, wall street, the military industrial war machine - sigh - the list is too long to keep going.

I'm sorry, didn't Obama bail out the banks, not prosecute Bank Fraud, Lie about the non-existent skills gap, push countless Refugees from War Torn areas as refugees, emplace a Massive Corporate Subsidy for Healthcare Companies making Record Profits post-Obamneycare, etc. etc. etc.?

Eventually, Carter Page will testify, and thanks to the Courts, we know that under Obama the IC abused the fuck out of FISA. Obama prosecuted more Whistleblowers than all previous admins combined. He even tried to imprison journalists. History will not be kind to him.

I remind Democrats that their eventual Candidate, after much Skulldruggery by the DNC that is defending itself in a lawsuit on grounds that "Impartiality" is not an enforceable Clause and saw TWO Chairwomen resign within weeks of each other for rigging the nominations, was opposed to Glass-Steagall and told bankers she had a "Public" (talk tough to fool the sheep) and "Private" (help banksters) Policy.

The old Abortion and Guns Left - Right battle is giving way to the Globalist vs. Nationalist battle. This is the Turning of the System.

The next move is to purge the Republican party. McConnell and Ryan will be just as happy as Democrats.

Tim Aurora says

Get the populist movement out of the way.

The problem is the alternative is the globalist plutocrats bring you feudalism.
Your ass will look like a cauliflower.

Tim Aurora says

White supremacist will be shut down for next 20 years.

In 20yrs, whites will be a tiny minority and in 500 they will be a neanderthal like trace in the human gene pool.
If you disagree with this program, you are a white supremacist btw.
But assuming everything goes as globalists plan it, I wouldn't worry about whites supremacists.

The Christian Rights ravenous thirst for blood is insatiable. They will not sit by idly and watch ISIS out Sharia them, oh, no! They are frothing at the mouth for the opportunity to be used by war profiteers, like the Simple Simon good fee nothin no-goodnicks everyone knows them to be! Because smelly Brown people! Lulululululu

jazz music says

Christian radio host praises Greg Gianforte: We need a more violent Christianity

But I thought Christianity could never be radicalized because Jesus was nicer than Mohammad. I mean, yes, sure Christianity was as violent as Islam for 80% of its existence, and nearly as violent for another 10%, but that was like in the past and history has nothing to do with where we are today.

jazz music says

He then played the clip of President Trump shoving aside Montenegro’s president at the NATO summit this week and praised him for being “large and in charge.”

Wow, Christians praising Trump. So much for Christian morality. Trump is pretty much the anti-thesis of Jesus's teachings which basically said give up all material comforts and wealth to feed and clothe the poor. Evidently there were a lot of naked poor people in the Iron Age.

seems like we are still stuck in this narrow trading range

On the bright side, our lights stay on!

Tim Aurora says

Another side effect is that now China and Germany become the defacto leader of the world. Take that Russians, China is now your problem

Bwahahaha. China and India weren't required to lower CO2 Emissions until 2030. And no 3rd party verification.

No thanks!

We'll just have to tax the hell out of the rich to pay for the effects of climate change.

Evergreen State College has closed for the day because of a “direct threat to campus safety.”

Everyone was asked to leave the Olympia campus or return to residence halls for instructions, the college announced shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday.

In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Evergreen officials had few details about the threat, which came from someone who called local law enforcement.

Spokesperson Sandra Kaiser said she didn’t know the specific nature of the threat, or whether it was made by someone with a connection to the college.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/evergreen-state-college-closes-campus-after-direct-threat-to-campus-safety/

Dan8267 says

We'll just have to tax the hell out of the rich to pay for the effects of climate change.

How about we tax the hell out of people who choose to live at sea level by the coast?

socal2 says

How about we tax the hell out of people who choose to live at sea level by the coast?

Because coast lines were stable for literally tens of thousands of years and it was economically wise to build our economic and trade centers along them. Hell, the weird ass shapes of the early states in the U.S. were created that way precisely because access to waterways leading to the oceans were absolutely critical for trade and economics.

Why should we punish people for doing what was wise while not punishing the fools who fucked everything up? The expense of moving our major wealth producing cities hundreds of miles will measure in the quadrillions of dollars, far more wealth than was extracted by polluting. This is why conservatives suck at running businesses and government. They can't do correct cost-benefit analysis.

Tim Aurora says

Mar-a-lago . I hope it drowns

It will, but Trump will abuse his power to ensure that the taxpayers rather than he takes the loss. He'll probably sell the property to the government for twice its value when it comes close to the time the property is going to be swallowed. And republicans will praise him as a good businessman rather then a criminal stealing from the public.

Sea walls, levees, storm pipes, storage tunnels and pumps can work wonders.

Amsterdam and Venice have managed for hundreds of years with primitive technology.

I'm sure Miami can figure some things out without having to move their entire city.

socal2 says

Sea walls, levees, storm pipes, storage tunnels and pumps can work wonders.

Tell that to New Orleans.

Tim Aurora says

Trump pulls out

Trump birth control

You are better off using the Farmers Almanac for climate prediction than the current climate models.

Dan8267 says

socal2 says

Sea walls, levees, storm pipes, storage tunnels and pumps can work wonders.

Tell that to New Orleans.

Can you say "corrupt infrastructure spending?" That's what happened in NO.

Tim Aurora says

Take that Russians, China is now your problem

Russia loves global warming!

Best thing that ever happened to them. https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/for-russia-global-warming-benefits-outweigh-negatives-3407

Unfortunately for Russia, solar looks on track to solve the global warming problem all by itself:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/for-cheapest-power-on-earth-look-skyward-as-coal-falls-to-solar

rocketjoe79 says

You are better off using the Farmers Almanac for climate prediction than the current climate models.

NY Times: In America’s Heartland, Discussing Climate Change Without Saying ‘Climate Change’

Here in north-central Kansas, America’s breadbasket and conservative heartland, the economic realities of agriculture make climate change a critical business issue. At the same time, politics and social pressure make frank discussion complicated. This is wheat country, and Donald J. Trump country, and though the weather is acting up, the conservative orthodoxy maintains that the science isn’t settled.

So while climate change is part of daily conversation, it gets disguised as something else.

“People are all talking about it, without talking about it,” said Miriam Horn, the author of a recent book on conservative Americans and the environment, “Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman.” “It’s become such a charged topic that there’s a navigation people do.”

CNN: Climate change is hurting U.S. corn farmers -- and your wallet

Uncertainty is growing in America's corn belt -- and Ray Gaesser is worried.

He's been harvesting corn and soybeans on his namesake Iowa farm since 1977. Now, climate change is threatening his business' future.

"We're doing the best that we can in an uncertain climate and uncertain conditions," Gaesser, 64, says. "We live and die by the weather."

Corn-producing states like Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Minnesota have been experiencing extreme weather for decades. Experts like Dr. Eugene Takle, a professor of climate science at Iowa State University, attribute those extremes to climate change.

In 2012, farmers struggled to cope with a severe drought that limited production and sent corn prices up. While those dry extremes are decreasing lately, there's a new weather phenomenon making trouble: Rain.

"We're getting excessive rains in the spring -- more frequent rains and more heavy rains," explains Takle.

"If we see flooding events and drought that's going to impact food production and it's also going to impact the consumers that live in those areas," Widmar says. In addition, climate change could force the corn belt to move north where its cooler.

So yes, farmers are greatly impacted by climate change, and there will be winners and losers, but overall our nation is going to lose a hell of a lot of wealth due to sea-level rise alone.

BlueSardine says

The key word being "was".

If you illiterate fucks can't keep up with an evolving world, you deserve whatever mother nature drops on your doorstep...

There's a big difference between keeping up with slow natural changes, and rapidly fucking everything up. One does poor gasoline all over a city, light a match, and then say "oh well, serves them right for living in a city covered in gasoline". That's being a traitor and a criminal.

Oh, and don't bitch when all the people from New York and California take over your state and its land.

If you think the left is intolerable now, wait until all those kale-eating hippies and social justice warriors are in Idaho, Nebraska, and Texas. A lot of red states will go blue and you'll lose that electoral college advantage you have.

And world will be fine

Closing it for a day is a good start.

I wish one could invest in Muskeg or Tundra land in Russia/Canada/North Sweden/Finland in small portions like REITs.

rando says

Russia loves global warming!

Best thing that ever happened to them. https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/for-russia-global-warming-benefits-outweigh-negatives-3407

Russian's also love it because it's a means to empower the Greens to prevent the US from developing our own oil and gas - thus keeping supply low and the price of oil high which only makes Russia richer.

If Trump was really Putin's puppet, he would not be pulling out of the Paris accord.

socal2 says

If Trump was really Putin's puppet, he would not be pulling out of the Paris accord

Did you forget--he's playing 4D chess right now. Messing with the liberals minds.

TwoScoopsMcGee says

Tim Aurora says

Another side effect is that now China and Germany become the defacto leader of the world. Take that Russians, China is now your problem

Bwahahaha. China and India weren't required to lower CO2 Emissions until 2030. And no 3rd party verification.

No thanks!

That is true, but they can't lower their emissions and poverty at the same time, especially India. There are 300 million Indians, equal to the population of the US, who don't have electricity yet. The limitations for emissions assigned to each country was based on how much they have been emitting, which seems pretty fair to me.

Dan8267 says

Oh, and don't bitch when all the people from New York and California take over your state and its land.

New York, California and Washington say they'll stick to Paris deal as Trump backs out
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/01/ny-ca-and-wa-say-theyre-sticking-to-paris-deal-after-trump-backs-out.html

Dan8267 says

you think the left is intolerable now, wait until all those kale-eating hippies and social justice warriors are in Idaho, Nebraska, and Texas. A lot of red states will go blue and you'll lose that electoral college advantage you have.

Would be a good counterbalance if that came to fruition