Everything posted by Khan
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Another World Discussion Thread
Yeah, speaking of Mark Mortimer...
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The Politics Thread
Unbelievable. Thanks, Roman! Believe me, Jane, ICAM. I was just giving them the benefit of the doubt before.
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The Politics Thread
Am I wrong or didn't Bill Clinton also criticize at least parts of the ACA during the campaign? Say what you will about Bill, but when it comes to politics, the letch knows what he is talking about. (Same goes for John Edwards. He was probably the first to talk about the economic divide that would take over this country way back when he ran for the Democratic nomination, before the baby mama drama effectively killed his career.)
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The Politics Thread
Why was he fired? (I apologize for asking the question, but I can't get my iPad mini to play the video.) If the GOP insists on repealing (rather than repairing) the ACA, then for God's sake, do it right. Hold off on repealing until you know that you have an alternative that is effective and allows for a smooth transition. Otherwise, you're just going to wind up with more people uninsured than ever before.
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The Politics Thread
Unfortunately, there will always be those who are traitors to their races. There will always be individuals who will not stand with their brothers and sisters, because they are concerned more with self-preservation and survival. Their actions might make it more challenging for the others to fight -- but believe me, when the others (in this case, the Jewish Americans) DO achieve their victory, the Jared Kushners of the world will go down with the rest of their enemies.
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The Politics Thread
She certainly does, because that's what it's going to take to survive the next several years with Trump. Americans need to be willing to ignore his and his minions' statements and speak for themselves. Complacency just won't cut it anymore. (If I didn't realize that during the election, when I didn't vote because I felt both candidates were equally odious, then I certainly realize that now. No way would Hillary Clinton have subjected us to this kind of abuse.)
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The Politics Thread
I'm feeling so exhausted by that man and his bitch fits. Is it 2021 yet? Which is why Putin, for one, cannot WAIT until J.R. Ewing is confirmed as Secretary of State.
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The Politics Thread
Is THAT what Pizzagate was about? Well, I'm glad at least three people (you, slick and NBA) don't think I'm TOO off-the-rails on my theory about Russia/Putin and Trump's campaign. I'm not saying it's true. (I'm not Michael Flynn.) But I think if I were Putin, and I wanted to ensure that Hillary Clinton NOT be elected president, then as far as I'm concerned, pledging certain resources, financial and otherwise, to her opponent would not be off the table. Who knows? Putin might have even put Trump up to running in the first place. Because of Trump's role in the birther movement, Putin might have seen Trump as the perfect someone who could not only upset Hillary (and by extension, the rest of the Democratic party) in the general election through populist sentiment, but sow seeds of chaos within the GOP as well. Subsequently, with both political parties suffering identity crises of one kind or another, Americans divided against each other along lines of gender, race and class, and even the mainstream media coming to grips with their handling of Trump as well as their function within this new "post-fact/post-truth" society, where even the word of our own intelligence community is being doubted over proof of the Russians' hacking into DNC email servers, America as a whole is too busy freeing itself from the wreckage of the past year to pay attention to whatever Putin has up his sleeve next. And I STILL think there's something screwy about the fact that Hillary won the popular vote by such a relatively wide margin, and that the states that cost her the electoral vote and the presidency were also the states many pundits said she needed to win going into Super Tuesday. Again, though, this is only speculation.
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All My Children Tribute Thread
It wasn't. No matter what anyone might say to the contrary. Erica's neuroses stemming from the fact that she felt abandoned by her father at such a young age was more than enough explanation or motivation for her chronic behavior. Megan McTavish's retcon was convoluted, illogical and unnecessary. If they really wanted to give Erica new sources of conflict in the form of a rebellious daughter, all they had to do was SORAS Bianca to teenage-hood. It wasn't as if AMC had never done THAT before. (Besides, given the amount of hell that Erica had put Mona through the years, it made sense to have her only child, raised most of her life away from Pine Valley, turn out to be as selfish and insecure as her mother.) Instead, we get Miss Continuity F**k-up, followed by the patron saint of lesbian rape victims.
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The Politics Thread
Why do I think that Trump ran for office because he needed to pay some bills and it beat folding shirts at Macy's? Trump insisted he didn't need donors to keep going and that he was footing all the bills for his election campaign himself (more or less). Now, I realize this makes me sound like an even bigger nut...but what if it were really Russia that had been picking up part, or even most, of the tab?
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The Politics Thread
Incredible...but not surprising.
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The Politics Thread
If the rumors are true, and Putin is, indeed, blackmailing our next president, then whatever he's holding over Trump's head must be damn juicy.
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The Politics Thread
Black Agnes hears all, sees all, KNOWS all.
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The Politics Thread
And all because a bunch of folks in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin got fed up with the HNIC leading us from behind.
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The Politics Thread
Would you rather I had brought it back to, say, Springfield? (The car, by the way, is America.)
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The Politics Thread
And Adam Chandler...? Rex Tillerson. All I remember is Linda making such a big damn deal about Jangie being the Number One Greatest Black Supercouple of All Time. Right down to the stigmata on their hands.
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The Politics Thread
Yep. But not even Black Agnes could save us from ourselves. Yeah, KAC :: Liza Colby :: Steve Bannon :: Tad Martin. Chew on THAT for awhile.
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The Politics Thread
...until it all ends like this:
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The Politics Thread
Just ask Ah-nold. Trump tweeted how great he'd be as his replacement on "The Celebrity Apprentice." But now that the new season has begun and the ratings have come in, Trump...well, let's just say, he appears to have changed his tune.
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The Politics Thread
Trump doesn't look young and healthy to begin with. I suspect that in four (or eight) years, he'll be bald and weighing over 300 pounds. IOW, he'll look like Marlon Brando in "Apocalypse Now."
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The Politics Thread
Same. But seriously: right now, it should dawn on the more sober-minded ones the mistake they've made in putting political affiliations over country. Chances are, however, there will always be a faction within the GOP who will be happy no matter what, because, as marceline and others have said, they're just looking to tear down our current government anyway. On the one hand, good for CBS and "CBS This Morning." But, on the OTHER hand, it's too damn little and too damn late. Too many people in the MSM kissed Trump's ass for ratings' sake, and frankly, I don't know whether viewers will ever trust the "Big Three" networks again. Of course, I don't speak for everyone, but I don't worry all that much, because even if there WERE a full-on nuclear attack, it'd be almost a blessing in disguise.
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The Politics Thread
I didn't even know he was on it.
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The Politics Thread
You know, I'm starting to think national health care is something that will remain forever out of our reach. Obamacare was our best shot at it (even if it wasn't perfect) and now, it's about to be history.