2016 elections - because it's never too early

Started by merithyn, May 09, 2013, 07:37:45 AM

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jimmy olsen

#7020
March 13, 2016, 06:35:46 PM
Quote from: Jaron on March 13, 2016, 02:04:34 PM
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Those who think its okay to plunder businesses and the wealthy to get "free" stuff for everyone else will vote Bernie.

Weird. I though looters were black and we know they don't feel the bern.

Great point.

US lower class blacks almost always go establishment. Since they prefer to stay on the "plantation" they'll vote for Hillary.

I see you're trying to get back into the troll game, but you're a bit rusty. :console:
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Jaron

#7021
March 13, 2016, 06:39:56 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 13, 2016, 06:35:46 PM
Quote from: Jaron on March 13, 2016, 02:04:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2016, 02:01:00 PM
Quote from: Jaron on March 13, 2016, 01:54:27 PM
Those who think its okay to plunder businesses and the wealthy to get "free" stuff for everyone else will vote Bernie.

Weird. I though looters were black and we know they don't feel the bern.

Great point.

US lower class blacks almost always go establishment. Since they prefer to stay on the "plantation" they'll vote for Hillary.

I see you're trying to get back into the troll game, but you're a bit rusty. :console:

Do you disagree with what I said? Are black voters not overwhelmingly supporting Hillary?
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Habbaku

#7022
March 13, 2016, 07:08:08 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 13, 2016, 06:35:46 PM
Quote from: Jaron on March 13, 2016, 02:04:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2016, 02:01:00 PM
Quote from: Jaron on March 13, 2016, 01:54:27 PM
Those who think its okay to plunder businesses and the wealthy to get "free" stuff for everyone else will vote Bernie.

Weird. I though looters were black and we know they don't feel the bern.

Great point.

US lower class blacks almost always go establishment. Since they prefer to stay on the "plantation" they'll vote for Hillary.

I see you're trying to get back into the troll game, but you're a bit rusty. :console:

The mistake is assuming he ever left it.
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Eddie Teach

#7023
March 13, 2016, 07:17:19 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on March 13, 2016, 07:08:08 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 13, 2016, 06:35:46 PM
Quote from: Jaron on March 13, 2016, 02:04:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2016, 02:01:00 PM
Quote from: Jaron on March 13, 2016, 01:54:27 PM
Those who think its okay to plunder businesses and the wealthy to get "free" stuff for everyone else will vote Bernie.

Weird. I though looters were black and we know they don't feel the bern.

Great point.

US lower class blacks almost always go establishment. Since they prefer to stay on the "plantation" they'll vote for Hillary.

I see you're trying to get back into the troll game, but you're a bit rusty. :console:

The mistake is assuming he ever left it.

You don't think his conversion to LDS is legit?  :hmm:
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Capetan Mihali

#7024
March 13, 2016, 07:27:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2016, 05:16:17 PM
Okay, so an irrelevant anecdote?

In the first place the anecdote was relevant. It wasn't an anecdote about a stabbing over 2% milk versus whole milk.

Secondly, and more as an aside, there's a real misunderstanding that anecdotes are per se irrelevant, which I think is what you really meant. Anecdotes are the way we communicate our lived experience of an issue, and they do serve to reinforce a point.

The problem arises when anecdotal evidence is used to generalize in inappropriate ways, or when you don't feel like the person telling the anecdote has any credibility ie they are lying or bullshitting. Instead of anecdotes, we tend to put our faith in statistics, which as dguller will tell you, are incredibly opaque and unreliable.
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derspiess

#7025
March 13, 2016, 07:38:29 PM
Trump may have won Ohio today.

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Valmy

#7026
March 13, 2016, 07:46:05 PM
Not even Trump could make Pete Rose great again.
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Razgovory

#7027
March 13, 2016, 07:56:56 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 05:03:37 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 13, 2016, 03:20:49 PM
Trump's slogan is "Make America great again".  I'm curious which countries are greater than the US.

The slogan does not imply other countries are greater than the US-- only that the the US is not great like it used to be.

I think it implies at the very least America is not a great country, at least in the opinion of Trump.  Perhaps instead of making this country "great again" he could just leave to another one.
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Tonitrus

#7028
March 13, 2016, 07:58:50 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 07:38:29 PM
Trump may have won Ohio today.



Don't bet on it.

derspiess

#7029
March 13, 2016, 08:23:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 13, 2016, 07:46:05 PM
Not even Trump could make Pete Rose great again.

He was great enough the first time.

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Valmy

#7030
March 13, 2016, 08:25:51 PM
Wasn't great enough in 1970 or 1983 though.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

alfred russel

#7031
March 13, 2016, 08:42:30 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 08:23:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 13, 2016, 07:46:05 PM
Not even Trump could make Pete Rose great again.

He was great enough the first time.


This might qualify as apostasy from Cardinal nation.  :hmm:
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I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
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Eddie Teach

#7032
March 13, 2016, 08:44:30 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 13, 2016, 08:42:30 PM
This might qualify as apostasy from Cardinal nation.  :hmm:

Nah. They weren't even division rivals back then.
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derspiess

#7033
March 13, 2016, 08:58:48 PM Last Edit: March 13, 2016, 09:01:40 PM by derspiess
Quote from: alfred russel on March 13, 2016, 08:42:30 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 08:23:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 13, 2016, 07:46:05 PM
Not even Trump could make Pete Rose great again.

He was great enough the first time.


This might qualify as apostasy from Cardinal nation.  :hmm:

I was a Reds fan until the mid-80s, and my favorite individual team ever is still the Big Red Machine of 75 and 76*.  On top of that Pete was just flat-out great in his prime.  Not a great manager, and a deeply flawed person.  But a hell of a player.


*I'm slightly too young to remember either season, but I remember back as early as '78 when some of the players were still on the roster.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

alfred russel

#7034
March 13, 2016, 09:06:35 PM
Well, I never would have guessed that Marge Schott's manager would end up supporting Donald Trump.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014
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