2016 elections - because it's never too early

[Legbiter]

Re trump's recent tweet of an image floating around white supremacist media showing a star of David with some comments about corruption next to Hillary, all in front of a background of $$$.  Trump said it was a "sherriff star"

And the next day he tweeted a picture of a similar looking star on a Disney Frozen book 

So basically he trolled the media into publicizing his Clinton attack ad for free. 

[celedhring]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/06/donald-trump-antisemitic-clinton-tweet-saddam-hussein-praise

Trump did criticize Clinton's conduct in the email scandal, calling her "crooked Hillary" and attacking her for "false statements". However, he seemed to be spend as much energy targeting Chuck Todd, the host of NBC's Meet the Press, for his "sleepy eyes".

[Valmy]

Clinton is moving towards Sander's position on college tuition.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/07/06/clinton_would_make_college_tuition_free_for_families_earning_less_than_125.html

Oh FFS

[Grey Fox]

War on the Rich.

[DGuller]

How does this work in Europe?  I know that on one side you have taxes paying for higher education, but what about the barrier to entry side?  Can anyone go and say "I'd like a higher education, please", or do you have to score in a certain percentile of some entrance exams to get that free education?

[garbon]

Clinton is moving towards Sander's position on college tuition.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/07/06/clinton_would_make_college_tuition_free_for_families_earning_less_than_125.html

Oh FFS

Meh, unlikely to ever happen as there isn't anything mentioning how it would be funded. We're in the chocolate milk in drinking fountains area.

[jimmy olsen]

Paid for how?

Pretty sure I posted an article in the last couple of years that pointed out that all the loans and grants the govenrment give out would actually cost less then straight up paying tuition.

[garbon]

I saw someone write this on fb:

Call me old-fashioned, but I like the system under which evidence too weak even to present to a grand jury does not, for that reason, occasion a rambling speech by law enforcement of dubious conjectures never to be presented to any fact-finder.

[derspiess]

Dude, she got off scot-free.  Be happy about that.

[derspiess]

Clinton is moving towards Sander's position on college tuition.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/07/06/clinton_would_make_college_tuition_free_for_families_earning_less_than_125.html

Oh FFS

Of all things, *that* is what causes you to go all ?

[garbon]

Dude, she got off scot-free.  Be happy about that.

The Republicans got their soundbites.

[Valmy]

Of all things, *that* is what causes you to go all ?

I care about my country and its policies Not the stupid shit.

[celedhring]

Not even over here is state college tuition completely free. That said, it's certainly affordable, and we aren't nearly the cheapest Euro country in that regard. There's also a grant system for lower income students that can't afford regular rates. I should know that, because I couldn't have afforded it otherwise (I entered college at a time where my dad was going through a bad streak at work).

[garbon]

Not even over here is state college tuition completely free. That said, it's certainly affordable, and we aren't nearly the cheapest Euro country in that regard. There's also a grant system for lower income students that can't afford regular rates. I should know that, because I couldn't have afforded it otherwise (I entered college at a time where my dad was going through a bad streak at work).

Google suggests that Germany is tuition free for public universities.

[celedhring]

Not even over here is state college tuition completely free. That said, it's certainly affordable, and we aren't nearly the cheapest Euro country in that regard. There's also a grant system for lower income students that can't afford regular rates. I should know that, because I couldn't have afforded it otherwise (I entered college at a time where my dad was going through a bad streak at work).

Google suggests that Germany is tuition free for public universities.

It's not 100% free, afaik, just extremely cheap. You still pay some administrative fees and such.

In Spain you'll typically pay €1000-1500 in fees per year.