woofyman

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by woofyman 10y ago
Trump gets to pick 3 of the 5 National Labor Relations Board members. That agency is currently at odds with a Trump owned Las Vegas hotel. http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/17/news/companies/trump-hotel-l
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See also Azimov's "The Gods Themselves".
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You're absolutely correct. Conservatives will label it "socialized medicine".
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Are you seriously comparing down votes with lynching?
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He's pro-torture. https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/foreign-policy/new-cia-...
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Sessions is a drug warrior and against sentencing reform. He also voted against the don't tell don't ask repeal act of 2010.
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Another theory is marriage is about economics. Combining the wealth, power, and influence of 2 families.
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Gay couples procreate the same way many straight people do. Sperm or egg donors, surrogates or adoption. Before marriage equality many states didn't recognize two party adoptions. Which left gay families in precarious positions.
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Edit: congress is investigating solar companies, including Solar City on the tax subsidies they receive.
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It was conservatives who made a big deal over bathrooms by passing laws.
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Congressional lawmakers launch query into solar tax credits(utilitydive.com)
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The Hatch act forbids federal employees from influencing an election. With the exception of elected officials obviously.
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The Larry Craig story had legs because he's a member of an anti-gay political party.
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Slight correction. Interracial marriage was illegal as recently as 1967 in Virginia.
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I think that had a lot to do with a candidate who bragged about committing sexual battery
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That's really scary
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Point taken. If anything, I think the current system suppresses the vote. I'm in a red state so my vote never counts.
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It's a factual statement that more people voted for Clinton period. Whether that would have been different without the electoral college is conjecture.
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It does matter when you claim you have a mandate when in fact, more people wanted the other person.
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The first amendment forbids the government from restricting speech, not Google
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Race is a social construct. Edit: I'm 50% Ashkenazi, we are prone to Tay-Sachs disease, caused by a genetic mutation. Does that make me a member of a separate race.
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I'm for single payer but it will never happen until Democrats get the White House and congress. Paul Ryan is planning on privatizing Medicare asap
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Reminds me of Frederik Pohls "The Space Merchants" published 1952 where he describes a huge mass of cultured chicken breast cells fed with algae http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1002
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Bannon's Alt right website Breitbart.com headline: Bill Kristol: Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew https://www.google.com/amp/www.breitbart.com/2016-presidenti... Edit: not sure if that was before or after he
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They get promoted. Potential new CIA director: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rt.com/document/5826a952c46...
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I predict a huge Democratic turnout in 2018. I don't think Trump will run for reelection in 2020.
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What is "gender pronoun legislation"?
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1) Stop triangulating 2) Repudiate neoliberalism 3) say what you believe even if it's not popular
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Causing Political instability in those countries is dangerous
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Plus sexual orientation

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