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Old 08-15-2018, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
So, wait... Because a document which suggests possible wrongdoing by the president was written by a democratic organization, it's automatically fake, and therefore, any investigation which stems from it is a witch-hunt?.
no. serious question: are you that ignorant of the dossier and the players involved?

trump is the one being mccarthy'ed.
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Old 08-15-2018, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Chiburbian
Are we talking about the same dossier? My understanding is that multiple aspects of the dossier have been corroborated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%...er#Allegations

Then again, VOX doesn't think so.
https://www.vox.com/2018/1/5/1684570...r-russia-trump

Too much for my brain to keep up on.

the NY Times doesn't think so either: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/u...-expained.html



another serious question: if posting memes on FB is election interference, what is outlawing conservatives from the?










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Old 08-15-2018, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Schroedinger

On another note...
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Old 08-15-2018, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
no. serious question: are you that ignorant of the dossier and the players involved?
Yes. I have more important things to do than keep up with the Kardashians.
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Old 08-15-2018, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Yes. I have more important things to do than keep up with the Kardashians.
well when you have like 5min, do what stratosteve suggests.
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on a scale of 1-10, how Braineack are you?

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Old 08-15-2018, 01:21 PM
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Not gonna lie. If my ***** was in the middle of my forehead, I'd probably be a lot less productive.

Also, the Braineack scale only contains five datapoints, so I'm not quite sure how to scale it. Is it 1, 3.25, 5.5, 7.75, 10? If so, I'm about 3.25.
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Joe Perez Hates White People:

https://www.facebook.com/stefan.moly..._BUoxI&fref=nf

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Not all of them, just the ones who refuse to pronounce the X at the end of their name. Those crackers are just total bastards.

Oh, and also the ones who are *****.

Plus that one white chick in the Hyundai who always parks a little bit over the line, and then acts like you're trying to rape her if you point it out.
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there's a lot of attempted rape on Laverne and Shirley.
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Old 08-15-2018, 04:00 PM
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Welp, he's going to get charged with multiple counts of assault. For spitting on the fan then punching him.

I didn't even realize they were still around.
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I wore my Reagan Bush 84 shirt to a NOFX show last year. No Braineacks were harmed.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
This guy thinks parents should negotiate with their kids? Yeah, that always works out well.
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I'm a parent. I've never heard of this guy but I "negotiate" with my kid because spanking him didn't work. I found this out when he was 2 years old. If you think you know all there is to parenting, you don't know **** about parenting. My kid has taught me more about parenting him than any advice given to me by anyone. And I learn on a daily basis. I wish spanking him would have worked. It's a lot easier than having to think of how to outsmart a 7 year old.

Every kid is different. So this is the only advice I have for anyone that wants parenting advice: if you wanna be a good parent, pay attention to *your* kid and not what every other parent/teacher/therapist/etc has to say about him. When the village raises the child, don't be upset that he turns out to be another stupid villager.

*Don't ever compare a child to another. We are all individuals, even as kids.

And when is some smart rich guy gonna figure out there is lots of money to be made hosting all of the censored material these leftist social media outlets have been banning? Honestly, I'm about to start researching alternatives to Google products. Who knows when they'll start censoring my emails for "hate speech". Or my text messages on my android phone.
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Old 08-16-2018, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by hector
Who knows when they'll start censoring my emails for "hate speech".
Based on their past history, probably as soon as hate speech is criminalized under US law. Basically the same as they've done in China.

Thus far, Alphabet (Google's parent company) has a pretty good record of not censoring private communications, only public ones such as YouTube. And for that, they have the same rationale as Facebook.

I wish it weren't so (despite what Braineack thinks), but there's little which can be done to stop these firms from exercising editorial judgement over publicly-available content.
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Old 08-16-2018, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
I wore my Reagan Bush 84 shirt to a NOFX show last year. No Braineacks were harmed.
I read another article, but the source seems suspect, that said he sat giving the bird with both fingers to the singer and then said, "I came here to hear your music, not your politics." Or something to that effect, to which I respond, in the middle of a loud punk-rock show, the guy in the first few rows on the floor could be heard over the PA?

Yeah, no.

*yes, I realize it's possible to determine someone's words from reading their lips, I dated a deaf girl in high school. And yes, speaking over the phone using a relay service was very awkward.
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saw this on my feed this morning. couldn't help but shake my head.

I dunno what's so appealing about watching a business shut down because there's no reason to run a risky business--who could bankrupt you, and is responsible for the fates of thousands--if you get no financial reward from it..

the 98% are a bunch of idiots.
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Old 08-16-2018, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
the 98% are a bunch of idiots.
For the purpose of this criticism, is membership in the 2% based on income or net worth? (Asking for a friend.)
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