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If only Thomas had taken John Oliver up on his offer
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At least 2 decades, by my count
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The reality is that we're unlikely to change the fact that an unstable person can get their hands on a firearm in the US. We'd probably all like that to not be the case, and maybe sometime down the road it'll change, but it ain't gonna happen tomorrow. Not trying to put words in Joe's mouth, but I take his point to be that it's at least worthwhile trying to take steps to minimize the damage: is it not worth trying to find steps to minimize the chance of Billy - having decided that he's done with the world - at least doesn't make that decision for anybody other than himself and not for the rest of his family at the same time? I don't know what those steps would be, but that discussion seems more worthwhile than wish-casting the end of prevalent guns or making sarcastic comments about laws not working in the US.
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Okay so I wasn't going to risk derailing the thread asking about Bill's response, but now I'm curious. The original episode had Apu asking 'Is there a chance the track could bend?' and the huckster replies "not on your life, my Hindu friend"....In Bill's response he said 'my gullible friend'... A few years back, comedian Hari Kondabolu (who is fucking hilarious and generally brilliant) made a documentary called 'The Problem With Apu' that called out the racist stereotype of the long-time Simpson's character. He made some really good points about the casual racism that the character was based on, and The Simpsons ultimately got rid of Apu in response to the doc. I wasn't sure if Bill was quoting a post-Apu edit of the episode or if the original is still playing....By chance do you remember? ****As long as I'm thread-drifting on the Monorail episode; when I was 17, some friends and I got kicked out of a campground because we were next to some Mennonite campers and us, being young dipshit assholes, were around the fire late at night singing a rendition of the Monorail song with 'Mennonite' instead of 'Monorail'....
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Is there a chance the track could bend?
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It’s really quite simple: you start with the conclusion, for example “Trump good, Libs bad”, and you just work backwards from there to try and twist the facts into that form…Pro Tip: this is easier if you do it with a complete disregard for facts and/or previous statements that you yourself have asserted as facts. It truly is a flawless strategy.
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FIFY It’s sad/ironic that the Trumpians use ‘American exceptionalism‘ give themselves permission to tear down the relationships and standards on which it was built. I don’t know that the jig is already up, given that most major countries are grappling with the same stuff, but it definitely seems like the empire’s on a downward slope
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Just got out of a taping of The Daily Show…I always kicked myself for not seeing Jon Stewart in his natural habitat before he retired the first time, so I figured I’d make it happen while the option’s on the table. Tim Walz was the guest and damn, he just came across as a real nice guy. Comparing him and Harris to the Trump show is just fucking sad. $5 says Fox spends half a news cycle on Walz’s stumbling a little on the phrase ‘Madison Wisconsin’ after the episode drops.
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Namesake of The Cabot Trail, a beautiful drive around the Cape Breton Highlands....Where I grew up, the Cabot Trail was just 'the road'.
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Millions of people subscribe to his podcast and she's trying to reach the people where they are. Speaking of not being able to take someone seriously, have you watched a Trump rally lately?
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What are you, butt buddies or something?
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It's also incredibly laughable that Brent ---FUCKING BRENT!!!--- is talking shit about the predictive ability of others....
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I share the logical end-point from which your post is coming….I wish I shared your confidence that the outcome will be logical. Seems almost certain that Harris will win the popular vote, but to Nigel’s point: the electoral college and GOP Tom-fuckery will likely result in a nail-biter. It’s a sad truth.
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You keep posting this BS that assumes DEI means hiring a minority hire despite them being unqualified, when there's a properly qualified white dude just sitting there. What about when it's just a matter of consciously opening up the hiring pool to make sure that it doesn't consist %100 of graduates from the hiring manager's university (who happen to be 93.5% white Christian dudes)? Does that scenario get the Winsor seal of approval, or is the chance that a slightly less qualified brown person would get the job make it just not worth the risk?