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Beto O'Roarke is circulating a video of him getting his teeth cleaned on social media. Let us all pray he never gets circumcised!
As Beto ages, someday we will get to see his colonoscopy. Live!
Or a prostate exam
The current list of thirty something possible Democratic presidential candidates is underwhelming to me. That includes our own Hickenlooper and Bennet. My tentative interest in Beto O'Rourke was damaged yesterday when I viewed his cringe worthy tooth cleaning Instagram. It was as cringe worthy as watching Elizabeth Warren try to drink a beer.
I heard an interesting idea the other day: Why doesn't a Democratic candidate announce his/her running mate right out of the gate? For example, I might be more interested (and think there might be more nationwide appeal) for say a Biden/O'Rourke or O'Rourke/Biden ticket than either one of them singly. There are dozens of iterations of this. Just sayin'.
Biden/O'Rourke sounds honestly horrible to me.
I kind of like it
What, an old racist and a young bland white guy, neither of which know how to make a stand on anything that matters?
That old racist (your term, Birdie, not mine) is leading the pack in the early polling. And he probably will be able to raise more than sufficient money to be competitive. The young bland white guy (your term, not mine) apparently excites millennials and inspires millions.
As far as candidates willing to take a stand on anything that matters (your term, not mine), the white-haired Old Bolshevik is struggling now on how to handle a sexual predator on his staff. Hint: talk to former U.S. Rep Elizabeth Esty and ask her what not to do.
And that other candidate who takes a stand on things that matter to you, Elizabeth Warren, shot herself in the foot with the DNA test only to be outdone by that silly video of her getting herself a beer. She looks like Dukakis riding in the tank.
If she had said that she was pouring herself a glass of Merlot and asked her husband if he wanted one, it would have looked more genuine.
Leading the pack and exciting people is no substitute for having good policy positions and a good voting record, both things which Biden and O'Rourke lack.
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Lol at you calling a moderate like Bernie an "Old Bolshevik" and, like, yeah, fuck Bernie, the imperialist swine he is, but that doesn't mean Joe "shit on Anita Hill in her Senate Judiciary hearing and passed a shit ton of racist policing bills" or Robert "takes fossil fuel money and applauds the border patrol" O'Rourke are any good.
Unforfunatel y, your preferred team of Stalin and Bakunin is dead!
Lol.
DustPuppyDeathPigeon ….. I think the statute of limitations ran out on Biden's failure to protect Anita Hill back around when Barack Obama selected Biden as his running mate.I am guessing a number of people on this site who are professed Sandernistas had no difficulty voting for him for VEEP.
As for calling Bernie Sanders – a self-avowed Trotskyite – a moderate, well, I think Voyageur summed it up best.
You are the Tea Party of the Left. You are so far off the field you see the edge as the center.
Bernie isn't a trotskyite, lol. He doesn't even believe in revolution. He's just a milquetoast social democrat.
The Tea Party were a group of rich people funding far right candidates within the Republican Party, not poor far right dissidents critical of the Republican Party, but not a part of it, lol. I'm a communist, not some reformist trying to save the Democrats from themselves.
Anyone to the left of Hillary is a tankie to these folks. Saying, "Hey, we really should make sure everyone can see a doctor" is the equivalent of trying to do a second October Revolution.
I mean, to be fair to them, I literally am a far left communist who believes in a final end to the state and capital through global revolution.
Like, you're right that lots of people make that sort of accusation for moderate social democrats, they were doing it for Bernie, but, in my case, I literally am a communist (tho not a tankie), so it's not like they were totally wrong.
Certainly. I was only talking about Bernie, who, as you note, would be easily at home in the middle left in the UK or Germany.
Oh, yeah. He's well to Corbyn's right (despite Corbyn being a cop loving social democrat) and he'd be in the SPD, not Die Linke (not that Die Linke is all that great).
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"I'm a communist . . . "
"I'm a communist……" Yes, that worked out real well in the old Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Cuba.
"Meet the new boss; same as the old boss."
Trump's going for the record of 21 days, but it will have an asterisk next to it because it is only a PARTIAL government shutdown.
p.s. You remember what happened the LAST time we had a shutdown this long, right?
A tiny link to Colorado.
Steve King is worried that:
"We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies."
While Tim Tebow imports a mail-order bride from Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi-Leigh_Nel-Peters
The Dumpster® does not know whether he approves (hot Miss Universe) or disapproves (murderous immigrant from a shithole country).
Life is too funny, sometimes.
How long until Steve King says the 14 words (publicly) or changes his Twitter @ to @SteveKing1488?
“Coloreds” had status in SA.
Saw a report on CNN claiming that illegal immigration was drastically reduced between Egypt and Israel after a 150 mile fence was built. But it was also noted that laws prohibiting employers from hiring those immigrants were also passed. Sounds like EVerify to me. When was the last time you heard anyone mention EVerify during the shutdown?
Chris Matthews on MSNBC is fixated on eVerify. Mentions it all the time.
Thanks. My point exactly.
Ok, but that's assuming illegal immigration is a problem we need to solve. Maybe EVerify and a border wall could stop it (EVerify probs could and a border wall deffo wouldn't), but that doesn't mean we should get either. Israel also has snipers shoot unarmed Palestinian protesters and that probably discourages protests, but discouraging protests isn't a good thing and nor is shooting at unarmed protesters, so its efficacy doesn't mean we should adopt it.
Illegal immigration is a problem that needs to be solved. I'm not advocating a wall — merely citing the CNN report.
I am advocating the required use of EVerify. US employers hire undocumented workers with impunity, including Trump at his NJ golf course. EVerify, coupled with significant penalties for not using it, though not perfect, would be a major step toward ending this problem. It's also good politics for the Dems. Which Dem presidential candidate is going to promote this?
No it isn't. People entering this country, regardless of if they're doing so legally or illegally, is not a problem. It has numerous economic benefits and preventing it requires us to engage in massive harm against many people. The only "problem" with illegal immigration is that it is illegal.
Well you’re representing about 5% of the US population with those views. The rest of us who like to win elections expect reasonable border security augmented by EVerify.
I think deathpigeon is making the moral case rather than the electoral case.
I don't actually care what percentage of the US population shares this view. Closed borders to any degree are demonstrably harmful and based around mass violence against immigrants all to combat something which is beneficial to everyone which does no violence. People who support border security and border policing are incorrect about basic facts about immigration and support a policy of mass harm.
I’m going to come in on your right for once, and advocate for reasonable border controls. There really are terrorists out there who want to cause havoc and ruin America. (Other than the President’s Russian friends, I mean).
Most of the foreign terrorists overstayed legal visas. Most of the domestic terrorists are white male citizens with mental health issues, right wing politics, and unlimited access to mass-murder capable weapons.
Criminals are a small fraction of the immigrants crossing the border – most really are economic or climate refugees, or are fleeing gang violence in their home countries. But there are some. I am in favor of knowing who people are and where they’re from and why they’re here. I’m not down with the completely open borders concept.
"Terrorists" account for almost none of the immigrants we get and represent an extremely low risk to anyone living here, less risk than driving your car. Immigrants also commit crime at a much lower rate than existing residents, so it doesn't make much sense to single out immigrants for screening for criminals compared to residents. Neither foreign terrorists nor immigrant criminals provide us with a rational reason to support immigration controls or border security. Reasonable border controls are no border controls.
Disagree – but appreciate the sentiment. I see a great deal of harm and unnecessary suffering because of present policies, due to the people I work with.
If our society really practiced “family values”, then we wouldn’t be intentionally breaking up families. At the same time, I don’t want the cartel thugs to have free range in our communities- , and they definitely exist , even if American drug war policies created them.
They are not nice people, and Central American folks are smart to get away from them.
Perhaps it would clarify the debate on borders if you could define what “no borders” looks like in your vision – no barriers, no checkpoints, no passports, no bureaucracy?
Cartels are the people least effected by border security because they have their own infrastructure for getting people across borders and getting goods across the border which generally allows them to entirely bypass any existing border security. They have tunnel systems, paths, launchers, etc for getting across borders unmolested which normal immigrants do not have. This means that any border security system powerful enough to stop the cartels will be doing massive undue harm to normal immigrants.
Ideally, there'd be no national/state division, but, given the reality of states, nations, and division, porous borders not unlike the borders between US states or between EU countries within the Schengen Area is what I'd prefer accompanied by simple and easy methods for anyone to become a citizen upon moving to a new country and no differences in the law based upon your country of origin (for example, not allowing people not born in the US to run for president should be scrapped). Moving from Mexico to the US shouldn't be much different from moving from Nebraska to Colorado or from France to Germany.
FRIDAY FUN: Can I have Old White Guys from Colorado Who Will Never Be President for $500, Alex?
Colorado Supreme Court to release ruling in pivotal oil and gas lawsuit
I hope the oil and gas industry loses big on this.
Amen..you commie, you.😎
BTW..if you have not read Jack Londons', " Why I Became a Socialist"…I recommend it.
On the other hand, london was a vicious racist who never forgavejack johnson for winning the heavrweight title. He's no hero of.mine.
Yeah. There are much better socialist and communist writers out there to read, such as the Invisible Committee or James C Scott.
I didn't call him a hero.
I said his essay was interesting..
Nothing more.
Xochi Martinez for the win!!! Polis and every other Democrat in the last election endorsed the principles of this case. If the Colorado Supremes can put some flesh on these bones, all the better.
Breaking news – absolutely chilling – the FBI opened an inquiry into whether Trump was a Russian asset – per NYT breaking news today, reported by Chris Hayes.
I'm not even kind of surprised. I suppose this is (at least part of) what Meuller's been chasing down. Here's the link to the Times' story. There are some interesting cross-links on the page as well: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/politics/fbi-trump-russia-inquiry.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Felix Sater – Russian asset. Carter Page – Russian asset. Paul Manafort – Russian asset. Why would the FBI hsve any reason to believe Trump was a Russian asset?