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Forum: USA Politics 3rd May 2021, 12:12 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
There's two very different questions being asked...

There's two very different questions being asked on top of each other.

- Is doing what most people want to do the right thing to do?
- Is doing what most people want to do the right thing to...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd May 2021, 11:05 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
There's certain things that you can only do on a...

There's certain things that you can only do on a societal scale though and it stops being a matter of pure money and resources.

Even if I was rich enough to afford my own stealth bombers and...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd May 2021, 11:00 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I want to be careful here, lest I accidently...

I want to be careful here, lest I accidently speak some magical incantation which will inadvertently summon the internet-pseudo-libertarians and their seagulling cries of "Taxation is Theft" but I...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd May 2021, 06:49 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Yeah but I'm also pretty sure I make a personal...

Yeah but I'm also pretty sure I make a personal choice to buy things at the store.
Forum: USA Politics 30th April 2021, 12:53 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Also "Planted Dandelion" would be a great porn...

Also "Planted Dandelion" would be a great porn star name.
Forum: USA Politics 30th April 2021, 12:51 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
The GOP wants to bring back "They're a witch!" so...

The GOP wants to bring back "They're a witch!" so bad they can't stand it.
Forum: USA Politics 30th April 2021, 08:16 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
The Right going to spend a lot of effort in the...

The Right going to spend a lot of effort in the next 4+ years trying to convince us of some version of "We all hated Trump but come on admit he wasn't boring" and trying to sell it as some sort of...
Forum: USA Politics 29th April 2021, 10:02 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
So what happens if you show a Democrat a menthol...

So what happens if you show a Democrat a menthol flavored joint? Do their heads just explode at the paradox of it all?

Is the goddamn "No pot's really a drug, it's for glaucoma that every 20 year...
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2021, 06:47 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Why is it so bloody goddamn important to...

Why is it so bloody goddamn important to Democrats that pot is legal but tobacco isn't?
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2021, 06:34 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
If you ban something but don't criminalize it...

If you ban something but don't criminalize it what's the point? Or indeed what are you even doing?

In what way can the government acting officially go "Don't do that, but if you do nothing will...
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2021, 06:33 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
That's just proves Mexico has stupid beer snobs...

That's just proves Mexico has stupid beer snobs the same as America does.
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2021, 06:32 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
That's it Democrats. Pick a battle LITERALLY...

That's it Democrats. Pick a battle LITERALLY NOBODY IS ASKING FOR right now, that's the best thing you can do.

Yeah there's a lot people looking at the landscape right now with "Menthol...
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2021, 01:49 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I know the secretions of Beaver anal glands are...

I know the secretions of Beaver anal glands are in a lot of stuff.

And most red makeup is ground up beetles.
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2021, 01:19 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I legit saw an ad for "Plant Based Menthol"...

I legit saw an ad for "Plant Based Menthol" cigarettes on front glass of a curb market window the other day.

ETA:...
Forum: USA Politics 22nd April 2021, 09:03 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Can't. Gotta pander to the hippie base.

Can't. Gotta pander to the hippie base.
Forum: USA Politics 13th April 2021, 08:39 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Yeah but some of that is just size. We're like...

Yeah but some of that is just size. We're like 5th or 6th if you count it per capita.
Forum: USA Politics 12th April 2021, 01:48 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
The United States doesn't spend to much on its...

The United States doesn't spend to much on its military.

It spends way to much on its military industrial complex.

The military doesn't want 90% of this crap.
Forum: USA Politics 12th April 2021, 01:34 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Various right wing talking heads are trying their...

Various right wing talking heads are trying their goddamn damnest to make criticizing Biden for being "boring" stick, as if having a President who isn't doing stuff so either stupid, crazy, stupid...
Forum: USA Politics 5th April 2021, 09:54 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
That's it Democrats. Eat each other alive. Make...

That's it Democrats. Eat each other alive. Make sure you get nothing done so at the midterm the Republicans go "Those Democrats aren't getting anything done!"
Forum: USA Politics 30th March 2021, 12:04 PM
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Views: 274,132
Posted By JoeMorgue
It's Biden fault. He should have just had a...

It's Biden fault. He should have just had a montage set to an catchy 80s song.
Forum: USA Politics 30th March 2021, 11:49 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
No both the Progressives and Trumpers (but I...

No both the Progressives and Trumpers (but I repeat myself) agree that Biden should have been able to instantly solve this problem with a snap of his fingers because that's how reality works.
Forum: USA Politics 30th March 2021, 06:20 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I've said it before "Is Trump stupid?" is a bad...

I've said it before "Is Trump stupid?" is a bad place to get hung up on because it doesn't matter and it's sort of a bad question in the way it is being presented.

No Trump doesn't have some...
Forum: USA Politics 29th March 2021, 01:01 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I've said before that when (some) people spoke of...

I've said before that when (some) people spoke of Trump, non-ironically, as a good speaker they weren't saying exactly what we thought they were saying.

The one thing, the one thing Trump gets...
Forum: USA Politics 29th March 2021, 10:59 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
And I'd like to wake up tomorrow between Gal...

And I'd like to wake up tomorrow between Gal Gadot and Eva Green but it ain't gonna happen.
Forum: USA Politics 29th March 2021, 10:14 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Also if your guy has standards and doesn't live...

Also if your guy has standards and doesn't live up to my strawman version of them 100% of the time, he's a hypocrite, while my guy who has absolutely no standards isn't, therefore my guy is better.
Forum: USA Politics 27th March 2021, 06:05 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
That rule is just unfairly biased against people...

That rule is just unfairly biased against people who lie and make stuff up.
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 01:08 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Well someone take the BRAIN DRUGs away from him...

Well someone take the BRAIN DRUGs away from him before he starts writing letters to the lab rat.
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 12:39 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
"BRAIN DRUG" is someone saying something patently...

"BRAIN DRUG" is someone saying something patently stupid as a distraction.

It's someone running through the debate with a lampshade on their head screaming "WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 11:28 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
The GOP could literally nominate a Deep Sea...

The GOP could literally nominate a Deep Sea Angler Fish in an SS Uniform and their response would still be some new version of "Oh so you're saying your candidate is perfect?"

They have to pretend...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 10:49 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
The part where you pretend to actually care. ...

The part where you pretend to actually care.

Again I get your whole shtick. It's not that clever and it's certainly not that original. Your side has lit a thousand houses on fire so you walk up...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 10:40 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
This really has become the primary tactic of the...

This really has become the primary tactic of the Proudly Wrong.

Walk past a thousand houses on fire that your side has set, and stop at the small waste bin on fire in the driveway of one house...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 10:35 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Oh darn now we've been mean so that proves that...

Oh darn now we've been mean so that proves that the Left is really the violent ones...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 10:14 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I don't know which possibility is sadder. That...

I don't know which possibility is sadder. That you actually believe this or that you expect other people to.
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 10:01 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Again the Trump-Trolls hypocrisy is very...

Again the Trump-Trolls hypocrisy is very intentional, an act of baiting.

When someone who's not wearing pants decides to tell you that your fly is down, he knows damn well the response is going to...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 09:37 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Oh I see we reached the "I will now pretend Trump...

Oh I see we reached the "I will now pretend Trump never existed and I didn't spend four years defending his every move" stage.
Forum: USA Politics 22nd March 2021, 12:24 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Yeah but he's just another old white man, part of...

Yeah but he's just another old white man, part of the same system, so he's really no better than Trump.
Forum: USA Politics 18th March 2021, 01:21 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
What we have is the entire Right side of the...

What we have is the entire Right side of the political spectrum and about.... 10-15% of the the still butthurt parts of the Left that don't understand that a President being boring is a good thing.
...
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2021, 10:34 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Yeah but Trump is powered by hate and spite and...

Yeah but Trump is powered by hate and spite and those batteries don't run out.
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2021, 07:25 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Agreed. Compromise, "Meet in the middle",...

Agreed.

Compromise, "Meet in the middle", etc were all valid ideas that had to be on the table back when the Republican Party, as wrong as it was, had some core identity beyond "LOL Troll the...
Forum: USA Politics 27th January 2021, 08:42 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Apparently nobody is, no matter how much the...

Apparently nobody is, no matter how much the defend him.
Forum: USA Politics 27th January 2021, 07:52 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
That's the best thing about slippery slopes. You...

That's the best thing about slippery slopes. You can pick any random point on them to up and decide that now is the time we have to worry about it.

90% of Biden's Executive Orders have just been...
Forum: USA Politics 26th January 2021, 06:44 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
The problem with Breyer retiring is the same one...

The problem with Breyer retiring is the same one with RGB.

I don't think (most) Justices like being told what to do, especially if it is for purely political reasons.

The (old school) Justices...
Forum: USA Politics 25th January 2021, 07:18 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
//Slight hijack into the broader currency...

//Slight hijack into the broader currency discussion//

Printing tech has advanced to the point that we could have more than one picture on a single currency.

Something along the lines of

1$...
Forum: USA Politics 25th January 2021, 01:32 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Scream-whining about "OOOOOHHHH LOOOKIT TIT FOR...

Scream-whining about "OOOOOHHHH LOOOKIT TIT FOR TAT JUST LIKE I SAID" is rather hollow when your side is the one bringing the tit for no reason in response to the original tat."

I'm so goddamn...
Forum: USA Politics 25th January 2021, 01:13 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
This will be the argument for the next 4 years,...

This will be the argument for the next 4 years, we might as well get used to it.

2/3rds of Americans want to keep Roe Vs Wade intact.

2/3rds of Americans say that protecting the environment...
Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2021, 02:21 PM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
If they shouldn't have impeached Trump then what...

If they shouldn't have impeached Trump then what possibly should they ever impeached a President for?
Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2021, 10:54 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I'm leaning toward the Volt as well for largely...

I'm leaning toward the Volt as well for largely the same reason. Low mileage used ones are getting fairly cheap, the purely electric range would cover all my commutes and errands, but I like having...
Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2021, 10:30 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
//Slight hijack// I'm leaning toward my next...

//Slight hijack//

I'm leaning toward my next car being an electric, but I do have one reservation. It's not "range anxiety" per se, but I do suffer from a minor case of let's call it "evacuation...
Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2021, 09:32 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
Not to give any credence to Chris's rantings but...

Not to give any credence to Chris's rantings but fair being fair dependence on a gasoline powered car is one of those Urban/Rural divides that people on either side of it don't get about the other...
Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2021, 07:25 AM
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Posted By JoeMorgue
I love how Republicans keep trying to make "We're...

I love how Republicans keep trying to make "We're better trolls" into something we should be proud of.

Yeah Democrats don't tend to just stir **** up for the sake of stirring **** up. THAT'S WHY...
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