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Forum: USA Politics 30th October 2019, 03:57 AM
Replies: 3,591
Views: 173,667
Posted By Civet
I hear this sort of thing a lot and I've never...

I hear this sort of thing a lot and I've never really agreed with it. These folks, like to the rest of the GOP, back Trump because they agree with the vast majority of his policies and rhetoric. It's...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 18th September 2019, 10:11 PM
Replies: 189
Views: 11,300
Posted By Civet
I really surprised that it took this long for...

I really surprised that it took this long for this to come out. Age 29 was old enough to know better and 2001 wasn't so very different an era. Lot of unforced errors with this guy.
Forum: USA Politics 31st July 2019, 12:12 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,416
Posted By Civet
Could take on, not did take on.

Could take on, not did take on.
Forum: USA Politics 31st July 2019, 07:24 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,416
Posted By Civet
Trump is probably one of the only Republicans who...

Trump is probably one of the only Republicans who could take on the NRA and come away almost unscathed. They need him, not the other way around. And I suspect that they know that.
Forum: USA Politics 27th July 2019, 01:21 AM
Replies: 3,459
Views: 175,545
Posted By Civet
Dang, Trump had himself a good week. Wonder how...

Dang, Trump had himself a good week. Wonder how he'll screw it up. I swear, if someone who wasn't a personal trainwreck had gotten ahold of the best bits of Trump's playbook, he'd be a juggernaut.
Forum: USA Politics 15th July 2019, 09:36 PM
Replies: 3,459
Views: 175,545
Posted By Civet
Trump genuinely believes that his own father was...

Trump genuinely believes that his own father was an immigrant and is unaware that he himself is the President of the Virgin Islands. I think 25% is a pretty good score for him considering his...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th July 2019, 03:18 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,556
Posted By Civet
Heck, I don't know how they'd verify it in person.

Heck, I don't know how they'd verify it in person.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th July 2019, 11:05 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 636
Posted By Civet
We aren't. Many of these asylum claims will be...

We aren't. Many of these asylum claims will be rejected once they've been properly reviewed. Unfortunately, the backlog of immigration cases is absolutely gargantuan and even if we put more resources...
Forum: USA Politics 1st July 2019, 04:51 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 3,159
Posted By Civet
Other than the actual url, the whole thing looks...

Other than the actual url, the whole thing looks very transparently like a parody site. Pretty well done, I thought.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 16th June 2019, 08:13 PM
Replies: 740
Views: 181,452
Posted By Civet
So now the word genocide is being used in the...

So now the word genocide is being used in the wake of the MMIWG inquiry. Seems a bit much to me, but lots of Canadians seem to find it appropriate. What happens next? This could be turning into a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th April 2019, 11:55 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 3,385
Posted By Civet
Despite some of the public statements suggesting...

Despite some of the public statements suggesting that it wouldn't, the draft version of the law seems to do just that. No racial, ethnic or religious group is excluded. I suspect that it won't be the...
Forum: USA Politics 10th April 2019, 09:42 PM
Replies: 2,727
Views: 382,006
Posted By Civet
Embarrassingly, I've only just noticed that Scott...

Embarrassingly, I've only just noticed that Scott Gottlieb resigned. I thought he was by far one of the best Trump appointees (whenever people asks about any good that Trump had done, Gottlieb's...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th March 2019, 04:13 AM
Replies: 740
Views: 181,452
Posted By Civet
And now there's a recording. This just keeps...

And now there's a recording. This just keeps getting worse. Costing Trudeau a lot of the good will he's buying with the new budget.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2019, 09:29 AM
Replies: 179
Views: 20,478
Posted By Civet
He might, but he's probably not doing it because...

He might, but he's probably not doing it because of some slick marketing campaign. He probably thinks they're cool because his dad likes them and they look neat.
When it comes to guns in general,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2019, 07:18 AM
Replies: 179
Views: 20,478
Posted By Civet
Slate's got an article that includes some...

Slate's got an article that includes some discussion of the Court's reasoning:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/sandy-hook-connecticut-supreme-court-guns-nra-remington.html
The author...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2019, 01:38 AM
Replies: 179
Views: 20,478
Posted By Civet
I'll be quite surprised if they have any strong...

I'll be quite surprised if they have any strong evidence that Lanza's use of his mother's gun had anything to do with marketing. I guess they're pushing it because it's the only claim they've got...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th March 2019, 03:25 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,659
Posted By Civet
I'm in Los Angeles. We continue to not solve the...

I'm in Los Angeles. We continue to not solve the massive problem of homelessness here. It's huge and incredibly visible. You literally cannot miss it in large parts of the city. Not just poor...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 28th February 2019, 08:23 AM
Replies: 740
Views: 181,452
Posted By Civet
Well Wilson-Raybould has spoken and it looks...

Well Wilson-Raybould has spoken and it looks pretty bad. I don't think this one is fading away any time soon.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th February 2019, 09:05 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 14,957
Posted By Civet
Apologies if this was addressed upthread, but...

Apologies if this was addressed upthread, but does anyone know where this holocaust denier characterization of Icke is coming from? I've followed his comedy stylings for years and I've never seen him...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th February 2019, 05:10 AM
Replies: 294
Views: 22,597
Posted By Civet
Damn straight. It's a feature not a defect. I...

Damn straight. It's a feature not a defect. I would quite possibly be a god-bothering homophobe this very day had I not been exposed to some very hurtful words that helped demolish some of the stupid...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th February 2019, 04:07 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 4,410
Posted By Civet
That one act of vandalism described is...

That one act of vandalism described is unambiguously illegal. The articles I'm seeing don't seem to actually reproduce or extensively quote the leaflet that was distributed, so I don't think we can...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd January 2019, 01:40 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 7,029
Posted By Civet
Signed the First Step Act

Signed the First Step Act
Forum: USA Politics 16th December 2018, 09:45 PM
Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
Posted By Civet
Update on the Guatemalan kid and her dad: ...

Update on the Guatemalan kid and her dad:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/us/guatemalan-girls-father/index.html
He's saying that Border Patrol did everything they could to help and that he has "no...
Forum: USA Politics 15th December 2018, 12:22 AM
Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
Posted By Civet
I'm not prepared to pass judgment on the Border...

I'm not prepared to pass judgment on the Border Patrol without further details, but there definitely needs to be a full, independent investigation to determine what exactly went wrong here. CPB is...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th December 2018, 07:06 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 4,157
Posted By Civet
That's a terrible headline. It doesn't give me...

That's a terrible headline. It doesn't give me anything to feel outraged about or superior to.
Forum: USA Politics 2nd December 2018, 05:22 PM
Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
Posted By Civet
Gonna point out here that the numbers are being...

Gonna point out here that the numbers are being written on migrants by the charitable organization Casa Del Migrantes, not US government employees. They could have handled it better but we're talking...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th November 2018, 11:55 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,501
Posted By Civet
One good point they make in the FAQ is that this...

One good point they make in the FAQ is that this is based on reports the police themselves make so some of the seemingly more prolific users of force might just be the ones most scrupulously honest...
Forum: USA Politics 26th November 2018, 09:04 AM
Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
Posted By Civet
If I was a conspiracist, everything about this...

If I was a conspiracist, everything about this caravan would have seemed fishy from the word go. The timing just before the midterms. The involvement of Pueblo Sin Fronteras. Some of the things being...
Forum: USA Politics 25th November 2018, 11:44 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,130
Posted By Civet
Interesting. Still, it looks like about half of...

Interesting. Still, it looks like about half of all Republicans want to make it easy to vote and that's a little higher than I might have guessed. And a slim majority of Republicans want convicted...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th November 2018, 09:26 PM
Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
Posted By Civet
I haven't seen a specific reference to his...

I haven't seen a specific reference to his denomination, but I'd wager that he was some flavor of evangelical (I'm basing that on the man's quotes and his educational background) and likely wouldn't...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th November 2018, 04:14 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,910
Posted By Civet
Isn't that how a representative democracy is...

Isn't that how a representative democracy is supposed to work?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th November 2018, 04:06 PM
Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
Posted By Civet
Based on what I've read of his background, I get...

Based on what I've read of his background, I get the impression that the danger/adventure element was a big part of it to him. He also seemed concerned that these folks had never even had the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd November 2018, 12:07 PM
Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
Posted By Civet
True, but I was mostly thinking of influenza...

True, but I was mostly thinking of influenza where someone can be infectious without being sick and where people up to date on other vaccines don't always get flu shots.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd November 2018, 10:19 AM
Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
Posted By Civet
Wouldn't this missionary have had some knowledge...

Wouldn't this missionary have had some knowledge of the risk of disease transmission? Was he just willing to run the risk of killing a bunch of the islanders in order to spread the good word?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd November 2018, 08:13 PM
Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
Posted By Civet
No need to but - if there was a safe way to do it...

No need to but - if there was a safe way to do it - it would be nice be able to interact with them a bit to provide them with more extensive information about the outside world so that they could...
Forum: USA Politics 20th November 2018, 04:09 PM
Replies: 129
Views: 6,885
Posted By Civet
The First Step Act seems like a really good idea...

The First Step Act seems like a really good idea to me and Trump's support could definitely provide political cover for Republican senators who want to vote for it but are worried about looking too...
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2018, 10:00 AM
Replies: 129
Views: 6,885
Posted By Civet
He appointed Scott Gottlieb as head of the FDA...

He appointed Scott Gottlieb as head of the FDA who stepped up regulations on homeopathic drugs and has been generally much better at his role than I would have expected for a Trump appointee. As far...
Forum: USA Politics 9th November 2018, 12:57 PM
Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,819
Posted By Civet
Serious memory problems maybe? I'm barely joking...

Serious memory problems maybe? I'm barely joking when I say that. Watching him speak to the press about Whitaker he seemed to just be repeating minor variations of the same few statements over and...
Forum: USA Politics 21st October 2018, 05:59 PM
Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,819
Posted By Civet
I think it's admirable when people are willing to...

I think it's admirable when people are willing to cross party lines when it becomes necessary. It would be hard for me to do. I used to use Cynthia McKinney as an example of the type of Democrat that...
Forum: USA Politics 20th October 2018, 10:50 AM
Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,819
Posted By Civet
I think that there are a lot of Republican voters...

I think that there are a lot of Republican voters who don't personally agree with those tactics, but I think very few feel particularly strongly about it. The Tea Party movement showed us how...
Forum: USA Politics 18th October 2018, 12:02 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,012
Posted By Civet
Don't know much about this, but if the article is...

Don't know much about this, but if the article is accurate this seems like a reasonable position. Probably end up costing me more as a consumer though.
Forum: USA Politics 16th October 2018, 10:22 PM
Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,819
Posted By Civet
My Spanish isn't great, but looking at the...

My Spanish isn't great, but looking at the article that the Hill cites to and listening to the interview, I think they're talking about getting warrants to search at other locations where documents...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th October 2018, 09:51 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 3,947
Posted By Civet
Do you (or anyone else reading this) have a link...

Do you (or anyone else reading this) have a link to a layman-friendly description of the process? I know essentially nothing of modern British law so I might be making unfair assumptions based on our...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th October 2018, 08:15 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 3,947
Posted By Civet
It shouldn't happen until after a criminal...

It shouldn't happen until after a criminal conviction. The furthest I'd be willing to go without a criminal conviction is a temporary freeze on assets (government doesn't really profit from that, so...
Forum: USA Politics 6th October 2018, 11:34 PM
Replies: 3,509
Views: 122,805
Posted By Civet
Everything I've seen says the LDS is still...

Everything I've seen says the LDS is still growing (albeit more slowly than it has). NRA's numbers are a little harder to pin down, but they usually get an increase every time there's a major mass...
Forum: USA Politics 6th October 2018, 06:49 PM
Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,819
Posted By Civet
I think he actually has accomplished a lot. New...

I think he actually has accomplished a lot. New tariffs, a version of the Muslim ban, a big tax cut, continuing to increase the national debt, a crackdown on illegal immigration (including a prison...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th October 2018, 12:49 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 600
Posted By Civet
Some more info here: ...

Some more info here:

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/nepean-hospital-in-lockdown-after-shots-fired/news-story/2559f698d77983ff916f857d54dcb468

Man with knife vs. police with gun. One...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th September 2018, 08:46 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,077
Posted By Civet
The nature of the Code of Conduct seems to have...

The nature of the Code of Conduct seems to have been wildly distorted by the author of the article so I wouldn't place too much stock in the author's characterization of the motives of the people...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th September 2018, 10:57 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,077
Posted By Civet
The code of conduct doesn't look very different...

The code of conduct doesn't look very different from the kinds of things imposed on employees at most modern workplaces. I certainly don't see anything in there attacking the concept of a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th September 2018, 12:24 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,126
Posted By Civet
If the article is accurate, he was still active...

If the article is accurate, he was still active as late as 2005, so his statement would be off by several years. If he really has left his former beliefs behind, I think that's commendable and a...
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