Forum: USA Politics
30th October 2019, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 3,591
Views: 173,667
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...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
18th September 2019, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 189
Views: 11,300
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Forum: USA Politics
31st July 2019, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,416
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Forum: USA Politics
31st July 2019, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,416
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Forum: USA Politics
27th July 2019, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 3,459
Views: 175,545
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Forum: USA Politics
15th July 2019, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 3,459
Views: 175,545
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th July 2019, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 2,556
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
7th July 2019, 11:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 636
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...
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Forum: USA Politics
1st July 2019, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 3,158
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2019, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 740
Views: 181,450
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th April 2019, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 3,385
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Forum: USA Politics
10th April 2019, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 2,727
Views: 381,998
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
30th March 2019, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 740
Views: 181,450
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
16th March 2019, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,478
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
16th March 2019, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,478
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
16th March 2019, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,478
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th March 2019, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 3,659
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
28th February 2019, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 740
Views: 181,450
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
25th February 2019, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 365
Views: 14,957
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...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
17th February 2019, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 294
Views: 22,597
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
17th February 2019, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 4,410
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...
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Forum: USA Politics
2nd January 2019, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 7,029
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Forum: USA Politics
16th December 2018, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
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...
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Forum: USA Politics
15th December 2018, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
7th December 2018, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 4,157
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Forum: USA Politics
2nd December 2018, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th November 2018, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,501
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Forum: USA Politics
26th November 2018, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 1,574
Views: 86,297
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...
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Forum: USA Politics
25th November 2018, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,130
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th November 2018, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th November 2018, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,910
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th November 2018, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd November 2018, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd November 2018, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
22nd November 2018, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 295
Views: 13,059
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Forum: USA Politics
20th November 2018, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 129
Views: 6,885
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Forum: USA Politics
17th November 2018, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 129
Views: 6,885
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...
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Forum: USA Politics
9th November 2018, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,818
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Forum: USA Politics
21st October 2018, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,818
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Forum: USA Politics
20th October 2018, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,818
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Forum: USA Politics
18th October 2018, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,012
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Forum: USA Politics
16th October 2018, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,818
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
10th October 2018, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 3,947
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
10th October 2018, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 3,947
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...
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Forum: USA Politics
6th October 2018, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 3,509
Views: 122,805
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...
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Forum: USA Politics
6th October 2018, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 3,335
Views: 190,818
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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
4th October 2018, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 600
Some more info here:
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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...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th September 2018, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,077
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th September 2018, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,077
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th September 2018, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,126
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