Random Politics & Religion #01

So you don't know and dismiss a law forbidding it as "logistical problems." Ok then. Its pretty simple, Congress passes a law to close Gitmo, its closed. The completely neutralized prisoners stay in prison secured in the US. I mean, have we even heard of any escapes from Gitmo? I wonder what makes conservatives think it would be any different in a US based facility. But lets just go with "Not in our backyard."

Perhaps you should get out of your corner and open your eyes. You get proven wrong over and over. It's kinda sad.. Just admit you're wrong and be done with it.. Hell, even I admit when I am wrong.

Well I'm sure glad that Obama hadn't even tried to do anything with it until after he signed a defense bill that prohibits the Pentagon from using any funds to close it. Shove something in at the last moment when you've had years (and better ones at that) to do it, watch it fail, blame the other guys, and behold his lackeys follow suit with "dang those GOPs!!1!". Never hurts to have a scapegoat for yet another weak attempt at fulfilling a campaign promise.

It's been fun. I'm going to have a more productive argument with a wall just so I can end on a better note before going to sleep.

You and altima can go together, having not actually shown anything other than GOP obstructionism. Gitmo remains open and a huge waste of money, because of the GOP. The funny thing is they are gonna keep it open as long as they can for no reason other than to spite Obama, even after he is out of office.

Certainly not something you have accomplished, ever. Certainly hasn't happened tonight.

Could you just change the text from "report" to "I need my safe space"?

The racial majority has secured their advocacy by being the largest and most influential (politically and financially) group in the country. All your doing is trying to dilute minority efforts to act in their self interest by over-broadening the scope of the problem (please see: #blacklivesmatter vs #alllivesmatter). Not a new trick.

Every time the topic wanders into racial territory, the default counter-reaction is minimization of the concerns and/or immediate dismissal. Every. Time. Without fail. Even now you talk about how white people and their friends don't see what all the bitching is about as if that has ***to do with anything.

There are large disparities between majority and minority groups in the U.S. That doesn't mean the problems associated with this or that the majority are the vengeful perpetrators. It just means that certain groups of people are impacted by the contributing factors disproportionately more than other groups. I'm well aware that racial discussions here are handled with all the delicacy and nuance of a bathroom hook-up, but I don't see why the conversation gets stalled at the same place so aggressively.

This only makes sense if you are talking of hatred towards a group of people, like some type of discrimination.
Because towards a single individual abstract from any specific demographic, say an ex lover for example, ignorance has nothing to do with it at all. Hate is a reverse form of affection, which is why it's hard to let go someone you hate almost as much as someone you love. As a matter of fact the same hormone involved in deep love is also involved in negative feelings associated with it, oxytocine. It's why it's often said the line between love and hate is thin.

And that's also why it's said that the opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

Perhaps we can say that ignorance "can" lead to hate, and maybe that's what Josi meant.

I like Jefferson, even with all his crazy faults. Also (hate to bandwagon) but FDR is rather high up there too.

My favourite is Thomas J. Whitmore!

April Fool's is like, three hundred and fifty+ days off.


Thanks for this image.


Use preview, or learn to enjoy the absurdity. I'm actually a little surprised how popular the no-edit change has been; I expected a lot more negative sentiment, but even the people it bites in the *** seem to find it funny. We could use more humor in these threads, since we're not exactly filling them up with sane policy decisions or enlightened discourse.

The problem I have is that I frequently will make a post and then go, "I can make this better with an image!"

...no more.

And now see? I used spoiler wrong and I can't fix it! Or something is just *** with me. I don't know.

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Nah, they're just broken in some cases; my fixes to them over the months aren't applied right now, for reasons it's not worth going into (deploy issues).

If it works in preview (it does), and not on the page, then that's the JS *** up. It'll be fixed next time things get deployed.

hey me and fone are only 2 people we can only supply so much humor

He sure is doing such a good job.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dems-on-fec-target-conservatives-vote-to-punish-maker-of-anti-obama-movie/article/2587898

You sure do play the victim real well sav....

Goddamn puppetmasters. Always screwing it up for the rest of us.

Doesn't matter what it is, or about, or anything. The fact the government is trying to censor anything should be grounds for everyone to be up in arms.

Perhaps I'm reading it wrong, but he wasn't being censored.

He would have been forced to reveal his donors.

There's a significant difference.

Still problematic, though, if all other things are equal. Though this article isn't particularly candid about how equal the footing is between this and the liberal films mentioned.

I think any political propaganda should be required to declare donors/funding, personally.

This Gap ad perfectly sums up the state of racism and politics today. SJWs whining about oppression that doesn't exist.



The ad must be racist because people FEEEEEEEEEL it to be.

They're already in the backyard. The highest ranking and most dangerous terrorists that are in our custody aren't kept at Gitmo they're in Florence Colorado.

Funny randomness.
King Harald of Norway came to Italy to meet our leaders.
Now, royal protocols require that is the person with the highest nobility rank to offer their hand to those with a lower one, and never viceversa.

Renzi doesn't know this and offers his hand to the king.
King ignores him.
King moves on and offers to shake hands with random people.

lol.



We just keep on failing with any world leader that comes to see us lol. A month or two ago Rouhani came to visit and we accepted to put clothes on all the statues in Rome so he wouldn't be offended by their nudity.
Can only imagine what will be next. Maybe Renzi will carry Merkel piggyback all around town.

Just bolded the problem.

So... basically what already goes on in here.