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By Bahamut.Ravael 2018-01-28 16:39:09
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Hearing people trying to justify useless degrees is just as funny as hearing that the useless degrees exist in the first place.
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By Anna Ruthven 2018-01-28 17:02:18
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Walk in and Fox News is on and it was literally a comedy show I just watched. Literally, not figuratively. It was pretty much The Daily Show with a laugh track.

This is what Fox News is now? I mean, I know they twist ***but I didn't know they were trying to emulate TDS. >.>
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-28 19:36:24
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Bahamut.Ravael said: »
Hearing people trying to justify useless degrees is just as funny as hearing that the useless degrees exist in the first place.
You are under the assumprion that no one makes a living dancing?
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2018-01-28 20:24:51
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
Bahamut.Ravael said: »
Hearing people trying to justify useless degrees is just as funny as hearing that the useless degrees exist in the first place.
You are under the assumprion that no one makes a living dancing?

Interpretive dancing, Chanti. And you said it yourself:

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There are many career paths for dance, far more than for women's studies. But you do not need a college degree in dance for the majority of them.

Going into debt for a degree that isn't necessary is a good reason to call it "useless".
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By Anna Ruthven 2018-01-28 20:47:51
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I would comment on this but I don't feel like dancing.
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By Eboneezer 2018-01-29 01:56:32
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I would comment on this but I don't feel like dancing.

That's fine, we didn't feel like going to get a degree to be able to interpret it.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-29 09:05:56
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In this easy a liberal, writing in the Seattle Stranger a liberal publication, says what is wrong with liberals. She agrees with with a LOT of what our more conservative friends here have said.

Call-Out Culture Is a Toxic Garbage Dumpster Fire of Trash
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By Nausi 2018-01-29 11:52:18
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McCabe is out at the FBI, the afternoon before the memo is voted on for release.

This is gonna be a bloodbath of Obama’s holdovers.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-29 11:59:01
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FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepping down
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Not fired. Voluntary.
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By Nausi 2018-01-29 12:12:00
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Texts recovered last week showing massive coverup of clinton crimes

Revealed this morning that rosenstein ordered Trump team spied upon during the transition.

McCabe out of the FBI prior to memo vote this afternoon.

Drain that swamp!
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By clearlyamule 2018-01-29 12:26:48
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That reads kind of like a highly "encouraged" step down
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By Anna Ruthven 2018-01-29 12:46:48
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Candlejack said: »
Anna Ruthven said: »
Walk in and Fox News is on and it was literally a comedy show I just watched. Literally, not figuratively. It was pretty much The Daily Show with a laugh track.

This is what Fox News is now? I mean, I know they twist ***but I didn't know they were trying to emulate TDS. >.>
What else could one expect from Fox facts I don't like Network nowadays? Hannity got caught for defending obstruction of justice attempts and his Twitter went down shortly afterwards.
Tbf, I'd imagine a troll hacked him after the U-turn moment.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-29 13:10:39
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clearlyamule said: »
Garuda.Chanti said: »
That reads kind of like a highly "encouraged" step down
Its been being encouraged for months now.

But he will remain at the FBI for the month or so until his retirement is fully vetted.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-29 13:25:38
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A much more nuanced article from the BBC:

Andrew McCabe, FBI deputy director, quits after Trump criticism
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By clearlyamule 2018-01-29 13:51:50
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
clearlyamule said: »
Garuda.Chanti said: »
That reads kind of like a highly "encouraged" step down
Its been being encouraged for months now.

But he will remain at the FBI for the month or so until his retirement is fully vetted.
Perhaps I was a little subtle with my point. It looks more of an appearance of voluntary than actual. Like retire now peacefully or get canned later deal
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By Nausi 2018-01-29 13:57:10
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You guys arent looking at it correctly.

Rosenstein was at captiol hill yeaterday readig the FISA memo.
Upon his return to the bureau today, mcCabe is “removed”.

Meanwhile thhe left is already (predictivly) claiming Trump is firing the very people on his tail.

I wonder what the spin will be once the memo details rampant FISA abuse.
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By Nausi 2018-01-29 13:59:30
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Also in relevant “iutside the liberal bubble” news:

http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2018/voters_call_for_special_prosecutor_to_investigate_fbi

Voters want a special prosecutor for the FBI.
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By Nausi 2018-01-29 14:06:24
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(Wray, not Rosenstein)
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By Nausi 2018-01-29 14:11:50
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Meanwhile if mcCabe was fired because Wray read what was in the memo, it only legitimizes whats in the memo.

Bucket up fam, this is gonna be *** huge.
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By Viciouss 2018-01-29 14:54:18
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Mccabe is going on paid leave until his retirement day, pretty much the same way everyone retires. But dont let that stop the conspiracy theories.
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2018-01-29 15:18:27
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It might be in your best interest to suspend judgment on "conspiracy theories" until the memo gets released, which has a good shot of being released tonight.
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By Anna Ruthven 2018-01-29 17:27:23
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Wray suggested demoting McCabe, apparently, and that led to him resigning.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-29 17:46:35
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Bahamut.Ravael said: »
It might be in your best interest to suspend judgment on "conspiracy theories" until the memo gets released, which has a good shot of being released tonight.
You called it.

House Intel votes to make Nunes memo public
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Question, will they release any of the underlying intel?
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2018-01-29 17:49:06
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It looks like the memo is going to the White House for final approval before release. The Democrat counter memo is dead in the water.
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2018-01-29 17:53:35
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
Bahamut.Ravael said: »
It might be in your best interest to suspend judgment on "conspiracy theories" until the memo gets released, which has a good shot of being released tonight.
You called it.

House Intel votes to make Nunes memo public
The Hill

Question, will they release any of the underlying intel?

I'm inclined to believe that a portion of the intel will be released as a means of substantiating the memo. I can't imagine that they'll actually release all of it anytime soon, given the sensitive nature of the classified materials.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-29 18:47:35
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Minimum 5 days.

There are many in the GOP who say they need the underpinning intel to prove the rhetoric and, of course, the Dems are demanding it. They have as much input as a fart in a hurricane in this though.

I mean they aren't even allowed to circulate their own counter memo outside of house intel committee.

Personally I believe without some of the underpinning intel the Dems could, quite rightly, blast it as recycled talking points.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2018-01-29 18:53:34
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Proposal for Federal Wireless Network Shows Fear of China
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Deep both technically and politically.
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2018-01-29 18:54:28
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
Minimum 5 days.

Maximum 5 days.

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Personally I believe without some of the underpinning intel the Dems could, quite rightly, blast it as recycled talking points.

Democrats have had years of recycled talking points about an investigation with zero underpinning intel (that might not even exist in the first place). The Republicans are entitled to this.
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By Viciouss 2018-01-29 19:27:46
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
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It might be in your best interest to suspend judgment on "conspiracy theories" until the memo gets released, which has a good shot of being released tonight.
You called it.

House Intel votes to make Nunes memo public
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Question, will they release any of the underlying intel?

If they just release the 4 pages and no actual evidence to support it then it really is just a manifesto written by a proven fool. If say, Trey Gowdy had written this report it would have a bit more credibility, but Nunes is an idiot.
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