Insanity of the Left

Zarathustra · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:52 pm Post subject:

Liberals sign petition to impose 10% 'male privilege' tax.
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Hashi Lebwohl · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:54 pm Post subject:

Oh, for pity's sake--not Infowars, please. Alex Jones is a fringe nut-case and no one should should take anything he says seriously.
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Zarathustra · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:00 pm Post subject:

I don't know anything about Alex Jones. It the article was written by Paul Watson, so reading it doesn't require anyone to take Jones seriously. And included video proof of its claims. Are you saying that it's fake?
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Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth ... Do not let them fly away from earthly things and beat with their wings against eternal walls. Alas, there has always been so much virtue that has flown away. Lead back to the earth the virtue that flew away, as I do-back to the body, back to life, that it may give the earth a meaning, a human meaning. -Nietzsche

Hashi Lebwohl · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:12 pm Post subject:

No, there probably are people out there who would be happy with such a tax. Then again, there are people out there who, in some of those tongue-in-cheek "man on the street" interviews by folks like Jimmy Kimmel, who don't know anything at all or make up things on the spur of the moment to sound like they know what is going on in the world.

I don't care about the author. The fact that the story is from Infowars is enough for me to discount it completely. Infowars is in the same category as the National Enquirer or the Weekly World News--hacks or rags with only the slimmest approximation of journalistic integrity. I know that Drudge likes to link stories from Infowars from time to time (which is probably how you found it) but Drudge really does itself a disservice by doing so.
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Zarathustra · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:46 pm Post subject:

After my opening post, I meant to continue this thread with this little nugget:

Orlion · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:09 am Post subject:

Avatar · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:24 am Post subject:

Free market...pfft. Laughing

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Hashi Lebwohl · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:43 pm Post subject:

In defense of Mr. Sanders he is correct in that we don't need underarm spray deodorant. It may sometime be a little unpleasant without it but we wouldn't die without it.

Still...he is trying to draw connections between choices in a free market and hunger and the two things are not related. If Bernie wants the free market to do something about hunger then he should campaign to get the laws about food waste updated so that supermarkets and restaurants have an incentive to have their extra food be donated to food pantries or given to shelters.
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Avatar · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:40 am Post subject:

Damn, stuff like that just annoys me. It's such an easy and minor fix that could make an appreciable difference. But god forbid the law and common sense should have any intersection...

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Hashi Lebwohl · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:31 pm Post subject:

Chaka Fattah, Democrat representative from Philadelphia, has been [url=america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/29/congressman-fattah-charged-with-racketeering.html]indicted on 29 counts of racketeering, bribery, mail fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering[/url]. These charges go back to 2007 so I guess the investigation simply took a long time to conclude. Anyway, if you have to commit crimes in order to get elected to an office (or, in this case, fail to get elected--he didn't become mayor of Philadelphia) then you don't deserve to be in any political office. Ever.
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Avatar · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:14 am Post subject:

Agree, but suppose you have to be found guilty first though. This is only the charges.

Surely if he is found guilty he will have to resign?

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Hashi Lebwohl · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:06 pm Post subject:

Maybe, maybe not. You might be surprised at what crimes some current Members of Congress have committed over the years yet they retain their seats. Typically, as long as it isn't something violent they usually get a pass. Of course, most Members of Congress are millionaires (no, really) so they can buy a lot more justice than the average citizen can.

It is all well and good for Mr. Sanders to make a plea to end institutional racism in the United States (even though it doesn't really exist any more) but is he going to urge the Congressional Black Caucus to end its institutional racism? It defines membership by skin color, which is the very textbook definition of "racism".

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Avatar · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:50 am Post subject:

It's really down to matters of definition and perception isn't it? I agree that there isn't really "institutional racism" per se, because there is no legal enforcement or requirement or whatever anymore, unlike during segregation.

However, there is no question that there is still racism, (perhaps even often subconscious or residually systemic) and that it affects people.

I can see why you suggest that technically, this caucus is institutionally racist. Because by proper definitions, that's ironically exactly what it is.

But logic fails in the face of emotion. Always has, always will. Very Happy

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Zarathustra · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:01 pm Post subject:

More craziness from Sanders:

Avatar · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:20 am Post subject:

Nothing wrong with some judicious socialism in a democracy. Very Happy

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Hashi Lebwohl · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:16 pm Post subject:

The fact that Mr. Sanders is a Member of the Senate (incidentally, here a quick-and-dirty run-down of his tenure in the House and Senate) means that he makes [url=library.clerk.house.gov/reference-files/113_20130124_Salary.pdf]at least $174,000 per year[/url] so I don't think he has much in common with most of the people to whom he is speaking, at least from a financial point of view. If he is so concerned with making sure that people who have less get a little more then why doesn't he take half his pay and donate it? Surely he can live on $87,000 per year, especially since their children are adults.

The Democrats may have to go with Sanders if Clinton gets shut down due to her e-mail problems even if Biden gets fronted by Obama (which probably won't happen). Right or wrong, his message resonates with the core of Democrat voters--people who are poor and live in big cities.
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Avatar · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:13 am Post subject:

I'll vote for a politician who proposes minimum wage for politicians. Very Happy

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Hashi Lebwohl · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:33 pm Post subject:

I would vote for someone who advocates strict term limits for politicians--you get 12 years in some combination of House, Senate, Vice-President, and/or President and then you are out for life plus you have a lifetime ban on lobbying or peddling influence. No politician is ever going to deny themselves access to the gravy train, though.
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Vraith · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 9:12 pm Post subject: