The New low (I.) Q. Republicans and Ted Cruz

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Yeah there is a difference, one was murdered on the street, the other was shot whilst illegally entering a place she shouldn't have been in, which is one of the reasons why Americans say they must have guns, to deter people who break in to places they shouldn't!
 

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Yeah there is a difference, one was murdered on the street, the other was shot whilst illegally entering a place she shouldn't have been in, which is one of the reasons why Americans say they must have guns, to deter people who break in to places they shouldn't!
Never forget Ashli’s last words - ‘I can’t breach.’
 

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Never forget Ashli’s last words - ‘I can’t breach.’
I pass thru her district regularly, I always make sure I have enough gas and coffee etc so I don't have to stop, no way do I wanna give her constituents my money, they should wrap her up in one of the carpets they produce there and dump it somewhere!
 

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This is why the GOP wants to destroy education. Without the context that history provides they can weaponize it.
 

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Granted, I get almost all my information on American politics from Libcafe, but American (republican) politicians have a unique ability to say incredibly dumb things when they want to sound wronged.
 

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Granted, I get almost all my information on American politics from Libcafe, but American (republican) politicians have a unique ability to say incredibly dumb things when they want to sound wronged.
Because their entire ideology is now emotions (particularly victimisation). Look at desantis today, people buying electric stoves will pay sales tax, but not on gas stoves because "the left is upset with gas stoves". He announced actual economic policy based solely on getting an emotional response.
 

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Because their entire ideology is now emotions. Look at desantis today, people buying electric stoves will pay sales tax, but not on gas stoves because "the left is upset with gas stoves". He announced actual economic policy based solely on getting a emotional response.
It's based on what Fox News talking heads say it is, they don't have enough brain cells to do emotion
 

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And only 8% of stoves in FL are gas, probably mostly in restaurants and wealthy houses, but the red neck MAGA's will cheer this as owning the libs.
 

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This one caught my attention yesterday, especially when she used her South Korean descent to justify her stance against socialism.


1) First, it is so stupid to mix up socialism and authoritarianism for starters.
2) If it wasn't for a dose of socialism, not sure that South Korea would enjoy the following as the pillars of labor and social welfare. Notice that the US still don't have anything similar among some of those.
  • Minimum wage system to protect workers
  • A national health insurance system that has 98.6% of South Koreans enjoying it
  • Employment insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • A national long-term care insurance system for the elderly
  • A basic old-age pension system
  • State Responsibility for Dementia, which is a program to lower the financial burden for patients with severe dementia
3) Considering the way she uses this statement as a punchline while Republicans aim to scrap several parts of US social security, she seems the type to long for the days of Park Chung-hee (a Pinochet-type dictator!) in South Korea.
 

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And only 8% of stoves in FL are gas, probably mostly in restaurants and wealthy houses, but the red neck MAGA's will cheer this as owning the libs.
So the sales tax can't be replacing income tax then
 

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Manchester City generate all their revenue through the turnstiles, and math doesn't determine what's true, 2+2=5 is wrong so maybe math is wrong.
These guys are fecking morons.
Not sure what Man City have to do with this!