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jimmyjazz

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  1. 39 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    Don't forget sharp, witty, and deft.

    I'm not over the moon about her, but she is a refreshing change.  I love that she is a master troll and is currently in the process of reeling in Trump.

    She does not lack intellect.  She may lack wisdom, especially the wisdom of years, but she is no idiot, despite what the right wing would have us believe.  It's circumstantial evidence, but if you look at average #'s for Boston University (3.6 GPA, 1380 SAT, ACT 31) you'll see they're for the most part above those of UT (3.68 GPA, 1275 SAT, ACT 29).  That doesn't speak to her specifically, I get it, but combine the general academic rigor of BU with her cum laude achievement (top 30% of graduating class) and we can safely conclude she's not a moron.  Her HS award of 2nd place in Microbiology at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair furthers the point, as does her Lopez Fellowship.

    In short, she's a helluva lot smarter than the dipshits who are calling her stupid.  We have several of those here.

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  2. 14 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    I DO NOT SUPPORT him making the comment in the way he made it. I do have no issue with calling out someone who comes here as a penniless immigrant, is financially supported by the federal gov't, and then begins trashing that gov't. and or tries to change the way that gov't functions (supporting open borders, sanctuary cities, free [non critical, immediate] healthcare for illegal immigrants).  

    There's a tiny flaw in your "logic":  3 of the 4 women he bashed were born here.

    Think.  Harder.

  3. Just now, bolverk said:

    That's not the lewd and crude response I was looking for, but I'm feeling charitable and will grade it a C-. Next time, be more surly.

    Oh, I knew where you were going, but in all honesty, she looks like shit in that photo, as in "sick".

  4. 1 minute ago, bolverk said:

    Good gawd! What did they do to poor ol' Kellyanne to make her mascara smear so badly?

    She's never looked healthy  My guess is alcohol and cigarettes, but who knows.

  5. 1 hour ago, slorch said:

    The Party of Perpetual Poverty ain't exactly helpin folks...but keep choking that chicken.

     

    Love your work in the inner cities.

    Jesus, dude.  Just shut the hell up every once in a while.  You must be infinite cat, because you've shot your own dick off way more than 9 times and yet here you are, serving up yet another lame-brained take.

    Good lord.  Have some self respect.

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  6. If I had my druthers the Democrats would focus heavily on young voters as well as those who don't tend to turn out.  I get it -- there is some small fraction of 2016 Trump voters who are disenfranchised and prone to changing sides, but unless there's a very efficient way of identifying them, I think it's largely wasted effort to target that demographic.  There are more fertile fields to plow (so to speak).

  7. 1 minute ago, BradInATX said:

    Shrug. I don't care enough to look at the numbers.

    But why don't you re-do your weighted average when you look at whites only? Because that's the contention of mine that you took issue with.

    Spoiler: It's >50%.

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     But the original point whoever was making is that supporting Trump is anti-Christian (true) and to that end it's astonishing that the majority of Christians support Trump (also true).

    We're gonna win the Anal Retentive Award for the day.  I get your point, you get mine -- both valid.  Ultimately, we agree that the numbers are sad.

  8. 14 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

    I agree with you there and think what you're saying is fair. But the original point whoever was making is that supporting Trump is anti-Christian (true) and to that end it's astonishing that the majority of Christians support Trump (also true).

    Nope.  I'm sorry, but the numbers just don't support the 2nd assertion.  The graphs linked above show 50% of Protestants and 36% of Catholics approve of Trump's presidency.  Weigh those by their total census and we find that 45% of "Christians" support Trump.  (I don't know where Mormons fall on this spectrum, both in terms of inclusion in the numbers or their "Christianity", and I sure don't want to argue about the latter.)

    We've beaten this to death.  I just don't think it's as bad as some would make it out to be within Christian denominations.  Now, VOCAL support?  That's something else, and cause for concern, but that's just a gut feel.  I don't know the statistics.

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  9. 6 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    Interesting that he never gave names or physical descriptions of the Congresswomen that were the subjects of his tweets.  Yet everyone is assuming precisely which ones they think he is talking about.  Ever stop to wonder why that is?    Now, who is making assumptions about race?

    Holy smokes.  How many "Progressive Democrat Congresswomen" were born outside of the US?  Come on, man.  Trump is an idiot for thinking The Squad is all foreign-born, but you're gonna have to do a little work to identify who he was speaking about if it wasn't those four women.  Hint:  there are only 89 women in Congress who are Democrats.  Whittle that down by "Progressive" and you're starting with a fairly small group, especially if you exclude The Squad.

    I'm trying to figure out just how fucking stupid one has to be in order to make such an argument and believe it will fly.

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  10. 11 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

    Lol c'mon man. You're clearly being defensive and upset.

    I don't even know what point you're making? That there are probably more white Christian anti-Trump people in raw number than non-white Christian? Well yeah, because there's a lot more white people. Good job...?

    Well, when your demographic is getting lumped in with Trump supporters, it can be a little disconcerting. 

    Don't blame Christians.  Blame Christians who support Trump.  Plenty of the former recognize the unreal levels of hypocrisy exhibited by Trumpkins.

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  11. Oh, no doubt, XTC was (is?) brilliant.  Right up there with Squeeze, Split Enz, The Cure in terms of post-Beatles pop mastery.

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  12. "This issue here is not whether my client broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with his female party guests.  He did.  But you can't hold an entire secret society responsible for the behavior of a few sick, twisted individuals.  For if you do, shouldn't we blame the whole justice system?  And if the whole justice system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our whole system of government in general?  I put it to you, Judge Berman -- isn't this an indictment of our entire American society?  Well, you can do whatever you want to my client, but he's not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America!  Sir!"

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