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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opr ... a9b787e7d4?

Good lord. And the horrible thing is we can no longer rule out this kind of idiocy. Maybe celebrity candidates is evidence that Western democracies are truly managerial states now and the executive is purely ceremonial, there to make us feel happy or angry, but not actually meaningfully engage in policy. Maybe Jimmy Carter was the last textbook president.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:37pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opr ... a9b787e7d4?

Good lord. And the horrible thing is we can no longer rule out this kind of idiocy. Maybe celebrity candidates is evidence that Western democracies are truly managerial states now and the executive is purely ceremonial, there to make us feel happy or angry, but not actually meaningfully engage in policy. Maybe Jimmy Carter was the last textbook president.
Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
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eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:40pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:37pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opr ... a9b787e7d4?

Good lord. And the horrible thing is we can no longer rule out this kind of idiocy. Maybe celebrity candidates is evidence that Western democracies are truly managerial states now and the executive is purely ceremonial, there to make us feel happy or angry, but not actually meaningfully engage in policy. Maybe Jimmy Carter was the last textbook president.
Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:26pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:40pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:37pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opr ... a9b787e7d4?

Good lord. And the horrible thing is we can no longer rule out this kind of idiocy. Maybe celebrity candidates is evidence that Western democracies are truly managerial states now and the executive is purely ceremonial, there to make us feel happy or angry, but not actually meaningfully engage in policy. Maybe Jimmy Carter was the last textbook president.
Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
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eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:47pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:26pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:40pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:37pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opr ... a9b787e7d4?

Good lord. And the horrible thing is we can no longer rule out this kind of idiocy. Maybe celebrity candidates is evidence that Western democracies are truly managerial states now and the executive is purely ceremonial, there to make us feel happy or angry, but not actually meaningfully engage in policy. Maybe Jimmy Carter was the last textbook president.
Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
A bourgeois class traitor.
Ah, gotcha. Oprah has been on my serious-ass hate list for the longest time for two reasons: 1) Her reaction to global warming: Who'd complain about it being warmer in the winter, right?; 2) I worked in a shitty bookstore when she had her book club, and each announcement led to a deluge of desperate middle-aged female zombies demanding their sacred parchment for the month.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 8:10pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:47pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:26pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:40pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:37pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opr ... a9b787e7d4?

Good lord. And the horrible thing is we can no longer rule out this kind of idiocy. Maybe celebrity candidates is evidence that Western democracies are truly managerial states now and the executive is purely ceremonial, there to make us feel happy or angry, but not actually meaningfully engage in policy. Maybe Jimmy Carter was the last textbook president.
Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
A bourgeois class traitor.
Ah, gotcha. Oprah has been on my serious-ass hate list for the longest time for two reasons: 1) Her reaction to global warming: Who'd complain about it being warmer in the winter, right?; 2) I worked in a shitty bookstore when she had her book club, and each announcement led to a deluge of desperate middle-aged female zombies demanding their sacred parchment for the month.
What's a "bookstore"?
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 9:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 8:10pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:47pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:26pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:40pm

Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
A bourgeois class traitor.
Ah, gotcha. Oprah has been on my serious-ass hate list for the longest time for two reasons: 1) Her reaction to global warming: Who'd complain about it being warmer in the winter, right?; 2) I worked in a shitty bookstore when she had her book club, and each announcement led to a deluge of desperate middle-aged female zombies demanding their sacred parchment for the month.
What's a "bookstore"?
A place where people with master's degrees worked for minimum wage as punishment for their poor decisions. Jeff Bezos freed the wage slaves a decade ago, allowing them to serve their time in coffee shops.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 8:10pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:47pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:26pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:40pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:37pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opr ... a9b787e7d4?

Good lord. And the horrible thing is we can no longer rule out this kind of idiocy. Maybe celebrity candidates is evidence that Western democracies are truly managerial states now and the executive is purely ceremonial, there to make us feel happy or angry, but not actually meaningfully engage in policy. Maybe Jimmy Carter was the last textbook president.
Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
A bourgeois class traitor.
Ah, gotcha. Oprah has been on my serious-ass hate list for the longest time for two reasons: 1) Her reaction to global warming: Who'd complain about it being warmer in the winter, right?; 2) I worked in a shitty bookstore when she had her book club, and each announcement led to a deluge of desperate middle-aged female zombies demanding their sacred parchment for the month.
Are you fucking kidding me
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Kory wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 10:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 8:10pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:47pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:26pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 6:40pm

Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?
You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
A bourgeois class traitor.
Ah, gotcha. Oprah has been on my serious-ass hate list for the longest time for two reasons: 1) Her reaction to global warming: Who'd complain about it being warmer in the winter, right?; 2) I worked in a shitty bookstore when she had her book club, and each announcement led to a deluge of desperate middle-aged female zombies demanding their sacred parchment for the month.
Are you fucking kidding me
No, not at all. And she and her audience all laughed that shallow moron laugh. I assume she's changed her opinion since, but it's that kind of dumb immediate reaction that sticks with me. You have a climate scientist warning of a catastrophe and your response is to think it sure would be nice to have warmer winters. Idiocy.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Mar 2017, 7:23am
Kory wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 10:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 8:10pm
eumaas wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:47pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Mar 2017, 7:26pm


You've got me stumped on the reference. :question:
A bourgeois class traitor.
Ah, gotcha. Oprah has been on my serious-ass hate list for the longest time for two reasons: 1) Her reaction to global warming: Who'd complain about it being warmer in the winter, right?; 2) I worked in a shitty bookstore when she had her book club, and each announcement led to a deluge of desperate middle-aged female zombies demanding their sacred parchment for the month.
Are you fucking kidding me
No, not at all. And she and her audience all laughed that shallow moron laugh. I assume she's changed her opinion since, but it's that kind of dumb immediate reaction that sticks with me. You have a climate scientist warning of a catastrophe and your response is to think it sure would be nice to have warmer winters. Idiocy.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politics/ ... index.html

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New issue of the Baffler has a piece on the real Alexander Hamilton and why liberals love the Broadway version: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/hamilton-hustle-stoller
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Dammit, people, you have to separate the head from the body and bury them in different locations or else vampires keep coming back.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... woods.html
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Mar 2017, 8:08am
Dammit, people, you have to separate the head from the body and bury them in different locations or else vampires keep coming back.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... woods.html
There's an insane arrogance in her thinking that the country needs her at this point.
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Silent Majority wrote:
19 Mar 2017, 8:36am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Mar 2017, 8:08am
Dammit, people, you have to separate the head from the body and bury them in different locations or else vampires keep coming back.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... woods.html
There's an insane arrogance in her thinking that the country needs her at this point.
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