The Future of the Democratic Party
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Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
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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.
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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Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
Oy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:37pmhttp://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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Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
You've got me stumped on the reference.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:40pmOy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:37pmhttp://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.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
A bourgeois class traitor.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 7:26pmYou've got me stumped on the reference.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:40pmOy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:37pmhttp://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.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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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.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 7:47pmA bourgeois class traitor.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 7:26pmYou've got me stumped on the reference.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:40pmOy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:37pmhttp://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.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
What's a "bookstore"?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 8:10pmAh, 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.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 7:47pmA bourgeois class traitor.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 7:26pmYou've got me stumped on the reference.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:40pmOy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:37pmhttp://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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Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
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.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 9:24pmWhat's a "bookstore"?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 8:10pmAh, 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.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
Are you fucking kidding meDr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 8:10pmAh, 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.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 7:47pmA bourgeois class traitor.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 7:26pmYou've got me stumped on the reference.eumaas wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:40pmOy, doesn't seem likely she'll pull an Engels, does it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 6:37pmhttp://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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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.Kory wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 10:52pmAre you fucking kidding meDr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 8:10pmAh, 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.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
"Am I right, ladies?!"Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Mar 2017, 7:23amNo, 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.Kory wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 10:52pmAre you fucking kidding meDr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Mar 2017, 8:10pmAh, 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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Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
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
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... woods.html
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There's an insane arrogance in her thinking that the country needs her at this point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Mar 2017, 8:08amDammit, 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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Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Mar 2017, 8:36amThere's an insane arrogance in her thinking that the country needs her at this point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Mar 2017, 8:08amDammit, 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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