Clinton handed GW a booming economy and a budget surplus* and in eight years he turned it into a huge financial crisis — Baden

To be fair, Clinton did sign the repeal of Glass-Steagall, declaring it "no longer appropriate".

Voter restrictions are also anti-black, insofar as they predominantly affect black communities

David Duke, for example, was an actual white supremacist who, as I understand it, wanted to implement racist laws. I obviously wouldn't vote for him. I don't know of any anti-black policy Trump's supported though. — Hanover

You know what he's doing to non-white immigrants, right?

I saw a recent poll showing that 1/5 of Trump supporters dislike him personally, but still view his policies positively. I have fairly little doubt that 20% of supporters (and more) would accept that he is a racist (or continue to acknowledge it) if the N-word tape were proven true, while nevertheless continue to hand-wave his personal vices.

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@StreetlightX any books about Time that you would recommend? Anything general would be great, but also specific to a Marxist interpretation would be of interest as well. I'm reading E.P. Thompson's paper on Time, Work-Discipline and Industrial Capitalism, and it's fascinating.

Oh, I thought you literally meant that Trump said the N-word during the election.

On the contrary, for a disturbing amount of Americans, there is a conceptual difference between saying the N-word out-loud, and saying that Mexicans are rapists, the Birther movement, The Central Park 5, etc.. Many Americans have an extremely narrow view on racism, how it functions and can be expressed in myriad casual and subtle forms, i.e. if it doesn't beat you over the head, it's not racism.

Actually, I believe it was Nate Silver that said that if the pussy-grabbing revelation was switched with Comey's Clinton email probe announcement, a Clinton presidency would have been likely.

Was it? I don't recall that. At least nothing recorded, yeah? The pussy-grabbing comment did shift perception, somewhat.

If revealed as true, I wonder how many Trump supporters will finally realize he is a racist, vs. say that if black people can say it why can't whites

I remember being on vacation on a beach in California with family when this happened.

So who do you think is right?

Should people be allowed to laugh at religion? — Sir2u

Lol what year is it?

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

whoa Trump is a racist? big if true

So can we get medicare for all then

Also, I've been sniping with my family over just this question recently so I decided I need to get educated! — StreetlightX

lol I'm just imagining your father pounding the table with his fist, his eyebrows furrowed, and his face red with anger, and yelling, "Dammit, Streetlight, you honestly think the Australian aboriginals somehow bypassed a nomadic adaptation for living, despite nearly all humanity across societies and continents experienced it as the initial social structure, instead experiencing some sort of localized Neolithic revolution ex nihilo?"

Bruce Pascoe - Dark Emu — StreetlightX

Dude, my friends make fun of me for reading the most tedious of books, but you surely take the cake.

The Interface Effect sounds interesting though.

Not surprised that in less than 10 years the renewed hype among conservatives around Ayn Rand has been replaced by hype around Julius Evola.

Yeah I mean who would have thought 63 million Americans would be that stupid.

Besides, plenty of conservative pundits didn't think he would win; he, his wife and many members of his campaign team doubted he would win.

Election was almost 2 years ago bud

Not sure why some of y'all are still wasting your time with Raza when he is literally a pigeon.

Yes, I admire Ayn Rand and what she's done for mankind in this day in age — TS Phillis

Yeah environmental devastation and global warming, Paul Ryan tax cuts, worker exploitation and wage stagnation, etc. etc. have totally been a blessing for the world.

Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky

He's Eastern European, not French. Not sure which country precisely.

I still want to know if @Agustino was being sarcastic or not.

To my knowledge, Agustino has never stepped foot in America, and yet he thinks it's a bacchanalian cesspool of sex and left-wing demagoguery.

You're being...sarcastic, right?

There have been a few commentators here who've stated that the Left is stiffing free speech, particularly for those on the Right, on college campuses, but data suggests otherwise, and in fact, members of the Left are targeted more.

Step one is done, as I already live in NY

God, no, I loved her why did she leave me, God the pain!

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Ma'am I am a Doctor! I have saved LIVES! I have helped birth babies and held the withering hands of the moribund. Pray tell, what you YOU done?! What. Have. You. Done!?

I think if people are going to take the names of actually living professors, verification is required @Baden @StreetlightX @fdrake

Finished V1 of Capital

Those tweets are clearly written by a dumb person trying to sound like a smart person.

Yeah, oh well, I never knew that eating McDonald's hamburgers involves a breach of contract that harms third parties, and not just yourself. Again - you should try harder, because right now you're just humiliating yourself. — Agustino

You've stated multiple times in multiple threads that polygamy and adultery harms the perpetrator. Review the thread and read the responses to your despotic opinions, the only person humiliating themselves here is you.

Eating McDonald's hamburgers increases the likelihood of developing a variety of health issues. We should throw McDonald's employees in jail for four months to five years, depending on calories sold.

Dammit was just about to post the same thing

This is fucking hilarious

Previously undisclosed evidence in the possession of Special Counsel Robert Mueller—including highly confidential White House records and testimony by some of President Trump’s own top aides—provides some of the strongest evidence to date implicating the president of the United States in an obstruction of justice. Several people who have reviewed a portion of this evidence say that, based on what they know, they believe it is now all but inevitable that the special counsel will complete a confidential report presenting evidence that President Trump violated the law.

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