The current state of flying makes trains at least slightly more appealing.Leisher wrote:California regrets bullet train.
Really? They regret a $70 billion dollar project connecting only two of their cities and saving them only 4 1/2 hours of drive time? Maybe it's because IF it ever gets done, it won't be for another 20+ years?
I put this in the Obama thread because he wants to build one spanning the entire country...
The First Obama Term
It's not me, it's someone else.
Obama stops deporting young illegal immigrants.
Doesn't this prove Arizona is right?
Doesn't this prove Arizona is right?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I'm fine with that. As long as they aren't allowed to suckle on the government teat until after they become full citizens. Which they shouldn't be allowed to do unless they are holding down a good job for a long time first.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
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Fast and Furious. A lot of people are hoping this will "bring down" the Obama admin.
I dunno. When I read about it, I just think "Ho-Hum. ATF up to shenanigans. Dog bites man." Seems like wishful thinking to me.
I dunno. When I read about it, I just think "Ho-Hum. ATF up to shenanigans. Dog bites man." Seems like wishful thinking to me.
I hate the cognitive dissonance happening. For a lot of people, Obama is still the Second Coming, and they claim his "Executive Order" that sealed the ATF documents Congress has demanded stinks of coverup, but in the past other evil Presidents have done the same thing, so that means Obama is still the Second Coming.
Makes you want to smack somebody for the raw stupidity of that.
Makes you want to smack somebody for the raw stupidity of that.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
http://pjmedia.com/rogerki....trationTheCatt wrote:Same shit, different president.
The end hasn’t come yet, not quite. But you can feel it coming, a dull, oppressive presence like the heaviness of the air before a storm or the quickly widening fissures that consumed the House of Usher. Future historians, looking back on the wreck of the Obama administration, will mark with wonder the president’s darkly frivolous assertion of executive privilege this week. It was then, they will say, that his administration, that the President himself, officially entered the Period of Panic and Flailing.
It’s not going to be pretty. Expect a season of recriminations, grandiosities, and sudden reversals. The usual narrative holds that Obama asserted executive privilege, denying Congress the documents it requested in the murderous case of gunwalking called “Fast and Furious” in order to save his Attorney General Eric Holder. Perhaps. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if, at the end of the day, this spectacular piece of recklessness wasn’t regarded as the beginning of the end for Eric Holder, who will likely face a Contempt of Congress citation next week.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I cannot stress the next words enough...
What. The. Fuck.
What. The. Fuck.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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From the home page of that site:thibodeaux wrote:I didn't read all the comments, but it looked like they were all mocking this. I almost wondered if it was a parody site.
For the first time in modern American history, the incumbent (that's us) will get outspent in a re-election campaign—by some estimates as much as 3-to-1.
Over the last 10 days of this month alone, GOP outside groups will spend $20 million attacking President Obama on TV.
Think about that, then think about what they'll spend over the last 10 days in October.
We have to take this seriously. Four months to go in this election, and we have a huge fundraising deadline coming up in less than a week—any day we're not chipping away at that disadvantage, we're falling behind.
Please make a donation today.
We don't have billionaires writing $10 million checks, and right now, we can't change the laws that allow the hijacking of our democracy by private money.
What we do have is more than 2 million grassroots donors giving an average donation of $51. Every day between now and November we can combat the huge spending advantage that our opponent and his allies have over regular people.
Wow, republicans invented spending money to win an election.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Just got the following message in my Twitter feed:
Here's the problem, I don't follow Michelle or Barack. It wasn't retweeted by anyone I do follow. When I highlighted the "Promoted by Barack Obama" part it said "Paid for by Obama for America".
So is it an ad, and if so, since when does Twitter throw paid ads into it's feed? If it's not an ad, is Twitter breaking election laws by allowing this message to go out to people who didn't sign up to receive it? Don't they have to give equal time to Romney? And why can't I hit the "Dismiss" button to remove it like I can with other messages?
I did click it so I could report Michelle for spam.
Michelle Obama @MichelleObama
Fair pay for women means a stronger middle class. #Women2012 http://pic.twitter.com/FibZKlpy
Promoted by Barack Obama
Here's the problem, I don't follow Michelle or Barack. It wasn't retweeted by anyone I do follow. When I highlighted the "Promoted by Barack Obama" part it said "Paid for by Obama for America".
So is it an ad, and if so, since when does Twitter throw paid ads into it's feed? If it's not an ad, is Twitter breaking election laws by allowing this message to go out to people who didn't sign up to receive it? Don't they have to give equal time to Romney? And why can't I hit the "Dismiss" button to remove it like I can with other messages?
I did click it so I could report Michelle for spam.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I've never noticed one before.
It's bullshit that I can't hide/delete it from my feed.
It's bullshit that I can't hide/delete it from my feed.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Well, that's how they provide you the service.
Promoted tweets
LOL
So I can say "Buy Coke!" and promote it, but that's not an "ad"
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Promoted tweets
Are Promoted Tweets like other online ads?
Since all Promoted Tweets start out as regular Tweets, there is not a single “ad” in our Promoted Tweets platform that isn’t already an organic part of Twitter.
LOL
So I can say "Buy Coke!" and promote it, but that's not an "ad"
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It's not me, it's someone else.