116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

[Kepler]

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Dump may need a distraction this week.

[ScoobyDoo]

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9/11 Victims Compensation fund passed. Mike Lee and Rand Paul, two worthless human beings were the only votes against.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...hOBpPtWN6JJF3Y

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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Pic of Stewart and the three chinned turtle is good

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-vote-9-11-first-responders-bill-tuesday-n1032831

[joecct]

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This is a parody site, but this is 100% accurate.

https://babylonbee.com/news/republic...t-takes-office

[Kepler]

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This is a parody site, but this is 100% accurate.

https://babylonbee.com/news/republic...t-takes-office

It's just not a funny site. It's like a lower tier college satire paper. Obvious and tired.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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State rep asking for formal investigation of Omar. Made a website.

The comments are...not good

https://www.omartruth.com/

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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State rep asking for formal investigation of Omar. Made a website.

The comments are...not good

https://www.omartruth.com/

LOL, so just anyone can sign it with made-up crap? I could go through the phonebook right now, make up some fake emails and use my neighbors' names and addresses. Yeah, that'll be legit.

[Handyman]

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Lots of bot like misspelling there in the comments...

[geezer]

Nobody should listen to that right wing troll idiot.
Pretty much, Rogan is one of the main conduits for far right garbage.

A couple of problems here: you’re not doing yourself any favors by plugging your ears and screaming NANANANA when someone explains something you’re afraid of. Go ahead and have a listen. Give it 30 minutes during your drive and see if you’re still afraid. And calling Rogan “right wing” is evidence of complete ignorance. As is saying (perhaps not you, but others) that Antifa is not taking orders from a central leadership or they’re just kids out having a good time, coincidentally at the same times & places and carrying weapons (whoops! Those silly kids!). Read and listen to the people who have first hand knowledge of the organization.

But yes “conduit” is accurate. Rogan will interview pretty much anyone at all, he even gave Alex Jones about 3 hours to try to justify his existence, same as he gave Tulsi Gabbard, which was pretty clearly valuable only as bare entertainment or a study in abnormal psychology. But still; it’s valuable to listen to opposing views and when Rogan does it, he’s doing a rare and valuable public service.
The conspiracy theory stuff (aliens & agencies) is just good entertainment. He doesn’t have a conservative agenda by any measure.

[Kepler]

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As is saying (perhaps not you, but others) that Antifa is not taking orders from a central leadership

This is correct except it's totally incorrect. Antifa doesn't have a "central leadership." There are certainly organized and violent groups who call themselves Antifa-y, like the 1999 Seattle WTO protesters. But to tar the entire movement with them is the equivalent of saying Pro Life is a terrorist organization because there have been Pro Life ideologues who were terrorists.

Jesus, this is like the "Satanic cult" terror in the 70s. There's always somebody who buys it.

[trixR4kids]

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A couple of problems here: you’re not doing yourself any favors by plugging your ears and screaming NANANANA when someone explains something you’re afraid of. Go ahead and have a listen. Give it 30 minutes during your drive and see if you’re still afraid. And calling Rogan “right wing” is evidence of complete ignorance. As is saying (perhaps not you, but others) that Antifa is not taking orders from a central leadership or they’re just kids out having a good time, coincidentally at the same times & places and carrying weapons (whoops! Those silly kids!). Read and listen to the people who have first hand knowledge of the organization.

Dude, you literally have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to Antifa and everyone here has pointed this out. They don't have central leadership, they're a bunch of different groups with entirely different political beliefs spanning numerous different countries. They're mostly focused on self defense in terms of using violence though their entire purpose is to not let fascist/far right groups have a monopoly in using violence. If one of their members/groups attacks non-violent people then yeah, that's worth condemning. In the case of Ngo he's a far right provacateur who goes in and stirs up bees nests and then whines about it trying to play the victim (which is basically the right wing's shtick since forever) so the end result wasn't exactly shocking.

As for what I choose to listen to, I choose not to listen to a guy who gives an uncritical platform to white supremacists like Stefan Molyneaux and Gavin MacInness or alt-light morons like Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, and various other bigots. Sorry but there's no reason to listen to them anymore than I already have.

[geezer]

This is correct except it's totally incorrect. Antifa doesn't have a "central leadership." There are certainly organized and violent groups who call themselves Antifa-y, like the 1999 Seattle WTO protesters. But to tar the entire movement with them is the equivalent of saying Pro Life is a terrorist organization because there have been Pro Life ideologues who were terrorists.

Jesus, this is like the "Satanic cult" terror in the 70s. There's always somebody who buys it.

Not quite... Antifa is a proper noun name of a discrete group, so it’s a bit misleading to call it a “movement.” And even more misleading to suggest it’s a relatively harmless movement. They are the tiki-torch marchers of the left wing (though they are more anarchist than “liberal”... let’s say instead, of the “progressive” wing.)
The most ironic thing (if it wasn’t so dangerous it would be funny) is that they claim “Antifa” actually stands for Anti-Fascism so therefore they can’t be fascists. Like the “people’s republics” of the world.

[geezer]

Dude, you literally have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to Antifa and everyone here has pointed this out. They don't have central leadership, they're a bunch of different groups with entirely different political beliefs spanning numerous different countries.

As for what I choose to listen to, I choose not to listen to a guy who gives an uncritical platform to white supremacists like Stefan Molyneaux and Gavin MacInness or alt-light morons like Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, and various other bigots. Sorry but there's no reason to listen to them anymore than I already have.

Alright then. You carry on with that, good luck. I can see that you’ve gone so far as to peruse a paragraph from Vanity Fair so that’s progress, I guess?

[trixR4kids]

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Not quite... Antifa is a proper noun name of a discrete group, so it’s a bit misleading to call it a “movement.” And even more misleading to suggest it’s a relatively harmless movement. They are the tiki-torch marchers of the left wing (though they are more anarchist than “liberal”... let’s say instead, of the “progressive” wing.)
The most ironic thing (if it wasn’t so dangerous it would be funny) is that they claim “Antifa” actually stands for Anti-Fascism so therefore they can’t be fascists. Like the “people’s republics” of the world.

No. lol

[geezer]

No. lol

Sorry I was a dick. I should not be arguing with the good guys, I get carried away.