FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Azrael · Jan 14, 2013

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dog eat dog world said:

Captain Obvious said:

3_Octave_Fart said:

The same disgust that fueled Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.
Competing philosophies but both borne of contempt and exasperation.
And they still don't understand how angry the little man is becoming in this country.
They still don't fucking get it.
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There is anger out there. As of now, people have food and shelter. Take the basics away, and watch the fire burn.
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coming soon....American concentration camps.
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3_Octave_Fart said:

Agreed there.
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Exit, pursued by a bear.

3_Octave_Fart · Jan 14, 2013

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Exeunt is the proper stage direction.
And government is the bear.

Beaker · Jan 14, 2013

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Clarence Thomas broke his almost seven-year silence at oral argument today...

...by making a joke about Yale Law.

Per Adam Liptak on Twitter. No word on what the joke was. Good to see Clarence making his usual contribution.

Captain Obvious · Jan 14, 2013

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Francis Fukuyama's "The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution" is just $9.99 for the Kindle edition.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Origins-Political-Order-ebook/dp/B00457X7VI/

YankeeFan · Jan 14, 2013

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Beaker said:

Clarence Thomas broke his almost seven-year silence at oral argument today...

...by making a joke about Yale Law.

Per Adam Liptak on Twitter. No word on what the joke was. Good to see Clarence making his usual contribution.
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Yale degree could mean lawyer is incompetent, not competent, capital trial counsel.

https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/290874379296972800

Azrael · Jan 14, 2013

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3_Octave_Fart said:

Exeunt is the proper stage direction.
And government is the bear.
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Exeunt is certainly correct at the end of a play to get all the characters off stage.

[Exit, pursued by a bear] is a specific instruction to a single character, Antigonus, at line 1552 in Act III, scene iii of A Winter's Tale.

www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=winterstale&Act=3&Scene=3&Scope=scene

www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/winter_3_3.html

HoneyBooBoo · Jan 14, 2013

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3_Octave_Fart said:

I know it's become very popular to call the people stupid and ignorant, and there is certainly truth to that in a society where Honey Boo-Boo is a celebrity, but OWS and even the Tea Party - the sheer numbers involved in those disparate movements - reveal an acute awareness of the brokenness of our government.
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As momma says, you gotta be cute and ready to shoot.

dooley_womack1 · Jan 14, 2013

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I think you and Irony Police ought to board-mance

YankeeFan · Jan 14, 2013

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So, what's the over/under on the date the first Chinese built Jeep is imported into America -- and Mitt Romney is vindicated?

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the automaker plans to build some Jeeps in China for the local market — and later, in Russia.

"As part of our global expansion of the Jeep brand, there are some cars — that because of the price position in the market — can never be made in the U.S. and exported," Marchionne told reporters on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show. "We're going to be announcing the first step in the globalization of Jeep (in China). There's another one that's going to come in Russia. These things are part of a natural process of expansion."

Marchionne said he will keep "the pillar cars of the Jeep (brand) in the United States. Wrangler is one. The Grand Cherokee is another. These are things that need to be protected because they represent the best and the essence of Jeep. If you tell me I cannot make a Patriot somewhere else, I might as well go out of the market."

Marchionne came under harsh criticism from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who falsely suggested that Chrysler would shift production from Ohio to China of the Jeep brand. The Romney ad on the issue was branded the "lie of the year" by fact checker "Politifact."

Marchionne rejected Romney's assertion in a letter to employees last fall. "I set the record straight to our people," he said. "We live in a world where we tell each other the truth and I think the stuff that was coming out was improperly phrased — it certainly was not reflective of the position of Chrysler."

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130114/AUTO04/301140373#ixzz2HzKUylUo
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Boom_70 · Jan 14, 2013

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Binders of Jeeps

Inky_Wretch · Jan 14, 2013

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YankeeFan said:

So, what's the over/under on the date the first Chinese built Jeep is imported into America -- and Mitt Romney is vindicated?

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the automaker plans to build some Jeeps in China for the local market — and later, in Russia.

"As part of our global expansion of the Jeep brand, there are some cars — that because of the price position in the market — can never be made in the U.S. and exported," Marchionne told reporters on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show. "We're going to be announcing the first step in the globalization of Jeep (in China). There's another one that's going to come in Russia. These things are part of a natural process of expansion."

Marchionne said he will keep "the pillar cars of the Jeep (brand) in the United States. Wrangler is one. The Grand Cherokee is another. These are things that need to be protected because they represent the best and the essence of Jeep. If you tell me I cannot make a Patriot somewhere else, I might as well go out of the market."

Marchionne came under harsh criticism from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who falsely suggested that Chrysler would shift production from Ohio to China of the Jeep brand. The Romney ad on the issue was branded the "lie of the year" by fact checker "Politifact."

Marchionne rejected Romney's assertion in a letter to employees last fall. "I set the record straight to our people," he said. "We live in a world where we tell each other the truth and I think the stuff that was coming out was improperly phrased — it certainly was not reflective of the position of Chrysler."

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130114/AUTO04/301140373#ixzz2HzKUylUo
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I'll go with never.

YankeeFan · Jan 14, 2013

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Inky_Wretch said:

YankeeFan said:

So, what's the over/under on the date the first Chinese built Jeep is imported into America -- and Mitt Romney is vindicated?

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the automaker plans to build some Jeeps in China for the local market — and later, in Russia.

"As part of our global expansion of the Jeep brand, there are some cars — that because of the price position in the market — can never be made in the U.S. and exported," Marchionne told reporters on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show. "We're going to be announcing the first step in the globalization of Jeep (in China). There's another one that's going to come in Russia. These things are part of a natural process of expansion."

Marchionne said he will keep "the pillar cars of the Jeep (brand) in the United States. Wrangler is one. The Grand Cherokee is another. These are things that need to be protected because they represent the best and the essence of Jeep. If you tell me I cannot make a Patriot somewhere else, I might as well go out of the market."

Marchionne came under harsh criticism from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who falsely suggested that Chrysler would shift production from Ohio to China of the Jeep brand. The Romney ad on the issue was branded the "lie of the year" by fact checker "Politifact."

Marchionne rejected Romney's assertion in a letter to employees last fall. "I set the record straight to our people," he said. "We live in a world where we tell each other the truth and I think the stuff that was coming out was improperly phrased — it certainly was not reflective of the position of Chrysler."

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130114/AUTO04/301140373#ixzz2HzKUylUo
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I'll go with never.
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