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QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 03:11 PM) Interesting. Is it on Netflix? It's on HBO. Damon Lindeloff is behind it, who you might know from Lost.

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 02:14 PM) No idea what The Leftovers is... IMDB synopsis:

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 01:20 PM) Narcos and The Crown are both worth watching in their entirety. Been contemplating between The Crown and The Leftovers as our next show to binge.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 10:41 AM) I remembering reading that. What about 3 and 4? Does it get any better? We stopped watching very early on in season 3. Maybe after 2 episodes.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Feb 8, 2017 -> 10:32 AM) So my wife and I started and finished House of Cards, season 1. I gotta be honest, I don't see what the hype was about. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great, and I didn't care for the ending. It needed an "oh s***!" moment or something. Instead it ended how you thought it would. The next season is even worse. Don't bother.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Feb 7, 2017 -> 02:34 PM) Yeah, Jenks, it seems like your argument boils down to Secretary of Education being a completely unimportant position that has no possibility of creating tangible harm or tangible good. Honestly, he comes off as "This isn't going to personally affect me so who cares?"

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Feb 7, 2017 -> 01:29 PM) Even if you think the damage she can do is minimal; it's appalling that someone could so blatantly buy a cabinet position. You've got it all wrong. He's just draining the swamp!

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 7, 2017 -> 06:44 AM) It's such a stupid thing to lie about and really makes them come off as insane, but there are probably now lots of people in this country that believe there was a Bowling Green Massacre and refugees did it and the media just didn't report it. They're not even subtle about how they're trying to recreate the atmosphere of late 1930s Germany.

He might be the least intelligent man ever elected president.

Trump now calling out individual judges on Twitter. Fans must be proud that he's is destroying our democracy.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 2, 2017 -> 08:02 PM) When I talk about far left, I'm talking about the Bernie Bros and the Jill Stein supporters - the ones who thought Hillary was evil and created the false equivalency paradigm regarding her and Drumpf. Not that I think Hillary is equal to Trump but I question her decision making when she had Kaine as her VP. He's voted yes on all of Trump's cabinet picks so far. Spineless.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 3, 2017 -> 07:59 AM) Is there any concern at all that Steve Bannon is an alcoholic? I know this is photoshopped but it'll make you chuckle.

QUOTE (Nixon @ Feb 2, 2017 -> 06:03 PM) Also kind of disconcerting that he can't see relieving 1200 or so of the most absolutely destitute people on the planet of having to live in an internment camp as some sort of waste of time because there is "nothing in it for us" and it's "such a dumb deal"... zero empathy. And he's making these comments on a day he was supposed to be going to a prayer breakfast. Wew, lad. As the kids on 4chan would say. He truly is a despicable mongrel.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 2, 2017 -> 07:35 AM) Drumpf is taking white terrorism out of DHS counterterrorism programs: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trum...v-idUSKBN15G5VO So much for "law and order". We all knew what that really meant.

Read Donald Trump's inspiring remarks about MLK Jr. this AM at an event about Black History Month

QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 09:48 PM) And...? Are you really just programmed to react to anything that even slightly challenges your worldview with "beep boop white male beep bopp"? And if you dont like white males why in god's name are you in Seattle, WA? It really does not get any white male-ier than Seattle. I'm just curious why you're not pushing for extreme, invasive actions that target white, conservative terrorists. You happen to only be concerned with POC.

Has there ever been another example like Obama's where the current president wasn't allowed to fill a vacancy? That seemed extremely odd.

QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 08:04 PM) Again, this is propaganda. Saying I have "zero idea of history" then coming at me with high school curriculum cliches is kind of insulting. Not all of this is even true, and even the parts that are are often dramatized to the point of fantasy to become the myth and lore that fills the foundation of American Exceptionalism. Immigration is told to n a starry eyed tone as America's great stake to moral relevance. To that point I kind of agree? I dont know, its a bit tough when you start getting into why the USA has behaved the way it has at certain points in history. Why do you think the USA was so cozy with Hitler in the 1930's? Could it have had something to do with the absolutely massive German population wielding its affection for the motherland as political club to force the US into isolationist policy? Its time we start separating immigrants from refugees. Immigrants go through a lengthy, intentionally arduous process and for many countries have to satisfy a points system that basically requires they be at minimum educated or skilled in an in-demand field. As an immigrant the USA is amongst the easiest Western countries to get into, easier than the golden multiculti city on the hill Canada or population hemorrhaging European states. Refugees on the other hand, well you dont really know what you're getting. And you're saying assimilation has never been forced? Do you know what used to fill the area that is now UIC? Or how the military was called into to Quincy IL to deliver a "convert, leave or die" ultimatum to the Mormons? I can pull up hundreds of examples in just this great state of Illinois of assimilation being forced. And even if we accept the romantic retelling of American immigration history, just because a dynamic has existed in the past does not mean it will continue in the future. Things have changed from many angles in the world of immigration. The needs receiving countries, the policies of receiving countries, the nature of what a refugee actually is...I cannot stress enough how different the world is now than it was then. Ellis Island is a museum now. This may or may not be happening with Muslims. Its interesting to note that many of the attackers in the USA and Europe claimed by ISIS are actually native westerners. The sons of immigrants and refugees are the ones committing the attacks, not the refugees and immigrants themselves. Also intermarriage rates and other signs of assimilation dont seem to improve much generation to generation with Muslims. This is different than other recent immigrant groups, particularly hispanics. My position is wait about five-ish years to accept more refugees and then reevaluate. Observe what is happening in Europe and if we decide to reopen the doors learn from their mistakes, or realize that a torrent of refugees is not what's right for the USA and leave only the traditional immigration path open. That is the most sensible option and the one that guarantees best that we handle it correctly. Rushing in trying to save the world like a bunch of big, bad heroes is often the preamble to a classic American tale of "oh god, what have we gotten ourselves into". A white conservative, Trump supporter just murdered a bunch of Muslims in their house of worship.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 08:04 AM) It's posts like this that make me wish Soxtalk had a "Like" button. Great post. Ditto. Great stuff.

We're turned into a banana republic. Thank you to everyone who voted for this idiot.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 08:49 AM) Yeah something is going to give soon with that. The priebus interview defending the removal of mentioning Jews from the holocaust is something that is so outside how we have treated things forever. All Holocaust Victims Matter!

I'll just claim ignorance here but shouldn't these folks be arrested or something for disobeying court orders?

Was pretty awesome to march among thousands last night at a pro-immigration/refugee rally last night in downtown Seattle.

Multiple nation-wide protests and marches already and it's only been 8 days with many more on the way. This is unprecedented.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 28, 2017 -> 03:35 PM) I guess that's good news for Uber and Lyft lol They've actually been included in the call for a ban.