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Gummilivet

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I don't know if it's helped make NC bluer, either. I know that FOX News and Facebook have damned sure make it redder. I've watched it happen to my NC cousins, and I do see direct causation, because they didn't used to be this way.

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"Let them eat gummies."

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Ted Budd. Jesus. I am really getting fed up with these "Stop the Steal" criminals, who are actively seeking to disenfranchise the 81 million of us who elected Biden. 60 courts cases supported the fairness of the 2020 election. There is a huge wealth of serious, peer-reviewed literature on the election, and while much of it points to some major polling errors that gave Biden a wide polling lead, the conclusion of all of these studies is still that Biden held the lead in almost every poll adjusted for those errors. In any case, he won the election by over 4 percentage points, or in population terms, 2.5 Los Angeleses, or 20 Wichitas.

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Maybe they exchange tweets? Like this Chuckie Greasley gem:

“I’ve turned to history. Channel. Several times this wkend always Pawn Shop. No history. Change nAme of channel to no history”

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As true as it always was unfortunately.

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I'm starting to think it's just a matter of time before he goes full-blown Obadiah Stane on us.

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Not sure why they are gaybaiting all of a sudden. Seems like a losing issue these days.

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Ha ha ha —you said “serious, peer-reviewed literature,” oh ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaa!! I’m dying! Unless you corral one of their ginormous lie-hogs and retrain it to squeal facts and reality out it’s piggy snout to the pig ignorant masses slurping down the never ending hogslop, waaal friend, the stop the steal criminals -they gonna keep on crimin’ sad to say. What’s the consequence? More grift? A TFG endorsement? A stint on Faux?

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In the late 2000s American evangelicals, largely Baptists, poured a significant amount of resources into Cuba, much at the expense of an already established traditional Protestant presence.

Along with the evangelical presence came evangelical social and political values, which moved the population to a more conservative stance.

I think this dynamic is being played out all over over the world, especially in places like China and South America.

US Evangelicals are targeting Hispanic populations for conversion. It's no wonder that those converts adopt conservative values as a result.

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ne·o·lib·er·al

/ˌnēōˈlibərəl/

adjective: neo-liberal;

favoring policies that promote free-market capitalism, deregulation, and reduction in government spending.Um..ok, so "Conservative" then.

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Because it can be a valuable tool in the Organizational Development toolbox when applied and analyzed correctly.

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Probably they sense that a majority of Americans don’t want white men to be at the center of American life, and gaybaiting is a useful proxy. Or they may believe that gay white men won’t defend their communities from the marauding dark-skinned thugs that supposedly roam the cities and countrysides.

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Whiskey suppositories/pessaries? What’ll those crazy *checks origins gives up* Viking? Brewers think of next…

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Yeah, is it wise to let Tech-Bros develop privately operated intercontinental ballistic missiles?

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Idk anymore - TFG increasing his vote total from '16 to '20 after so many scandals they are still coming out; the blatant criming in the open; gassing protestors for a photo-op; inciting an insurrection (after the election, but which was both blamed on antifa cosplayers and simultaneously called a "normal tourist visit"); one million plus Americans dead of a novel virus; the politicization of public health protocols; the list goes on ad infinitum - if scandal truly moved the needle Biden should've won 35-40 states. Barring that, the GQP had the opportunity to cut him off at the knees, take the L, and move on. But no, he is being talked about as a "serious contender" for the next Presidential election. That shit is just not normal. I blame media complicity and idiots in the suburbs who, if it doesn't directly affect them, right this second, don't fucking care.

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