Trumpocalypse: No hanky/lanky

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  1. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

    joey jo-jo jr shabadoo you know for me, the action is the juice

    i get my yellowcake from the motherland
     
  2. duc15

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    Don’t drop that shit
     
  3. Beeds07

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  4. TAS

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  5. Fancy

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    pray to god you don't drop that shit
     
  6. DuckKin

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    Perdue: You know blue apron, okay, well hear me out..
    Trump: You had me at "yes God Trump the blue apron was all your idea."
     
  7. brolift

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    Next thing you know they’ll build buildings for them to live in and they can work there too, because you have to have a job to get the food, ya know? Better put some fences up, and whil were at it, some guard towers to keep illegal immigrants out.
     
  8. NCHusker

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  9. shawnoc

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    If the problem was that poor people were getting to decide what to spend their ebt on instead of government deciding for them then this seems to be the solution.
    Was that a problem?
     
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  10. NCHusker

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    LOBSTER AND STEAK
     
  11. NolenStone

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    Every SHU down in SHUville, the tall and the small,

    Was singing! Without any evidence at all!

    He HADN'T stopped Conspiracy’s from coming! THEY CAME! Somehow or other, They came just the same!

    And the rational person, with his rational-feet ice-cold in the snow,

    Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?"

    "They came with out details! They came without tact!"

    "They came without logic, intelligence or facts!"
     
  12. TAS

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    Jared with the cosmic brain take

     
  13. Schadenfred

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    Lemme guess...

    This program would be contracted out to Sysco.
     
  14. Mister Me Too

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    Did someone say packaged food

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  15. Schadenfred

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    Limiting SNAP benefits is such a horrible idea, but it plays well to simpletons who hate poor people ("all they want is free stuff!") and believe that spending less now necessarily means having more later. Like NASA expenditures, funding SNAP produces one of the government's best returns on investment. For every $1 spent on food stamps, the realized increase in GDP is almost $2. Moreover, these food programs necessarily result in every penny being churned back into the economy... immediately. The waste is negligible. The dollar velocity is sky high.

    If I'm restricting SNAP in any way, I would be limiting the foods that can be purchased. It may sound harsh, but I would deny the ability to buy items like ice cream, candy bars, sodas, and energy drinks. I don't want our tax dollars funding type 2 diabetes. Then again, it's not as though SNAP can't be used to purchase flour, eggs, sugar, butter, and chocolate chips.
     
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  16. Schadenfred

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    You mean the war that had nothing to do with the perpetrators of 9/11? You mean the war whose reason was built on lies to the American public? You mean the war whose power vacuum fostered the explosive growth of ISIS? You mean the war that has cost trillions to date and whose fallout will cost more for decades to come? You mean the war whose vets have about a 20% rate of suffering from PTSD and/or depression? You mean the war whose vets commit suicide at about a rate of 20 per day? And, oh, you mean the impending war that Cheney predicted would be a clusterfuck resulting in countless soldiers' lives?

     
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  17. Hoss Bonaventure

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    GoodForAnother thanks for the 50k likes trophy.
     
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  19. Sam Elliott

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    When I saw it mentioned elsewhere as the Blue Apron for Food Stamps I just...

     
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  21. Beeds07

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    Let's start the day with Mike Cernovich advocating rape on Twitter.

     
  22. Hoss Bonaventure

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    What is the reasoning in these retards slamming Obama for saying “by the book”?
     
  23. bro

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    There is none
     
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  24. cutig

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    He’s black
     
  25. Equinsu ocha

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    They don't know how to read.
     
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  26. Mister Me Too

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    Excuse me, there’s plenty of reasons, just to name a few Unmasking, Benghazi, e-mails, tan suits, coffee cup salute. Would you like me to go on, there are plenty more republicans buzzwords I can use.
     
  27. NilesIrish

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    He is referencing "The illuminati lizard men's Guide to rigging an election and losing"
     
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  28. afb

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    Snap/ebt already limits the food you can buy with it
     
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    I always shake my head when I see the signs in Wawa in the morning telling people they can't buy toasted bagels with their ebt card.
     
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  30. NilesIrish

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    nuh uh. I've seen people on their iphone (Thanks Obama) buy lobster tails and champagne with ebt then go get in their brand new escalade.
     
  31. Mix

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    I've been on food stamps. They need some changes.

    There should be 2 different pools on your card. 1 for food, and I would also say they should limit the types of food. The 2nd should be for necessities like toilet paper and toothpaste and stuff. Right now that is illegal to buy with your EBT money and it really sucks. Those are really important things people need and they should be allowed to use their EBT to do so.

    So not much but those changes would be really beneficial to everyone.
     
  32. chuckmasterflex

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    Sarah is going to say this meeting was classified.
     
  33. Schadenfred

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    Sure, SNAP restricts items like alcohol, tobacco, non-food items, and hot ready-made products. However, there is nothing that blocks the person from spending, say, absolutely all of their SNAP allowance on Snicker bars and Mountain Dew. The number one purchase item by SNAP users is sweetened beverages, especially soda. Sodas are pretty much the worst for overall health as they're all sugar and acid. Chips, crackers, and cookies account for another top purchase item. I'm all for a strong social net, but I don't think our taxes should be funding skyrocketing obesity.
     
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  34. Schadenfred

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    Absolutely. Pennies for proper health today pays out thousands in saved expenses tomorrow. It's absurd that SNAP and EBT can't be used for toothbrushes and toothpaste.
     
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  35. Bruce Wayne

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    Just kill all of these people. And total shocker seeing Haberman's name in there

     
  36. GrizzliesDrew

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    The book he’s obviously referring to is the Necronomicon! Wake up, sheeple!
     
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  37. pez

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    The reasoning I’ve read is that they’re basically calling bullshit on the email. That it is a contrived cover your ass email that means the exact opposite of what it says.
     
  38. shawnoc

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    It's the number two purchase item, actually. Meat is number 1.
     
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  39. Mister Me Too

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    In reality summarizing meetings via email is good standard practice, but no surprise republicans don’t understand that.
     
  40. Merica

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    The latest “This American Life” podcast was pretty great.

    Talks about a feminist who got eaten by her own over words she used and a conservative who got eaten by her own over proposing a fake gun ban in schools because the nra didn’t like the idea of it.
     
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  41. pez

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    It is. But if this is the only time she did it, it might stand out. Not saying that is the case but I could see how if it was the only one from her, it would look odd

    I chalk this more into the fishing expedition especially when the list of questions that the letter contained did t rally have anything to do with the email
     
  42. GoodForAnother

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    Why on earth wouldn’t he just type “make bipartisan deal Dems”

    My brain hurts. Going back to bed
     
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  43. GoodForAnother

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    Sorry boss can’t work today the presidents stupidity gave me a migraine

    Boss: yeah I get that
     
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  44. Schadenfred

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    Per NYT via the USDA, soft drinks account for the no. 1 purchase item (at 5% of all SNAP expenditures), while the broader category of sweetened beverages accounts for 10%.

    Sure, we can quibble about the placement of sodas among SNAP purchases. Perhaps very recently it dropped below the top spot. I don't know. However, knowing how fat all Americans are, especially toward the lower end of the social strata, there should be no doubt that too much SNAP money is being spent on the ubiquitous soda pop. This should not be permissible. Obesity rates are an epidemic. And obesity rates increase first in the poorest states.

    Why whatever privatized, socialized, hybrid, (insert alternative here) health care plan we Americans choose doesn't actually matter:

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  45. Bruce Wayne

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    The only other thing that would surprise me less to find out about Pence would be to find out he's gay

     
  46. prerecordedlive

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    God damn, Florida. We’ve got some real chubberoos.
     
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  47. DelapThrows

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    :cerealkiller:
     
  48. Name P. Redacted

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    Let the EBT/SNAP people buy some fucking Coke. I don't know why people want to constantly punish those living in austere conditions. There needs to be a nationwide sugar tax either way.