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EDIT: I deleted what I said. This was a terrorist attack by the Abu Sayyaf Group.

My apologies, I am a bonehead and an idiot. What I said was in bad taste. Sincere condolences to the victims of this needless violence.

 

I don't know what was satisfying about this. Unfortunately this was actually some of the most embarrassing journalism and video editing I've witnessed in some time. It was frustrating at points.

They had an opportunity to be more serious about this and call him out and really flesh out a debate, and actually bother to show it.

Instead, Terry just keeps asking questions, says stuff like, "what grade are you in" and "you're an idiot" and the way the video was edited didn't even make it seem like they were making any points or arguing back in a manner that would make them convincing. They focused on showing random clips of him and the people he's attacking, and not even on the interview. And when the interview is shown, it's more so from his side than from ABC's. I'm not sure why they would edit it like that. I watched it twice, and it came off even worse the second time.

In fact, it gave him the final say most of the time.

Milo was gross and annoying as always, but this kind of video just made him look stronger.

He's repeating what he's always said and ABC wasn't even saying anything (or at least, the video is edited to make it seem like they couldn't answer or didn't have an answer). It just gives him and his followers more reason to continue.

Terry - "You would call her a dude?"
Milo - "Yeah I probably would."
Terry - "Then you're an idiot"

Yeah....And?

Next segment:
Milo - "I am not responsible for what 350,000 people say, I'm responsible for what I say."
Terry -"Alright"
Milo -"Do you go after Selena Gomez when her fans send death threats to Justin Bieber? No. Do you go after Beyonce when her fans go after Taylor Swift?"

cuts to a random SNL clip of Leslie

???

And then he gets the final word on literally every single segment after - body image, feminism, female comedians.

More clips and audio of Milo doing trolly things

Milo - "Trolling is very important! America needs more trolling, because trolls are the only ones who tell the truth these days."

Terry - "Many join him on this crusade."

end

 

Millions of Indian workers strike for better wages

 

more: India brought to standstill as millions join strike – Redspark

 

I guess I just enjoyed seeing someone call him an idiot to his face for once.

 

You think that was the first time he's been called an idiot to his face?

 

Has Trump been pushed on the Bondi stuff in an interview? press conference?

 

Obama urges China to stop flexing muscles over South China Sea: CNN | Reuters

China needs to be a more responsible power as it gains global influence and avoid flexing its muscles in disputes with smaller countries over issues like the South China Sea, U.S. President Barack Obama told CNN in an interview to be aired on Sunday.

Obama, who meets with President Xi Jinping at a G20 summit next week in China, told CNN the United States supports the peaceful rise of China but that Beijing had to recognize that "with increasing power comes increasing responsibilities," according to excerpts released on Friday.

Hahahaha wow

 

Hey China! Leave the imperialism to us, k?

 

Power politics 101.

Except the spiderman quote lol

 

its actually uncle ben

 

It is almost like unions were destroyed to push down the wages of an entire class or something.


"You don't have to be in a union for your paycheck to feel the impact of organized labor's long decline.

A new report from the Economic Policy Institute, a research group that advocates on behalf of low- and middle-income workers, calculates how much more nonunion private-sector workers would have earned in 2013 had private-sector union membership remained at 1979 levels.

For men, wages would have been 5 percent higher, an average of $2,704 annually, and those with less education would have seen greater impact, the report said. Nonunion men with a high school diploma or less, the demographic most likely to be unionized, would have seen 9 percent higher wages, or an average of about $3,172 annually, had union membership in similar industries and regions remained at 1979 levels, according to the report.
Some studies have shown collective bargaining bolsters wages of all workers, regardless of union status, by establishing industry standards or encouraging nonunion employers to raise pay to discourage their workers from organizing.

The weakness of unions today has markedly reduced that wage effect, to as much as one-half of what it was in the late 1970s, the report says.

Women, who were far less likely to be unionized than men in the 1970s, would have seen 2 or 3 percent higher pay, or $718 annually for full-time work, had unions maintained their power over the decades, the report says.

That amounts to $24 billion in lost wages annually for all nonunion private-sector women, and $109 billion for all nonunion private-sector men."

Union decline has taken big bite out of nonunion paychecks, report says

 

Haven't seen anything at all. And the press tell me that press conferences are uber important and only one candidate is hiding because they don't do them when they want.

 

The press is turning the Clinton Foundation into the new Benghazi

Over the last two weeks, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has taken a hit in the polls, much of it pretty clearly due to aggressive press investigations involving her relationship with the Clinton Foundation when she was Secretary of State. Even Hillary fans should see that these investigations are warranted. After all, Clinton is running for the most powerful office in the world. While she was Secretary of State, her husband was overseeing a $2 billion a year charity. That charity took in donations from foreign governments and individuals with international interests. These facts raise legitimate questions. Did donors to the Foundation get special access to the secretary and the department as a result of their donations? If they did get special access, did they receive any favors? Did Hillary or her staff do anything illegal, unethical, or contrary to U.S. interests or administration policy?

The good news is that as a result of these investigations we can now answer those questions pretty definitively: no, no, and no. The bad news is that the press doesn’t seem to want to take “no” for an answer, even if the answer is based on the evidence of its own reporting.

 

14 Excerpts From the FBI's Report on Hillary Clinton's Email | Mother Jones

Basically what I said after reading the report.

 

Did Trump Happen Because Liberals Are Too Mean?

 

Ignoring the Pentagon’s Multi-Trillion-Dollar Accounting Error

 

One Answer to School Attendance: Washing Machines

 

Want to Know How the Cops Actually Trace a Gun?

 

• To businessmen who complain to Mrs. Clinton that President Obama has been unfriendly to their interests, she says she would approach business leaders more like Mr. Clinton did during his administration, which was widely considered amicable to the private sector.
  
  When financiers complain about the regulations implemented by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, Mrs. Clinton reaffirms her support for strong Wall Street regulation, but adds that she is open to listening to anyone’s ideas and at times notes that she represented the banking industry as a senator.
  
  The wealthy contributors who host Mrs. Clinton often complain about her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and express concerns that Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont pushed her to the left on trade and other issues. Mrs. Clinton reminds them she has both opposed and supported trade deals in the past.
  
  
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