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lantrick t1_j9ppm8a wrote

I would disagree that the debate is non -partisan. The fact that "95%" of your party disagrees with you when there are clearly valid arguments to be made, proves other wise. Neither party can have a honest debate about it. It'a all about sticking it to the other side and non-productive partisan talking points.

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AnythingToAvoidWork t1_j9plaub wrote

> simultaneously poking fun at his detractors by using the kind of speech that they utilize and prefer.

The hilarious thing is that the right thinks using terms that left uses is some sort of clever stroke of genius but they're literally just mocked for doing it.

It does nothing but make the left laugh at them and all the while they're patting each other on the back.

It's almost sad.

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wheeelchairassassins t1_j9phlqu wrote

Hah! Well, that's pretty good - too.

I shall enlighten - it's from the book "Infinite Jest". Quick blurb from its wiki (it's pretty funny, I think).

>Les Assassins en Fauteuils Roulants (A.F.R.), known in English as the Wheelchair Assassins, are a Quebecois separatist group.... The A.F.R. has its roots in a childhood game in which miners' sons line up alongside a train track and compete to be the last one to jump across the path of an oncoming train, an activity in which many were killed or maimed.

The group is one of many separatist groups that are all trying to get their hands on "Infinite Jest"

>...the missing master copy of a film cartridge, titled Infinite Jest and referred to in the novel as "the Entertainment" or "the samizdat". The film is so entertaining to its viewers that they become lifeless, losing all interest in anything other than endless viewings of the film. Quebec separatists are interested in acquiring a Master, redistributable copy of the work.

...The book is a bajillion pages, it took me like 5 attempts over several years before making it through, it doesn't make sense 47% of the time, there is no real ending or resolution and it's fucking brilliant.

There is a herd of feral hamsters that roams New England, which is now part of Quebec. If I were in that universe, I 100% would be one of the Wheelchair Assassins, or the AFR. I'd attempt to explain the plot, but there is none, really, because it's just about life and life has no point - it's just a never-ending joke....thus, the Infinite Jest.

If you ever really want to get brave and settle in for a 981 pg (single-spaced, size 10 typeface) book that will twist your brain into pretzels trying to figure out what the fuck is happening, all the while laughing wildly at what is happening because it's all so outrageously absurd - I highly recommend! Honestly, though, it's a War and Peace kind of book. Everyone wants to, many try, few succeed. I'm not sure how I am one. Seriously. Anyway....That's the Wheelchair Assassins. :)

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KarlLexington t1_j9pbx5h wrote

The last two Dem governors opposed cannabis legalization. Many of those in the Senate who oppose legalization are Dems. The issue consistently gets majority support of both Republicans and Democrats in the House. This really isn't a partisan issue in NH. Also, the whispers I hear is that Sununu will sign it if it gets to his desk (he wants to be prez and is pushing the "liberty governor" angle) but he doesn't want to take the risk of going on record supporting it as long as the Senate protects him from having to. Senate remains the roadblock here, but there's reason to believe this year the mix will be more favorable. We'll see.

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