The Official Thread for Democratic Socialism

[Tank]

1 minute ago, arch stanton said:

My personal compromise is to mix hummus with Greek yogurt, chopped dill, and lemon juice as a sauce for my falafel along with some spinach and cucumber. Wrap it in a pita and you have a fine vegetarian breakfast burrito

That sounds buds pretty darn good.

my comment was more directed at his foolishness about Greek baklava.

[arch stanton]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

That sounds buds pretty darn good.

my comment was more directed at his foolishness about Greek baklava.

I don't have much experience with that but I am a fan of the local Turkish variety

[failos]

20 minutes ago, Tank said:

YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!!!

I like the Levantine version of baklava, hummus, and dolmas much more than the greek versions. 

[Lou]

41 minutes ago, Tank said:

Good looking or skank city?

much better looking than Mrs Ed 

 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

much better looking than Mrs Ed 

that's a pretty low bar.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, failos said:

I like the Levantine version of baklava, hummus, and dolmas much more than the greek versions. 

well that does, we can never be BFFs now.

[Lou]

42 minutes ago, Tank said:

that's a pretty low bar.

not to some around here 

[failos]

@Tank, are you Greek? 

I like Greek food, but I guess I’m just used to the Arab variety. The foods are already pretty similar, but I prefer cooked stuffed grape leaves over dolmas. 

[Make Angels Great Again]

So according to Ben Shapiro (I haven't seen it anywhere, but i'm curious for his source), this chick said conservatives/republicans are afraid to debate her.

Ben Shapiro offered her $10,000 to a charity of her choice or her campaign to debate her, and she accused him (an orthodox jew) of cat calling.

Not kidding.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/10/ben-shapiro-hits-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-on-catcalling-claims-didnt-want-to-look-like-was-afraid.html

[Rico]

Can't blame her.  Ben is obviously a master debater. 

[Lou]

and she's so unattractive she doesn't even touch herself 

[Lou]

9 hours ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

So according to Ben Shapiro (I haven't seen it anywhere, but i'm curious for his source), this chick said conservatives/republicans are afraid to debate her.

Ben Shapiro offered her $10,000 to a charity of her choice or her campaign to debate her, and she accused him (an orthodox jew) of cat calling.

Not kidding.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/10/ben-shapiro-hits-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-on-catcalling-claims-didnt-want-to-look-like-was-afraid.html

[Tank]

17 hours ago, failos said:

@Tank, are you Greek? 

I like Greek food, but I guess I’m just used to the Arab variety. The foods are already pretty similar, but I prefer cooked stuffed grape leaves over dolmas. 

yessir. haven't had much arab food so can't really compare. but i love good greek food.

[Jason]

[Lou]

Let's play a game of: "Who Said It?"

 

"Back home after a lovely few days off enjoying US examples of Democratic Socialism, like:
- Acadia National Park"

 

[AngelsLongBall]

36 minutes ago, Lou said:

Let's play a game of: "Who Said It?"

 

"Back home after a lovely few days off enjoying US examples of Democratic Socialism, like:
- Acadia National Park"

 

We can cross Aretha Franklin off the list

[fan_since79]

She's a big believer in minimum wage laws. Of course. She also said that 200 million Americans make less than $20,000 a year. Fact check much, honey?

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/ocasio-cortez-minimum-wage-jobs/

"The restaurant I used to work at is closing its doors," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday. "I swung by today to say hi one last time, and kid around with friends like old times."

She was referring to the popular Coffee Shop in Union Square, which was frequented by A-list celebrities and featured on "Sex and the City." Despite its popularity, the Coffee Shop is going out of business. Why?

Co-owner Charles Milite told the New York Post that the main reason was "the minimum wage is going up and we have a huge number of employees."

In New York City, businesses that employ more than 11 people — the Coffee Shop had more than 150 employees — saw the minimum wage jump $2 an hour to $13 this year. And they face another $2 increase starting next year. For businesses like restaurants that hire a lot of unskilled labor, that means a government-imposed 36% increase in labor costs in just two years.

Even a successful business will find it hard to absorb a cost spike of that magnitude.

As a result, Milite's 150 workers will soon see their actual wage drop to zero.

[Adam]

At least all those people still have their other job. 

[Blarg]

I wonder if any of her old friends said thank you for supporting legislation that put them out of work. 

[fan_since79]

I also wonder if she knows that Teddy Roosevelt (one of those evil Republicans) got the ball rolling with the National Parks.

https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/trandthenpsystem.htm

[mtangelsfan]

5 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

I also wonder if she knows that Teddy Roosevelt (one of those evil Republicans) got the ball rolling with the National Parks.

https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/trandthenpsystem.htm

Maybe not, but it is really irrelevant.  National Parks are socialistic in nature.

 

[Lou]

45 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

Maybe not, but it is really irrelevant.  National Parks are socialistic in nature.

 

The Rockefeller family would disagree. 

If Acacia National Park is a result of socialism, a wall between the US and Mexico would be, too. 

[mtangelsfan]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

The Rockefeller family would disagree. 

If Acacia National Park is a result of socialism, a wall between the US and Mexico would be, too. 

Government owned land is socialistic by nature. 

[Adam]

16 minutes ago, Lou said:

The Rockefeller family would disagree. 

If Acacia National Park is a result of socialism, a wall between the US and Mexico would be, too. 

I love Acacia

[Adam]

2 hours ago, Adam said:

At least all those people still have their other job. 

Guys, this was brilliant. C'mon now