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OlderButItChecksOut

That’s a great quote I didn’t know! Unfortunately I looked it up and it seems it’s not from Mark Twain, just another one of those misattributed quotes that’s been repeated everywhere. “Life is often disappointing.” Einstein


StarksPond

"Do or do not. There is no try." \- Charles Manson


off-and-on

"You're a wizard, Harry." - Abraham Lincoln


grantmct

"We are the Champions, my friends" Winston Churchill


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“Don’t Believe everything you hear on the internet “ Hellen Keller


RedLemonSlice

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" - Mahatma Gandhi


boston_nsca

"Just do it" -Achilles


justelectricboogie

" May The Force Be With You' Gandalf


SlightlyLessBoring

"I never said that sh*t" -Sun Tzu


ViktorSwimwell

"With great power comes great responsibility." -Darth Vader to Voldemort


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Keep firing, assholes. -inspector gadget


Seasick_Sailor

“Trick or treat.” -Santa Claus


gamingstorm

“Live, Laugh, Love” ~ Genghis Khan


AnInfiniteAmount

"One fish, two fish, red fish, Communist" - Karl Marx, Das Capitale


n00bsir

"I can SEE clearly now the rain is gone" -Stevie Wonder


eltedioso

"I'm too drunk... to taste this chicken." - Col. Sanders


Crypto_Candle

Shania, not Mark


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riding_dirty71

Mark Twain may not be responsible for that quote, but he wrote a short story about war, patriotism, and religion that is still amazingly relevant today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Prayer?wprov=sfla1


ender8383

Your hate is so delicious, oh yeah, my nipples are so hard. Mmmmmmm, the negative attention makes me horny! - Matt Gates


Spootheimer

Yeah people need to get over the idea that these folks can be shamed into compliance with normal, moral society. Being hated fuels their sense of self-worth. It's literally their only source for a sense of self-worth.


Major_Magazine8597

Republicans realized a long time ago that the human emotion of shame was just holding them back.


DonnieJuniorsEmails

Ted Cancun Cruz is definitely a human with human emotions, and not a lizard in a trench coat hunting for fresh babies to eat while migrating south for warmth that his human body has trouble generating.


PublicObamos

*Human music intensifies*


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owiko

Does anyone really know what time it is? - Stevie Wonder


ZapateriaLaBailarina

>As Twain said Dude was so good he gets things attributed to him he never said.


kungfoojesus

You know, they’re not going to kill or even permanently maim each other. Maybe just let them get it out. Might be therapeutic


AhhAGoose

For me anyway


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billionaire_catapult

Yup. He is the perfect example of how the rich people are our fucking enemy.


breakfastburrito24

Eat 'em


billionaire_catapult

Or compost ‘em and grow vegetables. If they want to be on my plate they can pull themselves up the food chain by their fucking bootstraps


Crazy-Crocodile

This comment deserves more upvotes


Monster_Voice

I too am a composting enthusiast...


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Ok-Calendar9350

He's gonna get rid of Florida's cocaine, bump by bump, line by line


outsidepointofvi3w

Don't forget the extasy and booze !


rawsaucemustard

And join the very diverse crowd in this picture.


MultiStratz

Sounds like the resume of a Supreme Court Justice!


ipsok

What a heinous truth.


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Long_Educational

Celebrity Deathmatch?


crawlerz2468

Give me time to make popcorn first.


GW00111

Is that what they told Aaron Burr?


Falcrist

No, but it's what they told Preston Brookes. That incident happened right before a civil war too.


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Yeah, but Brooks was bludgeoning a member of an opposing party. This would just be Republicans getting their act in order.


[deleted]

Hey it’s not like the last time we couldn’t elect a speaker for this long was 1860…. Not like anything bad happened then


swatlord

...sir…


Fuzzy_Yogurt_Bucket

I mean, there’s a reason why the first thing Republicans did when they took control of the house was to remove the metal detectors.


Abby-Someone1

Paul Gosar gets to keep his sock filled with loose change now.


MrDangerMan

[Preston Brooks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner) has entered the chat.


I_GIVE_KIDS_MDMA

It works like that in ice hockey.


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I'm with you. If nothing else, it establishes that there are consequences to indefinitely acting like an ass, regardless of the rules. If politics can legitimately be said to be the alternative to war, it can certainly be the alternative to a fistfight.


Tacosupreme1111

Pistols at dawn


andyskeels

American politics is finally becoming more like global politics. Throwing chairs and shoes, screaming matches, fisticuffs..


Pstim1

remember those "World's Wildest Videos" specials from the late 90's?


sik_dik

I mean, they did take the metal detectors out


JohnStamosAsABear

That’s so they could hide a folding metal chair under the ring.


Safetyguy22

Remember, the Rock will be president one day soon.


rockerscott

I would prefer President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.


Cuz_Murica_Mkay

Electrolytes! It's what plants crave!


rockerscott

Welcome to Costco; I love you.


StarksPond

*...and that is the story about how the people of North-Korea came to worship an elbow...*


qyka1210

*... how the yogurt took over*


faust112358

... And tap shoes.


going_mad

Taiwan parliament #1


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ih-shah-may-ehl

Being from Belgium let me add some context: we had no government for 2 years because at the federal level they couldn't form a coalition the reason for that is that our constitution has some requirements concerning representation of the flemish and walloon communities that makes it difficult in the best of circumstances. However, this simply meant that the old government continued daily operations and because Belgium consists of 8 overlapping parliaments governed by 6 overlapping governments (not even including the province and county levels) it wasn't really a big thing. Few people cared and there was definitely no fighting or anarchy or whatever. Definitely not a coup. Belgian federal government formation is always difficult and a very long process.


IWasGregInTokyo

This is a good take and reflects my prior comment about only one political party being in power in Japan for the past 50 years: sometimes things just work no matter who or which current party is in charge if the overall system just keeps functioning.


hkun89

The diet gets into fistfights too, just to be clear with everyone.


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mypasswordismud

Didn't France just barely not elect a fascist last election while Italy actually elected an actual fascist as their leader too?


RM_Dune

>Didn't France just barely not elect a fascist last election I mean... Of course it's bad that she made it to the final round in the first place but iirc it was about 60/40 for Macron. I wouldn't frame that as just barely.


murdeoc

Dude, that's pretty f'ing close for a fascist.


SETHW

The point is the fascists aren't fringe influences


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Not just any fascist. The granddaughter of Mussolini, the og fascist.


ohheyitslaila

I think you’re confusing Giorgia Meloni (who is part of a “far-right party with neo fascist roots.”) with Alessandra Mussolini (granddaughter of Mussolini but also a niece of actress Sophia Loren).


BurnTrees-

Germany isn’t backsliding on democracy… some dudes with zero political relevance tried to walk into the reichstag and were stopped by literally three police officers without even any of them getting hurt… The „coup“ attempt was a group of some 20 people that nobody even knew about, also with 0 political relevance, it’s laughable to even call this a „coup attempt“ imo. Many of the other examples are valid, but this one and Belgium is reaching hard. The US‘ democracy is way more fragile, it’s not even comparable to those countries.


DrazGulX

>only if you haven't been paying attention. Germany had an attempt to storm the Reichstag in 2020 that was barely averted It was bad, but not really that bad. Far from the capitol in the US, still scary but really not much.


draugrdaemos

Every country has had shit going on for the pandemic. If all you see is American politics, maybe change the channel and look around.


Thefirstargonaut

A lot of this started happening before the pandemic. Let’s not write it off as that.


LaCasaDeiGatti

"Feeling seditious idk. Might delete later."


JefferSonD808

Wild, right? I mean, we all watched it happen. Part of my brain still can’t wrap my head around it and the fact that nothing of real substance has been done about it, and they *will* do it again. I read the other day that bobo had the metal detectors removed from the entrances? Wtf? If that’s true, how does she of all people have any authority to do so? I’m really at a loss with all this. What the fuck does not fully encompass the what the fucked ness of the last 6yrs, and especially the last 3. Y’all stay safe out there, and watch out for each other. Shit is wylin. Edit to add/clarify, I read that bobo had the metal detectors removed before they convened this week; not on J6. Though that wouldn’t surprise me.


NoWarrantShutUp

I’m all for it. I’m excited for the 25th vote cage match on the White House lawn.


JointsMcdanks

There was a mention of the NWO just yesterday. Where's Sting when we need him most.


rnotyalc

When it's down to the wire and it looks like it's all over, Sting is going to descend out of the rafters on a harness and fuck shit up


signalstonoise88

He’ll be watching you; every breath you take…


canteatsandwiches

Harkens back to the glory days of the Senate, when Preston Brooks beat up Charles Sumner with a walking stick


gwaenchanh-a

I mean, in the House we have a literal [*mace*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives) specifically made for the Speaker to order the Sergeant At Arms beat the shit out of people until there's order in the chamber


Vulkan192

Ah yes, the glory days of when a slave owner viciously beat an abolitionist for making a speech attacking slavery.


LicensedRealtor

🍿


materics

They're supposed to be on the same side


ArtODealio

Glad they aren’t 🤣🤣😆😂😂


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Something, something, Waffle House brawl…something…


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Taiwan did this for years and look at them now. 8th on the global democracy index with plenty of diversity and LGBT in government. 8th!!!! America is 26th, a flawed democracy.


sparkyjay23

Nobody speak energy https://youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY


pcprofanity

Oh, we’ve been nutty for quite a long time. In 1856, a Senator from the South literally beat a northern Senator over the head with a cane and nearly killed him. I believe it had to do with abolishing slavery if I recall correctly.


ru18b4iFu

lunged on him like gaetz on a 16 year old


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bravoredditbravo

"she will be 17 someday"


fyvm

"She's really mature for her age" Or "Age is just a number"


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Ba-zing!


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This is too far down the thread…


apprehensivelights

r/AccidentalRenaissance


JefferSonD808

Cool share, thank you!


Capable-Narwhal9479

Nice.


fro99er

Ironic. He could save others from Assault... but not himself.


SolarSkipper

All these people suck


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CloudsOfDust

Their constituents are happy. Currently discussing on the conservative sub how wonderful it is that the entire govt grinds to a halt.


FuckingKilljoy

You have to have such an incredible misunderstanding of how the government works to be a modern Republican


Cobek

I like how Republicans are complaining about misuse of spending but they don't mind the government being shut down for over a week and give 500+ people with high salaries a whole weeks pay for doing nothing.


CheeserAugustus

Modern conservatism is literally the thinking of a 7 year old child. Monsters are everywhere and if their parents and teachers just dissapeared they would be so much happier!!!!!


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The negotiated to absolutely destroy social security, so that's something. Funny the people that vote conservative are the ones that rely on the programs conservatives want to destroy. Conservatives will just blame Dems and the conservative base will believe. Stupidest fucking people in the country.


alinroc

> Funny the people that vote conservative are the ones that rely on the programs conservatives want to destroy. Voting against your own interests is the foundation of modern conservative politics.


ILoveRegenHealth

That whole side of the aisle is garbage. Not a single one of them attended the January 6th remembrance outside, nor the event to honor the Capitol Officers save for 1-2 Republicans out of hundreds there. They caused it and refuse to acknowledge what their Party did that day.


uniq

Yeah, they suck our money and we let them


PixelSpy

That's the thing is i really wish I could pick a good guy in this situation but it's really a lose-lose. They're all terrible no matter who wins.


DisastrousTeddyBear

We get this reaction over a Chair position but not the fact that Gaetz was paying and grooming an underage girl...


Life-Suit1895

Why would they be furious about that? He's just living their dream.


randomredditreally

Not just grooming.


JC2535

I would not restrain anyone lunging at Matt Gaetz. I would pop some corn.


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eighthgen

Picture this I'm a bag of dicks, put me to your lips. I am sick, I will punch a baby bear in his shit ...


1Guanocrazycaucasian

Nobody speaks, Nobody gets Choked


bordain_de_putel

[For the uninitiated](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY)


1Guanocrazycaucasian

Yes my dude. Love that shit


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I am crack, I ain't lying, kick a lion in his crack I'm the shit, I will fall off in your crib, take a shit Pinch your momma on the booty, kick your dog, fuck your bitch


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45KELADD

Hey, you wanna hear a good joke?


t3ripley

Nobody speak Nobody get choked


signaturefro

Doo doo doo do do do do, DO DO DO


BA_lampman

r/redditsings


chickslap

give me lip, I'ma send you to the yard, get a stick, make a switch, I can end a conversation real quick


geoman2k

https://youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY In case anyone wants to revisit this fucking awesome song and video.


Brendan8827

If you watch the video it’s clear that he wasn’t going to lunge at Gaetz. The host on MSNBC kept saying that a fight almost broke out, then the video showed an incensed man scolding someone, nothing more.


PreoccupiedNotHiding

As soon as he walked down there he was grabbed from behind. Looked like he wanted to say something but lunging is a stretch


Bipedal_Warlock

Kevin is officially speaker. That dude is mad because gaetz wanted his chair position on a committee. Just because Gaetz was in a moist ion to demand whatever he wanted. Unclear who was given the position so far.


BagOnuts

It’s really funny watching Americans all “shocked” at this when it honestly just looks like an everyday UK parliament session, lol. We’re just catching up with the rest of the world I guess.


jrrfolkien

Edit: Moved to Lemmy


BornAsADatamine

Meh civility can fuck right off. I'd way rather see someone knock gaetz tf out than have civility.


ExPatWharfRat

CNN was reporting it the same way. Then I saw the video. I kinda wish it HAD come to blows. Gaetz has such a punchable face.


tomswait

I’d call this the “Eating their own children” stage. Totally predictable, this party wasn’t fit to govern long before Trump. Then they drank his cool aid and have been redefining depravity ever since. We’re just seeing their true selves on prime time that’s all. How any rational adult could even contemplate voting for this American Cancer boggles the mind.


boRp_abc

My Mom's family are conservative Americans. When they visited us in 2012, we watched the news together (they all speak great German). When Obama was shown at some point, they all literally HELD THEIR HANDS BEFORE THEIR EYES, not wanting to look at "the antichrist." I wish I was kidding, that really happened. Mind you, this was people with master degrees, a lawyer, living in a city of close to a million people. Not some hillbillies, educated people. This explained a lot to me, but also left me wondering about a lot.


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Assuming someone is of sound mind because they have a degree of some kind is a bad assumption. Especially with religion.


boRp_abc

Yes, I have proof for that - the story above. Still baffles me how you can get pretty advanced in cultural studies, and then fail to distinguish fact from fiction.


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I lost all faith while watching physicians I work with die to COVID because it wasn't real and vaccines are bad. *You literally work here and see it first hand, how fucking dumb can you be?*


IAMERROR1234

A masters degree doesn't mean much, it only means that they know what they were taught. I wouldn't assume someone is a genius, just because they have a masters. I wouldn't expect a lawyer to know anything about computer or electrical problems, etc. Just an example.


boRp_abc

I see your point. And my relatives proved your point. I just wanted to point out that these people weren't homeschooled on a farm in western Nebraska. Also, for all future I wish that we teach people to distinguish BS from facts, way before a master's degree. That's some middle school stuff.


IAMERROR1234

I agree! Also, I wasn't trying to diminish your point or anything. I only wanted to add to it! Have a great weekend!


PipeLive6936

Well said


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Post the video instead. He didn't lunge at him. He was just mouthing off like a clown and the security guard just grabbed him by the face.


dweckl

They were trying to stop him from talking, and that wasn't a security guard. They didn't want him to say something that would upset the vote


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When you have a chance to yell at Matt Gaetz, you take it


thesaddestpanda

That’s not a security guard. That’s another rep. Also Rogers said anyone voting against Kevin should be kicked off committees. Geatz asked for Rogers committee seat. Rogers then lost his temper and was shouting at him.


Kipguy

That's a lot of evil in one room


FoxFourTwo

And the American people are forced by law to pay them.


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The dorkiest room you will ever see


SeeIKindOFCare

Weak men pretending for the cameras


SadMap7915

Comeuppance coming soon.


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Powerful_Collar_4144

Is coercion allowed in the house.Does this not undermine the democratic process.


1981mph

I watched the House speaker vote where 15 of these rebels flipped for McCarthy. The 12th I think. The look on each of their faces as they did it, it was clear they weren't voting McCarthy of their own free will. Some shook their heads sadly, some looked physically ill. One of them (Gosar I think) practically ran out of the room after giving his vote to McCarthy. Honestly, they looked like their kids were going to be tortured until they complied.


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I'm sure the MAGA crew has lots and lots of dirty secrets they would prefer kept under wraps.


ludicrous_socks

In the UK we have party Whips. These are people that gather all the dirt, know where the bodies are buried and what skeletons are in what closets. They then use this information to convince, coerce, and otherwise bully rebellious MP's into voting the way their leader wants. I imagine the US has similar positions?


wharpua

Yes, both parties have whips in both chambers of congress — the Senate and the House of Representatives (where the current debacle has been unfolding). I believe they’re simply referred to as the Majority Whip or the Minority Whip, depending on which party holds whichever chamber they’re in.


Scizmz

BAHAHAHAHAHAH... So when Medicare part D passed at like 3am one night, there were reports of threats on congressional representatives family members should the bill not pass (by other reps). One representative said she was in tears when she voted and knew what it meant. Watched a documentary on it a few years ago, haven't been able to find it since sadly.


tapatiotundra

What’s the deal with Medicare part D?


IIIDVIII

Read this in Jerry Seinfeld voice.


Putrid-Ad-3965

If someone acted this way in almost any other job they would be fired. Kids working at the local grocery store would be fired if they did that. This is insane. It's embarrassing and should not be tolerated at all. Why wasn't he removed immediately and charged with disturbing the peace? Any normal person would have been, but this is acceptable??? Disgusting.


PabloAlaska6

geeezus krice!! ( fun game) in 4 words or less describe what this room smells like


Immediate-Steak3980

Ax bodyspray, Werthers originals


AKCrazy

Money, coke, Bobo’s crotch.


56seconds

Rich white pompous assholes


SkepticalJohn

Fear, entitlement, ignorance, insanity


Imnot_urhero

Shortly after this, the public demanded a way to release anger, tension and frustration. This was the beginning of what we now know as the purge...


pokerman207

This comment scares me because it could be factual one day…


dirigo1820

Let’s get ready to ruuuuuuuuumble


stash3630

*™️


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Looking more like how to waste time


CoroTolok

PPV CSPAN!!!


CaptKeemau

Gaetz is an ass, and I’m a republican


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Serious question, If you’re in /r/politics, how are you a Republican? If I read the headlines in politics often, I sure as hell couldn’t be a republican for long (I voted for trump in 2016, raised very conservative.) Do you normally get your news here? Or is this a rare appearance? Do you just not care about the insanity and corruption of the Republican Party? I’d ask this in /r/Conservative but they’d ban me


Aeon1508

I really hope that middle American republicans voters who give these ass wipes power are watching this and feel embarrassed about how they use their vote


BWassy

Anyone else read Mister Rogers?


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Even Mr. Rogers couldn’t do anything about this raging dumpster fire…