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https://www.leoweekly.com/2017/08/white-people/

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The mexican government is in dire need of a revolution...we should be doing more to keep more mexicans in Mexico

Over a hundred Mexican politicians were just slaughtered

political bias???

@ProjectNerd did you see the video on the political bias??

which one?

the media blowback to trump

link?

I'll repost it in video links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brem#Fermented_beverage

http://quranx.com/Hadith/Muslim/USC-MSA/Book-30/Hadith-5786/

http://www.nimble.news/christian-sculpture-park-korea-features-muscular-jesus-statue-ever/

who is here?

I'm working on my saturday Video

So I just realized today isn't the call in show...

For what it's worth, I woke up thinking it was monday.

https://kfor.com/2018/07/10/former-ok-foster-wishes-employee-charged-with-embezzling-more-than-20k-from-charity/

Just in-case @Matt Christiansen runs out of stories

Do we still have to do the <#231936127378915328> at 6:50?

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who's ready boyz?

I know I'm ready because I'm using an MVMT watch 😉

did you buy it with Birch Gold??

I put it as a decoration on my BlueApron meal

don't get any of the sauce on your Boll and Branch Sheets

don't want anyone to try and steal them, so I had to close my Blinds.com

BLONDE IS HERE!!!

YA BOI CHAR IS in watching the call-in show for once

How do you call in

roll call

https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article214948550.html

FIGHT ME

Hi, I'm a patreon subscriber but it isn't showing me

In the Patreon list - Any idea why?

Do you guys think the 17th Amendment should be repealed?

Eh, not really...

What do you suggest to replace it??

I'm at a hard no, but I'm willing to hear the argument

My thought is that the states should decide how representatives are chosen. I think having state legislators pick a representative would encourage people to pay more attention to and maybe participate in their state elections.

You don't think that'd lead to cronyism?

It could. But states governments work like the federal, right? So couldn't the houses hold a vote or something, so that it's not one person picking?

The problem is that you'd have to hold states to account.

@CrystalWhiteMustang is absolutely right, if New York State decided to just appoint, there's no federal statute to prevent that

as pointed out, that would be cronyism

the 17th streamlines the process and protects more authoritarian states like New York and California from just picking who they want and to hell with the will of the people

it also makes freshman politicians viable. While I don't agree with her policies, and I know she represents a different chamber, let's use Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as an example

AOC just primaried a sure thing representative. In New York. Which is almost unheard of. Think about some upstart in the same boat that would make an attempt to do the same to an open senate seat

While I don't think that superceding Article 1, or 10A is a good idea....both of which the 17th is technically in violation of, I do see the merit, especially considering that it's a federal seat

and it also prevents the states from changing the rules in order to suit a particular agenda, much like the DNC did in 2016, and after as well

My thought is if the politicians in the state practice this kind of cronyism or change the rules to fit their agenda, wouldn't it be an unpopular move with the citizens of the state? Wouldn't it hurt their election changes when elections come up? Or am I giving the population too much credit?

*changes = chances

On a lot of occasions, you're giving populations too much credit, unfortunately. Los Angeles is still going to be a magnet for aspiring actors, Seattle for Hipsters, New York for yuppy businessmen, Massachusetts for historians, and all of them for heritage reasons. You'll chase off a few more rigid people, but for the most part the populations will be complicit

That's a part of the reason there has been so much push for federal overreach from the left, so people don't have to vote with their feet

Also, do you think it would still be as much of an issue today considering that information is much more readily available than it was when the amendment was passed?

I have an inherent distrust of any politician who has served more than three terms...so yes

Trust me, you think that we have a problem with term limits now, repeal the 17th and see what happens

What if we repeal the 17th AND implement term limits.

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that would be an ideal situation, but you'd have to get term limit legislation passed through people who are reaping a rich government salary off the fact that there are no term limits

that's the age old question of congress though

Sounds like we just fixed all the world's problems.

except there's no incentive by the lawmakers to pass a term limits law

especially if you repeal the 17th

What I mean is we need to repeal the 17th Amendment and return to how Senators used to be chosen. If we do that, then there won't be a need to place term limits on Senators. But I do think we need to place term limits on Congressmen. To learn more about this topic click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOGdBgeB14

And by the way, before the 17th Amendment, the Senators were chosen by the state legislatures, because the Senate was designed to represent the state governments. But the 17th Amendment changed that. Now Senators are chosen directly by the people of each state.

May I ask what's wrong with by the people for the people??

actually, no, I have a better question. What state do you live in, and which senator did you get that you don't like??

I live in Texas. My issue is not which Senators I have, because I like Ted Cruz. My issue is that the House of Representatives represent the people, and the Senate represent the states. That's why Texas has 36 Congressmen and only 2 Senators, and why Wyoming has 2 Congressmen, and also only has 2 Senators.

the senate is meant to make sure that the states with smaller populations get a chance at equal representation in congress

it's a balance to keep states like california from controlling everything

If there are any Patrons reading this conversation, please ask Matt and Blonde what they think.

The other Senator from Texas, by the way, is John Cornyn, but I don't really know much about him.

No....unfortunately there are 535 congresspeople, and most people in the country can only name 10 of them, including their own

there's a reason the news only focuses on 14 congresspeople. Those are the ones making all the legislation

There's not much to know about Cornyn. He's been a senator since 2002, but he doesn't really do a whole lot.

He's an establishment type.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/33600/house-appropriations-committee-passes-spending-hank-berrien?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=051717-news&utm_campaign=dwtwitter

^Good, build it

How do I know they're ready to take my call?

in the roll call section, they go through the list of people who have checked in, they start with patreon callers (those who have the orange name) and then they get to non-patreon calllers after that

i see

Thanks for explaining that. I'm pretty new to this.

so we just have to be voice connected and unmutued?

yeah

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no problem, so once thoughtsandblogs is up it will start with the non patreon callers

@J Edgar how the hell do i level up lol

i don't know. Hell, I don't even know how I did

@Zirglehopz so how do we know if they're calling on us if the show is on delay?

you'll know because they will pull you into their private call room

Oooh

There's a #fakenews scandal I am trying to expose. If I can't wait all the way what's the best way to share the story with Matt and Blonde?

Does he have an email I can write to?

matt has an email, [email protected]

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i just leveled up

either that or shoot him a tweet

@Zirglehopz which one is he more prone to answering?

i can do both, but it's easier for me to watch my email at work.

i would email him

he is pretty responsive

@Zirglehopz can i copy you? u might wanna take a look. 😄

yea sure ill dm you my email

Thanks dude

he waved the white flag on twitter mentions a few months ago...best to email

@J Edgar good 2 know

@Zirglehopz it doesn't sound like I'm gonna get in today.

do you have a microphone?

well, obviously, I guess you were going to be calling in, sorry stupid question

@Starscream92 (ChefLeopard) if you check into roll call right at the 5:50 PST you’ll have the best chance of getting in, or donate to his patreon then you’ll always get in lol

or you can do like I do, and make a 1 minute video and upload it to youtube unlisted

because I'm at work. second shift

@Starscream92 (ChefLeopard) So how does Call-In work?

@Drifter i think it's only wednesdays, but you basically go onto the <#231936127378915328> channel and type in <#231936127378915328>.

Then join the waiting room until you hear matt telling you to mute the stream 😉

Pro tip

Check out the newest video in the <#266400976267640833> tab

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@Frank Underwood Mute your mic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bWejGhKrQw

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@Falcon

I think @Wolf_Prince is talking on the phone. He must have us muted.

The term is Fundamentalist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ZuffBrloo

Excuse me!

hi!!

The press is not the enemy of the people! Excuse me!

What you all think about POTUS sort of reestablishing European-Americans identity.

I'm requesting that we start a new identifier. When referring to European-Americans we should use [we], [us], [they] etcetera. It's time. There's a code for Jews, (()). I think it could actually empower us.

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Had to reset. How do I get into call in waiting room again?

Click on it

guess no one wants to hang out in the voice chat room huh

next time then

well, I can't

it's fine

ill be out of class in an hour

you mustache us a question?

lol

I need to change my name as I don't have a mustache anymore

shhh dont tell us

no one will know

lol

I won't be able to voice chat until 1 central

and I have to edit tonight

gotcha

somedays people are more talkative

I think I'm getting a new logo

nice

I am no graphic design expert but I have had some training from design school

I may be able to give some suggestion and feed back

I actually talked to a graphic designer today

young kid, just cutting his teeth in the industry

Nice

let him handle it then

Is he doing it for exposure?

exposure and a flat fee that I can't turn down

I thought I was going to be spending a minimum of 5x that amount

Nice

65 bucks

after the conversion rate

from where?

Somewhere in the UK

he quoted me in pounds

I debated asking him his thoughts on UKIP

Does he know what your political stance is

I'd assume...I sent him a video to show the logo I have now and give him a starting point

ask him after the project is done?

probably

the video I showed him was titled, "A Plea for smaller government in the Wake of Kavanaugh"

so in the very least he knows I am a small government guy

yeah

I gotta do something...I know I'm gonna get popped for stealing clipart one of these days

yeah do that

<-------clipart

lol I noticed

should we discuss net neutrality here or in general text?

depends...is someone going to rotate in his chair gyrating middle fingers and screaming "Fuck you I was right" over and over again??

AHAHAHA that was great

I almost put that in tomorrow's video

his signature I suppose

breathe in and exhale breathe in and exhale.....

I was going to close talking about how I predicted the facebook stock decline, and say that I couldn't find the words to tell my detractors, so I would let Razorfist do it for me"

hmmm

I want to talk about it because it seems like my friend at Youtube thinks that people who want to kill net neutrality are the ones who want censorship

and not the big tech companies themselves and the mainstream media

no....the net neutrality thing is just a talking point

like the death of net neutrality is everything

yeah I guessed as much

so they don't have to take any resposibility

I see it censorship as a cultural thing

wonder if anyone in this server has a more expert knowledge on what net neutrality actually is, I tried to look but there is just propaganda about it that makes it look like the end all be all

What they want is for the government to have a pre-existing role in internet commerce, so they can move on to use the government club to silence opposition

this whole left movement is very orwellian and very scary

yeah the less the government has to do with it the better, at least from my limited knowledge

i remembered even in Crowder's comment sections on Net Neutrality is very polarized.

guess that is a healthy thing because conversation is encouraged

I want conversation

that's why I'm staying on youtube as long as youtube lets me

I don't specifically want to go to bitchute. I think it's going to be a right wing echo chamber

right now I'm just using it as a backup

That's the thing that is bothering me a lot about how even conservatives like Dave Cullen are calling for government intervention against Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and the like.

hmmm

yeah I don't know if that is a good idea

I don't like monopolistic tech companies getting really heavy handed on deciding what is and isn't allowed on their platforms, but I can't think of much worse than government intervention.

and supposedly people who support this internet bill of rights supports net neutrality

the funny thing is my friend doesn't believe that YouTube isn't a monopoly

Net Neutrality itself just seems like nothing so much as people giving the government credit it doesn't deserve.

"But there's Bitchute, and Minds, and whatever else! Youtube can't be a monopoly!"

lol

that is pretty much what he is saying

Yeah, but in the 90s, there was always Apple, but people bitched about what a monopoly Windows was.

I don't really like using that as an example though, considering that case went nowhere because Microsoft just started giving buckets of money to congress.

hmmm

Or at least, my understanding is that the biggest reason that Microsoft was brought to court for monopoly stuff was that they weren't lobbying congress. After that case, they started lobbying a whole lot more, and nothing has happened since.

I'm insanely bothered by the internet bill of rights

that's been one of the most bothersome concepts that's ever come across policy in my eyes

Ideally we don't even have to have it

it's nothing more than another government intervention

I don't know what that even means. I've never heard anyone reference it except by name.

just like gun rights, we shouldn't need a piece of paper to tell us that we have the right to be armed

talk next time then

should go to bed

wow I just came across some awesome widipedia. Is anyone familiar with the Russian Pale of Settelment?

If any of you are familiar with it, then you might have noticed the conspicuous fact that all of the territory that was The Pale are now states belonging to NATO, except Ukrain

No one to play with wumpus 🦑

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and neither are you!

Speak of the devil

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