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Paint Crop Pro: Mar 22, 2007; Find someone who values you like Rick Spielman values 7th round picks.

Epic High Five posted:

Cleared of all suspicion by the IRS and Committee To Find Hillary Guilty #8 couldn't find anything in 11 hours

Oh yeah, she's guilty

"She has to be guilty. It has taken 8 straight hearings and they still haven't gotten the truth out of her. God knows if she wasnt a liberal the median would of already convicted her by now." -Something I heard yesterday.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 21:43

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# ? May 26, 2024 16:16

DaveWoo: Aug 14, 2004; Fun Shoe

OxySnake posted:

"She has to be guilty. It has taken 8 straight hearings and they still haven't gotten the truth out of her. God knows if she wasnt a liberal the median would of already convicted her by now." -Something I heard yesterday.

Yes, why just look at all the Republicans who were convicted for lying us into the Iraq War and insituting a secret torture program, such as

# ? Oct 24, 2015 21:45

Rygar201: Jan 26, 2011; I AM A TERRIBLE PIECE OF SHIT.

Please Condescend to me like this again.

Oh yeah condescend to me ALL DAY condescend daddy.

Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:

Seventh Day Adventists. Boy, I don't know.

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one to think this.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 21:50

sullat: Jan 9, 2012

Epic High Five posted:

Cleared of all suspicion by the IRS and Committee To Find Hillary Guilty #8 couldn't find anything in 11 hours

Oh yeah, she's guilty

The IRS wasn't investigating Hillary. They were being investigated by the DoJ and another grandstanding Congressional committee. Like Benghazi, the committee is more intent on embarrassing Obama and the IRS, while also poisoning the well on any actual investigation of 501c orgs, but the DoJ cleared the IRS of any criminal intent. Just was ordinary incompetence.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 21:54

Shifty Pony: Dec 28, 2004; Up ta somethin'

Joementum posted:

He probably is. There's enough money at stake in the assumption that the US will never default that there'd be a collective agreement to just ignore it if it ever happened.

Like when the credit rating was downgraded and everyone just rolled their eyes.

Well things are so automated now that "ignore it" might not be practical. But it also is entirely possible that many of the financial software systems in use just straight up can't account for a US treasury bond default. Hell during the housing bubble a bunch of them were unable to deal with declining house prices and that's an event orders of magnitude more likely than the US government defaulting.

So maybe they would just coast along happily as though nothing happened, or maybe they would completely freeze all of the affected institution's purchasing and lending while attempting to firesale their liquid assets to meet reserve ratios. We just don't know.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 21:57

Epic High Five: Jun 5, 2004

sullat posted:

The IRS wasn't investigating Hillary. They were being investigated by the DoJ and another grandstanding Congressional committee. Like Benghazi, the committee is more intent on embarrassing Obama and the IRS, while also poisoning the well on any actual investigation of 501c orgs, but the DoJ cleared the IRS of any criminal intent. Just was ordinary incompetence.

Whoops, yep I meant DoJ thanks for the correction. That's what I get for firing from the hip

# ? Oct 24, 2015 21:57

Halman: Feb 10, 2007; What's the...Rush?

Wait, Carson is a 7th day adventist? How is this only coming up now?

# ? Oct 24, 2015 21:58

Die Sexmonster!: Nov 30, 2005

Halman posted:

Wait, Carson is a 7th day adventist? How is this only coming up now?

It's been out there, most people just think "Christian" and "good". But it's right there on his Wikipedia page, for example.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:02

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:

Seventh Day Adventists. Boy, I don't know.

If Carson had any sense he'd respond with Bartlett's line.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:08

QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

Rhesus Pieces posted:

Here we gooooo

Speaking of which, the Catholic Church just ended it's three-week Synod on the family with a minor recommendation that divorced Catholics should be permitted to participate more in the Church. This conclusion falls short of completely accepting divorced couples and tolerating gay marriage, which Francis was hoping for.

Ultimately, though, the conclusion is probably a victory for the Pope given how, within the last few weeks:

- The Vatican and its clergy had to fight out a PR battle over Kim Davis;

- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith fired a prominent aide on the eve of the Synod over his homosexuality;

- A group of conservative bishops, led by Cardinal Dolan of New York, accused the Pope of manipulating the Church and its functions to meet his interests;

- Bishops accused the Vatican of acting as "agents of the devil" from the Synod floor, which itself was described as having the scent of "infernal smoke;"

- An anonymous Cardinal wrote to the Italian press to tell Francis that he should "watch himself;"

- A rumor spread that Francis had a brain tumor and might not be completely sane.

On the bright side, no one has been poisoned or stabbed yet, so it isn't the most chaotic meeting the Church has ever had.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:09

STAC Goat: Mar 12, 2008; Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I doubt most people really know much about it. To be honest, I don't know enough about 7th Day Adventists to tell someone about it.

This is one of those things where you can't really attack the person publicly because its going to look really bad so you have to hope that everyone just looks it up on their own and takes the time to actually read up. Which ain't gonna happen.

Of course Trump has no manners or limits so he might just do it anyway.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:10

Jackson Taus: Oct 19, 2011

Halman posted:

Wait, Carson is a 7th day adventist? How is this only coming up now?

Because "attack another Christian over his odd branch of Christianity" is a risky move, exactly the sort of poo poo nobody but Trump would try unless desperate.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:15

Epic High Five: Jun 5, 2004

Protestant sect infighting can be a powerful force if harnessed, and pretty much Trump has the floor entirely to himself because I cannot imagine Carson actually deviating from the whole, "I'm a blank slate in an empty suit" thing to fight back beyond changing to subject to one he's comfortable with

That said, it's a lot like feudin' hillbillies in that they're just as likely join together to jump you for getting involved

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:18

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

Raskolnikov38 posted:

If Carson had any sense he'd respond with Bartlett's line.

"In the future...if you're wondering...
*five minute pause*
'Seventh Day Adventists. Boy, I don't know,' is when,
*seven minute pause with eyes closed, faint snoring audible*
When I decided to,
*long yawn*
kick you rear end."

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:21

Gin and Juche: Apr 3, 2008; The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

Jackson Taus posted:

Because "attack another Christian over his odd branch of Christianity" is a risky move, exactly the sort of poo poo nobody but Trump would try unless desperate.

Didn't they attack JFK though for being Catholic?

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:22

emdash: Oct 19, 2003; and?

Gravel Gravy posted:

Didn't they attack JFK though for being Catholic?

it was mostly couched in terms of "would he be loyal to the constitution or the pope?" honestly idk if an equivalent problem exists for 7DAs

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:25

QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

People were laughing at Mitt Romney being Mormon in 2012.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:25

Sulphagnist: Oct 10, 2006; WARNING! INTRUDERS DETECTED

That was in 1960, before "political Christianity" (for want of a better term) came into being and got intertwined into right-wing politics. The word "Christianity" is important because instead of various sects, you now just have this big blob of "Christianity" and "Christian values."

Sectarianism used to be a really big deal, but nowadays you have Rick Santorum, a Catholic, and Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist, staking the same arguments and angling for the same voter base.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:25

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

QuoProQuid posted:

Speaking of which, the Catholic Church just ended it's three-week Synod on the family with a minor recommendation that divorced Catholics should be permitted to participate more in the Church. This conclusion falls short of completely accepting divorced couples and tolerating gay marriage, which Francis was hoping for.

Ultimately, though, the conclusion is probably a victory for the Pope given how, within the last few weeks:

- The Vatican and its clergy had to fight out a PR battle over Kim Davis;

- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith fired a prominent aide on the eve of the Synod over his homosexuality;

- A group of conservative bishops, led by Cardinal Dolan of New York, accused the Pope of manipulating the Church and its functions to meet his interests;

- Bishops accused the Vatican of acting as "agents of the devil" from the Synod floor, which itself was described as having the scent of "infernal smoke;"

- An anonymous Cardinal wrote to the Italian press to tell Francis that he should "watch himself;"

- A rumor spread that Francis had a brain tumor and might not be completely sane.

On the bright side, no one has been poisoned or stabbed yet, so it isn't the most chaotic meeting the Church has ever had.

I like to think this means a bunch of old white cardinals are going to try to assassinate the pope

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:30

showbiz_liz: Jun 2, 2008

I cannot believe that JEB quote is real.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:30

Internet Kraken: Apr 24, 2010; slightly amused

Trabisnikof posted:

Holy poo poo. The War on Drugs might actually be working!

They'll just keep finding some other cocktail of chemicals to kill people with an increasingly painful fashion. But as long as it looks clean, its just fine.

Its really depressing to me the lengths people will go to get prisoners murdered now.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:31

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

achillesforever6 posted:

I like to think this means a bunch of old white cardinals are going to try to assassinate the pope

It's happened before within the past century (allegedly).

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:36

Alfred P. Pseudonym: May 29, 2006; And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss goes 8-8

achillesforever6 posted:

I like to think this means a bunch of old white cardinals are going to try to assassinate the pope

This is probably actually the case.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:37

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:49

Chelb: Oct 24, 2010; I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!

Never have I seen a neck so.... neck-y.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 22:54

Doctor Butts: May 21, 2002

Joementum posted:

Uh. Who's that to the left?

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:04

Die Sexmonster!: Nov 30, 2005

QuoProQuid posted:

People were laughing at Mitt Romney being Mormon in 2012.

That's because Mormonism is hilarious.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:09

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

Doctor Butts posted:

Uh. Who's that to the left?

A campaign volunteer named Noah.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:12

Scrotum Modem: Sep 12, 2014

Doctor Butts posted:

Uh. Who's that to the left?

this guy's son:

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:12

FetusSlapper: Jan 6, 2005; by exmarx

Joementum posted:

That dude needs to gain 50 more pounds so his body can catch up with his head.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:15

Name Change: Oct 9, 2005

Gravel Gravy posted:

Didn't they attack JFK though for being Catholic?

Yeah in 1960.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:19

Fuckt Tupp: Apr 19, 2007; Science

Joementum posted:

Not true! [Paul Ryan] drove the Weinermobile for a bit.

Wouldn't being Carlos Danger's chauffeur be a conflict of interest for this job?

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:20

Mr Interweb: Aug 25, 2004

Doctor Butts posted:

Uh. Who's that to the left?

And who's the to right? Yowza.

Is that Katy Perry?

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:34

Push El Burrito: May 9, 2006; Soiled Meat

Mr Interweb posted:

And who's the to right? Yowza.

Is that Katy Perry?

Katy Perry is cool she once helped a homeless junkie by marrying him.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:44

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

Young Freud posted:

Cindy Sheehan has been the driving force for her own activism, building Camp Casey and later running for elected office. The difference her is Vilerat's mom just goes on while Sheehan actually does stuff.

Sheehan is buds with the author of the Ron Paul "fleet-footed" newsletter, Lew Rockwell, hth

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:44

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

Sheehan is buds with the author of the Ron Paul "fleet-footed" newsletter, Lew Rockwell, hth

Sheehan was unstable and the way that the left used her as a cludgel against W were embarrassing and wrong.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:50

Paul MaudDib: May 3, 2006; TEAM NVIDIA:
FORUM POLICE

Joementum posted:

No cargo shorts or wolf t-shirt? Somebody was out of uniform.

# ? Oct 24, 2015 23:55

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

Paul MaudDib posted:

No cargo shorts or wolf t-shirt? Somebody was out of uniform.

I mean, if we're going for sartorial critique, we should probably start with the American flag cape and turban combo.

# ? Oct 25, 2015 00:08

abelwingnut: Dec 23, 2002

oh my god

AP posted:

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) � Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump mocked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in his own state on Saturday, saying recent campaign cuts show he's not ready to be president.

"Here's a guy who wants to run our country, and he can't even run his own campaign. And you know what? He's cutting back big," Trump told a raucous crowd of thousands gathered along the riverfront of one of Florida's most conservative cities.

The comment came the day after the Bush campaign said it was cutting payroll by 40 percent by trimming staff and requiring an across the board pay cut for those remaining.

Trump said Bush, the son and brother for former presidents, is "losing badly and embarrassing his family."

"Bush has no money. He's cutting. He's meeting today with mommy and daddy and they're working on their campaign," Trump said.

He chastised Bush for paying his finance director more than $1 million and said that if campaign staffers were willing to work for lower pay, he should have made that deal when the campaign started.

"You don't wait till you're failing," he said.

By contrast, Trump said he's only spent about $2 million on his campaign and he's leading in polls.

"So, I've put up less money than anybody else and I'm No. 1," he said. "Wouldn't it be better if we had a country that would spend the least and be No. 1? Think about it."

The Bush campaign responded by saying people are getting tired of Trump.

is trump throwing the gloves off finally? he's throwing haymaker after haymaker today

abelwingnut fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Oct 25, 2015

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Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

Abel Wingnut posted:

oh my god

is trump throwing the gloves off finally? he's throwing haymaker after haymaker today

He basically was letting his pal hillary knock the benghazi poo poo out of the park and soak up some news while he planned just how he was gonna slam dunk Bush.

# ? Oct 25, 2015 00:17

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