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babypolis posted:you can see in another video that the reporter is not shoving him, hes getting up in his face and saying gently caress you. thats what triggered the chokeslam Xenophon posted:apparently Secret Service is babbies when they get cursed at you can see it here i think what looks like a shove in the gif is actually the ss guy being taken aback by the gently caress you
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I wanted to take a minute or two to try to add my thoughts on this matter to date, and where I'm at now. I didn't have much interest in the Republican primary until Trump entered the arena. I was pretty dismayed to see Jeb coasting an easy victory, knowing the same neocon advisors would have yet another shot at power. Trump's vendetta against Jeb changed that, and I've been watching with barely restrained glee as Trump destroyed Jeb with the ruthlessness and thoroughness of an industrial shredder. The collateral damage to the Republican party as a whole has been icing on the cake, too. AM propagandists waging civil war against one another, National Review attacking Trump and getting creamed, and the face-melting awesomeness of conservative pundits being set upon by the very mobs they've spent years delicately tweaking and grooming. Koch darling Walker becoming a very expensive, very fast flameout. Freepers once again turning on one another with the inevitable zottings, but this time with fervor seemingly an order of magnitude greater. Millions, maybe billions of precious donor dollars being summarily flushed into the toilet. I could certainly go on. It would be my great pleasure. And for the first time in a long time, following politics has become a pleasure again. But to whom do I owe this overwhelming achievement? A man who is certainly no philanthropist, no great thinker. A man who thinks as little of my needs or desires as I do those of the ants scuttling about my bathroom. A man who practically defines the term ego. And I would dare to say, the perfect man for our time. In the age of blatant lies prevailing over self-evident truth, of the proudly ignorant populace who blindly accept falsehood as fact simply because it makes them feel good, he is our P.T. Barnum. An incredibly talented grifter going for the longest con of all. And the weird thing is, I can't really blame him, or even bear him ill will. He's loving good at this. His timing is perfect, his strategy impeccable. As someone else said, politics has lowered itself to him. There's a perfect storm of poo poo: A lovely media working with lovely, corrupt politicians and lovely, corrupt executives to maintain some kind of hosed up hegemony. Of course people want to burn it to the ground, especially with this lovely economy. But my glee is starting to fade, and get replaced by something resembling worry. Can this really happen? WILL it really happen? Who loving knows! We can't even guess as to what his actual plans would be if he got elected! I mean, I dig the public works angle, The Wall is a crap Great Work but people will have jobs. Maybe he'll fix some bridges and poo poo too. Or maybe he'll just drop dozens of nukes on Megyn Kelly when she's visiting Dubai. Hilarious as that is to imagine, it might be something he'd actually do! Maybe it's a little sad, but I still have some hope that this will be some kind of wake-up call for the people that don't pay attention. Maybe somehow, we become a little less corrupt as a species. Adapt better bullshit detectors or something. I'd like to think something positive can come out of this. It's a nice thought. But that's so beautifully naive, it's even a little charming. I know better. And yeah, we deserve this. As a nation, I mean. Not literally "us people posting here", that's just mean. BTW, I loving loved Deadpool.
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Extensive Vamping posted:I wanted to take a minute or two to try to add my thoughts on this matter to date, and where I'm at now. nice c/p
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Brannock posted:Christ how loving difficult is it for people to actually go after Trump on poo poo that isn't immediately falsifiable, there's hundreds of this stuff actually the one coming off as a fool is you because you are wrong as gently caress
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Mar 1, 2016 09:13
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Zippy the Bummer posted:Yeah, for the crows. Max ownage." For whatever reason, this made me think of Counting Crows, and then I realized, "You know what? I'll bet Trump and Christie like Counting Crows. They're terrible enough to like a band that lovely."
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Trump and Christie ride up to the would-be-king, Marco. "Look at my Establishment support, Donald. Do you truly think I will not be king?" "Do you think a few bolts of cloth will make you king?" Trump says. Rubio smirks. "Old Money swords will make me king. McConnell and Graham and Carson will make me king, with polling and votes and negative ads. Cruz arrows and Jindal lances, Santorum . . . even House Bush, your own wife's brothers and uncles, they will make me king. All the chivalry of the Establishment rides with me, and that is the least part of my power. My foot is coming behind, a hundred thousand swords and spears and pikes. And you will destroy me? With what, pray? That paltry rabble I see there huddled under the castle walls? I'll call them five thousand and be generous, twitter lords and opinion knights and sellwords. Half of them are like to come over to me before the battle starts. You have fewer than four hundred horse, my scouts tell me-freeriders in boiled leather who will not stand an instant against armored lances. I do not care how seasoned a warrior you think you are, Trump, that host of yours won't survive the first charge of my vanguard." Trump regards him cooly, then wheels Narrative about. "We shall see, Marco. Come the dawn, we shall see."
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Bip Roberts posted:nice c/p i'll pee in your butt yes I wrote that
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Extensive Vamping posted:i'll pee in your butt that's even worse
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Afraid of Audio posted:that's even worse I never said I wasn't a douchebag with delusions of grandeur. But seriously, the film really did awaken me to the awesomeness of the character.
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User posted:I think you're right. I've also come to recognize it as a glaring persuasion tell, particularly for the style that plays to identity. http://paulgraham.com/identity.html is a good essay that speaks to some but not all of the phenomenon. what that guy says is 100% true. political beliefs are derived from your personal values, which are part of your identity. so any insult agaisnt your politics feels like a personal insult. which is why arguing about politics is mostly futile. not only does it doom every argument into becoming a stupid slapfight, rational arguments will never convince anyone
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Why does a private citizen like Trump have Secret Service protection anyway? I was under the impression candidates only got official protection after winning the nomination, and Obama getting it was a one-off in '08 when he was frontrunner at the request of political colleagues and fear of racist crazies doing something extreme.
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Alris posted:Why does a private citizen like Trump have Secret Service protection anyway? I was under the impression candidates only got official protection after winning the nomination, and Obama getting it was a one-off in '08 when he was frontrunner at the request of political colleagues and fear of racist crazies doing something extreme. Maybe there was a credible threat from someone in the GOPe wanting to end their nightmare.
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Alris posted:Why does a private citizen like Trump have Secret Service protection anyway? I was under the impression candidates only got official protection after winning the nomination, and Obama getting it was a one-off in '08 when he was frontrunner at the request of political colleagues and fear of racist crazies doing something extreme. i think candidates can request to have secret service protection. carson has it too. what is extremely weird is having them guarding the press pen and preventing people from leaving
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babypolis posted:what that guy says is 100% true. political beliefs are derived from your personal values, which are part of your identity. so any insult agaisnt your politics feels like a personal insult. which is why arguing about politics is mostly futile. not only does it doom every argument into becoming a stupid slapfight, rational arguments will never convince anyone If you arent posting dumb rear end poo poo to infuriate people this (and every) cycle, I don't know what to tell you. If you need a position to take, I highly recommend friend's and family's facebook feeds. Or just dehumanize yourself and face to Trump.
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Mar 1, 2016 09:56
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Zippy the Bummer posted:Trump and Christie ride up to the would-be-king, Marco. I like what you're doing. Keep it up. If possible could someone illustrate this in the style of Prince Valiant?
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Might want to look up what happens to the characters he's placing Trump onto in his Game of Thrones fanfics.
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Alris posted:Why does a private citizen like Trump have Secret Service protection anyway? I was under the impression candidates only got official protection after winning the nomination, and Obama getting it was a one-off in '08 when he was frontrunner at the request of political colleagues and fear of racist crazies doing something extreme.
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Secret Service can protect pretty much anyone their superiors designate.
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lol donald trump had his government appointed journalist wrangler chokeslam a photographer after he tossed 30 black students for looking... protesty
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Wheeee posted:Might want to look up what happens to the characters he's placing Trump onto in his Game of Thrones fanfics. that is kind of the point
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Nah, it happened before and after Obama too. Kerry had it in 2004 (even before the nomination), and Sanders, Clinton and Carson all have it at the moment too. Thanks. Oh to be a fly on the wall in one of Carson's secret service detail debriefings 
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Mar 1, 2016 10:26
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Alris posted:Thanks. "Make sure we have extras of adrenaline and Narcan. I don't want a repeat of last week's near-coma, people."
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Mar 1, 2016 10:36
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If Trump manages to squeak into the presidency I wonder what kind of vindictive bullshit he'll do to people on his grudge list. I can only imagine Nixon's ghost boner at the possibilities.
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if he takes out john oliver my trip to the trump labor camp will be worth it imo
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Prof. Lurker posted:if he takes out john oliver my trip to the trump labor camp will be worth it imo You can't take me to a camp! It's CURRENT YEAR!!
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look at this adorable sloth in a Make America Great Again hat!
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Well, Thom Hartmann confirmed my worst fear: that there's a non-trivial number of disaffected Sanderistas getting aboard the Trump Train.
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If you start watching Anime now, the cultural revolution will be less of a shock. I suggest starting with "Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel", or "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", in dumdum language.
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Jewel Repetition posted:The most perfect thing possible would be Cain as Trump's running mate. Do we dare hope to believe?
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Jewel Repetition posted:Well, Thom Hartmann confirmed my worst fear: that there's a non-trivial number of disaffected Sanderistas getting aboard the Trump Train. there were several polls in the 2008 democratic primary that said a huge number of hillary supporters would vote mccain over obama if she lost the nom, and vice versa. the battle now isn't as fierce as it was back then, but trump is competent in his own strange way that mccain wasn't so idk
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William Bear posted:Are they employees of the Trump campaign? And are Diamond and Silk really their names? No, but only until Trump brings them into his Administration and renames them Step & Fetchit
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"Ok Carson, roll CHA to save" The whole table sighs.
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Nascar? Really? Why would they take a political stance like that, does anyone know if this is normal for them?
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That SS agent protected the gently caress out of that photographer. Maybe someone was hardscoping him? I guess we'll never know all the details, better to err on the side of the authorities.
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the_paradigm_shift posted:Nascar? Really? Why would they take a political stance like that, does anyone know if this is normal for them? Have you not realized that this is the year all normality breaks down? A wallstreet meme has a fair chance at the highest office in the world. Leo won an oscar. this is the year BT 0.5, welcome to the dawn of a new era.
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HapiMerchant posted:Have you not realized that this is the year all normality breaks down? A wallstreet meme has a fair chance at the highest office in the world. Leo won an oscar. this is the year BT 0.5, welcome to the dawn of a new era. I can't wait for this thousand year reich to crumble after a few years as well while I'm eating gruel in some shack if I've not been drafted and killed in some inane war for Siberia or Antarctica
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