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Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



My Imaginary GF posted:

cats, I think.



it is what we deserve

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oystertoadfish
Jun 17, 2003

^^ drat its been a while

that article about the 'pen names' was interesting. and it's interesting that he named his kid after his alter ego. interesting

on another note it's been relatively low-key but people here were saying that the short-fingered thing would bother trump months ago and now it's really become a consistent theme. i give fearless hero ben sasse (R-rat cave) the credit for bringing this into the fore

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

AllanGordon posted:

Also rip The Saurus. Cut down just trying to help a bud pop some pills.

p. sure that was just the straw that broke the camel's back.

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.
The Saurus is now an illegal poster.

A Neurotic Jew
Feb 17, 2012

by exmarx
Jewel Repititon do you think they'll just keep 6 hour banning you until this forum dies?

Baloogan
Dec 5, 2004
Fun Shoe
man i can't even call a oval office a oval office any more

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.

A Neurotic Jew posted:

Jewel Repititon do you think they'll just keep 6 hour banning you until this forum dies?

I don't know. That Imp Zone ik just seems to be really unhappy with me.

Baloogan
Dec 5, 2004
Fun Shoe

Jewel Repetition posted:

I don't know. That Imp Zone ik just seems to be really unhappy with me.

yeah i don't get why they hates u
i guess they heard that joke too many times?

Baloogan
Dec 5, 2004
Fun Shoe
who 6the gently caress plays videogames that aren't detailed naval warfare simulations and wargames

all non-wargames are degenerate

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

Baloogan posted:

who 6the gently caress plays videogames that aren't detailed naval warfare simulations and wargames

all non-wargames are degenerate

"wargames" is baloogan's byword for that kim kardashian game.

Karl Sharks
Feb 20, 2008

The Immortal Science of Sharksism-Fininism

Shipon posted:

to be fair to trump re: index funds. parking a million bucks in index funds and watching them grow is the most sniveling cop out way to make money. at least trump did something to earn that money even if he managed it poorly

Well, that's the point; literally anyone could do that and if it came even close to making the same amount of money as actively making investments, then how awful must you be at business to not handedly beat an index fund?

Karl Sharks
Feb 20, 2008

The Immortal Science of Sharksism-Fininism

William Bear posted:

For those who don't know, this has been literally true many times. For much of the 80s, Trump spoke to the media as "John Barron" or sometimes "John Miller".

http://www.vice.com/read/remembering-john-barron-donald-trumps-spokesman-alter-ego-116

"Yes, this is John Miller. I'm sorry I have to keep my remarks brief, Mr. Trump needs my help fending off all these women who want to gently caress him."

lmao so he named his son after an alter ego he used? :laffo:

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Karl Sharks posted:

lmao so he named his son after an alter ego he used? :laffo:

He has a bright future as being Trumps receptionist.

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties

Karl Sharks posted:

Well, that's the point; literally anyone could do that and if it came even close to making the same amount of money as actively making investments, then how awful must you be at business to not handedly beat an index fund?
It's harder than you think to beat an index fund. Most actively managed mutual funds (which annually charge as much as 1-2% of your assets under management) lost to index funds.

oystertoadfish
Jun 17, 2003

Baloogan posted:

who 6the gently caress plays videogames that aren't detailed naval warfare simulations and wargames

all non-wargames are degenerate

i dont even play wargames i just read lps of them :cool:

ive had a game of this going on my old 2nd laptop i havent actually played a turn in a year but this is my wargamiest
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1327693
atm in my world the trotskyites are stalemated at the suez canal and have been ground to a halt around the berlin salient but they have taken munich and threaten a breakthrough in italy

i should bother to play that again. but i want to make money gambling on mlb! ill never get anything done aw shucks :kasich:

i agree that non war videogames are Bad to play

once i got drunk on new glarus brewery beer at the madison airport on flight delay hammering out some eu iii pause-play-pause-play-pause-play iterations. that was me at my Gamiest i cant believe a gamer girl didnt romance me

on the plane i ended up sitting next to a girl who went to my high school and we had a nice conversation i guess thats a good non-pornographic ending to the story

oystertoadfish fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Mar 22, 2016

Baloogan
Dec 5, 2004
Fun Shoe

Majorian posted:

"wargames" is baloogan's byword for that kim kardashian game.

wargames is my safeword :pervert:;-*

fosborb
Dec 15, 2006



Chronic Good Poster

Baloogan posted:

wargames is my safeword :pervert:;-*

Tic-tac-toe suddenly takes on several new meanings

Top Bunk Wanker
Jan 31, 2005

Top Trump Anger

Karl Sharks posted:

Well, that's the point; literally anyone could do that and if it came even close to making the same amount of money as actively making investments, then how awful must you be at business to not handedly beat an index fund?

He'd just be Some Rich Guy in that case, not Donald Trump.

Zippy the Bummer
Dec 14, 2008

Silent Majority
The Don
LORD COMMANDER OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES
Trump barges into his pavilion. "I have three new surrogates to knight."

Carson, LePage, and Todd Palin kneel before him.

He draws the sword of Chang. "Boom, boom, bing," he says as he taps each of them on their heads. "Jeb is a mess."


"Jeb is a waste ," they reply.

Baloogan
Dec 5, 2004
Fun Shoe

fosborb posted:

Tic-tac-toe suddenly takes on several new meanings

*whipcrack*

Zippy the Bummer posted:

Trump barges into his pavilion. "I have three new surrogates to knight."

Carson, LePage, and Todd Palin kneel before him.

He draws the sword of Chang. "Boom, boom, bing," he says as he taps each of them on their heads. "Jeb is a mess."


"Jeb is a waste ," they reply.

And he snaps the Sword of Chang over his armored, gilt knee.

"Sad!"

And the ancient chinese prophesy was fulfilled. A golden lion has risen to lead the beautiful country.

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.
So what are the chances Cruz or Kasich has to drop before California because of lack of funds?

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

Baloogan posted:

wargames is my safeword :pervert:;-*

i always suspected you had a thing for matthew broderick.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Baloogan posted:

who 6the gently caress plays videogames that aren't detailed naval warfare simulations and wargames

all non-wargames are degenerate

i like kerbal space station

space is...like a giant, endless ocean

filled with terror in its deep

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

Baloogan posted:

wargames is my safeword :pervert:;-*

so the only winning move is not to play, huh

the paradigm shift
Jan 18, 2006

https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/712177408674115584

cool, guess we get to hear some more about terrorism this week

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

paranoid randroid posted:

so the only winning move is not to play, huh

he can only finish if dabney coleman is barking orders at him.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

the_paradigm_shift posted:

https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/712177408674115584

cool, guess we get to hear some more about terrorism this week

personally, i blame the belgies for being such weakass peoples. like come the gently caress on, what kinda real country prohibits anti-terror raids after 5pm?

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009
e: No. I will not be the one to make that pun.

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.
Trump and terrorists have a symbiotic relationship. He helps them recruit more to their cause, they help him recruit more to his cause.

Samurai Sanders
Nov 4, 2003

Pillbug

Jewel Repetition posted:

Trump and terrorists have a symbiotic relationship. He helps them recruit more to their cause, they help him recruit more to his cause.
That's just right wingers in general; I've felt that way about the right wingers in Japan, China and Korea for years. If they aren't secretly sending thank you baskets to each other every single day, they should be.

Montasque
Jul 18, 2003

Living in a hateful world sending me straight to Heaven
Speaking of terrorism:
https://twitter.com/AAhronheim/status/712177856768569344

mike12345
Jul 14, 2008

"Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."





11 people dead and a dozen injured. poo poo.

Baloogan
Dec 5, 2004
Fun Shoe
im hoping we keep banning them even after we figure out whats going on

Mitt Romney
Nov 9, 2005
dumb and bad

mike12345 posted:

11 people dead and a dozen injured. poo poo.

This looks pretty bad... looks like some more just happened.

AllanGordon
Jan 26, 2010

by Shine
Metro attack too?

the paradigm shift
Jan 18, 2006

https://twitter.com/massart_serge/status/712191109288628224

cams
Mar 28, 2003


grats republicans

The Real Paddy
Aug 21, 2004

by FactsAreUseless

Majorian posted:

e: No. I will not be the one to make that pun.

This whole situation is something waffle

SNAKES N CAKES
Sep 6, 2005

DAVID GAIDER
Lead Writer

quote:

Ted Cruz’s campaign has been exploring the possibility of forming a unity ticket with ex-rival Marco Rubio — going so far as to conduct polling looking into how the two would perform in upcoming primary states.

The motivation, hashed out in conversations among Cruz’s top aides and donors: to find a way to halt Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination.

It’s unclear whether Cruz’s campaign brass views a partnership with Rubio as realistic or quixotic. In Rubio’s orbit, according to three sources, it’s seen as an outright nonstarter — with Rubio telling his team he isn’t interested.

Yet in recent weeks, within Cruz’s camp, talk of a joint ticket has run rampant. Utah Republican Mike Lee, one of two senators to endorse Cruz, has emerged as an outspoken supporter of a unity ticket — and as a potential broker. The freshman, according to several sources briefed on the talks, has reached out repeatedly to Rubio to gauge his interest, but has been rebuffed.

Shortly before Lee endorsed Cruz on March 10, Lee and his advisers discussed the possibility of organizing a meeting between the Utah senator and Rubio in Florida, just days before the state’s primary, according to two sources. The meeting, though, never happened.

A Lee spokesman, Conn Carroll, declined to comment for this story. So, too, did spokespersons for Cruz and Rubio.

In recent days, Cruz’s team has begun to investigate how the two would fare on a prospective ticket. Over the past week, according to a person familiar with the Cruz team's internal deliberations, the campaign has conducted polling in forthcoming contests — including the one on Tuesday in Utah — in which questions are posed about the two running side-by-side.

Among the Cruz supporters who have been vocal about forging an alliance has been Doug Deason, son of billionaire megadonor Darwin Deason, who has deep connections in the Charles and David Koch fundraising network.

On March 2, the day after Super Tuesday, the younger Deason reached out to Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe. Rubio had suffered a rash of defeats the night before, and Deason told Roe that it would make sense to reach out to the Florida senator’s team. By that time, Deason had been talking to a number of major Rubio donors, but now wanted to go to the official campaign to pitch the unity-ticket idea.

In an interview, Deason recalled telling Roe he wanted to call Marc Short, a senior Rubio adviser and former operative for the Koch-founded Freedom Partners political operation. After Roe didn’t object, Deason connected with Short and gave him his pitch.

Short’s response, Deason said, was unequivocal: Rubio wasn’t interested. (Short didn’t respond to a request for comment.)

“Rubio was too pompous to act on it. He believed his own internal polls and there was no swaying him away from staying in the race through the Florida primary,” Deason said. “If he had signed on before the first Super Tuesday, Cruz would have won all of the Texas votes and a lot more delegates. They may have very well won Florida.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/exclusive-marco-rubio-rejected-unity-ticket-with-ted-cruz-221066

Weak!

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Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.
Baloogan, if you're reading this I just have to say, that looked like it was worth it.

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