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VikingofRock: Aug 24, 2008

Looks like California will be deciding between a Democrat and a Democrat for Senate this year.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:25

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Shes Not Impressed: Apr 25, 2004

WampaLord posted:

Trump would be willing to build the Moonbase as long as he could put a hotel up there too.

He'd then claim he was first* on the Moon because all the Apollo missions were faked

*his slaves who build it for him

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:25

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Shes Not Impressed posted:

The Zookeeper Gingrich is going to tame the Wild Donald

He is a teacher of the rules of civilization and leader (possibly) of the civilizing forces.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:29

Business Gorillas: Mar 11, 2009

xrunner posted:

Did you miss the entire second sentence?

Maybe

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:29

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

VikingofRock posted:

Looks like California will be deciding between a Democrat and a Democrat for Senate this year.

One of them is a Blue Dog who mocked Native Americans, so there's a chance that, with Republican support, we end up with a worse senator than even Feinstein.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:32

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

WampaLord posted:

Trump would be willing to build the Moonbase as long as he could put a hotel up there too.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:33

Shbobdb: Dec 16, 2010; by Reene

Gold makes a good radiation shield. Can't stump the Trump.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:35

Evil Fluffy: Jul 13, 2009; Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

zoux posted:

Yeah the first thing I thought was "uhoh Uber."

You mean "gently caress Uber" surely?

Don't care if it's convenient to people who hate cabs (or live in red areas with lovely infrastructure) Uber sucks and I want to see them and the rest of the parasite economy (AirBnB especially) burned to the loving ground.

Jarmak posted:

Are you naturally unable to process context or do you just choose to ignore it?

If it's not the former then I'm impressed with their mastery of the latter.

MariusLecter posted:

https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/739965267501977600

The Terminator weighs in!

This just keeps getting better. Please take a pot shot at the Terminator, Donald, please. :munch:

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:55

Tender Bender: Sep 17, 2004

Business Gorillas posted:

That implies Chris kyle only shot "bad guys"

Exactly, the dude's statement was that an Iraqi American would be biased against Kyle because he killed a lot of "bad guys" in Iraq.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 20:58

a few DRUNK BONERS: Mar 25, 2016

McAlister posted:

It's even more bizarre when you've looked at their tax filings and seen that most of the executive board gets $0 in salary.

It really blows the narrative of charity-as-sinecure out of the water when the kid you have working there donates a couple hundred grand a year( Chelsea gets about 50k a speech and donates it to the foundation ) and gets no salary at all.

The problem comes down to narratives. We have all sorts of negative stories about powerful women and you can easily prompt people to cast Hillary as a villain by attributing some element of a story to her.

People are loving shocked to see the column of $0 salaries because it is the exact opposite of what the story of the corrupt charity has trained them to expect.

I'm phone posting over lunch but I'll try to do an unwinding of all the bullshit narratives in that "but I don't trust her" post tonight.

So only the already wealthy can afford to work for them? How is this a good thing?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:01

Fuckt Tupp: Apr 19, 2007; Science

Evil Fluffy posted:

This just keeps getting better. Please take a pot shot at the Terminator, Donald, please.

Few things would top Arnold calling Trump a girlie man on Twitter.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:06

Doctor Butts: May 21, 2002

That's it I'm watching Spaceballs and will imagine Trump as President Skroob.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:10

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MariusLecter posted:

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/740608330859749378

You learn something new every day, I didn't know that there's an Iraqi-American judge working at the ICC.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:10

Raerlynn: Oct 28, 2007; Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life.

a few DRUNK BONERS posted:

So only the already wealthy can afford to work for them? How is this a good thing?

Post/Avatar combo perfection.

Goodness forbid they do absolutely free charity work! Only the rich can afford to work for them! What is it like in your head? Do you believe the voices in your head are other people?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:10

Shrecknet: Jan 2, 2005

Evil Fluffy posted:

This just keeps getting better. Please take a pot shot at the Terminator, Donald, please.

I seriously doubt Donald Trump would insult a fellow WWE Hall of Famer. That hallowed institution requires a level of decorum.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:12

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

Zoux, what the gently caress did you do to twitter?

I'm sorry!

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:16

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

In my rage, I have destroyed it.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:21

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

Caught on video: a white hospital volunteer attacking a black family in North Carolina. Not caught on video, the volunteer saying:

quote:

Get your black kids out of here. Do you even have a job? Do you know what a job is, friend of the family? This is what Donald Trump�s talking about, people like you.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:21

Mister Facetious: Apr 21, 2007; I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/740324633279356928

Yikes

Could one of you post an electoral map showing the consequences of Hillary being +5%, and Trump -5%?

I know the reverse has been done, showing the Dems still win. I want to know just what a landslide of blue looks like.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:22

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

a few DRUNK BONERS posted:

So only the already wealthy can afford to work for them? How is this a good thing?

awww, I get to watch a person learn what "volunteering" is. This is a big moment in his life.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:22

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Luigi Thirty posted:

Caught on video: a white hospital volunteer attacking a black family in North Carolina. Not caught on video, the volunteer saying:

lol it appears to be largely about him having saggy pants, what a maniac

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:25

Mc Do Well: Aug 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

So what are the odds Hillary will actually follow up on Obama's Elkhart suggestions of expanding Social Security and union membership?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:26

Luminous Obscurity: Jan 10, 2007; "The instrument you know as a piano was once called a pianoforte, because it can play both loud and quiet notes."

Luigi Thirty posted:

Caught on video: a white hospital volunteer attacking a black family in North Carolina. Not caught on video, the volunteer saying:

Donald Trump has pulled back the bark on the rotting log that is the Republican Party.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:27

Trabisnikof: Dec 24, 2005

theflyingorc posted:

lol it appears to be largely about him having saggy pants, what a maniac

Saggy pants are illegal in a number of cities for totally not racist reasons

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:27

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

Mister Macys posted:

Could one of you post an electoral map showing the consequences of Hillary being +5%, and Trump -5%?

I know the reverse has been done, showing the Dems still win. I want to know just what a landslide of blue looks like.

Not all that impressive actually. Hillary +5% just nabs Arizona, Missouri and Georgia.

BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:

http://www.270towin.com/maps/5B4Q7

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:27

Trabisnikof: Dec 24, 2005

McDowell posted:

So what are the odds Hillary will actually follow up on Obama's Elkhart suggestions of expanding Social Security and union membership?

What can she do that will expand union membership?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:28

fade5: May 31, 2012; by exmarx

MariusLecter posted:

https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/739965267501977600

The Terminator weighs in!

Evil Fluffy posted:

This just keeps getting better. Please take a pot shot at the Terminator, Donald, please.

It's too bad Trump did the whole teleprompter thing last night; if he was still running at 100% Trump he probably would have done it already.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:28

Grognan: Jan 23, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Trabisnikof posted:

What can she do that will expand union membership?

Staff the NLRB I guess.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:29

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

Mister Macys posted:

Could one of you post an electoral map showing the consequences of Hillary being +5%, and Trump -5%?

I know the reverse has been done, showing the Dems still win. I want to know just what a landslide of blue looks like.

MO, AZ, GA, NC and NE's 2nd flip

e: SC, IN and MS are within a point

e2: had MS not MO as blue, whoops

WhiskeyJuvenile fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Jun 8, 2016

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:30

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

MO, AZ, GA, NC and NE's 2nd flip

If Hillary manages to gain that much. She probably flips Utah as well.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:32

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

Dexo posted:

If Hillary manages to gain that much. She probably flips Utah as well.

Romney won Utah by 50% in 2012, so that'd be quite a shift.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:32

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

MO, AZ, GA, NC and NE's 2nd flip

e: SC, IN and MS are within a point

So would this be the biggest electoral landslide in history?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:33

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

I doubt this will hold up but Clinton and Trump are within a point of each other in UT with some insane number like 30% saying neither. Mormons really loving hate Trump.

LeeMajors posted:

So would this be the biggest electoral landslide in history?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:33

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

Romney won Utah by 50% in 2012, so that'd be quite a shift.

Utah(not to generalize but Mormons) loving loves Mitt Romney, and loving hates Trump.

Wasn't Trump polling miserably there?

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:34

djw175: Apr 23, 2012; by zen death robot

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

Romney won Utah by 50% in 2012, so that'd be quite a shift.

This may come as a surprise to you but the Mormon had a large base of support in Utah.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:35

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

zoux posted:

84

Holy gently caress!

That's, uh, something...

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:35

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

theflyingorc posted:

lol it appears to be largely about him having saggy pants, what a maniac

Same kind of maniac old lady verbally accosted me at a bus station for having a shirt that said "Bomber Squad" with a cartoon wold logo from some RAF squadron and gave me the finger asking if my name was Chavez for some insane reason.

Racist old people are amazing.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:35

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Dexo posted:

Utah(not to generalize but Mormons) loving loves Mitt Romney, and loving hates Trump.

Wasn't Trump polling miserably there?

Again totally don't expect this to hold up but still, lol

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:36

Heck Yes! Loam!: Nov 15, 2004; a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.

LeeMajors posted:

So would this be the biggest electoral landslide in history?

Not even close. Ronnie Raygun wiped the floor with Carter in 84. 80 was also more of a blowout. see this for historical maps.

http://imgur.com/gallery/4Ezd1rS

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:37

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Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

zoux posted:

84

Actually it was 88.

# ? Jun 8, 2016 21:38

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