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MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011


Is this real life? Trump had Third Eye Blind play there, a San Francisco band from the 1990s?

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Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

JT Jag posted:

Proposed D&D gangtag



I'm trying to sober up but I would wear this.

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



It's funny because a couple of conservatives on my Facebook feed have been crying about Obama plagiarizing all day, but he did exactly what Trump Jr just did, so now they can't even make that argument anymore

Now it's just, "well Biden did it!" which of course is followed up by "yeah and it tanked his loving campaign"

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

MrMojok posted:

Is this real life? Trump had Third Eye Blind play there, a San Francisco band from the 1990s?

It was an RNC after-party hosted by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so only semi-official. The band tweeted they would never play for the actual RNC.

https://twitter.com/LWhiteGRLprob/status/755088244421849089

https://twitter.com/LWhiteGRLprob/status/755621734187950080

https://twitter.com/ThirdEyeBlind/status/755640751783088128

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

Ballz posted:

It was an RNC after-party hosted by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so only semi-official. The band tweeted they would never play for the actual RNC.

https://twitter.com/LWhiteGRLprob/status/755088244421849089

https://twitter.com/LWhiteGRLprob/status/755621734187950080

https://twitter.com/ThirdEyeBlind/status/755640751783088128

:perfect:

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Ballz posted:

It was an RNC after-party hosted by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so only semi-official. The band tweeted they would never play for the actual RNC.

https://twitter.com/LWhiteGRLprob/status/755088244421849089

https://twitter.com/LWhiteGRLprob/status/755621734187950080

https://twitter.com/ThirdEyeBlind/status/755640751783088128

I'd feel a bit sorry for her because she seems pretty inoffensive overall and was likely genuinely looking forward to the concert, but I have no doubt she was fist pumping and howling while Christie pantomimed a lynching so instead just lmao

Mr Interweb
Aug 25, 2004

drat, that tweet from TEB is ICE COLD.

Almost feel sorry for her. But then I remind myself she's a Republican.

byob historian
Nov 5, 2008

I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!
i respect third eye blind

drat the futures a crazy place

PERMACAV 50
Jul 24, 2007

because we are cat
They still played Jumper, what's the big deal

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Sex Hobbit posted:

They still played Jumper, what's the big deal

I guess they threw the audience a bone for sticking around for the whole show.

https://twitter.com/peterhamby/status/755636833707491328

there wolf
Jan 11, 2015

by Fluffdaddy

Ballz posted:

I guess they threw the audience a bone for sticking around for the whole show.

https://twitter.com/peterhamby/status/755636833707491328



I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend,
You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in


That or it was some heartfelt advice

Mr Interweb
Aug 25, 2004

Well didn't expect this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ann-coulter-roger-ailes_us_578e5fb2e4b07c722ebc5efd

Even Ann Coulter (!!!) is throwing Ailes under the bus? What is going on this week?

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Sex Hobbit posted:

They still played Jumper, what's the big deal

Being in the RNC can make you suicidal

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
If I had the money I would hang out in bars near the convention and buy drinks for staffers and secretly record and publish their comments with any identifiable info edited out.

Inferior Third Season
Jan 15, 2005

Senor Tron posted:

Is there any sort of betting pool on what Obama's public response will be if/when Trump bombs in the election?
I would be content with a bland speech, but then we get a photo of him smirking as he walks off stage a la Romney after his Benghazi statement.

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

third eye blind has hits?

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012
was Blink-182 too busy for the rnc

TyrantWD
Nov 6, 2010
Ignore my doomerism, I don't think better things are possible

Mr Interweb posted:

Well didn't expect this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ann-coulter-roger-ailes_us_578e5fb2e4b07c722ebc5efd

Even Ann Coulter (!!!) is throwing Ailes under the bus? What is going on this week?
It's been great to see this election season pit the women of conservative media against the men of conservative media.

fatherboxx
Mar 25, 2013

mandatory lesbian posted:

was Blink-182 too busy for the rnc

they got a new album out just recently!

Alec Bald Snatch
Sep 12, 2012

by exmarx

mandatory lesbian posted:

was Blink-182 too busy for the rnc

Well Creed's been broken up for years and nobody knows which homeless shelter the Matchbox 20 guy is staying at these days.

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2

Mr Interweb posted:

Well didn't expect this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ann-coulter-roger-ailes_us_578e5fb2e4b07c722ebc5efd

Even Ann Coulter (!!!) is throwing Ailes under the bus? What is going on this week?
Ailes probably harassed her too.

Once everyone smells blood, they pile on.

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2

Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:

Michael Bay has used the same freeway crash footage in like 3 movies. While it's incredibly funny that the Trumps are 2 for 2 on recycling material, this is nothing
That freeway crash scene got actual stuntpeople killed, the least he can do is use it as much as possible.

Also no one saw The Island.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
Other way around, I think- he was trying to film a different crash scene for one of the Transformers movies, the stuntman got injured there, so Bay stopped trying and used the Island footage.

NessQuik
Jul 16, 2007
Z 🇬🇫⚰🗝🛁🚽🚿🚿🏷🏮

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

fatherboxx posted:

they got a new album out just recently!

Blink 182 just released a new album, people are playing Pokemon, and a Clinton is running for President

It's the 90s all over again!

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2

haveblue posted:

Other way around, I think- he was trying to film a different crash scene for one of the Transformers movies, the stuntman got injured there, so Bay stopped trying and used the Island footage.
Ah, you're right http://www.indiewire.com/2011/07/why-did-michael-bay-recycle-the-island-footage-for-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-226764/

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

I don't remember past Republican conventions: Is calling for mass purges and the jailing of their political opponent normal.

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG
Mar 2, 2005



haveblue posted:

Other way around, I think- he was trying to film a different crash scene for one of the Transformers movies, the stuntman got injured there, so Bay stopped trying and used the Island footage.

Yep

Cardboard Box A posted:

That freeway crash scene got actual stuntpeople killed, the least he can do is use it as much as possible.

Also no one saw The Island.

Which is a shame because it's a fun movie

bawk
Mar 31, 2013

mandatory lesbian posted:

was Blink-182 too busy for the rnc

California just dropped and it's loving great, you should give it a listen

also, to anybody defending Donald Trump Jr's speech as only "lazy speechwriting" instead of something as bad as Melania's: This is the national convention for one of the two biggest parties in the entire loving country, and DJJR is parroting words that his speechwriter is specifically recycling after a full 24 hours from Melania's speech being literal plagiarism. It's not just lazy, it's negligent. It's grossly negligent. You'd have to be an idiot to let any part of that speech reach the light of the day as the speechwriter, let alone the people vetting speeches from that point onward.

You would at minimum run that poo poo through the barest of plagiarism checker to see what problems would arise, and running just that single paragraph through a plagiarism checker flags the two key phrases to worry about, as they're not at all generic in form or statement. The elevator/school and department store clerk analogies are not widespread, accepted soundbites, they're extremely unique to this one guy hashing his old poo poo for DJJR's speech. He might have given it the green flag to run, but a competent campaign manager, let alone person involved at one of the two biggest political conventions in the United States, should have strangled those phrases before they were put on the teleprompter.

SplashDemon
Aug 17, 2004

I'm gonna hug you

gradenko_2000 posted:

Blink 182 just released a new album, people are playing Pokemon, and a Clinton is running for President

It's the 90s all over again!

If only Trump had picked Gingrich for VP it would've been perfect.

At least Crystal Pepsi is coming back.

Nitrousoxide
May 30, 2011

do not buy a oneplus phone



Night10194 posted:

I don't remember past Republican conventions: Is calling for mass purges and the jailing of their political opponent normal.

They saw how well its working in Turkey and are taking notes.

Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.



Grognan posted:

If I had the money I would hang out in bars near the convention and buy drinks for staffers and secretly record and publish their comments with any identifiable info edited out.

I've been wishing all week that I was making during the 08 RNC what I make now because I definitely would have done this :\

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 27 hours!

Night10194 posted:

I don't remember past Republican conventions: Is calling for mass purges and the jailing of their political opponent normal.

It is a new age. Wait until 2020 we they run on the platform of small business tax cuts and two bullets for each democrat.

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

thecluckmeme posted:

It's not just lazy, it's negligent. It's grossly negligent. You'd have to be an idiot to let any part of that speech reach the light of the day as the speechwriter, let alone the people vetting speeches from that point onward.

:smugdon:

Trump himself being involved in some of this is the only real explanation for why nobody's been thrown under the bus and why his campaign is defending this bullshit so hard.

His ego won't let someone else take the credit for his work even if that work is disastrous.

bawk
Mar 31, 2013

Yinlock posted:

:smugdon:

Trump himself being involved in some of this is the only real explanation for why nobody's been thrown under the bus and why his campaign is defending this bullshit so hard.

His ego won't let someone else take the credit for his work even if that work is disastrous.

This has stopped even being a Trump Campaign problem. He's the nominee--where in the hell is the rest of the RNC?

Even if we accept that the Trump Campaign has denied outside help in his lineup of speeches in the oncoming days, Melania's speech alone should have been enough to make anybody involved at the RNC say "You're our candidate, we're supporting you, now sit the gently caress down while we address the immediately recent PR problems you've once again caused"

It's just a blatant point of reference that the GOP is toothless, and Trump is operating outside party lines. Copied-speech once, shame on you. Copied-speech twice, where the gently caress is your spine

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

thecluckmeme posted:

California just dropped and it's loving great, you should give it a listen

also, to anybody defending Donald Trump Jr's speech as only "lazy speechwriting" instead of something as bad as Melania's: This is the national convention for one of the two biggest parties in the entire loving country, and DJJR is parroting words that his speechwriter is specifically recycling after a full 24 hours from Melania's speech being literal plagiarism. It's not just lazy, it's negligent. It's grossly negligent. You'd have to be an idiot to let any part of that speech reach the light of the day as the speechwriter, let alone the people vetting speeches from that point onward.

You would at minimum run that poo poo through the barest of plagiarism checker to see what problems would arise, and running just that single paragraph through a plagiarism checker flags the two key phrases to worry about, as they're not at all generic in form or statement. The elevator/school and department store clerk analogies are not widespread, accepted soundbites, they're extremely unique to this one guy hashing his old poo poo for DJJR's speech. He might have given it the green flag to run, but a competent campaign manager, let alone person involved at one of the two biggest political conventions in the United States, should have strangled those phrases before they were put on the teleprompter.

He reused a metaphor from something he wrote. It's not even word for word. And it NOT being true is overshadowing Melania right now. Quit searching for reasons it's still a problem, turns out our side was wrong about something.

Deified Data
Nov 3, 2015


Fun Shoe

thecluckmeme posted:

also, to anybody defending Donald Trump Jr's speech as only "lazy speechwriting" instead of something as bad as Melania's: This is the national convention for one of the two biggest parties in the entire loving country, and DJJR is parroting words that his speechwriter is specifically recycling after a full 24 hours from Melania's speech being literal plagiarism. It's not just lazy, it's negligent. It's grossly negligent. You'd have to be an idiot to let any part of that speech reach the light of the day as the speechwriter, let alone the people vetting speeches from that point onward.

I think Hillary's email scandal signifies negligence more than plagiarizing a speech and I'm a Hillary supporter. Hence why I don't find this controversy terribly compelling.

Cue right wing meme on Facebook with a beautiful Melania and a crazed, multi-chinned Hillary stating "liberals care about this but not this", and for once I had to concede that yeah, this stupid meme probably describes a lot of people.

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

thecluckmeme posted:

California just dropped and it's loving great, you should give it a listen

none of the bands mentioned were anything approaching good music so tho i dont know who did this album i can say its garbage

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
Wow, a hilarious burn, Very clevah.

https://twitter.com/patricksvitek/status/755746492065976320

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bawk
Mar 31, 2013

mandatory lesbian posted:

none of the bands mentioned were anything approaching good music so tho i dont know who did this album i can say its garbage

out of all of the posts in uspol, this one made me the angriest

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