Republican National Convention 2016: Discussion and Debate

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Morby: Sep 6, 2007

How sloshed are these speakers before going onstage?

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:02

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 07:42

Rexicon1: Oct 9, 2007; A Shameful Path Led You Here

lolol I was expecting "He paid for her chemo!" but no, he was so HUGE AND SPECTACULAR by talking with her every time he visited or whatever.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:03

Coheed and Camembert: Feb 11, 2012

Quick primer on how awful Arpaio is:

quote:

The U.S. Department of Justice concluded that Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling in U.S. history, and subsequently filed suit against him for unlawful discriminatory police conduct. As of September, 2015, cases involving Arpaio or his office have cost Maricopa County taxpayers $142 million in legal expenses, settlements, and court awards...

Federal Judge Neil V. Wake ruled in 2008, and again in 2010, that the county jails violated the constitutional rights of inmates in medical and other care related issues. This ruling was a result of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, which alleged that "Arpaio routinely abused pre-trial detainees at Maricopa County Jail by feeding them moldy bread, rotten fruit and other contaminated food, housing them in cells so hot as to endanger their health, denying them care for serious medical and mental health needs and keeping them packed as tightly as sardines in holding cells for days at a time during intake."

In a ruling issued in October 2010, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Arpaio to follow Judge Wake's 2008 ruling, which required Arpaio to end the overcrowding and to ensure all detainees receive necessary medical and mental health care, be given uninterrupted access to all medications prescribed by correctional medical staff, be given access to exercise and to sinks, toilets, toilet paper and soap, and be served food that meets or exceeds the U.S. Department of Agriculture's dietary guidelines.

In the case of Braillard v. Maricopa County, the plaintiff's attorney cited numerous reports commissioned and paid for by Maricopa county, dating back as far as 1996, detailing a "culture of cruelty" where inmates are routinely denied humane healthcare at Maricopa County jails run by Arpaio. Testifying in this case, Arpaio stated that he could not deny making the statement that even if he had a billion dollars he wouldn�t change the way he runs his jails.

Arpaio has said his jails are meant as places for punishment, and that the inhabitants are all criminals.

Morby posted:

How sloshed are these speakers before going onstage?

At least in the case of the MLM woman last night, extremely.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:03

Pleads: Jun 9, 2005; pew pew pew

Hahaha this black pastor is such a stark contrast to those mushmouthed white guys.

Dude's pumped!

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:04

Munkeymon: Aug 14, 2003; Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.

lmao race baiting Democrats

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:04

Morby: Sep 6, 2007

Who is this meathead sounding motherfucker?

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:05

Rexicon1: Oct 9, 2007; A Shameful Path Led You Here

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# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:05

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

St. Dogbert posted:

It's possible he already has. Candidates like Trump win by firing up their bases to turn up and vote, and getting their opponents not to take them seriously so they stay home. Seems to be what's happening.

There was an interview with Rob Ford's biographer in the Globe & Mail today where he remarked how much of Ford Nation he saw in Trump's supporters. It's all playing out in much the same way as that election did in Toronto.

http://thehill.com/latino/277824-hispanics-in-swing-states-create-daunting-electoral-map-for-gop

Just look at all that apathy from people opposed to Trump! :v:

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:06

Filthy Hans: Jun 27, 2008; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 10 years!)

no gay or transgender lives in that list, what a surprise

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:06

Munkeymon: Aug 14, 2003; Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.

this is the only place a black dude could scream all lives matter without getting his rear end beat, right?

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:06

Filthy Hans: Jun 27, 2008; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 10 years!)

I wonder if he'll get struck by lightning like Reverend Ruckus

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:07

Vanderdeath: Oct 1, 2005; I will confess,
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.

Munkeymon posted:

this is the only place a black dude could scream all lives matter without getting his rear end beat, right?

This Uncle Tom motherfucker's got me heated for real.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:07

Shes Not Impressed: Apr 25, 2004

Munkeymon posted:

this is the only place a black dude could scream ~~all lives matter~~ without getting his rear end beat, right?

Or arrested

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:08

Pleads: Jun 9, 2005; pew pew pew

holy gently caress all lives matter from a black pastor at the RNC holy gently caress

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:08

Rexicon1: Oct 9, 2007; A Shameful Path Led You Here

That's right you blowhard idiot, the problem with black people is that they don't have jobs. Real loving hot takes you buffoon.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:08

Shrecknet: Jan 2, 2005

Get off the stage, Uncle Ruckus.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:08

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

The Rev Dr Uncle Ruckus.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:08

Munkeymon: Aug 14, 2003; Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.

I present to you the Republican urban revitalization plan in its entirety:

quote:

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:09

Coheed and Camembert: Feb 11, 2012

Did this guy just go swimming or something? How hot is it in that arena?

e: "Donald Trump is not going to pander to one race."

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:09

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Arpaio interests me less knowing that the new president of the Philippines is him times a hundred.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:09

Bolow: Feb 27, 2007

Le Saboteur posted:

The United States currently has 19 commissioned aircraft carriers in service. The rest of the world combined after that has 21. And the US is currently constructing 3 more with another 16 planned. gently caress.

Hey, so force projection via naval power more or less works like this

For each part of the world you want to park a Carrier in you need

1. One Carrier there
2. Another Carrier doing workups to replace that Carrier
3. Another Carrier undergoing a maintenance overhaul
4. Ideally another Carrier preparing to go under maintenance.

Also we have 10 actual no poo poo Aircraft Carriers, with an 11th being Commissioned soon, the rest are Helicopter/Harrier platforms attached to the MEU's.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:12

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

you know at a certain point shouting becomes as boring as drunkenly stumbling through a teleprompter

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:12

Distorted Kiwi: Jun 11, 2014; "C'mon! Let's tune our weapons!"

I'm thinking that Trump speech draft if faked. After all, where are the stage directions?

[Wave arms randomly]

[Assume stupid/smug facial expression 1, 4 and 6b]

[Invent synonym for large like "ginormomongous"]

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:12

Zesty: Jan 17, 2012; The Great Twist

Illinois Delegate Booted from RNC for Racially-Charged Facebook Post

quote:

A member of the Illinois delegation at this week�s Republican National Convention had her credentials pulled Wednesday after allegedly posting racially-charged comments to Facebook earlier this week.

�Our brave snipers just waiting for some n�- to try something,� Gayne posted to Facebook, using an abbreviation for the racial slur. "Love them."

Gayne, who has been posting questionable comments for months under the Twitter handle "whitepride," was elected a Trump delegate in the March Illinois Republican primary.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:13

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

"I put my hand on his head, and his shoulder, and his heart"

bad touch old concussion man

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:14

rscott: Dec 10, 2009

Bolow posted:

Hey, so force projection via naval power more or less works like this

For each part of the world you want to park a Carrier in you need

1. One Carrier there
2. Another Carrier doing workups to replace that Carrier
3. Another Carrier undergoing a maintenance overhaul
4. Ideally another Carrier preparing to go under maintenance.

Also we have 10 actual no poo poo Aircraft Carriers, with an 11th being Commissioned soon, the rest are Helicopter/Harrier platforms attached to the MEU's.

The navy's army's navy's airforce has more planes and more carriers than most of the rest of the world, do you realize how crazy that is

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:15

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

you know who's the real touchdown?

donald trump

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:15

Filthy Hans: Jun 27, 2008; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 10 years!)

mentioning successful immigrants is a real fumble

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:16

Pleads: Jun 9, 2005; pew pew pew

"Imagine 27,000 job creators set free in your neighbourhood."

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:17

Shrecknet: Jan 2, 2005

rscott posted:

The navy's army's navy's airforce has more planes and more carriers than most of the rest of the world, do you realize how crazy that is

My favorite version of this stat is:

What is the largest air force in the world? USAF, no surprise.
What's the 2nd largest air force in the world? US Navy.

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:18