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Are we taking bets on whether or not Trump calls for the nuking of Mecca? On Monday, that is. I'm pretty goddamn sure that between now and November the odds of him not saying something to that effect are slimmer than the odds of him admitting this was all an Andy Kaufman bit he'd been dying to do.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:06
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The Shortest Path posted:People need to take games approximately 99.7% less seriously. Games are one of the most vitally important parts of human culture and society in existence. If anything they should be taken far more seriously. RoboChrist 9000 posted:Are we taking bets on whether or not Trump calls for the nuking of Mecca? Maybe Trump is Andy 
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Aug 12, 2016 06:10
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https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/763958292410355713 I mean... Please don't let anyone clue him in.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:10
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https://twitter.com/SenJohnThune/status/763919046739832832 And on a scale from one to ten, go gently caress yourself.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:11
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risk is insanely problematic because it leads to people thinking risk is good
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Aug 12, 2016 06:12
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Oh this oughta be good 
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Aug 12, 2016 06:15
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Rhesus Pieces posted:https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/763958292410355713 More than anything else in this world right now, I want some hotshot to go about convincing Trump the problem is that pussy Rinse Prius holding him back all the time. People want The Donald, not another GOPe guy, and they're worried you're another GOPe guy! You gotta take the gloves off Don, stop holding back because of what Reince says, you go out there and tell the truth no-holds-barred, the doubters will come around. The problem ain't you Don, it's bad advice you're getting, that's all.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:16
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Are we taking bets on whether or not Trump calls for the nuking of Mecca? I don't think he's ready to blatantly say that he'd be willing to nuke something because even Trump must be aware of how much negative feedback he's generated from even asking about nuclear weapons. I think it's going to be a lot of what we've heard before from him, but with some of the absolute worst stuff all piled together. My personal bet is that he's going to boil it down to 1) banning immigration 2) somehow legalizing torture 3) threatening some of our closest allies to 'help us or else!' and 4) something even more astonishingly awful and insane than the last three points which his staff either were not informed of or begged him not to say. This mysterious fourth point will have the crowd cheering even more wildly than they inevitably will for the previous three and will immediately have the media in a frenzy and Republican politicians rushing to organize a 'super extra special emergency meeting which will work for real this time'.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:26
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Nucleic Acids posted:Kill their families, destroy their homes, open up the ol' Rules of Engagement, etc. We didn't kill Hitler by trying to minimize radical germanic extremist casualties, now did we?
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Aug 12, 2016 06:35
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Anyone have a link to that one video of a US spokesperson getting asked a question about the Brexit which had just happened, and his face runs through a gamut of emotions?
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Aug 12, 2016 06:38
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Seeric posted:I don't think he's ready to blatantly say that he'd be willing to nuke something because even Trump must be aware of how much negative feedback he's generated from even asking about nuclear weapons. I think it's going to be a lot of what we've heard before from him, but with some of the absolute worst stuff all piled together. My personal bet is that he's going to boil it down to 1) banning immigration 2) somehow legalizing torture 3) threatening some of our closest allies to 'help us or else!' and 4) something even more astonishingly awful and insane than the last three points which his staff either were not informed of or begged him not to say. This mysterious fourth point will have the crowd cheering even more wildly than they inevitably will for the previous three and will immediately have the media in a frenzy and Republican politicians rushing to organize a 'super extra special emergency meeting which will work for real this time'. *statement dependent on whether or not he actually knows of Mecca and its importance in Islam.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:41
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Davethulhu posted:"Sacrifices?!" Trump pivots in the door and just keeps pivoting, sliding off around the room, bouncing against walls. He pivots against your toilet, busting it up big time. You get the feeling he's trying to say something to you but he's pivoting at such a high velocity you just can't quite make it out. As he finally nails a window and falls out you think you hear him exclaim "I've sacrificed so much, that's what's so CRAZY about this" on the way down. can someone please re-post the Arzy version of this?
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Aug 12, 2016 06:41
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Seeric posted:I don't think he's ready to blatantly say that he'd be willing to nuke something because even Trump must be aware of how much negative feedback he's generated from even asking about nuclear weapons. It's increasingly clear that Trump just doesn't understand anything. Is he receiving classified briefings yet or has America dodged that bullet?
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Aug 12, 2016 06:42
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Obama ordered that trump's briefings all be false information since he wouldn't know the difference anyway. Besides, candidates getting security briefings isn't a law, it's just a courtesy and at the pleasure of the president(I think).
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Aug 12, 2016 06:59
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Oracle posted:He is totally gonna at least insinuate that the Middle East should be turned into glass. If not actually say 'nuke Mecca.'* Zodiac Killer beat him to it when he asked if sand can glow.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:59
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Grouchio posted:If Trump were to be replaced before the General Election (if that's even possible), wouldn't that defeat Hilary's chances of a large nationwide landslide because suddenly a less venomous candidate has been picked? At this point , he'd still be on the ballot in every state and the replacement would have to organize a write in campaign, presumably from a hidden bunker surrounded by a small army of USSS agents.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:02
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1stGear posted:It's increasingly clear that Trump just doesn't understand anything. Trump says so much random bullshit if accidentally outs some major covert operation nobody will notice. I think that already happened when he mentioned a base in Saudi Arabia that did exist, or possibly does exist, or maybe Trump just put a bunch of scary words together and that statement was the result.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:03
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Ghetto Prince posted:At this point , he'd still be on the ballot in every state and the replacement would have to organize a write in campaign, presumably from a hidden bunker surrounded by a small army of USSS agents. Once the ballots are done, it's done. That's game over. The convention is about choosing who the party places on the ballot in their own slot. If that slot now has DONALD J. TRUMP printed on it in yuuge luxurious letters, that's it. He's the Republican nominee, period. Given that ballot access is closed off in 35 states by EOB today, #NeverTrump is finally dead and buried. There will be no knight in shining armour.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:25
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Are there any good liberal-bubble whistful writeups on how severely Cheeto might tank the downticket candidates?
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Aug 12, 2016 07:44
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I just hope Trump starts this speech by saying his prepared remarks are boring so he's just winging it. At that point, I wouldn't put mentioning nukes as an option off the table.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:46
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Antti posted:Once the ballots are done, it's done. That's game over. The convention is about choosing who the party places on the ballot in their own slot. If that slot now has DONALD J. TRUMP printed on it in yuuge luxurious letters, that's it. He's the Republican nominee, period. The never trumps don't need a viable campaign, they just need to gently caress over Trump, and they only need a couple states for that
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Aug 12, 2016 07:50
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Oracle posted:He is totally gonna at least insinuate that the Middle East should be turned into glass. If not actually say 'nuke Mecca.'* Again, a winning wedge issue this election is to turn it into a referendum on islam. Fortunately Donald Trump can't even stick to a loving teleprompter at a fundraiser, much less in public.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:51
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New Triumph Election Special Up. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keo09irLZ2c
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Aug 12, 2016 07:54
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:The never trumps don't need a viable campaign, they just need to gently caress over Trump, and they only need a couple states for that Or they could just vote for and support another candidate actually on the ballot.
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Aug 12, 2016 08:00
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Antti posted:Or they could just vote for and support another candidate actually on the ballot. 
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Aug 12, 2016 08:05
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Davethulhu posted:"Sacrifices?!" Trump pivots in the door and just keeps pivoting, sliding off around the room, bouncing against walls. He pivots against your toilet, busting it up big time. You get the feeling he's trying to say something to you but he's pivoting at such a high velocity you just can't quite make it out. As he finally nails a window and falls out you think you hear him exclaim "I've sacrificed so much, that's what's so CRAZY about this" on the way down. What's the origin of this, anyway? I see it a lot around here and Google isn't turning anything up (except to possibly confirm my vague idea that it has something to do with Seinfeld). Artificer posted:Anyone have a link to that one video of a US spokesperson getting asked a question about the Brexit which had just happened, and his face runs through a gamut of emotions? Do you mean this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-bDo0_v06k
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Aug 12, 2016 08:09
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It's increasingly clear that Trump just doesn't understand anything. Is he receiving classified briefings yet or has America dodged that bullet? [/quote] He receives classified briefings like any nominee, but there's no actual knowledge that is given to them that isn't really known publicly, one of the posters here compared it to the White House daily briefing. Remember that classified doesn't necessarily mean secret, rather it means something gov't people are unable to discuss.
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Aug 12, 2016 08:11
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Atahualpa posted:What's the origin of this, anyway? I see it a lot around here and Google isn't turning anything up (except to possibly confirm my vague idea that it has something to do with Seinfeld). Yea I misremembered. Thank you.
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Aug 12, 2016 08:12
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Antti posted:Or they could just vote for and support another candidate actually on the ballot. I think the only reason Gary Johnson is doing well is that he gives Republicans an out on this topic, and I imagine many of them will instead come back to the Donald. But many more won't vote at all.
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Aug 12, 2016 08:23
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There's more Republican executive experience (combined 14 years' worth) on the Libertarian ticket than the Republican ticket (three years). It does seem theological to me too.
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Aug 12, 2016 08:48
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Mister Adequate posted:More than anything else in this world right now, I want some hotshot to go about convincing Trump the problem is that pussy Rinse Prius holding him back all the time. People want The Donald, not another GOPe guy, and they're worried you're another GOPe guy! You gotta take the gloves off Don, stop holding back because of what Reince says, you go out there and tell the truth no-holds-barred, the doubters will come around. The problem ain't you Don, it's bad advice you're getting, that's all. This is actually what a voice in Donald Trump's head is saying, all the time.
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Aug 12, 2016 08:49
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Atahualpa posted:What's the origin of this, anyway? I see it a lot around here and Google isn't turning anything up (except to possibly confirm my vague idea that it has something to do with Seinfeld).
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Aug 12, 2016 08:53
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I've been seeing a bunch of stuff on Facebook recently about how every single poll is rigged by Hillary and the media, and Donald J. Trump is going to win the election in a landslide. The "proof" for this vast conspiracy is that Trump has more Facebook "likes", Twitter followers, and Youtube streaming viewers than Clinton, which is perfectly logical because we elected Vin Diesel as President in 2012.
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Aug 12, 2016 08:57
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azflyboy posted:I've been seeing a bunch of stuff on Facebook recently about how every single poll is rigged by Hillary and the media, and Donald J. Trump is going to win the election in a landslide. The top-liked commenter on Robert Reich's posts is always some bernie or bust type saying how we FAILED BERNIE - AND OURSELVES and getting five thousand likes for it.
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Aug 12, 2016 09:04
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Nessus posted:The top-liked commenter on Robert Reich's posts is always some bernie or bust type saying how we FAILED BERNIE - AND OURSELVES and getting five thousand likes for it. Robert Reich buying into that whole "DNC emails means they were corrupt!", including this week's nothingburger of a reveal is such a goddamn disappointment.
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Aug 12, 2016 09:18
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Robert Reich is correct and since Hillary has won, there's no sense in pretending he isn't correct.
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Aug 12, 2016 09:19
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Nessus posted:I think the Long Room unskewing people are basically going, "Well, obviously Trump is about tied with Hillary, so this poll's percentage for Hillary is actually its bias factor." Fivethirtyeight just wrote a cool analysis on the Long Room. They are calling it election fan fiction.
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Aug 12, 2016 09:19
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Nessus posted:The top-liked commenter on Robert Reich's posts is always some bernie or bust type saying how we FAILED BERNIE - AND OURSELVES and getting five thousand likes for it. It's like these people are determined to ruin Bernie for everyone else. They can't; he's still cool just like pasty nerds can't ruin Bogart in a trenchcoat and fedora. But they do try so very hard.
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There appears to be a very very vocal part of the "progressive/left-leaning" population who believes that Hillary Clinton and the DNC cannot, axiomatically cannot, do anything good. Anything that Clinton says is either a lie to earn her votes (if they agree with it), or her true opinion that will be enacted as soon as she is in office (if they disagree). Among my friends list, these people went hard for Sanders and are now equally enthusiastic for Jill loving Stein.
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