Trump Thread II: The man make a tweet

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B B: Dec 1, 2005

https://twitter.com/politico/status/875364804638240768

:sad:

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:01

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funkymonks: Aug 31, 2004; Pillbug

Faustian Bargain posted:

If you are pro-gun you should have to take a non-fatal gunshot wound so you realize how serious it is

I also hope this piece of poo poo recovers but changes his way of thinking.

I'm genuinely glad no one died but I certainly wouldn't mind if every republican politician feared for their lives on a daily basis.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:02

Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

See if you make up words that don't mean anything and write too goddamn much there's a certain class of people who will think you are smart. See also: Eripsa, Heidegger.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:02

Oxxidation: Jul 22, 2007

B B posted:

https://twitter.com/politico/status/875364804638240768

GOOD.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:03

skylined!: Apr 6, 2012; THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

Al Borland Corp. posted:

After cooling down for 24 hours I do feel sympathy for Scalise and hope he recovers. I hope he himself gains some synoathy for his in victims.

That's a nice thought but if actual history and facts indicate anything, if/when Scalise wakes up he is going to work even harder to turbofuck the poor liberal left.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:03

Caros: May 14, 2008

Ogmius815 posted:

See if you make up words that don't mean anything and write too goddamn much there's a certain class of people who will think you are smart. See also: Eripsa, Heidegger.

I suspect both of those two also suffer from untreated or barely treated mental disorders.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:04

Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

funkymonks posted:

I'm genuinely glad no one died but I certainly wouldn't mind if every republican politician feared for their lives on a daily basis.

What a bad post. You're literally hoping that our democracy completely falls apart.

"But it already ha-" *faaaaaaaaart*

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:04

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Oxxidation posted:

GOOD.

I keep forgetting he's the governor at all, still.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:04

Flip Yr Wig: Feb 21, 2007; Oh please do go on; Fun Shoe

Caros posted:

Just the tip newt?

Not cool to even joke about.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:05

Revelation 2-13: May 13, 2010; Pillbug

Ogmius815 posted:

See if you make up words that don't mean anything and write too goddamn much there's a certain class of people who will think you are smart. See also: Eripsa, Heidegger.

Something you don't understand isn't necessarily meaningless.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:06

BarbarianElephant: Feb 12, 2015; The fairy of forgiveness has removed your red text.

funkymonks posted:

I'm genuinely glad no one died but I certainly wouldn't mind if every republican politician feared for their lives on a daily basis.

If they did, they would be much worse, because scared people make bad choices. Be careful of making wishes like that.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:07

A Shitty Reporter: Oct 29, 2012; Dinosaur Gum

Prester Jane, be careful not to let your useful theory become the only way you view the world. Things are going to get better, and you shouldn't let your fears drive you to theatrics or self-aggrandizement. It's not healthy, and it's not helpful for communicating your theories.

Botany, you've been constantly sniping at her for months now. Shut the hell up about it.

Ogmius, your posts contribute nothing, as do you.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:07

TARDISman: Oct 28, 2011

Night10194 posted:

I keep forgetting he's the governor at all, still.

Didn't he win re-election and spend maybe 6 months in office before immediately jumping off to run for president?

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:08

Toaster Beef: Jan 23, 2007; that's not nature's way

Night10194 posted:

I keep forgetting he's the governor at all, still.

Yeah, he's basically become a non-factor here. Still see him in ads talking about the opioid epidemic, but mostly he's just waiting out the end of his term.

The Democrat running for NJ governor, Phil Murphy, is polling at a 2-1 advantage over the Republican candidate, Kim Guadagno, who works in Christie's administration. The stink of being associated with Christie (and, by party affiliation, Trump) is going to make winning a near impossibility for her, even as she's trying to distance herself from both as much as possible (and is running on a somewhat more centrist platform than what you'd expect from a GOP candidate).

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:10

Gynocentric Regime: Jun 9, 2010; by Cyrano4747

Al Borland Corp. posted:

After cooling down for 24 hours I do feel sympathy for Scalise and hope he recovers. I hope he himself gains some synoathy for his in victims.

Don't, but do enjoy the schad that's about to happen if he ends up permanently disabled.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:11

Jonas Albrecht: Jun 7, 2012

Shifty Pony posted:

Next president should just tweet photos of their pet being cute.

Hope you like horses!

The next President should be from Weird Twitter.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:11

Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

TARDISman posted:

Didn't he win re-election and spend maybe 6 months in office before immediately jumping off to run for president?

That's a big part of it. Another big part is that he hosed with traffic on the George Washington bridge for the purpose of screwing over the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee. Then he let a close subordinate go to jail for him because he is a bastard.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:11

Pollyanna: Mar 5, 2005; Milk's on them.

Putin Offers Political Asylum To James Comey, Citing Potential Prosecution In U.S.

NPR posted:

"What's the difference between the FBI director and Mr. Snowden?" Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Thursday during his yearly live call-in show, saying that he would offer political asylum to fired FBI head James Comey in the same way Russia has sheltered former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

By phrasing a question uniquely constructed for these unusual times, Putin put a new spin on the ongoing saga over Russia's tampering in the U.S. election, links between President Trump's inner circle with Russia � and allegations that the president tried to stop at least one line of inquiry.

Comey recently testified that Trump fired him after asking Comey to end the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn � a request that Comey says he memorialized in personal notes that he allowed to be leaked to the media.

"[Comey] said he'd written down his conversation with President [Trump] and handed it to the media through a friend of his," Putin said, according to a translation by Radio Free Europe. "This does sound and look odd: the director of a security service making records of his talks with the supreme commander and handing it over to the media through a friend of his."

Putin made the remark during his annual Direct Line appearance on state TV, in which he spends hours taking questions from a studio audience and from civilians scattered around Russia.

Comparing Comey to Snowden, Putin said, "It makes him not a security service director, but a civil activist advocating a certain belief."

He added, "By the way, if he faces any kind of prosecution in this regard, we will provide political asylum in Russia for him as well. He should be aware of that."

As wide smiles broke out among the studio audience at that last remark, Putin pivoted in his chair, signaling that the question had been dealt with.

This year, the Kremlin says, the call center that funnels the public's curiosity received some 2 million messages, including 1.3 million phone calls.

The Kremlin says that most of the calls at this year's question and answer session deal with Russia's future. Many of the topics center on wages, inflation and the economy.

Noting that the U.S. Senate has moved to impose new sanctions on Russia and to prevent the Trump administration from rolling back the sanctions without congressional approval, Putin said, "Whatever the case, I believe this is utterly groundless."

Putin's annual Q&A sessions are notorious for generating softball questions for the president. Late in Thursday's session, for instance, one man asked, "What is the largest fish you have ever caught?"

Putin replied, "20 kilograms (44 pounds)," while also acknowledging that if someone added a bit of weight to the scale when he wasn't looking, he hadn't noticed.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:14

Prester Jane: Nov 4, 2008; by Hand Knit

A lovely Reporter posted:

Prester Jane, be careful not to let your useful theory become the only way you view the world. Things are going to get better, and you shouldn't let your fears drive you to theatrics or self-aggrandizement. It's not healthy, and it's not helpful for communicating your theories.

Botany, you've been constantly sniping at her for months now. Shut the hell up about it.

Ogmius, your posts contribute nothing, as do you.

I appreciate the note of support. For the record with the bit about wishing on a monkeys paw from a homeless gypsy woman I thought it was pretty obvious I was making a joke. I don't have actual superpowers or anything of the sort. I just happen to have an unusual insight into a particular group of extremists who happen to be rather relevant at this point in our history. Considering the context of making that joke (I am very open about my schizophrenia and delusions of grandeur/believing one posses super powers are well known symptoms of that condition) I can appreciate that it would be very difficult for me to make it clear that I was jesting, particularly through the medium of the written word. In the future I will keep this in mind.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:15

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

funkymonks posted:

I'm genuinely glad no one died but I certainly wouldn't mind if every republican politician feared for their lives on a daily basis.

If it made them introspective about why people hate them so much and that led to a shift in their policies? Sure. But the immediate reaction seems to be that they're going to further insulate themselves from the public. I heard my own congressman (a shithead, to be sure, but not among the very worst of them) on the radio this morning saying that they're going to have to reconsider their levels of interaction with the public and how they do it, and that's not a good thing.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:16

TARDISman: Oct 28, 2011

ReidRansom posted:

If it made them introspective about why people hate them so much and that led to a shift in their policies? Sure. But the immediate reaction seems to be that they're going to further insulate themselves from the public. I heard my own congressman (a shithead, to be sure, but not among the very worst of them) on the radio this morning saying that they're going to have to reconsider their levels of interaction with the public and how they do it, and that's not a good thing.

Yeah, my guy's Paulsen and he was already ducking town halls for fear that "They may be impolite and un-Minnesotan! :downs:

" There's no chance that we'll ever see him between now and 2018 after yesterday.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:18

Uncleanly Cleric: Oct 17, 2005

Prester Jane posted:

I appreciate the note of support. For the record with the bit about wishing on a monkeys paw from a homeless gypsy woman I thought it was pretty obvious I was making a joke.

Don't worry too much, it was really obviously a joke.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:18

BarbarianElephant: Feb 12, 2015; The fairy of forgiveness has removed your red text.

A lovely Reporter posted:

Prester Jane, be careful not to let your useful theory become the only way you view the world. Things are going to get better, and you shouldn't let your fears drive you to theatrics or self-aggrandizement. It's not healthy, and it's not helpful for communicating your theories.

I would question whether being constantly on this thread and thinking about some very dark things all the time is helpful for a person with serious mental health issues. I would encourage her to discuss it with her therapist.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:19

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

Prester Jane posted:

I appreciate the note of support. For the record with the bit about wishing on a monkeys paw from a homeless gypsy woman I thought it was pretty obvious I was making a joke. I don't have actual superpowers or anything of the sort. I just happen to have an unusual insight into a particular group of extremists who happen to be rather relevant at this point in our history. Considering the context of making that joke (I am very open about my schizophrenia and delusions of grandeur/believing one posses super powers are well known symptoms of that condition) I can appreciate that it would be very difficult for me to make it clear that I was jesting, particularly through the medium of the written word. In the future I will keep this in mind.

Your insight into "how they think" is very good.

Your insight into "what's going to happen" is very bad.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:19

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

ReidRansom posted:

If it made them introspective about why people hate them so much and that led to a shift in their policies? Sure. But the immediate reaction seems to be that they're going to further insulate themselves from the public. I heard my own congressman (a shithead, to be sure, but not among the very worst of them) on the radio this morning saying that they're going to have to reconsider their levels of interaction with the public and how they do it, and that's not a good thing.

I'll be amazed if they keep doing regular events like town halls. My rep (Jody Hice) was already hiding behind that "tele-town hall" BS. He's refused to visit the largest city in his district since his election 3 years ago. God I hate him.

Fitzy Fitz fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jun 15, 2017

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:20

twice burned ice: Dec 29, 2008; My stove defies the laws of physics!

Ogmius815 posted:

See if you make up words that don't mean anything and write too goddamn much there's a certain class of people who will think you are smart. See also: Eripsa, Heidegger.

Quoting just so that more people will see that you think Heidegger wrote nonsense because you can't understand it.

Being and Time is regarded by many as the most influential piece of existential philosophy ever written, and you consider it nonsense.

:shibewow:

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:20

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

Yeah, the main takeaway of this shooting is justification for skipping town halls.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:21

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Medullah posted:

Morning everyone!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/875305788708974592

His loving Nice at the end. What a worthless man.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:24

Pollyanna: Mar 5, 2005; Milk's on them.

I wonder how many people realize that Trump's likes and RTs on Twitter are artificially inflated by at least a factor of ten.

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:25

goethe.cx: Apr 23, 2014

twice burned ice posted:

Quoting just so that more people will see that you think Heidegger wrote nonsense because you can't understand it.

Being and Time is regarded by many as the most influential piece of existential philosophy ever written, and you consider it nonsense.

Now, Being and Nothingness on the other hand...

# ? Jun 15, 2017 16:26