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Blitz of 404 Error
Sep 19, 2007

Joe Biden is a top 15 president

Chilichimp posted:

This is just loving incredible.

This is like, her shtick.

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The Phlegmatist
Nov 24, 2003
In other news, turns out the Twitter Nazi purge is actually A Thing so expect some alt-right tears today. Several accounts have been banned already, including that Britain First dude that Trump retweeted.

Playstation 4 posted:

You also seem to believe that the Gop losing just 5-7% of its nationwide vote for a couple elections wouldn't absolutely shred them.

As a fun side effect of how state-level GOP executives have gerrymandered their Congressional districts, any sort of blue wave will completely decimate them in the House. So that's good.

Krispy Wafer
Jul 26, 2002

I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat

Grimey Drawer

Alter Ego posted:

Too loving bad. Franken is gone; revisionist crap is just that: crap.

Wonder what Manchin's got stuffed in his closet.

His closet is full of Epi-Pens. Duh.

And those DM's were literally from his FCC Twitter account. As wonderful as it might have been, it's got to be fake. Ajit Pai probably doesn't even use the Internet outside of work. He's probably into crossfit and early seasons of Big Bang Theory. No one will ever find anything interesting enough to blackmail him with.

His obsession with Ron Swanson and large coffee mugs are just a ruse to make it look like he has a personality.

Krispy Wafer fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Dec 18, 2017

Prester Jane
Nov 4, 2008

by Hand Knit
https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/942728059844784129

quote:

"The President's mantra is 'All this Russia stuff, it's all going to wrap up soon.' He repeats it as fact," said one source who speaks to Trump. "Part of me is like -- 'Are you serious? You believe this?'"

[...]

White House special counsel Ty Cobb and Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, are trying to prevent Trump from lashing out over the investigation, said a source who speaks with the President. "What they are trying to do is manage Trump. That's what everyone tries to do."

But a longtime friend of the President's said he believes Trump's attorneys have "lulled him into a false sense of security" -- which could be a dangerous game.

"I've known him long enough to know that disappointing him is a problem and they've built up a level of expectations for him that are unrealistic," the Trump friend said.

So this is seriously short-sighted on the part of the people lying to Trump. Eventually this is going to cause a megaton level meltdown. When Trump learns the truth he is going to react very powerfully- this meltdown will exceed the post-Charlottesville meltdown.

Personally I am also concerned about what happens if Trump actually does fire Mueller- the left will organize national protests that will be at least on the scale of the Women's March and the Trumpstaffel are going to interpret outrage over Mueller's firing as a violent Antifa uprising/the start of a Civil War. They whipped themselves into a frenzy over the supposed Antifa uprising on November 4th, and that was based on little more than a tiny Marxist cult hosting a couple of protests attended by no one. If Mueller is fired the public outrage and demonstrations will be massive and propagandists like Alex Jones or Rush Limbaugh will very easily be able to spin the narrative that a no-poo poo violent Socialist/Communist/Satanic is happening. The possibility of violence directed at anything associated with under this scenario "The Left" would be quite extreme.

canepazzo
May 29, 2006



The Phlegmatist posted:

In other news, turns out the Twitter Nazi purge is actually A Thing so expect some alt-right tears today. Several accounts have been banned already, including that Britain First dude that Trump retweeted.

And the retweets that Trump did of her fake videos have disappeared. No idea if he removed them or they disappear due to the suspension.

Dmitri-9
Nov 30, 2004

There's something really sexy about Scrooge McDuck. I love Uncle Scrooge.
How man huzlers parody stories are people going to post in this thread?

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005
It is deliciously ironic that the only person in the world who doesn't know that Trump is poison to congressional races right now is Trump himself.

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?
the nazi bans are apparently starting

https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/942771112546635777

TheScott2K
Oct 26, 2003

I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.

Prester Jane posted:

https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/942728059844784129


So this is seriously short-sighted on the part of the people lying to Trump. Eventually this is going to cause a megaton level meltdown. When Trump learns the truth he is going to react very powerfully- this meltdown will exceed the post-Charlottesville meltdown.

Personally I am also concerned about what happens if Trump actually does fire Mueller- the left will organize national protests that will be at least on the scale of the Women's March and the Trumpstaffel are going to interpret outrage over Mueller's firing as a violent Antifa uprising/the start of a Civil War. They whipped themselves into a frenzy over the supposed Antifa uprising on November 4th, and that was based on little more than a tiny Marxist cult hosting a couple of protests attended by no one. If Mueller is fired the public outrage and demonstrations will be massive and propagandists like Alex Jones or Rush Limbaugh will very easily be able to spin the narrative that a no-poo poo violent Socialist/Communist/Satanic is happening. The possibility of violence directed at anything associated with under this scenario "The Left" would be quite extreme.

They're still getting paid so who cares? They'll keep telling him what he wants to hear. Keep stringing him along till he's getting shoved out the door in 2019.

Source4Leko
Jul 25, 2007


Dinosaur Gum

ZobarStyl posted:

I've got good news and good news! First, the kind of people who are Trumpists are prone to believe conspiracy theories anyway, and literally cannot be trained not to fall for them (as well as every scam that comes their way).

The second good news is that they are, to the last person, utter and complete cowards. They'll gnash the hell out of their teeth, but they'll go away because they do what they're told, just like they always have. The central point of being an authoritarian is that you are freed from all that painful thinking bullshit, so once the new font of authority (e.g. Pence) says let's move on, they'll flush Trump down the memory hole and pretend it never happened.

Wow, do you also know my dad, because you just described him. He managed to fall for a Nigerian proto-419 scam in the 70's AND loves Trump.

Cyberventurer
Jul 10, 2005

empty whippet box posted:

When you hear that there's going to be a purge of nazis on twitter and you feel the need to warn your fans that that might include you, it's time to do some soul searching and honest reflection about yourself. Not that they will, it's just, you know, wow.

You're assuming that they think being a nazi is a bad thing, though. :negative:

Bobulus
Jan 28, 2007

Yeah, my only pro-Trump relative is also way into new-age hokum. She has a regular pet psychic and convinced herself she had some super-rare disease based on Facebook advice. (That she 'treated' by taking ten times the daily recommended dose of some vitamin)

Chilichimp
Oct 24, 2006

TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp

Grimey Drawer

Owlofcreamcheese posted:

No, his support among republicans is dropping AND the number of republicans has been dropping. He is managing to be unpopular enough to do both simultaneously.

And yet, his approval rating is still ~36%; +/-2%

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/trump_favorableunfavorable-5493.html

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

it begins

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/942770364807110656?s=17

cochise
Sep 11, 2011


Al Borland Corp. posted:

That thing going around with Ajit Pai slipping into Mia Khalifa's dms is totally fake, right?

This is kind of a thing pornstars and instagram girls do to famous guys to get attention. They will either bait those idiots into saying poo poo in DMs or will flirt hard and when turned down outright fake DMs. It happens quite a bit to basketball and football players so much that they have to be sat down and told to cut the poo poo. Mia Khalifa has done this same thing before and was shut down hard when the guy knew she was pulling some poo poo (he posted her trying to DM him and made her look dumb). She's an attention whore through and through. After she quit porn she moved onto the twitter/instagram game to get attention/make money. It didn't work that well so she tried her hand at streaming on Twitch. That failed because 90% of the user base there unironically hates women. So she's back to baiting on social media.

tl;dr poo poo's [probably] fake. she's done this before

Owlofcreamcheese
May 22, 2005
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!
Buglord

I guess it didn't drop instantly to exactly zero so he has eternal love that can never be changed?

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


TheBalor posted:

Does there need to be a reason why he's calmer? Apparently they've been telling him it's JUST ABOUT TO WRAP UP for months now, even before all the indictments. Maybe they just presented it particularly persuasively this time. This poo poo is like people trying to interpret why the chicken liver spilled out that way when the oracle gutted it.

He also has a history of suddenly switching his beliefs to whatever lets him most easily keep up his internal worldview of "I'm the best and do nothing wrong ever". Pretty easy to see how "well I didn't do anything wrong, so the investigation must be almost done" is a comforting thought for him.

Another possibility is that he doesn't use email at all and figures that if Mueller is focused on looking into email now that means he's in the clear as he can just dump all blame on anyone caught emailing poo poo. That would require him to not care about anyone else who might be involved but since when has Trump shown the slightest bit of remorse about throwing someone under the bus?

Chilichimp
Oct 24, 2006

TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp

Grimey Drawer

Owlofcreamcheese posted:

I guess it didn't drop instantly to exactly zero so he has eternal love that can never be changed?

He's been between 36% and 39% approval for the last 6+ months, dude.

Xombie
May 22, 2004

Soul Thrashing
Black Sorcery

Cyberventurer posted:

You're assuming that they think being a nazi is a bad thing, though. :negative:

They do. Being a Nazi is terrible to them. Racial purism, killing minorities, waving swastikas, all fine... being called a Nazi though, absolutely abhorrent.

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


https://twitter.com/CroweJam/status/942773881089163264?s=17

This local politoon/cake fail (fun sentiment less than optimum execution) made specifically for Koala's March

Paracaidas
Sep 24, 2016
Consistently Tedious!

cochise posted:

This is kind of a thing pornstars and instagram girls do to famous guys to get attention. They will either bait those idiots into saying poo poo in DMs or will flirt hard and when turned down outright fake DMs. It happens quite a bit to basketball and football players so much that they have to be sat down and told to cut the poo poo. Mia Khalifa has done this same thing before and was shut down hard when the guy knew she was pulling some poo poo (he posted her trying to DM him and made her look dumb). She's an attention whore through and through. After she quit porn she moved onto the twitter/instagram game to get attention/make money. It didn't work that well so she tried her hand at streaming on Twitch. That failed because 90% of the user base there unironically hates women. So she's back to baiting on social media.

tl;dr poo poo's [probably] fake. she's done this before

:chloe:

Those lying entrapping whores, am I right?

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything

He says DJT instead of dad and despite the fact they are his initials too.

Casey Finnigan
Apr 30, 2009

Dumb ✔
So goddamn crazy ✔

Xombie posted:

They do. Being a Nazi is terrible to them. Racial purism, killing minorities, waving swastikas, all fine... being called a Nazi though, absolutely abhorrent.

Nah they just say that they hate being called Nazis. In private these twerps love Nazi iconography. Being a fascist with a uniform is their ultimate goal.

Casey Finnigan fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Dec 18, 2017

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/942763079473000449?s=17

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/942773787174502400?s=17

Xombie
May 22, 2004

Soul Thrashing
Black Sorcery

Chilichimp posted:

He's been between 36% and 39% approval for the last 6+ months, dude.

That's 13-16 million people. It isn't Democrats that are part of that drop.

Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound

Chilichimp posted:

He's been between 36% and 39% approval for the last 6+ months, dude.

He's hit 33% in the Gallup daily tracker twice, on Oct 29th and Dec 1st.

http://news.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx?utm_source=link_newsv9&utm_campaign=item_203198&utm_medium=copy

I believe those single-day lows average out to a floor of 35% in the weekly average tracker though.

edit:

http://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

Party affiliation for Republicans also seems to be hitting a floor of around 24%.

Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Dec 18, 2017

Chilichimp
Oct 24, 2006

TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp

Grimey Drawer

cochise posted:

This is kind of a thing pornstars and instagram girls do to famous guys to get attention. They will either bait those idiots into saying poo poo in DMs or will flirt hard and when turned down outright fake DMs. It happens quite a bit to basketball and football players so much that they have to be sat down and told to cut the poo poo. Mia Khalifa has done this same thing before and was shut down hard when the guy knew she was pulling some poo poo (he posted her trying to DM him and made her look dumb). She's an attention whore through and through. After she quit porn she moved onto the twitter/instagram game to get attention/make money. It didn't work that well so she tried her hand at streaming on Twitch. That failed because 90% of the user base there unironically hates women. So she's back to baiting on social media.

tl;dr poo poo's [probably] fake. she's done this before

It was a satire site, dude and you are way overplaying your hand on this.

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


Alter Ego posted:

The problem, right now, is Trump's rabid insane cultists. They aren't Republicans,

:wrong:

The GOP has spent the past half century deliberately sowing this. Now they reap.

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


Also women on twitch are incredibly popular/lucrative. Maybe 90% of twitch hates them but jump on twitch in prime time and look at what is being most viewed and you are going to see a bunch of IRL channel Patreon models making good money.

Chilichimp
Oct 24, 2006

TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp

Grimey Drawer

Al Borland Corp. posted:

Also women on twitch who are incredibly popular/lucrative. Maybe 90% of twitch hates them but jump on twitch in prime time and look at what is being most viewed and you are going to see a bunch of IRL channel Patreon models making good money.

For real, and I have no idea why people would think otherwise. "Attractive girls doing hobbies guys enjoy" has been a basic advertising gimmick since advertising was invented.

Sir Lemming
Jan 27, 2009

It's a piece of JUNK!
Then they came for the Nazis, and I said ok

Prester Jane posted:

So this is seriously short-sighted on the part of the people lying to Trump. Eventually this is going to cause a megaton level meltdown. When Trump learns the truth he is going to react very powerfully- this meltdown will exceed the post-Charlottesville meltdown.

Short-sighted in a sense perhaps, but it's probably more like an exasperated parent giving up trying to explain something to a toddler.

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



Al Borland Corp. posted:

https://twitter.com/CroweJam/status/942773881089163264?s=17

This local politoon/cake fail (fun sentiment less than optimum execution) made specifically for Koala's March

Lmao this would be cool if it looked more like Beyonce and less like Bea Arthur.

Chilichimp
Oct 24, 2006

TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp

Grimey Drawer

Koalas March posted:

Lmao this would be cool if it looked more like Beyonce and less like Bea Arthur.

:lol:

cannot unsee bea

Chilichimp fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Dec 18, 2017

CascadeBeta
Feb 14, 2009

by Cyrano4747
How bad would it be if the dems just put their foot down and said "If you pass this tax bill, we don't fund the government"?

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



Sir Lemming posted:

Then they came for the Nazis, and I said ok

I am ready to the nazi purge :getin:

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005

Rex-Goliath posted:

:wrong:

The GOP has spent the past half century deliberately sowing this. Now they reap.

If they weren't Trump death cultists then the GOP elbowing Trump out wouldn't matter to them.

CRIP EATIN BREAD
Jun 24, 2002

Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T



Soiled Meat

Chilichimp posted:

For real, and I have no idea why people would think otherwise. "Attractive girls doing hobbies guys enjoy" has been a basic advertising gimmick since advertising was invented.

it's like they never have seen a beer commercial before

Chilichimp
Oct 24, 2006

TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp

Grimey Drawer

CascadeBeta posted:

How bad would it be if the dems just put their foot down and said "If you pass this tax bill, we don't fund the government"?

Could they do that even if they wanted to?

WeAreTheRomans
Feb 23, 2010

by R. Guyovich

Koalas March posted:

Lmao this would be cool if it looked more like Beyonce and less like Bea Arthur.

Lol.

I wonder if it's a thing where political cartoonists are only used to drawing black people as exaggerated stereotypes, so any attempt at positive representation defaults to generic white person features

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CascadeBeta
Feb 14, 2009

by Cyrano4747

Chilichimp posted:

Could they do that even if they wanted to?

They need 60 votes to pass a spending measure, I think.

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