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Agents are GO! posted:They should call Romney, I heard he has binders 
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That was one of the best photoshop phridays, and the only one that I had some shops selected for the article!
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Dec 16, 2023 13:41
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Freudian slippers posted:Yeah, it may have been after the time he met with Putin in absolute privacy (and confiscated the translator's notes afterwards). Which, we shouldn't let anyone forget, was literally one of the first things he did upon taking office.
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Dec 16, 2023 18:44
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Murgos posted:Anyway, the reason why the binder was 10 inches thick is probably because some rear end in a top hat printed out the PowerPoint deck 1 enlarged slide per page because Trump is a Luddite who won’t touch computers and also probably is myopic but won’t wear glasses because he’s vain. Oh yeah having each slide be its own page is pretty normal.
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Dec 17, 2023 23:45
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https://twitter.com/big_cases/status/1736849495722479728 Meadows lost his bid to move his case to federal court. It’ll stay in GA.
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Dec 18, 2023 22:09
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engoron did not find bartov's testimony that the error in trump's statements were just a series of little woopsies very persausivequote:
engoron seems sick of this trial, and trump's argument in general
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Dec 19, 2023 01:03
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How much more trial is there in terms of the NY civil fraud one? Both in terms of processes and actual time.
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Dec 19, 2023 01:34
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Xiahou Dun posted:How much more trial is there in terms of the NY civil fraud one? Both in terms of processes and actual time. Last I saw it was expected to be fully over half way through January 2024.
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Dec 19, 2023 01:38
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The Islamic Shock posted:I'm pretty surprised to find out Trump was rock-hard for declassifying Russian interference intel because in his own mind he's always right and he actually thought the truth would set him free for the first time ever He released the "perfect " phone call that was the key piece of evidence in his first impeachment because of the same kind of thinking.
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Dec 19, 2023 02:00
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Charlz Guybon posted:He released the "perfect " phone call that was the key piece of evidence in his first impeachment because of the same kind of thinking. yeah, trumps issue is he thinks everything that he does is perfect and perfectly done, his brain can not comprehend that he either hosed up or did the wrong thing and thats honestly one of the thing thats hosed him the most and will gently caress him in the future. like he probably could have won if he admited and changed course on some covid times but like he was incapible of giving soft ball answers of "what would you say to a scared american people" and he just attacked the reporter for 10 mintues.
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Dec 19, 2023 02:33
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Most of the other motherfuckers know they're full of poo poo and have to hide things/dissemble/lie outright but Trump sincerely and honestly believes he is 100% in the right 100% of the time, and that nobody else could even do as well as him, let alone better. It leads to extremely funny moments.
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Dec 19, 2023 03:07
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Ms Adequate posted:Most of the other motherfuckers know they're full of poo poo and have to hide things/dissemble/lie outright but Trump sincerely and honestly believes he is 100% in the right 100% of the time, and that nobody else could even do as well as him, let alone better. You know, I don't actually believe this Like I'm sure the answer is really complicated and like ten abnormal psych podcasts worth of crazy bonkers poo poo, but I am not convinced at all that he is unaware of when he lies and unaware of when he's hiding the truth of something because he's cheating or criming
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Dec 19, 2023 03:17
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He absolutely becomes aware of fuckups, but that's when he gets furious and starts trying to blame other folks to repair his ego.
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Dec 19, 2023 03:20
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Yeah, who needs lies when you can just go hard into whataboutism and dodge the question entirely?
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Dec 19, 2023 03:33
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Ironically, I think Ted Cruz gave the best description of Trump when he said he could say exactly opposite things on a lie detector test the same day and pass both of them.
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Dec 19, 2023 03:47
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Well yeah because it detects stress not lies
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Dec 19, 2023 03:51
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Staluigi posted:You know, I don't actually believe this I mean, he's not always unaware of when he's cheating or criming, but he learned politics from Roy Cohn so his idea of what is cheating and what is "hardball" is Nixonially screwed, so of course he thinks the Ukraine call was perfect, because that's just politics. Add in being surrounded by criminals like Manafort and Stone who will happily reinforce the idea that this is all just normal politics and how the game is played, and I think there's a lot he sees as "crimes" in the same way that tax avoidance is a "crime", it's something that people give lip service to but only stupid people don't do it given half a chance
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Dec 19, 2023 03:55
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Staluigi posted:You know, I don't actually believe this I think there's two refinements we can add to the idea that address your concern: 1) He does firmly believe that if he says it enough, it becomes true (which is certainly true for his fevered acolytes); 2) He is adept at convincing himself to believe his own bullshit over time. For instance, from the few statements and snippets we've heard from people in the inner circles after the 2020 election but before the lawsuits ramped up, I actually believe that he did indeed know that he'd lost. But as he kept repeating his nonsense for his masses and as the lawsuits got chugging along (and getting blown out every time), I also genuinely believe that he grew to believe his own lies.
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Dec 19, 2023 04:06
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He believes it because his hot air keeps the grift blimp aloft.
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Dec 19, 2023 04:33
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If everything warlock is built around eldritch blast then why is there a whole warlock subclass about using swords e: wow this was definitely not the right thread for that post
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Dec 19, 2023 04:35
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Professor Beetus posted:If everything warlock is built around eldritch blast then why is there a whole warlock subclass about using swords Tell me you’ve never read an Elric story without telling me you’ve never read Eldric.
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Dec 19, 2023 04:38
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Professor Beetus posted:If everything warlock is built around eldritch blast then why is there a whole warlock subclass about using swords Not as good as that Steiner post in the USCE thread a month or two ago but still tremendous content. No joke, I was trying to figure out why Trump had gone off about warlocks for a couple of seconds. It didn't seem impossible.
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Dec 19, 2023 04:45
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Staluigi posted:You know, I don't actually believe this His whole shtick is to bully you into accepting his bullshit even if (and particularly when) both of you know he's lying. It's about domination. The goal is to get you to back down and accept (or at least not challenge) his nonsense. That's how he wins.
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Dec 19, 2023 04:51
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Nervous posted:Not as good as that Steiner post in the USCE thread a month or two ago but still tremendous content. my first wrong thread post in my 16 years of posting on SA. better than making a politics post in the bg3 thread, probably
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Dec 19, 2023 05:03
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Professor Beetus posted:If everything warlock is built around eldritch blast then why is there a whole warlock subclass about using swords Look at this noob who doesn't think there are suboptimal builds
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Dec 19, 2023 05:05
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Professor Beetus posted:If everything warlock is built around eldritch blast then why is there a whole warlock subclass about using swords because they were desperately trying to add some flavor to the eldritch blast class and were willing to bend a few cardinal balance guidelines to keep its hybrid melee/cantrip ranged schtick SAD in a way which wouldn't just leave most hexblades just machine gunning eldritch blast 100% of the time as opposed to 90%. secretary of the interior just had a press conference on it this week with the heads of both houses of congress as part of the effort to get Celestial and Archfey subclasses included in budget reconciliation, i shouldn't need to be explaining this
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Dec 19, 2023 05:36
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Sarcastro posted:1) He does firmly believe that if he says it enough, it becomes true (which is certainly true for his fevered acolytes);
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Dec 19, 2023 05:49
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Professor Beetus posted:If everything warlock is built around eldritch blast then why is there a whole warlock subclass about using swords According to at least this one frustrated DM, the power gamer move is actually using a polearm on your warlock  https://youtube.com/shorts/hyTmdwaUdTs?si=w9ANpBWrHdtXGGDj
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Dec 19, 2023 05:57
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Staluigi posted:because they were desperately trying to add some flavor to the eldritch blast class and were willing to bend a few cardinal balance guidelines to keep its hybrid melee/cantrip ranged schtick SAD in a way which wouldn't just leave most hexblades just machine gunning eldritch blast 100% of the time as opposed to 90%. secretary of the interior just had a press conference on it this week with the heads of both houses of congress as part of the effort to get Celestial and Archfey subclasses included in budget reconciliation, i shouldn't need to be explaining this How does the interior secretary plan to get past the Senate parliamentarian's ruling that only one subclass can be included in a reconciliation package?
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Dec 19, 2023 06:02
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Nervous posted:How does the interior secretary plan to get past the Senate parliamentarian's ruling that only one subclass can be included in a reconciliation package? giving clarence thomas a feat once every two class levels
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Dec 19, 2023 06:13
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I'm a level 69 vice president
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Dec 19, 2023 06:18
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Dalmuti posted:I'm a level 69 vice president lol, I can still easily defeat you as the US election is a free to play game, with in game paid purchases, so I just brought the most stupidly expensive game item that can just basically automatically defeat you. lol get rectk fuckin newb!!!
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Dec 19, 2023 06:31
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Staluigi posted:giving clarence thomas a feat once every two class levels From everything I’ve heard, Clarence Thomas is pretty much an IRL Pornomancer from Unknown Armies.
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Professor Beetus posted:If everything warlock is built around eldritch blast then why is there a whole warlock subclass about using swords I had a player that made a Warlock with no offensive spells. It was kind of annoying,
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I made The Dark Urge a warlock and mostly noncombat spells because you can cause an absurd amount of chaos with high charisma and mobility spells. Also now would be a timely occasion to recommend reading modern philosophy Harry Frankfurt's essay 'On Bullshit', or at least browse the Wikipedia article. Tldr: bullshit is different and more insidious than mere lies because the liar cares about the truth and can be refuted with facts. The bullshitter will say whatever is necessary because the words themselves are ephemeral and crafted to channel emotional responses.
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Dec 19, 2023 07:39
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Tenkaris posted:According to at least this one frustrated DM, the power gamer move is actually using a polearm on your warlock Like "arming your warlock with a polearm" or "using a pole arm to injure the warlock who's bugging you"?
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Sarcastro posted:I think there's two refinements we can add to the idea that address your concern: This, a thousand times, is the function of huge swathes of terrible people throughout politics. Alex Jones believes multiple contradictory lies and conspiracy theories; Musk routinely spouts bullshit that he will cling to for years. there is not the bright line between deliberate lying and sincere belief that naive commentators have tried to cultivate for so long. The human capacity for cognitive dissonance is infinite, and the forces that prop up people like Musk, or Jones, or Trump, or a million other bad faith interlocutors, select for people who reason from this position of impenetrability. The act of telling the lie includes a commitment, an ideological and identity-driven rationalization of the belief that allows the user, whether they're a trade group leader or a politician or a charlatan or a techbro, to choose to reason falsely. All three of those italicized words are significant in their own terms.
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Discendo Vox posted:people who reason from this position of impenetrability. The act of telling the lie includes a commitment, an ideological and identity-driven rationalization of the belief that allows the user, whether they're a trade group leader or a politician or a charlatan or a techbro yeah but here you're clearly talking about Great Old One which is pretty mid, not understanding how this made it to the presidency
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Staluigi posted:yeah but here you're clearly talking about Great Old One which is pretty mid, not understanding how this made it to the presidency If you're someone who already has power and privilege, this self-rationalization, this ability to sincerely believe false things, is a powerful driving force and defensive mechanism, especially if you're an idiot or rear end in a top hat- it makes you as psychologically immune to consequences for your abuse as you are physically immunized by the undue deference that your privilege, or the tolerance of civil society, will grant. It's an epistemology borne of solipsism, the beating heart of the process of bad faith: the ability to make the world bend around your views and, by the extension of your thoughts, render yourself immune to doubt or correction. To make the easy reference, some people will see as many lights as are convenient for them. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Dec 19, 2023 |
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It's the mentality of a dictator and/or fascist, which we've seen time and time again throughout history, but I guess people are still surprised that it happened here.
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