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Goatman Sacks: Apr 4, 2011; by FactsAreUseless

iospace posted:

https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/782733154083889159

WITH NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:09

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greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

I've heard LeBron has relatives in the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:10

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001; Passion’s Wrench

Rotten Red Rod posted:

Important distinction - she isn't an anti-vaxxer. She PANDERS to anti-vaxxers - every time the subject is brought up, instead of simply answering "no, vaccines are vital" she goes on a whole diatribe about how it's understandable people have concerns about big pharma.

UGGGH

UUUUUUUGGGGHHHH

The whole Anit-vax thing gained steam when a medical researcher was paid a bunch of money by a big pharma company to discredit the vaccines from another big pharma company, and he flat out lied to get the results they wanted. Big Pharma A that hired him WANTED TO SELL VACCINES. They just wanted Big Pharma B to get in trouble for selling horrible vaccines oh and by the way everyone should buy the more expensive vaccines from Big Pharma A.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:11

punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

I read a bit about Stein the other day and apparently she left the Democratic Party due to energy policies and not economic policies?

Periodiko posted:

It's typical green party stuff, people only care because of a perceived Nader factor and she campaigns really hard against Clinton ("Clinton is more dangerous than Trump because status quo etc.") to try to pick up disillusioned lefties. The usual.

theblackw0lf posted:

She's said that Hillary is more dangerous than Trump, in part because supposedly she will be able to get though more stuff through congress.
(Even though congress will remain GOP most likely, and completely ignoring Supreme Court appointments )

So either she's grossly ignorant, or knows she's lying and is being completely irresponsible

Edit: not saying she's as bad as Trump. But statements like this to me are disqualifying

I see. I wish Socialist Alternative will dethrone the Green Party as the "populist" left wing third party. At least they manage get things done.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:13

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Ohio's blue, Florida's red now.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:13

PhazonLink: Jul 17, 2010

Colbert had a good clip last week where Johnson had a adad moment and started making silly noises with his tongue.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:15

Kibibit: Sep 10, 2009; You must be a friend that's good at shredding!

Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:

Ohio's blue, Florida's red now.

California is now a swing state.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:16

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:

Ohio's blue, Florida's red now.

Uhhhhhhhhh... what?

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:17

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

iospace posted:

Uhhhhhhhhh... what?

LeBron joke.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:17

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001; Passion’s Wrench

Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:

Ohio's blue, Florida's red now.

Ohio's Governor just removed all voting machines from NW Ohio. The Fix^TM is in.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:17

Kibibit: Sep 10, 2009; You must be a friend that's good at shredding!

iospace posted:

Uhhhhhhhhh... what?

Lebron James used to play for the Miami Heat, he then jumped ship and went back to the Cleveland Cavaliers, pissing off a lot of Miami fans in his wake.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:18

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

Did someone say Jill Stein?

Besides the dumb domestic stuff she spouts all the time like pandering to anti-vaxxers, she also spouts pro-Putin talking points on foreign policy at every opportunity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fihGcdF3Q24

quote:

JILL STEIN: The latest nuclear arms race was actually triggered by Barack Obama who decided to engage a whole new movement, a trillion dollars of new nuclear weapons and new modes of delivery. And Hillary Clinton has certainly done her part here in demonizing Russia and China and helping to create, through her own Secretary of State office, the overthrow of a democratically elected leader in Ukraine and sort of pushing the envelope to create confrontation around Russia and confrontation with China.

ALAN CHARTOCK: Now let me just interject for one second and ask you this just for clarification. Donald Trump said he thought that Putin was a good guy, you say someone is guilty of demonizing Putin. Seems to me Putin has plenty to answer for.

STEIN: Oh he sure does. But on the other hand he is not threatening vital U.S interests. We on the other hand have surrounded him with missiles and nuclear weapons. So this is the Cuban Missile Crisis on steroids going on right now surrounding Russia.

CHARTOCK: No, that was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis and (unintelligible)

STEIN: Well in fact we said we would take the missiles out of Turkey, which we did, but they�re now back again. So, the missiles are back. And yes, that�s not very recent history but what is very recent is the new ballistic missiles. So there�s a whole new battery of ballistic missiles that are around Russia, which Russia regards as extremely terrifying. And if they were doing this to us then yes absolutely we would say Russia is being aggressive here but the conflict with Russia right now is about who controls Ukraine and that�s a very murky argument. But we promised, remember? We promised Gorbachev when East Germany was reunified and admitted into NATO we weren�t going to move one inch to the East, but we�ve moved plenty to the East and we�ve basically been absorbing members of the Warsaw Pact into NATO. So we are threatening Russia in lots of ways.

CHARTOCK: Wait, wait, wait let me get this straight Jill. The countries as we move East that have either been applying for or have gotten into NATO are better off, and I don�t want to put words in your mouth, but better off because they�re in the Russian access?

STEIN: Well, they�re not in the Russian access. And I think that�the point is this is a complex issue. And I�m not saying Russia�s the good guys and we�re the bad guys by no means. This is a complex issue and the point is we don�t want to just be putting them in a box and making them our big enemy. You know why they are our big enemy? Because our weapons industry needs to justify taking up 54 percent of our discretionary budget for the military, much of which goes into these outmoded, cold war weapons systems. So our war profiteers who contribute plenty of money to the democratic and republican parties and to Hillary Clinton�s campaign, they need an enemy. So I don�t mean to divert our conversation to that but I want to point out that things are not looking so good under Hillary Clinton. And that we�ve sort of created a scenario that is moving us towards war. We need to have discussions here and we need not to be creating a marketing strategy here for the weapons industry. That�s too much what our foreign policy has been about.

She attends events hosted by RT, sits at the same table as Putin, and gets criticized by the Russian Green Party for her silence on Putin's crimes:

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/russian-greens-slam-stein-for-cozying-up-to-putin-your-silence-on-his-crimes-silences-our-struggle/

quote:

This did not sit well with Yevgenia Chirikova and Nadezhda Kutepova who took to Facebook to express their displeasure with Stein for ignoring their plight, reports Radio Free Europe.

�After your visit to Moscow and your meeting with Vladimir Putin you said that �the world deserve[s] a new commitment to collaborative dialogue between our governments to avert disastrous wars for geopolitical domination, destruction of the climate, and cascading injustices that promote violence and terrorism.'� they wrote. �We agree with you. But how can this new �collaborative dialogue� be possible when Mr. Putin has deliberately built a system based on corruption, injustice, falsification of elections, and violation of human rights and international law?�

�How is it possible to have a discussion with Mr. Putin and not mention, not even once, the fate of Russian political prisoners, or the attacks against Russian journalists, artists, and environmentalists?� the letter continued. �Is it fair to speak with him about �geopolitics� and not mention new Russian laws against freedom of speech, restrictions on NGOs and activists, or the shameful law that forbids �homosexual propaganda?'�

�By silencing Putin�s crimes you are silencing our struggle. By shaking his hand and failing to criticize his regime you are becoming his accomplice. By forgetting what international solidarity means you are insulting the Russian environmental movement,� they concluded, before asking for Stein to address their situation, saying they hoped, �our questions will not go unanswered,� by the Green Party presidential nominee.

At best she's a useful idiot for the Kremlin thanks to her belief that America is responsible for everything in global affairs like Euromaidan or the expansion of NATO. At worst she's actively shilling for Putin.

vyelkin fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Oct 3, 2016

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:18

Bassetking: Feb 20, 2008; And it is, it is a glorious thing, to be a Basset King!

Rotten Red Rod posted:

Important distinction - she isn't an anti-vaxxer. She PANDERS to anti-vaxxers - every time the subject is brought up, instead of simply answering "no, vaccines are vital" she goes on a whole diatribe about how it's understandable people have concerns about big pharma.

She's not a Nazi, she just PANDERS to Nazis.

Right.

Sure.

Anti-Vaxxers should be against the wall. First, Last, I don't care, I just want them to answer for their crimes.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:18

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

I mean Hillary probably is up the equivalent of 3 games to 1 on Trump right now.

All she needs is one more good performance to put him away...

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:19

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001; Passion’s Wrench

Dexo posted:

I mean Hillary probably is up the equivalent of 3 games to 1 on Trump right now.

All she needs is one more good performance to put him away...

Where have you gone, Timothy Duncan? Our nation turns our lonely eyes to you. Woo woo woo.

What's that you say, David Robinson? Timmy D has left and gone away? Hey hey hey. Hey hey hey.

edit because how could I miss the David Robinson line

CannonFodder fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Oct 3, 2016

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:22

lozzle: Oct 22, 2012; by zen death robot

GalacticAcid posted:

Hey guys, finally, some good news!

Haha just kidding, it's lovely news. Colombian voters rejected the government's peace deal with FARC.

This is why direct democracy is terrible.

At least the UK has some company now in the Stupidest Electorate Club.

Let's hope the US doesn't join them by electing Trump.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:22

Friends Are Evil: Oct 25, 2010; cats cats cats

Question: Should I be worried about the Wikileaks dump containing actual damning information about Clinton, or is it probably just hot air?

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:28

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

Friends Are Evil posted:

Question: Should I be worried about the Wikileaks dump containing actual damning information about Clinton?

Assange is an absurd serial liar.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:29

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

Friends Are Evil posted:

Question: Should I be worried about the Wikileaks dump containing actual damning information about Clinton, or is it probably just hot air?

They already cancelled it pretending they had 'security concerns' lol

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:30

Dr.Smasher: Nov 27, 2002; Cyberpunk 1987

Friends Are Evil posted:

Question: Should I be worried about the Wikileaks dump containing actual damning information about Clinton, or is it probably just hot air?

I expect it something to be completely and utterly devastating

like "Hillary Clinton... HAS VARICOSE VEINS!!! AAAAH"

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:32

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Night10194 posted:

They already cancelled it pretending they had 'security concerns' lol

They're going to have it, only video conference instead of "balcony address".

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:33

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

Dr.Smasher posted:

I expect it something to be completely and utterly devastating

like "Hillary Clinton... HAS VARICOSE VEINS!!! AAAAH"

lmao

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:34

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

Friends Are Evil posted:

Question: Should I be worried about the Wikileaks dump containing actual damning information about Clinton, or is it probably just hot air?

The thing is, what he considers damning, the average person can't care less about. Because his hatred of Clinton skews his views so much.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:34

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

iospace posted:

They're going to have it, only video conference instead of "balcony address".

Oh, word? When is this 'conference'?

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:36

Pakled: Aug 6, 2011; WE ARE SMART

Friends Are Evil posted:

Question: Should I be worried about the Wikileaks dump containing actual damning information about Clinton, or is it probably just hot air?

The last "wikileaks dump" was just highlights of emails that were previously leaked.

I wouldn't worry about it.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:38

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

If Assange legitimately had something he'd have released it already to bask in relevance. As it is he's just trying to pretend he matters for a little while and play to the conspiracy people who still like him.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:39

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Night10194 posted:

Oh, word? When is this 'conference'?

Tuesday, same time i believe as the original plans.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:39

lozzle: Oct 22, 2012; by zen death robot

The new leak is gonna be a home video of teenage Hillary Clinton expressing devotion to Barry Goldwater.

This makes her the real racist.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:41

Geostomp: Oct 22, 2008; Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

Night10194 posted:

They already cancelled it pretending they had 'security concerns' lol

The leaker equivalent of "girlfriend in Canada".

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:42

Friends Are Evil: Oct 25, 2010; cats cats cats

Good to know! I had a feeling Assange was bluffing again. I just have a tendency to Arzy about this kind of poo poo.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:42

Built 4 Cuban Linux: Jul 15, 2007; i own america

I think there's a good chance Assange or that gangly guy have some seriously damaging poo poo. Probably not, but don't get too confident that nothing bad will happen in the next month.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:45

Shimrra Jamaane: Aug 10, 2007; Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Built 4 Cuban Linux posted:

I think there's a good chance Assange or that gangly guy have some seriously damaging poo poo. Probably not, but don't get too confident that nothing bad will happen in the next month.

Thanks for your concern it's been duly noted.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:48

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

If Assange had anything he would have used it after the debate to keep Trump from death spiraling

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:49

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

Assange has claimed he's had something damning every second week for the entire election cycle and it's never amounted to poo poo.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:49

lozzle: Oct 22, 2012; by zen death robot

So I missed this when Giuliani's abject stupidity was posted earlier, but his exact wording was:

quote:

Don't you think a man who has this kind of economic genius is a lot better for the United States than a woman, and the only thing she's ever produced is a lot of work for the FBI checking out her emails?

If it were anybody else I would be charitable and assume that he merely misspoke, but since he immediately followed it up with "everybody cheats on their spouses" (and also he is a ghoul), I'm inclined to take this the ultra sexist way. :catstare:

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:50

A Winner is Jew: Feb 14, 2008; by exmarx

Assange is a full on alt-right stooge of Putin and Stein is hilariously incompetent on nuclear energy.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:56

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Built 4 Cuban Linux posted:

I think there's a good chance Assange or that gangly guy have some seriously damaging poo poo. Probably not, but don't get too confident that nothing bad will happen in the next month.

Nah, if they had anything meaningful they would have dropped it in the last 24 hours, because the only hope might be to cut the legs off the tax issue before it dominates the news until at least the 2nd debate.

# ? Oct 3, 2016 01:57

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

A Winner is Jew posted:

Assange is a full on alt-right stooge of Putin and Stein is hilariously incompetent

Fixed

# ? Oct 3, 2016 02:01

Augus: Mar 9, 2015

Assange has declared he has information that will ruin Hillary forever at least 30 times in the past 6 months and last I checked Hillary hasn't been ruined forever

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Geostomp posted:

The leaker equivalent of "girlfriend in Canada".

Girlfriend in Sweden

# ? Oct 3, 2016 02:02

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