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redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

mcmagic posted:

I'd actually like to see his partition plan.

Based on how modern military commands and logistics work, dissolving the Union would backfire hilariously on the red states full of real Americans who somehow think that Civil War Part Two would go swimmingly for them.

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mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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Fart City posted:

Kind of blows my mind that Mitch McConnell has been a serving senator since 1985. I mean, I know that is not uncommon for senators to serve decades in office, but he just sucks so much.

He doesn't suck. He's very good at his job and he provides great results for his owners. He's just also a profoundly evil person.

Flip Yr Wig
Feb 21, 2007

Oh please do go on
Fun Shoe

Spiritus Nox posted:

I know I know The Other needs to be simultaneously impossibly strong and comically weak but I still like how he's arguing at the evil left is now dominant despite the right holding all offices of American political power.

Because trans people are gaining civil rights. It's really that loving simple with these cretins.

Edit:
Hell, given the bigoted legislation in so many states, it's more that trans people are demanding civil rights.

Flip Yr Wig fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jun 19, 2017

WHOOPS
Nov 6, 2009

Javes posted:

Would love to hear someone ask Spicer why they banned cameras from that gaggle, just to hear what bullshit answer he can come up.

It's too hard for him to backpedal with all the accurate recordings of what he says.

marshmonkey
Dec 5, 2003

I was sick of looking
at your stupid avatar
so
have a cool cat instead.

:v:
Switchblade Switcharoo
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/876860582552580096

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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redneck nazgul posted:

Based on how modern military commands and logistics work, dissolving the Union would backfire hilariously on the red states full of real Americans who somehow think that Civil War Part Two would go swimmingly for them.

I don't even know what a civil war would look like in the 2010s... But I think we might find out...

Lugnut Seatcushion
May 4, 2013
Lipstick Apathy

mcmagic posted:

I'd actually like to see his partition plan.

These idiots never have one

DaveWoo
Aug 14, 2004

Fun Shoe

https://mobile.twitter.com/Acosta/status/876866436383350784

https://mobile.twitter.com/Acosta/status/876867224983793665

I like this guy.

the black husserl
Feb 25, 2005

mcmagic posted:

I don't even know what a civil war would look like in the 2010s... But I think we might find out...

Syria.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
Do you have an Air Miles Card?

Sinteres posted:

Erick Erickson thinks it's time to partition the United States because the left is ISIS and also we all need to be more careful with our language.

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/876855730149613568

I love these ideas because it turns out the "left wing" states make all the money and the "right wing" states are poor as gently caress.

Reik
Mar 8, 2004
Do they release transcripts of these WH gaggle briefings?

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Jul 1, 2004

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I don't think so. Our battle lines are more drawn between non government actors. Not a government vs a hodge podge of rebel groups.

SurgicalOntologist
Jun 17, 2004

Heck Yes! Loam! posted:

That's not as crazy as you think it is. The number of bots that were used in the 2016 cycle was unprecedented. Most have to be autonomous, with a smaller number ran by real individuals. the autonomous bots were likely using neural networks to formulate posts, and those things require a poo poo load of traning data to make them useful. The russians probably saw Microsoft's attempt to make a Twitter AI chat bot, and realised they could use the same idea to target voters.

Here's a link to the MS Twitter AI Project that failed spectacularly in case anyone doesn't know what I am talking about. https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-chatbot-racist

The drat thing is pretty much what we see in Trump Twitter these days. I doubt I'm that far off the mark.

Yeah, it's not crazy at all to use reddit to train bots. That's not what I meant. The conspiracy mongerer aspect would be that it was the Trump team doing it, not just the Russians. That would be a huge revelation, right?

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

I wondy why Trump has not responded to the attac..

https://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/876829760504172544

empty whippet box
Jun 9, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

I feel like getting self-centered, evil, vile motherfuckers to stab each other in the back to save themselves probably isn't the most difficult job in the world.

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich
it's ridic to think of state based secession in the 21st century given that the real divide in this nation is urban/rural

SurgicalOntologist
Jun 17, 2004


Wow, the piece of identifying information they chose to put in the headline was the attacker's number of children.

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005

empty whippet box posted:

I feel like getting self-centered, evil, vile motherfuckers to stab each other in the back to save themselves probably isn't the most difficult job in the world.

All we need now is an expert in "enhanced interrogation techniques" :getin:

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
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https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/876862086009278466
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/876863014544322561
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/876861643271151616
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/876865516819947521
https://twitter.com/JaredRizzi/status/876865806868590592
https://twitter.com/MiriamElder/status/876870241065762816
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https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/876865771250610177

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Jun 19, 2017

Slow News Day
Jul 4, 2007

mcmagic posted:

I'd actually like to see his partition plan.

"We need to partition the US!"

*partition happens*

"Yay! I'm so happy now! Wait, hold on... what do you mean I need a passport to travel to California? And where is all the federal money that funds my state's programs? Oh gently caress, was that a Russian plane?"

Kekekela
Oct 28, 2004
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/876863014544322561

Just waiting for Trump to start tweeting out flat-earth poo poo.

BlueBlazer
Apr 1, 2010

boner confessor posted:

it's ridic to think of state based secession in the 21st century given that the real divide in this nation is urban/rural

Rich and poor buddy.

Whenever someone trys to draw into us and them just remind them the rich are loving us ALL over and a few well placed guillotines would probably solve all our problems.

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Is it still too early to tell whether that shooting last week affected Trump's approval numbers?

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
Jesus Tapdancing Christ:

:siren:
https://twitter.com/mj_lee/status/876866891532431360
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/876867292050722820

:aaaaa:
:siren:

Caros
May 14, 2008

SurgicalOntologist posted:

Wow, the piece of identifying information they chose to put in the headline was the attacker's number of children.

To be fair, it is probably the most unique thing about him. Most mass casualty attackers don't are single loners with no kids.

mango sentinel
Jan 5, 2001

by sebmojo

Sinteres posted:

Erick Erickson thinks it's time to partition the United States because the left is ISIS and also we all need to be more careful with our language.

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/876855730149613568

iirc this is the third time in the past few years he's gone down this hole.

Reik
Mar 8, 2004

Caros posted:

To be fair, it is probably the most unique thing about him. Most mass casualty attackers don't are single loners with no kids.

I think it's more that they don't mention it's a white dude, when any time it's a Muslim attacker they can't wait to say it.

Caros
May 14, 2008

Reik posted:

I think it's more that they don't mention it's a white dude, when any time it's a Muslim attacker they can't wait to say it.

The picture of a white dude kind of makes that obvious?

FUCK SNEEP
Apr 21, 2007





This is starting to sound like The Expendables but with lawyers.

empty whippet box
Jun 9, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

His top legislative priority is *faaaaaaaarttt*

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Jul 1, 2004

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Why is this surprising to anyone? Trump knows nothing about and has no interest in policy. We know this.

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

gently caress SNEEP posted:

This is starting to sound like The Expendables but with lawyers.

One of the reasons to hope he doesn't fire Mueller is that Mueller is basically an angry-faced moon looming above his administration and preparing to power bomb it.

the black husserl
Feb 25, 2005

business hammocks posted:

Is it still too early to tell whether that shooting last week affected Trump's approval numbers?

It doesn't seem to have affected his Gallup numbers very much. They use a three day rolling average, and it's been five days since the shooting, so we should be seeing the effects. No significant bump or drop so far.

Chilichimp
Oct 24, 2006

TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp

Grimey Drawer

business hammocks posted:

Is it still too early to tell whether that shooting last week affected Trump's approval numbers?

No. There were polls released over the weekend from the days of and immediately following the shooting and the case could be made that Rasmussen polls experienced a slight bump while Gallup experienced a slight drop against the RCP average of the previous week.

the blippy as gently caress 50% that Trump tweeted was the Rasmussen poll taken the day before, day of, and day after the shooting.

Chilichimp fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jun 19, 2017

C. Everett Koop
Aug 18, 2008

TONIGHT.....James looks out a window......Richard struggles to stay on the road....and I pay a visit to some local believers.

Javes
May 6, 2012

ASK ME ABOUT APPEARING OFFLINE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TELL FRIENDS THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY VIDEO GAME TEAM.
It seems Spicer's favorite deflection is "Dunno, I haven't asked the President about that yet."

Hollismason
Jun 30, 2007
An alright dude.
I won't be surprised if there are more of these style of Mass Vehicular Assaults? Not sure what to call them actually.

Dr Kool-AIDS
Mar 26, 2004

Hollismason posted:

I won't be surprised if there are more of these style of Mass Vehicular Assaults? Not sure what to call them actually.

They're getting the same breathless coverage mass shootings got, so yes there will be more.

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
Have we heard anything from Trump yet regarding the seven dead sailors cuz that's kind of weird.

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withak
Jan 15, 2003


Fun Shoe

He looks like that guy from the british car tv show.

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