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Barudak
May 7, 2007

Oh this one? Yes I had Mapplethorpe do it for me as a personal favor. I love the way the light catches the tip in a manner like the sun cresting a mountain. Really one of my favorites but sadly wasted on Debra Holstern.

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Barudak
May 7, 2007

As far as bankrupt casinos go there is nothing better than looking at The Revel in Atlantic City. As for Trump its a combination of him being a god awful businessman and business data showing that opening more casinos doesn't actually increase casino revenues it just moves what money exists to new places. Given the current glut of casino construction expect more bankruptcies in that industry moving forward especially with Chinese whale belt tightening.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

spacemang_spliff posted:

I wonder if his birth certificate team will ever report back their results.

They were stumped, and therefore according to Trump law, distrumpted.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

THA TITTY THRILLER posted:

If the black shirts take over I'm pretty sure it ends with Central America getting annexed.

If this didn't involve death camps but rather full American citizenship and a flag with a shitload more stars I'd be all over it.

From Pole to shining Pole.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

it seems pretty clear that this town hall is a targeted strike on the cruz campaign to get him out of the way for rubio.

I think we all already knew Ted Cruz was dumber than Donald Trump

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Montasque posted:

Megyn Kelly "Mitt Romney says he will not endorse any candidate unless they release their tax returns..."
Kasich: "Oh... yeah sure I'll release them."

Tax Returns... This is the hill the GOPe has chosen to die on.

E: Of course Rubio is via satellite.

Does anybody give a poo poo about this? Like, it was used against Romney only because his dad did it and then Romney reacted as badly as one could do to it short of eating the tax return on television while shouting "now nobody gets to see it"

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Schnorkles posted:

I'm very excited about the possibility of someone winning the republican nomination while actively boycotting fox news events. [Except Hannity interviews]

In addition to killing the Bush Legacy and Neo-Cons, Trump is destroying Fox News and its great.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

oystertoadfish posted:

if there's actually a Winnowing and if said Winnowing doesn't just give trump like 55% of the vote in every state, which it very well might, then rubio could pick up his eight states later on in the process

why aren't gop establishment money men just straight up offering eight-figure checks to all but one of the remaining candidates? if i was a republican money ghoul i'd tell all the remaining nontrumps to send me their price for dropping out, and promise that i would pay the n-1 (however many fucker nontrumps are in this race now, it's just cruz, rubio, and kasich right?) lowest bidders their asking price if they endorsed the last remaining one

I don't think Cruz is buyable at a price that doesn't destroy your ability to put money into the following Trump battle much less the general. So if you don't want him to win, you're stuck with a bunch of complete schmucks and cruz and trump so why spend money.

Edit: Seriously, this is the battle of true believers and none of them is backing down. The time for a winnowing was months ago and if the party gave a poo poo they would have buried these other chucklefucks long ago. Instead we have a caucus system instead of just a convention so everything is extra stupid.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

oystertoadfish posted:

^i guess if i was a gop money lich and i thought it wouldn't work then i wouldn't do it yeah. like i implied in the first half i think it's more likely that trump picks up a majority whenever cruz drops out

maybe i should spend a shitload of time trying to figure out how the delegates will get allocated but right now it doesn't seem to me like there's any other possible way to beat the guy except turning into a one-on-one fight. not that it's a great chance, just that it's the one chance that's distinguishable from 0%

we already know that trump's got the biggest plurality, the only question left is whether he has a majority, and the longer you wait to put that question to the test, the more the largest plurality hoovers up delegates out of proportion to its vote share

it's a perfect storm isn't it, if cruz was even a little less deliberately odious to his own party then this poo poo would be a lot easier

Basically, Cruz not being a person who played ball with the establishment made him unpalatable to pick over another candidate or over Trump. His personality in turn, means he's not dropping out so the establishment can't get a head-to-head battle they want.

Further to the point; they aren't going to win a head to head battle because absolutely none of the fuckers in this campaign are capable of taking the poo poo Trump is dishing out their way. Like this entire debate that just happened was basically a face loss for all of the participants and probably only made them weaker compared to Trump. I find it hilarious how completely unprepared the party elite were for a candidate who doesn't give a poo poo about their little club, especially when they've already been dealing with an at the time very popular Ted Cruz.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

my question is when trump becomes the nominee do the big-money people and neocons
1) sigh and back him
2) just sit this one out
3) back hillary (lol)

there are already signs of neocons aligning to hillary. trump has indicated that he wants to hike interest rates at the fed which makes me feel that the financial guys who mostly stay out of the spotlight-- the people worth 3-5x trump's net worth, even assuming he's not exaggerating it-- are going to be sweating.

this election is fascinating. it looks like donald trump will become the nominee without ever having more than 50% of his own party supporting him.

Given what I'm seeing a lot of sky is falling, impotency, resentment, and probably still voting R or not voting. Not that it matters since they obviously aren't the core of the party in terms of total votes or leadership anymore.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

sullat posted:

I must say, I am curious about Trump's tax returns. Probably not as funny as Mitt's, but who knows? The tax code is full of bullshit and rich people love to use it. Of course, Romney got real squirrelly about the 2007-2010 years, IIRC, so that's probably where the juicy stuff is. Wonder if Trump will go that far back? Maybe he got burned by the Swiss whistle-blower like Romney probably did.

Didn't he already release the one that was basically "I earn enough to be in the top bracket, so suck it doubters, and boy its hosed up the top bracket is so low we have no idea if Trump is merely rich or indeed as he claims wealthy"

Barudak
May 7, 2007

uncurable mlady posted:

I think it's still too early to say Trump has it wrapped up, but he appears to be running an effective campaign in the background that's gone unnoticed. I'd expect that he's actually been running quite a good ground game in other states - would explain his NV performance, as well as SC.

The big story of the season, so far, appears to be how Donald Trump built an amazing campaign apparatus without anyone finding out about it.

Isn't his campaign apparatus primarily "People who are fired up to vote in the primary are fired up to vote for me" and "I am the pied piper of the media's attention"? Or has there been revelations of his heavy investing in local states, because at my last understanding he was if anything understaffed compared to other campaigns.

Re: Unify the party around Trump is really fuckin easy. You ride the poo poo out of a populist wave or you get the hell out of the way.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Montasque posted:

Presidential Hopeful Marco Rubio’s Alleged Mistress Caught On Camera!:
http://radaronline.com/photos/marco-rubio-affair-rumors-mistress-photos-presidential-campaign/photo/1253799/

Nice photos radaronline!

If this is true I'm gonna laugh for days as each of Trumps opponents in turn kill themselves while fleeing from his onslaught. God imagine it. Carson as the establishment pick to fight against Trump

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Barudak
May 7, 2007

Skwirl posted:

Is Priebus crying right now do you think, or his he too busy drinking himself to the point of unconsciousness?

You know that tank of liquid they put Luke into during Empire Strikes Back to heal his wounds? Reince is in one of those but its filled with booze

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