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Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

iospace posted:

Yeah. It's why we'll likely see manager #4 soon. VP debate is going to likely be a wash (and no one cares except for diehard politics nerds), though the Town Hall is going to be what ultimately makes or breaks Trump. He has a good showing, and he might be able to make things competitive again. He has a bad showing, and all that's left is to wonder "how bad will the blowout be and/or how will we be able to deal with such a harvest of corncobs?"

Call me an optimist but I don't think Trump's capable of holding it together during the next debate.

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Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
So that's why Stein hasn't been hating on Trump as much!

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

My Linux Rig posted:

How do you win a debate anyway?

By not turning into a corncob.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
He can pivot one way but he'll pivot right back so um yeah.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

#BasementDwellers = the end of Hillary?

Just the end of Secretary Hillary.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Geostomp posted:

Rich white guy who bullies everyone arond him while bragging about everything and spewing neo-Nazi style "truth" without comeuppance. He's what dumb, insecure people think success and strengthlook like and dream of being, so they latch onto him despite any evidence.

It helps that he's a con artist that knows how to work a mark.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Chelb posted:

At it's worst it's mildly dumb in how it equivocates leftist-far leftist views with far right views, and perhaps slightly condescending in how it portrays millenials' knowledge of leftist views and their socioeconomic situations

like i don't love the quotes but they're not anything to get worked up over at all

Eh I'll give it a pass since Stein's the far-leftist champion and she's full of poo poo.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

fishmech posted:

Nah, the far-leftist champion is one of the dozens of socialist fraction party candidates out there. And each of those are actually more likely to ever see political office again than Jill Stein!

Jill Stein is the "aunt and uncle who are really into crystals" champion.

I'll allow this, fishmech, because you made me laugh.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Lightning Knight posted:

Can someone fill me in on the basement dweller non-scandal? I missed what's going on and I'm at work.

The deplorables are trying to make another non-scandal of Hillary telling her people to feel empathy and help disenfranchised millennials get their life on track.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
Hahahahhahahahaha holy poo poo what an October Surprise.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

lozzle posted:

Mike Pence is a moron, only saved from being the worst governor in America by the grace of other, bigger morons who managed to gently caress poo poo up even worse.

Which governor are you talking about? There's a few to choose from.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Augus posted:

Trump's campaign trying to play the moral high ground of not using dubiously-obtained documents during a campaign is pretty hilarious considering their past attitude about hacking the DNC

Also re: civility in politics, in Jackson's day senators were killed in duels with other senators

Lol you think the GOP has morals bwahahahahahaha.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

gfsincere posted:

Lol if you actually believe this. People walk in armed to the teeth in fuckin Starbucks and no one escorts them any drat where. Hell, a bunch of armed white supremacists held a White Lives Matter protest in front of the NAACP and no one did poo poo.

Open carrying is a bit different than open carrying while harassing black people trying to vote.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

gfsincere posted:

Armed White Lives Matter protest in front of the Houston NAACP by white supremacists specifically for the purpose of intimidating black people.

Come the gently caress on.

Why the gently caress would the police give a gently caress about our right to vote when they don't give a poo poo about our right to live?

While deplorable, the first ones actually legal so long as they're not breaking any fire arm laws and sticking to just protest. They're fuckers but they're legal fuckers.

Doing that same poo poo isn't legal at polls because it's voter intimidation.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Mavric posted:

Armed protesters outside of a NAACP is definitely a sign of a respect for equality and the constitution and not a desire to kill some negroes right?

Oh totally respect for life yes.

Also hope y'all know your parents banged on New years.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
I'm more qualified than both Stein and Trump.

I'm also under 35.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Paradoxish posted:

I kind of hate seeing you all putting Stein on the same level as Trump. Being an idiot crackpot isn't anywhere near as bad as being a racist hate golem. Like, come on.

They're terrible in two entirely different ways. Sort of like polio and small pox.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

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.

When it comes to stopping the spread of preventable disease, there is absolutely no difference between the two what so ever.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
Ohio's blue, Florida's red now.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

iospace posted:

Uhhhhhhhhh... what?

LeBron joke.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

iospace posted:

Arguably unethical, but that being said, it's one thing to "not pay any taxes", and entirely different thing to "not pay taxes because you utterly suck at business when your entire image is built around it."

That said:
https://twitter.com/nxthompson/status/782767557271023617

How much is that Obama getting older vs being president?

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

lozzle posted:

Trump will cut taxes so hard that the IRS will be paying him.

That's been the gop goal for years.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

BearDrivingTruck posted:

I just had dinner with a bunch of arzying liberals, someone give me some good news to wash it away.

Check out any national news webpage.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

ImpAtom posted:

Where are they going to find someone who looks like Donald Trump?

Roll an old fat guy around in a giant vat of Cheeto dust?

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
Yes attack Hillary by going after Bill's infidelity, GOP. loving do it.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
He's such an attention whore.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Night10194 posted:

He's just trying to make it more dramatic for the conspiracy crowd.

What I'm wondering is why more post-debate polls weren't released this weekend. I thought a bunch were due.

I wanna say they were scrapped as the NYT just took a fat steamer on Trump's face.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
Turns out he's the biggest welfare king of them all.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

lozzle posted:

Not a clue. Suspects so far include:

Somebody at the IRS.
The accountant who verified the tax return.
Marla Maples.
Somebody on his campaign staff.
Barack Obama?

Vince Foster?

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Night10194 posted:

I suppose part of it is also just the uncertainty of waiting to see if the latest major hit actually did anything. I felt the same way right after the DNC until a bunch of polling came out and showed he got destroyed.

The debate did serious damage too.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

NaanViolence posted:

Simplex is correct. The predictive power of polls is overstated.

I can hear steam coming out of Nate Silvers ears.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Young Freud posted:

That might happen for November, just as a recap, but I have a feeling that the Clinton camp have planned for these things to have a life expectancy. First it was the Khans, then it was Machado, now the tax returns: Hillary's attacks will be presented in widest possible form available, be it the 110 million audience of the debates or the New York Times; they will be on everyone's lips, on every newspaper, website, and news broadcast, for a couple weeks at most; Trump will try to explain away (which, if you explain, you're losing) or present his recycled attacks as a rebuttal; and by the time it dies down and/or Trump think he has handle on the attack, Hillary will no longer touches it and drops a new bomb, and that dominates the news cycle and Trump's attention.

That way, it keeps these outrages fresh and not sounding like a broken record like Trump's attacks have been sounding.

I can see this since Trump's opp research binder's actually a file cabinet.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
Stop you guys this much Trump Dump is too much awesome.

Wait no it's not bwahahaha eat poo poo cheeto man.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

cult member at airport posted:

I wonder if the October Surprise is just a continuous dump of new stuff until election day with the goal of disgusting enough moderate Trump supporters to stay home on election day (or make them stay home out of apathy thinking he's gonna lose for sure). Along with a good GOTV effort by Clinton, this could be really good for down ticket races.

Hope that's the plan. Trump must be buried and the gop punished for letting him happen.

Also it'd be nice way to occupy my time after the Cubs are swept out of the NLDS.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Night10194 posted:

So what's the deal with mandatory arbitration, exactly? How's it work? I know it's some way really big companies can tilt disputes in their favor, but I've never been clear on what it is exactly.

Buried in the ToS you didn't read you agree to settle all disputes according to arbitration where Dick Hole Bank picks the terms.

It's the judicial equivalent of suing Heritage Foundation and them picking Scalias rotting corpse as the judge.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
I really like how Hillary's latest gains have evolved the azrying noise of the thread.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
Head over to the OSHA thread if you don't think Russians are batshit stupid.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Night10194 posted:

Isn't the fact that they're already aware of the attempts a good indicator they're not succeeding swimmingly?

Yeah pretty much.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
Debates going to be boring dad chat most likely. If it is, the race won't really change since well boring dad chat.

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Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

punk rebel ecks posted:

Personally, I've always been in favor of the Singaporing model. Just have the government own most of the apartments.


How does rent control "drive up prices"?

Someone moves out and landlord can jack up the price I think.

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