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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149401: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:32:43 AM

Heh, I haven't been on Facebook for literal years now, save for my birthday to thank people who sent well wishes.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#149402: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:33:21 AM

I'm back from doing the thing. Small town after lunch, steady trickle of people but no real line. Voted straight D except for the incumbent state senator mentioned yesterday and two village positions running unopposed. Rural district candidates can be a pain to research as the sites like Ballotpedia don't have handy position dossiers on them and their websites weren't a ton of help.

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#149403: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:34:29 AM

Here is the entire post if anyone is curious what other bizarrities the guy had to offer.

I guess saying

I have no words
is technically inaccurate. It turns out I had MANY words

edited 8th Nov '16 10:35:41 AM by blkwhtrbbt

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#149404: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:35:11 AM

What's this about South Korea's president being in a cult?

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149405: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:39:30 AM

Redirect to the East Asia thread - it's more extensively discussed there.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149406: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:39:58 AM

What are you even doing on /pol/ - shitpost central?

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#149407: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:40:44 AM

[up][up][up]Basically she had been taking advice from the daughter of the cult leader whose own ties got the current president's father assassinated by the then head of the secret police, including taking classified information and basically handing it to someone with no security clearances whatsoever, unsanitised.

Facebook political discussion: This isn't really something I do, since social media isn't exactly a useful medium for fact based argument, especially with fucking Malaysians. I got blocked for quoting "the burden of proof is on the accuser" once by one...

edited 8th Nov '16 10:41:31 AM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#149408: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:44:36 AM

Re #149391:

The Vice President doesn't do any thing. They are only there if the resident can't do his job.
My immediate thought: That's the problem. We're expecting Trump either can not or is unwilling to do the actual job so it falls to Pence.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:45:23 AM by sgamer82

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#149409: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:46:51 AM

this election has honestly been pretty revelatory in that sense, because if this were any other election you might be able to have a reasonable discussion with someone who wasn't voting for your preferred candidate. However Trump is so openly odious that voting for Trump or even just equating Hillary with him says some pretty unpleasant things about them and there's just no getting around that. When a person is openly supporting a bigoted, misogynistic, elitist and racist buffoon it's hard to have a polite and civilized discussion.

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#149410: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:49:21 AM

[up][up][up][up]I usually sometimes visit /pol/ only to know what those shitheads are up and brace for the incoming shitstorm.

Also I swear there is no difference between Brazilian and American comments when it comes to politics because the word globalist keeps showing everywhere, down to the same arguments and stupidity, just from pt-br to en-us.

I really feel like smacking whoever keeps saying that Hillary is a globalist shill and Trump is not an anti-establishment anti-globalist, too much tinfoil and little sense, while those idiots accuse Hillary from being a globalist, Trump was enjoying all the privileges of globalism.

[up][up][up]I usually avoid entering facebook discussions, the first reason not really wanting those shitheads to spam my feed with their crap the second is realizing I'd be at disadvantage against those people because I am not fluent in stupid.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:51:41 AM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#149411: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:49:25 AM

They also tiebreak senate votes.

VP has a hella lot of power.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#149412: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:54:23 AM

[up][up]Isn't "globalist" only in use with /pol/ite folks due to triple parentheses being too transparent for everyone in the know?

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149413: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:56:38 AM

Globalist is one of those weird horseshoe terms that gets thrown around by extremists from both sides, but most of the leftists who like it are from outside the US and Europe.

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#149414: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:57:21 AM

[up][up][up] Well, this guy isn't very fluent in "smart", but he seems to have picked up a word or two from listening at the doorstep of a universty somewhere.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#149415: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:57:38 AM

[up][up]Dare I ask exactly what the term means exactly?

edited 8th Nov '16 10:59:31 AM by Draghinazzo

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149416: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:57:40 AM

Depends on the administration, Biden was mostly an advisor and Quayle...there was always a joke that the Secret Service had orders to kill him if the 25th was ever invoked. But guys like Cheney? Big power there.

And of course, being POTUS doesn't make one immortal.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#149417: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:57:53 AM

You know something slightly troubling I've noticed? The prefixing of terms such as "militant", "terrorist", and "fascism" with the word "white", as if these groups of people being white is something special. I think the term "white terrorist" is to make sure people don't think of a middle eastern suicide bomber, for example. That bothers me for obvious reasons

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#149418: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:58:34 AM

@Krieger

Pretty much. Trump's been throwing around the phrase "globalist bankers" a lot.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:59:02 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar

SantosLHalper Since: Aug, 2009
#149419: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:58:54 AM

I wasn't on 4chan, it was just a funny screencap of it I saw on r/the_meltdown on Reddit. If it counts as importing drama I'll take it down.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:01:59 AM by SantosLHalper

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#149420: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:04:39 AM

What even was in the emails that got leaked? No one has ever said anything to me about what's in them?

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#149421: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:05:21 AM

Insiders say Turnout Operation Is Insufficient

“Republican strategists on Monday dumped all over their party’s voter turnout operation, calling it insufficient to the task and lagging behind Hillary Clinton’s machine,” the Washington Examiner reports.

“Some of the criticism was directed at Donald Trump. The Republican nominee de-valued field and data activities and in unusual fashion delegated voter turnout almost entirely to the Republican National Committee.”

“The RNC also came under fire for its performance, however, although some of the veteran GOP political operatives that spoke to the Washington Examiner said the party did as well as could be expected under the circumstances.”

[lol][lol][lol]

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149422: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:08:13 AM

[up][up]From what I understand the bulk were just copies of emails already read.

Also, did not expect the avatar change.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:08:30 AM by megarockman

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#149423: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:10:18 AM

[up][up][up]Whose emails in particular?

Globalist: In theory it's used to describe people in favor of globalisation. By Internet racists or conspiracy theorists (assuming the Venn diagram isn't a circle), it's used to refer to the Jews/Jewish bankers/bankers/New World Order/One World Order.

Voter obstruction by what seems to be a porn shoot? Someone has a polling place fetish?

edited 8th Nov '16 11:10:55 AM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149424: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:11:02 AM

The new ones that Comey used to upend the race? Repeats, or unconnected to Clinton.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#149425: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:11:13 AM

Trump's xenophobia is one that could directly affect me. I have lived in the United States since I was two years old. This country is my home. I know nothing else. I am a naturalized citizen. Trump's presidency would have him push for the right to revoke my naturalized status and deport me at any time.

Pence's homophobia affects me. Pence' religious fanaticism is the reason evangelical conservatives even bother to vote for a man like Trump. Trump owes nearly every part of his constituency that isn't American neo-Nazis and the KKK to Pence. Of COURSE Pence would be able to influence Trump's politics. If I were to marry, my marriage could be declared illegal under a Trump presidency.

This sums up in a nutshell my personal problems with a Trump presidency this year.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you

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