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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163577: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:03:03 PM

@Swanpride: What country do you come from?

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163578: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:10:08 PM

[up] Germany — they post pretty often in the Europe thread.

@R Bluefish

The GOP isn't so much the Party of Evil as the Party of Big Oil. Every other awful thing they do is more or less a distraction or a means to dredge up votes from bigots and zealots. The GOP has become an amoral machine that acquires votes with the same mercilessness that the average MegaCorp displays when seeking profit. Even all of the Russia crap boils down to oil — there's a reason Rex Tillerson is going to become the new Secretary of State. Half a trillion reasons to be exact. And Putin for one can't wait to skim a good chunk of that $500 billion.

edited 20th Dec '16 11:16:00 PM by M84

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163579: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:15:24 PM

I see.

Yeah, the GOP only really care about two things: the almighty dollar and power.

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#163581: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:19:24 PM

And that fits my definition of "evil" to a T.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163582: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:21:40 PM

@R Bluefish Oh, they have definitely done, and are doing, evil crap. But they aren't doing it For the Evulz. It all comes down to money — especially Big Oil money. To keep the oil flowing — to keep the money flowing — they will do anything to keep gathering the votes needed to stay in power. They will also do anything to suppress the votes that could threaten their power.

edited 20th Dec '16 11:25:42 PM by M84

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163583: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:27:16 PM

It is truly, deeply frightening how much Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance relates to... certain recent developments. I'm going to leave it at that for now, because I'm really not comfortable with all of that...

Say what you will about the Winds of Destruction, but at least they have an ethos!

edited 20th Dec '16 11:29:19 PM by BearyScary

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163584: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:33:43 PM

[up] Someone else on this thread (maybe you?) brought up that "Collective Consciousness" might as well be Trump's Villain Song.

It's worth noting that Armstrong at least didn't actually believe all of that crap. That said, what he actually wanted the USA to become was pretty awful too.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#163585: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:34:48 PM

And here I am, having just finished reading Guards Guards.

That book is surprisingly applicable.

edited 20th Dec '16 11:34:57 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163586: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:38:50 PM

It was not me, despite my love for Metal Gear.

I think I should look up the song's lyrics. I didn't pay attention to them while playing the game.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163587: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:39:07 PM

[up][up] On the one hand, regular human sacrifices. On the other hand, the dragon would probably be better at managing an economy than Trump.

[up] Catchy tune, but the lyrics are pretty unnerving, especially now.

edited 20th Dec '16 11:39:51 PM by M84

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163588: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:41:20 PM

I agree.

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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#163589: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:42:54 PM

This has the lyrics on screen. Its...really, really unnerving how much it fits him and his methods.

Live in ignorance and purchase your happiness...

While Armstrong did not believe what was said in Collective Consciousness, I honestly think Trump does.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163590: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:44:17 PM

Trump might not have a multistory tall Humongous Mecha (yet), but he will have unlimited authority when it comes to drone strikes.

I just hope he doesn't gold-plate those too.

[up] Yep, Trump probably really thinks that.

edited 20th Dec '16 11:45:32 PM by M84

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163591: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:50:34 PM

It's scary to think that some of those who criticized Obama's use of drones think it's somehow A-OK to hand Trump control over them.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163592: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:51:35 PM

[up] You're forgetting the most important difference to most of them: Trump is white.

It is consistent with the GOP's take on the Second Amendment: "The White Man's ability to buy firearms must be protected at all costs, but we have to keep guns out of the hands of those people."

edited 20th Dec '16 11:53:58 PM by M84

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
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#163593: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:52:14 PM

Well they're hypocrital, borderline traitors so it doesn't really surprise me.

edited 20th Dec '16 11:52:27 PM by rmctagg09

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163594: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:54:43 PM

[up] "Borderline"?

I'm only half joking.

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163595: Dec 20th 2016 at 11:57:51 PM

You're forgetting the most important difference to most of them: Trump is white.

I was thinking the same thing.

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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#163596: Dec 21st 2016 at 12:02:23 AM

I've found the Two Best Friends' of assessment of Armstrong to be pretty amusing (despite completely missing the facade), especially since they're Canadian.

"I have feeling that there's like, 30 guys out there watching this going 'oh my god I'd so vote for this guy.' "

edited 21st Dec '16 12:03:18 AM by Eschaton

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163597: Dec 21st 2016 at 12:03:40 AM

[up] Turns out it was more like 60 million. sad

Heck, if Trump had Armstrong's physique too, he'd probably have won in a landslide.

edited 21st Dec '16 12:04:39 AM by M84

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#163598: Dec 21st 2016 at 12:30:52 AM

By the way, I'm not joking at all when I call them traitors. Not their main leaders like that weasel McConnell, at least. Those guys have knowingly sold us out to a foreign power.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
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
#163599: Dec 21st 2016 at 12:42:18 AM

So, anyway, Emoluments Clause asides, apparently the Trump International Hotel is considered by Luxury Travel Intelligence to be the third worst new luxury hotel of 2016.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#163600: Dec 21st 2016 at 12:49:49 AM

I like how that article ends. [lol]

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