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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#177276: Mar 8th 2017 at 9:39:47 AM

Bingo. Its time to get the electorate to believe that the Republicans are unstoppable super villains. Even moreso when you have morons calling for "Demexit".

edited 8th Mar '17 9:45:15 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#177277: Mar 8th 2017 at 9:44:39 AM

I think you mean not believe. Because, if anything, the Republicans are grotesquely incompetent super-villains.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#177278: Mar 8th 2017 at 9:59:20 AM

[up][up]Fair Point.

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And if you're really in the mood for schadenfreude, here's Huffington's compilation of re-tweets to Trump's invitation "to join [him] in celebrating the holiday."

edited 8th Mar '17 10:08:07 AM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#177279: Mar 8th 2017 at 11:12:18 AM

Surprisingly few Pussy grabbing references.

Although I always thought the 'Move on her like a bitch' and beauty pageant parts were more damning.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#177280: Mar 8th 2017 at 11:17:40 AM

From https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/03/08/Day-48/

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-08/trump-met-russian-ambassador-during-campaign-at-speech-reception

Trump Met Russian Ambassador at Reception During Campaign

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-calls-reported-trump-meeting-russian-ambassador/story?id=45980652

White House calls reported Trump meeting with Russian ambassador 'absurd'

Serious question: At this point what seems like the bigger issue? That so much of Trump's side have been in contact with Russians or that so many of them have lied about it? Because, at this point, I'm sincerely not sure.

edited 8th Mar '17 11:21:55 AM by sgamer82

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#177281: Mar 8th 2017 at 11:25:46 AM

The lying is worse. It shows that they have something to hide.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#177282: Mar 8th 2017 at 11:27:24 AM

Or least think they have something to hide. Lying about things is always the more worrying part. People who come out and say "yes I did the thing" either have nothing to hide or are waaaaay better at hiding it than this lot are.

Seriously, sometimes just admitting that to something can assuage a lot of worries and get the heat off your back. The 'playing it cool" strategy, which none of these guys seem familiar wtih.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#177283: Mar 8th 2017 at 11:36:29 AM

That's what you get with people who view everything in zero-sum terms of winning and losing. Admitting to anything means they lose in their minds.

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#177284: Mar 8th 2017 at 11:45:28 AM

Meeting a foreign ambassador isn't bad. Politicians do it all the f*cking time. That's kind of the point of being an ambassador, and Russia is no exception. If they were, we wouldn't allow them to have ambassadors in our country.

Where it becomes a problem is when those politicians then turn around and lie on-record about the meeting occurring.

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HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#177285: Mar 8th 2017 at 11:58:30 AM

he way he handled the AIDS epidemic was beyond forgiveness.

Back at the beginning, it was only killing gays and drug-addicts.

They probably saw it as the perfect disease.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#177286: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:06:13 PM

So, sources say that Obama was utterly livid when Trump accused him of the wire tap BS.

Considering "No Drama Obama's" reputation for being The Stoic...looks like he got pushed one step too far.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#177287: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:08:17 PM

[up][up]

Because it only punished bad "lifestyle choices".

Also, the most depressing thing I've read all week - a Rochester-area woman describes her morning after learning that her daughter's Jewish pre-school was the recipient of a bomb threat.

edited 8th Mar '17 12:09:18 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#177288: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:08:55 PM

[up][up]

Asked Monday whether Trump's claims would damage the relationship between the 44th and 45th presidents, White House press secretary Sean Spicer downplayed any tensions.

"I think that they'll be just fine," Spicer said.

... What?

edited 8th Mar '17 12:09:10 PM by DingoWalley1

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#177290: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:13:55 PM

[up][up][up] It doesn't matter if they are kids or not to right-wing maniacs (Who have become the Christian equivalent of ISIS). They are of the wrong religion to them, so they see them as a target regardless.

edited 8th Mar '17 12:16:08 PM by Bat178

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
#177291: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:46:48 PM

Crooked Trump anyone?

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CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#177292: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:54:44 PM

I don't think it'll catch on. It's like saying "Traitor Quisling." Trump's name itself is already a byword for vomiting out all the worst the US has to offer.

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#177293: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:56:45 PM

Sounds like a Real Life version of the recurring sketch on Conan where Obama gets annoyed with Trump's continuous phone calls to him even after becoming president.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#177294: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:57:01 PM

Should we try Donald Dump?

edited 8th Mar '17 12:57:13 PM by Ramidel

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#177295: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:57:47 PM

Honestly, a little lying, some Exact Words and carefully worded misdirections is expected in politics. But seriously, when you go all-in with off-suit 2 and 9, and the cards are 4, 6, 7, J, K, at some point you gotta quit the bluffing and admit defeat.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#177296: Mar 8th 2017 at 12:58:42 PM

[up][up] How about Troll Pot, seeing how much he and his supporters hate intellectuals and love shitposting?

edited 8th Mar '17 12:59:29 PM by Bat178

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#177297: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:00:41 PM

[up]Not sure if the Cambodian Genocide comparison is too accurate, though.

edited 8th Mar '17 1:01:04 PM by danime91

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#177298: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:22:12 PM

[up]

Well, seeing as we've got an Army veteran (who'd served two tours in Afghanistan) under threat of deportation for being here illegally, it's pretty clear that we've got a case of Black-and-White Insanity going.

[down][down]

Which is understandable, as I think everyone would assume that serving in the US military would be grounds for deeming a person "one of the good ones" if nothing else.

edited 8th Mar '17 1:39:25 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#177299: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:26:01 PM

How does an illegal immigrant become a veteran?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Lost in Space
#177300: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:27:27 PM

"Mr Perez, 38, was a legal permanent resident when he joined the army and said he thought he became a legal US citizen when he enlisted, but that was not the case."

He had a green card, and was able to enlist in the army with it, but never obtained permanent status. Ergo, when he served prison time for a drug offense, he came to the attention of the deportation squad.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

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