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#332051: Oct 6th 2020 at 12:51:10 PM

The act only actually calls for war if people are tried at an international court that the US is not a party to, so the US could always join the ICC.

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#332052: Oct 6th 2020 at 12:53:16 PM

There's a part of me that would gain great catharsis from seeing Biden join the ICC then remand all of Trump's cronies for international prosecution for crimes against humanity.

Edit: Of course, it would only have jurisdiction over things like the ICE detainments, but that should be enough people to keep the court going for a while.

Edited by Fighteer on Oct 6th 2020 at 3:54:16 PM

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#332053: Oct 6th 2020 at 12:54:50 PM

What baffles me isn't that Trump stopped stimulus talks, cause that's totally on brand. But I am puzzled by the timing, you would think that someone who attaches such value to the stock market would announce this on a Friday evening. Not in the middle of the week, when investors have all the time in the world to panic.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#332054: Oct 6th 2020 at 12:56:15 PM

Especially since he seemed to be trying to time his stay at Walter Reed to keep the stock market high

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332055: Oct 6th 2020 at 12:57:13 PM

Are they still pumping him with steroids?

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#332056: Oct 6th 2020 at 12:58:04 PM

Huh.

That law was introduced by Republicans and...supported in its majority by Democrats...

Acording to this

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#332057: Oct 6th 2020 at 12:58:58 PM

[up][up]Apparently Pelosi openly speculated just that, while on call with other Dems.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332059: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:01:55 PM

Not sure if I should be proud that I'm in tune with the Speaker or very concerned that this is being considered a serious possibility.

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#332060: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:04:43 PM

Are they still pumping him with steroids?

As some comedians pointed out: How would we know? Some of the potential side-effects could be summed up as "being Donald Trump". :/

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#332061: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:05:01 PM

NVM

Edited by nova92 on Oct 6th 2020 at 1:05:30 AM

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#332062: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:05:57 PM

[up][up][up][up]

Quelle surprise.

Oh, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are now entering quarantine after the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Charles Ray, tested positive for COVID. One can't help but wonder if he caught that shit from Trump, too.

Oh, and a Buffalo man is being charged with criminally-negligent homicide after pushing down an 80-year-old man (who later died from the blunt-force trauma suffered from it) in an argument that started over the former's treatment of a waitress, but escalated over the fucking mask issue.

[down]

Eh, daily life for anyone who might suffer from inflamed hemorrhoids.

Edited by ironballs16 on Oct 6th 2020 at 4:17:59 AM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
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#332063: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:09:53 PM

[up][up][up]According to Colbert's research, the drug Trump's been pumped with will leave him with a flaming butthole.

So you know, take solace in the thought that right now, Donald Trump's butthole feels like it is on fire.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332064: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:16:47 PM

Though we also have to imagine the possibility that Trump killed the virus relief talks because he was cranky from literally being butthurt.

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#332065: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:23:50 PM

Edit: Rational Insanity, hate to be a downer, but CNN polls have been very erratic this year. As in they'll go from +5 Biden one month to +14 the next and then back to +4 the month after that. The number of undecideds is definitely cheering, though.

Assume 99% of all polls are within 5% of the true value (66% are within 3.5%) for a single candidate. Therefore even if there were no movement whatsoever between polls, the real value would presumably be ~9%-10%. As a polling firm, CNN apparently has no partisan bias (assuming they conducted it themselves), so...

Of course you can be more pedantic and check what their normal error is, and it doesn't account for polling averages, but if a non-garbage pollster gets 14% then that's significant.


As for the bill being quashed, I saw the suggestion the evil turtle convinced Trump to step in so that he would have a new obstacle to rally around and accuse Biden of being a failure for the next 2-4 years and win back the Senate at midterms.

Edited by RainehDaze on Oct 6th 2020 at 9:24:52 AM

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#332066: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:25:12 PM

And the person that said the stocks would hurt - have a cookie, as the Dow Jones quickly spiked and dropped, closing down 346 points.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Altris from the Vortex Since: Aug, 2019 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#332067: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:31:07 PM

So much for "The Stock Market is at record levels"[1].

[1] Quoth Trump an hour ago on Twitter

Edited by Altris on Oct 6th 2020 at 1:31:33 AM

So, let's hang an anchor from the sun... also my Tumblr
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#332068: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:35:31 PM

[up][up]But hey, Trump Flattened The Curve!

Yes, I did steal that.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#332069: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:36:11 PM

Rationalinsanity freakin' shoots and scores there.

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#332070: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:49:04 PM

So no stimulus bill before January? That's going to hurt a lot of people.

That's the goal. In the Tweet thread in question, Trump cancels all stimulus negotiations until after the election, but promises that as soon as he's re-elected, they'll ram through a huge, sweeping stimulus bill.

He's trying to hold the stimulus to ransom and claim that you're only getting a stimulus if you vote for Trump. Joke's on him; I think most people with even a basic understanding of how elections work can reason that you'll get a better stimulus if you vote for Biden. Trump's trying to play chicken with Biden on the topic of welfare; he's totally fucked on this one.

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Redmess
#332071: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:55:14 PM

Yeah, I'm going to have a firm no on regime change in Russia too. We all know how that ends when the US starts meddling in foreign affairs. It's never good. Also, there's the whole messing with a nuclear power thing.

No, I don't think Biden will be any worse for Russia than say, Obama, and neither should he.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#332072: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:56:51 PM

Yeah, I'm going to have a firm no on regime change in Russia too. We all know how that ends when the US starts meddling in foreign affairs. It's never good.

Bosnia?

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Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#332074: Oct 6th 2020 at 1:59:18 PM

Let's hope it stays that way. It's insanity that Pence is now refusing to debate with at least a plexiglass screen. It's almost like they want the Democrats to get infected . . .

Edited by Xopher001 on Oct 6th 2020 at 12:00:07 PM

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#332075: Oct 6th 2020 at 2:00:16 PM

I confess my initial thought on the COVID relief thing is that Trump just wants to send a middle finger to everyone and has stopped caring because the GOP is going to try and steal the election for him anyway.

If it IS a game of chicken, yeah that's not a particularly good one for him. It's not as if Biden isn't going to promise a generous relief bill himself and given he is generally more well-liked and trusted than Trump, trump gains no real advantage from doing that.


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