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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101501: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:04:32 PM

[up] What happened today? And you do know Cameron would be considered liberal by US standards, it's why he and Obama are best buds.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#101502: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:11:43 PM

How the fuck did the Conservatives win in the UK?! Again?

And

“Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that’s inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.”
combined with
Islamic members of government should swear to uphold the nation's Judeo-Christian heritage and be forced to swear their oaths with a bible

Am I hallucinating the blatant, obvious, immense Hypocritical Humour, here? Is this guy insane in the head?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#101503: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:11:55 PM

[up][up]Economically, no. Socially, maybe. That dichotomy is one reason why Europe is so messed up at the moment.

[up] Of course it's insane if you actually read the Constitution. These people don't care about that, though; they believe that the only people who can be trusted in America are Christians.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:12:51 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#101504: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:12:37 PM

[up][up]

That is the joke. They are the joke. If you poke their noses they go HONK HONK because they are clowns.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101505: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:13:16 PM

OH MY GOD THE PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND FUCKED A PIG!!! lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol]

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#101506: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:13:35 PM

[up][up][up][up]This is the man who genuinely believes that Obamacare is worse than slavery.

And Christianity is good Islam is an irreconcilable evil as far as the Right is concerned.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:14:01 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#101507: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:14:07 PM

You knew this would happen, you just knew.

So, watching The Five (I live in that household), Kimberly Guifoyle believes that it doesn't matter that Carson can't take the oath to defend the Constitution, he has the nerve to say what he believes! Geraldo Rivera took her to task for it (yes, Geraldo Rivera looks sane on The Five; I'm at least willing to give Juan Williams some breathing room). Greg Gutfeld also strawmans liberal progressives.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#101508: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:19:58 PM

How the fuck did the Conservatives win in the UK?! Again?
Fear Mongering and that good ol' Murdoch push. (And a minor economic recovery.)

Anyways, since Walker had 0 charisma, it's not too shocking he become the Weakest Link.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#101509: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:23:09 PM

It was revealed today that when he was at uni the now PM stuck his dick in the mouth of a dead pig, apparently a picture was taken, so there is a PM, pig, dick pic, out there somewhere.

And the Tories one though fear of the SNP and Labour never challenging the narrative that we caused 2008. But yes, we've currently out crazier you guys, it's embarrassing, please change it.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#101510: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:25:44 PM

The PM thing sounds like too ludicrous a story for it to be believable, really. Tabloid stuff. Might as well make something up. Like. Teddy Roosevelt fellated a seizuring doe and there is a vine of it.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#101511: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:26:21 PM

Well I guess I'm taking Englandland off my list of places to flee if Trump wins.

Oh really when?
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101512: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:26:52 PM

[up][up][up] Yeah sorry buddy, nothing we or you ever do will restore the dignity of the United Kingdom of Great Briton and Northern Ireland after this. We may be a racist xenaphobic declining vile hellhole of a country, but our President never fucked a pig.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:27:04 PM by JackOLantern1337

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#101513: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:27:03 PM

[up][up] How about Scotlandland?

edited 21st Sep '15 2:27:14 PM by Greenmantle

Keep Rolling On
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#101514: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:29:50 PM

I uhh, it was a drunk frat thing? Everyone does / forced to do stupid shit like that in college.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:31:08 PM by Memers

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101515: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:31:34 PM

[up] Yes yes it was.

Among other Frat things the PM did was burn a 50 pound note in front of a homeless person. And to think I once thought the UK had moved past the days of Oliver Twist, and had become less snobby than not only it's former self, but also the US.[lol]

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#101516: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:35:54 PM

"I uhh, it was a drunk frat thing? Everyone does / forced to do stupid shit like that in college."

"When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid."

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#101517: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:38:23 PM

[up]X7 The P Ms office are refusing to dignify it with a response, plus the allegation is coming from a former Tory party dinner who's bitter about not getting a top job. Either way it's funny as hell to watch.

[up]X6 Come and help us elect Corbyn, our version of Bernie Sanders, he's already leader of the opposition.

[up]X3 It was a society imitation ceremonie. If he was drunk or not is unknown, but in the end we don't have a frat culture over here, frat style hazing with initiation ceremonies are only done by super posh societies at Oxford and Cambridge, outside of that world it doesn't happen. Remember, most British unis don't have anything equivalent to frays, they simply don't exist.

Everybody in the US might fuck dead animals to get into super posh society groups, but we don't even have such organisations over here normally, so this is big for us.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:39:35 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#101518: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:38:38 PM

[up][up][up] Oh, actually that earns him some points in my eyes really. Although I would have still slipped that homeless guy another 50 after the fact away from the frat guys.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:39:36 PM by Memers

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#101519: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:39:31 PM

At least you guys have someone to vote for, lol

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#101520: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:41:20 PM

They also did initiation by trashing restraints and standing on tables chanting "pleb" at working class people.

Frats are not a thing over here, so this kinda shit is new to us.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#101521: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:42:10 PM

[up][up]And you guys don't in Costa Rica?

edited 21st Sep '15 2:42:33 PM by JackOLantern1337

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AngelicBraeburn from Eccentric California Since: Jan, 2015
#101522: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:42:15 PM

[nja] Dammit.

I'm stunned. I was sure Walker was gonna win the nomination. I guess Fiorina's rise really did do him in.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:56:47 PM by AngelicBraeburn

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#101523: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:44:49 PM

Page late to the party, dude. Admittedly, it was a very brief party. With blackjack and Aszur.

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#101524: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:47:22 PM

[up][up][up] Nah. Option 1: Same old Corrupt fuckers. Option 2: Same old corrupt fuckers. Option 3: Hugo Chavez wannabe. Option 4: Extremist evangelists. At least the U.S and Britain has people who seem to be well poised to do some change...more importantly, they also have the resources to do it.

[up] r00d.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#101525: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:47:52 PM

@Silasw: Why is it the rich guys that do the bizarre shit? And why oh why would one actively shit on the poor? Isn't it enough for them to exist?

The pig-fucking controversy fully explained.

Even if it's not true, I hope he'll Never Live It Down.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:49:20 PM by TheHandle

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