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Keybreak (Long Runner)
#105251: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:11:21 AM

Well they definitely had the truck and our books.

I'm just surprised that a congressman is allowed to do that.

But that annoyed me less than the cameras. I hate being photographed without my consent. ;/

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#105252: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:14:07 AM

Be careful that the signature you gave was only for the book delivery receipt, and not a release for the pictures...

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#105253: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:15:47 AM

He had UPS's electronic signature pad...

I still don't know how politicians work. >_> I never learned how intrusive they can be.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#105254: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:17:39 AM

Well, if you find out if they work at all, let the rest of us know! tongue

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#105255: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:20:15 AM

So now Donald Trump is accusing thousands of New Jeresy Muslims of cheering in the streets when the Twin Towers fell, despite there being absolute zero evidence of this (indeed NJ was one of the first cities to send aid).

He also justified the beating of a removed BML activist because what he was doing was "disgusting".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34902748

I've got Trump's new campaign anthem right here.

edited 23rd Nov '15 9:21:05 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#105256: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:21:42 AM

[up] Can't beat this:

But really, wow. He's really trying to out-evil Carson.

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#105257: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:24:20 AM

Haha! Wow. Is Trump for real, seriously? Just saying, he should get a matching fake moustache to go with the fake toupée just so he has something to twirl in between baby punting.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#105258: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:25:28 AM

[up] Why stop with the mustache? He should get an old-timey top hat and monocle to complete the look!

(*suddenly notices his own avatar*)

edited 23rd Nov '15 9:26:21 AM by Reflextion

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#105259: Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:44:12 AM

Trump also retweeted a racist pic that had statistics on murders, claiming that 84% of murdered whites were killed by blacks. Not only wildly untrue but also from an organization that doesn't exist (claims source as "Crime Statistics Bureau - San Francisco")

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
#105260: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:05:36 AM

Trump really is becoming an actually justifiable target of Godwin's Law, isn't he?

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#105261: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:10:46 AM

Actually yeah, he's ticking most if not all the boxes for being a genuine fascist.

Oh really when?
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#105262: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:12:08 AM

[up] Does that include Government control/organisation of Industry?

edited 23rd Nov '15 10:12:37 AM by Greenmantle

Keep Rolling On
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#105264: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:14:39 AM

It's true that there were some cheering when 9/11 happened, but they were overseas, in countries that already hated us. It didn't happen in New Jersey as far as I know.

edited 23rd Nov '15 10:47:08 AM by speedyboris

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#105265: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:26:15 AM

I kept seeing this story on Facebook a few years back.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
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
#105266: Nov 23rd 2015 at 10:33:17 AM

Fake UPS staff: apparently the claims have been around for 14 years now.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#105267: Nov 23rd 2015 at 11:30:05 AM

If Trump becomes any more similar to Hitlar, he's going to be immune to time traveling assassins....

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#105269: Nov 23rd 2015 at 12:17:50 PM

@Greenmantle, if the GOP had its way there would be no difference between political and corporate power.

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
#105270: Nov 23rd 2015 at 12:21:07 PM

If I well remember, he very literally said he would deal with the crisis in Iraq by bombing everything, bringing in people from Mobil, draining all of the oil, and then leaving.

I generally like my corruption a bit less blatant and somewhat more subtle. Now everyone will feel like Sherlock Holmes when a Mobil/Trump deal is found.

And when everyone is Sherlock, then nobody is.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#105271: Nov 23rd 2015 at 12:29:35 PM

Trump is so blatant that you could put him in Captain Planet, and the other villains would raise their eyebrows at him.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#105272: Nov 23rd 2015 at 12:37:01 PM

His toupets presence would also have a hate-ray effect on him like Not!Hitler?

"You can reply to this Message!"
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#105273: Nov 23rd 2015 at 1:06:51 PM

and over at Cracked we were moaning about ATB comparing Trump to Hitler... looks like he was right, and in other news, he supports the assault and "roughing up" of protesters http://time.com/4123674/black-activist-punched-trump-rally/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook

advancing the front into TV Tropes
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#105274: Nov 23rd 2015 at 1:13:22 PM

[up]x6 is that the same Planned Parenthood video from the first Republican debate? The one that was proven to not even have been recorded AT planned parenthood?

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#105275: Nov 23rd 2015 at 1:30:07 PM

Texas' famous "Clock Kid" suing his hometown and district for $15 million total.

Sounds a bit much, but even if they do pay out, it'll likely be significantly less. But a lot of ugly stuff will come to light if the city and school don't settle.


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