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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 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.
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.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 idiotI kept seeing this story
on Facebook a few years back.
Fake UPS staff: apparently the claims have been around for 14 years now
.
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 clothesTrump 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.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
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.

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