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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
#106701: Dec 14th 2015 at 3:00:32 AM

[up] Okay that makes sense then.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#106702: Dec 14th 2015 at 3:14:50 AM

Don't know if people here have been following it, but the Guardian has been tracking the number of Americans killed by police in the last year: The Counted.

They've also done a five part series on the deadliest police forces in the United States: Kern County Sheriff's Office and Bakersfield Police Department.

The whole thing is definitely worth a read - seriously hard-hitting stuff.

Schild und Schwert der Partei
Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#106703: Dec 14th 2015 at 11:31:04 AM

Heh, a journalist from Le Petit Journal is following Trump's meetings this week. He met with Trump supporters who claimed to know Islam, read them Quran versets, and asked them if they found those offensive. Then when they agreed that they were, he revealed that those were actually Bible versets.

Cue some of them saying that they didn't like journalists because they always manipulated people. And others saying "it's in the Bible? Oh so it's OK".

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
#106704: Dec 14th 2015 at 11:36:33 AM

I don't want to live on this planet any more...

advancing the front into TV Tropes
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#106705: Dec 14th 2015 at 11:41:20 AM

I've heard about that. Unfortunately, most people are not trained in intellectual integrity and the idea of this sort of hypocrisy is lost on them, especially when they are participating in it. The Fox News club depends on it.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106706: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:09:07 PM

[up][up][up] I saw a Youtube video where a similar stunt was pulled by a couple of Dutch guys (or were they Belgian? I don't know). The people they pulled it on were much more reasonable, though.

Ah, here it is.

edited 14th Dec '15 1:11:30 PM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#106707: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:18:09 PM

That sounds a lot like the petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide. Some people will agree with anything, if the pollster puts the right spin on it.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106708: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:27:25 PM

Trump doctor breaks out superlatives for candidate's health.

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump is in fine health and would undoubtedly be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency" if he wins in 2016, Trump's doctor said in a letter released by the campaign on Monday.

"Mr. Trump has had a recent complete medical examination that showed only positive results," wrote Dr. Harold Bornstein, who has treated Trump since 1980. "Actually, his blood pressure, 110/65, and laboratory results were astonishingly excellent."

Earlier this month the 69-year-old real estate mogul had predicted his medical report would indicate "perfection" and Bornstein's assessment reflected that.

"If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency," the doctor's letter said.

The letter said Trump had lost 15 pounds in the past year, has never had cancer and has not had surgery since an appendectomy at age 10. He takes an aspirin daily and a low dose of statin, which is used to treat high cholesterol.

... So Trump surrounds himself with brown-nosing sycophantic cronies who aren't above spewing ridiculous assessments of their patron that could be easily debunked by someone who knows what he's doing? Ugh. Seriously, I mean, "perfection"?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#106709: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:29:23 PM

If only he was right in the head.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#106710: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:35:31 PM

Replace "superlatives" with "suppositories" and you'd be closer to the truth.

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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
#106711: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:46:01 PM

For fuck sake the office of President was held by Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt fucking Roosevelt, and George Washington, and he's going to say that Trump was healthier than all these guys?

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#106712: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:51:52 PM

Well, Washington had horrible teeth, while Roosevelt had asthma, was mildly overweight and blind on one eye, so that's not that high a benchmark to jump over. Don't know about Lincoln, though.

edited 14th Dec '15 1:52:27 PM by DrDougsh

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#106713: Dec 14th 2015 at 1:54:43 PM

With the arrest thing, sometimes the accused is really uncooperative.

For example, a friend of mine (who isn't exactly my friend anymore due to me being the one called to bail her out without ever contacting her mother for help) got arrested for "harassment" at 3 AM, when a coworker who'd given her a ride decided to call the cops instead.

Bullshit situation all around, but the resisting arrest and disorderly conduct (kicked one of the cops and yelled outside at 3 AM) could easily stick, and she did not do herself any favors by responding to "So what are we doing out here tonight?" with "I don't know, ask him!" in a pissy tone. While it's understandable, it's shooting yourself in the foot when the officer's trying to get your side of the story without bias.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#106714: Dec 14th 2015 at 2:02:06 PM

See, this is the big problem with Trump. Everything about him it seems has to be superlative. It gets rather ridiculous. Even Hitler tried to portray himself humbly in some cases.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#106715: Dec 14th 2015 at 2:18:16 PM

Teddy Roosevelt once delivered a speech with an assassin's bullet still in his chest. I'd like to see Trump try doing that.

I'd REALLY like to see Trump try doing that.

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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
#106716: Dec 14th 2015 at 2:18:59 PM

Please let me be the one to shoot him in the chestevil grin

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106717: Dec 14th 2015 at 2:21:07 PM

Actually I have to wonder how Trump's base and the Republican party would react if he was assassinated.

Oh really when?
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#106718: Dec 14th 2015 at 2:22:15 PM

Theodore Roosevelt may have been bad in so respects, but, in other respects, he was bad.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#106719: Dec 14th 2015 at 2:22:44 PM

Depends on who does it. Like, how would they react if it were a white male Christian who got a gun past lax security controls?

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#106720: Dec 14th 2015 at 3:01:38 PM

Never had surgery in FIFTY NINE FUCKING YEARS!?

Also, I dont like the ableist (yes I'm using that word- I don't like it but its the most appropriate one) implications of Trump's trumped up health. How would he respond to a candidate like FDR if he were running now?

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
#106721: Dec 14th 2015 at 3:08:16 PM

[up] I'm pretty sure he's already mocked one wheelchair bound person this campaign.

Oh and is the Community Showcase part of the sidebar jumping out of the sidebar for anyone else?

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#106722: Dec 14th 2015 at 3:11:39 PM

Yes

Edit: Looks like it's fixed now

edited 14th Dec '15 3:12:41 PM by Xopher001

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#106723: Dec 14th 2015 at 4:11:52 PM

I got a question. What do you think it would take to make people realize how insane the Republicans are and move away from them enough to destroy them as a party? Them being totally in charge and ruining everything?

I have a handful of "sayings" that I come up with that cover many situations, and one of them is "People ignore problems until they're too big to ignore." And my god, does that appear to be true again and again.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106724: Dec 14th 2015 at 4:16:18 PM

Honestly even that probably won't be enough. The current batch of super crazy Republicans are completely reality proof. Facts and the truth are subjective.

Plus there's the big strain of belief that their ideals are correct and can never fail, they can only be failed.

Oh really when?
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#106725: Dec 14th 2015 at 4:16:18 PM

[up][up]A Stalinist revolution.

edited 14th Dec '15 4:16:43 PM by Protagonist506

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