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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#106851: Dec 15th 2015 at 8:47:43 PM

From what I'm hearing, Carson's been quiet, hasn't he?

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#106852: Dec 15th 2015 at 9:19:09 PM

Just came across this on my facebook feed. From the New Yorker- Richard III's "responses" to "letters from presidential candidates". Quite funny (IMO) but admittedly pretty mean.

edited 15th Dec '15 9:19:22 PM by Hodor2

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#106853: Dec 15th 2015 at 9:23:54 PM

So Trump repeated his bit about going after Terrorist Families?

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#106854: Dec 15th 2015 at 9:25:01 PM

Well he was asked about it and basically whether he was still going to endorse that (ditto for Cruz and the carpet bombing) and the answer was yes.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#106855: Dec 15th 2015 at 9:51:30 PM

Fiorina and Carson are finished. The former can't seem to get new talking points (she keeps repeating the same stuff from her second debate and it is seriously stale now) and the latter sounds even more naive than he did before (with one small point in his favor...he actually talked to the Syrians, expressing a sentiment we see in Vice videos and such from them).

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#106856: Dec 15th 2015 at 10:45:11 PM

@ Hodor: Romney at least had the experience that being a governor gives a politician. So basically he was both a career politician AND a businessman. I've never really thought Trump or Fiorina were good candidates because all they've been able to cite is their business experience: they've undoubtedly got good skills in that area but those don't exactly translate well into being President of the US. I don't see much reason to vote for any candidate that hasn't held some sort of position in government before to prove that they're basically competent/have had training in the kinds of skills that being a president requires.

Course, then, Trump started all the shit he's come to be known for in his campaign, so. Definitely don't want him.

I kind of think that line voting would be useful if the Republicans insist on having this many candidates every cycle after this; Republican voters can list their preferences and whoever gets the least support has to drop out after a debate so that the others can actually get some air time.

I'm not even sure why Rand Paul is still in this. He's never been able to get a substantial amount of support, so it's like he's just being stubborn now.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106857: Dec 16th 2015 at 3:23:39 AM

Trump blasts Scotland's 'small-minded mentality' after court blow

Donald Trump denounced the Scottish government as "foolish, small minded and parochial" on Wednesday after the U.S. Republican presidential front runner lost a long-running legal battle with his mother's homeland.

The Trump Organisation was reacting after Britain's Supreme Court unanimously threw out his bid to stop an offshore wind farm being built near his luxury Scottish golf resort.

"History will judge those involved unfavourably and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish Government’s dangerous experiment with wind energy," a statement on behalf of the organisation said.

Scotland's government had given the go-ahead to build 11 turbines off the northeastern coast, provoking anger from Trump who believes they will spoil the view from the nearby greens of his multi-million dollar golf complex.

Lawyers for Trump, whose call last week to deny Muslims entry to the United States provoked widespread criticism in Britain, had argued at the UK's top court that the Scottish government's decision to approve the scheme was flawed.

Trump, who speaks proudly of being half-Scottish and whose Gaelic-speaking mother hailed from Stornoway on the northern Isle of Lewis, has already lost a series of battles in Britain's lower courts and his last chance to block the plans rested with the Supreme Court, the country's highest judicial body.

"We will evaluate the Court’s decision and continue to fight this proposal on every possible front," the statement said.

... There is petty, technologically reactionary and self-centered, and then there is Trumpism.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#106858: Dec 16th 2015 at 4:20:41 AM

[up]That's still going on? They could've finished those windmills by now.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#106859: Dec 16th 2015 at 4:24:52 AM

"No one should ever build windmills! They'll make the property ugly! But a gigantic United States flagpole, now that's classy."

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106860: Dec 16th 2015 at 4:28:04 AM

Ugh, do not remind me of our gigantic, suspicioulsy phallic mega-flagpole in Jeddah, please. That thing is so absurd and useless; every time a dust storm or rainstorm comes, they immediately take down the flag.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#106861: Dec 16th 2015 at 4:28:07 AM

In fairness to him, 'small-minded' and 'parochial' are absolutely adjectives that apply to Scotland.

edited 16th Dec '15 4:28:19 AM by Achaemenid

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#106862: Dec 16th 2015 at 4:47:56 AM

Is that the pole Trump had to fight for the legal right to build? There was a daily show segment on it a long time ago.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#106863: Dec 16th 2015 at 4:48:14 AM

So it's OK for Trump to ruin a beauty spot with a fucking golf course, but as soon as something happens that might affect his stuff it's all wrong and must be stopped?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#106865: Dec 16th 2015 at 4:54:25 AM

He's basically just become one of those people who thinks that having money gives him power over everyone else.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#106866: Dec 16th 2015 at 5:03:07 AM

[up]To be fair, that's not really wrong, he just overestimated how much power it gives you.

I mean, hire enough lawyers, and you can get away with pretty much anything.

LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#106867: Dec 16th 2015 at 5:05:03 AM

I wish this guy could be declared persona non grata Europe-wide.

edited 16th Dec '15 5:05:23 AM by LogoP

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106868: Dec 16th 2015 at 5:32:43 AM

He should be declared persona non grata worldwide. Yes, including the USA and Israel.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#106869: Dec 16th 2015 at 5:33:22 AM

And then Cruz should join him in that status. Apparently, he called for the Middle-East to be "carpet bombed until the desert glows". Because genocide is the solution to all problems.

edited 16th Dec '15 5:33:35 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#106871: Dec 16th 2015 at 5:35:16 AM

There's already a proposal to put him into orbit.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106872: Dec 16th 2015 at 5:36:09 AM

No, that would cruel to the nonexistant Moon People.

[up][up][up] <Face Palm> What the heck is wrong with these people?! It's the water, isn't it? I told you guys you should quit using those carcinogenic artificial additives!

edited 16th Dec '15 5:36:44 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#106873: Dec 16th 2015 at 5:43:50 AM

The fluoridation is finally kicking in.

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
#106874: Dec 16th 2015 at 6:02:25 AM

I'd rather Trump come to Europe and be arrested for hate speech, that or vocally support the far-right and destroy their reputation in the process.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#106875: Dec 16th 2015 at 6:11:09 AM

Okay, did Jeb actually get off the sidelines and take a shot in this debate?

If he'd shown this much energy in the past and in campaigning, he might still be the front-runner.


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