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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#110026: Jan 29th 2016 at 8:37:47 AM

[up] It was mentioned earlier.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#110027: Jan 29th 2016 at 8:38:54 AM

Every now and then I have hopes for Megyn Kelly, but she is, after all is said and done, a Fox News employee and an agent of the GOP political establishment.

As much as Kelly is intelligent and occasionally willing to call out Faux News or its people on their BS, I don't think there can be much doubt that she is a bigot, or at least willing to spout bigoted phrases and policy.

edited 29th Jan '16 9:03:41 AM by TheWanderer

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#110028: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:20:40 AM

So Trump's new veteran donation website directs all donations to Trump's personal foundation

You know what, hat's off to Trump. Fucking brilliant, he is. Pre-character development Eddy can only DREAM of a scam like this

edited 29th Jan '16 9:20:56 AM by NoName999

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110029: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:38:01 AM

By way of comparison, near the beginning of his campaign, Trump conducted a fundraising event on the decommissioned U.S.S. Iowa for a group called "Veterans for a Strong America". This group claimed hundreds of thousands of members but consisted of exactly one person and had been disbarred by the FEC prior to the event, making Trump's actions technically illegal.

In later reporting, Trump's campaign stated that it did not track the money after it was raised and had no idea if it was ever spent on helping veterans.

So yes, this is exactly the kind of shenanigan that he is known for.

edited 29th Jan '16 9:39:36 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#110030: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:09:15 AM

Holy shit! That sounds low, even for him. I'm pretty sure that's outright illegal.

Leviticus 19:34
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#110031: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:10:26 AM

Why are the rich allowed to get away with this shit, while when an average joe commits fraud they face years in prison?

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#110032: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:10:47 AM

[up]Rich people can afford a team of expert lawyers.

Leviticus 19:34
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#110034: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:15:30 AM

To be fair, if Affluenza is a real condition, Trump probably has it.

Leviticus 19:34
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#110035: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:29:01 AM

“Donald Trump won the debate” that he didn’t participate in, because everyone had adopted his ideas. Which could harm the party nationally.

The spirit of Trump and Trumpism was the dominant force of the evening even without Trump in the room. Cruz reiterated his promise to "carpet bomb" ISIS regardless of the civilian casualty. Rubio archly referred to his desire to bring back torture as a matter of American policy. Asked if he was worried about a rising tide of Islamophobic incidents in the United States, Ben Carson said simply that "we need to stop allowing political correctness to dictate our policies."

Intentional genius, or did his wimping out just happen to coincidentally work in his favor?

Plus, with him gone, everyone else focused on attacking each other, often for being not as far to the right (in certain issues) as him.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110036: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:31:39 AM

It was predictable enough before it happened that I can reasonably believe The Donald was banking on that to occur.

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#110037: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:35:10 AM

Intentional genius, or did his wimping out just happen to coincidentally work in his favor?
Again. Trump is probably a lot more clever than we give him credit. The man has been a name-brand celebrity since around 1987. The man is not stupid. He's made a career out of being Donald Trump for three decades. He knows how to string people along and throw his weight around. He is arguably the most dangerous person in the race in and of the fact, Donald Trump knows how to play the media like a fiddle, since he's been doing that for three decades.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#110038: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:43:57 AM

I've no problem believing it was intentional. He correctly figured that he didn't have much more to gain from the debates, while his opponents are all looking to assert themselves as the alternative to Trump. So he stepped aside to let them devour each other. It was a bit of a gamble, but not a huge one.

Nihlus1 Since: Jul, 2015
#110039: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:44:04 AM

[up][up]He also bankrupted a casino...

Cruz reiterated his promise to "carpet bomb" ISIS regardless of the civilian casualty.
"Carpet bomb"? Man what?

Ted Cruz knows about as much about basic military practices as the people complaining about the Oregon guys know about police procedure and shooting statistics. Either that or he's trying to appeal to a demographic that doesn't know anything about it...

Pro-tip, even if you want to go Internet Tough Guy all over ISIL, carpet bombing was abandoned by every decent military decades ago for being wasteful and inefficient. It's simply not good at killing people.

edited 29th Jan '16 10:51:29 AM by Nihlus1

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#110040: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:45:43 AM

It's not about being efficient, it's about killing brown people.

Oh really when?
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#110041: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:47:19 AM

Standing by carpet bombing is probably just Cruz's attempt to cover his ass and avoid admitting how he clearly didn't know what it meant the last time. Better to appear cruel than ignorant, I suppose his line of thought goes.

Nihlus1 Since: Jul, 2015
#110042: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:49:18 AM

[up][up]But Syrians aren't even brown.

Besides, even if that was his goal, carpet bombing would still be stupid.

edited 29th Jan '16 10:52:02 AM by Nihlus1

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#110043: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:49:57 AM

The State Department has announced that they are not on-track to release Hillary Clinton's E-mails by deadline, so they will be postponing until *after* the New Hampshire primary.

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/267495-clintons-emails-to-be-released-as-thousands-more-are-delayed

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#110044: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:51:22 AM

Sounds like a bad idea to me. This just makes Clinton seem all that much more suspicious.

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#110045: Jan 29th 2016 at 10:53:41 AM

[up][up]But Syrians aren't even brown.◊
Doesn't matter. Being Muslim means you're brown even if you're white. Brown in the case Garcon is using it means "Non Stastically Average White God Fearing Protestant American with a family of 2.5 kids and a dog.".

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#110046: Jan 29th 2016 at 11:42:45 AM

Reminds me of a "debate" with a trumper relative of mine ranting on about how banning Muslims wasn't the least bit racist. I asked him how he would go about identifying them and he says "Are you blind? Just look at them!"

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#110047: Jan 29th 2016 at 11:45:38 AM

To quote a Doctor Who episode "Right, you actually said that!"

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#110048: Jan 29th 2016 at 2:03:25 PM

The Obama Administration has confirmed that 22 E-mails from the postponed Clinton dump are classified as "Top Secret."

http://bigstory.ap.org/e19abf78b6fe43e7b7719f059901630d

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110049: Jan 29th 2016 at 2:08:32 PM

The response to that story seems to be that the emails in question were either not classified when they were sent/received, or were based on public-domain information. The Constitution bans prosecution of ex post facto crimes: actions that were not crimes when they took place.

edited 29th Jan '16 2:09:33 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#110050: Jan 29th 2016 at 2:13:54 PM

[up]Of course the Clinton campaign would defend themselves by suggesting the E-mails are "overclassified."

Prior "classified" E-mails were released with redactions, but these 22 will not at all due to dealing with SAP-level information—the highest level of classification.

That's 37 pages that will not be released in any form.

edited 29th Jan '16 2:15:11 PM by SolipsistOwl


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