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TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#115501: Mar 12th 2016 at 4:29:19 AM

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So Trump is the missing piece of the Two Island Strings strategy. Has anyone checked that the Chinese aren't paying him?

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#115502: Mar 12th 2016 at 4:56:32 AM

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Except Trump openly liked Guam after they voted for him in their Primary (which doesn't really count anyway).

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#115503: Mar 12th 2016 at 5:03:59 AM

Yeah, why do the unincorporated territories get primaries when they can't vote in the actual election?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#115504: Mar 12th 2016 at 6:52:32 AM

As Trump’s popularity continues to rise, his Japan-bashing continues to baffle

Oh, it's not that baffling. It's pretty simple actually: Trump is stuck in the 1980s.

I find the protests justified, although this decade is looking more and more like the 1960s in my opinion. Anyone else notice the similarities?

Where are all the hippies?

Times change, so we get the hipsters instead. tongue

But to answer the first question slightly more seriously, yes, there are some parallels, especially to the '64 election with Goldwater. (Who, ironically, was held up as a hero by Republicans who would spit on him for many of his policy positions.) I also think it's presaging the parties realigning themselves, much as they would start doing after '64 and completed with Nixon's Southern Strategy.

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#115505: Mar 12th 2016 at 6:57:00 AM

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On the topic of Hipsters, anyone else find the new marketing of Windows 10 to them specifically to be really freakin' weird?

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#115506: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:15:14 AM

[up]Well, that depends, really. The way I see it, the only people that might actually get excited about a new windows are people that get excited about any new gadgets, which are often hipsters. People that actually know about computers are mostly just wondering about the many ways microsoft is going to fuck their customers this time, and people that don't are perfectly happy using Windows 95 because it has Internet Explorer.

edited 12th Mar '16 7:28:12 AM by Kayeka

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#115507: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:45:10 AM

Well, my dad is now convinced that the Trump rally was shut down because the protesters were going to kill Trump and his supporters, and that Bernie Sanders only talked to Black Lives Matters supporters because if he didn't, they'd kill him.

This has been your inside scoop on the delusions of Trump's followers. Tune in next time.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#115508: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:54:09 AM

The more I try to understand the minds of Trump supporters, the more I feel like I'd rather eat a piece of uranium and slowly die of radiation poisoning.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Shawnsummer7 Since: Jan, 2016 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#115509: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:15:59 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] There's also been all the social movements for civil rights like BLM and the gay rights movement, and Iraq is increasingly looking like Vietnam. The hipster culture seems to be resurfacing too, especially in places like Tumblr. Younger people listening to "edgy" music and all that (a lot like Elvis, although that's more 50s). Obama's also much like Kennedy in his idealism and youthful image, and "the torch being passed to another generation" thing. Seems like there should be a lot of riots ahead too given what happened last night. I really hope the comparisons stop there, considering all the assassinations in the 60s.

edited 12th Mar '16 8:20:39 AM by Shawnsummer7

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#115510: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:26:27 AM

[up]I'm not sure if assassinating a president is even remotely possible these days. The security they get is insane.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#115511: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:29:01 AM

Hillary Clinton has won the Northern Mariana Islands caucuses.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#115512: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:29:05 AM

Trump supporters are generally people who believe, somehow, this nation is on the verge of going down in flames. They are preppers who believe the United States is on the verge of collapse. They invest in gold because they believe the dollar is going to collapse. These sorts of people are also very prone to believing Conspiracy Theories, which isn't helped by the most powerful men in the world going to a private island resort to discuss how to take down Donald Trump!

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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
#115513: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:39:22 AM

If this is the 60's than it sure as hell is the tame version of it. College protestors are being annoying little shits, but they aren't taking their teachers hostage. We lost far fewer men in Iraq than we did in Nam, and in both cases it appears pulling out to soon caused the situation to get even worse. Hell even the Russians aren't nearly as menacing as they were before.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#115514: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:53:35 AM

Trump: Chicago protesters can be traced back to Sanders

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday blamed Bernie Sanders supporters for the massive protests that forced him to cancel a campaign rally in Chicago the night before.

Trump said his supporters at the rally "caused no problem."

"They were taunted, they were harassed by these other people — by the way, some represented Bernie, our communist friend," Trump said, drawing loud boos from the Dayton, Ohio, crowd.

"With Bernie, he should really get up and say to his people, 'stop, stop.' Not me."

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#115515: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:55:57 AM

[up]I don't think even the Clinton campaign is going to smear Bernie supporters for this. Protesting Trump might as well be a duty at this point.

edited 12th Mar '16 8:56:02 AM by Luminosity

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#115516: Mar 12th 2016 at 9:00:23 AM

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That's First Amendment, Trump. You're protected from legal prosecution for the shit you spout, but society can still cast its own judgment in the matter. And it'll be interesting to find out who threw punches - apparently a CBS reporter was one of the five arrested for, ironically, resisting arrest.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#115517: Mar 12th 2016 at 9:13:38 AM

I would not call this "1960s Lite" but there are certainly similarities. In Iraq, we have a costly war that the United States should not have been in like Vietnam. Racial issues are back at the forefront again, with the treatment of African-Americans by police, as well as the treatment of Hispanics and Muslims in general. In addition, we have a current frontrunner of the Republican party that is undesirable for the Republican Establishment for his political views.

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SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#115518: Mar 12th 2016 at 9:23:14 AM

College protestors are being annoying little shits

Ah yes, because demanding improvements and social change is just horrifying, amirite? Also, where are you getting this "60s students held their professors hostage" crap? Give us some actual evidence for once, Jack.

Hell even the Russians aren't nearly as menacing as they were before.

Then why do you continue to say that they are the biggest threat to the world (along with China)? Someone is doublethinking too hard.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#115519: Mar 12th 2016 at 9:29:01 AM

[up] They are the biggest threat to the US, the biggest threat to the world is global warming.

This incident at Columbia university Though the original article I read on the topic merely said that hostages were taken, which is still a serious crime mind you, but not that they were released unharmed after a day no worse for wear. Their were also a number of armed occupations in the vein of y'all Quaeda. The difference of course being they were leftists, so you guys all view them as heroes.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#115520: Mar 12th 2016 at 9:38:29 AM

I doubt that Bernie's going to lose any support for driving Trump out of Chicago. He'll lose support among deluded Trump supporters but they don't matter anyway.

And also we've done the Vietnam thing of "Pull out and let the region's actual government do the heavy lifting" now. The major difference in this is that Iraq is not in a civil war where one half of the country decides to willingly violate a treaty, and also that we're not refusing to help afterwards and the Iraqis and Kurds are doing the actual heavy lifting.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#115521: Mar 12th 2016 at 9:45:24 AM

Black Americans aside, injustice towards Hispanics and Muslims would be a footnote right now if it weren't for Trump himself.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#115523: Mar 12th 2016 at 10:02:47 AM

The difference of course being they were leftists, so you guys all view them as heroes.

Ah, well, you know what they say; inside every liberal is a totalitarian just waiting to get out. If it were up to me, Trump supporters would be sterilized on their way to a penal colony. Or, you know, just disenfranchised from voting, deprived of benefits and health-care, and left to win their Darwin Awards on their own merit.

edited 12th Mar '16 10:03:42 AM by TheHandle

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#115524: Mar 12th 2016 at 10:38:12 AM

Their were also a number of armed occupations in the vein of y'all Quaeda. The difference of course being they were leftists, so you guys all view them as heroes.

How about

  • Not making assumptions about all of us, please
  • Actually showing news of these occupations, because some of us literally never heard of them before

[up] Is it wrong that I pictured something else when I heard "penal colony"?

[down] Well, you see it all started with my mother, an apron, and an unusually smooth cucumber...

edited 12th Mar '16 10:46:00 AM by Luminosity

TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#115525: Mar 12th 2016 at 10:41:46 AM

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Wrong? No. Fascinating? Yes. Please, continue.

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