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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#128951: Jul 5th 2016 at 8:29:21 PM

Sure you can, haven't you ever heard of Blackwater? Now known as Academi?

Or the Iraq war?

Oh really when?
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#128952: Jul 5th 2016 at 8:33:22 PM

Hopefully he doesn't actually get assassinated, speaking of which. Nothing would legitimize his agenda more than that.

Agreed. I detest using this term because I feel it gets thrown around so much by people who vastly overestimate its influential power, but I believe that Trump has so many "true believers" behind him that a Trump assassination could legitimately make a martyr of him. Which would have devastating consequences for people who don't want "The American Civil War II: We Crushed The Idiots Pretty Hard This Time, But Damn If They Didn't Kill A Lot Of Innocent People Along The Way" happening in their back yards.

Trump praises for Saddam Hussein's efficient killing of 'terrorists,' calls today's Iraq 'Harvard for terrorism'

Jesus Christ, I can't even....

Why is this guy so popular. Why.

Don't answer that, I know why, I just...the f*ck.

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#128953: Jul 5th 2016 at 8:35:25 PM

For what it's worth, Trump's position is that the Iraq war was a mistake and that he never supported it (which is untrue-in fact, he supported it before W did).

Leviticus 19:34
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#128954: Jul 5th 2016 at 8:37:03 PM

[up][up] Because idiots think that if he were in charge, political correctness and censorship would disappear overnight and foreigners will stop making fun of the US.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#128956: Jul 5th 2016 at 9:07:58 PM

You know, a funny thought just occurred to me. What if Trump's big ol' campaign is a hoax, but not for the reasons we all might think?

TRUMP: You know, winning this election, it has been, let me tell you, it has been the most fantastic experience I've ever had in my career, yeah, in my career, and let me tell you, I could not do it without you, no I couldn't, that is a fact. But at some point, you gotta' be honest; you gotta' be at some point, you just gotta' be. And the truth is, I ran this whole fucking campaign to be President just to see if I could actually do it. I've got no clue how to actually run this country; everything I've ever said for this entire campaign has been nothing but piss poor attempts at propaganda. And now, I've actually won. So... I guess I'm done. Keep in touch ya'all! Remember, whoever's actually gonna' be your next President, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! WOOT!

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#128957: Jul 5th 2016 at 9:10:41 PM

[up] Unlikely, that would require Donald Trump to admit he couldn't do something.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#128958: Jul 5th 2016 at 9:14:17 PM

There was something someone proposed as a joke that was Trump's inauguration speech. It's funny, because it kind of does sound like something he'd say. He basically admits that he was running to see if people would really fall for it (though he does admit that he meant a lot of things he said). Finally, he says something to the effect of "I'm about to do what Hitler should have done when he was elected, and resign now. Thanks."

Leviticus 19:34
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#128959: Jul 5th 2016 at 9:34:44 PM

[There is speculation That Trump's candidacy is intended that even if he fails he plans to use it to leverage starting essentially his own version of Fox News Channel.

i.e. it's graft.

Graft that is comically common among Republican candidates to get book deals, TV jobs, jobs at Republican think tanks, deals in conservative publishing.

edited 5th Jul '16 9:35:00 PM by PotatoesRock

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#128960: Jul 5th 2016 at 9:37:33 PM

Sounds as likely of a motive as any other. He's made his career out of big publicity anyway.

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#128961: Jul 5th 2016 at 9:39:22 PM

Like, it's weird to say when the convention's just a couple of weeks away, but can the dude even make it to the convention?

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#128962: Jul 5th 2016 at 10:15:07 PM

Pretty much, in fact I can almost imagine him blaming his lost on minority,democrat and in short, everyone else

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#128963: Jul 5th 2016 at 11:05:01 PM

His concession speech will be glorious and full of dog whistles salts

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PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#128964: Jul 5th 2016 at 11:31:44 PM

Not just Minority Democrats.

He'll also blame the party elites for not backing him enough. That he got "Stabbed in the back".

Feeding the burning of the GOP tent further to purge all elites and experts from the party.

John Holbo: Podcasts I Just Listened to

(On how the Federalists feel John Roberts is the ur arch enemy of the consitution and caused Trump)

edited 6th Jul '16 3:18:49 AM by PotatoesRock

TheWanted Since: Oct, 2013
#128965: Jul 6th 2016 at 5:27:03 AM

Uh oh. I just saw CNN talking about the baton rouge shooting with video. It's bad. Black man wrestled to the ground after being tazed then shot. By two white officers. One officer was struggling with the suspect on the ground and the other is standing then kneeling to help. One of them apparently yelled "he has a gun!" and then the free officer shot the suspect.

Already seen one insightful comment that if you were the officer struggling with a suspect the last thing you want your partner to do is pull his gun and aim it in your direction.

This one looks bad. The video is already spreading, you can probably find it with a Google search.

edited 6th Jul '16 5:32:42 AM by TheWanted

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#128966: Jul 6th 2016 at 5:31:28 AM

If we accept the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics wherein anything that is allowed in physics does happen in a nigh-infinite multiverse I still find trump getting the nomination to be fucking impossible. I am still like 57% sure that he'll reveal it was all a big joke at the convention and throw the GOP into chaos.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#128967: Jul 6th 2016 at 6:06:08 AM

[up][up]Video in this kind of case is a double-edged sword. It's obviously a useful piece of evidence for any investigation, but it's still only a piece, and a single point of view can be misleading while still convincing the public that it's an open-and-shut case.

And shooting a suspect that a fellow officer is struggling with may be the less dangerous option if the suspect is armed, especially at close range and with a clear field of fire. If it comes down to "if I shoot and miss I may hit the officer, but if I don't shoot than the suspect will shoot the officer, and missing is unlikely in this situation" then taking the shot is a reasonable decision.

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#128968: Jul 6th 2016 at 6:08:19 AM

It should also be noted that this particular man actually did have a gun; not one being brandished at the police or anything, but still.

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#128969: Jul 6th 2016 at 6:14:16 AM

[up][up][up] You have to remember something about Trump: this man has spent decades surrounded by people whose job it is to tell him everything he says, does and thinks is perfect and brilliant. He has no self awareness; that is long, long gone. He says things, hears people cheering for him and convinces himself how well loved he is. What you see with Trump? It's what you get.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#128971: Jul 6th 2016 at 6:57:58 AM

How do you draw the line on an administration that's sufficiently criminal to prosecute?

We could take a page from the Spartans, and automatically charge every President at the conclusion of their time in office.

desdendelle Hooded Crow from Land of Milk and Honey (Sergeant) Relationship Status: Hiding
Hooded Crow
#128972: Jul 6th 2016 at 6:59:35 AM

@Tactical: the funniest bit in that article is this:

Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs was quoted in June telling the website Philly.com that Sanders would deliver a "victory statement" at the proposed July 24 rally. Reached Tuesday, Briggs declined to share details.
"Victory statement"? I thought he pretty much lost the primaries?

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#128973: Jul 6th 2016 at 7:02:01 AM

[up] If Clinton had been indicted it would have left him the One True Candidate, maybe they'd been banking on that?

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#128974: Jul 6th 2016 at 7:19:52 AM

[up] No one who wasn't an idiot thought she was gonna be indicted anyhow.

So, that was a non starter

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Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#128975: Jul 6th 2016 at 7:26:26 AM

It's a feel good thing, to show what his campaign's accomplished for progressive messaging and the concessions they secured from the Democratic platform. It could also be a way to butter up Sanders more hardcore supporters into getting amped up for supporting Clinton in the fall.


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