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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#129526: Jul 10th 2016 at 2:08:06 PM

Gay Space Colonies sounds like a great name for a rock band.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#129527: Jul 10th 2016 at 2:22:37 PM

Sounds like a Steven Universe fan fiction title to me.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#129528: Jul 10th 2016 at 2:25:37 PM

I was thinking more Star Trek

New Survey coming this weekend!
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#129529: Jul 10th 2016 at 2:31:03 PM

I suppose we should thank him for making almost everyone else on the planet feel better about themselves.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#129530: Jul 10th 2016 at 2:34:12 PM

When he fills out a form, under "Marital Status" he should put down "Divorced From Reality."

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#129531: Jul 10th 2016 at 2:41:30 PM

[up]Complete with a restraining order.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Aquaconda (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#129534: Jul 10th 2016 at 3:16:33 PM

Texas, home of comedians Ron White ("You can't fix stupid") and Bill Engvall ("Here's your sign.") The whole state keeps them in material for their standup routines.

Not that Texas has any kind of monopoly on stupid, of course.

edited 10th Jul '16 3:25:19 PM by pwiegle

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#129535: Jul 10th 2016 at 3:33:30 PM

Ron White is usually funny, though.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
flameboy21th The would-be novelist from California Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
The would-be novelist
#129536: Jul 10th 2016 at 3:54:35 PM

[up]They didn't say Ron White was unfunny, they just said Texas provided Ron White with comedic material.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#129537: Jul 10th 2016 at 4:02:48 PM

Yeah, I didn't notice that until just now, actually.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#129538: Jul 10th 2016 at 4:04:02 PM

I love when he makes fun of homophobes. "I'm not gay at all!" "Oh, come on, we're all a little gay." "Yeah, prove it!" "Do you like porn?" "Sure, I like porn." "Do you like when the guy has a soft, flaccid penis?" "No, I like hard, throbbing co... [beat] I did not know that about myself."

edited 10th Jul '16 4:04:55 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#129539: Jul 10th 2016 at 6:22:36 PM

Texas governor Greg Abbott has received extensive second and third degree burns on his legs with an accident involving hot water while on a family trip to Wyoming.

The accident happened on Thursday, but Abbott didn't want to draw attention away from the shootings in Dallas, and he will miss the Republican National Convention next week.

edited 10th Jul '16 6:22:48 PM by tclittle

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#129540: Jul 10th 2016 at 7:07:02 PM

Say whatever you want about Louie Gohmert but he can be pretty entertaining. In face-palming, So Bad, It's Good type of way.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#129541: Jul 11th 2016 at 3:33:55 AM

Donald Trump is seriously considering Michael Flynn, a retired general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as his pick for vice president.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#129542: Jul 11th 2016 at 3:38:07 AM

Jesus Christ; I think we've found a winner.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#129543: Jul 11th 2016 at 3:41:16 AM

I'm still hoping he makes Sarah Palin his VP.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#129544: Jul 11th 2016 at 3:50:03 AM

You mean the Michael Flynn who keeps showing up on RT as a contributor and analyst and one of Putin's favorite pet Americans, that Michael Flynn? God damn.

edited 11th Jul '16 3:51:16 AM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#129545: Jul 11th 2016 at 3:59:33 AM

[up] Maybe Trump wants to outsource Governance (or Government) to China or Russia?

Keep Rolling On
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#129546: Jul 11th 2016 at 4:40:01 AM

[up] More likely he's interested in them as a model for an authoritarian kleptocracy.

TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#129547: Jul 11th 2016 at 5:05:28 AM

[up]x3

Flynn seems to hate Jihadists so much he doesn't care who he rubs shoulders with, as long as they drop a bomb on them.

edited 11th Jul '16 5:05:40 AM by TerminusEst

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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#129548: Jul 11th 2016 at 5:11:36 AM

Wow, every time you thought Trump's campaign couldn't sink any lower...

@129536: I have a feeling that Abbott had less of an accident and more of an "accident". Anything to keep him out of the convention...

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#129549: Jul 11th 2016 at 5:28:58 AM

On the other hand, burns are no laughing matter. He very well could be in so much pain that attending is out of the question.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#129550: Jul 11th 2016 at 5:39:47 AM

Flynn is a lifelong Democrat, Putin fanboy, and pro-choice. Ideologically bizarre, but if Trump does pick him and the pick sticks, that will truly symbol a priority shift in the GOP.


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