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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#132451: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:44:03 PM

[up][up] And just among general GIFTards.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#132452: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:46:08 PM

[up] And Gamefaqs trolls. Though there do seem to be a lot of Trump supporters on that website...

edited 25th Jul '16 6:46:49 PM by Bat178

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
#132453: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:50:03 PM

I think some "war hawk" protesters might have just been escorted out, Booker didn't let them distract him and they're silent now so I think they may have been removed.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
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Professional Forum Ninja
#132454: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:50:44 PM

In weather news, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center has for the first time in recorded history predicted the entirety of the fifty states are going to be above average in temperature from August through October.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#132455: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:52:40 PM

[up] It's already hot enough as it is in California. Hate to imagine what it would be like in Nevada or Arizona.

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
#132456: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:52:41 PM

Black Lives Matter are also chanting right now, it's hard to make out all the chapters at times as the speakers tend to keep keep going and try and talk over anything.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#132458: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:54:18 PM

[up] Well, they definitely aren't gonna chant pro-Trump things.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#132459: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:55:53 PM

Sora says kook. It's a synonym for goofball and/or idiot.

Cuck is short for cuckold. It's a fetish where people get off on their partner having sex with other people.

Wait, are you saying it doesn't rhyme with "fuck"?

...I find this disappointing, for some reason.

Oh God! Natural light!
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
#132460: Jul 25th 2016 at 6:56:44 PM

Nah I think in support of statements that Clinton believes that younge black people should be heard.

Also thanks for the hate on "An English King" there Booker, King George didn't do shit. But I get it, there's some historical revision that just has to be rolled with, King George as a tyrant and the "one nation under God indivisible".

edited 25th Jul '16 6:57:17 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#132461: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:00:43 PM

And they've brought on one of Trump University's victims.

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#132462: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:07:32 PM

[up][up] Eh he did fully support the polices of his governments, including North's. You can argue those policies were justified, but you can't pretend he was just an uninvolved figurehead, he was an involved figurehead.

edited 25th Jul '16 7:08:36 PM by JackOLantern1337

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#132463: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:08:16 PM

Alright, its Obama time.cool

[up]He wasn't lucid for a good chunk of his reign.

edited 25th Jul '16 7:08:43 PM by Rationalinsanity

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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
#132464: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:09:34 PM

True, but he was lucid for the part where he lost the 13 colonies. Ironically he was bonkers for the part where his forces kicked France's ass in the Napoleonic wars.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#132465: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:11:03 PM

[up] Back when France was considered a legitimate threat rather than weaklings like they are nowadays. Sorry if my humor is getting a bit annoying, by the way. I figured some levity after what I said before would be good.

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#132466: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:14:28 PM

[up] No it's fine.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#132467: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:17:02 PM

[up]You've moved from insulting one nation to another. Congratulations.

@"cuck": imagine the kind of soft-hearted person, over-civilized, timid and cowardly. An Extreme Doormat whom not even their intimate partner respects. Like "slut", the literal, sexual sense is only tangential.

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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
#132468: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:18:30 PM

King George wasn't allowed to not endorse the policies of his government, we've had kings try and oppose Parliment and they got either replaced and their head put on a pike. Oh and can't we please not resort to shiting on the French?

So quick check, did I tune in to late to see Sanders speak on stage or has he not been out yet?

edited 25th Jul '16 7:19:29 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#132469: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:24:12 PM

He's been out. It's 10:00 PM in Philadelphia.

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
#132470: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:25:19 PM

Well we've got Warren now.

Wait Warren just said "we've still got Bernie coming up".

edited 25th Jul '16 7:26:00 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Pingu Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
#132471: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:25:30 PM

He's after Elizabeth Warren who is currently speaking

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
#132472: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:28:03 PM

I'm hearing "we trusted you" chants, I'm assuming that that's the angry Green Party lot? Yes I'm calling them Greens at this point, they're clearly not Dems.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#132473: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:28:49 PM

[up][up][up][up][up] I wasn't shitting on the French. I was mocking the media interpretation of them.

edited 25th Jul '16 7:29:32 PM by Bat178

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#132474: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:29:00 PM

Some idiot seemed to be trying to disrupt Warren but it didn't last.

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
#132475: Jul 25th 2016 at 7:33:25 PM

Warren ain't fucking about "to every Republican who said no, this November, the American people are coming for you".

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

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