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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#134926: Aug 10th 2016 at 2:58:29 PM

[up] And those who do revile her for things like anti-vaxxer pandering and other crazy ideas like wifi dangerous to children

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
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#134928: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:29:54 PM

I'm guessing it's some sort of weird protest thing. The suction cups symbolize how Trump sucks, or whatever.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#134929: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:41:42 PM

Filming for Spider-Man Homecoming?

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.
#134930: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:42:50 PM

And apparently they just now pulled him into the building and arrested him.

edited 10th Aug '16 3:42:58 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#134931: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:43:51 PM

Wait, Stein thinks that Wi Fi is dangerous to people?

May I ask how the hell she came to that conclusion?

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
#134932: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:45:53 PM

Something about concentrated EM radiation causing cancer or damaging nervous system development. New-age pseudoscientific conspiracy theories.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#134933: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:46:37 PM

It disrupts the flow of qi from your 3rd eye to your chakras.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#134935: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:53:44 PM

And at least two people I'm friends with are planning on voting for that pseudoscientific quack...

Fuck me.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#134936: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:54:59 PM

There are some people who are sensitive to Wi Fi signals, and I wouldn't doubt if there is some sort of allergy to Wi Fi signals, but I would rather figure out the issue rather than just kneejerk like Stein seems to be doing.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
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.
#134937: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:55:50 PM

So what is Stein proposing to do about this "problem"?

Oh God! Natural light!
KentDawg1 All hail the meme. from Mancuunian oop nourth. Since: Aug, 2015 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
All hail the meme.
#134938: Aug 10th 2016 at 3:57:27 PM

Destroy the internet?

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NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#134939: Aug 10th 2016 at 4:18:23 PM

There are some people who are sensitive to Wi Fi signals
Correction: there are some people who think they're sensitive to wi-fi signals. On actually checking (like, with double-blind experiments and the like), they can't tell if wi-fi is on or off, despite thinking they can.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#134940: Aug 10th 2016 at 4:19:48 PM

Just got a survey call for NY, and it sounded largely impartial... until they reached the Congressional race between John Katko and Colleen Deacon. When I indicated leaning towards Deacon (after being 'unsure"), the questions became overtly biased. "Colleen Deacon supports Obamacare and a massive hike to the minimum wage, crippling small businesses", "She supports the Iran nuclear deal and said she 'doesn't know the answer' when it comes to ISIS", etc.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#134941: Aug 10th 2016 at 4:25:45 PM

Western NC is getting bombarded with calls from a supposed "veteran support group" that does shit like that. They ask if you have a veteran in your family, lead you on for a bit, then drop the "Hillary Clinton sold our soldiers lives to Terrorists and Donald Trump will restore our sovereignty and cleanse the corrupted elements of society."

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#134942: Aug 10th 2016 at 4:37:22 PM

[up][up][up] The "wi-fi sensitive" people tend to overlook something really, really obvious. The whole planet is constantly bombarded with pretty much the entire EM spectrum from the Sun, with the occasional smaller leakage from Jupiter and Saturn. Yes, the magnetic field pushes quite a lot of it away, but not all of it, and the magnetic field itself interacts with the wi-fi signal, we just know how to compensate for it.

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#134943: Aug 10th 2016 at 5:01:59 PM

[up]

Sadly, I can predict the counterargument to that - "Yeah, it occurs naturally, but so does sunlight - you don't spend 10 hours a day just exposing yourself to it without precautions!"

[down]

Without a lampshade hanging on them? Alternatively, "You wouldn't want to spend 10 hours in a tanning bed".

edited 10th Aug '16 5:57:44 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
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A procrastination in of itself
#134944: Aug 10th 2016 at 5:47:33 PM

No but I do at times spend at least ten hours a day exposing myself to lightbulbs without taking precautions.

edited 10th Aug '16 5:47:47 PM by Silasw

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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#134945: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:12:25 PM

"cleanse the corrupted elements of society"? That is hard Nazism - like, they're not even pretending to be anything but that any more.

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#134946: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:14:53 PM

"I totally agree, why just last night at our Black pride meeting we were talking about eliminating all the...I've said too much -dial tone"

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#134947: Aug 10th 2016 at 10:45:19 PM

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-obama-clinton-founded-isis-226893

Republican nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday night that President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, founded ISIL.

At a rally in Sunrise, Florida, Trump once again attacked the foreign policy of Obama and Clinton, saying their policies resulted in the creation of ISIL.

“ISIS is honoring President Obama,” Trump said. “He is the founder of ISIS. He is the founder of ISIS, OK? He’s the founder. He founded ISIS. And I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton.”

His comments Wednesday were not the first time he connected Obama to ISIS. In June, he tweeted an article from Breitbart that said, “The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#134948: Aug 10th 2016 at 10:47:49 PM

Jesus Christ, what the hell, Trump. This is just... What.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#134949: Aug 10th 2016 at 10:51:11 PM

About having the administrative equivalent to advertising standards for politics...

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#134950: Aug 10th 2016 at 10:51:49 PM

He also founded the KKK, fathered Hitler, and he's also the Anti-Christ.

Of course, the former two are probably positives to Trump, and I'm pretty sure he's the biggest aspirant for the latter.


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