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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#135001: Aug 11th 2016 at 11:40:21 AM

[up]Honestly, this and all of the other crap that Trump and his supporters have been pulling lately makes Donald seem seem less like an actual person and more like a villainous cartoon caricature. Just give him a thin mustache long enough for him to give it a good twirl and you're set.

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#135002: Aug 11th 2016 at 11:50:04 AM

[up]I'm pretty sure most cartoons nowadays would reject the Donald as too unrealistic and one-dimensional.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135003: Aug 11th 2016 at 11:50:16 AM

[up][up] What is his stance on women tied to railroads?

[down][awesome]

edited 11th Aug '16 12:06:58 PM by sgamer82

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#135004: Aug 11th 2016 at 11:55:19 AM

"Well, if they got tied to a railroad, they have no one to blame but themselves. They got nobody to blame if they got tied to a railroad track, because it's their fault. It's their fault if they got tied to a railroad, nobody else's.

If I get into office, I'll make sure they don't get tied to railroads, you can bet on that. Obama isn't doing anything about it, but I'll make sure they don't get tied to railroads. No women will be tied to railroads while I'm in office.

If they get tied to railroads, you can blame the Mexicans. It's their fault, and I'm gonna do something about it. I'll do something about those Mexicans who tie women to railroads. I'll do something about it, and that's called foreign policy."

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#135005: Aug 11th 2016 at 11:57:51 AM

[up][awesome]

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#135006: Aug 11th 2016 at 11:57:56 AM

[up][up][up]"Well someone is doing the tying! I mean someone's doing it! Who's doing the tying?"

edited 11th Aug '16 11:58:10 AM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#135007: Aug 11th 2016 at 11:58:09 AM

[up][up][up]Curses; ninja'ed again![nja] But eh, what the heck, I'll post it anyways:

"Women, you know, women, I love women. In fact, I love women so much that I would be willing to do anything for them, yes, yes, I would. Of course, that also means that I'd expect, yes, I would expect them to do the same for me; I would expect them to, yes I would. And if they don't, well, I don't like to say this, I really don't, but sometimes, you just gotta' teach 'em a lesson, you know what I"m talkin' about? So I figure, just tie 'em to a damn railroad track for about a hour or so; just tie 'em down, that should teach 'em a thing or two. And if it doesn't, well, if it doesn't, then just leave 'em there. They had their chance; they had their chance, you know what I'm sayin'? Now if you all don't mind, I gotta' work on my evil laugh and give my mustache a good twirl, if you'll excuse me please..."

edited 11th Aug '16 11:59:20 AM by kkhohoho

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#135008: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:00:44 PM

538 on that new website which claims to "unskew" all the polls' bias against Trump: It's basically fan fiction. At least it doesn't yet have Trump getting 66% of the vote.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#135009: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:02:57 PM

A few pages ago, but discussing the Baltimore PD again, engaging in racial profiling while a Do J official is on a ride along just goes into Too Dumb to Live territory.

Or they just figure they're untouchable even if they do engage in blatant discrimination right in front of them, which is also likely, a way of showing off for the outsider and daring them to do something about it.

My thought is that the Department of Justice should have a massive agency for collecting complaints on local police forces. Still probably wouldn't be able to handle them all, but they could bring enough of them to justice to put the fear of god into the rest. Ironically what the police think they're trying to do.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#135010: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:05:53 PM

[up]

My thought is that the Department of Justice should have a massive agency for collecting complaints on local police forces. Still probably wouldn't be able to handle them all, but they could bring enough of them to justice to put the fear of god into the rest. Ironically what the police think they're trying to do.

Sounds familiar...

Keep Rolling On
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#135011: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:06:15 PM

On a slightly more optimistic note, progress is being made in the Ferguson PD.

And I'm increasingly thinking that federal-level standards for training might be a good idea.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#135012: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:21:09 PM

[up]That guy is saying everything we wanted to hear for so long.

I'm holding my breath for the Fergusonians.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#135013: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:46:19 PM

RE: Trump saying Obama "founded ISIS"

Here's the CNN article on it, and the relevant excerpt.

Trump was asked by host Hugh Hewitt about the comments Trump made Wednesday night in Florida, and Hewitt said he understood Trump to mean "that he (Obama) created the vacuum, he lost the peace."

Trump objected.

"No, I meant he's the founder of ISIS," Trump said. "I do. He was the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award. I give her, too, by the way, Hillary Clinton."

Hewitt pushed back again, saying that Obama is "not sympathetic" to ISIS and "hates" and is "trying to kill them."

"I don't care," Trump said, according to a show transcript. "He was the founder. His, the way he got out of Iraq was that that was the founding of ISIS, okay?"

Edit: No criticism of Obama And as some delicious hypocrisy to go on the lie-filled cake, in 2007 he said, in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, that the US should just "Declare victory and leave".

edited 11th Aug '16 1:22:38 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#135014: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:51:37 PM

[up][up][up]POLICE TRAINER: So, do you want to protect and serve?

NEW CADET: Yup!

POLICE TRAINER: Do you think you've got what it takes to become a fully fledged member of the force?

NEW CADET: Yup!

POLICE TRAINER: Are you a racist?

NEW CADET: Yup! ...Hey, wait a second—

POLICE TRAINER: Right; here's your severance pay. So long kid.

NEW CADET: ...Dagnabbit.

Or at least that's how it should happen.tongue

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#135015: Aug 11th 2016 at 12:58:15 PM

[up][up] ??? What the hell? What is wrong with Trump's thought process here? For one, if that 2007 date is what he said, that was on Bush, not Obama. But aside from that, he's sounding increasingly like a little kid who has no idea what's actually going on, but thinks he needs to pretend he does.

I am curious about what answer you'd get if you asked Trump what ISIS actually is, beyond the basic description of a terrorist organization.

edited 11th Aug '16 12:58:23 PM by Zendervai

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#135016: Aug 11th 2016 at 1:01:36 PM

[up]

I am curious about what answer you'd get if you asked Trump what ISIS actually is, beyond the basic description of a terrorist organization.

Something vaguely supportive?

Keep Rolling On
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#135017: Aug 11th 2016 at 1:05:11 PM

[up][up]]Would it be an improvement if he somehow mentioned Sterling Archer?

iron, did you mean W regarding that quote?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135018: Aug 11th 2016 at 1:26:35 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/10/media/roger-ailes-fox-news/

What began with Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit ends with — well, actually no one knows how this story will end.

Just about every day brings new allegations about the behavior of ousted Fox News boss Roger Ailes. Taken together, the claims — which Ailes has denied — portray an executive who abused his power by harassing female employees and paying confidants to dig up dirt on his opponents.

Now Ailes is gone, and some of his longtime associates are also on the way out.

edited 11th Aug '16 1:27:16 PM by sgamer82

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#135019: Aug 11th 2016 at 1:49:44 PM

[up]

I'd say this portion from the same article is a tad more noteworthy... here's the Politico article it's citing.

These "dark arts" included spying on journalists and other people who Ailes considered to be enemies. One of the sources said Ailes' "henchmen" were especially active against Gabriel Sherman, the author of a 2014 biography of Ailes.

Politico on Wednesday quoted a source who recalled Ailes saying, "I know where" Sherman lives, "and I'm gonna send people to beat the shit out of him."

The source also said they were told by another person that if the full scope of Ailes' campaign against Sherman ever came out, "multiple people at Fox would go to jail."

Oh, and in a shining example of cronyism, apparently Ailes had hired a friend as a "consultant" who was paid $10,000/month for just submitting an invoice to Fox every month.

edited 11th Aug '16 1:54:02 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#135020: Aug 11th 2016 at 2:39:49 PM

Trump's demented ravings remind me of a former co-worker of mine. I was unable to explain to this f***ing moron that Barack Hussein Obama, Saddam Hussein, and Osama Bin Laden, were three completely different people.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135021: Aug 11th 2016 at 2:53:54 PM

Did he trot out the "you never see them in the same place at the same time" schtick?

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#135022: Aug 11th 2016 at 2:54:54 PM

While Trump continues to lock down the conspiracy theorist vote, he also made some other comments I find quite noteworthy:

“If at the end of 90 days I fall in short because I'm somewhat politically incorrect even though I'm supposed to be the smart one and even though I'm supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it's okay,” he continued. “I go back to a very good way of life." ... “Just keep doing the same thing I'm doing right now,” he said when asked what he needed to do to close Clinton’s growing advantage in swing states. “At the end it's either going to work or I'm going to, you know, I'm going to have a very, very nice long vacation.” (emphasis mine)
This is what you get with a candidate who's not a politician. When he loses, the fight is over. He has no stake in this race, he's doing this on a lark. All the people who are desperately pinning their hopes on him? Too bad. He's just gonna fuck off and go back to whining on twitter.

Compare the many other presidential candidates who lost, but continued to serve. Whether you agreed with them or not, many of them at least had principles they actually believed in and continued to work for. I honestly wonder how far back you have to go to find a candidate who didn't come out of politics nor (re)entered it after losing.

edited 11th Aug '16 3:00:35 PM by Eschaton

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#135023: Aug 11th 2016 at 2:55:09 PM

[up][up][lol][lol][lol][lol]

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#135024: Aug 11th 2016 at 3:04:22 PM

[up][up][up]No, he wasn't even that smart. He just gets names mixed up, and thinks that because people have vaguely similar names, they're the same person. And he's so stubborn and opinionated that nobody can tell him he's flat-out wrong. Like I said, What An Idiot.

He's probably a Trump supporter. But I repeat myself...

edited 11th Aug '16 3:11:15 PM by pwiegle

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#135025: Aug 11th 2016 at 3:06:05 PM

[up]Actually, that strikes me as slightly less nuts. Stupider, but less nuts.

Leviticus 19:34

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