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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#135476: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:23:46 PM

[up][up][up] So you mean that Trump says he has HIV, or many types of Cancer, or Meningitis?

edited 16th Aug '16 1:24:04 PM by Greenmantle

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#135477: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:23:54 PM

Sounds about right. Fuck this weather.

Oh really when?
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#135478: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:26:15 PM

Where I am it's been switching between from about of week of unbearable heat to another week of constant rain. It's pretty annoying.

edited 16th Aug '16 1:26:41 PM by LSBK

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#135479: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:28:13 PM

It was an average July over here.

edited 16th Aug '16 1:29:10 PM by Greenmantle

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#135480: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:28:54 PM

[up][up][up][up] Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns is declared the sickest man ever. But all of his diseases offset each other, so he's "indestructible".

edited 16th Aug '16 1:29:03 PM by speedyboris

flameboy21th The would-be novelist from California Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#135481: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:32:30 PM

[up][up][up]I'm hoping for rain over here, freaking West Coast.

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#135482: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:57:29 PM

[up][up]

  • Doctor: Mr. Trump, I'm afraid you are the sickest man in the United States. You have everything.
  • Trump: You mean I have pneumonia?
  • Doctor: Yes.
  • Trump: Juvenile diabetes?
  • Doctor: Yes.
  • Trump: Hysterical pregnancy?!
  • Doctor: Uh, a little bit, yes. You also have thousands of diseases that have just been discovered, in you.
  • Trump: You're sure you haven't just made thousands of mistakes?

edited 16th Aug '16 1:57:58 PM by TobiasDrake

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#135483: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:01:35 PM

[lol][lol][lol][lol]

"I'm not just sure, I'm HIV-positive."

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#135484: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:04:19 PM

[up][up]

Doctor: No, not at all Mr. Trump. You paid well enough to ensure that our results were almost certainly correct.

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CobraPrime Sharknado Warning from Canada Since: Dec, 1969 Relationship Status: Robosexual
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#135485: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:10:08 PM

Trump: Are you even a real Doctor?

Doctor: I got my medical degree from Trump University

edited 16th Aug '16 2:10:36 PM by CobraPrime

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#135486: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:12:19 PM

[up] [lol] And that is one internet for you, good sir.

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#135487: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:21:13 PM

Another thing about that "doctor's note" is that it doesn't talk about family history. We know that Trump's father had Alzheimer's, which has a genetic component. Any competent doctor would have mentioned that and brought up whether or not the genetic element (which can be tested for) is present. And the variety of Alzheimer's involved tends to show up between 60 and 80. Trump is smack in the middle of the highest risk period, given his family history.

Also, the doctor is listed as a gastrointestinal specialist who Trump had been seeing (allegedly) for 35 years, and apparently nothing was wrong with Trump. Why you would see a gastrointestinal specialist for 35 years for no apparent reason is beyond me.

edited 16th Aug '16 2:21:45 PM by Zendervai

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#135488: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:25:39 PM

Because that's where Trump finds his truths: in the gut.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#135489: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:27:13 PM

Mexican foreign minister on Trump.

Is it just me, or is the interviewer being a serious jackass in this interview? He tries to lecture her on being "harsh" on Trump. He seems aghast at Trump being compared to Mussolini by her boss. He says she "may have heard" about Trump's wall. Jeez man. She's foreign minister for a major country. Could you show a touch of respect?

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#135490: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:44:55 PM

Also, the doctor is listed as a gastrointestinal specialist who Trump had been seeing (allegedly) for 35 years, and apparently nothing was wrong with Trump. Why you would see a gastrointestinal specialist for 35 years for no apparent reason is beyond me.

Colon cancer in relatives is often the reason for such screening. But it doesn't have to be an extensive family history.

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#135491: Aug 16th 2016 at 2:55:01 PM

Keep in mind, the gastrointestinal specialist is apparently Trump's main (possibly only) doctor from the way the letter frames it.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#135492: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:02:07 PM

Would it be bad taste to insert a joke here about Trump being full of shit?

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#135493: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:09:41 PM

Just say he's an arsehole, and that, medically, that's all there is to him.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135495: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:31:30 PM

Plus assholes serve a useful function.

edited 16th Aug '16 3:31:43 PM by sgamer82

Artificius from about a foot and a half away from a monitor. Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
#135496: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:41:10 PM

There's a conspiracy theory starting to make the rounds among my conservative friends on Facebook that I thought you should all prepare facepalming pads for.

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/4y09o9/a_fellow_centipede_told_me_his_thoughts_on_how/

edited 16th Aug '16 3:42:12 PM by Artificius

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#135497: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:44:13 PM

Summary for those who don't want to touch that subreddit with a 100 foot pole?

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#135498: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:45:13 PM

[up] Talking about a third Obama term as if it would be a bad thing.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#135499: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:46:17 PM

They're saying that if Clinton gets elected, Obama will release evidence to get her indicted before she's taken office, preventing her from assuming the presidency. Since Kaine will still not technically have assumed the office of vice-president, there'll be no-one next in line after Clinton, which (supposedly) gives Obama an excuse to declare a state of emergency and assume a third term in the absence of a legal successor.

I gotta say, I kinda dig this image of Obama as a Francis Urquhart-esque mastermind using Clinton as his Unwitting Pawn, but it doesn't really mesh that well with the general conservative criticism of him as a naive incompetent.

edited 16th Aug '16 3:48:07 PM by DrDougsh

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#135500: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:48:02 PM

Has anyone ever actually seen Obama lately? That dude is tired. He just wants to go home.

Oh really when?

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