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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#137176: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:01:14 PM

I remember when you could get Meximelts for less than a dollar. What the hell happened?

Oh really when?
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#137177: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:01:52 PM

Now, now, all Mexican food is equally terrible. Only half joking.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#137178: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:01:53 PM

Okay but basically what we're saying is: the alt right are being racist again and think tacos are bad.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#137179: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:02:39 PM

If taco bell is their point of reference, I don't blame them....

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#137180: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:02:58 PM

No, just some Mexican guy supporting Trump and giving me secondhand shame by saying something so stereotypical and ridiculous, I feel weird being of the same ethnicity as him.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
SpaceWolf from The Other Rainforest Since: Apr, 2012
#137182: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:05:00 PM

Does anyone remember that time when Trump tried to pass himself off as 'not racist' by posting a Facebook photo of himself eating a taco salad?

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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
#137183: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:06:26 PM

[up][up]

Oh. Huh.

[up]

I remember. Conan had a field day with that.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#137184: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:06:32 PM

[up][up]All that proves is that he's a racist that eats taco salads. Which isn't much to prove at all, really.tongue

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:06:43 PM by kkhohoho

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#137185: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:07:19 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]I this point is not surprsing, as I talk to my mexican friend, mexican politician seen to be:spineless against everyone, quesiling, cartonlish evil.

" if there are taco trucks on every street corner, then there will be a readily available alternative to Taco Bell."

Which is part of the evil strategy of Trump: first he made the wall, them deport mexican so he can launch Taco trump, and without any alternative, everyone would be force to eat it.

and evil plan indeed

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:09:25 PM by unknowing

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
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.
#137186: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:09:44 PM

Anyway, since no one answered me the first time, I'll ask again - who's Pam Bondi?

Oh God! Natural light!
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#137187: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:10:02 PM

Yeah, he said something like: "Trump Tower's taco salads are the best! I love Hispanics!"

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#137188: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:11:50 PM

Bondi is the wingnut Attorney General of Florida

Advarielle Homicidal Editor Since: Aug, 2016
Homicidal Editor
#137189: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:20:11 PM

[up][up] She is an attorney general who gets bribed around $25.000 by Trump to not sue him over the issue of the Trump University. Google her and Trump University for more wall textish explanation.

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:22:54 PM by Advarielle

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SpaceWolf from The Other Rainforest Since: Apr, 2012
#137190: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:24:12 PM

Has anyone analyzed Trump's speech pattern? It's simple but impactful. It uses small words unless the situation otherwise dictates. It repeats phrases, and it uses Word Cruft to indicate importance.

It's very weird. VERY WEIRD. You'd better believe me.

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:24:42 PM by SpaceWolf

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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#137191: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:26:56 PM

[up]I do. I REALLY do. Seriously, yeah, I REALLY do.

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:27:24 PM by kkhohoho

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#137192: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:28:17 PM

[up][up][up]I believe former Texas attorney general and current Texas governor Greg Abbott also dismissed a case against Trump university, and also received thousands of dollars for his election campaign from Trump.

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:28:26 PM by Eschaton

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#137193: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:32:59 PM

I found the menu for the Trump Tower Grill. The taco bowl is on there (I had been told that it wasn't), but so is something called "Ivanka's Salad" which is clearly just a Greek salad. Also something called "Trump's Homemade Ice Cream" which is just...no thank you.

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:33:34 PM by Zendervai

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#137194: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:36:46 PM

On the taco truck thing: I don't normally like "Morning Joe". But the reaction from both Mika and guest Michael Steele to the taco truck thing, near the twelve minute mark of this vid is great.

Actually, as the election goes on I'm liking her more and more. She's spent the last couple days more or less saying of Trump that "there's nothing to analyze here. This is not a campaign," and ripping on the rest of the panel for wasting everyone's time trying to read any sort of meaning beyond racist stupidity into anything he does.

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:43:27 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar

golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#137195: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:44:24 PM

So I used that list from earlier on my Trump supporting dad, and he defended almost every statement there. Even the one about beating up protesters. And when presented with something even he thought sounded a bit dumb, he just said it was either "taken out of context" or that "Trump needed to think a bit more, but [he likes] him for being such a free speaker."

Is it just me, or has this defense been used more and more lately by Trump and the Trumpublican Party?

Apologies for changing the subject, if I stepped out of line there.

edited 2nd Sep '16 6:44:52 PM by golgothasArisen

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#137196: Sep 2nd 2016 at 6:44:57 PM

"Everything the light touches, belongs to the taco trucks."

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#137197: Sep 2nd 2016 at 7:05:37 PM

[up]"What about that shadowy place?"

"Trump Tower is beyond our borders. You must never go there, Simba."

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#137198: Sep 2nd 2016 at 7:43:42 PM

So, is the new GOP talking point after the election going to be "Oh, man, if we had nominated X we would've surely defeated Clinton!"

Because...that's some seriously faulty logic, when you think about it for more than two seconds.

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#137199: Sep 2nd 2016 at 7:54:24 PM

[up]It's been their talking point for a couple months already.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#137200: Sep 2nd 2016 at 8:02:10 PM

Dorchester County, South Carolina killed off millions of honeybees while spraying mosquito pesticides to ward off the Zika virus.

edited 2nd Sep '16 8:02:48 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."

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