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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#140277: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:40:30 PM

Hillary got applause!!! "Or maybe it was because you never paid your taxes Donald"

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#140278: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:40:30 PM

YES HILLARY GET HIM IN THE RING

he's gonna get killed

i love this

wait how did she respond to the emails, i missed it

edited 26th Sep '16 6:40:49 PM by golgothasArisen

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Jetyl The Dev Cat from my apartment Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The Dev Cat
#140279: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:40:44 PM

America is a 3rd world country? 0_O

in what world?

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#140281: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:41:34 PM

Wait, Trump didn't pay an architect because he didn't like his work? Can... can people do that?

Do not obey in advance.
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#140282: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:42:00 PM

My mom apparently has it on a co-worker's first hand authority that Dubai airport sucks. :D

[up]Most work for hire contracts have termination clauses that require the person hiring to pay at least a kill fee.

edited 26th Sep '16 6:43:17 PM by Elle

Jetyl The Dev Cat from my apartment Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The Dev Cat
#140283: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:42:02 PM

[up][up] no. no you can't.

EDIT: Page Topper

edited 26th Sep '16 6:42:38 PM by Jetyl

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#140284: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:42:08 PM

[up][up] In terms of airports.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#140285: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:43:22 PM

reposting for the new page:

how did she respond to the email remark? i think i missed that part.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#140287: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:44:16 PM

"...but I take advantage of the laws of the nation..."

How is that not a confession? Because that sure sounds like one right there.

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.
#140288: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:44:20 PM

Moving on to race.

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
#140289: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:44:29 PM

"I made a mistake and would undo it if I could".

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Jetyl The Dev Cat from my apartment Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The Dev Cat
#140290: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:44:52 PM

also, Trump is hitting on how in debt America is, but does he know at all how much any other country is in debt?

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#140291: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:45:34 PM

[up] Possibly, but it wouldn't change his answer in all likelihood.

@kho: His answer "my obligation as a businessman is to do what's best for my company within the law, and that's what I do." Is somewhat reasonable. Unfortunately.

edited 26th Sep '16 6:46:29 PM by CaptainCapsase

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#140292: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:45:37 PM

The problem is that racists aren't or can't be punished as much as they should be.

edited 26th Sep '16 6:45:59 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#140293: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:45:39 PM

Clinton is doing a lot better than I predicted.

Trump isn't doing awful, but he feels muted.

edited 26th Sep '16 6:46:17 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#140294: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:45:46 PM

Trump is much worse at concealing his emotions than she is.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#140295: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:46:17 PM

Well he clearly doesn't understand how debt works on the national level between countries so.

Man I wish Tomu still hung out here, he was always good at explaining all that financial stuff.

[up]Sometimes I wonder if his face is just like that and he's showing off emotions he's not actually feeling.

edited 26th Sep '16 6:46:44 PM by AceofSpades

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
#140296: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:46:18 PM

Criminal justice and race issues now.

Inter arma enim silent leges
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#140297: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:46:25 PM

Oh, man. Donald is literally fucking insane.

New Survey coming this weekend!
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#140298: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:46:50 PM

To Trump, any amount of debt is bad. Just look at his businesses. :P

also her points about the police are great

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#140299: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:48:32 PM

@Jack: No. The prick would sooner start a trade or shooting war with the PRC than admit that they're on to something, even if only to not be lynched by his supporters.

By the way, didn't Assange claim he had a bombshell?

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
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
#140300: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:48:33 PM

Trump: "Hillary doesn't want to use a couple of words Law and Order"/

Seriously Trump keep the same guys who have been shooting unarmed people and getting away with it.

Bullshit, there weren't thousands of shootings in Chicago this year, and he is defending stop and frisk laws and blaming immigrants.

edited 26th Sep '16 6:49:19 PM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges

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