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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#140776: Sep 28th 2016 at 5:39:59 AM

A tax on stupidity?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#140777: Sep 28th 2016 at 5:53:51 AM

Admittedly, the environmental benefits of corn-based ethanol are dubious and bounded by massive corn subsidies and at least initially the corn for it was being diverted from the food supply crop. Ethanol sourced from algae or sugarcane waste has a lot more going for it.

But that there is definitely a stupid tax.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#140778: Sep 28th 2016 at 6:42:05 AM

From Twitter:

Newt Gingrich: Clinton is a fox who knows many things you can fact check. Trump is a hedgehog who knows one very big thing: We need change.

DeviantArt: Newt, we support your "Sonic and Tails" fan fiction, and we want to read it.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#140779: Sep 28th 2016 at 6:51:31 AM

Fox News Pundit: Hillary Clinton wasn't attractive during the debate

To be honest, I'm surprised it took this logn for some kook to whine about looks.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#140780: Sep 28th 2016 at 6:58:46 AM

And Trump was? The double standards just keep rolling along. We aren't electing people for Miss Universe. That's Trump's thing.

edited 28th Sep '16 6:59:07 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#140781: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:08:19 AM

When she first came on stage, I was actually surprised how much Clinton looked like my late grandmother.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#140782: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:09:45 AM

Clinton's choice of outfit has me worried about her leadership capabilities. tongue

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
#140783: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:40:07 AM

Even the Taliban can't believe that Trump is serious.

Reminder, these folks have an analogue in the US that have thrown their lot in with the GOP. Get out the vote.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Karkadinn Karkadinn from New Orleans, Louisiana Since: Jul, 2009
Karkadinn
#140784: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:45:53 AM

I know every era has its ideals of beauty that people strive towards, but I can't help but feel like we could be doing a lot more as a society to fight against the dumb superficiality of condemning people for not being PRETTY, as though that somehow impacts their competence in something as bureaucratic and red tape-bound as politics. I don't WANT my politicians to look pretty. I want them to look like nerds who spend all their lives arguing about the ideals of law and as little time as possible dressing themselves. We're not here to elect Hollywood movie stars... or at least, we shouldn't be.

Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#140785: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:48:05 AM

She's no Miss Universe but I think Clinton looks good for her age.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#140786: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:50:26 AM

Well, you should want them to take care of themselves, and physical appearance can (sometimes) be an indicator of that. But that's not what people are talking about is it.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#140787: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:52:19 AM

Nope, it's the way portions of the right deny being sexist while simultaneously grading every woman on her looks. Trump is a primary example; the bastard runs a beauty pageant, after all. Clinton got him good on that one towards the end.

edited 28th Sep '16 7:52:33 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#140788: Sep 28th 2016 at 7:52:23 AM

[up][up][up][up]By the way, is KanyeWest still planning to run for President in 2020?

Anyways, shallow political theater is as American as Vicodin and apple pie. Why give up such a proud legacy? [lol]

edited 28th Sep '16 7:57:53 AM by nervmeister

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
#140790: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:03:17 AM

[up][up][up]Trump trying to deflect from looks to stamina backfired on him horribly. I was giggling like an idiot when she gave her rebuttal.

edited 28th Sep '16 8:04:02 AM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#140791: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:06:02 AM

[up][up]Well, if nation-wide legalization is in your interests, then you know who to pick......

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#140792: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:11:40 AM

Yeah, because we need another vanity candidate who runs on popularity but has no grasp of the issues.

edited 28th Sep '16 8:11:55 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#140793: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:16:26 AM

As the president is sworn in in 2020...

"I do solemnly swear I will faithfully execute the Office of-"

"Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the greatest music videos of ALL TIME!!!"

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#140794: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:21:42 AM

The aroma of pungent, piny resin would linger in the White House for generations.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#140795: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:25:33 AM

Going back to the Ford vehicle thing, I've seen a few anti-Ford memes, specifically about how bad they are from a few far-righters I know on Facebook, but I don't think that correlates to far-right hates Ford. They might start hating Ford now that they fact-checked Trump.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#140796: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:29:28 AM

"Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true. Facts, schmacts."

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#140797: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:31:29 AM

[up][up] Ford cars used to have a bad rep, but the company has made a remarkable turnaround in both quality and reliability in the last decade. The alt-right loves to visibly and ostentatiously reject the trappings of modernity.

[down] Heck, I experienced some alarming anxiety issues after my bout with pneumonia a few years ago — having even the slightest cough or feverish sensation forced me to fight off panic. It doesn't have to be combat stress: any kind of traumatic experience can cause lasting psychological damage.

edited 28th Sep '16 8:38:13 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#140798: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:33:49 AM

RE: Shell Shock

Once again, to those claiming that name would be better, we used it for a long time and nothing happened. The treatment of Vietnam and Iraq vets might be bad, but it's still better than the treatment of WWI and WWII vets was.

Not to mention that as others have said, PTSD doesn't just afflict soldiers. It afflicts abused children, it afflicts assault survivors, it afflicts those who've survived accidents. Don't act like it's just a veterans problem—unless you want to tell my fiancee that the PTSD she got after her car crash doesn't count somehow.

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#140799: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:39:01 AM

Ya'll need to get avatars, I was about to have a mild heart attack after seeing the dreaded quadruple post and thought some serious shit just went down.

As for something of substance: while I'm sure like me you all have 538 set as your homepage I still feel like posting this discussion about what the polls could not be seeing.

As for the polls I noticed that their forecast has ever so slightly moved towards clinton after dropping 10% this past week. Still waiting for a bunch of the A ranked pollsters to do their thing but in the next day or two we should have a good idea what kind of movement to expect.

[up] Preach it brother. Too many folks feel it's their right to tell people whether the trauma they suffered is sufficient enough to qualify for PTSD.

edited 28th Sep '16 8:41:50 AM by thatguythere47

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#140800: Sep 28th 2016 at 8:47:21 AM

Re: ethanol, corn ethanol subsidies were a Bush administration thing if I'm not mistaken.

Thanks, Obama.


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