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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
And one year golfing on the Pro Tour, just to f*ck with everyone's heads.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.What I want to see is Obama after the election but before he leave the spotlight. After November 8th he will not even have an election to fight for his party, that's gonna be a sight to see when it comes to giving no shits.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyranhttps://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/788502804860112896
Trump bringing Obama's half brother to the debate.
LMFAO
New Survey coming this weekend!One interesting thing that came out of WikiLeaks.
Both Bill Gates and his wife Melinda were considered for Hillary's VP.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Oh, so now Trump can claim that he has another Black friend.
Honestly, term limits don't sound so bad to me if it got some of these do-nothing obstructionists out of office. Don't Shoot the Message.
edited 18th Oct '16 4:00:31 PM by BearyScary
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Trump doesn't know anything about how the government works. He seems to be under the impression that being POTUS is like being President of some company, where the CEO has dictatorial authority over everything. FYI, Donald, checks and balances have nothing to do with the accounting and finance department...
edited 18th Oct '16 4:03:55 PM by pwiegle
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.I'm not opposed to the general idea either. And to be fair, I think he said that he would push for it, not that he would just make it happen.
Of course, that begs the question "With what support?".
edited 18th Oct '16 4:25:42 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!Congressional term limits are a windmill. Experienced legislators are necessary to keep the wheels of government turning, even as slowly and haltingly as they often do. For every long-term Senator or Congressman whom you don't like, remember that your law would also affect the ones you do, like Bernie Sanders. "Term limits" are just a handy dog whistle that's blown every time someone wants to rile up populist anger against the system.
Which is not to say that politicians should feel so secure in their jobs that they can ignore their constituents. It's not an either-or proposition.
edited 18th Oct '16 4:28:35 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"That video is extremely fair. I'll bet its comments are populated by Trumpets calling him a traitor to America.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Usually when I browse comment section on videos like this are usually full of people going "Vote for Hilary even though she still sucks" and various arguments about how much she sucks and if it's worth it.
You know, even if you accept that she's evil, I'll never accept "Why should I vote for the lesser of two evils?" as profound or intelligent. The answer to the question is blatantly obvious. Like, I get not like either, but that's not an excuse.
edited 18th Oct '16 5:42:56 PM by LSBK
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Always assume that the comments section is filled with Trumpets - even if the video has nothing to do with American politics.
Which brings me to a question I had in my head for a while now: When the election is over - and, hopefully, Trump loses - will he stop showing up everywhere? He's in the You Tube comments, he regularly shows up in random topics on both Reddit and this very forum not related to politics at all.
There's always at least one person bringing up Trump and or how x can be compared to Hillary being evil / whatever else.
At this point I'm almost surprised I'm not seeing Trump in my coffee, considering he shows up everywhere else. -.-
So, will that stop post-election? Or are we stuck with the guy showing up everywhere for years regardless of the election result?
edited 18th Oct '16 5:46:41 PM by DrunkenNordmann
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.