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thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#145776: Oct 22nd 2016 at 7:49:53 AM

the libertarians might pivot to be more trumpish and grab more of the vote if the GOP gets a centrist come 2020 and that might be enough of a spoiler to keep either party from getting the 270 required.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#145777: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:11:11 AM

How so? If the GOP and Libertarians start splitting votes we could be looking at a Democrat landslide.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145778: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:25:21 AM

[up]x4 Stein is one of the more reasonable Green Party members. Yeah, it's that bad. Her running mate for example is totally batshit crazy.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#145779: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:27:12 AM

The Libertarians or Greens can't really change. Their bases are basically comprised of the people too crazy for the mainstream parties. Any attempt to actually take over would require moderating their views which would turn off their current voters.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145780: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:28:29 AM

[up] The Libertarians, unfortunately (I am not a fan of the Libertarian Party), might be able to make some headway in the wake of the GOP falling apart.

edited 22nd Oct '16 8:29:21 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#145781: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:30:32 AM

I don't know if I agree with that. It's more that the different factions inside the party have contradictory goals. This isn't as big of a problem with the Democrats.

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#145782: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:42:04 AM

Not quite sure which thread this belongs but it affects USA businesses too

Assange claims "supporters" behind the massive DDOS attack that's affected many major sites over the last day or two; retaliation for Ecuador sending him to his room and taking away his internet privileges.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145783: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:50:49 AM

[up] So Wikileaks is blaming the U.S. gov't and Ecuador for provoking this attack without any actual proof the U.S. pressured Ecuador instead of say, repudiating this attack and saying it betrays everything they stand for?

And that's assuming this really was done by Wikileak's supporters. It wouldn't surprise me if Assange is just taking credit for this to feel important.

Never mind that said releases so far haven't really shown anything that damning.

edited 22nd Oct '16 8:52:52 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#145784: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:52:22 AM

Is he really admitting that he and his supporters are behind a series of major attacks on US internet infrastructure?

Surely he can't be that stupid.

Oh really when?
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145785: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:53:16 AM

[up] Being stuck in that embassy for years has driven him off the deep end.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#145786: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:53:35 AM

Holy dickbox, how much more stupid and egocentric can that guy get?

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145787: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:54:40 AM

[up] If it's true, then Ecuador is now harboring a cyber-terrorist.

And the guy has always been an insufferable entitled egotist. There's a reason those rape allegations aren't easy to dismiss.

edited 22nd Oct '16 8:55:55 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#145788: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:55:54 AM

Now Ecuador has a real reason to turn him over to the US if we ask them.

Oh really when?
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#145789: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:58:01 AM

I saw a video of Assange. I honestly can't remember what it was but what stuck out at me was his referring to wikileaks as a crusader for truth or some other grandiose term that exposed his ego.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145790: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:58:27 AM

Welp, that's it for Wikileaks' moral high ground.

edited 22nd Oct '16 8:58:37 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#145791: Oct 22nd 2016 at 8:59:11 AM

They haven't had that for ages considering they're just another piece of Russia's intelligence arm.

Oh really when?
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#145792: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:06:35 AM

While (trying to) playing hatchetman for the Trump campaign.

CNN did an interesting piece on Trump's faith. To the surprise of no one, its almost entirely based in "positive thinking" (ie: nothing is my fault, never apologize, even to God) and prosperity gospel (possibly the least Christian thing possible).

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/politics/trump-religion-gospel/index.html

edited 22nd Oct '16 9:08:43 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145793: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:12:03 AM

[up] Compare that to HRC's Methodist faith.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism

Explains a lot about HRC, really.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#145795: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:19:05 AM

@Assange and the DDOS attacks, he's not "admitting" it per se, but sort of doing the same dance that Trump does with the KKK where he's giving then an atta'boy for their support without ever openly saying that they'r directly linked to him.

Also possible that it's not related to him and he's just milking it.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145796: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:19:36 AM

[up] Which is still an incredibly dickish thing to do.

Disgusted, but not surprised
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#145797: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:21:25 AM

So, TYT organized a open forum and town hall for Jill Stein.

It went about as well as you expected.

New Survey coming this weekend!
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#145798: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:22:05 AM

Come on man, you can't just say that and not tell us all the fun details.

Oh really when?
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#145799: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:29:41 AM

More Jill Stein fun: Apparently, she was insulted by John Oliver's recent piece on third parties and actually responded. Geez does she have a thin skin. Even Donald Trump merely responded with "Very Boring" after all of the various insults John has thrown at him. John didn't even go into the really crazy parts of the Green Party's platform.

[down] Crap, [nja]

edited 22nd Oct '16 9:33:16 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#145800: Oct 22nd 2016 at 9:30:59 AM

Okay the part that stood out to me is when asked about John Oliver's criticism of her student loan forgiveness program, she basically repeated her answer and didn't answer to the critique that using Quantitative Easing to cancel Student Debt is a terrible idea. What's her solution? You know the plan by the Obama (and semi-supported by HRC) to update our nuclear infrastructure so it doesn't fall apart? She wants to literally "cancel those nuclear weapons" and "Pay for a generation of young people with these changes of endless debt" and asks if John Oliver is part of the "Hillary Clinton Protection Network." In other words, the $1 trillion used to maintain our nuclear arsenal she wants to use ALL of it to cancel student loans AND pay for college tuition.

I'll add more once I transcribe the loonier parts

New Survey coming this weekend!

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