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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
One of Trump's planes skidded on a wet runway during landing, while Pence was on board. No injuries were reported.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/politics/plane-carrying-pence-skids-off-runway/index.html
@the militia thing: I'm wondering if the removed juror didn't bring up The-Legal-Issue-That-Shalt-Not-Be-Named and after he was kicked they decided to go with it.
It's a bit unfortunate; with a felony conviction they coulda taken away their guns. With one of their co-conspirators being very dead though I don't expect them to try their luck again.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?I mean, there's something to be said for Parliamentary democracy because if deadlock like right now was a feature of one, the resulting election would capture the public's dissatisfaction with the government's action immediately, rather than letting them forget. The UK recently did away with snap elections — terms are fixed at five years unless there's literally chaos in the Commons — and that's probably a mistake. No one remembers the policies of 2011 in time for an election in 2015, for example.
edited 27th Oct '16 6:41:36 PM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."That's f'd up, man. What's this "Put a n***er behind the trigger" bullshit?
edited 27th Oct '16 6:59:08 PM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Which makes movies living in the Sci-Fi Ghetto like Battleship and Battle: Los Angeles more realistic than their realistic counterparts; non-white characters comprise a good chunk of both major and minor characters in those films.
edited 27th Oct '16 7:26:38 PM by Parable
@Handle: Military enlistment is disproportionately represented by the lower income brackets (enticed by recruitment bonuses and paid education) which happens to include a lot of black people. Commissioned officers on the other hand are more likely to come from money and attend military academies like West Point.
In a nutshell, it's racial inequality as a side-effect of economic equality in this case.
Basically, to sum up the video for those who didn't see it. Democrat Tammy Duckworth is running against Republican Senator Kirk for the Illinois Senate seat, and Duckworth talked briefly about her time in service and how families like hers who've served for generations are often the first to bleed in costly wars so we should be mindful of what conflicts we engage in.
Kirk's response? "I forgot your family came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington."
New Survey coming this weekend!It's unfortunate how many people more or less hold that sentiment.
edited 27th Oct '16 8:03:35 PM by LSBK

WTF? Trump has such an overblown sense of entitlement, he thinks he should just be handed the Presidency? Yeah, just like he's been given everything else in his life on a silver platter, garnished with $100 bills... What a fucking asshole.
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