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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#158976: Nov 28th 2016 at 1:09:20 AM

But can't people take anyone who denies to serve them to court?

Do not obey in advance.
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#158977: Nov 28th 2016 at 1:11:51 AM

Not everyone has the money for a court case, and if the FADA bill passes it will be actually illegal to force people to serve people they don't like.

It's been fun.
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#158978: Nov 28th 2016 at 1:27:53 AM

I'm imagining a scenario where Trump has Mt. Rushmore remodeled to have his face and the face of his children.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#158980: Nov 28th 2016 at 1:40:52 AM

Should be noted, that businesses (if you read the numerous UN documents and others) are not obligated to follow international human rights. Nations are, so the respect for human rights and regulation has to be done by the government and its system. This is a big issue in the security and extractive industries.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#158982: Nov 28th 2016 at 1:56:22 AM

Seems like Trump supporters are in a civili war between those who want Guiliani, Tulsi and Rand Paul.

None of them want Romney from what I can tell.

[up][tup]

edited 28th Nov '16 1:56:35 AM by MadSkillz

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#158983: Nov 28th 2016 at 1:58:48 AM

So have we been shown any evidence of the alleged "illegal" voting? Or indeed an explanation of exactly what it means?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#158984: Nov 28th 2016 at 2:00:24 AM

[up] As if Trump or his supporters need petty things like "evidence" or "facts" to demonize and judge others.

Honestly, if the Democratic Party were willing to go to such lengths to rig an election, they would have done it in the swing states.

Trump is just dissing California because their voters (including me) metaphorically flipped him off in the voting booth.

Only Trump would be petty enough to question the outcome of an election he won. A sensible politician would count his blessings while taking this as a sign that he needs to extend olive branches to California and New York. Trump is pretty much doing the opposite.

edited 28th Nov '16 2:05:08 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
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
#158985: Nov 28th 2016 at 2:09:34 AM

[up][up]Infowars.

Give him a chance.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#158986: Nov 28th 2016 at 2:17:46 AM

Also, it's incredibly stupid of Trump to cast doubts about the legitimacy of the election's results since he is the winner.

If we were to take his bullshit seriously, wouldn't we have to do a national recount of votes? Or even an entire do-over for voting?

edited 28th Nov '16 2:18:17 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#158987: Nov 28th 2016 at 2:21:20 AM

What's the deal with Tulsi Gabbard being speculated to be part of Trump's cabinet? wasn't she a Democrat?

edited 28th Nov '16 2:21:34 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#158988: Nov 28th 2016 at 2:23:18 AM

[up] She's a textbook DINO. She registered Democrat since that's the only realistic way to win in Hawaii.

Oh, and she was one of those endorsed by Sanders. Looking at his other picks, the guy really is a Horrible Judge of Character and/or competence (how pathetic do you have to be to lose the primaries to DWS?).

Gabbard's bullshit may not be as well known as Giuliani's or Rand Paul's, but it still stinks all the same.

edited 28th Nov '16 2:29:26 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#158989: Nov 28th 2016 at 2:32:02 AM

/cannot deal with Hillary-Bernie missed opportunity

Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#158990: Nov 28th 2016 at 2:34:26 AM

[up] It might have worked during the election (or further alienated the anti-establishment voters), but I can't imagine it working out so well during the actual administration.

I for one would have a hard time working with a guy who spent months talking shit about me and demonizing me as an establishment figurehead.

HRC probably would have shut him out like Jefferson did to Burr.

I wanna be in the room where it happens, the room where it happens, the room where it happens. You’ve kept me from the room where it happens, for the last time.

edited 28th Nov '16 2:38:31 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#158991: Nov 28th 2016 at 3:51:43 AM

Obama: Trump's right, how can we respect the legitimacy of this election if the winner doesn't believe the results? I Say we have a do-over in six months.

A man can dream.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#158992: Nov 28th 2016 at 4:04:50 AM

Really, unless it's the EC that was rigged, it seems silly to do a recount alone. Figuring out how it was rigged and reprimanding the people who rigged it(including any who would've done voter fraud) is better. It sends a message that we expect honesty in the voting, regardless of who the winner would be, which gives more respect overall.

Shadow?
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#158993: Nov 28th 2016 at 5:34:56 AM

I feel like Trump isn't scared of a possible vote recount due to his comment that the popular vote gap is made entirely of illegal voters, because I think he ACTUALLY BELIEVES IT. There's no doubt in my mind that the election was heavily rigged in Trump's favor, and there is also no doubt in my mind that Trump has no goddamn idea that it was, because the very concept that he would need to cheat to win in anything, would probably shatter the poor man's fragile ego into a million racist, sexist, pieces.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#158994: Nov 28th 2016 at 6:06:56 AM

The White House has kept silent on accusations of actual vote tampering. Unless and until any evidence turns up, let's not play Donald's game and keep dropping "rigged" around.

There is certainly reason to be concerned and I think having the recounts is more healthy than not but I am doubtful they will make a meaningful difference in the result.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#158995: Nov 28th 2016 at 6:18:06 AM

I think his claim of illegal voting is because he cannot imagine himself losing the popular vote fairly. His ego is looking for an excuse why he lost, even though he still won the presidency.

edited 28th Nov '16 6:18:31 AM by SilentColossus

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#158996: Nov 28th 2016 at 6:19:19 AM

[up][tup]

Disgusted, but not surprised
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#158997: Nov 28th 2016 at 6:24:56 AM

At some level I think he believes that he should have literally gotten all the votes. Every. Single. One.

Trump delenda est
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#158998: Nov 28th 2016 at 6:25:39 AM

Re: Tulsi Gabbard's Democratic cred. I know next to nothing about her voting record. What makes her a DINO?

"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."
Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#158999: Nov 28th 2016 at 6:43:30 AM

Look up her issues with Muslims and her history on gay rights.

Gabbard jumped on the Sanders train at the height of Sanders-mania. Nobody has ever really been able to cite why exactly she should be a progressive darling except that she's a Sanders supporter.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#159000: Nov 28th 2016 at 6:44:54 AM

So basically, what you're all saying is that Donald Trump is Waluigi, only not as skinny.

Makes sense, I suppose. tongue

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)

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