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IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#166001: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:04:37 PM

Direct link to the report.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#166002: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:05:51 PM

He really is a petty piece of shit, huh?

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
XanderCrews Since: Oct, 2010
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#166004: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:08:12 PM

[up][up]A piece of shit that we're going to have stuck on our arses for four years and then spend forever trying to wipe off.

edited 10th Jan '17 4:09:21 PM by kkhohoho

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#166005: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:09:55 PM

Trump wanted prostitutes to PISS on the bed because Obama slept in it.

He's literally the pettiest man alive.

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#166006: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:11:18 PM

???

I'm tempted to say that's racist.

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iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#166007: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:22:01 PM

Other mainstream sources are beginning to talk about this, including CNN and the New York Times

Could anything actually come from this?

edited 10th Jan '17 4:23:11 PM by iflewaway

something
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#166008: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:22:56 PM

With Trump, that answer to that is always no. Also tend to think that the golden shower thing is too good (bad) to be true.

Negative publicity is a good thing though, I think.

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.
#166009: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:23:21 PM

HOW THE FUCK IS THIS MAN GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO BE THE MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?!?!

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#166010: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:25:09 PM

So....we can expect a White House golden shower in 10 days??

iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#166011: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:25:12 PM

[up][up] Stupid voters, a broken electoral system, and a political party of sociopathic robber-barons.

edited 10th Jan '17 4:32:14 PM by iflewaway

something
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#166012: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:29:00 PM

Trump wanted prostitutes to PISS on the bed because Obama slept in it. He's literally the pettiest man alive.
Is that in one of the reports? I haven't had time, or, being honest, inclination, to look over anything in detail.

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#166013: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:30:35 PM

[up]Just read Jasaiga's second link on the last page.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#166014: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:30:59 PM

Trump is schwifty.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#166015: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:31:37 PM

Isn't Trump the one who talks about how classy the things that he does are? :/

[up]"Schwifty"?

edited 10th Jan '17 4:32:05 PM by BearyScary

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#166016: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:32:28 PM

And there it fucking is.

Mother of god.

SMFH.

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Antiteilchen In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. Since: Sep, 2013
In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.
#166017: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:32:56 PM

He's so tacky even his showers are golden.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#166018: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:36:17 PM

I think Trump is the reason why I think gold is tacky. I saw a picture of Melania pushing a golden stroller in a golden room and almost wanted to puke.

edited 10th Jan '17 4:36:34 PM by BearyScary

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#166019: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:36:28 PM

[up][up] To quote one Twitter comment:

it's Trumps new version of trickle down economics. #goldenshowers

edited 10th Jan '17 4:36:35 PM by sgamer82

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#166020: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:37:12 PM

[lol]

What was that she said? Trumped-up trickle-down economics?

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#166021: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:39:23 PM

If I'm Hillary Clinton, I'd literally want to Murder James Comey six ways to Sunday.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#166022: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:39:56 PM

"Schwifty"?

It's a reference to Rick and Morty, specifically a song that the former made up (which goes like "TIME TO GET SCHWIFTY INNN HEEEEEREEE"). It's just a cheeky way of saying Trump is hedonistic and engages in ill-advised debauchery without regard for consequences.

StarOutlaw Since: Nov, 2010
#166023: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:44:10 PM

That's kind of fucked up, but I'm dead positive that the (minor) errors in the report are going to cause even resistors to question the validity.

Still, if this was true, or at least accepted as true, is it really enough? We already knew Trump, BY HIS OWN WORDS, was a pussy grabber and people still voted for him. This stuff is only alleged.

I do think the report is true, but what can we really do with this information? If we knew the PEOTUS was basically compromised by foreign powers, could we even do anything about it?

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#166024: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:47:00 PM

[up]Honestly, part of me think that even if he shot a baby on live television, he'd still somehow get away with it. 'Hey, that baby, he was gonna shoot me you know, really, he was! It was, yes, it was him or me. Mostly me. Now why don't you all move along while I go set up a golden shower in the White House?'

edited 10th Jan '17 4:53:51 PM by kkhohoho

Jasaiga Since: Jan, 2015
#166025: Jan 10th 2017 at 4:47:04 PM

Putin played the long con, and he got rewarded on a silver platter.

2016 is the definition of what you call a Perfect Storm and striking while the iron is hot.


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