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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#166626: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:09:56 PM

That sacking would be the equivalent of Hitler firing Peiper and running through the streets with a kick me sign on his back.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166627: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:23:45 PM

So North Dakota is attempting to legalize running over protestors. I can't see any way that could possibly go wrong.

We all need to remember going forward that cracking down on the public's right to protest is probably going to be a high priority for the Fourth Reich administration. The majority of the country utterly despises them, and they know it. They'll try anything to keep that power from being deployed against them. I mean, they've already floated the idea of straight-up criminalizing any sort of peaceful protest they don't like.

Speaking of which, the number of people attending the Women's March on Washingtonnote  may exceed the number of people attending Trump's coronation. That's sure to piss him off.

I just hope they don't see a wall of advancing riot cops when they arrive.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#166628: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:39:55 PM

That North Dakota lawmaker trying to pass that law must have been inspired by the successful protest against the pipeline. Therefore, it must be a mostly racist law as well since several Native Americans were protesting against it. They were here before you, fuckfaces.

Do not obey in advance.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166629: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:42:32 PM

Also, remember that in North Dakota, one of their primary means of protest was interposing themselves between construction vehicles and build sites, or shackling themselves bodily to excavation equipment.

If this law passes, it sounds like they be able to rule that if any water protectors just so happened to be injured in the process of doing this, it was their own fault.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Jasaiga Since: Jan, 2015
#166630: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:43:23 PM

I just don't get the GOP. Why do they always want to make all these batshit insane laws, from repealing Obamacare to something as making it legal to run over protestors?!

What the actual fuck, man.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#166631: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:46:42 PM

[up] They only care about themselves. Nobody else.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166632: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:46:56 PM

I'd say it's mostly a mixture of power-hungriness, spite, and bigotry. And greed.

Like, repealing the ACA is a good way for them to flex their new muscles, a way to pointlessly stick it to Obama, and a way to undo the prize accomplishment of the nation's first ever black president. Oh, and last but not least, it results in some fat tax cuts for the rich - and all they had to do to get them was kill off a few tens of thousands (more?) of poor people.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#166633: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:47:23 PM

Because the GOP are the party of the rich. And there are people with deep pockets who want these laws.

edited 13th Jan '17 11:48:47 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166634: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:50:37 PM

The fact that sixty million voters actually bought "drain the swamp!" is a source of grim hilarity for me. He's not so much draining it as he is turning all of Washington into Dagobah - only without the benefit of a wise little Big Good hanging out there.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#166635: Jan 13th 2017 at 11:50:40 PM

To put it succinctly, when your enemy is the very idea of lending assistance to the unfortunate, the weapons you use cannot, by necessity, be weapons of decency.

New Survey coming this weekend!
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#166636: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:11:22 AM

The thing about the GOP is that it still has plenty of people on State and local levels who are decent and fair. Which is part of how it maintains a reliable voter base. But these people don't get into the news because they actually care about doing their damn jobs responsibly.

edited 14th Jan '17 12:12:06 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#166637: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:12:39 AM

I think that Trump could not have risen the way he did if Americans didn't have such disdain for politicians. Though he's a politician now, so I hope that he gets criticized as much as the rest.

My real point is: if a non-politican doesn't work well as a President, what will become of anti-politician sentiment?

edited 14th Jan '17 12:13:11 AM by BearyScary

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166638: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:19:55 AM

I wouldn't put it past us to just elect another non-politician and go "this time."

I mean, Christ, look at how the hypothetical 2020 ticket may be shaping up.note  Kanye West? Dwayne Johnson? Ron Perlman? Mark Zuckerberg? Not everyone on that list is a terrible person, sure, but I still shudder at the idea of American politics being turned into nothing but another game for celebrities to play at.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#166639: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:25:25 AM

[up] If he tries to **** with the elections, there will be blood. The election system is one of the things most Americans pride themselves on. If he were to tamper with it, it would probably spark riots if not an outright revolution.

edited 14th Jan '17 12:25:47 AM by Bat178

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#166640: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:29:33 AM

Yet a Russian puppet just got into office and Republican voters are absolutely fine.

Oh really when?
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166641: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:30:35 AM

He doesn't need to do anything so blatant as cancel elections. Not even Putin did that. He just turned them into complete farces where the outcome was a forgone conclusion from day one, whether the voters knew it or not. And he did it within his first term.

I've said this before, but the GOP essentially already have all the pieces in place they need to rig every election after this one. Introduce a new voter ID bill here, do some "creative redistricting" there, throw some state-sponsored propaganda and probably hacking campaigns, and boom. No more free and fair elections. (Hell, it would be pretty damn reasonable to consider this election to not be free and fair, on the grounds of voter suppression alone.)

We need to restore the VRA and strike down gerrymandering or we're all screwed. And doing that is going to be a battle against extremely daunting odds, with the Republicans running the government. Even with a split Supreme Court, we lost the VRA, and look what happened. What happens when Trump appoints someone like Cruz (seriously) to SCOTUS?

edited 14th Jan '17 12:32:50 AM by RBluefish

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#166642: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:56:33 AM

What political stances does Ron Perlman have?

TBH, I wouldn't want him to run. He honestly seems too sensitive, and I wouldn't want him to compromise himself. sad

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166643: Jan 14th 2017 at 12:59:00 AM

I actually don't know much about Perlman's political views. But I know that he loathes Trump, and at this point that's good enough for me. Understand that my objection to the whole situation isn't necessarily a personal beef with these celebrities (well, except Kanye), it's just fear of the floodgates opening.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#166644: Jan 14th 2017 at 4:57:39 AM

Sweet Jesus Christ, the piss thing was real.

What's precedent ever done for us?
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#166645: Jan 14th 2017 at 5:01:50 AM

[up]I dunno if you're joking or not, but if you aren't... this really doesn't tell us anything except what we already know; Trump is INCREDIBLY fragile.

i'm tired, my friend
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#166646: Jan 14th 2017 at 5:21:57 AM

I don't like linking to his tweets, but the Orange One is now yelling at John Lewis on Twitter.

That's right, as the nation's first ever black president leaves office with honor, a white supremacist fascist berates a legendary civil rights hero, days before MLK day.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#166647: Jan 14th 2017 at 5:27:11 AM

[up]Deplorable.

And a funny detail, the codename of the Trump dossier's author, Cristopher Steele? James Bond. The world has literally turned into a spy novel.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#166648: Jan 14th 2017 at 5:53:35 AM

At least spy novels make sense.

Inter arma enim silent leges
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
#166649: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:26:54 AM

I'm hearing rumors that some folks matching the background and access his sources claim to have have been turning up dead of "heart attacks".

In case you missed it, yes, Democrats are furious at Comey.

More Trump connection spaghetti. If you're familiar with the original PowerPoint spaghetti, I don't need to tell you that this is a problem.

Some ex-Breitbart writers are starting a group aiming to enforce Trump's agenda. Notably, they think Breitbart has gone soft.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#166650: Jan 14th 2017 at 6:29:53 AM

Christopher Steele needs his own spy novel series.

"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."

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