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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#167051: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:10:44 AM

At this rate the slow will get a Darker and Edgier reboot...

edited 17th Jan '17 7:10:54 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#167052: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:16:18 AM

[up][up][up] Okay... WHY? Is this Trump's revenge on that eagle that embarrassed him?

edited 17th Jan '17 7:17:00 AM by sgamer82

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#167053: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:16:40 AM

I still remenber capitan planet motto "the choice is yours"

Well, it was ours....and we chose the villians....

We make capitan planet sad :C

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#167054: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:17:18 AM

[up][up]Because they can.

edited 17th Jan '17 7:17:33 AM by kkhohoho

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
#167055: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:23:34 AM

As it turns out, 60% of Americans actually want the EPA's powers to be preserved or strengthened during the Trump adminstration, the exact opposite of what he campaigned on. I can't actually come up with something to describe this.

The B Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band, has declined to perform at the Trump inauguration out of respect for Springsteen.

Femen doesn't think much of Trump. Well, that probably didn't need saying.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#167056: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:24:47 AM

[up] The inauguration can't even get cover bands to perform?

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#167057: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:27:38 AM
Thumped: Wow. That was rude. Too many of this kind of thump will bring a suspension. Please keep it civil.
We learn from history that we do not learn from history
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
#167058: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:29:03 AM

If they hire a philharmonic orchestra they should perform this:

Inter arma enim silent leges
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#167059: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:32:21 AM

So, when we start printing "Miss me, yet" shirts should they have a picture of President Obama on the front or the Bald Eagle?

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#167060: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:38:00 AM

[up] Why not both? grin

As far as inauguration music...would "Ride of the Valkyries" be too on the nose?

Disgusted, but not surprised
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#167061: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:40:22 AM

So, I was looking trump tweeter and aparently he ask someone what Lewis did beside been beaten up, them someone point u to him the fair housing act which he violate time ago.

Which is another thing Trumps does a lot: for him the past is the past the moment he dosent care, therefore he dosent matter what people did back because they are not doing NOW.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#167062: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:41:04 AM

[up][up] Come on, Wagner's work gets a bad enough rap as is. Can we not use that?

edited 17th Jan '17 7:41:25 AM by DrunkenNordmann

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
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
#167063: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:42:47 AM

Ahem.

Inter arma enim silent leges
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#167064: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:43:19 AM

What's crazy about that whole endangered thing, is that what they are proposing they would literally put a cap on how many animal species can be protected

New Survey coming this weekend!
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
#167065: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:45:20 AM

Richard Nixon must be spinning in his grave, all of that shit by the hands of the Republicans themselves.

They are undoing one of the good things his government did

Inter arma enim silent leges
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#167066: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:47:21 AM

[up] Two good things, depending on how badly Trump pisses off China.

[up][up] They're probably going to handle replacing the ACA in a similar manner.

Disgusted, but not surprised
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#167068: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:51:58 AM

[up] Maybe Taps? Or a funeral dirge?

Disgusted, but not surprised
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#167069: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:58:53 AM

I've been partial to this one.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#167070: Jan 17th 2017 at 7:58:53 AM
Thumped: Wow. That was rude. Too many of this kind of thump will bring a suspension. Please keep it civil.
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#167071: Jan 17th 2017 at 8:47:43 AM

Would it be too elitist on my part to suggest this one?

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.
#167072: Jan 17th 2017 at 8:56:13 AM

I think the song Trump wishes he could play at his inauguration would be the "Star-spangled Banner"...but instead of the regular lyrics, the lyrics will be "Trump...trumptrumptrumptrump...TRUUUMMP! (repeat)"

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
#167073: Jan 17th 2017 at 9:02:22 AM

this one could work too.

edited 17th Jan '17 9:02:52 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#167074: Jan 17th 2017 at 9:07:38 AM

Putin will play this:

New Survey coming this weekend!
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#167075: Jan 17th 2017 at 9:18:22 AM
Thumped: Wow. That was rude. Too many of this kind of thump will bring a suspension. Please keep it civil.
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