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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#167351: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:12:21 PM

@Beary Scary

I actually hope that Trump takes as much time off as possible during these four years. Because that means he's not spending as much time actually doing anything with his power.

Disgusted, but not surprised
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#167352: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:24:53 PM

Has any other POTUS taken his first weekend off before?

Do not obey in advance.
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#167353: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:26:29 PM

At least one French president did it.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#167354: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:33:30 PM

You know, when Trump's lazing around, Pence is running things.

Continue writing our story of peace.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#167355: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:35:15 PM

[up] And on certain matters — especially LGBTQ rights and the TPP — that would be absolutely horrifying. But on a lot of other things, it's a friggin' godsend.

edited 18th Jan '17 10:36:23 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#167356: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:41:02 PM

Lesser of two evils is a phrase that applies. There was always eventually going to be another GOP president, and with the way the party's gone off the rails, that was always unlikely to be a good thing. For Trump to, in practice, merely be a figurehead for the fairly inevitable GOP being in power-ness is possibly the best case scenario.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#167357: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:50:42 PM

Speaking of LGBT rights, Trump met with William Pryor , someone on his Supreme Court shortlist.

Pryor thinks that gay sex should be illegal and tried to get an innocent man given the death penalty for not having a good lawyer. Pryor says that raped women should have to carry their pregnancies to term and that Miranda Rights is the worst thing to ever happen to the country other than abortion.

And to add insult to injury, Pryor has been attacked as a RINO because he said that having the Ten Commandments in the Alabama courthouse violated Alabama law and because he once ruled in favor of a transgender woman.

edited 18th Jan '17 10:51:31 PM by TacticalFox88

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#167358: Jan 18th 2017 at 10:54:49 PM

Assange responds to Obama's commutation of Manning's sentence.

The entire idea was a joke from the start.

  • One he can't travel to the US freely due to being a wanted man in the UK.
  • Two the US hasn't even asked for his extradition.
  • Three even if the US had asked to would be behind both Sweden and the UK on the list of who gets to him first.
  • Four he's far to much of a selfish egotist to ever put himself in harms way for others.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#167359: Jan 18th 2017 at 11:10:47 PM

After what Wikileaks have done, Assange does not deserve any sort of pardon even if the US could give it.

edited 18th Jan '17 11:11:11 PM by GameGuruGG

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#167360: Jan 18th 2017 at 11:16:18 PM

Eh, it's not like the U.S. even gets first crack at Assange. You have to be a special kind of asshole to be a persona non grata in multiple countries.

Disgusted, but not surprised
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#167361: Jan 19th 2017 at 12:28:00 AM

@Captain- Kissinger backs anyone who at any point liked the short term victory. And anyway, Kissinger backing him is irrelevant, as he doesn't control any office, his only power being in influence to the old national security network, which Trump barely listens to anyway. I'd rather look at Mattis's actions over time than take a snapshot and the support of a Cold War relic as evidence that he's unacceptable. Because right now the Mattis appointment is approaching Hitler Ate Sugar, as far as the current list of cabinet appointments go.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#167362: Jan 19th 2017 at 1:09:13 AM

Mattis does have a reputation for being trigger happy with no good reason and too heavily involved in lobbyism networks, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#167363: Jan 19th 2017 at 1:50:28 AM

[up]

The latter part is often countered by saying that it's required to become a four star general.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#167364: Jan 19th 2017 at 1:56:35 AM

Since you're talking about foreign policy, did Trump announce an ambassador to Argentina? The current one is quitting tomorrow.

EDIT: forget it, just found out myself.

edited 19th Jan '17 2:02:43 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#167365: Jan 19th 2017 at 1:57:33 AM

Honestly, the fact that two of the wars he participated in as a general are still ongoing is a much bigger issue for me than whether or not he's had lobbyist friends - it's Congress, everyone does.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#167366: Jan 19th 2017 at 1:58:09 AM

You know what? My expectations for this administration is so goddamn low at this point, that'd I'd just be happy with us not being blown up in mushroom clouds.

New Survey coming this weekend!
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#167367: Jan 19th 2017 at 2:03:40 AM

Be happy that they don't gut the healthcare system, because otherwise The Plague will do the same job.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#167368: Jan 19th 2017 at 2:08:47 AM

[up][up] ...Same here. That said, I'm still not voting for Trump in 2020.

Disgusted, but not surprised
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#167369: Jan 19th 2017 at 2:38:14 AM

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/trump-biographers-presidency-legitimate-214655

You guys should read this.

It's 4 of Trump's biographers talking about him today and painting a disturbing portrait of who he is and how the presidency has affected him and why he's like this

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.
#167370: Jan 19th 2017 at 3:14:00 AM

[up]Nothing we didn't already know, but summed up and explained in vivid details.

Honestly, I'm going to be relieved with his term if I'm alive and physically capable of voting against him in 2020.

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?
#167371: Jan 19th 2017 at 3:56:52 AM

Seconded. For now, I suspect our only option in a Cuban Missile Crisis Two—or diplomacy in general with foes or friends that once were—would be a massive email drive to China/Russia/Random Country X begging "Please! He's just like a clog we just can't pass right now. We had a collective stroke or something. We can work this out in 4-8 years. Please you mean so much to me. Not to mention how much we all like not glowing in the dark."
Then of course, lots of flowers and roses, like any good romantic comedy.

edited 19th Jan '17 4:22:18 AM by CenturyEye

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
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#167372: Jan 19th 2017 at 5:03:21 AM

If he turns out to be that bad, the Republicans themselves will replace him.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#167373: Jan 19th 2017 at 5:05:22 AM

" He’s the kid in the back of the class who is taunting the teacher, who is taking over, who has pushed the principal out of the principal’s office, and he’s appealing to that instinct that everyone has at some point in their lives to overthrow everything."

Funny, M84 did used this analogy before and he was right about it, as trump dosent want to change the system, merely annoying enought because he asmued him.

"The president is exempt from these conflict of interest laws. There’s an awful lot, it turns out, that are matters of tradition, of habit, of what we expect. But they’re not actually legally required—the tax returns, all of that. He’s gaming all of that. All of the things that people thought had to be done, don’t have to be done."

This is what bother me the most of trump, no is racism or is shady ties with russia but the idea you can get away with things because you are awsome enough, that is the kind of percent that stick afterward

Yeah, a lot of people

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#167374: Jan 19th 2017 at 5:08:22 AM

Well, he's about to find out that there's another group of students in the classroom who object to that kind of bullying. And are prepared to fight him over it.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
WhatArtThee Since: Oct, 2015
#167375: Jan 19th 2017 at 5:10:31 AM

The last day :(

Potential inaguration song

Just another day in the life of Jimmy Nutrin

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