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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#246026: Jun 18th 2018 at 1:42:24 PM

How long do you think we'll have to wait until we have someone decent as president again?

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#246027: Jun 18th 2018 at 1:43:39 PM

[up]Hopefully 2020. Any Democrat's gonna be better than Trump at this point.

edited 18th Jun '18 1:44:00 PM by kkhohoho

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#246028: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:13:33 PM

I remember reading the first chapter of a book by Ann Coulter and it was magnificent bile:

It talked about how the Iraq War was justified because they were terrorists and even if it was just for oil that was good because we need oil, so we should be able to invade any country we want for it. Then she went and talked about how Joseph Mcarthy had been wrongly maligned because communists were a threat, so any and all means was justified in getting the people involved.

Ah, here's an actual quote:

“Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their cocaine is delivered to them?” — Ann Coulter

edited 18th Jun '18 2:14:47 PM by CharlesPhipps

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#246029: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:13:48 PM

And we gotta make sure (and pray really damn hard) that once we do get a good president that we keep electing just as good ones in the future.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#246030: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:14:16 PM

The White House are planning even more extreme immigration policies before midterms, despite growing backlash over their child migrant separation move: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/18/trump-aides-plan-fresh-immigration-crackdowns-before-midterms-652246

Blue wave, here we come.

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#246031: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:17:55 PM

It feels like they know they are fucked so they are planning to do as much damage as possible before being voted out.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#246032: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:30:13 PM

And, surprise surprise, Stephen Miller is the one behind the child separation and planned extreme immigration policies.

Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#246033: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:33:42 PM

[up][up][up]Are we sure this isn't just going to galvanize their base based on the whole "tough on border security" thing alone?

It would not surprise me at all if they could just brush off the kids thing as just being the parent's fault, never-mind the people who are just willing to extend their racism to the kids too.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#246035: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:36:08 PM

[up][up]Maybe, but considering that it could anger/offend the rest of the general public that's something that could easily be a net negative for them.

Especially considering that as the incumbent party their base turnout is likely to be depressed.

edited 18th Jun '18 2:36:17 PM by Fourthspartan56

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#246036: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:39:29 PM

[up][up]

The bald guy who's Younger Than He Looks.

As for Coulter, reading that made a word that rhymes with "blunt" spring to mind.

[down]

He's the loudest xenophobic voice in the administration since Bannon left, just to give an idea.

edited 18th Jun '18 2:45:05 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#246037: Jun 18th 2018 at 2:42:22 PM

[up] I mean what's he done? I don't know faces other than some like Paul Ryan's eternal smarm

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#246039: Jun 18th 2018 at 3:31:13 PM

Something that wasn't much commented on amidst all the other ridiculous shit going on today: When Trump announced the creation of the space branch of the military, he described it as "separate but equal" with the Air Force. (It's about 30 seconds in to that video.)

Just let that sink in. The President of the United States used a phrase associated with the defense of racial segregation in describing an initiative he was announcing and that's not even the most ridiculous thing to happen today.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#246040: Jun 18th 2018 at 3:32:53 PM

I'm seeing reports that a few blue states (Massachusetts and New York from what I can tell) are refusing to send their National Guard units to the border over concerns about detainee treatment/child abuse.
Oddly, this is a case where I disagree; those states should absolutely be sending their National Guard units - the better to document everything the administration is demanding of them.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#246041: Jun 18th 2018 at 3:40:19 PM

[up][up] While the phrasing is fairly shocking, creating a new military branch for space is actually fairly sensible. Our approach to military deployments in space so far has been disorganized at best.

They should have sent a poet.
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#246042: Jun 18th 2018 at 3:43:04 PM

We don't have any military deployments in space, because that's against international law (though I admittedly can't remember off the top of my head whether the US actually signed that treaty). And the President doesn't even have the power to create a new branch of the armed forces — it takes an act of Congress to do that.

It's also remarkably similar to a proposal from last year that was spiked by the Trump administration (specifically, Secretary of Defense Mattis came out against it) because it's a stupid waste of time and money.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#246043: Jun 18th 2018 at 3:53:23 PM

[up] We have lots of military deployments in space. On top of the dozens of different satellite networks like Keyhole or SBIRS we have all sorts of experimental stuff like the X-37, and no doubt many classified endeavors as well. There’s enough stuff up there that we have a joint command for space, though it’s fairly haphazard supposedly. We’re only banned from deploying WM Ds in space, though there are rumors we haven’t quite obeyed that bit of international law. The Air Force is actively pursuing space superiority as one of its main missions.

The reasoning Mattis put forward for opposing the idea was sound, but we’re going to have to set up a space force eventually. He pretty much conceded that fact. I doubt we’ll see it come together soon but it’s a good idea. It’s probably this administration’s only good idea.

edited 18th Jun '18 4:20:21 PM by archonspeaks

They should have sent a poet.
Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#246044: Jun 18th 2018 at 3:59:27 PM

Part of me hopes that the recent immigration controversy will spur people to vote for better candidates but another part of me is too pessimistic to think that many people are decent enough to do that.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#246045: Jun 18th 2018 at 4:01:02 PM

I don't see any reason for that pessimism, Trump barely won the 2016 election and this is exactly the kind of thing that can make it worse for them.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#246046: Jun 18th 2018 at 4:14:09 PM

According to the most recent episode of Mueller, She Wrote, the word around D.C. is that both Nunes and Rohrabacher are under criminal investigation right now. They didn't have any official sources to back it up, but heard it from contacts from the inside.

I normally wouldn't bring something so rumor-y up, but I've found them to be very reliable, and tend to have a lot of insight on stuff that hasn't been picked up yet.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#246048: Jun 18th 2018 at 4:23:21 PM

[up][up][up] Perhaps, but don’t forget that we’ve done nothing to counter Russian hacking of voter rolls since Trump's inauguration. I have no doubt in my mind that they’re going to hack us even harder now that they know we’re vulnerable.

That’s why it’s so important that you convince everyone you know to regularly check to see if they’re registered to vote. We can’t get out the vote if people “mysteriously aren’t on the system” without knowing it.

edited 18th Jun '18 4:25:21 PM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#246049: Jun 18th 2018 at 4:25:50 PM

[up][up]Yes? Republicans exist.

[up]Which is bad, but I see no evidence that it's enough to blunt a wave.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#246050: Jun 18th 2018 at 4:45:06 PM

@Kaiseror: If all you think about is how much people suck, then you're not very motivated to do the necessary things like vote against shitty policies and the politicians that support them. Going "people suck" is not a solution.


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