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TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#247651: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:25:05 AM

W's ethics chief Richard Painter has said that it is the obligation of congress to investigate Trump and Pence's fitness for office before letting them appoint anyone to the Supreme Court.

Damn it, it's not The Wiki Rule I'm thinking of. What's the thing that says, basically, "a specialised wiki or forum will expand more beyond its initial stated purpose the longer it exists"?

Edited by TroperOnAStickV2 on Jun 28th 2018 at 10:28:28 AM

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TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#247652: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:25:50 AM

[up]x5: Speaking as a Game FA Qs user who usually sticks to the Politics board, I can tell you that the Trump trolls there are legion. The "Ignore user" option will be your best friend if you ever go anywhere near that cesspit.

Edited by TrashJack on Jun 28th 2018 at 10:26:08 AM

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
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#247653: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:27:02 AM

Gamer communities are full of misogynistic assholes. I'd be surprised but I'm too busy discussing ethics in game journalism.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 28th 2018 at 8:28:06 AM

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CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#247654: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:38:53 AM

We live in a society, gamers rise up!

"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."
Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#247655: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:41:07 AM

Not helping was the conversation a few pages ago about how even if you do go to another country, the US will still screw you over anyways and that it's impossible to escape Trump and the GOP...

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#247656: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:49:05 AM

A rat is never more dangerous than when it's backed into a corner.

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TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#247657: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:51:51 AM

Yeah, Putin and Trump are meeting here in Helsinki. Please don't be another Yalta...

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BigMadDraco Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#247658: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:58:08 AM

I'm just hoping he doesn't start selling US territory.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#247659: Jun 28th 2018 at 7:59:42 AM

He legally can't.

The US sphere of influence and what's left of American soft power on the other hand...

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#247661: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:02:27 AM

[up][up][up] Okay, I am absolutely this thread's resident depressed, cynical, misanthropic asshole, but even I am reasonably sure that Trump couldn't actually do that. At the very least, that seems like it would be a line that even the mainstream GOP that willingly got in bed with Trump and Russia wouldn't want to cross.

Edited by TrashJack on Jun 28th 2018 at 11:16:24 AM

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#247662: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:05:29 AM

[up][up] I’d put Jackson and maybe a couple others below Trump.

Also, on the topic of selling territory, Congress would be needed for that.

[down] Yeah, I’d be much more worried about him backing out of NATO commitments somehow, or agreeing with Putin that the Baltics really do belong to Russia, or something like that.

Edited by archonspeaks on Jun 28th 2018 at 8:08:07 AM

They should have sent a poet.
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#247663: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:06:30 AM

[up] He's more likely to sell out any of America's allies anyway.

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BigMadDraco Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#247664: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:08:02 AM

I told myself there were lines the GOP wasn't willing to cross multiple times over the last few years, they usually declare a line in the sand, make big speeches and then cross the line when actually challenged.

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#247665: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:21:36 AM

[up] Yeah, but when they crossed seemingly un-crossable lines before, it was to gain or maintain power, in one form or another. What would this possibly net them?

Selling territory off to Russia just reeks of Stupid Evil too much for the mainstream GOP to get onboard with its absolutely Stupid Evil leader. It would be far more likely, as others have already stated, that Trump and the GOP are planning to sell our allies to Russia, not our territory.

Edited by TrashJack on Jun 28th 2018 at 11:30:48 AM

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Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#247666: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:25:52 AM

Yeah, their terrible behavior has been consistently bigoted or self-interested. Selling territory to Russia is not only impossible but frankly out of character for them.

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Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#247667: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:26:36 AM

[up][up] Not to mention Alaska is a red state, so they'd lose votes and a Senate member from it.

Edited by Wariolander on Jun 28th 2018 at 8:26:26 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#247668: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:27:13 AM

The GOP has consistently burned the United States whenever it benefited them. I can't imagine anything they wouldn't do for money that ends up in their pockets. Mitch Mc Connell is killing people in his home state by the thousands.

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BigMadDraco Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#247669: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:30:36 AM

Who said anything about Alaska? If they were going to sell anything it would be California.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#247670: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:31:53 AM

I was thinking more islands in the Pacific.

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TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#247671: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:32:47 AM

[up][up] Whatever Russia was hypothetically planning to pay them for California, I am reasonably certain that the GOP could get more by siphoning the taxes California pays the federal government away from there and into their own pockets. Russia isn't even in the top 10 biggest economies, while California (if the US is broken up into individual states) would be the fifth-biggest, surpassing the UK.

If anyone is buying California from us, it's China (number-two and rapidly approaching our spot), not Russia.

Edited by TrashJack on Jun 28th 2018 at 11:40:42 AM

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#247672: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:32:47 AM

Russia hasn’t really expressed any interest in Alaska anyways. It only has the one warm-water port, located pretty far away from Russian territory. They’re much more interested in expanding into Europe, which has everything they want and is close to their industrial and military centers.

The Soviets actually happily commemorated their sale of Alaska to the US. They minted coins for it and there were several small ceremonies, which were used as diplomatic tools.

They definitely aren’t interested in California or any Pacific territories. Those are way outside their area of influence and would serve no strategic purpose.

[down] Yeah, they were promoting the Calexit stuff more from a “cause chaos” angle than a “seize territory” angle.

Edited by archonspeaks on Jun 28th 2018 at 8:39:16 AM

They should have sent a poet.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#247673: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:36:31 AM

Russia's interest in California only stems from their continued support of secessionist lunatics there because it would cripple the US.

Oh really when?
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A procrastination in of itself
#247674: Jun 28th 2018 at 8:58:13 AM

If Trump were to make territorial concession to Russia you’re looking at either the territory of allies (the Baltics), or the Arctic.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#247675: Jun 28th 2018 at 9:02:11 AM

Trump would hand back Alaska to the Russians for free if he could,be glad that he can't

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