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RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248551: Jul 6th 2018 at 7:43:12 PM

What did you expect? Evil Is One Big, Happy Family.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#248552: Jul 6th 2018 at 8:48:48 PM

They don't want to vote for President Superman. They want to vote for President Spider-Man.
Correction: They don't want to vote for President Mister Fantastic. Superman actually makes a point to be as close to the common man as possible, even if he comes across as a godlike paragon.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#248553: Jul 6th 2018 at 9:19:13 PM

I thought that Tomi Lahren was pro-choice?

Do not obey in advance.
TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#248554: Jul 6th 2018 at 9:44:31 PM

She may have decided against that after seeing the right-wing backlash when she said it.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#248557: Jul 6th 2018 at 10:21:35 PM

What else should we have expected from that sack of shit masquerading as a human being that is Le Page?

Edited by M84 on Jul 7th 2018 at 1:21:34 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#248558: Jul 6th 2018 at 11:08:56 PM

We should have expected that Maine's sensibilities would keep them from voting in said piece of shit in the first place?

Admittedly, Maine is full of old-guard conservatives who don't have a party that represents them anymore, but whose reflexive vote goes "R." But people...please do some basic checking before you vote?

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#248559: Jul 6th 2018 at 11:24:04 PM

The guy only won election and reelection because of vote splitting. Which you'd think people would learn from the first time it happened, but apparently not.

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#248560: Jul 6th 2018 at 11:30:02 PM

Hopefully they get the message and do not do that this time.

Meanwhile, according to a variety of sources, the alt right is imploding and I am enjoying every second of their dissolution.

"Unite the Right", pfft. The rest of the right despises them.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#248561: Jul 7th 2018 at 1:29:14 AM

[up]Can you provide any links so I can indulge my schadenfreude? It's a little hungry.

Do not obey in advance.
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#248562: Jul 7th 2018 at 2:07:30 AM

Observe the hilarious, the...dare I even say it...the Hitlarious.

So to sum up what is in the link, Matthew Heimbach was married to the step daughter of his publicity guy.

Except Heimbach proceeded to start having sex with his publicity guy's wife.

He swore the affair was over when he was discovered - he lied.

So this led to Mr. Parrot, his publicity guy, standing on a box or something and looking into Heimbach's trailer park home (where ELSE would this take place?), watching his boss fuck his wife.

This escalated into a massive brawl, which saw Parrot choked into unconsciousness, Heimbach beating his wife in a rage, and the whole TWP dissolving in sheer embarrassment.

Due to taking place on a now banned subreddit, I cannot refer you to a link where Richard "Not in the face!" Spencer tried to denounce Nazi Furries. It would've been amazing to read. But alas it is gone. So now we have Furries who dress up as Nazis for fetish purposes, Furries who are Nazis, and Nazis who do not like any of the above. Watching this happen is a potent source of schadenfreude.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#248563: Jul 7th 2018 at 4:58:42 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-mueller-manafort-trump-connection-20180706-story.html

Well, it's about time they connected things to Trump. It feels like a verrrrry slow boss fight.

Cherry tapping.

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
#248564: Jul 7th 2018 at 5:22:32 AM

@nick

Nazi furries were a thing for quite a while. They used the excuse of "the uniforms were cool", but after Trump, a lot of other furries denounced them.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#248565: Jul 7th 2018 at 5:51:31 AM

Like you can have a snappy military uniform and just not include any Nazi paraphernalia.

RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248566: Jul 7th 2018 at 6:03:23 AM

Or just go with the Imperial German uniforms. That works too.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#248567: Jul 7th 2018 at 6:19:07 AM

Re: alt-right implosion

I remember the trailer park love triangle been a while ago (article is from March).

Is that what you were referring to or is there something more recent, like how they can't get their abortion movie made.

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#248568: Jul 7th 2018 at 6:24:14 AM

Nvm

Edited by Steven on Jul 7th 2018 at 9:25:52 AM

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248569: Jul 7th 2018 at 6:35:35 AM

Like you can have a snappy military uniform and just not include any Nazi paraphernalia.
This assumes they just want snappy uniforms, I like a militaristic look and I would never choose a Nazi one. They knew what they wanted and it's not just militarism.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#248570: Jul 7th 2018 at 6:52:03 AM

Or you could go the cop route. As a bonus, you get to use handcuffs

Trump delenda est
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#248571: Jul 7th 2018 at 7:54:52 AM

https://apnews.com/84f906e9ada64c8091f087c349ebf052/Judge-rejects-blanket-delay-to-reunite-children-at-border

Judge rejects claim by Trump administration they need more time to reunite families.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#248572: Jul 7th 2018 at 8:02:03 AM

Looks like North Korea is losing confidence in the talks going anywhere productive.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/07/politics/mike-pompeo-north-korea-nuclear-talks/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#248573: Jul 7th 2018 at 8:04:33 AM

Well, it's about time they connected things to Trump. It feels like a verrrrry slow boss fight.

Cherry tapping.

Not cherry tapping. Just a very hard boss. Taking down the POTUS is the ultimate Bragging Rights Award. Dude has a billion hit points, regenerates HP, is constantly spawning sacrificial mooks, and uses unblockable special attacks that do massive damage if you can't fit through the very narrow dodge windows. And his weak spot keeps changing between a bunch of other spots that look like they might be weak points but sometimes just trigger a powerful counterattack if you hit them.

So even though we went out of our way to get the Infinity Plus One Investigator, it's still a hard slog.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jul 7th 2018 at 9:04:34 AM

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#248574: Jul 7th 2018 at 9:26:07 AM

Thank goodness for the digital age and Trump being so incompetent

New Survey coming this weekend!
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#248575: Jul 7th 2018 at 9:27:51 AM

[up][up]Kudos for your metaphor.

You win a Dark Souls point.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.

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