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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#248576: Jul 7th 2018 at 9:31:25 AM

It’s too bad Mueller is out of the prime of his life.

I’d have love to see what kind of Job offers he would’ve had for taking down trump

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thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#248577: Jul 7th 2018 at 9:45:45 AM

They're gonna make a movie about him and it'll probably get an Oscar.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#248578: Jul 7th 2018 at 10:08:38 AM

I can also see him (or anyone really) retiring shortly afterwards, considering the fame and fortune such prestige brings. Maybe take on a few apprentices to ensure another Trump is prevented.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jul 7th 2018 at 10:08:48 AM

Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#248579: Jul 7th 2018 at 10:35:45 AM

The Trump Boss fight is basically Quercus Alba on steroids.

Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on Jul 7th 2018 at 1:37:36 PM

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PresidentStalkeyes Eats moldy bread and flies into windows from United Kingdom of England-land Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Do you like me? (Yes ⎕ Definitely ⎕ Absolutely!!! ⎕)
Eats moldy bread and flies into windows
#248580: Jul 7th 2018 at 10:38:22 AM

Re: Alt-right imploding on itself: I remember reading about both the trailer park punchout and the whole Nazi furries thing in a Cracked article.

Said article also included a quote from a high-ranking Alt-Righter (head of The Daily Stormer, apparently) admonishing his followers to improve their personal appearance and practice 'Chad Nationalism' to make 'girls want to be [their] groupies'. Yes, he said this. See for yourself.

I wonder if he knows there's a country actually called Chad. :V

Edited by PresidentStalkeyes on Jul 7th 2018 at 6:42:22 PM

Those sell-by-dates won't stop me because I can't read!
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#248581: Jul 7th 2018 at 10:53:02 AM

Man, the Nazis must be rolling their eyes down in Hell, if they can see where their successors are now.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#248582: Jul 7th 2018 at 11:04:04 AM

They were pretty stupid themselves.

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#248583: Jul 7th 2018 at 12:08:45 PM

I wouldn't call that "imploding on themselves". If/when the group as a whole loses prominence in the political landscape, then we'll talk.

Edited by speedyboris on Jul 7th 2018 at 2:36:46 PM

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
#248584: Jul 7th 2018 at 12:25:42 PM

And my very first thought is to wonder whether that Chinese company that's making the Trump 2020 flags will keep doing it or walk away.
Kinda hope they keep doing it but suddenly raise their prices - "Oh sorry it's all those tariffs making this so expensive."
both Steven Baldwin and Kevin Sorbo - both pretty damn conservative - backed out when they first looked at the script.

What did they see?

Probably a complete inability to ever land a role in Hollywood again if they did this film. They lost their original lead actress too, after she begged them for the role, she saw the script and walked out.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#248585: Jul 7th 2018 at 12:35:06 PM

A Kansas GOP hopeful decided to share his wisdom; including everything outside of Western culture (as if that's a single thing...) being barbarism, Planned Parenthood being worse than Nazi death camps, and general nonsense about Christianity being under attack.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/07/politics/steve-fitzgerald-kansas-candidate-barbarism-comments/index.html

The federal and state parties have told him to knock it off, but we all know that the GOP has been totally incapable (and unwilling) to truly rein in the nutters in their ranks.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#248586: Jul 7th 2018 at 1:03:26 PM

I had to roll my eyes at his hate-boner for Planned Parenthood. For the 1,000th time: Abortions are only a tiny fraction of the services they provide. Declaring them an evil organization that must be destroyed for that, despite all the other non-abortion related services they provide for women, is like throwing out the baby with the bath water.

Edited by speedyboris on Jul 7th 2018 at 3:03:50 AM

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248587: Jul 7th 2018 at 1:08:06 PM

[up]War on women. Especially poor women.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#248588: Jul 7th 2018 at 1:09:50 PM

The war on abortion exists solely so the Right can kill the poor and avoid churches teaming up against them.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248589: Jul 7th 2018 at 1:19:00 PM

It's kind of weird you're saying that it's meant to "kill the poor" as if this is some kind of unisex thing, their opposition to abortion is all about hurting women specifically.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Call me Stick
#248590: Jul 7th 2018 at 1:36:24 PM

If a poor couple is forced to have a child they can't afford to take care of, they'll both be hurt. The wife would get it worse, but the husband won't get off scot-free.

Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#248591: Jul 7th 2018 at 1:41:18 PM

Harm done to men, while likely, is incidental. Harming women is the implicit purpose of their crusade against abortion.

Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#248592: Jul 7th 2018 at 2:02:59 PM

Men have more of an option to leave.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248593: Jul 7th 2018 at 2:03:49 PM

What LSBK said, yes men will also be effected but that doesn't change how gendered this is and frankly it's unseemly to act as if it does.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Call me Stick
#248594: Jul 7th 2018 at 2:08:49 PM

Essentially. But the fact that it also (at least theoretically) prevents poor men from getting ahead, even if to a much lesser extent, is surely intentional. Whether the primary target is women or the poor in general, the fact that both are harmed is a feature, not a bug.

Edited by TroperOnAStickV2 on Jul 7th 2018 at 5:23:07 AM

Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#248595: Jul 7th 2018 at 2:53:39 PM

Don't think this has been posted. Fox News gave this very softball interview where he stated that his critics were a threat to America.

How? How is pointing out North Korea escalating their nuclear weapons program thanks to Trump and the Russia helping him win the election a threat? Much less when Trump encouraging racism and hatred that would constitute even more of a threat than a comment that hurts his feelings?

Edited by tsstevens on Jul 17th 2018 at 11:44:59 PM

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248596: Jul 7th 2018 at 3:10:07 PM

They're authoritarians, anyone who is not obedient is a threat to them and by extension America.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 7th 2018 at 6:15:44 AM

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#248597: Jul 7th 2018 at 3:10:48 PM

[up][up]And? It's kind of business as usual at this point, honestly.

Edited by kkhohoho on Jul 7th 2018 at 5:10:35 AM

tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#248598: Jul 7th 2018 at 3:29:14 PM

It might be business as usual but maybe this will get through to even the most tribalistic fanatical Trump cultists that he is a dictator.

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248600: Jul 7th 2018 at 3:31:27 PM

[up][up]That has zero chance of occurring, because they're Trump supporters they're going to excuse this away. For the simple fact that the authoritarianism alongside the racism is the entire point, it's a feature not a bug to them.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 7th 2018 at 6:35:47 AM

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

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