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Nov 4, 2016, 11:48 AM
 
Bridgegate trial found both defendants guilty. What a dumb thing to ruin your career over.
     
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Nov 7, 2016, 02:25 PM
 
Janet Reno dead? Guess Hillary is tying up some loose ends.
     
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Podesta needed a human sacrifice.
     
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Nov 8, 2016, 08:08 AM
 
They mocked Palin when she talked about death panels.
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Nov 8, 2016, 09:32 AM
 
This morning I got to the voting place at 5:45am. Usually there are 5-8 folks in line. Today I was 30th in line, and by the time they opened the doors, at least 100 folks were in line. This is in Loudoun county VA, just west of DC.
     
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Nov 8, 2016, 10:24 AM
 
We voted early
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Jan 6, 2017, 01:54 PM
 
Wiki leaks is complaining about the us government leaking classified info to the press.

Someone stop this train I want to get off.
     
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Jan 13, 2017, 11:06 AM
 
I knew this guy was a partisan piece of shit but this really takes the cake.

Chaffetz threatens to subpoena federal ethics watchdog over Trump criticism - POLITICO
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Consider the source and his own track record.

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Jan 18, 2017, 07:48 AM
 
Good thing Chelsea isn't Russian.
     
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Good thing Chelsea isn't Russian.
I was surprised. Unfortunately I don't recall the details between the two cases to have much of an opinion.
     
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Jan 18, 2017, 10:24 AM
 
I ultimately have a much less solidified opinion about her than I do about Snowden.
     
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Jan 18, 2017, 05:53 PM
 
In I don't understand this world news, a neo-nazi blogger got outed for having s Jewish wife (who was apparently cool with it?)
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
In I don't understand this world news, a neo-nazi blogger got outed for having s Jewish wife (who was apparently cool with it?)
Now that is hilarious. It sort of reminds me of this classic gem right here!



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Jan 18, 2017, 08:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by Vladimir Putin
I find it hard to believe that he rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world.
This got an actualol out of me.
     
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Jan 19, 2017, 03:29 PM
 
I feel like there was a discussion of party extremism somewhere. Throwing this out there: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e45c4fade236

     
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Jan 19, 2017, 11:31 PM
 
It's going to be awhile before I can resist "so these are the same pollsters who said Hillary would crush it, right?"
     
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Jan 20, 2017, 11:20 AM
 
You could subtract 2-3 points from one side and add them to the other.
     
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Jan 20, 2017, 04:12 PM
 
The media is really overdoing the inauguration comparisons. Yes, it'll annoy Trump, but it's entirely inconsequential.
     
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Jan 21, 2017, 09:21 AM
 
It's almost as if old, white blowhards becoming president is something we've experienced before.
     
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Must... keep... pretending...
     
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Jan 21, 2017, 02:34 PM
 
And the grand prize goes to...

https://gfycat.com/MajorMedicalKinkajou
     
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Jan 21, 2017, 08:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
It's almost as if old, white blowhards becoming president is something we've experienced before.
...that might make sense if he hadn't had the smallest crowd in 20 years (Edit: This is based on estimates I've heard. I haven't seen official numbers). Plus, have you seen the size of the crowds at his his rallies?!

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At the risk of being branded racist, most white men with shaved heads look alike. Their weight is about all you can differentiate them by.

Originally Posted by subego View Post
And the grand prize goes to...

https://gfycat.com/MajorMedicalKinkajou
I was hoping this was the guy who punched Richard Spencer.
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Jan 21, 2017, 08:19 PM
 
Spicer Uses First White House Presser to Blast Media Over ‘Shameful’ Reports on Crowd Sizes | Mediaite
“This was the largest audience to witness an inauguration. Period!” Spicer said.
I see we're kicking things off lying about easily disprovable and inconsequential things. Hell of a way to set the tone for the admin.

Unless our friends on the right have some kind of "if you subtract all the illegal votes Trump won the popular vote" type info to somehow defend this.

Anyway, this feels like the most perfect distillation of 1984 into reality.

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Edit: I do think it's pretty impressive that the protest march dwarfed his own inauguration number the very next day.
     
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Originally Posted by subego View Post
Legend.
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nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
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Originally Posted by subego View Post
And the grand prize goes to...

https://gfycat.com/MajorMedicalKinkajou
"Damn, I wish my wife looked as hot as Melania..."

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Edit: I do think it's pretty impressive that the protest march dwarfed his own inauguration number the very next day.
A march filled to the brim with idiots who didn't bother to vote in the first place.
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Jan 21, 2017, 10:29 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
I was hoping this was the guy who punched Richard Spencer.
With rare exception, assault, even on a racist shitbag, doesn't light up my dank-o-meter.
     
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Jan 22, 2017, 12:15 PM
 
Asian man lays the smackdown on demonstrators in DC, they don't know how to react:





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Jan 22, 2017, 01:30 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Edit: I do think it's pretty impressive that the protest march dwarfed his own inauguration number the very next day.
We'll see if the media will once again ignore the nearly one million people who will march in the upcoming March for Life. They may give it some coverage since Kellyanne "the first woman to run a winning POTUS camapaign" Conway will be a featured speaker. The media ignored the thousands participating in local "walks for life" that were occurring at the same time as the Planned Parenthood sponsored marches.

Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway to speak at March for Life – Aleteia.org – Worldwide Catholic Network Sharing Faith Resources for those seeking Truth – Aleteia.org
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Jan 22, 2017, 03:50 PM
 
I wouldn't have thought it was possible, but worthless sh*tstains on the Left have actually made Richard ****ing Spencer an object of sympathy. Good job, losers.
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Jan 23, 2017, 08:08 AM
 
Looks like most of the 217 arrested for destroying property etc will be charged with rioting. A felony! I hated them for blocking 295 for almost an hour with idiots screaming some BS and waving signs with some of the stupidest claims and such. Purely for the disruption, not the message. The tantrum shit is getting old snowflakes.
     
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Jan 24, 2017, 12:31 PM
 
WTF, South Dakota?

South Dakota Republican are on the verge of doing something that backfired spectacularly for congressional Republicans earlier this year: Getting rid of an independent ethics commission.

What is a politically tricky endeavor for any lawmaking body could be even more precarious for the state's lawmakers, given the commission they want to cut was approved by 51 percent of voters in a ballot initiative this November. The independent commission was part of a larger ethics reform package voters approved that put limits on campaign finance and lobbying access.
     
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Edit: different thread
     
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Jan 25, 2017, 12:39 PM
 
Dow 20,000

Thanks, Obama
     
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Jan 26, 2017, 10:15 AM
 
no one can say ted cruz doesn't have a sense of humor!
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Dow 20,000

Thanks, Obama
Damn that Trump, making our markets crash!
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Jan 26, 2017, 11:11 AM
 
Perhaps this is obvious, but I don't think we'll see any GOP pushback on Trump until they get their tax cuts and such passed. As it is they're risking retaliation just when they disagree with him publicly.
     
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Jan 26, 2017, 12:16 PM
 
Trump Stocked White House Kitchen With Lay's Potato Chips

Utz
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Lay's
     
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Jan 26, 2017, 01:05 PM
 
If I heard right, the State Department just resigned.
     
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If I heard right, the State Department just resigned.
Swamp being drained or sign of trouble?
     
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Jan 26, 2017, 01:20 PM
 
My record when it comes to declaring any given event as trouble for Trump is so abysmally bad, I wouldn't bother listening to my opinion.
     
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Jan 26, 2017, 02:11 PM
 
Not a sign of trouble for trump, a sign of trouble for US
     
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Swamp being drained or sign of trouble?
Reports seem to indicate it could be both. It's certainly not a good thing for anyone that they are leaving, but no word yet if they jumped or were pushed.
     
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Jan 26, 2017, 04:59 PM
 
So this. Interesting. I'm curious about our resident vocal Catholic's take on this. Is this thin edge of loosing of Birth Control prohibitions?

TL;DR: Guy in Catholic organisation gave out condoms as part of 'heath kits' to prevent spread of AIDS. Head of said organisation dismissed guy. Pope disagreed. Head of organisation told the Pope to mind his own business. Pope won the argument. Very simplistic summary- read the article for details if interested.
     
 
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