Seems like this deserves its own thread.

With police departments on edge after multiple officer shootings, white supremacists and the New Black Panther Party have both pledged to show up and take full advantage of Ohio's permissive open-carry laws. Even if, Allah willing, there's no violence in the streets, we've got a whole lineup of bat**** crazy speakers for you all to enjoy:

Monday: Make America Safe Again
Headliners: Melania Trump, Lieutenant General (ret.) Michael Flynn, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Jason Beardsley and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke (Mont.).

Tuesday: Make America Work Again
Headliners: Tiffany Trump, Kerry Woolard, Donald Trump, Jr., U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Ben Carson, Kimberlin Brown, and Tim Tebow (lolno, jk).

Wednesday: Make America First Again
Headliners: Lynne Patton; Eric Trump; former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, and Indiana Governor Mike Pence.

Thursday: Make America One Again
Headliners: Peter Thiel, Tom Barrack, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump

Full speaker lineup here

Trumplestilskin will have his clown shoes speak just before he claims Hillary invented Nazis.

Invented Jews seems more in keeping with his campaign theme.

My brother will be going to the convention in some sort of spectator capacity that I don't entirely understand. I hope he doesn't die, but I'm going to laugh at him if he gets pepper sprayed.

Hopefully nothing happens to him, but I think things are going to get very weird.

I really hope that somebody brings a cheer-o-meter of some sort since I'm expecting crickets during most of the speeches.

Lol Bold predictions. Never get into gambling you will never win with this horrible intuition.

What day is Make America White Again?

Textbook case of lowering expectations? Seems like if the convention is just a mediocre semi-disorganized unimpressive near-disaster, but not the full on trainwreck we all expect, that will be hailed as great news and proof of the resilience of the GOP.

Check the elevators

So what are the odds Cleveland goes martial law? I know police are asking for the suspension of open carry, thanks to armed bikers showing up and looking menacing (and likely being white nationalists).

Like, yeah it sucks constitutional blah blah, but a lot of people could get injured or worse, very quickly.

Every day.

Haha lets suspend the law for the night? I don't think it works that way.

I assumed so many Trumps on there meant they couldn't find anybody else who would be willing to speak, but there's plenty of A-listers.

Well, four nights is what the cops were asking for I think. In light of recent police shootings it's hard to blame them.

Since they make "free speech zones", why not also have "open carry zones" be the only place you can show off your boom toy?

Your brother is a moron, but for reals I hope he stays safe.

Every day, son!

in for the lolz

solid op

If only 2 people die, I'd consider that a success. Hopefully zero, but, yeah, I got a bad feeling.

How do you release a schedule without actual times? Like cool, a hundred weirdos are speaking. What time are they speaking? Do I just DVR CNN for the next 72 hours?

This. I need to dvr Ben Carson so I can have something to fall asleep to. my **** is all jammed up with CSI Miami I only have a couple hours record time. U.S. Senator Joni Ernst is my jam.

One thing that's great about this is that the hardcore libertarian/AC whackos, by which I mean the people who are into seasteading and roof roads and all that ****, are absolutely ****ing demolished by the fact that their hero Peter Thiel is fully in the tank for the least libertarian person imaginable.

lol Make America Work Again

you lazy ****s

In.

Well, they should be, but are they?

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/.../rnc.schedule/

Just to compare, notice how nearly everyone in 2012 was either an elected official or a candidate for office.

Compared to this year, looking at the full list, Jesus. There are 3(!) Z-list actors on it, and even after they got a handful of small business people, they are still making one of Trump's employees from Trump Wine speak.