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I'm Not Trying to Suck My Own Coctober LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

View Poll Results: Who will NOT survive the month of October?

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

6 9.52%

Stephen Miller

2 3.17%

John Kelly

8 12.70%

Jared Kushner

6 9.52%

Gary Cohn

6 9.52%

Rex Tillerson

23 36.51%

Kellyanne Conway

3 4.76%

Scott Pruitt

3 4.76%

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

3 4.76%

Write-in

3 4.76%

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10-03-2017 , 06:46 PM

#101

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SenorKeeed

I really don't think anyone has ever had a political argument/conversation that resulted in a changed mind. Ever.

This is wrong. Rarely, yes. Never, no. And the mind might not have been changed right there and then, but a seed was planted.

Also maybe another nurse was lurking. Do it for the lurkers. That's my motto.

10-03-2017 , 06:47 PM

#102

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

Awesome! You should ask them if they have consistent opinions on <insert latest deplorable fired for being deplorable>

They do. Damore is a slippery slope against free speech. What's your point?

Also ESPN should fire Jamelle Hill. She called Trump a racist. Some things are just out of bounds. You never saw anyone in the media calling Obama racist once during his tenure or you can bet there would be hell to pay.

10-03-2017 , 06:48 PM

#103

microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I'm not sure how long you have to live in LA to know where La Palma is, but 17 years is not enough apparently.

My wife has lived in the South Bay for about 40 years and she didn't know. I've had two different jobs where I had to drive all over the place. There are 88 cities in Los Angeles County and 34 in Orange County and I probably know where almost all of them are and most of the cities in San Bernardino and Riverside County too.

10-03-2017 , 06:52 PM

#104

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DeuceKicker

15 years, here, so I don't feel bad for having no clue

It's like the first episode of the OC - when all the Newport Beach kids are making fun of the kid from Chino - like there's some right/wrong side of the tracks rivalry. I'm like - where's Chino? So I look at it on a map. It's nowhere near Newport Beach. Those kids would never have even heard of Chino.

At least Karate Kid gets it right that Encino kids would know where Reseda is. But still it's like "I don't want you seeing that boy from <neighboring town that makes 10% less household income>".

10-03-2017 , 06:53 PM

#105

microbet

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So now we know how to deal with Trumpkins. You anesthetize them and then re-educate them during a lengthy Hospital stay while they are heavily drugged.

10-03-2017 , 06:54 PM

#106

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

The funny part is when someone says "I live in Walnut". Oh, where's that? "It's up by Diamond Bar." Hmmm, still no clue.

(I do know where Diamond Bar is now - but only because of this convo with a coworker years ago)

10-03-2017 , 06:55 PM

#107

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

So now we know how to deal with Trumpkins. You anesthetize them and then re-educate them during a lengthy Hospital stay while they are heavily drugged.

Infowars is on it.

10-03-2017 , 07:11 PM

#108

Loki

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Uh, except for trump.

10-03-2017 , 07:32 PM

#109

suzzer99

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Chiefsplanet snowflakes are triggered by SNL being "mean spirited" to dear leader. http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...3#post13123423

10-03-2017 , 11:32 PM

#110

goofyballer

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Just got TNC's new book (collection of eight of his Atlantic articles during the Obama years, with some new commentary) and the introduction is so good:

Quote:

The problem was not that South Carolina's Reconstruction-era government had been consumed by unprecedented graft. Indeed, it was the exact opposite. The very success Miller [black congressman in SC in 1890s] highlighted, the actual record of Reconstruction in South Carolina, undermined white supremacy. To redeem white supremacy, that record was twisted, mocked, and caricatured into something that better resembled the prejudices of white South Carolina. "If there was one thing that South Carolina feared more than bad Negro government," wrote [W.E.B.] Du Bois, "it was good Negro government."

Quote:

In terms of Good Negro Government, Barack Obama was the best of us. And when he left office, a majority of the opposition party did not believe he was a citizen.

10-03-2017 , 11:38 PM

#111

suzzer99

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Damn

10-04-2017 , 01:08 AM

#112

uDevil

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Now that Tom Petty is for sure gone, I'd like to say I played the **** out of some Heartbreakers on vinyl way back when. Insider was good for wallowing in relationship bitterness, but maybe something a little more upbeat would be a better tribute. So long, Tom.

10-04-2017 , 01:25 AM

#113

Max Cut

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Quote:

Originally Posted by uDevil

Was pleasantly surprised chasing youtube links last night, by the number of Petty/HB songs I had forgotten about and genuinely enjoyed.

10-04-2017 , 07:48 AM

#114

Huehuecoyotl

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Tillerson's stock is rising

Quote:

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.

The tensions came to a head around the time President Donald Trump delivered a politicized speech in late July to the Boy Scouts of America, an organization Tillerson once led, the officials said.

Just days earlier, Tillerson had openly disparaged the president, referring to him as a “moron,” after a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon with members of Trump’s national security team and Cabinet officials, according to three officials familiar with the incident.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...m_npd_nn_tw_ma

10-04-2017 , 08:08 AM

#115

DVaut1

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Where is Tillerson in the line of succession and how do we make him President? I'm not saying he's objectively a good candidate but he's gotta be better than the 3 people ahead of him -- which I think is Pence, Ryan, Orrin Hatch. Not a high bar to reach, I know.

10-04-2017 , 08:20 AM

#116

stinkubus

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We'd end up drilling for oil in Teddy Roosevelt's head.

10-04-2017 , 08:24 AM

#117

awval999

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DVaut1

He's 4th in line of succession.

Right after Hatch.

Trump
Pence
Ryan
Hatch
Tillerson

10-04-2017 , 08:35 AM

#118

pvn

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this is where someone registers a Joseph Clancy gimmick and drops in to say hi

10-04-2017 , 08:41 AM

#119

DVaut1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by awval999

He's 4th in line of succession.

Right after Hatch.

Trump
Pence
Ryan
Hatch
Tillerson

Definitely the tallest midget on this list. President Tillerson!

10-04-2017 , 09:09 AM

#120

TrollyWantACracker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by awval999

Trump
Pence
Ryan
Hatch

As incompetent as the executive office is, I assume they have their **** together enough to make sure that these four are never in the same room together at the same time.

10-04-2017 , 09:10 AM

#121

TrollyWantACracker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stinkubus

We'd end up drilling for oil in Teddy Roosevelt's head.

I would 100% have no issue with this.

10-04-2017 , 09:55 AM

#122

simplicitus

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I'm a alt-rock fan, from Velvet Underground through punk, REM to Arcade Fire and Animal Collective and such and have always considered Tom Petty legit. There's a good 4 or 6 hour documentary about him and the band.

One noteworthy thing, among others, is that he actually sued his record company over their (standard) total BS contact. He wouldn't back down.