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July LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

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

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

2 3.92%

John Kelly

18 35.29%

Jared Kushner

1 1.96%

Wilbur Ross

4 7.84%

Ben Carson

0 0%

Rudy Giuliani

1 1.96%

Scott Pruitt

15 29.41%

Kellyanne Conway

2 3.92%

Rod Rosenstein

3 5.88%

Write-in

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07-15-2018 , 03:34 AM

#801

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

https://twitter.com/libbycwatson/sta...75174872272897

07-15-2018 , 10:39 AM

#802

FlyWf

It's the other way

Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 58,097

Elon Musk has now accused that expat British guy of being a pedophile so he's having a normal one.

07-15-2018 , 10:45 AM

#803

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

If he wants to keep his company he's going to have to have his twitter taken away--it's only a matter of time.

07-15-2018 , 10:55 AM

#804

zikzak

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 22,198

Elon Musk is a very normal person who reacts to things in perfectly acceptable ways.

07-15-2018 , 10:55 AM

#805

Trolly McTrollson

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 36,794

What in the actual ****. Is he drunk?

07-15-2018 , 11:01 AM

#806

Trolly McTrollson

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 36,794

Must be on ambien or whatever that drug is that makes white people go pants-on-head crazy on twitter.

07-15-2018 , 11:01 AM

#807

FlyWf

It's the other way

Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 58,097

Quote:

Water level was actually very low & still (not flowing) — you could literally have swum to Cave 5 with no gear, which is obv how the kids got in.

Just to like, highlight how ****ing dumb this guy is, they didn't swim in at all! That's the whole story! They went in before it was flooded then got trapped by the water!

07-15-2018 , 11:04 AM

#808

tomdemaine

Just tries harder

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,065

Does he mean PADI?

07-15-2018 , 11:06 AM

#809

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Can we get some non-****ty genius billionaires who can help fix the world? Oprah? Bill Gates?

07-15-2018 , 11:07 AM

#810

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,713

What a moron.

07-15-2018 , 11:10 AM

#811

Trolly McTrollson

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 36,794

Quote:

Originally Posted by champstark

Can we get some non-****ty genius billionaires who can help fix the world? Oprah? Bill Gates?

Bill Gates is doing incredible work fighting malaria but he doesn't build rockets so the Big Bang Theory-watching faux nerds haven't built a cult around him.

07-15-2018 , 11:10 AM

#812

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,713

Quote:

Originally Posted by champstark

Can we get some non-****ty genius billionaires who can help fix the world? Oprah? Bill Gates?

I haven't done the fact-checking here, but Bill Gates seems to be doing a lot.

07-15-2018 , 11:13 AM

#813

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

Bill Gates is doing incredible work fighting malaria but he doesn't build rockets so the Big Bang Theory-watching faux nerds haven't built a cult around him.

Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

I haven't done the fact-checking here, but Bill Gates seems to be doing a lot.

Yeah my assumption is the same--he's basically devoted his life post-Microsoft to doing great things.

07-15-2018 , 11:15 AM

#814

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Zuckerberg is actively harming the world.

Bezos we can say is neutral overall? Giving WaPo free reign to do whatever is a big +, but obviously his Amazon policies are ****ing horrible.

07-15-2018 , 11:18 AM

#815

zikzak

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 22,198

I have Bezo's column in the red. WaPo has always been a great paper, all he's done is not manage to screw it up yet.

07-15-2018 , 11:19 AM

#816

microbet

Solar Powered

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

Bill Gates is doing incredible work fighting malaria but he doesn't build rockets so the Big Bang Theory-watching faux nerds haven't built a cult around him.

I recently read The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs and his analysis is that malaria and AIDS are the biggest factors not just in human suffering, but in holding Africa back economically. And unlike some aid which has crippled local productivity and independence, like in Haiti, the disease eradication allows for development and independence.

07-15-2018 , 11:20 AM

#817

microbet

Solar Powered

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I think Bezos is worse than Zuckerberg by a country mile.

07-15-2018 , 11:21 AM

#818

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

How does what W did for AIDS in Africa factor in? I've heard people say it was by far the best (only?) good thing he did as president, but I don't know enough.

07-15-2018 , 11:23 AM

#819

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

I think Bezos is worse than Zuckerberg by a country mile.

I think Bezos has a more negative impact on a smaller group of people, but Zuckerberg is actively encouraging the gaslighting of the entire world, leading to consequences we don't even fully realize yet.

07-15-2018 , 11:27 AM

#820

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

Elon Musk has now accused that expat British guy of being a pedophile so he's having a normal one.

update

07-15-2018 , 11:33 AM

#821

zikzak

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 22,198

Important update on what makes Bend, OR a great place to live!

Spoiler:

07-15-2018 , 11:45 AM

#822

PoppaTMan

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,862

Bezos hasn't even reached his final form yet. Once Amazon's market share peaks, he has the potential to absolutely cripple the economy given how favorable to industry our antitrust law has become.

07-15-2018 , 11:47 AM

#823

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,713

Quote:

Originally Posted by champstark

How does what W did for AIDS in Africa factor in? I've heard people say it was by far the best (only?) good thing he did as president, but I don't know enough.

I think he was about the same as Clinton. They both signed big international agreements committing to 0.07% of GNP towards development aid, but I don't think they ever got 10% there. Bush included a big section of a SotU speech to AIDS in Africa, but I don't think funding got near what he was talking about. The book as written in 2005 though, so it's not the whole Bush presidency.

Miles better than Trump obviously.

07-15-2018 , 12:12 PM

#824

uDevil

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,941

Gates is genuinely trying to find the best ways to use his money to benefit humanity. Including funding cold fusion research* so he's ok in my book.

*allegedly

07-15-2018 , 12:34 PM

#825

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

I've had Piano Man stuck in my head for over a week. Questions:

1) What's wrong with staying in the Navy? If you're there for a while you might as well see it through. Davy is gonna get the last laugh when he gets that sweet govt pension.

2) Wtf is a "real estate novelist" and how does it keep you so busy that you never have time for a wife?

3) Of course John at the bar would rather be some place else. He's at *work*. He's still quick with a joke and a light of your smoke. What else are you asking for?

Thank you for your time. I'll show myself out.

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