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May LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

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

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

2 4.26%

John Kelly

22 46.81%

Jared Kushner

0 0%

Ty Cobb

7 14.89%

Ben Carson

3 6.38%

Ryan Zinke

0 0%

Scott Pruitt

3 6.38%

Kellyanne Conway

2 4.26%

Rod Rosenstein

6 12.77%

Write-in

2 4.26%

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05-02-2018 , 01:47 PM

#76

dth123451

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Also probably because Asian women are awesome.

05-02-2018 , 01:50 PM

#77

Trolly McTrollson

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Only thing keeping me going today is knowing that Dennis Miller will be dropping some sick burns any minute now.

05-02-2018 , 01:56 PM

#78

eyebooger

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This could be completely misguided as I have no real basis for thinking this, but I felt like Rosenstein was safe as long as Cobb was in there.

05-02-2018 , 01:57 PM

#79

Trolly McTrollson

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In other news, NYT editorial page has now gone full incel:

05-02-2018 , 01:58 PM

#80

suzzer99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

Only thing keeping me going today is knowing that Dennis Miller will be dropping some sick burns any minute now.

Apparently we may have to wait until Midnight PDT.

05-02-2018 , 02:00 PM

#81

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

Women: I can't get laid by anyone I want to get laid by.

*crickets*

Men: I can't get laid by anyone I want to get laid by.

NYT: ZOMG women are withholding sex!

05-02-2018 , 02:02 PM

#82

Trolly McTrollson

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Man, don't even try reading that column. Just trust me when I tell you it's even creepier than you could have ever expected.

05-02-2018 , 02:04 PM

#83

iron81

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I may not deserve sex welfare, but it sure would be nice.

05-02-2018 , 02:12 PM

#84

dth123451

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It can't be worse than the Brett Stephens "hold on guys let's not rush to judgement on Woody Allen" thing

05-02-2018 , 02:18 PM

#85

NMcNasty

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bye Ty

05-02-2018 , 02:29 PM

#86

Trolly McTrollson

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Listen, I am 100% on board with robot sex slaves and I'm still creeped out af by that article. Douthat is a lock to put date rape drugs in the punch bowl at the next NYT office party.

05-02-2018 , 02:40 PM

#87

bobman0330

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Trolly's freakout over that Douthat column is pretty funny.

05-02-2018 , 02:43 PM

#88

Trolly McTrollson

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I don't want to be sexually redistributed, fam.

05-02-2018 , 02:50 PM

#89

bobman0330

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If you're freaking out from fear that the government is going to have you personally be raped by an incel, that actually makes it more funny, not less.

05-02-2018 , 03:00 PM

#90

otatop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

Man, don't even try reading that column. Just trust me when I tell you it's even creepier than you could have ever expected.

Of course it's creepy, incels are the creepiest bunch of neck beards on the planet.

05-02-2018 , 03:13 PM

#91

microbet

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Douthat piece is as much biologically and psychologically stupid as it is creepy. And it is creepy.

In the last paragraph he gets at why, but it's pretty weak.

Last edited by microbet; 05-02-2018 at 03:20 PM.

05-02-2018 , 03:20 PM

#92

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When incels get money and power: Redskins Cheerleaders Describe a Trip to Costa Rica That Crossed a Line

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When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected their passports upon arrival at the resort, depriving them of their official identification.

For the photo shoot, at the adults-only Occidental Grand Papagayo resort on Culebra Bay, some of the cheerleaders said they were required to be topless, though the photographs used for the calendar would not show nudity. Others wore nothing but body paint. Given the resort’s secluded setting, such revealing poses would not have been a concern for the women — except that the Redskins had invited spectators.

A contingent of sponsors and FedExField suite holders — all men — were granted up-close access to the photo shoots.

One evening, at the end of a 14-hour day that included posing and dance practices, the squad’s director told nine of the 36 cheerleaders that their work was not done. They had a special assignment for the night. Some of the male sponsors had picked them to be personal escorts at a nightclub.

Related earlier articles from the last couple months:
Pro Cheerleaders Say Groping and Sexual Harassment Are Part of the Job
No Sweatpants in Public: Inside the Rule Books for N.F.L. Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders are paid **** money and are expected to hand over control of their lives in exchange for visibility or having "former NFL cheerleader" on their resume or whatever it is they're expecting to get out of it

05-02-2018 , 03:32 PM

#93

TiltedDonkey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

Listen, I am 100% on board with robot sex slaves and I'm still creeped out af by that article. Douthat is a lock to put date rape drugs in the punch bowl at the next NYT office party.

Robot sex is fine but it's not "redistribution of sex" and it doesn't imply a "right to sex"; article is weird.

Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

When incels get money and power

This is basically unpossible.

Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

Cheerleaders are paid **** money and are expected to hand over control of their lives in exchange for visibility or having "former NFL cheerleader" on their resume or whatever it is they're expecting to get out of it

I mean this is a known fact and they choose to do it anyway, so who cares?

05-02-2018 , 03:32 PM

#94

iron81

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Old article about how terrible the Redskins owner is: https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/...-to-dan-snyder Dunks were spectacular enough to prompt him to sue.

05-02-2018 , 03:33 PM

#95

goofyballer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TiltedDonkey

I mean this is a known fact and they choose to do it anyway, so who cares?

lol

05-02-2018 , 03:34 PM

#96

TiltedDonkey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

lol

I mean.. why should we care? There are lots of ****ty jobs out there.

05-02-2018 , 03:40 PM

#97

goofyballer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TiltedDonkey

I mean.. why should we care? There are lots of ****ty jobs out there.

Most liberals tend to care about abusive and coercive dynamics between employers and employees, whether or not they have to do specifically with women, but you do you

Between this and

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiltedDonkey

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chips Ahoy

Fortunately that wasn't their expectation. Their expectation was to be treated as human.

Generally you only call the police on humans.

you seem to have a bit of a "piece of ****" streak in you

05-02-2018 , 03:43 PM

#98

TiltedDonkey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

Most liberals tend to care about abusive and coercive dynamics between employers and employees, whether or not they have to do specifically with women

How is the part I quoted abusive or coercive? Like, they are given a proposition "this job has bad pay and a ****load of annoying rules but you get visibility" and they say "fine". Or am I missing something?

05-02-2018 , 03:47 PM

#99

microbet

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Right leaning American style libertarians turn the idea that government should not use force to regulate behavior into an abdication of their own moral responsibilities. You should care and should not support someone if they are in turn hiring people to be abused and humiliated insofar as you can help it. Just one more reason to boycott the Redskins.

05-02-2018 , 03:49 PM

#100

BrookTrout

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I'd like to invest my winnings into Rosenstein and Kelley parlay. When he moves against the Muller investigation, think the HR department at the WHite House is going to be damn busy.

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