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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 , 09:01 PM

#151

TiltedDonkey

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Also I would love to see a cop’s reaction to being called for “slow play”. What the ****?

05-02-2018 , 09:39 PM

#152

StevenPoke

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chips Ahoy

Update:

* The black women teed off at 11am
* They were approached about slow play on the second hole by a hostile man claiming to be the owner
* He's not the owner, he's a relative of the new owner.
* The group in front of them was still on the second hole
* another golfer present at the 2nd hole verified (quoted, with name) they were not behind when approached
* The discussion did cause a space to open up
* The police were called TWICE: at 11:24 and 1:26
* The reason given for the first phone call was slow play.
* The reason given for the second phone call was taking too long at the turn.
* No trailing group had passed them yet when the police were called.

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local...rse/540439002/

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/...ers/572453002/

What's missing in these facts is any evidence that the women were slow. Actually it appears their pace was just fine (4 hours / 18 holes at worst). Except arguing with racists is quite time-consuming.

These women are middle aged executive types who play golf. They didn't start last week. They know how to navigate a white world. Yet in a dispute their word is dismissed and a yahoo whose relative bought a course a month ago has golden credibility with a lot of people. That's the amazing thing.

Meh, he hasn’t been believed that much in the area, the comments on the local article were all negative on Chronister. He isn’t the most liked person around the area. He is one of those local people who think of themselves as powerful even if that would make them a big fish in a little pond.

05-02-2018 , 09:56 PM

#153

OmgGlutten!

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Are you stoned tiltdonkey? That goes way beyond a cheerleaders job description.

05-02-2018 , 10:03 PM

#154

TiltedDonkey

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.. what?

05-02-2018 , 10:16 PM

#155

ANONN123

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Uh... Rudy?

05-02-2018 , 10:22 PM

#156

Namath12

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Yes I would also like to change my vote to Rudy plzkthks

05-02-2018 , 10:31 PM

#157

StimAbuser

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bware

Uh... Rudy?

05-02-2018 , 11:33 PM

#158

Trolly McTrollson

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I am officially jumping on the Rudy train.

05-03-2018 , 07:33 AM

#159

Huehuecoyotl

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Bad news on the Yemen war front. Turns out we're sending Green Berets to help the Saudis, not just doing aircraft refueling and logistics for their genocide.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/0...er-houthi.html

Quote:

For years, the American military has sought to distance itself from a brutal civil war in Yemen, where Saudi-led forces are battling rebels who pose no direct threat to the United States.

But late last year, a team of about a dozen Green Berets arrived on Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen, in a continuing escalation of America’s secret wars.

With virtually no public discussion or debate, the Army commandos are helping locate and destroy caches of ballistic missiles and launch sites that Houthi rebels in Yemen are using to attack Riyadh and other Saudi cities.

05-03-2018 , 08:43 AM

#160

Money2Burn

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For this month’s pick I’m writing in Rudy Giuliani.

05-03-2018 , 09:05 AM

#161

TiltedDonkey

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Bold move cotton.

05-03-2018 , 09:54 AM

#162

Huehuecoyotl

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Speaking of breaking campaign finance laws, the Kansas rapist governor might have broken a few

Quote:

Gov. Eric Greitens’ campaign explored methods to conceal the identity of contributors from its early stages, according to testimony from a former campaign staffer.

Michael Hafner, a longtime GOP consultant who worked on Greitens’ campaign early on, told lawmakers that the governor directed him to “have conversations with donors who intended to raise significant amounts of money and … conceal the identity of those donors.”

Hafner said that at the governor’s urging, he spoke with Monu Joseph, a California-based venture capitalist who wanted to discuss how to bundle donations and conceal the identity of donors by funneling them through LLCs, according to a transcript of Hafner’s March testimony to a special House committee.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/polit...210313194.html

05-03-2018 , 10:07 AM

#163

simplicitus

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California's long decline continuing.

It’s not just Parkland. Teenagers are better than you in California, too

Quote:

Social trends among California youth have been spectacular. Over the last generation, rates of arrests of Californians under age 20 have fallen by 80 percent, murder arrest by 85 percent, gun killings by 75 percent, imprisonments by 88 percent, births by teen mothers by 75 percent, and school dropout by more than half while college enrollments have risen 45 percent.

Back in 1980, teenagers comprised 27 percent of California’s criminal arrests. Today, 9 percent. Anecdotes of kids gone wrong remain, but they’re rarer than ever.

We now live in a state where fewer under-20 than 50-59-year-olds are getting arrested for criminal offenses (including “dumb crimes” like low-level thefts, drunken and drugged misbehaviors, and assaults). That’s unheard-of.

The University of California Stands Out Among Top Schools When It Comes to Serving Poor Students

Quote:

But the report found that one system stands out: Schools in the University of California system are doing significantly better than other four-year colleges and universities in the country when it comes to enrolling low-income students and seeing them across the finish line. Of the public and private nonprofit schools with a higher-than-average Pell-awardee enrollment rate (the schools this study examined), the UCs occupy five of the top 10 slots in terms of graduating students. Among only public institutions, they are the top seven.

California Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gig Workers

Quote:

In a unanimous decision yesterday, California’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of independent contractors seeking employee status from a last-mile delivery service in a case that could have wide ramifications for Uber, Lyft, Amazon, Instacart, and other companies buoyed by the sweat of the gig economy.

Noticing More Neighbors? California Population Nears 40 Million

Quote:

The Golden State added approximately 309,000 new residents last year, according to new numbers released by the California Department of Finance. The year-to-year 0.78 percent bump in population growth means that an estimated 39,810,000 people call California home as of Jan. 1, 2018.

Trump’s seriously unpopular in California, even in competitive GOP districts

Quote:

While 67 percent of the state’s voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance, “59 percent disapprove strongly, and that’s off the charts,” DiCamillo said.

Last edited by simplicitus; 05-03-2018 at 10:16 AM.

05-03-2018 , 10:24 AM

#164

dth123451

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California should just quit the US. Surely the GOP wouldn't object since it's a commie hellhole.

05-03-2018 , 10:39 AM

#165

pvn

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Japanese bus drivers have figured out the best way to strike

https://japantoday.com/category/nati...2%80%99s-money

05-03-2018 , 10:41 AM

#166

MrWookie

Don't Call Me Meredith

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dth123451

California should just quit the US. Surely the GOP wouldn't object since it's a commie hellhole.

Having a cantankerous, erratic, nuclear neighbor that is mad at you from day one isn't exactly great.

05-03-2018 , 10:56 AM

#167

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

05-03-2018 , 11:00 AM

#168

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,713

Melissa is probably getting replies from men asking her to kick them in the balls.

05-03-2018 , 11:09 AM

#169

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

LOL - Chad weighs in on Kanye

05-03-2018 , 12:07 PM

#170

ScreaminAsian

For President

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05-03-2018 , 12:10 PM

#171

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

https://twitter.com/WORLDSTAR/status/992059276721098753

05-03-2018 , 12:14 PM

#172

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

SHUT IT DOWN.

And I don't want to hear there must be more to the story. The manager had his chance to give any real reason they had to leave and the best he could come up with is "Because I don't like you". And the restaurant's response is pathetic.

05-03-2018 , 12:45 PM

#173

iron81

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I sometimes eat at McDonald's that post signs that you can only stay 30 minutes and only long enough to eat your food. I'm white and not homeless so I just lol and stay 90 minutes, no one bothers me.

05-03-2018 , 01:05 PM

#174

DeuceKicker

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Nothing like listening to The Weeknd over a twangin country beat

05-03-2018 , 01:56 PM

#175

Johnny Truant

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TiltedDonkey

To be clear:

^^^^
Not defending this; this is obviously terrible conduct. I interpreted:

as a related but separate statement referring to the job of cheerleading generally (not to the Costa Rica incident specifically). It is the job of cheerleading generally (outside of that incident) that I am trying to discuss.

Dude I am not a libertarian and I'm not like defending the integrity of any contract no matter what but if there is no specific coercion or extenuating circumstances then I don't see the problem. Like, if cheerleading sucks so bad, why don't they just be waitresses instead or something? Is there some reason they can't?

And if they become waitresses and can’t survive on their tips I’ve got two words for them. Learn to ****ing type.
-Mr.pink

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