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12-19-2016 , 07:38 AM

#5551

adios

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Originally Posted by kerowo

Do you talk to your Mom and Granny about what porn sites you like? About what kind of sex you like?

LOL we can see how yo spend your time on the Internet.

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About what drugs you do?

Drugs too!! Just wow.

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Privacy is a thing and bull**** statements like yours weaken it so SFTU.

Typical, you don't agree with me so STFU.

12-19-2016 , 07:54 AM

#5552

ChrisV

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I have no idea what age adios is really, but in my mind I picture him as being like 85.

12-19-2016 , 08:22 AM

#5553

adios

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

I have no idea what age adios is really, but in my mind I picture him as being like 85.

Another typical response an ad hominem and bigotry toward the elderly all in one post.

12-19-2016 , 10:21 AM

#5554

bobman0330

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Trump to maintain unprecedented private security force. thisisfine.jpg

12-19-2016 , 10:34 AM

#5555

Nicholasp27

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Originally Posted by Subfallen

It's not an "argument" that privacy is an artifact of modernity, it's just a fact. (Can you recommend a book on the history of privacy if you disagree?)

Anyways, of course I don't think we should discourage normalizing privacy because it's a young idea.

I think we should question privacy norms because they (1) support the concentration of power in the hands of the elite; and (2) prevent the cooperative creation of datasets that could lend crucial insights into various important problems.

How is it a fact?

12-19-2016 , 10:46 AM

#5556

True North

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Originally Posted by bobman0330

Trump to maintain unprecedented private security force. thisisfine.jpg

Not loyal to the President, but loyal to Trump.

Yeah, I can't see how this could be in any way alarming.

12-19-2016 , 10:47 AM

#5557

TrollyWantACracker

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July 2015 from the Republican Primary thread:

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Originally Posted by schu_22

I'm trying to imagine a Trump presidency. No clue what would happen tbh.

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Originally Posted by metaname2

The thing that would excite me the most would be to see who on earth he selects to fill the various cabinet positions. I have a feeling it would include a number of fictional characters from 80s movies.

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

Rambo as Sec Defense would be a slam dunk.

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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

I'm thinking Rambo for Veteran's Affairs and Sgt. Slaughter for SecDef.

Today's NYTimes!:

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Sylvester Stallone suggested on Sunday that he was not interested in taking a top arts leadership role in the Trump administration, including as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. ... Mr. Stallone’s statement did not close the door to his playing a role in the new administration. He said he thought he would be more effective in helping military veterans “find gainful employment, suitable housing and financial assistance these heroes respectfully deserve.”

Real life?

12-19-2016 , 10:51 AM

#5558

Clovis8

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Trump really is going out of his way to tick every box on the fascist checklist.

12-19-2016 , 10:54 AM

#5559

Louis Cyphre

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Originally Posted by bobman0330

Trump to maintain unprecedented private security force. thisisfine.jpg

Maybe unprecedented in the US. There is precedence in another country I can think of though. I wonder if Trump opts for black or brown shirts.

12-19-2016 , 11:25 AM

#5560

Money2Burn

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Originally Posted by Louis Cyphre

Maybe unprecedented in the US. There is precedence in another country I can think of though. I wonder if Trump opts for black or brown shirts.

Gold, ldo

12-19-2016 , 12:11 PM

#5561

TheNewT50

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Originally Posted by Louis Cyphre

Maybe unprecedented in the US. There is precedence in another country I can think of though. I wonder if Trump opts for black or brown shirts.

Like I said, those tacky membership cards he's selling might just be the ticket into the Tonton Macoute!

12-19-2016 , 01:25 PM

#5562

kerowo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Subfallen

It's not an "argument" that privacy is an artifact of modernity, it's just a fact.

LOL, Because I define a word the way I want it defined I win the argument!

12-19-2016 , 01:27 PM

#5563

kerowo

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Originally Posted by adios

LOL we can see how yo spend your time on the Internet.

Drugs too!! Just wow.

Typical, you don't agree with me so STFU.

Adios, we know you don't talk to or about women very much which I can only guess is because your mother or grandmother broke you so I'm going to let this go.

12-19-2016 , 06:30 PM

#5564

FlyWf

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https://thinkprogress.org/under-poli...513#.vx3cn1fyf

Hey so Trump is pressuring foreign governments to give him money, good thing we didn't elect Corrupt Hillary or w/e

12-19-2016 , 06:48 PM

#5565

Clovis8

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Originally Posted by FlyWf

https://thinkprogress.org/under-poli...513#.vx3cn1fyf

Hey so Trump is pressuring foreign governments to give him money, good thing we didn't elect Corrupt Hillary or w/e

#draintheswamp

12-19-2016 , 06:48 PM

#5566

Huehuecoyotl

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Insert paragraph about the terrible illiberal things Kuwait does.

12-19-2016 , 06:51 PM

#5567

Clovis8

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

Insert paragraph about the terrible illiberal things Kuwait does.

Correction insert paragraph about something HRC did at some point.

12-19-2016 , 07:36 PM

#5568

bobman0330

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Originally Posted by FlyWf

https://thinkprogress.org/under-poli...513#.vx3cn1fyf

Hey so Trump is pressuring foreign governments to give him money, good thing we didn't elect Corrupt Hillary or w/e

Sobering to think that we are only 1.5 months into the Trump Era and we have stories dropping about Trumps extralegal goon squad and the neo-XYZ affair dropping. There's so much time for things to get worse!

12-19-2016 , 07:40 PM

#5569

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“We’ve never seen this kind of wealth in the White House, and so traditional rules don’t work,” Gingrich said Monday during an appearance on NPR’s "The Diane Rehm Show" about the president-elect’s business interests. “We’re going to have to think up a whole new approach.”

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“In the case of the president, he has a broad ability to organize the White House the way he wants to. He also has, frankly, the power of the pardon,” Gingrich said. “It’s a totally open power. He could simply say, ‘Look, I want them to be my advisers. I pardon them if anyone finds them to have behaved against the rules. Period. Technically, under the Constitution, he has that level of authority.”

If the Trump family or his associates break the law, then Trump can just pardon them - Says Man Who Impeached Clinton For Perjury.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald...ongress-232828

12-19-2016 , 08:07 PM

#5570

fatkid

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I wonder if The Nuge is gonna dedicate this song to The Orange Führer on Inauguration Day? Jesus Wept.

12-19-2016 , 09:13 PM

#5571

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Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), the ultra-conservative congressman tapped by Donald Trump to run the Office of Management and Budget, recently accepted a speaking invitation from the notorious John Birch Society, an extreme right-wing group known for peddling outlandish conspiracy theories for more than half a century.

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He told his audience, "You all put out some really good stuff and it's always interesting." He said he was "looking forward to reading The Shadows of Power," a 1988 book by James Perloff with the subtitle "The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline." The book advances conspiracy theories about the New York-based think tank, alleging that it advocates "the creation of a world government." After referring to this book, he told the crowd, "Keep doing it."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...-birch-society

12-19-2016 , 09:20 PM

#5572

Clovis8

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

If the Trump family or his associates break the law, then Trump can just pardon them - Says Man Who Impeached Clinton For Perjury.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald...ongress-232828

Today's fun from trumpland,

He is going to have a private army loyal only to him

He is being advised that no matter what laws he or anyone break he can just pardon them

This is going to go so well for America.

12-19-2016 , 09:20 PM

#5573

Tien

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Originally Posted by 5ive

And the Comey letter was about, wait for it, the hacked emails.

Srsly how in the F do you turn on a computer without accidentally strangling yourself with the cords and cables?

Comey letter was about her private email server which was about the discovery of Anthony Weiner's laptop, not hacked Podesta or DNC emails.

You really don't have any idea what you are talking about. Did you accidentally strangle yourself with cords and cables? Your brain is seriously lacking oxygen.

12-19-2016 , 09:31 PM

#5574

Huehuecoyotl

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12-19-2016 , 10:03 PM

#5575

5ive

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Originally Posted by Tien

Damn homey you just chessmated me you've-got-mail style.

p.s. I had to go to the tape:

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Originally Posted by Tien

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But but but this forum told me Emails were a nothingburger and Clinton having 90%+ chance to win the election meant emails were priced in already and made no difference.

Now AFTER she loses the emails made a huge difference. That nothingburger turned into a prime steak.

The conference call 4 days after by the Clinton campaign laid the blame out on the Comey letter. The Axelrod interview with Joel Benneson (?) spent most of it talking about the Comey letter being the reason. 3 weeks later its the Russians making Clinton lose.

Laughable and pathetic. ...

Yeah I might've phrased that poorly but what's the central theme here? Trying to find proof of HRC=Devil on some ****ing email, somewhere.

You're really trying to say these are unrelated, and blaming Comey+Russians is throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks?

If your turn off the lights, stare in the mirror, and say EMAILS!!! 3 times, HRC will appear and lecture you about civic responsibility.

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