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Fuck.
I could not bring myself to support the Cunt, but I didn't expect the Lunatic to win...
Is this real life?
My eldest is 12, he's asked me a couple of important questions in the last few months.
"Hey, dad. Who is going to win the brexit referendum?" and then last night; "Hey, dad. Trump isn't going to win, is he?"
I answered incorrectly, but with full confidence in my assertion, on both. The first time we both slept soundly. Last night I stayed up all night watching the carnage.
He now thinks I know nothing about politics. I'm absolutely sure that anything I think I know about politics actually counts as minus knowledge.
How are these vile people, Trump, Gove, Farage, garnering massive public approval. It can't all be Isis.
Well at least he can sleep soundly knowing the monster isn't under the bed but rather across the pond.
Britain: omg brexit is the dumbest most self destructive thing a country could ever do to itself!
America: Hold my beer...
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Originally Posted by Skiz
Fucking exactly. That's what it is. We're all drunk and in the midst of a transatlantic game of forfeit based beer pong.
This is PURE gold. :cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Skiz
Shite, Donald will be 'interesting' for the rest of the world but at least no Jap flag once a month I guess
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Originally Posted by Gribley
Is that a euphemism for menstruation, or have you run mad.
These effects spill over. The only thing we can hope is that he is the purest form of demagogue there is, and that he didn't actually mean any of the fucking things he said: This includes jailing the opposition, blacklisting the media, rounding up immigrants, convert the states of the union into police states, and do you really need a longer list?
We'd also hope that he tries to do absolutely nothing to with respect to economic policies. He's actually shit at money, and we don't need him mashing his tiny orange dick against the leg of the global economy.
Is this what optimism is, or is it just pure fucking naive fantasy?
He went to great pains to distance himself, or at least not repeat, any of the more bonkers things he said about stuff during the middle to latter part of this crusade.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
It won't be the first time pre-election pledges have been lost to the ether. He's got actual politicians around him to do the thinking so your pure demagogue shout seems like a decent one.
He will of course demand certain things of the economy, I think I said before that getting the $ strong will be something he'll do. Not because he knows how to do it, but because he'll demand that his staff sacrifice anything to attain the target. It'll be a bad thing for the UK, but good for you guys, overall.
That's right, I'm calling your pure naive fantasy and wopping my own delusional rapture on the green felt table.
Broke the news to my daughter this morning. Her reply:-Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
"Why do all votes go a different way to what I want?"
Didn't have an answer. :(
Other than, "That's democracy - suck it up, buttercup".
That could be reassuring, but I actually had a bigger concern. He was raised up by the alt right, and now he just got himself elected. This is just going to empower the alt right, and by empower I mean legitimize. When it's more legitimized, more money flows to the cause, which then allows more money to flow into lobbying efforts in support of their agendas. These consequences will be long lasting. Clinton would have needed to crush Trump in the general election in order to curb the alt right's rise, at least that's what I think, and I would have been saying the same thing even if she won by a small margin. This has really been one fucked up election cycle.Quote:
Originally Posted by mankerHe went to great pains to distance himself, or at least not repeat, any of the more bonkers things he said about stuff during the middle to latter part of this crusade.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
It won't be the first time pre-election pledges have been lost to the ether. He's got actual politicians around him to do the thinking so your pure demagogue shout seems like a decent one.
He will of course demand certain things of the economy, I think I said before that getting the $ strong will be something he'll do. Not because he knows how to do it, but because he'll demand that his staff sacrifice anything to attain the target. It'll be a bad thing for the UK, but good for you guys, overall.
That's right, I'm calling your pure naive fantasy and wopping my own delusional rapture on the green felt table.
Hey girl, that dress looks good on you, but it would look even better when you wear it to file our marriage papers so I can stay in Japan the next 4 years.
Democracy is sucking hardQuote:
Originally Posted by BarbarossaBroke the news to my daughter this morning. Her reply:-Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
"Why do all votes go a different way to what I want?"
Didn't have an answer. :(
Other than, "That's democracy - suck it up, buttercup".
It's pretty ironic that we're pinning our remain hopes on this guy and his unelected mates
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It has, and I agree with you that this was an election where the right had to be crushed.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyThat could be reassuring, but I actually had a bigger concern. He was raised up by the alt right, and now he just got himself elected. This is just going to empower the alt right, and by empower I mean legitimize. When it's more legitimized, more money flows to the cause, which then allows more money to flow into lobbying efforts in support of their agendas. These consequences will be long lasting. Clinton would have needed to crush Trump in the general election in order to curb the alt right's rise, at least that's what I think, and I would have been saying the same thing even if she won by a small margin. This has really been one fucked up election cycle.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
You're in for quite a few cycles of Republican domination, one would think.
What I've noticed, though, is that these things pan out to be rather better than were feared initially. Save for relatively few specialist businesses, the UK economy remains unchanged so far, for example.
The left's rhetoric hyperbole will soon fade and we're then left with the same basically sensible people running things in Congress and the House of Representatives who just so happen to eat babies in their spare time. Living in America won't be that different, foreign policy won't be wildly altered, we will continue to be massively annoyed by anything that comes out of Trump's mouth. He'll probably piss off several dignitaries in various countries around the world and then a faceless child-eater will smooth it over with cash or favours. It's just a shame about the guns.
Thing is, things are already stacked against immigrants and minorities in the US, and we can still refer to them as minorities with 70% of the ballots belonging to white voters. The US still needs to keep moving forward on those issues to be considered decent or humane, but electing Trump is going to set that back any which way you prognosticate. Well, except in one way. It looks like 3 more states have now legalized the possession of marijuana, in which the criminality has been instrumental in disproportionately jailing the black population.Quote:
Originally Posted by mankerIt has, and I agree with you that this was an election where the right had to be crushed.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
You're in for quite a few cycles of Republican domination, one would think.
What I've noticed, though, is that these things pan out to be rather better than were feared initially. Save for relatively few specialist businesses, the UK economy remains unchanged so far, for example.
The left's rhetoric hyperbole will soon fade and we're then left with the same basically sensible people running things in Congress and the House of Representatives who just so happen to eat babies in their spare time. Living in America won't be that different, foreign policy won't be wildly altered, we will continue to be massively annoyed by anything that comes out of Trump's mouth. He'll probably piss off several dignitaries in various countries around the world and then a faceless child-eater will smooth it over with cash or favours. It's just a shame about the guns.
Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue :dabs:
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Morning, homosexuals. Interwebs have been down because someone cut an underground fibre cable or other lies so I've been out of the loop. Woke up to find out that everything I've imagined to be bad about the majority of Americans seems to be true.
I guess they now have to give up the idea of having moral superiority over 20th century Germany.
PS Meg. See this is what complacency gets you. Not pretty is it?
I've had to shorten the distance to the source to get the noise low enough on my modem so it even works, so I'm typing this while lying on the floor. :ermm:
Nebraska voted to reinstate the death penalty because the Universe has to keep things in balance.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Don't kid yourself. Federal law still trumps (hah!) state law, and if DJT (and who are we kidding, policy-wise it's really President Pence now, isn't it?) changed a presidential decree or two and ordered the Justice Department to start prosecutions and crack-downs again, it really doesn't matter much what the states say or do...Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
People keep talking about "The Bubble" that Washington insiders and the New York media supposedly live in. If I am honest with myself, I have to include myself in that bubble, too. A different kind of bubble, but a bubble nonetheless.
This clearly was an election not so much of men against women, or East Coast vs. Midwest or primarily rich vs. poor; this was an election of the urban vs. rural population. I never saw it coming, and even if I think really hard about it, I am struggling to name five friends or people I'd have semi-regular contact with who live in rural areas. The city has become my own personal echo chamber.
Michael Moore has once again become the oracle.
trump won:coffee:
We should all now play world of tanks and destroy a few countries. I planed a cyber attack but the game doesn`t seem to support a China add-on at the moment
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-Viz
So many things that only the thick as shit would even consider..... Viz is still going then, good for them :)
You love us so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Don't be so hard on yourself, who keeps in touch with those aloof and, frankly, odourous rural types anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caballero
I certainly don't and I'm Welsh, they're literally a couple of miles away.
When I was poring over the demographics in the small hours, that rural/urban split leapt out at me, too. It's hard to miss.
I had a look at the previous elections and although this year was more pronounced, it's always been kinda like that, I notice.
Looks like she's going to win the popular vote. That's got to mean ... well ... nothing.
An election result I don't understand and a new album by Robbie Williams.
This feels very much like 2004 to me.
Only you would stoop sooo low. :dry:Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Or hate myself so much. The matter is still open to debate.Quote:
Originally Posted by mankerYou love us so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I can't be the only one that got Hitler Youth vibes from that kid standing beside Trump.
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Blonde haired & blued eyed kid from brunette parents.
I'm getting an aryan milkman vibe fo' sho'
Wisconsin is apparently full of them.
On the glass of poison half full side at least we know Real Time and Last Week Tonight are going to be interesting this week.
Wouldn't you know that Mulder is on vacation just when my internet needs fixing.
I'm sensing another conspiracy here.
He'd just get under your desk to look up your skirt and switch it on and off again.
Don't think he's gone on holiday, just not going to work. He might have gone to a few zoos though with his missus. They sure do love captive beasts.