Author Topic: US Politics Thread |OT| THE DARKEST TIMELINE (Read 2358708 times)

benjipwns · « **Reply #17160 on:** June 23, 2016, 02:30:06 AM »

BBC and Discovery did like a five hour one back after Nixon died, it's all on youtube, first part:

wtf this shit ain't no 720p

EDIT: better quality
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxTzxi5jHYg
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyWZXmZBwcY&
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_I_Lo8Xpkw

VomKriege · « **Reply #17161 on:** June 23, 2016, 03:59:11 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 22, 2016, 10:50:12 PM

Quote
Rick Tyler says he...wants to return to an earlier time "when there were no break-ins; no violent crime; no mass immigration."

So...pre-1492, then?

https://youtu.be/mGPlK2xHJyI?t=43s

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17162 on:** June 23, 2016, 12:33:21 PM »

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/23/donald-trump-faces-wall-of-opposition-as-he-returns-to-scotland

Kara · « **Reply #17163 on:** June 23, 2016, 01:32:52 PM »

Newsweek had an article about the upcoming LIBERTARIAN MOMENT in November, benji. The best part of it is when it talks about how Americans are stupid and vote emotionally, for example that ten percent of polled Sanders supporters were Libertarian leaning voters.

RustyNails · « **Reply #17164 on:** June 23, 2016, 07:16:46 PM »

Kaine is like the most boring white politician imaginable, so of course it's going to be him.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17165 on:** June 23, 2016, 07:28:15 PM »

Don't understand why some folks are so intent on Warren getting a job she probably won't have much impact in, whereas if she remains in the senate/gains more seniority she'll be writing the type of legislation they want.

Atramental · « **Reply #17166 on:** June 23, 2016, 07:43:36 PM »

I don't think most people know that VP is nothing more than a 1up mushroom just in case something... unfortunate happens to the POTUS.

edit: Then again, maybe that is why they want her to be VP since a lot of crazies out there absolutely despise Hillary and wish horrible things to befall her.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #17167 on:** June 23, 2016, 08:15:18 PM »

If Hilldawg got impeached, does the VP take over?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17168 on:** June 23, 2016, 09:08:17 PM »

Quote from: Pallando on June 23, 2016, 07:43:36 PM

I don't think most people know that VP is nothing more than a 1up mushroom just in case something... unfortunate happens to the POTUS.

edit: Then again, maybe that is why they want her to be VP.

True although Cheney and Biden had influence increased the VP role over some past cases like Gore or whatshisface (HW Bush's vp). Like I said I'd rather have Warren becoming more and more important in the senate though. The WH doesn't write legislation.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #17169 on:** June 23, 2016, 10:21:04 PM »

Quote from: RustyNails on June 23, 2016, 07:16:46 PM

Kaine is like the most boring white politician imaginable, so of course it's going to be him.

Well yeah, the problem with choosing Warren is that she'll outshine Hilary. If Warren does get the Veep slot, I would be hoping on some level that she would be acting like an altruistic Frank Underwood and usurp her boss however possible. And I like Hilary.

But yeah, the basic point is, don't pick somebody who people like much better then you to be your understudy, it'll just make you look worse over the long and short run.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17170 on:** June 23, 2016, 10:31:33 PM »

And I'm not sure having a 68 year old president and 67 year old vice president is the greatest idea.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17171 on:** June 24, 2016, 11:43:36 AM »

Found out my cousin us a trump voter

thought he was the smart one

pretty depressing the things he said considering his parents were migrants

Kara · « **Reply #17172 on:** June 24, 2016, 11:47:37 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 24, 2016, 11:43:36 AM

Found out my cousin us a trump voter

thought he was the smart one

pretty depressing the things he said considering his parents were migrants

Not sure when your cousin came here, but most of the expats I know here are Soviet-educated, American-made engineers so, "Fuck you, I got mine," seems quite par for the course unfortunately.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17173 on:** June 24, 2016, 11:53:18 AM »

my mom came here with 600 usd and now makes 200k

socialism is a sham

hilary should be in jail

i want to live in a fight or die enviroment

-actual quotes from convo

Rufus · « **Reply #17174 on:** June 24, 2016, 12:05:14 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 24, 2016, 11:53:18 AM

socialism is a sham

i want to live in a fight or die enviroment

Write these two down. They'll come in handy eventually.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17175 on:** June 24, 2016, 12:16:46 PM »

Please whisper it in his ear when he is dying at home of cancer.

Kara · « **Reply #17176 on:** June 24, 2016, 02:02:36 PM »

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/us/suit-challenges-us-over-abortions-and-birth-control-for-immigrant-minors.html

It's unfortunate that the Church is one of the only faith-based organizations that can actually do satisfactory charitable work.

e: lol http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/science/cars-gas-global-warming.html

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17177 on:** June 24, 2016, 11:04:36 PM »

Quote from: Kara on June 24, 2016, 02:02:36 PM

e: lol http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/science/cars-gas-global-warming.html

Quote

“People have very short memories about the price of gasoline,” Dr. Sivak said.

Or just, you know, everything.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #17178 on:** June 25, 2016, 12:27:49 AM »

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When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another...

The UK knew - it was that time. And now is that time in the USA.

The Brexit referendum is akin to our own Declaration of Independence. May that refreshed spirit of sovereignty spread over the pond to America's shores!

Congratulations, smart Brits. Good on you for ignoring all the fear mongering from special interest globalists who tend to aim for that apocalyptic One World Government that dissolves a nation's self-determination and sovereignty... the EU being a One World Government mini-me.

America can learn an encouraging lesson from this.

It is time to dissolve political bands that connect us to agendas not in our best interest. May UN shackles be next on the chopping block.

- Sarah Palin

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17179 on:** June 25, 2016, 01:48:28 AM »

"UN shackles"

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17180 on:** June 25, 2016, 03:09:05 AM »

"US should confront Russia"

"We should dissolve UN shackles and be wary of globalization alliances"

Trent Dole · « **Reply #17181 on:** June 25, 2016, 03:46:40 AM »

What? No. Barely any of the rules and the regulations of the UN actually apply to the US due to the position we were in when the UN was founded. They couldn't not have us be a part of it so we have some rather special privileges. What's great about this is we can disregard all sorts of rules but when someone is failing to follow the regulations with regards to us we can have sanctions put on them! But Sarah Palin wants to be out of that deal, probably because she has no fucking idea what our arrangement with the UN even is. Jesus fuck.

Atramental · « **Reply #17182 on:** June 25, 2016, 10:49:15 AM »

Palin is probably the type of Christian that is against the alleged coming of the "One World Government". A lot of nut bag Christians are fearful of this because it is a so called sign of the end times.

Hence why she wants us to leave the UN.

edit: Oh silly me. Didn't read her entire quote. Wow, she's that open about it too.

Tasty · « **Reply #17183 on:** June 25, 2016, 01:49:00 PM »

I don't understand why Christians are afraid of the apocalypse.

According to them, THEY WON'T EVEN BE HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS. They get raptured right when it starts . And it signals the second coming of the Messiah, which they should theoretically want because it'll usher in a 10,000 year theocracy where everything is hunky-dory.

Makes literally no sense to me they're afraid of the end times. In fact they should be pushing it forwards in every way possible. "RFID chips in our hands? Giddyup!"

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #17184 on:** June 25, 2016, 01:52:02 PM »

Hmmmm maybe some religious folk have been indoctrinated to believe that they are dirty, dirty sinners for human behavior and might not get scooped up when the calvary come?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17185 on:** June 25, 2016, 02:28:40 PM »

Or maybe they're just nutters.

Kara · « **Reply #17186 on:** June 25, 2016, 02:42:29 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on June 25, 2016, 01:49:00 PM

I don't understand why Christians are afraid of the apocalypse.

According to them, THEY WON'T EVEN BE HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS. They get raptured right when it starts . And it signals the second coming of the Messiah, which they should theoretically want because it'll usher in a 10,000 year theocracy where everything is hunky-dory.

Makes literally no sense to me they're afraid of the end times. In fact they should be pushing it forwards in every way possible. "RFID chips in our hands? Giddyup!"

maybe they don't actually believe it............. that's my hot take (no copypasta pls)

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17187 on:** June 25, 2016, 02:55:21 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on June 25, 2016, 01:49:00 PM

I don't understand why Christians are afraid of the apocalypse.

According to them, THEY WON'T EVEN BE HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS. They get raptured right when it starts . And it signals the second coming of the Messiah, which they should theoretically want because it'll usher in a 10,000 year theocracy where everything is hunky-dory.

Makes literally no sense to me they're afraid of the end times. In fact they should be pushing it forwards in every way possible. "RFID chips in our hands? Giddyup!"

Not all Christians believe in a pre-Tribulation rapture. Some believe Christians will live through part of the Tribulation.

Atramental · « **Reply #17188 on:** June 25, 2016, 03:26:14 PM »

I know of Christians who have broken up with a gf or fiancé due to differing beliefs about the end times.

"Are you a Dispensationalist or an Amillennialist?"
"Amillennialist."
"This... this isn't going to work out."

That's how nutty some of these people are, brehs.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17189 on:** June 25, 2016, 03:43:14 PM »

I used to wake up in the middle of the night as a kid, scared shitless because I thought I heard a trumpet blowing. It was usually just a train.

Torture young children with fairy tales brehs

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17190 on:** June 25, 2016, 03:57:00 PM »

run for the hills, the trumpets are blowing

Kara · « **Reply #17191 on:** June 25, 2016, 04:16:12 PM »

Sorry PD... that's an L.

Trust other people brehs.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #17192 on:** June 25, 2016, 04:18:33 PM »

I remember being scared of aliens and ghosts

Heavenly Trumpets tho

Just imagining PD grasping his bedsheets thinking "was that 2 or 3 trumpets? well...maybe i woke halfway through and it was 5 but surely not 6. OK, possibly 6, but...*begins repenting for his self-pollution*"

Atramental · « **Reply #17193 on:** June 25, 2016, 05:21:33 PM »

It's not so much the trumpets that are scary. It's the crazy, fucked up shit that comes afterwards that'll make you shit yourself.

Atramental · « **Reply #17194 on:** June 25, 2016, 06:35:28 PM »

Deets pls.

Edit: Also, a big part of the reason why the Christian end times is so scary is due to what they don't tell you/leave up to your imagination. Also, whoever wrote the Book of Revelation was either high as fuck, having a mental breakdown, or both.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #17195 on:** June 25, 2016, 06:39:13 PM »

TORTURE

Yeti · « **Reply #17196 on:** June 25, 2016, 08:04:00 PM »

oh man, imagine all the taco bell you could eat with all those extra mouths

helios · « **Reply #17197 on:** June 26, 2016, 01:06:08 AM »

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #17198 on:** June 27, 2016, 02:11:33 PM »

I don't know how anyone who is intellectually honest could be a Republican in the 80's and still be one today. I mean, there are seeds of the 80's in today's party, but it has really gotten grotesque.

This was a good one-liner by Will: 'Will responded on "Fox News Sunday," saying: "He has an advantage on me, because he can say everything he knows about any subject in 140 characters and I can't.'

Kara · « **Reply #17199 on:** June 27, 2016, 03:58:42 PM »

SCOTUS striking down Texas' abortion prohibition laws masquerading as healthcare regulations.

Tasty · « **Reply #17200 on:** June 27, 2016, 04:07:08 PM »

Quote from: Kara on June 27, 2016, 03:58:42 PM

SCOTUS striking down Texas' abortion prohibition laws masquerading as healthcare regulations.

And people still want to protest-vote in November and contribute to the possible prevention of a Democrat-appointed SCOTUS seat.

Mandark · « **Reply #17201 on:** June 27, 2016, 06:04:34 PM »

George Will cosplaying as Bill Buckley yet again, with Trump supporters as his Birchers.

lolz

chronovore · « **Reply #17202 on:** June 27, 2016, 06:19:56 PM »

Quote from: Kara on June 27, 2016, 03:58:42 PM

SCOTUS striking down Texas' abortion prohibition laws masquerading as healthcare regulations.

I'm stunned that it was still ongoing; I remember months ago hearing the legislation get ripped a 2nd and 3rd asshole through basic logic. I'd assumed that was the end of it.

Kara · « **Reply #17203 on:** June 27, 2016, 08:02:45 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on June 27, 2016, 04:07:08 PM

Quote from: Kara on June 27, 2016, 03:58:42 PM
SCOTUS striking down Texas' abortion prohibition laws masquerading as healthcare regulations.

And people still want to protest-vote in November and contribute to the possible prevention of a Democrat-appointed SCOTUS seat.

Truthfully I find it optimistic that one would even be appointed after January 2017. The electorate has yet to definitively punish Republican legislators for their behavior during the last 8 years and why would they give away SCOTUS for possibly quite awhile when 4-4 "decisions" will simply allow their strategy of death by a thousand cuts to continue at the state level?

Mandark · « **Reply #17204 on:** June 27, 2016, 10:33:49 PM »

Even with Trump sucking up all the oxygen, it's remarkable how little discussion there is of a SCOTUS seat just sitting open for a whole year.

Would not be surprised at all if the GOP finds some public reason to indefinitely avoid a vote on Clinton's pick. "After an election where she failed to win half the popular vote or get a mandate, the President chose not to reach across the aisle and nominate a qualified judge with bipartisan support (ie a Federalist Society member), but rather chose an unqualified radical (nonwhite person) after seeking no Republican input, in a clear effort to further politicize the court."

Meanwhile, maybe Democrats could stop getting their asses handed to them at the state level? Dunno, maybe it would help.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17205 on:** June 27, 2016, 10:56:27 PM »

I agree, I wouldn't be stunned if her nominee is filibustered the shit. Seems like democrats will likely take the senate, and assuming republicans obstruct we could see the filibuster killed for Supreme Court nominees. Hopefully John McCain loses his seat in November too btw; last thing I'd want is some type of half assed "Gang of X" deal in which republicans get a compromise pick.

The 9th Circuit Court recently ruled there is no constitutional right to have concealed gun. Hillary is going all-in for an assault weapons ban. I just can't imagine republicans casually letting her tilt the court left on guns given where the wind is heading.

get ready for "Trump wasn't a real conservative so his loss doesn't count" arguments fellas

brawndolicious · « **Reply #17206 on:** June 28, 2016, 01:05:32 AM »

Based on her not being a tall, black guy and that she will have had to campaign against Trump for the better part of a year, she's probably going to use the macho-aggressive card that she's been dealt with when talking about these issues. I don't know if it'll help but it's a different approach that maybe would have helped Obama push forward more.

Kara · « **Reply #17207 on:** June 28, 2016, 01:52:32 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on June 27, 2016, 10:33:49 PM

Even with Trump sucking up all the oxygen, it's remarkable how little discussion there is of a SCOTUS seat just sitting open for a whole year.

If there's one thing you can credit the Republican Party in its current incarnation with it's playing the normative game. I would draw a line from their previous strategy of undermining the administration / the executive branch by refusing to confirm appointments (the ATF director saga being the obvious example) to their present behavior of claiming the presidency loses its powers of office for around 25% of its elected term because they say so. The beauty of making things normative is people accept them as normal without regard for evidence.

benjipwns · « **Reply #17208 on:** June 28, 2016, 08:52:05 AM »

Quote

The House Benghazi Committee issued their long-waited final report on Tuesday morning, concluding that the Obama administration - including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - failed to sufficiently protect American diplomats in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack.

The 800-page report is the culmination of a two-year investigation that has haunted the 2016 Democratic front-runner on the campaign trail

Tasty · « **Reply #17209 on:** June 28, 2016, 09:29:18 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on June 28, 2016, 08:52:05 AM

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The House Benghazi Committee issued their long-waited final report on Tuesday morning, concluding that the Obama administration - including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - failed to sufficiently protect American diplomats in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack.

The 800-page report is the culmination of a two-year investigation that has haunted the 2016 Democratic front-runner on the campaign trail

notto disu shitto agen

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17210 on:** June 28, 2016, 10:09:36 AM »

Told ya fucks Benghazi would be back

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17211 on:** June 28, 2016, 10:27:29 AM »

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on June 28, 2016, 10:09:36 AM

Told ya fucks Benghazi would be back

They're still digging up Vince Foster, of course Benghazi is coming back. We're playing all the old classics here at the Mena Airport.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17212 on:** June 28, 2016, 10:42:23 AM »

The people ask

What about the emails?
What about Benghazi?
What about your inability to control congress?
What about lack of respect from other world leaders?
etc, etc.

Dem's response:

I hate both candidates but at this point Trump is actually the lesser of two evils. Putin will eat Clinton alive.

Either way next four years gonna be rough, kinda like PD's college vagina slump

Kara · « **Reply #17213 on:** June 28, 2016, 10:47:22 AM »

Rufus · « **Reply #17214 on:** June 28, 2016, 10:47:36 AM »

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on June 28, 2016, 10:42:23 AM

I hate both candidates but at this point Trump is actually the lesser of two evils.

You've completely lost your mind.

Tasty · « **Reply #17215 on:** June 28, 2016, 10:47:58 AM »

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on June 28, 2016, 10:42:23 AM

Trump is actually the lesser of two evils.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #17216 on:** June 28, 2016, 10:50:08 AM »

I'm not voting for either. I'm writing in Putin just to piss Tasty off

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17217 on:** June 28, 2016, 11:09:31 AM »

Write in an ex-KGB mobster because you think Hilary might a have got like a handful of people killed through incompetence. Someone's morals are inconsistent.

VomKriege · « **Reply #17218 on:** June 28, 2016, 11:11:11 AM »

Hillary is finished, boys, I mean read this :
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57611bb9e4b057ac661b322c

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17219 on:** June 28, 2016, 11:19:09 AM »

*GOP Benghazi report released showing no wrong doing on Hillary's part*

AiA: I told you guys!

News:

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