US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[benjipwns]

How could he know players were kneeling? Is Pence admitting, publicly, that he took his eyes of the flag during the national anthem?

[benjipwns]

Pence hates kneegroes.

[Mandark]

It's very Trump.

The part I can't figure out is why Pence does all this shit, especially when the Trump people leak to the press how Trump treats him like a bitch. I mean, I get why he accepted being VP but it's not like he has to literally do anything he's asked to, he must have thought this was a good idea too?

I mean, he wrote that op-ed against Mulan.

[shosta]

The part I can't figure out is why Pence does all this shit, especially when the Trump people leak to the press how Trump treats him like a bitch. I mean, I get why he accepted being VP but it's not like he has to literally do anything he's asked to, he must have thought this was a good idea too?

He needed to put another one up on the board for team America because that whole sichuan sauce debacle reminded him that it was originally a promotional for Mulan, which is getting a live action remake soon, and we all know where Mike Pence stands on Mulan:

    Just spent a memorable Fathers Day, like so many other all American Hoosier dads, with my kids at the new Disney film entitled, "Mulan". For those who have not yet been victimized by the McDonald's induced hysteria over this film, Mulan is a fictional account of a delicate girl of the same name who surreptitiously takes her fathers place in the Chinese army in one of their ancient wars against the Huns. Despite her delicate features and voice, Disney expects us to believe that Mulan's ingenuity and courage were enough to carry her to military success on an equal basis with her cloddish cohorts. Obviously, this is Walt Disney's attempt to add childhood expectation to the cultural debate over the role of women in the military. I suspect that some mischievous liberal at Disney assumes that Mulan's story will cause a quiet change in the next generation's attitude about women in combat and they just might be right. (Just think about how often we think of Bambi every time the subject of deer hunting comes into the mainstream media debate.)

    The only problem with this liberal hope is the reality which intrudes on the Disney ideal from the mornings headlines. From the original "Tailhook" scandal involving scores of high ranking navy fighter pilots who molested subordinate women to the latest travesty at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, the hard truth of our experiment with gender integration is that is has been an almost complete disaster for the military and for many of the individual women involved. When Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer was appointed to investigate the Aberdeen mess, he shocked the public with the revelation that young, nubile, 18 year old men and women were actually being HOUSED together during basic training. Whatever bone head came up with this idea should be run out of this man's Army before sundown. Housing, in close quarters, young men and women (in some cases married to non-military personnel) at the height of their physical and sexual potential is the height of stupidity. It is instructive that even in the Disney film, young Ms. Mulan falls in love with her superior officer! Me thinks the politically correct Disney types completely missed the irony of this part of the story. They likely added it because it added realism with which the viewer could identify with the characters. You see, now stay with me on this, many young men find many young women to be attractive sexually. Many young women find many young men to be attractive sexually. Put them together, in close quarters, for long periods of time, and things will get interesting. Just like they eventually did for young Mulan. Moral of story: women in military, bad idea.

EDIT: SNIPEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 

[Mandark]

Sometimes because of Bannon, Flynn, Gorka, and Trump himself, it's easy to think of Pence as the predictable, mainstream politician and forget that he's also a deeply, deeply weird dude in his own right.

[shosta]

"The California hepatitis A outbreak is on the verge of reaching statewide epidemic status, as cases have spread through homeless tent cities from San Diego north to Sacramento.

California health officials have reported that at least 569 people have been infected with the hepatitis A liver disease and 17 have died since a San Diego County outbreak was first identified in November. Cases have migrated north to homeless populations in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Sacramento over the last 11 months."

Disgusting. How can I help stop homeless people from having sex in Sacramento?

[chronovore]

Sometimes because of Bannon, Flynn, Gorka, and Trump himself, it's easy to think of Pence as the predictable, mainstream politician and forget that he's also a deeply, deeply weird dude in his own right.

Wasn't he a hugely unpopular governor when serving that role, as well?

[VomKriege]

Yeah Pence looks like the kind of tool that would get incensed by athletes "disrespecting" the flag (many a Republican do) and thus a willful participant in that stupid stunt.

[chronovore]

Yeah Pence looks like the kind of tool that would get incensed by athletes "disrespecting" the flag (many a Republican do) and thus a willful participant in that stupid stunt.

https://twitter.com/TheDweck/status/917103351149428736

[Stro]

It's very Trump.

The part I can't figure out is why Pence does all this shit, especially when the Trump people leak to the press how Trump treats him like a bitch. I mean, I get why he accepted being VP but it's not like he has to literally do anything he's asked to, he must have thought this was a good idea too?

Mike Pence is a guy who is so icked out by gay people that he shut down vanity plates in Indiana because there was going to be a rainbow plate.

[T-Short]

https://www.facebook.com/FrankieBoyleFans/posts/1682283191813040

It’s telling that footballers have managed a more cogent rejection of racial inequality than the Democratic Party. They’ve also dealt surprisingly well with Trump, I suppose because they’re used to handling a tanned pigskin full of stale air.

...

You start to suspect that the only time Trump wants to see black people drop to their knees in a stadium is after hearing the orders, ‘Ready, Aim, Fire’.

[Shuri]

It's "hilarious" how Pence used a 2014 picture he original tweeted himself, with a lil fllter tweak .. wow

[shosta]

It’s telling that footballers have managed a more cogent rejection of racial inequality than the Democratic Party.

The ENTIRE theme of the DNC was "This is not who we are" and "we are stronger together, reject racism".

[team filler]

Pence drinks the kool-aid, same as any other trump supporter.

[seagrams hotsauce]

"The California hepatitis A outbreak is on the verge of reaching statewide epidemic status, as cases have spread through homeless tent cities from San Diego north to Sacramento.

California health officials have reported that at least 569 people have been infected with the hepatitis A liver disease and 17 have died since a San Diego County outbreak was first identified in November. Cases have migrated north to homeless populations in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Sacramento over the last 11 months."

Disgusting. How can I help stop homeless people from having sex in Sacramento?

vehicular homicide?

[shosta]

vehicular homicide?

The police beat me to it.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Jesus Christ almighty

[bluemax]

vehicular homicide?

The police beat me to it.

Why is like every Dead Kennedys song suddenly relevant again:

[Joe Molotov]

It's "hilarious" how Pence used a 2014 picture he original tweeted himself, with a lil fllter tweak .. wow

Mother's been learning the Photoshops.

[Brehvolution]

Elect shitlords, brehs.

[agrajag]

*pisslords

[Joe Molotov]

I wonder if Trump has a higher IQ than Grren Shinobi.

[shosta]

BREAKING: James O'Keefe busts NYTimes WIDE OPEN, turns out it's not """objective""". NYT video editor is James Comey's GODSON, also breaking news, NYT video editor is NOT Comey's godson, was lying to female undercover reporter in attempt to get LAID. Liberal hypocrisy and propaganda at its worst?

[Joe Molotov]

BREAKING: James O'Keefe busts NYTimes WIDE OPEN, turns out it's not """objective""". NYT video editor is James Comey's GODSON, also breaking news, NYT video editor is NOT Comey's godson, was lying to female undercover reporter in attempt to get LAID. Liberal hypocrisy and propaganda at its worst?

Woah if true, or woah if not true.

[Nola]

My favorite game the right plays: look at this example of slight bias inside this cosmopolitan organization! FAKE News! Discredited!!... Introduced to me by this hyper-partisan, ultra-biased, politically weaponized news source I exclusively consume to inform my own personal views.

[benjipwns]

The best example being the mainstream media like The New York Times and The Washington Post's endless war against Hillary last year in favor of Trump. (And Bernie.)

Verrit.com authentication code: 0116110

[shosta]

Speaking of fake news

And since you're sooooo interested in what my policy platform would be, I will offer it:
1. 95% flat tax on all incomes over $1 million, 70% flat tax on all incomes between $1 million and the median income, 45% flat tax on all incomes between the median and 4x the poverty line.
2. Outlaw private practice, insurance, medical care, etc. Medicare for All with all drug companies, hospitals, doctors, state-owned and state paid for. Cap costs at 10% of GDP or lower.
3. A Canadian like MST and GST of 25%.
4. 100% death tax, 2% yearly savings/wealth tax, 110% expat tax
5. Gradual replacement of all power plants with nuclear
6. Elimination on tax cap on social security, increase to 25% tax, means test Social Security
7. Universal income replacing all welfare programs of 3x the poverty line.
8. Elimination of minimum wage, mandatory unionization within all industries, 25% of all public stock to be held by the government, 26% by the unions, all industries prices set within competitive range by joint government-union-company boards
9. No corporate tax on public companies, 60% tax on revenue for private companies
10. Government ownership of all telecommunications with free access and no caps
11. All school funding at federal level, given to schools by inverse of graduation rates
12. Formation of all public utility companies into national ones instead of local, de-privatization of postal service and assumption of all transportation/delivery companies under their purview, increase airport, gas and other transport fees and taxes by % of increased usage each year
13. Eliminate all restrictions on freedom of press/assembly/speech
14. Ignore the Supreme Court lol jk
15. $1 billion Metroid fund established.
16. Replace the Senate with PR elected, 1% threshold (so 1% = 1 seat, 100 seats, easy peasy), double the size of the House.
17. Ban the President from delivering the State of the Union in person
18. Ban Lindsey Graham and Peter King from the country
19. Issue letters of marque and reprisal for Lindsey Graham and Peter King
20. Pass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titles_of_Nobility_Amendment?wprov=sfla1 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_Amendment
21. Fifty-four forty or fight!

EDIT: Enact the Ecotic Comprehensive Immigration Reform Plan

 Benji used to be a big gov imperialist socialist. 100% death tax is exactly what I would expect from someone who wants to kill the upper class in Obamacare FEMA death camps.

[curly]

Speaking of fake news

 Benji used to be a big gov imperialist socialist. 100% death tax is exactly what I would expect from someone who wants to kill the upper class in Obamacare FEMA death camps.

But what's his position on age of consent laws

[shosta]

Jack I'm going to report you for getting set off by a joke post

[benjipwns]

Speaking of fake news

 Benji used to be a big gov imperialist socialist. 100% death tax is exactly what I would expect from someone who wants to kill the upper class in Obamacare FEMA death camps.

that post is from two years ago bro, only four years after i started posting here to the happiness of The Walrus, and probably over a year plus after i finally convinced the poligaf regulars of the time that i actually hold my political beliefs

also, like poligaf, you confuse a temporal policy platform of incrementalism for a greater future ideological goal

[benjipwns]

i bet none of you went to Verrit.com, media for the 65.8 million, to check the authenticity of my post through the verification code

[Stro]

Trump doesn't even have a higher IQ than Stro or Username.

[benjipwns]

i wonder what the crosstabs on viewer retention look like for Fox Business' 7-9 bloc

at 7 you have Lou Dobbs Tonight, which from what I have gathered consists entirely of his desire to deport anyone Sean Hannity has not called a "Great American" (note: this still may be between 100-250 million people) and then bombing them and neighboring nations or anyone who looks like it; along with endless praise of anything Trump does while attacking RINOS or DIMMS for not getting on board, and the immediate stoppage of all trade...along with shuffling out Ed Rollins corpse to blast Trump opponents in the Republican party for betraying Reagan

at 8 you have Kennedy, which 80% of the guests are either reason/Cato folks, comedians and/or likely Red Eye tier cast-offs, which gives the show a borderline open borders policy, along with an anti-war/anti-drug war/anti-police overall vibe most of the time, with half the guests often saying things that are anti-Trump, with pretty much all of them free traders...along with shuffling out Nick Gillespe's leather jacket to blast Republicans for being Republicans

[bluemax]

i bet none of you went to Verrit.com, media for the 65.8 million, to check the authenticity of my post through the verification code

Is Verrit still a thing?

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917843658585640960

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917807231156006912

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917834509911035906

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917841728211705861

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917564189937471488

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917558155902685185

this dude is a beast

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917724579677732864

 

[chronovore]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/arts/television/snl-jason-aldean-gal-gadot.html

This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The guy had 47 guns. No one should own 47 of anything. If you own 47 cats, you are not a responsible pet owner, you’re a crazy cat lady. And unlike with guns, the government will actually come and take your cats away because everyone agrees that’s insane. Also, this guy bought 33 of his guns in the past year, and that didn’t set off any kind of alert? If I buy $100 worth of Chick-fil-A, I get a text message from my bank that says, ‘Did you just purchase $100 worth of Chick-fil-A? Please, Colin, tell us this is fraud.’ How is no one keeping track of how many guns people own? There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos. And I get why. No one needs that many. If you have more than six dildos, it’s a clear sign you are training for something awful.
(…)
Who are these delicate snowflakes that we can’t just tell: ‘No, you’re not allowed to have 40 guns anymore, Earl. From now on, you can have one gun, max. And six bullets.’ If you can’t hit what you’re shooting with six bullets, then you don’t need to be shooting at it. Learn karate or use your words. I’m sick of this narrative that Americans just love guns so much. It’s not true. Seventy-eight percent of Americans don’t even own a gun. And 3 percent of Americans own 50 percent of all the guns in the country. That’s the problem: that whiny 3 percent that needs to feel secure all the time. That’s why I think we should do a buyback program. For every gun you trade in, we give you one half-inch of penis enlargement. That’s fair. If you trade in 10 guns, you get five more inches. And if women want to trade in their guns, don’t. Keep your guns. You’re probably going to need it to fight off all those men in spandex showing off their brand-new eight-inch penises.

[Stro]

What about people who thought Hillary was a monster years before Russia got involved? 


I mean...Hillary was a known unlikable quantity in the 90s (and earlier if you were in Arkansas), and her unpopularity shot up even more during the dirty campaign she ran in 2008, particularly among Democractic voters. So...were the Russians running a disinfo campaign against her since 1993? 

[benjipwns]

And I get why. No one needs that many. If you have more than six dildos, it’s a clear sign you are training for something awful.

the "tolerant left" that wants to "stay out of the bedroom" strikes again

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why does the New York Times publish a seemingly regular Saturday Night Live recap by this person in their print edition?

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[agrajag]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/arts/television/snl-jason-aldean-gal-gadot.html

This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The guy had 47 guns. No one should own 47 of anything. If you own 47 cats, you are not a responsible pet owner, you’re a crazy cat lady.

 Why couldn't it be a crazy gender fluid cat person, you gender assuming nazi? 

[shosta]

So what does the government do after they're "alerted"?

[benjipwns]

 Why couldn't it be a crazy gender fluid cat person, you gender assuming nazi? 

Exposing their Nazi sympathizing is about right:

If you can’t hit what you’re shooting with six bullets, then you don’t need to be shooting at it. Learn karate or use your words.

Who are these delicate snowflakes that we can’t just tell "No, Lorne, you're going to prison for dying on the wrong hill of history."

Watch the ACLU jump in and defend these Nazi scumbags instead of doing what people donate them to do which is stop things like SNL from airing.

[Mupepe]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/arts/television/snl-jason-aldean-gal-gadot.html

This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The guy had 47 guns. No one should own 47 of anything. If you own 47 cats, you are not a responsible pet owner, you’re a crazy cat lady. And unlike with guns, the government will actually come and take your cats away because everyone agrees that’s insane. Also, this guy bought 33 of his guns in the past year, and that didn’t set off any kind of alert? If I buy $100 worth of Chick-fil-A, I get a text message from my bank that says, ‘Did you just purchase $100 worth of Chick-fil-A? Please, Colin, tell us this is fraud.’ How is no one keeping track of how many guns people own? There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos. And I get why. No one needs that many. If you have more than six dildos, it’s a clear sign you are training for something awful.
(…)
Who are these delicate snowflakes that we can’t just tell: ‘No, you’re not allowed to have 40 guns anymore, Earl. From now on, you can have one gun, max. And six bullets.’ If you can’t hit what you’re shooting with six bullets, then you don’t need to be shooting at it. Learn karate or use your words. I’m sick of this narrative that Americans just love guns so much. It’s not true. Seventy-eight percent of Americans don’t even own a gun. And 3 percent of Americans own 50 percent of all the guns in the country. That’s the problem: that whiny 3 percent that needs to feel secure all the time. That’s why I think we should do a buyback program. For every gun you trade in, we give you one half-inch of penis enlargement. That’s fair. If you trade in 10 guns, you get five more inches. And if women want to trade in their guns, don’t. Keep your guns. You’re probably going to need it to fight off all those men in spandex showing off their brand-new eight-inch penises.

I own 18 guns    I bought 5 of them in the past year and will likely get another before the end of the year.

If it's your main hobby 40 is not that outrageous.  If you're into shooting sports (disclaimer: which this guy obviously wasn't) you have tons of variations that required different guns and setups.  IDPA, USPSA, bullseye, silhouette, F class, match precision, bench rest, etc all require different setups and that's not even the individual divisions in each which have their own specific setup requirements

I'm not saying restrictions aren't needed on guns.  I just think the number of guns a person owns is a really poor way to start that conversation.  You really only need one to do something terrible.

There's also more than six dildos in my house

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/arts/television/snl-jason-aldean-gal-gadot.html

This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The guy had 47 guns. No one should own 47 of anything. If you own 47 cats, you are not a responsible pet owner, you’re a crazy cat lady. And unlike with guns, the government will actually come and take your cats away because everyone agrees that’s insane. Also, this guy bought 33 of his guns in the past year, and that didn’t set off any kind of alert? If I buy $100 worth of Chick-fil-A, I get a text message from my bank that says, ‘Did you just purchase $100 worth of Chick-fil-A? Please, Colin, tell us this is fraud.’ How is no one keeping track of how many guns people own? There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos. And I get why. No one needs that many. If you have more than six dildos, it’s a clear sign you are training for something awful.
(…)
Who are these delicate snowflakes that we can’t just tell: ‘No, you’re not allowed to have 40 guns anymore, Earl. From now on, you can have one gun, max. And six bullets.’ If you can’t hit what you’re shooting with six bullets, then you don’t need to be shooting at it. Learn karate or use your words. I’m sick of this narrative that Americans just love guns so much. It’s not true. Seventy-eight percent of Americans don’t even own a gun. And 3 percent of Americans own 50 percent of all the guns in the country. That’s the problem: that whiny 3 percent that needs to feel secure all the time. That’s why I think we should do a buyback program. For every gun you trade in, we give you one half-inch of penis enlargement. That’s fair. If you trade in 10 guns, you get five more inches. And if women want to trade in their guns, don’t. Keep your guns. You’re probably going to need it to fight off all those men in spandex showing off their brand-new eight-inch penises.

I own 18 guns    I bought 5 of them in the past year and will likely get another before the end of the year.

If it's your main hobby 40 is not that outrageous.  If you're into shooting sports (disclaimer: which this guy obviously wasn't) you have tons of variations that required different guns and setups.  IDPA, USPSA, bullseye, silhouette, F class, match precision, bench rest, etc all require different setups and that's not even the individual divisions in each which have their own specific setup requirements

I'm not saying restrictions aren't needed on guns.  I just think the number of guns a person owns is a really poor way to start that conversation.  You really only need one to do something terrible.

There's also more than six dildos in my house

This is you, pretty much:

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Future 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee Mark Zuckerberg makes a historic visit to Puerto Rico

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/09/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-puerto-rico-virtual-reality

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[Mupepe]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/arts/television/snl-jason-aldean-gal-gadot.html

This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The guy had 47 guns. No one should own 47 of anything. If you own 47 cats, you are not a responsible pet owner, you’re a crazy cat lady. And unlike with guns, the government will actually come and take your cats away because everyone agrees that’s insane. Also, this guy bought 33 of his guns in the past year, and that didn’t set off any kind of alert? If I buy $100 worth of Chick-fil-A, I get a text message from my bank that says, ‘Did you just purchase $100 worth of Chick-fil-A? Please, Colin, tell us this is fraud.’ How is no one keeping track of how many guns people own? There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos. And I get why. No one needs that many. If you have more than six dildos, it’s a clear sign you are training for something awful.
(…)
Who are these delicate snowflakes that we can’t just tell: ‘No, you’re not allowed to have 40 guns anymore, Earl. From now on, you can have one gun, max. And six bullets.’ If you can’t hit what you’re shooting with six bullets, then you don’t need to be shooting at it. Learn karate or use your words. I’m sick of this narrative that Americans just love guns so much. It’s not true. Seventy-eight percent of Americans don’t even own a gun. And 3 percent of Americans own 50 percent of all the guns in the country. That’s the problem: that whiny 3 percent that needs to feel secure all the time. That’s why I think we should do a buyback program. For every gun you trade in, we give you one half-inch of penis enlargement. That’s fair. If you trade in 10 guns, you get five more inches. And if women want to trade in their guns, don’t. Keep your guns. You’re probably going to need it to fight off all those men in spandex showing off their brand-new eight-inch penises.

I own 18 guns    I bought 5 of them in the past year and will likely get another before the end of the year.

If it's your main hobby 40 is not that outrageous.  If you're into shooting sports (disclaimer: which this guy obviously wasn't) you have tons of variations that required different guns and setups.  IDPA, USPSA, bullseye, silhouette, F class, match precision, bench rest, etc all require different setups and that's not even the individual divisions in each which have their own specific setup requirements

I'm not saying restrictions aren't needed on guns.  I just think the number of guns a person owns is a really poor way to start that conversation.  You really only need one to do something terrible.

There's also more than six dildos in my house

This is you, pretty much:

(Image removed from quote.)

Pass me my tiki torch and lube me up

[nachobro]

I own more than 47 video games Only two guns though, so I'm safe.

But if you count up the guns in each video game I'm way over 47

[ToxicAdam]

This whole "Harvey Weinstein is a major scandal for the Democrats" thing that's going around right-wing media must be one of those arguments that makes sense only if you're a Fox News viewer.

I blame Drudge. He's always had a hard-on for exposing Hollywood scandal. 20 years now.

Part of it is because they typically fund the Democrat party every election cycle and part because it gets clicks.

[ToxicAdam]

You see these kinds of dumb assumptions all the time. I saw people delight in the irony that a bunch of country fans (ie white Republicans) were gunned down by quasi-assault rifles.

[bluemax]

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/918214750743552000

[benjipwns]

This whole "Harvey Weinstein is a major scandal for the Democrats" thing that's going around right-wing media must be one of those arguments that makes sense only if you're a Fox News viewer.

I blame Drudge. He's always had a hard-on for exposing Hollywood scandal. 20 years now.

Part of it is because they typically fund the Democrat party every election cycle and part because it gets clicks.

I think in the case of Drudge there's a totally non-political explanation.

He got his start working at CBS Studios, and at about the same time got into newsgroups, this eventually led to an e-mail/usenet newsletter he sent out of gossip he picked up at CBS and from friends around the various studios. It was pretty much nothing but Hollywood gossip but he started getting spiked stories as part of that which got him contacts at various news organizations. A few years down the road this is how he found out about Newsweek spiking the Lewinsky story and his publishing it that turned him overnight into a millionaire.

Andrew Breitbart came up through the same Hollywood low level worker jobs and as a fan of Drudge who then helped him actually put up the website and then was the one who ran it half the time before helping start Huffington Post on Drudge's recommendation.

I think it was after the 2000 Election and then 9/11 that it really became more politically focused, it was probably still 60% Hollywood/Celebrity/Media gossip before then. By the 2004 election it was like 90% political/news links.

The rumor a few years ago was that Drudge basically doesn't even run the site anymore, it's people who hope to jump from there to Breitbart and become somebody important. I just looked at it and I'm surprised it not only is shockingly subdued about the Weinstein news but the rest of the stories are just a random grab bag of news, they don't even have Breitbart style headlines. And some of the SHOCK GORE HORROR stories that are like on ABC News front page aren't even linked.

[benjipwns]

Jane Fonda hate, "shut up and sing" sentiments and so on were part of the culture wars before Drudge. That was part of Reagan's redemption story.

[benjipwns]

Speaking of which, it's not on Drudge, but Rush Limbaugh apparently is mad as hell at Trump and his NFL obsession:

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday voiced concerns about President Trump's comments on NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, saying Trump should not have the power to dictate who can kneel during the anthem.

"There’s a part of this story that’s starting to make me nervous, and it’s this: I am very uncomfortable with the president of the United States being able to dictate the behavior and power of anybody. That’s not where this should be coming from," Limbaugh said on his show.

Limbaugh said he believed Trump's motives were "pure," but he argued that the president's actions were unhelpful in the broader debate on players kneeling.

"Trump is continually tweeting — I know what he’s doing, and I understand why he’s doing it, and his motives are pure; don’t misunderstand. But I don’t think that it is useful or helpful for any employee anywhere to be forced to do something because the government says they must," he continued.

"We don’t want the president being able to demand anybody that he’s unhappy with behave in a way he requires," Limbaugh added.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917843658585640960

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917807231156006912

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917834509911035906

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917841728211705861

https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/917564189937471488

He's right, she's not a monster, it's just business. Bill...Harvey...Hillary only defends rapists who benefit her career

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Jack please. Daou is unhinged.

Edit: https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/905626923858100224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fselectall%2F2017%2F09%2Fhot-meme-you-liked-a-tweet-with-a-mock-verrit-insulting-me.html

I mean come on

[curly]

Even the Clinton campaign was creeped out by his Hillary obsession and kept him at arm's length

Even sites that were generally pretty pro-Clinton during the primary and election clowned him for verrit (possibly the only thing that's united the entire political spectrum in the last year is making fun of him).

He's a joke

[etiolate]

[Trent Dole]

Gaming and pandas is a fucking asshole.

[benjipwns]

verrits whole thing where they have to personally review and approve the comments has really killed it off (since i assume daou never bothers to check them since he tweets non stop instead) as a platform i was really looking forward to, that and their rehashing of the same ten pieces of content over and over leads to little, i want more brilliance like this dammit:

Samuel Amoia
October 11, 2017 at 12:21 pm
OK the president has and is obviously disrespecting the flag so why is not Congress and the Senate doing anything about this and as we the people what power do we have to make sure something is done ?

[VomKriege]

USA pulling out of UNESCO ?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-fg-us-unesco-withdrawal-20171012-story.html

At this point, I guess it's not surprising.