I’m opening this thread a bit early today because holy crap is there a lot to talk about.
In the meantime, I’m going to prepare for the debate by taking a nap.
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Final Debate! Open Thread!
We Hunted The MammothBucking the Backlash
My Mayan Gods, three debates and no unmasked Trump.
Trump you screw over veterans and minorities on the regular. You are so full of shit I have to shove the rest of the dung in another dimension.
Somehow he didn’t melt down and call her a b*****? How? After all of this tear down, how?
Well that wraps it up. We all know the results, still gonna vote but I won’t be all that surprised at the end.
Ask Emmett Till how ‘Law And Order’ works. Oh, wait… ?
These are actual lyrics from a new song Eminem just released today, “Campaign Speech”:
I feel like this is a “pot, meet kettle” moment-or at least, part of me does. But, I guess it takes one to know one?
Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/eminem-disses-trump-in-new-song-campaign-speech/ar-AAj9kuo?ocid=iehp
@Scildfreya – an uptick, possibly.
The thing is, to really have an impact, they need to be organized – we’ve all seen only too often over the years how NOT organized they are.
They take a great deal of pride in NOT having a leader or being organized. They can’t get along with each other long enough to hang together for a rebellion against Spicy Taco Sauce at Taco Bell, let alone take on the full power of the U.S. – or even, say, New Hampshire – government.
Also, the main violence mongers are watched, and watched pretty closely. If we see anything, it might be in the form of thwarted attempts at violence.
As far as I can tell, our biggest violent threat doesn’t come from Trumplets or “alt-right”sers or any of these fringe groups, but from our own police forces.
I was playing Skyrim while listening to the debate and, I mean, wow.
Wow.
NBC said it was Trump’s best performance yet and, I’m like…that’s…really sad.
If it all went to shit, I’d at least stand my ground. They would not get their hands on my friends if I had anything to say about it.
Yeah, it was his best performance, which is true. They may even say he won it, to be honest. For Trump to win, he has to avoid shouting or sexually harassing a woman on stage. For Hillary to win, she has to be strong, smart, never cough, smile, always have good answers, and basically be perfect.
And she did it.
“there are illegal immigrants in this country that pay more in taxes than you do”
That one killed me.
I suspect the uptick of violence has happened, and will quiet down after he loses. At least, that’s what happened in Quebec last election.
If he wins, the violence will be awful.
@Troubelle, I don’t think it’ll get that bad, it won’t be a new civil war. I’m with dreemr, really. There’s going to be angry rabble, but law enforcement is pretty on top of that. Not as on-top of things like fairness and the restraint of force, but they *are* watching the alt-right, at least.
@Scildfreja – I may or may not accept the results of this empty bottle of pinot noir. I’ll keep you in suspense.
Does anyone else hate the sleazy way Trump pronounces “millions”? I half expected him to stick a pinky in his mouth and demand sharks with fricking lasers attached to their heads..
@Scildfreja
My fear lies in law enforcement potentially being alt-right, on an individual basis.
The Republican commentator on the BBC’s coverage made what I think were a couple of interesting points.
First he thought that Trump sounded like he was trying to win the Republican party nomination, but he’s already got that. He didn’t do anything to appeal beyond a narrow base.
Secondly he thought Trump “screwed up” with the keeping in suspense thing because whatever the content of the debate, the headlines tomorrow will just be ‘Trump says he won’t accept result’.
I can’t believe he brought up the Trump Foundation as a counter-example to the Hillary Foundation. Yeah, your “charity” you use to bribe officials, pay personal legal fees and buy portraits of yourself is just a guiding beacon of virtue.
And it’s sad because I have actual standards.
Don’t undocumented immigrants provide the country 12-20% of federal income or something? Whereas Trump provides 0%? I might be wrong, but Clinton is right either way.
@ Buttercup
Well, if you’re happy for the Russians to expand the sharks with frikkin’ lasers gap…
Well, remember, if we let all those illegals in, we’ll have a taco truck on every corner.
Absolutely dastardly. Their plans to bring us cheap, delicious ethnic food is truly insidious.
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I really do want a taco truck on every corner. BRING ON THE TACOS FOR PARADOXY HUNGERS
Srsly, I just got off of work, and I found out one of my co-workers is an awful human being.
She straight up said she wouldn’t talk someone out of committing suicide or murder, and she bought a pair of pliers and proudly proclaimed that she was going to use them to take the air stem out of someone’s tires.
Thankfully, she said she’s going to get a new, better-paying job elsewhere soon, but I cannot WAIT to be out of here.
This job might have also given me a heel spur, so there’s that too.
Upside is that they had some Disney Villain cosmetics on clearance, and those were not only exclusive, but they were discontinued, so I bought like thirty-forty dollars worth of cosmetics and accessories for about seven fifty. :3
@Paradoxy, re: shit coworker
As someone who’s done their damnedest to talk several people down, fuck that noise. God, some people are terrible….
re: tacos
I need tacos, man….
To snark on something a few pages back.
That is true. The fact of a woman possibly being president was so out there that in the movie Contact they made the president a man rather than a woman like in the novel. I’m pretty sure that’s the novel that had a First Man and Lady President. I haven’t read it since high school and I read, like, fifty million other sci fi books in the same span. But, nonetheless, traveling through wormholes to meet aliens that disguise their “incomprehensible” true form as the protagonist’s dead father? Much more believable than a woman president. Besides, there’s already a woman as a lead, so, I mean, why make it a chick flick by having more than 1-2 women characters, right? Pfff.
STAAAAHP THE ESTROGEN IS OVERWHELMING MEEEEEE
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Then they might have to have women talking to each other, Jack! And ugh, who knows what chicks talk about when they’re together. Boring shit like boys and makeup, right? Who wants that in the middle of your sci fi story? Good thing the movie made that very equitable and reasonable change.
@Paradoxy, those sound like the best makeups ever. Possibly made better by the fact that you’ve got a co-worker who is clearly a disney villain.
I know, every time the “taco truck on every corner” thing gets brought up I get a craving for a super beef burrito and a side of mexi fries deluxe from taco time
It’s over. I hate everything, but it’s over. If I choose to, I’ll never hafta hear his voice again. Freedom! Didn’t get out to the booths today, hopefully this week. My civic duty is to help stop a fascist tyrant, cos the elephant fucks who shoulda stopped him didn’t. Imma treat myself to an especially yuuuge bowl of cereal tonight for having sat thru 4 of these muffugas
@Axecalibur
What kind of cereal? Frosted Flakes? Cinnamon Toast Crunch? Fruit Loops? Or good ol’, hearty Cheerios?
I’m gonna have some dinner and enjoy learning japanese and drawing. I am actually disappointed I didn’t get to see melt down live on the debates. Seriously what will it take for him to just go screaming and hollering? Time?
Did the president even talk to Ellen in the movie? I remember a pretty good conversation between them in the book, like, they strolled on the White House Lawn together and stuff for at least a few paragraphs but I don’t think they even really met in the movie. Which makes what you said even funnier if true.