https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o2ufv_c0xI
Six days left before the weirdest presidential campaign I’ve ever seen (or hope to see again) lurches to a halt! And another terrible cover of The Final Countdown. I think maybe these three should have rehearsed a little more.
In today’s BONUS VIDEO, a somewhat more polished performer plays a somewhat relevant hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ8pOXbS8HY
@ HistoryNerd
When Nazis are praising someone as the next Hitler I would think that Godwin’s law no longer applies.
On a related note ever notice how common gratuitous communist comparisons are among the right wing these days?
(Just like the Nazis amIright?)
@kupo: It did seem to be what he was saying. Although, there was no sound and the subtitles were streaming “live” which often results in some surreal subtitling. But I’m sure the SKY caption said the same. Put it this way, I might be wrong or misunderstood an aspect of your wacky voting system 🙂
And as the day of the year rolls round in which we celebrate the foiling of a terrorist attack on the seat of government by burning the fella (or more modern hate figures) in effigy… well I’ll just leave this here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37852354
Ugh, I had a response but my phone is having issues and I lost it. This explains pretty well what happened but I have more thoughts I’ll try to post if it will let me.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13477090/trump-voter-fraud-colorado
It seems to me like he just doesn’t understand how voting works. I’m not sure about Colorado but in Washington we’re also almost all mail-in and I can track the status of my ballot online, so I’ll know if it never got delivered or if there was a problem with my signature. Unless in-person voting has similar tracking, mail-in seems safer to me.
This could be a deliberate attempt to sabotage voters, as he has already encouraged his supporters to go to the polling places and make sure people aren’t voting twice, which we know is code for questioning every POC’s credentials or standing nearby exercising their second ammendment rights in plain view.
@History Nerd
Agreed. I see it as a measure of emotional intensity.
In my experience the bit Weird pointed out is a defense mechanism used by bigots. That’s when it gets fun to dissect out the feature that the comparison is making to show that yes indeed one can invoke Hitler and Nazies. My favorite was showing the parts of Trump’s speeches that were xenophobic, bombastic, bigoted and showed that he was a demagogue. There was no reply to that of course.
@kupo: Thank you very much for the link, seriously I’m learning loads about US electioneering via the good people at this site. I did like this quote from the article,
Still, Trump’s comments, like many of his remarks, are jumbled and vague.
So it looks like it wasn’t all the fault of the poor person trying to subtitle him “live”.
@varalys the dark
I’d like to see some footage of it going up when they do it. Also the Katie Hopkins one.
It’s a spectacular effigy isn’t it? They must have a very big field. When I was about 8 some mates of mine dad’s cleared some houses and built a bonfire on the street (there was a gap on one side where the school field finished) which was tall enough for whole staircases to be laid against it. It did look awesome, but what was more exciting was the fire brigade coming and putting it out because everyone’s roofs were beginning to melt. Ah, the 80’s.
I love that story!
I hope they checked for hedgehogs first, that’s very important.
Erasure (Spot Jason Statham)
@nparker: There were doors in the bottom of the bonfire so we could open them and go inside. We mainly made sure it was clear of cats, but hedgehogs were checked for as well. I seem to recall removing a couple because it was the first time I’d seen a hedgehog up close, they are adorable little creatures.
CUBS WIN!!!!!!
Hi there, mammotheers! May I suggest this jewel from Argentina? It’s from a 90’s show called “Si lo sabe, cante” (“If you know it, sing it”), and it’s… well, hear it for yourselves: https://youtu.be/5EeDDQIyk-c
@ varalys
Shouldn’t that be “burning the ‘guy’ ” (American vernacular, if it’s not the same there)
“Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot….”
I must say, “V for Vendetta” is my absolute fave revolution movie!! And, of course (not to put too somber a tone on it), if the vote turns bad, my grandbabies will be living in exactly that kind of society 🙁
Congrats Chi-town and to our overlord