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Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007

Farking Bastage posted:

voldemort looking motherfucker

You'll find a better comparison has already been made:

https://x.com/dlowther715/status/1671935415924985863

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Suicide Watch
Sep 8, 2009

facialimpediment posted:

Democrats went up +6 points in a few weeks, in updated polls, just by listening to the general voting populace when they said HOLY gently caress WE DON'T WANT A REMATCH, I'LL EVEN TAKE A GENERIC DEMOCRAT JESUS CHRIST. Republicans didn't budge, so the same populace is screaming JESUS CHRIST THIS FUCKIN GUY.

People just want a sense of normalcy in Washington again. Twitter is a cesspool but I saw a take that basically said the differences between D and R is so vast that there's no point going into Harris' policy details. I'm inclined to agree, Trumpism has made it so this election we can all vote like low information voters...because the vibes from the other guy are so bad. Policy bickering is for the primaries

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose


Lol. Lmao.

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006

Help me out here. What am I looking at?

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

Ask me about Proposition 305


Do you like muskets?

A.o.D. posted:

Help me out here. What am I looking at?

Donation check from Donald Trump to Kamala Harris when she ran for running for California attorney general

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


A.o.D. posted:

Help me out here. What am I looking at?

A check that Donald wrote making a donation to the Re-Elect Kamala campaign in 2014

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006
And I thought my signature was a wreck. But hey, has a presidential candidate ever been endorsed by their opponent before?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Thank you, Johnny Hockey.

A.o.D. posted:

And I thought my signature was a wreck. But hey, has a presidential candidate ever been endorsed by their opponent before?

I find it ironic his signature looks something like you'd see on a polygraph test.

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012




re-quoting this to say: "Vladimir Futon"

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006

A.o.D. posted:

Help me out here. What am I looking at?

Now that I'm on my computer it's obvious. I couldn't see poo poo on my phone, even zoomed in.

ThisIsJohnWayne
Feb 23, 2007
Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!




The former PM lol was endorcing Donald Trump, and this happened right after she said "it's the economy, stupid"

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

The former PM lol was endorcing Donald Trump, and this happened right after she said "it's the economy, stupid"



Are we living in a Monty Python sketch now?

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Thank you, Johnny Hockey.
Guess who allegedly fell for the phishing scam?

https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/1823479210771415163?t=3xWyASl_u0BOJ6YbhTrREQ&s=19

... everyone's favorite Batman villain cosplayer!

E-
https://x.com/CampArlington/status/1823527417836658731?t=ijv_Z_HioHR2B3bVe6f3BA&s=19

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Aug 14, 2024

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Yell if you can find another source that isn't Newsweek - I peeked around and couldn't find much. The rally is advertised for Harrah's Cherokee Center, capacity 7500, so they might've gotten that bit wrong - but not the prepayment! Supposedly Kamala is looking into a Milwaukee rally next week and similarly "entered negotiations" with a venue.

And it appears The Onion has settled on a Tim Walz character:

https://www.theonion.com/tim-walz-i-have-killed-and-i-will-kill-again-1851620281

America's Finest News Source posted:

NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Refuting accusations of stolen valor by claiming his hands were permanently stained with the blood of his enemies, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz told reporters Monday that he had killed before and would kill again. “To those who have attempted to discredit my military record, let me just say that I have, on numerous occasions, ended a man’s life, and I will do it again,” said the Minnesota governor, who explained that while his killings might not have taken place on the battlefield, they were great in number and included both foreign and domestic targets. “I’d like to ask Sen. Vance—have you watched the last glint of life leave a frightened man’s eyes as you tightened your grip around his soft neck? Because I have. And I won’t stop.” Walz went on to state that a person didn’t have to go to war to snuff out a life, a lesson his opponents would soon learn very slowly and very painfully.

Natty Ninefingers
Feb 17, 2011
I guess they are trying as hard as possible to avoid a diamond joe situation.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
I think it’s a knock against Tim Walz that he did twenty four goddamn years in the army but at least he was a weekend warrior and got out at the right time and wasn’t full blown stupid.

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

Natty Ninefingers posted:

I guess they are trying as hard as possible to avoid a diamond joe situation.

The onion nowadays feels like one freelancer with an OpenAI account. At least their archives are still up.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

boop the snoot posted:

I think it’s a knock against Tim Walz that he did twenty four goddamn years in the army but at least he was a weekend warrior and got out at the right time and wasn’t full blown stupid.

The reserve insurance is a goddamn steal and with him being a school teacher it would be a big help and convenient to do summer drills.

Mappo
Apr 27, 2009

Hyrax Attack! posted:

The onion nowadays feels like one freelancer with an OpenAI account. At least their archives are still up.

I'm hopeful for a turn around now that they are no longer under G/O Media.

MonkeyFit
May 13, 2009

Mappo posted:

I'm hopeful for a turn around now that they are no longer under G/O Media.

While still not anywhere near as good as the newsroom clips from the 2000s, I've already noticed an increase in quality of their YouTube channel since the recent change in ownership. So, hopefully things are on the right path.

Nystral
Feb 6, 2002

Every man likes a pretty girl with him at a skeleton dance.

Mappo posted:

I'm hopeful for a turn around now that they are no longer under G/O Media.

Yeah. It really seems like the new owners at least get the essence of The Onion and see it as more than just an IP to exploit.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
"The Purpose of the postmenopausal female"

He didn't immediately end the interview.

https://x.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1823811043375907296?t=y22jn1JjOacJbEL4Sxq3KA&s=19

OddObserver
Apr 3, 2009
Wow, managing to be weird about totally normal things like grandparents helping out with care of their grandkids is quite an accomplishment!

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB
I’m all for a village of family raising children but it’s a choice not a destiny. Really shows how close he is to his family that the concept of parental support was so alien.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Wasn’t J. D. raised by his grandparents?

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May
So it's liberals who put the emphasis on paid wage labor over all other societal contributions? :catstare:

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Madurai posted:

There's also the theory that the leak was engineered from inside the Trump campaign to try to provide a credible means of jettisoning Vance.

It was also sent to the WP, so I think if :decorum: is the only holdup, it won't outlast the pressure to be the first off the line with it.

Well it's been nearly a week and crickets, so...
A reminder of what happened when the Democrats got hacked:
https://x.com/ok_post_guy/status/1822421063667683705


Beltway press has a Big Sad because Harris isn't doing press conferences with them but I think this is more evidence of this being the proper take on the matter:

https://x.com/jeffjarvis/status/1823314921246937510

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Stultus Maximus posted:

Well it's been nearly a week and crickets, so...
A reminder of what happened when the Democrats got hacked:

WaPo et al has said that the content wasn't "newsworthy" and the hacker can simply publish the poo poo elsewhere if they want to. Ordinarily, that's mealy-mouthed bullshit in comparison to BUTTERMAILS, but it's somewhat consistent with how they treated the Hunter Biden Laptop. News organizations wouldn't touch that poo poo and social media sites blocked access too. So I kinda get their standpoint - it's more consistent with 2020 than 2016.

Anyways, the brain worm is in charge now.

https://x.com/charlescwcooke/status/1823875797750251621

He really did try and get a Kamala cabinet position.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

Thank you, Johnny Hockey.
I saw earlier the expectation is Iran may provide disinformation against the Republicans as the first Trump term didn't go well for them, so they'd like to run interference on a second.

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

LA Times reporting Harris 7pts more popular in CA than Biden was, outpolling trump 59% to 34%. Compared to Biden she jumped 23% among young folk and 16% among Black voters. Definitely a good sign.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

facialimpediment posted:

Yell if you can find another source that isn't Newsweek - I peeked around and couldn't find much. The rally is advertised for Harrah's Cherokee Center, capacity 7500, so they might've gotten that bit wrong - but not the prepayment! Supposedly Kamala is looking into a Milwaukee rally next week and similarly "entered negotiations" with a venue.

I was wrong here, NYT's liveblog said Donnie used the venue with 2000 people. And yet, it wasn't the most embarrassing crowd they got:

https://x.com/dougblandry/status/1823927592216388065?t=gkdR-FFHyDDpVKL7ngCyog&s=19

Hyrax Attack! posted:

LA Times reporting Harris 7pts more popular in CA than Biden was, outpolling trump 59% to 34%. Compared to Biden she jumped 23% among young folk and 16% among Black voters. Definitely a good sign.

Paywalled (use incognito), but that also matches Donnie's weak numbers in Ohio and Florida: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-republicans-worry-red-state-polls-1235080588/

Nobody thinks Donnie loses Ohio or Florida, but weak stronghold numbers in Virginia and other blue to blueish states were what doomed Biden's campaign.


Edit: I love this guy https://x.com/Yamiche/status/1823915737498493197?t=a34nC1aU3tau5pCzQn775w&s=19

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Aug 15, 2024

stealie72
Jan 10, 2007

facialimpediment posted:

I was wrong here, NYT's liveblog said Donnie used the venue with 2000 people. And yet, it wasn't the most embarrassing crowd they got:

https://x.com/dougblandry/status/1823927592216388065?t=gkdR-FFHyDDpVKL7ngCyog&s=19
Glad to see it but not sure I would get too excited. Vance is a charisma vacuum and even his own voters don't like him. He's not Trump, and he's not going to be Trump.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
I've said this before elsewhere but it feels deeply odd that the Republican VP candidate is a Yale grad weirdo author and the Dem candidate is a football coach turned governor.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I've said this before elsewhere but it feels deeply odd that the Republican VP candidate is a Yale grad weirdo author and the Dem candidate is a football coach turned governor.

It's an interesting situation that's inverted how elections have gone in this country for a long time: the [center-]leftist party is basically campaigning on 'We're normal people and want to get things back to normal' while the right-wing party is a reality TV show host and a couch fucker screaming about 'the post-menopausal female.'

goatsestretchgoals
Jun 4, 2011

Also holy poo poo these burns. VP debate in rap battle form please.

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

facialimpediment posted:

I was wrong here, NYT's liveblog said Donnie used the venue with 2000 people. And yet, it wasn't the most embarrassing crowd they got:

https://x.com/dougblandry/status/1823927592216388065?t=gkdR-FFHyDDpVKL7ngCyog&s=19

Lol secret service outnumbering the crowd

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
It's the dumbest, pettiest thing but fine, whatever, if the Anger Mango wants to spend his time and limited brain power screeching about AI crowds and black backdrops covering spare seats then let him. Every second he does that is another second someone that might possibly still be competent and in his orbit isn't directing him towards a successful campaign.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

bird food bathtub posted:

Every second he does that is another second someone that might possibly still be competent and in his orbit isn't directing him towards a successful campaign.

I agree with you but not because I think a successful campaign necessarily leads to Trump’s election. At this point I think a successful campaign for him is anything that leads to a shitload of chaos and January 6 type poo poo.

E: basically I think whether he wins or loses, it's going to be a poo poo outcome, and I think right now he is campaigning for chaos.

boop the snoot fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Aug 15, 2024

stealie72
Jan 10, 2007

bird food bathtub posted:

It's the dumbest, pettiest thing but fine, whatever, if the Anger Mango wants to spend his time and limited brain power screeching about AI crowds and black backdrops covering spare seats then let him. Every second he does that is another second someone that might possibly still be competent and in his orbit isn't directing him towards a successful campaign.
And another second demotivating people who aren't already lost causes who want to hear about how he's going to lower the cost of groceries.

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Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

stealie72 posted:

And another second demotivating people who aren't already lost causes who want to hear about how he's going to lower the cost of groceries.

That’s true, if he stayed on message about grocery & housing prices (I know those are mostly outside Biden’s control & high interest rates were needed) could make inroads, especially if he kept focus on what things cost in 2016 compared to now. I know he wouldn’t fix anything but it could have appeal especially if he promised another stimulus payment to every American.

Thankfully seems more focused on wishing Biden would return, lol.

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