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Dapper_Swindler posted:i am unsure if it will have audiences. i think maybe one of them is a town hall but my guess is they will be like the biden bernie one. I was actually just thinking about the optics of a town hall style “debate”. It’s one thing to be on a stage getting grilled by a cable news reporter but it’s another thing to throw empty platitudes at the next Ken Bone Everyman. gently caress, I mean, how does Donny think the “My (close relative) recently passed away from COVID-19, what is your plan to get the virus under control?” question is going to go for him??
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Trump 'lost' every debate against Hillary; the competent, experienced statesman and campaigner blew the tv host out of the water. Debates are irrelevant. The guy who opined "You're no Jack Kennedy" lost 40 states to a ticket with Dan Quayle on it. Shrecknet fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Aug 10, 2020 |
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Rabble posted:gently caress, I mean, how does Donny think the “My (close relative) recently passed away from COVID-19, what is your plan to get the virus under control?” question is going to go for him??
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Shrecknet posted:Trump 'lost' every debate against Hillary, the competent, experienced statesman and campaigner blew the tv host out of the water. After the election, a lot of people were surprised and looking for reasons why. It makes sense that Trump-- a political amateur but a seasoned performer-- would credit his victory to an ultimately unimportant public spectacle.
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Rabble posted:I was actually just thinking about the optics of a town hall style “debate”. It’s one thing to be on a stage getting grilled by a cable news reporter but it’s another thing to throw empty platitudes at the next Ken Bone Everyman. he doesnt because he is a sociopath so at best he will make some vague platatudes and sympathies and then he will gurgle about how great he is.
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Aug 10, 2020 04:23
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RIP Kamala Harris https://twitter.com/wwe/status/1292617000443949061?s=21
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Dapper_Swindler posted:he doesnt because he is a sociopath so at best he will make some vague platatudes and sympathies and then he will gurgle about how great he is. I will loving TOXX right now that Trump will not offer any sympathy to a town hall questioner who’s been personally affected by the virus. My gut feeling is that he’ll just straight up go on the offensive immediately.
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Rabble posted:I will loving TOXX right now that Trump will not offer any sympathy to a town hall questioner who’s been personally affected by the virus. My gut feeling is that he’ll just straight up go on the offensive immediately. That's very unfair to me, you should blame Joe Biden, you know he didn't leave us any tests, very shameful, but now we have all the tests and doctors come to me crying, manly doctors and they say Sir...
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I well remember Kamala, the Ugandan Giant. He was a consummate professional. https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1292616283469602816
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Kevyn posted:RIP Kamala Harris Kamala fuckin ruled  I liked when he would slap his belly.
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I saw “rip Kamala” trending on twitter and thought this was about Biden’s vp choice. The reality is much worse.
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Has there been any word if the Senate is going to just go on Summer Recess or are they going to make another attempt to get a deal done
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Dapper_Swindler posted:so you think he can be overthrown. i assume him and joffery will just run to putin for exile if poo poo gets bad enough.  Probably gonna be pretty horrible for a bit either way.
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smoobles posted:feels like a deal is not possible since Republicans can't even agree on a bill
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Kevyn posted:RIP Kamala Harris https://twitter.com/maskedwrestlers/status/1124434205641924608 https://youtu.be/RpcZoKhTwCk
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i am unsure if it will have audiences. i think maybe one of them is a town hall but my guess is they will be like the biden bernie one. Trump will do what he did at Bedminster this weekend and pay a bus full of loyalists who go to his country clubs to show up and be the audience and cheer for him and boo Biden and the moderator, and he'll get away with it because he's the president AND he already pulled a stunt like this in '16 where he sat the whole front row with women who'd accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment, assault, or impropriety just to gently caress with Hillary. They even got better seats than his own stupid family did.
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Aug 10, 2020 05:05
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Djarum posted:https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1292297859535122433?s=20 Destroying US intelligence agencies would be an unalloyed good.
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Aug 10, 2020 05:12
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smoobles posted:feels like a deal is not possible since Republicans can't even agree on a bill The economic pain from the lack of a deal has only just begun, we're gonna have to rely on Democrats to hold the line and demand a full solution while lots and lots and lots of people have their lives fall apart. So, we're probably doomed.
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Aug 10, 2020 05:13
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Crumbskull posted:Destroying US intelligence agencies would be an unalloyed good. Depends if he actually dismantles their unfettered spying abilities or just installs his cronies so they do a lovely job on his behalf.
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Republicans posted:Depends if he actually dismantles their unfettered spying abilities or just installs his cronies so they do a lovely job on his behalf.
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Republicans posted:Depends if he actually dismantles their unfettered spying abilities or just installs his cronies so they do a lovely job on his behalf. This is another example of where I'm pretty sure Trump appointments would do way less damage because they are shortsighted and have very narrow personal interests vs. e.g. the Bushes and Dulleses of the world. But yeah, ideally destroy would mean destroy.
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Aug 10, 2020 05:35
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Republicans posted:Man and people bitch about modern wrestling being boring. Wrestling's always been boring theatre for people who don't like to think, much like politics.
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Aug 10, 2020 05:40
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Wilbur Swain posted:Wrestling's always been boring theatre for people who don't like to think, much like politics. Wrong, wrestling actually rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Yad3QDieE
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Push El Burrito posted:Wrong, wrestling actually rules. Zero wrestling in this video.
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Wilbur Swain posted:Zero wrestling in this video. Everything with wrestlers is wrestling. It's the whole show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Qnr6XnuOw Anyway RIP Kamala, wrestlers always die too young
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Ringo Star Get posted:Last year the high school in my town actually closed for a few days to deal with a bad flu outbreak. Schools definitely take action for other types of outbreaks, but because the Orange Cheeto politicized this, shutting down for a “Chinese flu” is not in the playbook. Yeah, this is one of the things that pisses me off more than anything. Schools close for the flu, like, actually pretty frequently. The flu is no loving joke. I've worked for a school in the past that had an outbreak so bad that we had to close due to staffing shortages and an inability to find substitutes. One of our teachers died, and at one point half the administrative staff was home sick. Hospitals sometimes even shut down regular operations because of flu outbreaks. The idea that we should mostly shut down schools when there's an uncontrolled national-level outbreak should actually not be terribly controversial. The length of time is much longer in this case, but that's only because there's not going to be any way to safely reopen that won't result in further closures. You can't operate a school when your teachers are all sick and there are no substitutes because every other school in a 100 mile radius also has staffing shortages.
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When I was in college, an entire week of class was cancelled because of a bad norovirus outbreak, midterms were moved, due dates extended, etc
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The Glumslinger posted:When I was in college, an entire week of class was cancelled because of a bad norovirus outbreak, midterms were moved, due dates extended, etc For what it's worth, norovirus is NOT something to gently caress around with either. I got laid up for half a week puking and making GBS threads myself into oblivion because a family friend decided to bring their noro-infested kids over for an afternoon and got everyone who was there sick. Second worst illness I've ever gone through after H1N1, and that poo poo put me in a literal coma for two weeks.
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Djarum posted:https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1292297859535122433?s=20 In this metaphor the lich's phylactery is Google, Facebook, and the rest of the commercial surveillance state.
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anyone else picking up a very subtle troubling racial subtext to these characters?
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:I can really hear the nervous energy behind every exclamation of "barsuk!" as they are no doubt contemplating the possibility that they will be shot or bayoneted by government troops in the coming hours and days if they don't play it just right. They sound like media hosts doing a fun side story anywhere. Cool and definitely not weird fanfic to supplement your mind reading ability though
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:anyone else picking up a very subtle troubling racial subtext to these characters? "subtle" is doing a lot of work here. Racial stereotypes are pretty much how wrestling has operated since, like, the 30's, and it's a holdover from boxing. And it's really gross
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Djarum posted:Both are threats now just in different ways. Russia's influence in both the world and as a power is greatly diminished. Unlike in the days of the Soviet Union they do not the resources or the reach they once did to influence world affairs. What they have done is frankly quite smart and in the Russian way, use what advantages they have and use them to their fullest extent. See all the cybercrime and warfare, targeted assassination and leveraging military alliances and hardware to further political goals. The Russians see us as an active threat and enemy so they are combating us. Ah yes the Chinese* have been quietly scheming in the background to evilly achieve evil world domination. Every night Xi Jinping rips off his mask to reveal the face of Fu Manchu, steepling his fingers and cackling as he plans for the eventual invasion of, uh, Japan I guess? That's close to China right? Can't wait until Americans can finally reunite to become the Good Guys again in the great common purpose of seeking a final solution to the Chinese Problem. *replace with ominous Oriental font
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:anyone else picking up a very subtle troubling racial subtext to these characters? shoulda posted this one instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NLAMw7biIs Wilbur Swain fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Aug 10, 2020 |
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Spaced God posted:"subtle" is doing a lot of work here. Racial stereotypes are pretty much how wrestling has operated since, like, the 30's, and it's a holdover from boxing. And it's really gross Even in 2020, there are still cases where sarcasm is recognizable. This was one of them.
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I forgot it was a runoff https://twitter.com/allymutnick/status/1292454679234871298?s=19 Definitely a must watch on Tuesday
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