RastaMentality
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her life is.... hard.
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT4| The leaks are coming from inside the white house
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Aaron Strife
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Have they tried showing Kim Jong-un Trump's electoral victory map?
"Only 57% of the Electoral College Vote? I would have gotten 99%."
You mean he would have gotten 99.9% of the electoral college vote.
neurosisxeno
Member
I call it the Fap Map. It's better than any porn I've ever seen.
1 vote for John Edwards.
Pretty sure she and people in similar positions as her are in meetings all day, every day.
Well, her tweet specifically said she is in all day meetings today due to North Korea, I assume she was not suppose to have any meetings planned for today.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
The usual do have meetings.
Azure Dream
Member
"The people of this country don't want somebody who's going short-circuit *points to head* up here." - Trump
https://youtu.be/hZtk9m9LzWY
The replies with the other recorded times are kind of scary, putting them all together like that. He seems to zone out in a particular way that happens in most of them.
Autodidact
Banned
Why are you getting angry at people for "just asking questions"...
...that just so happen to be defenses of a racist piece of shit and deliberate distortions of a story to make CNN the villain?
Your attempts to limit freeze peach sicken me.
aspiegamer
Member
I'm amused that after 8 years of paranoia that Obama would create some sort of master federal database of every detail of every person possible that it's a Republican administration that's now attempting to do it.
You Know Nothing
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The right to ❄️🍑shall not be abridged.
Poodlestrike
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I'd be amused if it wasn't so fucking rote at this point. Literally everything Republicans accuse anyone of ever is something they desperately want. Sharia law, biblical law. Gun registry, voter registry. And so on, and so on.
It's so fucking cliché. And terrifying considering what they accused Obama of being up to.
To chillass what, scola?
CHILLASS WHAT!
You kids and your 90's retro slang smh
Autodidact
Banned
Has he left the country for the G20 summit yet? Last time the hits started coming as soon as the plane parted from the runway.
nature boy
Member
^
Yes, because asking China to exert pressure on NK had never been done before you fucking idiot.
And my conservative relatives were complaining how the left got triggered way too much. Pathetic.
Enoch Root
Member
Not sure where else to post this, so forgive me if this is the wrong thread, but there was a funny moment at a 4th of July cookout I'd like to share.
Some of the kids, ages about 9-12 were playing a rhyming card game called Hink Pink. You read the clue out loud, and then the other players try to guess the rhyme on the bottom of the card.
For example:
Later in the day, I sat down at the table they had been playing at, and the cards were still out on the table.
One of the cards had the clue "an annoying or repulsive person's jump through the air", and the correct answer was supposed to be 'creep leap'. The kids came up with a better answer and decided to make it permanent:
Some of the kids, ages about 9-12 were playing a rhyming card game called Hink Pink. You read the clue out loud, and then the other players try to guess the rhyme on the bottom of the card.
For example:
Later in the day, I sat down at the table they had been playing at, and the cards were still out on the table.
One of the cards had the clue "an annoying or repulsive person's jump through the air", and the correct answer was supposed to be 'creep leap'. The kids came up with a better answer and decided to make it permanent:
Spoiled Milk
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balladofwindfishes
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I used to be a bleeding heart commie liberal, but a news station reporting news is making me become a racist bigot and now I have to vote Republican.
It's always the same posts.
"I used to be a liberal, but this stuff is making me regret my vote for Clinton"
"I heard something was true (that obviously isn't), has anyone discussed this yet?"
"I'm just asking questions"
"I'm not a Trump voter, but..."
"Why aren't we talking about how the victim did this and that?"
Same song and dance every time
It's always the same posts.
"I used to be a liberal, but this stuff is making me regret my vote for Clinton"
"I heard something was true (that obviously isn't), has anyone discussed this yet?"
"I'm just asking questions"
"I'm not a Trump voter, but..."
"Why aren't we talking about how the victim did this and that?"
Same song and dance every time
SatelliteOfLove
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RustyNails
Member
I listen to Stephanie Miller show. I cant deal with straight news first thing. Rocky Mountain Mike's jingles are the best.
Edit: Here's one for Chris Christie's beachgate this morning
balladofwindfishes
Member
I think it's been a pretty quiet week since healthcare died down. I guess the NK stuff is concerning, but I usually only pay attention to domestic events.
This is so catchy.
Finale Fireworker
Member
I get so many surveys from all the causes and groups I donate to. I get like five a day. I have a question: do these surveys actually supply meaningful data to the group in question or are they just a manipulative trick to get me to donate again?
Because I keep doing them because I don't want to deny them possible information that could be helpful. But the questions are a joke. They're basically all something like:
1. Do you think Donald Trump represents most American values?
A) No! Donald Trump is unamerican and a threat to us all!
B) Yes, I love evil fascists.
C) Unsure.
Then the survey ends with:
10. Will you donate to support us defeat Donald Trump?
A) Yes! Here is $3!
B) Yes! Here is more than $3! (Highly recommended)
I've found you can skip the donation question and still submit the survey, but it is pointless to even take them? There's no way they're getting helpful feedback with leading questions like the ones they choose. Is that all these are? Just donation requests with a preshow to get you motivated?
Because I keep doing them because I don't want to deny them possible information that could be helpful. But the questions are a joke. They're basically all something like:
1. Do you think Donald Trump represents most American values?
A) No! Donald Trump is unamerican and a threat to us all!
B) Yes, I love evil fascists.
C) Unsure.
Then the survey ends with:
10. Will you donate to support us defeat Donald Trump?
A) Yes! Here is $3!
B) Yes! Here is more than $3! (Highly recommended)
I've found you can skip the donation question and still submit the survey, but it is pointless to even take them? There's no way they're getting helpful feedback with leading questions like the ones they choose. Is that all these are? Just donation requests with a preshow to get you motivated?
Poodlestrike
Banned
I switched to podcasts. NPR offers no catharsis. Utterly toothless both sides-ing.
IggyChooChoo
Member
Not to rudely avoid your question, but is Hair Mouse still active? Should we expect future installments?
I guess this was missed in the hubbub of everything, but Macron apparently made an address to the French Parliament about political reforms.
Might be interesting to see how that pans out.
I think if there's something we have to tackle in order to take on everything else, it's probably political reform.
Might be interesting to see how that pans out.
I think if there's something we have to tackle in order to take on everything else, it's probably political reform.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Party time, folks!
Finale Fireworker
Member
You're not the only one to ask. I actually love when people ask. I'm glad people cared about that story because I loved writing it.
I began Hair Mouse during the election because I was extremely afraid of Donald Trump. Whenever I got sick to my stomach about what would happen if he won, I would write little stories where I tried to take the fear away. By making him a marionette to some impossible and unlikely evil, I was able to laugh at him more. This helped me a lot and it's how the story came together. It was my way of taking something scary and making it kind of funny, weird, and interesting.
I had a massive continuation planned for the day after the election. I even posted little parts of it here to build interest and it was well-received. It was going to be my ultimate sigh of relief now that the election was over and the threat was gone. Catharsis through satire.
But then Trump won and suddenly the whole thing seemed inappropriate. The story was meant to make light of something I was afraid of. But now it was real. People were going to suffer. I couldn't make light of that anymore. I got a tag for Hair Mouse that I was so proud of. But I asked to have it tag removed and was politely obliged. I sort of regret that now.
I still have everything I've written. I have the desire to revisit it and give it a conclusion. I've even thought of picking it up and serializing it as a companion to increasingly absurd current events.
But I can't do it while the threat is so real. I can't joke about it or make light of it yet. Sometimes I think I'm missing an opportunity and then more terrible Trump news will drop and I'll be glad I haven't been lampooning headlines.
Hair Mouse will return when it feels "safe" again. Maybe when Dems control the house and it feels like there's some momentum for knocking down Trump's dark tower. Until then, I can't get in the right head space to parody something I am afraid will literally kill me.
But I can't tell you how much it means that people even remember the story and liked it and care about it. I want Hair Mouse back too because I am proud of what I wrote. But the time feels wrong still.
RustyNails
Member
Just the other day they were interviewing someone about their book, and they started with "There is so much political partisanship today in America. From the #Resistance movement on the left to..." I didn't even get to the end of the sentence. I switched to some music station after yelling a fuck you.
RustyNails
Member
Bruv, I'd buy a short novella on Hair Mouse if you print one and put it for sale.
Cant wait for it's return, whenever it may be.
benicillin
Banned
No, they could've handled it worse. I think publicly explaining why they made the ethical decision to not publish his name but reserved the right to continue the story if he continued to make himself newsworthy made the most sense. It's not their fault the internet is full of absolute morons.
RustyNails
Member
How is it doxxing if all the info is already publicly available? Thats something I never understood.
benicillin
Banned
It's not really, the doxing part (as commonly used since it's an incredibly loosely defined term) usually involves information that was difficult to obtain or previously private. Publicly available information isn't really doxing, and packaging it all together to get people to go after someone is more targeted harassment than doxing.
I mean it's short-hand/slang for a loosely defined group of concepts.
AntraxSuicide
Banned
I also really liked Hair Mouse and would love to see it continued someday!
That's kind of true for anybody though, isn't it?
Like, the shit Milo pulled at some of his speeches was definitely doxxing even though he probably pulled public record information to get at his stuff. It's not like Watergate or the UK Phone Hacking Scandal where doxxing involves illegal activities designed at leaking private information, it's usually just a bit of internet detective work to pull someone's name and home address from sources that are out there.
So yes, publishing HanAssholeSolo's (bet, among other things, that guy's regretting that username now) name would be like doxxing, the question is if his actions are up to the standard of "public interest."
He seems to (fitting to his screenname) be a world-class asshole, but being part of internet communities where GIFs are made willy-nilly, i'm not entirely sure this GIF (which, frankly, wasn't that inappropriate. Poor-taste, but only because of how stupidly banal it is) rises to the standard of public interest.
Though this incident should be a warning shot for internet assholes everywhere: it's not hard to find you.
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
I thought I read that he wants to implements proportional representation, which is good but kind of surprising, because implementing that would cut his majority from 57% down to a plurality of about 173 seats with 30%. Of course, he doesn't have to deal with elections for another 5 years so maybe he thinks he'll just be overwhelmingly popular by then.
Finale Fireworker
Member
If you want, you can read the part I wrote that was "fit to publish." It's meant to immediately follow the end of the first story. It's not much but it might reward your curiosity. Remember that Hair Mouse is dead.
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