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chuck D in th house! (CNN) -- nm - mud Jul 19, 07:30
George W. Bush is reportedly worried he'll be America's last Republican president -- (link) - amoxy Jul 19, 07:26 16
- I voted to prevent that from happening. - David's iPad Jul 19, 07:35
- I don't see any reason to think that. The Republican title will continue, it might just be a completely different party going forward. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:28
- I've said it before, and will again, the 2010 election will prove to be the most harmful thing for American politics in decades. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 07:27 3
  - Meh. There's no 1 cause of where we are today. 2010 was caused by TARP and hate of Obama... - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:31 2
    - 2010 was caused by people hating the fact we have a black president. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 07:32 1
      - That's part of it. That's not all of it. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:33
- Wow, he's looking old. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:26 9
  - He's nearing 70, isn't he? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:28 8
    - Makes you realize how young Obama is as President. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 07:31 6
      - And how many decades he'll be around giving speeches at conventions, continuing to piss off the racists. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:32 5
        
        Do we expect him to speak next week? - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:33 3
        
        "Wednesday, with the theme "Working Together," will feature President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden." - ty97 Jul 19, 07:36 1
        
        Cool, thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:36
        
        He speaks next week. He's the most popular figure in DC at this point. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:34
        
        Yep. See above comment in response to Will. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 07:33
    - (turned 70 2 weeks ago) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:29
GPS signal not found. sigh. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 19, 07:25 1
- I was getting that all the time last week. In NEW YORK CITY. - ty97 Jul 19, 07:26
"IOC says it will explore 'legal options' of a collective ban of Russian athletes from Rio Olympics" -- (link*) - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 07:23 3
- Doesn't the IOC run the Olympics? "Russia is banned." There. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:25 1
  - I imagine there's some semblance of process involved but yeah. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 07:26
- 2016 is going well -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:24
So let's do the Donald Trump wife and ex wife poll Melania , Marla or Ivana? -- nm - eag Jul 19, 07:19 6
- MFK -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 07:23
- None of the above. Any woman who finds him worthy of loving is suspect. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:21 4
  - So, what first attracted you to the billionaire Donald Trump? -- nm - Misquoting Mrs Merton Jul 19, 07:36
  - it is the wad in his pocket they love, not him. -- nm - groiny Jul 19, 07:29 1
    - Well, yeah...but that ain't exactly a positive either. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:32
  - bingo -- nm - mud Jul 19, 07:23
Jynx is the Pokemon that cracks me up -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:18 12
- he just likes wearing women's clothes. be more open minded ty! -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 07:44
- And Koffing are currently the grossest -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:21
- Is that the one that buys you a Coke? -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 07:20 9
  - That's the one that looks like a drag queen and she don't give any fucks -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:21 8
    - I mean that is clearly a drag queen. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 07:26 1
      - Absolutely - ty97 Jul 19, 07:28
    - Don't have it yet -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 07:22 5
      - This is a still image. You should note that in reality, she sashays -- (link*) - ty97 Jul 19, 07:23 [Image] 4
        
        In "reality"? Ty, I think you may need to put the game down for awhile. -- nm - pmb Jul 19, 07:33 1
        
        She's real on my phone and you can't take that away from me! -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:34
        
        I have seen that one on radar but never caught her -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 07:24 1
        
        I just have one, and i think I hatched her. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:25
The Wolf Among Us. Chapters 1 and 2 get an emphatic A thus far. - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 07:16 1
- Fables offers phenomenal storytelling. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 19, 07:25
I think the biggest issue out of all this isn't the speech, it's the campaign's reaction to the issue. - Volnelk Jul 19, 07:10 23
- Their biggest issue is that it makes them look completely inept. If they can't manage a completely choreographed convention, how can they deal with a - pmb Jul 19, 07:38
- Manafort has blamed Hillary Clinton for it so, yeah - that. -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 07:21 4
  - Saw that. Is Clinton really the one attacking the speech? Feels like it's America. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 19, 07:23 3
    - It doesn't matter of course. If it was plagiarized, doesn't matter a whit if Clinton's campaign was first or millionth to point it out. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:25
    - When you can't find something to hold onto, find the boogeyman. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:24
    - No. Clinton has not attacked the speech and she is not responsible for the plagiarism. -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 07:24
- Obama stole it from her 8 years ago!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 07:18
- Shocking. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 07:16
- Watch Trump come out Thursday and intentionally lift 30 seconds from an Obama speech. - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:13
- Deny! Deny! Deny! is their style through and through. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:12 13
  - I can't wait to hear him tomorrow denying / media-blaming -- nm - mud Jul 18, 21:43 -- nm - mud Jul 19, 07:19
  - The Nixon presidency will lool like a pinnacle of virtue against a Trump presidency -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 07:15
  - Imagine if Melania's speech was first and Michelle Obama spoke last night. People would be losing their minds on the right. - Volnelk Jul 19, 07:14 10
    - Forget that - imagine if Michelle had taken huge chunks of Laura Bush's speech from the W convention -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 07:18 9
      - My fervent hope is that whoever wrote that part of her speech is a conservative sleeper agent aimed at wrecking his campaign. - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 07:21 8
        
        It certainly seems a possibility. - ty97 Jul 19, 07:31 1
        
        Well, it's the first night, so if would make sense if the goal was still to fight the nomination. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 07:37
        
        I figure it's about 70/30. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 07:22 5
        
        I think it is higher than that,considering the "RickRoll" in the middle of her speech -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 07:23 4
        
        I just don't want to rule out the sheer ineptitude of Trump's team... -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 07:27 3
        
        There's an epic bet amongst the speechwriters, and someone's in the lead. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 07:32 1
        
        Heh -- nm - Mara Jul 19, 07:36
        
        something to hold on to... -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 07:28
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- at what age did she start pumping them out? -- nm - groiny Jul 19, 07:05
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  - his poor wife -- nm - decline Jul 19, 06:57
  - i just assume all of Texas is related to each other. - Andie Jul 19, 06:57
Donald Trump actually had something to say about Michelle's speeches back in the day -- (link*) - budice Jul 19, 06:53 3
- That's ... that's about the only thing I'd consider his opinion valid on. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 07:01 1
  - That and gold leafing companies. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 07:07
- well, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery -- nm - decline Jul 19, 06:55
I don't think conventions matter all that much in the grand scheme, but boy oh boy, this one has been pretty botched so far. - ty97 Jul 19, 06:43 40
- It will be interesting to see if there is a post-convention bump in the polls like usual. I don't expect it. -- nm - GregW Jul 19, 06:49 12
  - I think it will really depend on if he nails his speech. -- nm - decline Jul 19, 06:56 11
    - He will undoubtedly nail his speech. If nothing else, dude knows who he's talking to. He knows how to play to his audience. - Jim Jul 19, 06:58 10
      - Meh. He needs to be disciplined and focused....since he's stayed on topic, he's given some of his weakest speeches - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:02
      - Of course his base will eat it up, but it's not about them. - ty97 Jul 19, 07:01 8
        
        It's all about turnout, IMO. - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:07 7
        
        Romney's staff drilled this the other day. They pointed out that they got more white voters than ever before and lost. - David's iPad Jul 19, 07:31 2
        
        Win or lose, I think Trump gets more white male votes than Romney. -- nm - Inigo Jul 19, 07:37 1
        
        Possible but that's only 49.8% of the pie. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 19, 07:38
        
        Looking at the polling #'s, if Hillary stays alive, she should walk. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:23 3
        
        That's not what I'm seeing in the numbers -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:26
        
        This is what I've been saying on ST, but others disagree. - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:25 1
        
        Well, she is doing her absolute best to fail on that metric...that said, - Will Hunting Jul 19, 07:26
- Are Trump supporters affected by any of the Day 1 activities? - Strongbad Jul 19, 06:47 14
  - they already drank the koolaid -- nm - decline Jul 19, 06:53
  - No, but there's only like 40% of the nation in his corner. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 06:52
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    - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 07:00
    - I feel like that over the past 16-20 years, there's been a gradual trend towards less and less fence-sitters once each party has named their nominee. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 06:53 8
      - I tend to agree, but there are still swayable voters (I won't call them independents per se, but swayable). The election turns on them. - ty97 Jul 19, 06:57
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        I was going to ask a question about that yesterday, ty97 mentioned - Strongbad Jul 19, 06:57 5
        
        It is in the platform. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 06:57 4
        
        Let me clarify: The right of parents to force ex-gay therapy on their minor children is in the platform. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:00 3
        
        (I believe you can thank the ever-loving Family Research Council for that plank) -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:00 2
        
        yup, they have a strong presence in the Trump camp -- nm - decline Jul 19, 07:10
        
        Ugh. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:03
  - I don't think his supporters are affected by anything. But convention TV isn't about them. - ty97 Jul 19, 06:49
- "I'm like King Midas in reverse. Everything I touch turns to shit." -- nm - gerald Jul 19, 06:46
- never could have seen that coming! -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 06:44 7
  - What were the chances?! -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 06:46
  - Honestly, I expected they'd get some competent showrunner in there to put glossy lipstick on the pig. - ty97 Jul 19, 06:46 4
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      - That's apparently not true, as he runs neck and neck with Hillary -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 06:51 1
        
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    - No competent showrunner would survive Trump's whims. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 06:47
  - Just another reason not to vote for Hillary, I assume -- nm - gerald Jul 19, 06:46
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  - Maybe? Aside from the Melania thing, which I expect to have pretty much no impact, yesterday's mess is unlikely to hurt. - ty97 Jul 19, 06:45 1
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Dear life: Don't make me fly Southwest. - ty97 Jul 19, 06:42
"Not plagiarizing when 93% of the speech is completely different than Michelle Obama’s speech." -- (link*) - Reek Jul 19, 06:37 5
- I look forward to the next round of excuses when some patsy gets fired for it -- nm - gerald Jul 19, 06:42
- You can't expect him to form cogent arguments when he's also trying to remember Donald's McDonalds order... -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 06:41 2
  - And hip deep in a bottle of Wild Turkey to kill the pain. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 07:06
  - and looking for his balls in Melania's purse. -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 06:41
- what percentage did she steal from Rick Astley? -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 06:38
Lost in all this is that Ryan Fitzpatrick has stopped talking to the Jets... -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 06:36 8
- As I'm the last remaining Geno truther, this works for me -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 06:40
- What's he gonna do, retire? No one else needs a QB, especially not someone that will only be a starter so his options are retire or suck it up and - Krusty Jul 19, 06:38 5
  - people do need qbs. not everyone, but some team really don't have much going on there at all. -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 07:25
  - Ahem - we'll take him in Denver. Otherwise, we're going with Butt Fumble and a rookie... -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 06:53 1
    - The pride of Northwestern! -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 06:54
  - There will be a couple of injuries in the next 6 weeks. Some other team may become desperate? -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 19, 06:45
  - retire or sign for less than you think you are worth? I'll bet he walks away. He's made alot of money -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 06:40
- glad I have 2 other WR keepers. Sorry Eric, you helped me win last year but seeya without Fitzy -- nm* - Beaker Jul 19, 06:37
Look, the experiences of a black woman in Chicago and an Eastern European trophy wife are very similar, OK? -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 06:30 1
- Bitch, you don't know my life. -- nm - Melania Enjoys Ru Paul's Drag Race Jul 19, 06:31
The amount of XP required to level up is getting ridiculous -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 06:28 15
- 50k at level 30 -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 06:49 1
  - So I should just quit now. OK. -- nm* - ty97 Jul 19, 07:02
- Keep walking, chubbs! - Krusty Jul 19, 06:30 12
  - :0 - ty97 Jul 19, 06:34 10
    - Seeing what others have in their "cities" makes me feel a little bad. Rural players are screwed. - Krusty Jul 19, 06:36 9
      - i looked at a map of the area I work at, i bet its a lot like NYC. there are 32 stops within 5 blocks, and 4 gyms. - tRuMaN Jul 19, 07:00 3
        
        Yeah, downtown areas are fantastic for the game while residential areas are dead zones. - Krusty Jul 19, 07:03 2
        
        i work in the "Plaza" area of kc, which is really mostly just a large open air shopping area with fountains and statues so it would great for the game -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 07:25 1
        
        Fountains, statues, murals, etc = Pokestop favorites -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 07:29
      - it really is an urban game -- nm - decline Jul 19, 06:44 2
        
        Hopefully they'll figure out a way to add more stops and gyms to the suburbs and more rural areas. I'm also reading there aren't many Pokemon for rural -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 19, 06:47 1
        
        How sad :( -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 06:51
      - My parents live in a large subdivision. There are two Pokestops way up the front - ty97 Jul 19, 06:39 1
        
        Jeez, that's a long walk for a stop if you live there. I guess that's what happens in cities that are based around driving everywhere. The more residential -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 19, 06:51
  - The game runs so much better using the Google sign-in. -- nm - Krusty Jul 19, 06:31
Poor groiny. Pippa is engaged. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 06:23 6
- was I in the running? -- nm - groiny Jul 19, 07:06
- "How's it feel being the second favorite son-in-law?" -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 06:30
- to Prince Harry? -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 06:28
- No train on that wedding dress...please? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 06:25 2
  - Dat booty just too fine! -- nm - Reducto Jul 19, 06:27 1
    - Mind shrink! -- nm - David's iPad Jul 19, 07:32
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 19, 06:13 [Image]
11 Epic Rick Rolls (I think we make this an even dozen now) -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 19, 06:08
Sounds like they got a fall guy for the speech "senior Manafort aide" -- nm - gerald Jul 19, 06:07
"Donald is intensely loyal. To family, friends, employees, country." -- nm - Donald's third Wife Jul 19, 06:07 2
- Sociopaths often do display that. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 06:22
- Crooked Melania stole, sad she's got to go! -- nm - @RealDonaldTrump Jul 19, 06:09
Back at work and my email is down. Lovely. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 19, 06:05

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