Onny
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Post by Onny on Mar 28, 2024 13:22:33 GMT
I hope it has plenty of illustrations, and in each one the main character has been replaced by Trump.
Trump feeding the 5000. Trump rising from the dead in ascendancy. Trump and Goliath (who is also Trump). Trump leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Trump, having had his eyes put out by lousy democrats, collapsing the pillars of the temple and crushing the unbelievers.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Mar 28, 2024 15:09:11 GMT
I hope it has plenty of illustrations, and in each one the main character has been replaced by Trump. Trump feeding the 5000. Trump rising from the dead in ascendancy. Trump and Goliath (who is also Trump). Trump leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Trump, having had his eyes put out by lousy democrats, collapsing the pillars of the temple and crushing the unbelievers.
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Post by Ulythium on Mar 28, 2024 15:14:59 GMT
Not sure whether CNN counts as a 'better' source, but it's at least a different one:
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Post by drakesmoke on Mar 28, 2024 17:55:20 GMT
Say what you like about the Royals too, and I have in my time, but the change to ‘defender of the faiths’ is in quite stark contrast to ‘all Americans need a Bible in their home’.
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Post by askew on Mar 28, 2024 18:19:37 GMT
Maybe we shouldn’t have been so mean to the Puritans.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 30, 2024 4:21:10 GMT
He can do it because he has a basically unbreakable cult of personality. Nothing he says or does will threaten that.
It's why I still think he's going to win, on the whole. His supporters are enthusiastic about voting for him, while the Biden base is all "Ugh, voting? Really? Do I HAVE to?", like a teen who doesn't want to go to school or eat broccoli.
I personally think that's pretty nuts, but it's the way it is.
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Post by 😎 on Mar 30, 2024 7:12:48 GMT
It’s a vocal shrinking minority though. The turnout for him in the primaries was underwhelming, his rallies are barely attended by anyone anymore, his grifts aren’t proving the guaranteed cash flow like before (his actual election war chest is allegedly empty), his endorsement means virtually nothing in term of lower election wins, and Dems are eking out various victories in places where by all rights they shouldn’t. They just won and flipped a special election in Alabama (a crimson red state), for instance. There’s also been several redistribution events recently that prevent gerrymandering of key districts in swing states, which has been Trump’s only real path to victory (he’s always been significantly defeated in the popular votes and had to rely on electoral college manipulation). In terms of raw numbers he’s in the worst spot he’s ever been. If you look past the headlines and sensationalism it’s worth being optimistic.
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Post by Zyrr on Mar 30, 2024 7:32:04 GMT
My fear is that They're going to try cheating on a grand scale. Groups like the Proud Boys and Turning Point could be mobilised for voter intimidation and suppression, maybe even attacking polling stations.
Trump is utterly desperate. He has literally everything to lose if he doesn't win the presidency. I can't see him (or the likes of Steve Bannon) leaving anything to chance this time. Putin is pretty much guaranteed the win in Ukraine if Trump gets in, so there's also vested interests from abroad.
My guess is they're going to claim victory early and then accuse the Dems of trying to steal the election 'again' when they contest it. I don't think Trump would care if he started a civil war as long as it keeps him out of prison.
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 30, 2024 10:10:26 GMT
The problem with that is that this time it's Biden at the wheel, if they catch a whiff of insurrection he's going to actually mobilize the necessary forces to stop that BS. Regardless of how moderate the Democratic party wants to be, they wouldn't allow this.
And the problem with that is that, even aside from any potential Trumpists in the forces throwing wrenches into that plan, we're looking at a potential civil war as you said depending on how much it escalates...
Which, unfortunately (and I loathe that the orange tumour has pushed things to the point where we have to think like this) would still be preferable to a second Trump term in the long run, not only for the world in general but for the US as well...
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 30, 2024 10:16:07 GMT
Every time I see Trump on TV my first thought is "why won't you fucking die already?" Then I remember arseholes like Mugabe lasting far too long too.
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 30, 2024 10:58:50 GMT
Creaking doors, etc.
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Post by ned on Mar 30, 2024 12:47:27 GMT
If there was any justice in the world he’d be a contestant in the Running Man.
But can now only assume he has just got plot armour, and this whole crazy world is just a simulation for some 5d lizard beings’ entertainment on their version of Comedy Central.
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Post by JuniorFE on Mar 31, 2024 9:09:58 GMT
Apparently Biden is currently under attack by the right because *checks notes* Catholic Easter Sunday happened to coincide with Trans Awareness Day this year (and he dared to say they're people). Because he now controls moving holidays, somehow. Pretty impressive considering how old and senile he is /s
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 31, 2024 11:30:37 GMT
Hmm, well trans technically means across, so obviously the trans community (they're a hivemind like the muslim community who have to personally apologies for all terrorist attacks done by a brown person) moved the day of Easter Sunday ACROSS to another day.
Concerning!
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 31, 2024 11:55:12 GMT
Don't worry, Elon's looking into it
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 31, 2024 12:07:43 GMT
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 31, 2024 12:18:51 GMT
Narrator: he didn't look into it
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Post by Bill the kidding on Mar 31, 2024 13:53:20 GMT
Don't worry, Elon's looking into it The sad thing is I honestly can't tell if you're joking, or if he's actually replied to a post about it and said that.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 31, 2024 14:53:43 GMT
Don't worry, Elon's looking into it The sad thing is I honestly can't tell if you're joking, or if he's actually replied to a post about it and said that. It's a comedic take on Elon's proclivity to write "looking into it" when commenting on far right bullshit that he agrees on.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Mar 31, 2024 14:56:22 GMT
Yeah, I got that. But his proclivity to do that makes it entirely believable that he might have done that again in this case. Which is a sad state to be in.
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 5, 2024 17:42:53 GMT
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 5, 2024 17:58:53 GMT
A cock is who doing the classic both sides argument that comes off incredibly disingenuous when you actually read the article. Fuck him.
Cunt.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 5, 2024 18:21:53 GMT
It also feels like someone is trying to pivot to a specific base of people with all these mentions of "cancel culture" "woke" "divisions". It's almost as if he's feeling a bit worried about all this Vince McMahon fallout...
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Post by grey_matters on Apr 5, 2024 20:55:38 GMT
... Vince McMahon fallout... Oh no...
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Apr 7, 2024 14:44:32 GMT
Trump’s Truth Social SEC filings absolutely beggar belief. £15m operating loss, $39m in interest payments which they didn’t pay but instead added to the balance sheet, shareholders deficit getting worse every year and they burned through 80% of their cash reserves in a year.
I’m not even sure how they managed to start 2023 with $4m of debt and then attract $39m of interest payments for the year. I can’t make it add up.
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Post by cubby on Apr 7, 2024 19:56:33 GMT
Clearly worth the $3 billion figure they keep bandying about then
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Post by peekconfusion on Apr 7, 2024 20:53:05 GMT
Clearly worth the $3 billion figure they keep bandying about then It is when the Russians need it to be.
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Post by Danno on Apr 7, 2024 22:35:41 GMT
Lost 30% of its value in the week after the float. Weird.
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 14, 2024 16:42:54 GMT
Oh dear.
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Post by peekconfusion on Apr 14, 2024 16:47:55 GMT
Replace the Russia-Ukraine conflict with literally anything else and get the same answer.
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