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USA Presidential Election 2016: Screams from My Father

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  • ZenyatooZenyatoo Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    Zenyatoo wrote: »
    Somebody tried to assassinate trump.

    It was an illegal immigrant.
    He attempted to steal a gun from a nearby security officer.

    Unfortunately Trump is probably going to never ever shut up about it.

    what if it were a false flag

    what if they were really that stupid

    wouldn't that be something

    wouldn't that be amazing

    It would be amazing. like straight outta a fanfic kinda wonderful.

  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    I'm not ruling it out as a possibility. Somebody said months ago that this election feels like America's final season on AMC and the writers are just pulling out all the stops.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular

    I love how upset the Trump supporters in the comments are

    they are just shocked and appalled by this disrespectful act

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    God all the gad flys around someone spray painting on the ground good lord.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    A nice thing: people gave less money to Donald Trump in May than they gave to the Reading Rainbow kickstarter.

  • OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    man this trump campaign spending is like

    i wonder if it's fraudulent or not

  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    He has about $1.2M cash in hand as of May 31. That is nuts.

  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    Draper Sterling?

    He hired Mad Men characters?

  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    edited June 2016
    Oghulk wrote: »
    man this trump campaign spending is like

    i wonder if it's fraudulent or not

    This is a fair question basically any time Trump handles money. If Trump paid for a cab I'd wonder whether or not there was some Fraud involved on Trumps end.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    ChicoBlue wrote: »
    Draper Sterling?

    He hired Mad Men characters?

    either that or he's running the dumbest money laundering scam ever

  • ViskodViskod Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    what if we went one man, one vote, one woman, two votes
    I'm listening

    One dog, ten votes.

    Only if cats receive twenty

    Doesn't matter how many votes you give a cat. It would just use them all voting for itself.

  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Proud Father House GardenerRegistered User regular
    edited June 2016
    I was interested in knowing what populations of us citizens lived within cities with different amounts of populations,
    so I went to the American census bureau website.
    They have a tool called American FactFinder, that allows you to view tables of city populations.
    Unfortunately, they only allow downloads of this information 5000 cells at a time.
    So I spent the evening downloading table values of the incorporated cities with population between
    Over a Million Million - 100k 100k- 50k 50k-10k 10k-2k 2k and under (this was actually a bunch of small values I grouped).

    These tables I loaded into spreadsheets and put functions to show their sum.
    Unfortunately, the grand total of these values equaled only roughly 193,525,014 people
    leaving over +100,000,000 unaccounted for.

    I'm thinking the tables of cities I was downloading from, I must have selected from a list that didn't include all the us populations, but I'm not going to spend more time on it, after double checking everything multiple times already.

    Here's a pie chart of what I found. (though, it's probably a useless infographic considering how many people are missing).
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    Over a Million
    17310893

    Million - 100k
    66136516

    100k- 50k
    31496449

    50k-10k
    49920602

    10k-2k
    21118541

    2k - 1
    7542013
    I'm putting it up anyways, feel free to ignore.
    Maybe one of you folk know of something obvious I'm overlooking.
    If so, you'd have my thanks.

    Oy, sometimes ya just blow one's evening.

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  • Void SlayerVoid Slayer Very Suspicious Registered User regular
    Veldrin wrote: »
    Hey hey there America, how's it going?

    oh, what am I up to lately?

    ehh, not much

    just, you know

    voting for our new leadership early in preparation for the end of a 2 month election campaign

    But how in the world will your candidates have enough time to be able to funnel enough money from their campaigns to friends, families and offshore holding companies?

    Madness.

    He's a shy overambitious dog-catcher on the wrong side of the law. She's an orphaned psychic mercenary with the power to bend men's minds. They fight crime!
  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    virtual filibustering is such a dumb concept

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    it kind of made sense at the time the senate started doing it

    the problem is that over time the concept has been expanded to include, like, everything

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    it was the smallest on the list but
    Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited June 2016
    Son of a...

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Don't you get repaid for what you spent on the campaign from your parties come the convention in that bizarre scheme they have set up?

  • SleepSleep Registered User regular

    I love how upset the Trump supporters in the comments are

    they are just shocked and appalled by this disrespectful act

    I love that someone like professionally took video of a criminal act (I might agree with it, but it is outright vandalism/destruction of property) posted it to the internet so everyone in the world could see their crime and no one gives a fuck. Fuck yeah dystopian cyber punk futures. Also that not one person there even thought to call the cops or report anything despite on video claiming to have witnessed it happening, because everyone in attendance just thought it was awesome. Also that chick was right, I did see the mute symbol on Trump's star a few days ago in my Facebook feed so that's fun.

  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    I was interested in knowing what populations of us citizens lived within cities with different amounts of populations,
    so I went to the American census bureau website.
    They have a tool called American FactFinder, that allows you to view tables of city populations.
    Unfortunately, they only allow downloads of this information 5000 cells at a time.
    So I spent the evening downloading table values of the incorporated cities with population between
    Over a Million Million - 100k 100k- 50k 50k-10k 10k-2k 2k and under (this was actually a bunch of small values I grouped).

    These tables I loaded into spreadsheets and put functions to show their sum.
    Unfortunately, the grand total of these values equaled only roughly 193,525,014 people
    leaving over +100,000,000 unaccounted for.

    I'm thinking the tables of cities I was downloading from, I must have selected from a list that didn't include all the us populations, but I'm not going to spend more time on it, after double checking everything multiple times already.

    Here's a pie chart of what I found. (though, it's probably a useless infographic considering how many people are missing).
    0pxj8uhez56n.png

    Over a Million
    17310893

    Million - 100k
    66136516

    100k- 50k
    31496449

    50k-10k
    49920602

    10k-2k
    21118541

    2k - 1
    7542013
    I'm putting it up anyways, feel free to ignore.
    Maybe one of you folk know of something obvious I'm overlooking.
    If so, you'd have my thanks.

    Oy, sometimes ya just blow one's evening.

    As a librarian I got specific training a while back on Fact Finder. There is a way to download larger amounts but I can not for the life of me remember how. Also it is irrelevant to you now so I'll shut up.

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    I have a feeling we're going to start seeing a lot more stories like this.

    Him dropping out is a very real possibility I think.

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    It's gawker so pass

    If they do the bonkers thing and choose someone else to represent the Republicans at the convention would be really the smart and very awkward way for him to bow out even though he isn't

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited June 2016
    https://youtu.be/6-_C3X8Nf70

    Live feed of Clinton's economic speech.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    I don't really buy that Trump will ever quit, but could you imagine if we got to, like, October and suddenly he pulled out?

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  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    I don't really buy that Trump will ever quit, but could you imagine if we got to, like, October and suddenly he pulled out?
    Trump's October surprise: He doesn't really want to be President.

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    actually what happens if for some reason a candidate get the nomination but doesn't last until the election?

    would the second-place candidate automatically become the nominee? does the convention have to meet again to select a new nominee?

  • seasleepyseasleepy Registered User regular
    That Draper Sterling line item goes some places. Man, the "legitimate" "businesses" involved in political campaigning are fascinating/terrifying.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    mcp wrote: »
    I don't really buy that Trump will ever quit, but could you imagine if we got to, like, October and suddenly he pulled out?
    Trump's October surprise: He doesn't really want to be President.

    Unfortunately for him and us, the pull-out method is incredibly ineffective.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    The second he started losing primaries he was spouting "You know I dont NEED to do this!"

    I think if this latest dip that really has him flustered doesnt turn around by convention he may actually bow out.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    actually what happens if for some reason a candidate get the nomination but doesn't last until the election?

    would the second-place candidate automatically become the nominee? does the convention have to meet again to select a new nominee?

    Frisky dingo implies the Vp moves up and Id guess the party chooses a new vp though at that point they cant seriously expect to win

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2016
    Brolo wrote: »
    actually what happens if for some reason a candidate get the nomination but doesn't last until the election?

    would the second-place candidate automatically become the nominee? does the convention have to meet again to select a new nominee?

    At what point of the process?

    Edit: oh, duh. Between the convention and the election. Honestly, it wouldn't really be worth putting up a second candidate at that point.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    actually what happens if for some reason a candidate get the nomination but doesn't last until the election?

    would the second-place candidate automatically become the nominee? does the convention have to meet again to select a new nominee?

    At what point of the process?

    Let's say it's September, so the RNC has met and selected Trump as the Republican Candidate.

    But them Trump unexpectedly needs an Emergency Toupee Transplant, which is serious enough that he can't keep running for President.

    Who represents the Republican Party in the election?

  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    mxmarks wrote: »
    The second he started losing primaries he was spouting "You know I dont NEED to do this!"

    I think if this latest dip that really has him flustered doesnt turn around by convention he may actually bow out.

    odds on him paying a doctor to fake a record saying he has an obscure but eventually curable illness?

  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    mxmarks wrote: »
    The second he started losing primaries he was spouting "You know I dont NEED to do this!"

    I think if this latest dip that really has him flustered doesnt turn around by convention he may actually bow out.

    odds on him paying a doctor to fake a record saying he has an obscure but eventually curable illness?

    Well if he's already hired STERLING DRAPER I can't wait for those medical records from DR. HOUSE.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Zenyatoo wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    Zenyatoo wrote: »
    Somebody tried to assassinate trump.

    It was an illegal immigrant.
    He attempted to steal a gun from a nearby security officer.

    Unfortunately Trump is probably going to never ever shut up about it.

    what if it were a false flag

    what if they were really that stupid

    wouldn't that be something

    wouldn't that be amazing

    It would be amazing. like straight outta a fanfic kinda wonderful.

    I think it's extraordinarily unlikely

    and four years ago I'd have been like "no there's no way, that's insane"

    but this year

    man I just do not know

  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    I don't really buy that Trump will ever quit, but could you imagine if we got to, like, October and suddenly he pulled out?

    I totally saw him quitting but months ago.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    I don't really buy that Trump will ever quit, but could you imagine if we got to, like, October and suddenly he pulled out?

    I totally saw him quitting but months ago.

    Butters you should no better than most
    You can never really quite butt.

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