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[Hey Johnny Bravo]

What in the name of Hell is this?

Tax dollars at work, my boy.

 

[TheRaptorJesus]

What in the name of Hell is this? How have I not seen this before, this is completely outrageous.

Democrat polices while they call Trump a dictator and fascist.

 

[Breadbassket]

The National Guard being used to shoot pepperballs at people sitting on their porch instead of addressing the city being burnt down and looted sounds about right for a Democrat-controlled state.

 

[RybenZ999]

His charisma was a media fabrication. It was like how you had people saying he was a great athlete then he looks like a faggot riding horses, playing basketball (with air balls), and jogging with limp wrists. His air of charisma was gossamer.

I'm not the biggest fan of him but c'mon he was definitely charismatic. That was his whole thing. Even racists could tolerate him because his speech did not resemble annoying "Afro speak" much.

 

[World Famous Quasi Payer]

F/A-18s are in the air over Israel on defense. Iran might pop off. Rate me optimistic.

I swear to God, it boils my Goddamn blood that the US is spending my tax dollars in defense of a nation that already has some of the best air defense in the Goddamn world. You can't justify this deployment of America's assets at all. This is literal vessel behavior. I can get the actions in the red sea to keep shipping opening, but this is Goddamn ridiculous.

 

[FrancineCansMcGee]

What in the name of Hell is this?

Anarcho-tyranny.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

This is pure and unadulterated snark written by a Millenial ironyleftist. Whoever produced this had a poasting career on SomethingAwful, Fark, Metafilter or similar shithole.

Its like they're saying online. They're trying to get the youth vote of the 2000s. Ironybros are now about 40 and their snark is as outdated and mockable as Andrew Dice Clay was a decade ago.

why

the media was a lot more controlled back then, and 8 years of being told how evil the gop is mixed with the nigger's youth and marketing made it seem like he was a big deal. his literal slogans were "hope" and "change" beyond that the GOP really was so destroyed at that time that no one could even bother sticking up for them online. there's a reason Ron Paul was the closest any conservative online was willing to go in terms of supporting the GOP. Mccain was also a hilariously bad pick, in general the "liberal Republican" faction was so blatantly about not pleasing anyone and acted like tyrants towards opposition that its no wonder people were hyped for the black democrat to get in power. The Bush era and and pre-Trump GOP was a conservicuck dynasty. Mitt Romney was a punchline and punching bag who gladly accepted his position. The reason Obama was so well liked probably plays into that too, its easy to see the harlem globtrotters as awesome when the Washington generals play their part so well

It’s the most masturbatory shit I’ve ever heard where a literal straw man gets owned by a the protagonist.

To be fair, Mccain and Romney were so unwilling to fight they might as well be straw men. Hilariously enough, Sarah Palin was the one bringing up Russia taking back Ukraine, and every democrat called her a stupid slut because of it. That 2004 south park episode also was fairly accurate too. a liberal republican vs a conservative democrat, both trying to reach some moderate voter. John Edwards was the stereotypical politican of the era, so a black man like obama really was a breath of fresh air compared to the rest. Jeb Bush said the exact sort of things the average GOP politican would say at the time. Trump was able to do so well because for the first time someone on stage really called them out for the bullshit they said.

important political decision

knowing how Mccain has acted the last dozen years of his life, can you really admit to yourself he would have been a good pick as president? he literally made sure Obamacare stayed the law of the land and has repeatedly fucked over trump and proudly supported trans movements.

and ran an unlikeable chump

yep, the way they picked out some of the worst the GOP had to offer it really was like they casted to make Obama seem even better than he was. like in 2008, everyone talked about obama being young, so they ran an old fart. then in 2012 it was about the rich so they chose a rich out of touch moron

I knew conservatives who didn’t vote for him for that reason exactly

really makes you think why would the GOP even give him the nomination if he was that awful of a pick.

and the McCain campaign happily threw her to the wolves. McCain never had any intentions of winning that election; I'm convinced of it.

thats the part people forget about the whole "why do people like obama" the GOP proudly acted like the Washington Generals. didn't the Vegas senator harry reid proudly admit he completely made up stuff about Mitt Romney not paying taxes, and despite growing up around mormons his entire life, not a single one decided to call him out on fucking over Romney like that? That's the GOP in general, let the dem's do any dirty tactic then go "i'd never stoop down to that level, golly!" and just get steamrolled over.

 

[STARS158]

Manipulating elections:

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

I swear to God, it boils my Goddamn blood that the US is spending my tax dollars in defense of a nation that already has some of the best air defense in the Goddamn world.

The reality is Israel is not that wealthy. Their GDP is roughly equivalent to the state of Michigan. The merits of their aid is obviously up for debate in this thread, but that's why the US gives them so much money: they cannot fund their own military.

 

[The Ugly One]

I swear to God, it boils my Goddamn blood that the US is spending my tax dollars in defense of a nation that already has some of the best air defense in the Goddamn world. You can't justify this deployment of America's assets at all. This is literal vessel behavior. I can get the actions in the red sea to keep shipping opening, but this is Goddamn ridiculous.

Israel is the only thing standing between us and the Islamic world. If Israel goes down, so does America, as you can drive from Tel Aviv to Manhattan in under an hour.

 

[John Badman]

Israel is the only thing standing between us and the Islamic world. If Israel goes down, so does America, as you can drive from Tel Aviv to Manhattan in under an hour.

Why would you need to drive from Tel Aviv if there are plenty of Delis in Manhattan.

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS]

Pls Iran. Let the joos feel your wrath.

 

[TheRaptorJesus]

The National Guard being used to shoot paintballs at people sitting on their porch instead of addressing the city being burnt down and looted sounds about right for a Democrat-controlled state.

Pepperballs.

 

[The Nothingness]

The reality is Israel is not that wealthy. Their GDP is roughly equivalent to the state of Michigan. The merits of their aid is obviously up for debate in this thread, but that's why the US gives them so much money: they cannot fund their own military.

They really live up to the stereotype of being cheap

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

Pls Iran. Let the joos feel your wrath.

I hope Israel bombs those fucks into the Mesozoic. The US has dropped atomic bombs on other countries, but we've never held diplomats hostage.

Pepperballs.

Pepperballs hurt way more than paintballs.

They really live up to the stereotype of being cheap

kek

 

[Rimanah]

They really live up to the stereotype of being cheap

Oy vey, you want me to pay 10 billion dollars for that missile defense system? 5 billion is an inordinate price! I can’t believe you would charge your greatest ally 100 million for a simple missile defense program!
You’ll be hearing from my lawyer about that 100 billion in aid you owe me!

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

@Jet Fuel Johnny broke this down and came with evidence. Fuck Walz. Say what you want about Vance, but when the time came to deploy he actually fucking went, POG or not. Walz is a pansy faggot and I should expect nothing less from a group of people who have been acting as fucking gay as they have been ever since Chester the Molester Brandon stepped down.

This esteemed combat vet kiwifarms appreciator also shared a screencap of Walz's former CO shitting all over Walz for being a pansy faggot and is glad he's gone.

Walz's unit's Chaplin has come out swinging against him. I'm not sure how bad you have to fuck up for that to happen, but it sounds bad.

I knew conservatives who didn’t vote for him for that reason exactly

2012 is the only election I sat out, both because Obama was clearly going to win and also because I won't vote for a Mormon. Romney/Ryan was a fucking terrible, low energy ticket.

Holy shit how tall is Baron going to get. Is he trying for NBA.

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If the Crown Princess of Japan, currently 22, suddenly falls pregnant, given that Barron is supposed to be in Japan or whatever, I'm assuming it's part of a plot Trump and Abe hatched to make Kazama Kiryu real.

But the media did its thing, and the McCain campaign happily threw her to the wolves. McCain never had any intentions of winning that election; I'm convinced of it. I think they were shocked by the positive response over Palin at first.

Remember when McCain halted his campaign because someone died or something, just as it was actually picking up momentum? No one at the time could figure out what he was doing, because a lot of us still thought the GOP was trying to win. That brain tumor deserves a Medal of Honor.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Barron is supposed to be in Japan or whatever

that was a funpost

 

[spiritofamermaid]

But that's what Trump does. He'll say, "500 million people crossed the border just in the last 3 years!" so the fact-checkers go "Nuh-uh! It was ackshually 300 million!"

Making them fess up to the reality which is not pretty, cause they would not come out and say it without Trump prompting them thusly. It's quite effective and they fall for it every time.

Lmao I remember that at the SOTU he did.

Trump: 60% women crossing the border are sexually assaulted in the process
Fact checkers: Nuh-uh dumbo! It's actually 80%!!!

 

[AnitaSarsleezian]

>well-spoken

I’ve never understood this. Obama is not a good speaker, he sounds fucking terrible and does that retarded shit of trying to sound smart by taking 20 minutes to explain a 5 minute idea or just talking in vague platitudes.

I think this is a generic black thing. As a music director for many shows who's had to hire both black and white musicians and singers, there are two constants -

1. Black musicians will always be late for their call time
2. When you ask them why they're late, you're ALWAYS hit with a word salad that is designed to make you throw up your hands and walk away.

Me: Why are you late?

White musician: My wife had the fucking car and she didn't get back in time.

Black musician: You need to understand that the toltaltasiousness of this situation is precluded by the vissisitudenous of why I was forced to take a route that was affected by the calamanation of the....

Me: *throws up hands* just don't be fucking late again, OK? (Proceeds to be late every fucking time again after that)

Virtually all criticism of Obama was responded to with, "You are a racist."

That actually had a sting back then and that protected him a lot.

Obama's first election was the first time I had experienced what we've come now to see as the weaponization of politics which sadly has become fairly normal. At the time I was playing in a broadway pit, had a lot of relationships with other well known musicians, and performed regularly on all kinds of awards shows and stuff going on in NYC. During some down time on a gig where a bunch of musicians were circle jerking over Obama I had foolishly mentioned that I wasn't voting for him. The reaction was immediate and severe.

I was called a "Racist" many times over - by people I had been long time friends with. I was literally fired from my Broadway pit. In fact I still have an email somewhere, where a broadway contractor said he had to shut down a mailing list I was on because "half of Broadway hates Anita Sarsleezian", a long time gay friend, who I had a standing dinner date with once a month just catch up and trade stories, etc. and had done so for over a year at this point, loudly declared that I "hated gays" because I wasn't voting for Obama. When I had confronted him directly and asked him that at any point during the whole year we met for dinner did he ever get the impression I hated gays, he would just respond with, "You're not voting for Obama - you hate gays".

I couldn't get a single call returned. I couldn't get on a single serious gig. All because I said I wouldn't vote for Obama.

It was bizarre - it was total stepford level programming. I mean, now we have terms like NPC, etc. But back in 2008 it was frightening to see how so many people I had long time relationships with, completely shut me out of everything and shunned me.
I ended up rebuilding my career and thankfully I rebuilt it in a way that I'll never be beholden to anyone again.

Speak for yourself, sunlover!


Walz is the guy who worked at Taco Bell 2 years slinging chalupas, then got promoted to Manager-In-Training, did that for 2 weeks, quit, and then puts on his resume he was a Manager at Taco Bell.

One time I was invited to a huge birthday party for David Bowie. There was a ton of other people there, including Whitney Houston (this was a loonnngg time ago!) At some point, the whole crowd, including Whitney sang Happy Birthday to Bowie. There was also a singer there who I had worked with a few times. After that night, every time I crossed paths with the singer, I'd roll my eyes in disgust at her as her resume (since the birthday party and the whole crowd, including Whitney sang 'Happy Birthday' to him) now included, "Sang with Whitney Houston" on it. Some people really do break their own arms when it comes to how far they'll reach.

You have ALDIs in the USA too? I thought it was just a European supermarket.

Their giant chocolate bars are the shit.