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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 24, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) I think its pretty clear at this point that there was no changing his base's mind. Man people really need to understand that Trump's base is his base. Hillary won the popular vote by over 3 million votes and lost the electorate. People just did not show up the polls to make sure Trump wasn't' elected. I guarantee you will see a bigger turnout in 2020, if he hasn't resigned by then. With all that being said, the onus is still on Hillary for losing to such a weak opponent, she herself was so weak that she couldn't get people excited enough to go out and vote for her on election day, which is sad. Trump definitely woke people up, which may be a good thing for the complacent people in this country.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 12:41 PM) A valid question that will never be answered. He's forever tainted. To me, he was best P4P talent and I think his resume is probably P4P best ever too. I watched him make some of his quotes from the last time he got popped and saw some of his tweets pertaining to his alleged steroid use and the guy just looks like more of an asshat than possible. He's such a terrible liar too. If I were him I'd be legitimately paranoid because it has to be so hard to keep up with all of the lies and inconsistencies that come out of his mouth. For those who don't know, he said he failed his last drug test because of a generic sex pill. The same substance in the sex pill would be indicative of use of a cycling agent to get off steroids. He's talking to Rogan and says, "I was with a guy and he told me he had some pills and I said, 'I don't do drugs' (this is after he was popped for cocaine) and the guy explained it was just generic cialis and it's a lot of fun." Within five minutes they start talking about gas station dick pills and Jones says he's been using them for a while. Unbelievable this guy. What a waste of talent. So disappointing. Reminds me Bonds, he didn't need to cheat but for whatever reason, he did.

It would be funny if this dude was doing it as an epic troll act.

Isn't there one in Gurnee right before you reach the outlet mall in Kenosha or Six Flags?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 10:06 AM) There have been a handful of convictions, but the vast majority of the Bundy group at both Oregon and Bunkerville in 2014 are being acquitted of crimes they were photographed and filmed committing, such as pointing weapons at federal law enforcement. No convictions for 4 men in Bundy standoff case Can anyone try to explain this? I mean, if you're an armed goon going against the government, you should be put in the slammer for an extended period of time.

I just don't get why? The guy is gifted athletic beast. Was he always roiding up when he was laying the smackdown on opponents?

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 09:34 AM) They probably had to get home to relieve their "excitement". :lol:

Was there really any doubt that the rally wouldn't be an unmitigated disaster?

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 08:15 PM) Trump apparently got into a profanity-laced argument with McConnell because he didn't protect him from Russia investigation. Link?

I just saw the episode. I liked it but the rushed nature of the season is uber frustrating, unless Westeros is really the state of Rhode Island.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 12:49 PM) Every human is different. Studies show that millennials would rather be a part of something big and depended upon to do work that makes a difference than just receive a paycheck. I have a whole department of millennials and, while I'd agree with that, I have some issues with it. No generation has been more aware of its value. Now, in my case, I have young marketers in my department who could go get a new job in 5 seconds. Hell, I'm technically a millennial, and I could go get a new job in a second, too. It's with that understanding that we strive to keep them happy monetarily BEFORE they feel the need to start looking for better alternative. I also tend to dole out responsibility almost too early rather than too late. This results in each team member (department size of 10) having a defined role with a defined career path and a ton of interaction with me as the buffer to the President and the CEO. We also have a lot of events and I order food for the department because the little s*** counts. It works. That said, there's a million ways to slice it, and I'm only talking about those in the business world in a marketing department of a larger company. Also, it pays to ask them about their personal lives. They really respond well to you caring (or acting like you care if you must) about their personal lives and also remembering to follow up when they tell you something big is coming. I also tend to serve as a first-wave of advice for things like owning homes, investing, etc, and they know they can come to me with any work-related issue. I've been in my current position for 3 years and have yet to have one of them quit their job. I've had to fire a handful, but them's the shakes. You heartless prick... should should should should

Gotta love these guys becoming unhinged. They sense the walls closing in, I don't blame them.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 08:18 AM) Pressure mounts on lawmaker who posted Trump assassination comment https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pressure-mount...nation-comment/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri lawmaker acknowledged Thursday that she posted and later deleted a comment on Facebook about hoping for President Trump's assassination, saying she was frustrated with the president's response to the white supremacist rally and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Democratic state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal said she was wrong for writing the post and didn't mean what she said, but she refused calls to resign. She said she wrote "I hope Trump is assassinated!" in response to a post that suggested Vice President Mike Pence would try to have Trump removed from office. "What I wrote down on my private Facebook page, was it wrong? Absolutely," she told The Associated Press. "But I am going to continue to talk about the anger and the frustration that led to that." The post drew a swift rebuke, including calls from top Democrats for her resignation. Among them were Missouri Senate Democratic Leader Gina Walsh, who condemned Chappelle-Nadal's post as "horrible." The chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party, Stephen Webber, said the comments were "indefensible" and the party "will absolutely not tolerate calls for the assassination of the president." "I condemn it. It's outrageous," added Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, the state's senior senator. "And she should resign." Missouri's Republican Gov. Eric Greitens and the state Republican party also called for her resignation, but Chappelle-Nadal said she had no intention of doing so. "I refuse to resign for exercising my First Amendment rights, even though what I said was wrong," she said. The U.S. Secret Service released a statement saying it looks into all threats against the president, "whether they be direct, implied, or comments in passing." Chappelle-Nadal, from the St. Louis suburb of University City, said constituents in her predominantly black district are concerned about how Trump blamed "both sides" of the clashes in Charlottesville. The violence included a man slamming his car into people protesting against the white supremacist rally, killing one woman and injuring more than a dozen other people. "By our president saying things such as he does, supporting white supremacy and the Nazis and KKK, it's causing a lot of trauma," Chappelle-Nadal said. Wow. She does indeed need to step down. You can't have representatives calling for stuff like that, it will rile people up.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 08:17 PM) Trump is so hated you wonder if he will ultimately be assassinated. I'm not wanting that. But judging from people on social media and TV and all that, I'm very surprised he's still living. I mean people DESPISE our prez. There are so many nutjobs and aggressive nutjobs out there I am surprised he is safe from assassins. He should just quit because all of a sudden he'd be loved for quitting. He made his point. He won. He beat crooked Hillary. Now he can do the country a favor and resign. Noone is going wack trump man. If it did happen, auto civil war for sure.

Trump math of course. Remember he won the popular vote if it wasn't for 3 million illegals!

Just awful.

Terrorism?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 10:44 AM) It's shocking how many people still can't accept that they lost the Civil War. Nothing about it is American, what they're honoring is American traitors. We should get a Benedict Arnold statute to put with them, too. Didn't you know? (white) American values are under attack! People must fight back before they are extinct.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2017 -> 11:00 AM) I see the same thing happen on the left such as when workers in unions for things like steel and autos vote for people who want to bankrupt their companies with higher environmental regulations and free trade agreements that would send their jobs overseas to workers getting pennies on the dollar. The reason you see this is because no person is fully represented by one party. It isn't a buffet where you can pick and choose your candidates positions one by one. It is more like your cable company where your options are Bundle A or Bundle B, even though you hate 90% of the channels in each bundle. I agree there is no real differences between D and R outside some social shenanigans, but Trump is in a class of his own.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Aug 16, 2017 -> 01:04 AM) The huge issue is that every negative quality that one group of people say about another group of people whom they want to oppress and denigrate, are projections about their own behavior that they are embarrassed about. When the right winger says: Welfare queens take advantage of the system and are lazy and don't want to work They mean: 1. I don't pay my fair share of taxes nor do I give to charity to help the needy, and I don't want to. 2. I have a safe, secure job and I really don't do anything there but the bare minimum to stay employed. Every day I go to work I steal from my company. I am the lazy one. If I point the finger at someone who doesn't have the job opportunities to live comfortably like I do, then it makes me feel better about stealing time from my employer, and not paying my taxes. When the right winger says: The problem isn't the police officers beating minorities, it is that people think that the rules don't apply to them, and they are an entitled brats who have no respect for authority They mean: I think the rules don't apply to me. I don't like minorities. I think they are subhuman. I am above the law. I have enough money to make any problem I have legally, go away. I can just pay a lawyer to get me off the hook. I am the entitled brat. I just have to blame it on somebody else to make me feel better about my taking advantage of the system due to having a large paycheck. When the right winger says: Being gay is a choice. High functioning autism is a con made by people who don't want to work, and are too mentally weak to handle real life. They mean: These people make me uncomfortable. I don't want to deal with them, because they are different. I think they are disgusting because they have sex with people of the same gender or have trouble with social boundaries/personal hygiene. I choose to be closed minded, I am too mentally weak to handle it. I lack the critical thinking skills to come to the conclusion that these things are real issues. Why would anyone choose to behave in this manner, when it is very out of the ordinary? Life is hard enough. Why would someone add this burden to it? When the right winger says: If I have to raise wages, then there will be less jobs They mean: I am a greedy SOB. I don't want to pay people a living wage, because my standard of living will change marginally and that is too uncomfortable. Maybe I can't afford that new yacht on the Lake every 5 years. Now I have to wait 8. I don't care. I want it now, because I am a whiny, entitled petulant child. This is my I am skirting the responsibility of paying my employees fairly and giving people what they need to live comfortably or survive. Not only will I not pay them, I will not give them the tools necessary to succeed at the goals I've set for them. This way I can continue to lower their pay, because my company is doing barely well enough to stay in business, and I want all of it. It is MINE. You can't have more than x amount, even though you've done all of the work, and I've been out at the country club all week. I have more of these that I will post later. Do you ultimately, but I don't see how this post does anything but rile people up.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 15, 2017 -> 08:08 PM) Ok, this had better end his f***ing presidency. I hope a Republican never gets elected again.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 15, 2017 -> 10:14 AM) Educational outcomes across all races are nearly identical when the parents have roughly the same educational and wealth/income controls set in place...or we can look at the cases of thousands of babies from different ethnic groups that have thrived after being placed for adoption with extremely successful/wealthy families of any race, creed or sexual orientation. Heck, according to standardized test scores, Chinese are the best (smartest?) students in the world by about an average of 50-75 points on the SAT or PISA exams. But it has a lot more to do with working twice or three times as hard as white students as it has any correlation with genetics or this concept of superior/dominant races. Intelligence has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with your environment.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 15, 2017 -> 09:30 AM) You're so evolved. I'm sure your significant other is some half wit with 6 fingers because "equality." Are we really ignoring the simple fact that people look at significant others and judge them on how they could potentially provide, earn and/or contribute as a parent. Some do for sure, but then you have people who end up with bonafide deadbeats.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 15, 2017 -> 07:30 AM) I can't believe this is 2017. Your gif avatar sums this up perfectly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 14, 2017 -> 12:36 PM) For better or worse, Trump is married to his base. He has zero chance of winning over anyone who isn't already in his camp. Live by the sword, die by sword. People will definitely get out and vote after seeing Trump's trainwreck, unless he magically turns it around that is.