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Journal Captain Splendid's Journal: Donald Trump is leader of the Free World 66

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That, right there, is one very useful phrase, I'll have to admit. I've used it in all kinds of contexts, and for different effects, and it works great. It's like a rhetorical swiss army knife.

Moving on, talk about getting shafted! I'm glad my political gambling is a hobby, not an addiction, cuz Cheeto Mussolini just fucked me out of 5K. Although I'm even more glad of my Senate side bet since it helps take the sting out of it.

Congratulations to all the Republicans out there! It's been exhausting work pretending to care about the deficit, unemployment numbers, and whether or not the rest of the world thinks the US is a laughingstock, so I'm sure you'll all be glad for the break.

Last but not least, commiserations to all the kids out there, the ones who'll get punched repeatedly in the face as they struggle through life because global warming as a solvable problem is gone for at least a generation, whilst us Boomers and Gen Xers get to pop our clogs before the really bad shit starts. Time to start volunteering for those Mars missions, I guess.

For any non-Yanks out there, there is a small silver lining: Between, incompetence, corruption, and taking advantage of these historic circumstances to finally bury the Dem party forever, the incoming administration may be too busy trying to fuck over the US to have any time to fuck over the rest of the planet any more than they have already have. Fingers crossed!

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  • and VP Warren is his second in command.

    This is America, not some failed Soviet state. We choose our Leaders. We are a Democracy, not some oligarchic nation ruled by white racists through some 17th century Electoral College.

    America.

    And we are who we say we are.

    • This is America, not some failed Soviet state.

      Technically correct, since January is still a few weeks away...

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by mcgrew ( 92797 ) *

      We are a Democracy

      I realize you're being satirical, but if we were a democracy, Clinton would be president-elect. We're a republic, like pre-WWII Germany. The founding fathers were really afraid of "we, the people" or there would be no electoral college.

      The irony is that this election, the electoral college is doing what the electoral college was designed to prevent--letting a thoroughly unqualified person be president.

      The Democrats are an oligarchy, thanks to super-delegates. Both major parties are only be

  • * not free for much longer. Wait until you see what Trump and his cronies commit us to when they have all the power. Republicans pretend that this is somehow equivalent (though in opposite direction) to the brief moment when President Lawnchair had both the house and senate controlled by democrats, except it is nothing like that. The democrats completely lacked the spine to organize on anything (ironic when led by someone who at one time called himself a "community organizer") to be able to push away the
    • Wait until you see what Trump and his cronies commit us to when they have all the power.

      Wait for what? Trump wasn't exactly subtle, and Ryan's already started the "Kill Medicare Initiative" he's so fond of. The only variables left to work out are the particular admixture of incompetence and corruption this Administration's going to use as fuel.

      • Heh, corruption, and compromise/appeasement, from the democrats, that's what brought you this result. Your 'lesser evil' game backfired real good. Try a little less of all that crap, and maybe, possibly you might win some seats, and some of your money back. The democrats are losing territory faster than the Palestinians. They're down to little urban specs of dust. And they still blame everyone but their own damn selves. I gotta admit, I thought he was too far out to have a real chance, but the democrat part

        • and compromise/appeasement, from the democrats

          What are you babbling on about? The GOP holds all the cards. You can't fold if you're stuck on the bench.

          that's what brought you this result.

          Actually, a score of factors brought us this result, but you go ahead and keep your laser focus.

          Your 'lesser evil' game backfired real good.

          Yup, like that. Good job!

          Try a little less of all that crap, and maybe, possibly you might win some seats,

          That's right, you still think I'm a partisan LOL.

          • The GOP holds all the cards.

            Yeah... Now they do... As for the rest, I just can't bother... It's just more of the same*... I mean. it's not even about the Clintons, even though I cannot express enough elation to see them lose. Too bad their tag teammates won... SNAFU

            *For instance:
            White people suck?

            No, democrats suck. They're a bunch of damn corrupt weasels, with or without Clinton, and the people that follow them are a bunch of suckers and losers. Barb has you all so pegged in her JE.

            Free of the Clintons, y

            • No, democrats suck. They're a bunch of damn corrupt weasels, with or without Clinton, and the people that follow them are a bunch of suckers and losers. Barb has you all so pegged in her JE.

              I find it very interesting that after it's over, there's still plenty of people, like yourself, who can't let the Clintons go. A little too close to to the edge, are we?

              Please, save your breath on the gerrymandering bullshit.

              "Well, apart from that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

              Except you just did when

              • It's about the party, not the Clintons, who are just the latest example of party corruption. You are the one that needs to let go. Obviously you're a fanboy, so this would of course be beyond your comprehension. A notable feature of democrats is their complete lack of introspection, which you are illustrating right here. They are really a pitiful bunch with their little riots and 'occupy' movements, externalizing all their own failures. There must be a small amount of masochism in there. Or they're just pla

                • You are the one that needs to let go.

                  Let what go? I'm not holding on to anything.

                  Obviously you're a fanboy

                  So obvious you can't point to any evidence for this other than your paranoid fantasies.

                  It's no worse than usual.

                  Ahhh, I forgot, you don't actually seek out information. No wonder you don't know.

                  And you really expect me to believe that politics has changed over the last 40 years?

                  I don't expect you to believe anything. Simple truth is that we don't live In Karp's world anymore

                  • I'm not holding on to anything.

                    Expect your dick. You keep insisting I'm obsessed over Clinton when nothing could be farther from the truth. I am merely very pleased that she lost. 15 years of grooming all for naught. Glad to see it go down the drain. And now she can slip into Kissinger's role and work the next six presidents, which will be what I expected since before her 'official' campaigned even started.

                    Ahhh, I forgot, you don't actually seek out information. No wonder you don't know.

                    Uh huh...

                    That's beca

                    • Expect your dick.

                      Heh, and you call me weird. Guess your projection problem is still a work in progress.

                      You keep insisting I'm obsessed over Clinton when nothing could be farther from the truth.

                      You keep bringing her up. I point this out, once, and that becomes 'insisting'. Got a perspective problem as well, do we?

                      And now she can slip into Kissinger's role and work the next six presidents

                      LOL, I can see you're really letting go!

                      you're speaking up for a bunch losers

                      You'll be along wi

                    • I think that with a loss this stupid, she won't be able to recover. No credibility any more, and both a huge anti-Clinton vote that is going to remember, and an equally huge pro-Clinton vote that is going to be resentful they got so badly burned.

                    • you little shitweasel.

                      :-) You really are funny guy! Eh, carry on... But you might want to consider giving up the betting. You're only going to lose more money.

                    • You're only going to lose more money.

                      Well, I already won the bet that you'd bail on this thread with some lame emoticon, as usual. You really can't take any heat, can you?

                    • :-) You're getting funnier still. How am I supposed to respond to a bunch of blame passing babbling idiots? You turn the election into a giant *whoosh!* It's all going way over your heads. So what do you do? Start a riot and complain complain complain about the FBI and 'fake news', making quite the spectacle of yourselves. You don't even know what hit ya.

                      heat

                      Ohhh muurrrder! *little green men* LOL!

                    • Oh, and please do volunteer. Christ! what a sad sack!

                    • How am I supposed to respond to a bunch of blame passing babbling idiots?

                      Well, since you're the one inventing them out of whole cloth, that sounds like your problem really.

                      It's all going way over your heads. So what do you do? Start a riot and complain complain complain about the FBI and 'fake news', making quite the spectacle of yourselves. You don't even know what hit ya.

                      You must be in the wrong thread again. Ain't none of that happening here.

                    • Well, since you're the one inventing them out of whole cloth...

                      LOL. Keep 'em coming, Wanda [cbsnews.com]... Keep those eyes shut tight.

                      You must be in the wrong thread again. Ain't none of that happening here.

                      Oh, that's right. You're talking about corruption and cronies. Even more hilarious... Take a good look at your own front yard..

                      Make sure to pack some warm clothes...

                    • LOL. Keep 'em coming, Wanda... Keep those eyes shut tight.

                      Ahh, we've reached the point in the discussion where you stop trying. Good show.

                      You're talking about corruption and cronies

                      Wrong again, try reading the JE for once. You're just here trying to hijack the discussion to your own obsessions yet again. Not our problem if you can't stay on topic.

                    • Between, incompetence, corruption, and taking advantage of these historic circumstances to finally bury the Dem party forever

                      Bla bla bla... Yes, burying the dems would be nice, and the republicans... Doesn't matter who goes first, both need to go away.

                      Sorry, you're just too goofy to put in any real effort after a certain point. Your distortion field is too strong for me. After you misread so much, what's the point? That's why I just ending up referring you to somebody who says it much better than I do.

                      Time

                    • LOL, look at you taking a minor point out of context and making it all about that! No, you're not obsessed, not at all...

                      After you misread so much, what's the point?

                      This is what, the 20th time you've accused me of misreading something of yours, yet you've still to trot out an example. Keep fighting that lazy fight!

                      That's why I just ending up referring you to somebody who says it much better than I do.

                      Yet you still get pissy about being 'misread', and you still keep spewing your useless, one

                    • President Trump... C'mon say it! You just won't admit that the democrats are a bunch of corrupt bastards and their audience is made up of useful idiots. Nope, it's always somebody elses fault... I do sincerely hope they get buried real good, and the someday the republicans too. Unfortunately, by hook or by crook they will most likely rise again and you little circus will go on indefinitely. You guys are good. ~97% reelection rate every time. What is there to argue about?

                    • You just won't admit that the democrats are a bunch of corrupt bastards and their audience is made up of useful idiots.

                      Politicians are corrupt? American voters are gullible sheep? OMG? I NEVER KNEEEEEW! Fuck me, you're such a boring little pedant.

                      and the someday the republicans too

                      You're not going to get that one, sorry. You'll have to settle for one scalp only.

                      you little circus

                      You guys are good

                      You know, if you're going to argue against strawmen, you should at least do it in thei

                    • How can I argue with people I agree with? That's kinda dumb. And the strawman is yours anyway. You're full of them. The fact is the repulsive, arrogant, corrupt democrats gave us Trump. It's not likely by what I read here, but maybe liberals will get a brain and grow a pair and dump the bastards, and possibly attract more voters in the process.

                      You'll have to settle for one scalp only.

                      One at a time, maybe. We'll get your democrats, and their little dog (republicans) too.

                      When's your ship leaving? Just wanna t

                    • she won't be able to recover.

                      That would be the only point where we disagree. In the background nothing has changed. The money is still flowing in. She still has her clout where it counts behind the scenes. She doesn't need anything from the voters. And the Clintons and Trumps remain close friends. The theatrics is one thing. What goes on in the front office is entirely different. The party has everything under control.

                    • Money doesn't buy the average voter's heart, especially after she so screwed the pooch. People will remember how she didn't have the intestinal fortitude or leadership ability to go before her supporters and thank them the night of her defeat, instead hiding in a hotel room. That's one "first" that Hillary owns.

                    • Clinton didn't get into this business to *serve the public*. She is there to make money, and that hasn't dwindled one bit. And if she ran for senate again, she would win it in a *New York second*. You can take that to the bank. Her supporters are still behind her. Follow the money, not your emotions. Psychopaths don't have any.

                      Money doesn't buy the average voter's heart

                      Actually it does, or the democrats and republicans wouldn't be the King Kong that they are. Despite all the hoopla, nothing happened. The ma

                    • How can I argue with people I agree with?

                      Dude, that's your thing. You don't care what others positions are, so it's easy for you to mischaracterize them. Jesus, I mean, you've been doing this for ages.

                      And the strawman is yours anyway.

                      Only if you can actually point to an example of such, otherwise it's just your usual baseless bullshit.

                      The fact is the repulsive, arrogant, corrupt democrats gave us Trump

                      I keep seeing this argument, but no one fleshes it out, they just leave it there like a

                    • it's easy for you to mischaracterize them....

                      Heh, more projection

                      Ah yes, the good old *I know you are* routine... Never fails when you say it first.

                      You're the one bails on threads

                      Sorry, I just don't have your stamina for bullshit. However, sticking to the chase (the fundamentals) isn't "bailing".

                      The GOP doesn't roll over and expose its belly like the Dems do.

                      Exactly, they're a tough nut to crack, that's why they merit more admiration, but anything is possible. We one and a half percenters just have to keep

                    • Ah yes, the good old *I know you are* routine... Never fails when you say it first.

                      Except I have a wealth of examples of you doing this, and you got...bupkis. Since you never put up, you're free to shut up.

                      Sorry, I just don't have your stamina for bullshit.

                      Dude, you don't have stamina for anything except belittlement and casting aspersions on those who don't toe your little line. You can't provides cites, links or examples, you frequently forget (or don't bother to even know in the first place

                    • You actually don't give a shit about 'elites' and their depredations unless there's a D after their name

                      Thanks for confirming that you're full of it....

                    • Hey, all you gotta do is have the courage of your convictions. It's all up to you. I'll wait.

                    • Oh please. Go call the wambulance. Here you are, crying about me picking on democrats, now, what are you saying about courage? Very funny!

                    • Here you are, crying about me picking on democrats

                      Wrong again. You claim to rail against elites and machine politicians. But 99% of your whining is about the Clintons. But now they're gone. So who's next on the list? Or don't tell me that woman sapped all your energy?

                    • Clinton was running for president. Anything I directed at her still applies to the machine, which remains intact and still running smoothly.

                    • Anything I directed at her still applies to the machine, which remains intact and still running smoothly.

                      Well, except for the Trump part. But that's a minor thing, innit?

                    • What about the Trump part? He's as much part of it as anybody. Republican, democrat, it makes no difference. The voters let the machine decide who gets on the ballot. The DNC wanted Clinton, and come hell or high water, she was going to be the nominee. And then, look at congress with its 97% reelection rate. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. Republicans/democrats remain in complete control.

                    • He's as much part of it as anybody.

                      Meh, not quite yet. We'll find out for sure when Congress decides which way to go on the impeachment issue.

                      blah blah blah

                      Love that broken record squeak.

                    • Love that broken record squeak.

                      Well, being the broken record, you would know :-)

                    • ROFL. Bitch, I got more diversity in one post than you do in a year of commenting here! Thanks for the laugh.

                    • No, thank you!

      • The only incompetence in the Trump administration will be at the top, but his supporters and followers will tell him that's just peachy and great. Being as they've managed to redefine corruption to be a democratic trait, it will be hard to demonstrate it in their group.

        The wait is only on because they need to wait for inauguration day before they can start in earnest on things that require his signature. Too bad nobody is willing to call him out on the flip-flopping he has already started.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by mcgrew ( 92797 ) *

        If the kill Medicare they'll be committing suicide. No politician who actually casts a vote against Medicare will ever hold office again, because geezers love medicare and show up at polls on election day.

        Killing Medicare would be the most absolutely stupid thing the Republicans could do.

    • Half the Republicans in the House likely voted for Hillary. Trump is not well liked among the Republican Establishment.

      • It doesn't matter if they like him or not. He is now the head of the GOP for as long as he's president (and then the mantle will pass to Pence once he is impeached or forced to resign - which may be even worse for whatever remains of western civilization at that point), they have to listen to him and are required to do his bidding or face the possibility of losing their power in 2018 when the next elections for US House come up. Remember how the GOP took ownership of the term "American" back in 2002 while

        • Pence is far more civilized than Trump, and certainly more civilized than those apeshit-crazy Hillary supporters protesting on the freeway.

          • Civilized only in so far as he is less plainly hateful and bigoted in his choice of words. However his actions are just as bad. Trump wants to return us to the 1950s, Pence seems like he wants to get us back to (at least) the 1850s. Just because he doesn't use such offensive terms in his speeches doesn't mean he is less hateful; he just does a better job of hiding it and making himself look professional.

            I'll go a step further, actually. I will say that the GOP will work to get Trump impeached when t

            • http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/16/you-are-still-crying-wolf/ [slatestarcodex.com]

              Most of what you think you know about Trump's racism and bigotry is false. By spreading it, you are encouraging suicide in LGBT and blacks.

              • Your claim is supported as poorly as the one from the anti-abortion crowd who like to claim that abortion leads to breast cancer. That article is a POS that doesn't even support most of its own claims. I just saw Scott Adams promoting it on his blog and that was almost enough to make me stop reading Dilbert (it still puzzles me that someone who is known for making a comic for white color workers could be so in love with a dictator).
                • ... white collar workers, that is. I didn't catch my error quite in time.

                  • Your own error answers the question, in both cases. You have subconscious racism that you do not even understand exists; and it's a bias against rich white men. That's why you see racism everywhere- because you're so race aware yourself. And why I don't see racism everywhere- because my face blindness is so bad that I can't understand why anybody would use such an invalid criteria as skin color.

                    Having said that, I believe segregation based on real threat is reasonable. I find it interesting that Donald

                    • So I point out that the article you just proudly paraded out for us is full of shit, and you abandon the discussion by telling me that I'm racist. I will freely admit I am a very imperfect white guy. You did a truly terrible job though on connecting that in any way to the topic of discussion here.

                    • The reason you think that article is full of shit is *because you are a racist*. You can't see through your bias enough to understand the article- as shown by your "white color" slip up. You've so bought into the idea of white privilege that you think this article is just full of shit, when in reality it points out the bias rather strongly.

                    • You could hardly be further from reality if you tried.

                      I say the article is full of shit because it is full of shit. It literally does not present the information that it needs in order to support its claims, it just throws out poorly (at best) annotated information and then pretends to connect the dots. In fact the way you blindly defend it suggests to me that I have read more of that terrible pile of garbage than you have. I've seen better written and cited arguments from middle schoolers.

                      The fact

  • Has been gone for at least a decade, and is not coming back. Since the tundra started melting in the summers and Ice Road Truckers turned into a 6 episode a year program for lack of footage, mother nature has overwhelmed anthropocentric sources of atmospheric carbon.

    • Has been gone for at least a decade, and is not coming back.

      Yeah, probably. But it's better now, because we know for sure! Before, it was like "Well, it's probably going to be fucking horrible, but maybe if the US pulls its head out of its ass, we can at least mitigate the worst aspects. Fingers crossed."

      Now, we know we're doomed, which is, counter-intuitively, better for my mental health and my financial planning. Shame about the species though.

      • There's still adaptation- which is *very good* for those of us who know what to invest in.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by mcgrew ( 92797 ) *

        Shame about the species though.

        Indeed, the largest mass extinction in life's history has already begun and we're the cause. Humans will survive this; we're the ultimate extremophile. Some of us are in outer space right now, some in Antarctica, some under the ocean. But Lions and elephants and rhinos...

        I won't be very fun, though.

  • ...would still be worth it, even if he didn't do anything he promised, if for nothing else than to watch you Lefties go bananas! I'm here to rape your Mother; fuck the planet and your gay-ass global warming religion.

    • First we get rid of the corrupt democrats, who have proven many times over they're no 'lefty', which is why people just stay home in disgust, then we come after the wacko republicans. Enjoy the show. I already am. Dyin' to see how much lower this low budget porn can go.

  • Not until January.

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