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Rubin Flag 26 Sep 16 11.08am Send a Private Message to Rubin Add Rubin as a friend

An interesting prediction on the aftermath of the result:

[Link]

I've just got to the end of it and realised it ends in an advert, but it's still interesting point of view.

Edited by Rubin (26 Sep 2016 11.19am)

 

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nairb75 Flag Baltimore 26 Sep 16 1.33pm Send a Private Message to nairb75 Add nairb75 as a friend

Originally posted by Rubin

An interesting prediction on the aftermath of the result:

[Link]

I've just got to the end of it and realised it ends in an advert, but it's still interesting point of view.

Edited by Rubin (26 Sep 2016 11.19am)

not remotely realistic. the guy seems pretty fixated on guns but that's not a symptom, not the cause of divisions.

 

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Ray in Houston Flag Houston 26 Sep 16 6.52pm Send a Private Message to Ray in Houston Add Ray in Houston as a friend

John Oliver discusses the scandals besetting both candidates:
[Link]

 


We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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chris123 Flag hove actually 26 Sep 16 7.13pm Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Ray in Houston

John Oliver discusses the scandals besetting both candidates:
[Link]

Not UK friendly.

 

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Ray in Houston Flag Houston 26 Sep 16 9.46pm Send a Private Message to Ray in Houston Add Ray in Houston as a friend

Originally posted by chris123

Not UK friendly.


How ironic!

Search YouTube for "John Oliver scandals", you might find it that way.

 


We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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Kermit8 Flag Hevon 27 Sep 16 8.17am Send a Private Message to Kermit8 Add Kermit8 as a friend

Jerry Springer;

"Hillary Clinton belongs in the White House. Donald Trump belongs on my show."

 


Big chest and massive boobs

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Ouzo Dan Flag Behind you 27 Sep 16 10.38am Send a Private Message to Ouzo Dan Add Ouzo Dan as a friend

Originally posted by Rubin

An interesting prediction on the aftermath of the result:

[Link]

I've just got to the end of it and realised it ends in an advert, but it's still interesting point of view.

Edited by Rubin (26 Sep 2016 11.19am)


Ha ha beautiful piece of advertising & not pandering to the Doomsday prepper sorts at all

 


The mountains are calling & I must go.

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blackpalacefan Flag 27 Sep 16 12.34pm Send a Private Message to blackpalacefan Add blackpalacefan as a friend

Trump got schlonged

 

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Charlie Croker Flag Hampshire 27 Sep 16 2.12pm Send a Private Message to Charlie Croker Add Charlie Croker as a friend

The more of this election coverage that I see or read about has me thinking that the American people will be voting for the least worst candidate - rather than someone that can genuinely make a difference (for the better). I watched the John Oliver 'scandals' piece on his show last night and neither really comes across as trustworthy, but then does any politician?

And as has been mentioned, the nature of the job and the influence means that favours will always be owed, so neither will be just in it for the good of the people.

Just for the comedy value it would be worth seeing what happened if Trump did win . . .

 


“My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you’re lucky."

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OknotOK Flag Cockfosters, London 27 Sep 16 2.17pm Send a Private Message to OknotOK Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add OknotOK as a friend

Originally posted by Charlie Croker

The more of this election coverage that I see or read about has me thinking that the American people will be voting for the least worst candidate - rather than someone that can genuinely make a difference (for the better). I watched the John Oliver 'scandals' piece on his show last night and neither really comes across as trustworthy, but then does any politician?

And as has been mentioned, the nature of the job and the influence means that favours will always be owed, so neither will be just in it for the good of the people.

Just for the comedy value it would be worth seeing what happened if Trump did win . . .

I work with loads of Americans and from what I can gleam it is (to be fair as it is often is in the UK) largely negative voting - the least worst option or the "not the other one" candidate.

Most are either voting for Hillary because she's not Trump/Trump is an 'ass', or Trump/Johnson/Stein because they aren't Hillary.

 


"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

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regal_eagle Flag somewhere 27 Sep 16 2.20pm Send a Private Message to regal_eagle Add regal_eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Southampton_Eagle He lost all credibility when he changed Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC.

But is far more accurate when properly pronounced KFaeCee

 

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Ray in Houston Flag Houston 27 Sep 16 3.24pm Send a Private Message to Ray in Houston Add Ray in Houston as a friend

Originally posted by OknotOK

I work with loads of Americans and from what I can gleam it is (to be fair as it is often is in the UK) largely negative voting - the least worst option or the "not the other one" candidate.

Most are either voting for Hillary because she's not Trump/Trump is an 'ass', or Trump/Johnson/Stein because they aren't Hillary.


Clearly, they're not suburban Texans. While Houston-proper is solidly liberal by US standards (as are Austin and Dallas), the more populous suburbs are a seething, roiling volcano of white, middle class, wannabe upper class, Mrs Buckets. There's a name for them here: $50,000 millionaires.

They live in a house they will never pay off, driving late-model cars they will never pay off, living paycheck to paycheck while spanking their credit cards for all the trappings of wealth that they need to keep up appearances. Their kids will get a new car at 16 and will graduate high school, go to college and jump on the debt bandwagon by racking up student loans such that they're tens of thousands of dollars in debt before they've earned a penny.

These people vote for Trump because, when he talks about cutting taxes on the rich they think he means them. Conversely, when Clinton talks about giving relief to the middle classes, that's someone else, that's freeloaders who aren't them.

This demographic of people has been voting against its own self-interest ever since Reagan declared "it's morning in America" in 1980. After which he cut taxes on the (actually) rich, raised taxes on the middle class and set in motion 30 years of ever-expanding income inequality. And he's their hero, despite selling arms to Iran to fuel illegal drug wars in Central America and giving amnesty to illegal immigrants.

It's a breathtaking feat of cognitive dissonance, which is why you can probably detect a heavy dose of derision in this post. I work with these people, and it makes my heart sink that otherwise smart, big-hearted, friendly and unabashedly Christian people can embrace such vile and divisive politics.

 


We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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