Everything posted by Khan
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The Politics Thread
Before it's all said and done, Trump, Attorney General Foghorn Leghorn and others will have Trump Nation believing the victim was the real terrorist just by crossing the street. ("We're taking America back from the jaywalkers!") However, he does look like what happens when first cousins procreate.
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The Politics Thread
You are absolutely right!!
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The Politics Thread
I have learned there is no way to be fair and reasonable with racism. It is a cancer and you have to treat it as such.
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The Politics Thread
That's right, Donny, look at the bright side!
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The Politics Thread
It doesn't make my rage any less incandescent either, Vee.
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The Politics Thread
Neither am I. Frankly, I'm afraid it's going to escalate until some idiot pulls out explosives. Honestly, I didn't expect anything more from this man. I figured he would find a way NOT to blame or condemn the ones who need to be and instead make it seem as if it's the counterprotesters' fault.
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The Politics Thread
SMH. I knew this would not end well. As an African-American, I feel truly ashamed of what is happening to my country.
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The Politics Thread
Well, maybe Thomas Jefferson could have imagined a world with social media. After all, he WAS a pretty progressive-thinking dude. It's like what a former History professor of mine once said: "If the Founders were able, somehow, to travel through time to today [late-20th century America], they'd be shocked to see the nation they had created has lasted THIS long." Are you kidding? To be in those photos, it would mean leaving the safety of their parents' basements.
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The Politics Thread
If people like THOSE people ever faced actual oppression, they'd scream and beg for their lives like scantily-clad sorority girls in slasher movies.
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The Politics Thread
I'll bet when Venezuelans heard his threats, they said, collectively, "How da [!@#$%^&*] we get into this!?" Say what you will about ol' Hill -- and I have said and believed plenty -- but I believe, with every fiber of my being, that we would not be right now on the precipice of nuclear war (and quite possibly, the total annihilation of life as we know it) if this woman were behind that desk in the Oval Office.
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The Politics Thread
From the article: The removal of the monuments, [Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer] said, is 'a metaphor for white dispossession and the erasure of our history and culture and identity.' Get it through your head, Mr. Spencer (and everyone who agrees with him): you HAVE no history. You HAVE no culture. You have NO IDENTITY. All you have is a legacy of subjugating other, non-white persons, through means both physical and psychological, in order to survive and assert superiority over the rest of the world. Without that, you would've been extinguished from this planet long ago. Too many folks, and groups like the ACLU, would argue that it violates the First Amendment. Besides, I'm not sure I would want to go down that particular road. To me, the best way to combat the glorification of any form of racism is not through legislation but through education. Simply put, we must teach our young boys and girls, as soon as possible, Not. To hate. Yes, I know, it's pie-in-the-sky thinking. Just call me King Arthur, lol.
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The Politics Thread
I don't like the term "white nationalists." It's too...nice. Call these individuals what they are: "racist pricks." Meanwhile, Trump "can't stop, won't stop" with the rhetoric against North Korea. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the fuse has been lit. Something is about to explode.
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The Politics Thread
It's like living in a world filled with Floyd R. Turbos.
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The Politics Thread
I'd believe it. The truth is, the only ones who REALLY take issue with undocumented immigrants in this country are the regulars at Archie Bunker's Place; and since old Mr. Van Ranseleer can't see nuthin', he don't much care either. Obama didn't actively encourage hate, nor did he turn a blind eye to it whenever it reared its ugly head. AFAIC, that alone blasts Trump's orange ass out of the water.
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The Politics Thread
Frankly, I wouldn't mind if Trump asked his supporters to jump off a bridge or cliff. There'd certainly be a lot less stupid people in the world.
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The Politics Thread
I'm with Jane: where, oh where, are the WWC citizens of this country who claimed that all the "illegals" were taking their jobs? Why aren't THEY stepping up to the metaphorical plate in this crisis? You know, the last time White people had crops to harvest and no one to do the harvesting, they ended up capturing and enslaving Africans -- and that was after the Native Americans (or, more specifically, the Native Americans who had managed to survive the many massacres and smallpox outbreaks brought upon them) basically told 'em to go to hell. I could only imagine what lengths White folks will go to THIS time around to get their work done (for them). Oh, and the part of the article that had me ROFL'ing the most? "To make the jobs more attractive, farmers are offering salaries above minimum wage, along with paid time off and 401(k) plans, but even that's not proving enough." Wait, what was that again about part-time employees being outrageous in their expectations of a $12-15 hourly wage?
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Dynasty Discussion Thread
And yet, compared to Jack Coleman, Corley was like Paul Newman. You think that's bad? Try watching Miss Linda on "The Big Valley." When she IS in an episode, she's usually being abducted and/or held hostage. Or she's being told to stay home -- "that canyon's no place for a woman!" -- while Heath, Nick, and the other Barkley boy run off to rescue Barbara Stanwyck from HER kidnapper of the week.
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The Politics Thread
For the safety of our nation and possibly the world, let's pray their perception of his faculties, or lack thereof, plays at least some part in keeping us all the hell out of nuclear war. (Now if we could just change the nuclear codes without letting Trump know....)
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Frankly, his base deserves nothing less.
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The Politics Thread
Sounds like a current president that I know. But seriously. People like Lord (and you-know-who) believe that apologies and such show weakness. They'd sooner croak.
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Once again, the editors at TIME are trolling our current president, knowing full well a cover like that is sure to provoke his wrath and cause him to fire Kelly just to prove how much he DOESN'T need him.
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The Politics Thread
Here's why some of us should leave shade-throwing to the professionals.
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I hate to seem cruel toward others, but again, they knew Trump was a snake when they brought him in. He never hid the fact that he was an out-and-out bastard who would deceive and evade and contradict his way into the WH. As a matter of fact, he seemed to revel in it. Ergo, if these people and others feel screwed now because they chose to listen to someone who told them only what they wanted to hear, then they have only themselves to blame. They MUST own voting for Trump and everything that decision entailed, just like people like me must own voting third-party or not at all.
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I'm sure everyone has tried at least once. I mean, how could you not?
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The Politics Thread
Like the song says: "No need to remember when 'Cause everything old is everything new again"