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Postby Exalted Inquellian State » Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:51 am

Kanadorika wrote:Ah yes. The US is quickly turning into Mexico 2.0, where bands of gangs attempt to kidnap politicians and violence is widespread.

I take that back. At least Mexico is beloved by the rest of the world.

By 2050, if things continue like this, it will be like a mix of Mexico, the Weimar Republic, and TNO's Komi.
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Postby The Two Jerseys » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:04 am

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Two of the people charged are former us marines

So?
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Postby Nobel Hobos 2 » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:07 am

Exalted Inquellian State wrote:
Kanadorika wrote:Ah yes. The US is quickly turning into Mexico 2.0, where bands of gangs attempt to kidnap politicians and violence is widespread.

I take that back. At least Mexico is beloved by the rest of the world.

By 2050, if things continue like this, it will be like a mix of Mexico, the Weimar Republic, and TNO's Komi.


2050 is a way off. You and others with good intent could make the world ...

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Postby The Two Jerseys » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:08 am

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Exalted Inquellian State wrote:By 2050, if things continue like this, it will be like a mix of Mexico, the Weimar Republic, and TNO's Komi.


2050 is a way off. You and others with good intent could make the world ...

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Postby Marxist Germany » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:40 am

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Eukaryotic Cells wrote:Pretty predictable response from Trump: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 932028002/


I got news for you Spanky, you don't have a Justice Department, the United States has a Justice Department. And it's your, and your mute Congressional enablers', and your deplorable supporters', failure to discern the difference that's about to lead to one of the most humiliating defeats of an incumbent President in the history of the nation. 25 days and counting.

William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, and George Herbert Walker Bush have these spots in the bag. There is no way Trump is going to lose more than half of states.
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Postby Nobel Hobos 2 » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:44 am

The Two Jerseys wrote:
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2050 is a way off. You and others with good intent could make the world ...

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Postby Loben III » Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:52 am

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Two of the people charged are former us marines

So?


Clearly the marines must be investigated for wrongthink.
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Postby The Archregimancy » Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:23 am

Marxist Germany wrote:
US-SSR wrote:
I got news for you Spanky, you don't have a Justice Department, the United States has a Justice Department. And it's your, and your mute Congressional enablers', and your deplorable supporters', failure to discern the difference that's about to lead to one of the most humiliating defeats of an incumbent President in the history of the nation. 25 days and counting.

William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, and George Herbert Walker Bush have these spots in the bag. There is no way Trump is going to lose more than half of states.


Your basic point is sound - Taft won only 8 electoral votes in a year where 531 electoral votes were available and finished third; an unprecedented result that's surely the most humiliating defeat of an incumbent president in US history.

However, your final statement is problematic. Polls currently show Biden leading in 28 states (excluding the District of Columbia), and tied in a 29th.

https://electoral-vote.com/

Biden may not win all 28 - I would be mildly surprised if, for example, he were to win Georgia - but there's a decent chance he'll win fewer than 25 states and finish behind Bush Sr. in electoral votes won.

He'll do better than Taft, Hoover, and Carter, though; and he will get a higher percentage of the vote than Bush Sr. And even if he loses every state where Biden currently leads plus (currently tied) Ohio, on a percentage of electoral votes won, he'll do better than Martin Van Buren in 1840 - who only won just over 20% of the electoral votes available - though he may struggle to get past Van Buren's 46.8% of the popular vote. On top of that, two presidents (Pierce and Andrew Johnson) ran for re-election but - in the ultimate humiliation - failed to even make it past the party convention. So of the 12 presidents who ran for re-election and failed, Trump will do better on at least one measure (percentage of popular vote or percentage of electoral vote) than at least 7 of them.

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Postby The Two Jerseys » Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:55 am

Loben III wrote:
The Two Jerseys wrote:So?


Clearly the marines must be investigated for wrongthink.

Yes, everyone who ever served in uniform is squeaky clean and has never done anything wrong.

Just ask the police.
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Postby San Lumen » Tue Oct 13, 2020 12:38 pm

https://thehill.com/policy/national-sec ... lked-about

The same group also talking targeting Northam in Virginia.

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Postby The Black Forrest » Tue Oct 13, 2020 12:42 pm

San Lumen wrote:https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/520770-group-accused-on-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-also-talked-about

The same group also talking targeting Northam in Virginia.


Well? If we have people who want to be Brown Shirts, thank god they are morons.
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Postby Sanghyeok » Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:21 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
San Lumen wrote:https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/520770-group-accused-on-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-also-talked-about

The same group also talking targeting Northam in Virginia.


Well? If we have people who want to be Brown Shirts, thank god they are morons.


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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:37 pm

San Lumen wrote:https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/520770-group-accused-on-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-also-talked-about

The same group also talking targeting Northam in Virginia.


Not the first plot to go after Northam either. iirc some members of The Base also planned to cause some havoc in Virginia.
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Postby San Lumen » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:39 pm

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San Lumen wrote:https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/520770-group-accused-on-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-also-talked-about

The same group also talking targeting Northam in Virginia.


Not the first plot to go after Northam either. iirc some members of The Base also planned to cause some havoc in Virginia.

The base?

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Postby Loben III » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:41 pm

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Not the first plot to go after Northam either. iirc some members of The Base also planned to cause some havoc in Virginia.

The base?


totally not a FBI infiltrated group.

fuck kind of name is the base? what is this fucking 1993?
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Postby Albrenia » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:43 pm

Loben III wrote:fuck kind of name is the base? what is this fucking 1993?


Tbh I think a lot of these people with dreams of overthrowing governments in the US by kidnapping senators and the like must believe they're living in a shitty 90s action movie.

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Postby San Lumen » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:44 pm

Loben III wrote:
San Lumen wrote:The base?


totally not a FBI infiltrated group.

fuck kind of name is the base? what is this fucking 1993?

What does it matter if the FBI infiltrated it?

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Postby Loben III » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:45 pm

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totally not a FBI infiltrated group.

fuck kind of name is the base? what is this fucking 1993?

What does it matter if the FBI infiltrated it?


tbh when i first heard about it last year, i figured it was a FBI honeypot.

i mean just by its name alone its sus as fuck.
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San Lumen wrote:
Loben III wrote:
totally not a FBI infiltrated group.

fuck kind of name is the base? what is this fucking 1993?

What does it matter if the FBI infiltrated it?


Because that means the FBI is carrying out these actions.
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Postby Loben III » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:47 pm

Albrenia wrote:
Loben III wrote:fuck kind of name is the base? what is this fucking 1993?


Tbh I think a lot of these people with dreams of overthrowing governments in the US by kidnapping senators and the like must believe they're living in a shitty 90s action movie.


guess what Al-qaeda means in english.
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Postby Bear Stearns » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:47 pm

Albrenia wrote:
Loben III wrote:fuck kind of name is the base? what is this fucking 1993?


Tbh I think a lot of these people with dreams of overthrowing governments in the US by kidnapping senators and the like must believe they're living in a shitty 90s action movie.


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Exalted Inquellian State wrote:
Kanadorika wrote:Ah yes. The US is quickly turning into Mexico 2.0, where bands of gangs attempt to kidnap politicians and violence is widespread.

I take that back. At least Mexico is beloved by the rest of the world.

By 2050, if things continue like this, it will be like a mix of Mexico, the Weimar Republic, and TNO's Komi.

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Postby San Lumen » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:49 pm

Bear Stearns wrote:
San Lumen wrote:What does it matter if the FBI infiltrated it?


Because that means the FBI is carrying out these actions.

You can’t possibly be serious.

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Because that means the FBI is carrying out these actions.

You can’t possibly be serious.


It's not like the FBI doesn't have a history of doing shit like this going back to the 1950s
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Postby San Lumen » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:50 pm

Bear Stearns wrote:
San Lumen wrote:You can’t possibly be serious.


It's not like the FBI has a history of doing shit like this going back to the 1950s

Prove it.

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