Just when I think the American fascists can't get any worse...

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  1. Asyncritus

    Asyncritus Expert on everything

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    Not sure where to put this, because it would sort of fit into quite a few threads, but it wouldn't really fit into any of them, so I'll just start another one. (If it has already been posted somewhere, sorry about that. I looked, but didn't find any reference to it.)

    Nevada sheriff to library: Support Black Lives Matter? Don't bother calling 911

    More at the link...

    Words fail me. How can a public safety feature like 911 become a political tool? This simply astounds me. I would have thought it was something from The Onion, but it's actual news.

    How can this be legal?
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  2. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    ^Welcome to MAGAmerica. :bergman:
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    This is precisely the reason I am so pessimistic for the future. Even if Biden wins the election in November, people like this will back trump and trump will refuse to leave office.

    On the one hand, I think I've missed my opportunity to quit my job, convert a skoolie, and hit the road. On the other hand, .... the corporation I work for does have some pretty high walls and serious security.

    This is a very bad time to be living in the US.
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  4. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    You think we apply the law unfairly? Well we'll show you!
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  5. Fisherman's Worf

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    Looks like Terry is gonna get off again.

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  6. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    The big corporations that say the support BLM should get involved.

    Make this asshole (and anyone like him) famous.
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  7. T.R

    T.R Don't Care

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    Oh for goodness sakes stop listening to the far left B.S. If Trump loses he will be gone on the evening of January 20, 2021. Anyone who says differently is full of shit.
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  8. Elwood

    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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    @shootER said it best:

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  9. Shirogayne

    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    You really believe a guy who spent the last four years accusing liberal states like California of voter fraud will just accept his defeat with grace and dignity when he has never once shown that....ever?

    :unuts:
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    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    That's actually from Reason. :yes:
  11. T.R

    T.R Don't Care

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    Who said anything about grace and dignity? :shrug:

    He'll bitch about his defeat all the way to January 20. Then he'll be gone. To think otherwise is :unuts:
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    Good for him.
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    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    I really don’t think the voices in my head are far left. I mean ... sure, some may be. But most are progressives and rationalists. They have mostly drowned out the optimists, leaving only the pessimists.
    I may not put as much effort into digging to deeply into some stories. Most everything I read on Facebook I check for the AP or Reuter’s story. I mean, I really disliked Hillary, but I never believed she ran a child sex ring out of the basement of a Washington DC pizzeria. And neither did any of the voices in my head.
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    Newsflash: Jenee drains more water out of her stooopid pool.
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    Could be half of the clowns here...
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    Far left...
    And you drink it.
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    Fortunately we won't have to worry about that. ;)
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    At least you agree she has one! Good for you!
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    Transfer of power happens on January 20. If in this fantasy scenario Trump refused to leave......

    So relax. If Biden wins, Trump is done. He may squeal like a pig on the way out, but he'll be gone.
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    Interesting. But... this part ...
    ... is the part that gets me. When has trump ever respected the law?
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  23. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    it's not like he's got a corps of blackshirts supporting him... oh, wait...

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    "The police should stop killing innocent Black people."

    "Why do you hate the police?"

    Man, people's reactions to BLM are so much more revealing than they realize.
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    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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    I know. I read the article. It's really, really good and points out the NRA's hypocrisy. I just prefer to quote you. :nyer:
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    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    I want off this planet. Fuck you people.
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    I hope you're right. But since he faces indictment upon leaving office, I doubt he'll go without a fight. He has every reason to drum up as much confusion and nonsense as he can muster to hang on to power, and not a single moral or patriotic bone in his body to do the right thing.

    Republicans crying about mail-in voting have already created the context for dismissing the election results.
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  30. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    No I'm pretty sure that's Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars.
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