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What did John Holmes' dick do to deserve that?

President Trump would fit into the Dr. Strangelove universe with ease.

If it puts Trump's reputation permanently down the shitter, I'd say The Apprentice more than justifies its existence.

I'm surprised he hasn't tried blaming slavery and the KKK on the liberals because, you know, it was the Democrats who started that all, conveniently ignoring the last 60 years….

The most damning thing to come out of this whole shitstorm is how loyal his supporters remain. As the polls indicate, this whole 'Republicans jumping ship' simply pertains to a few top members in the house and Senate. Trump's supporters have made it clear that they will follow him to the end - no matter how

Please believe that I am not trying to make excuses (and I apologize if my comment came off in that fashion); I am only attempting to seek clarification regarding the causal relationship or link between inebriation and violence.

I'm very sorry to hear about that. On a side note, I wonder what effect alcohol has on people that commit these kind of insidious actions: does it cause people to act impulsively, in way they never would sober, or does it bring out the monster lurking in the darker recesses of the psyche, revealing people for who they

You have more faith in them than I do. How can any sane person still be an 'undecided voter' at this point given all we know about this Orange monster? He had demonstrated repeatedly how unqualified and unprepared he is for office; this is a man who believes climate change is a Chinese conspiracy, how demonstrated a

He's exercising a wise political strategy: when shit goes down, evade the issue, and go on the offense. Thankfully, though, it's a little too late for little Donny to escape this one.

Exactly. Trump will likely lose the election, but the support he has galvanized will move on to the next neo-Fascist. As we've witnessed throughout the ages, demagoguery and prejudice are two viruses which have proven resilient.

As we've seen throughout the campaign, there is no predicting how low Trump can go. This is a man who has pandered to the worst prejudices to sleaze his way to the nomination, and will likely put it all on the line tonight, which realistically represents his last chance at winning. In this all or nothing situation,

How this utter buffoon came so close to the White House (and still could possibly win) is something I will never fully understand. He's completely unqualified in every way for the position, as throughout his campaign he has demonstrated how deceitful, reckless, ignorant, bigoted, inept, and now predatory he actually

So much for their Right-wing "free speech" crusade. Funny how those wankers are the first to censor any dissenting opinions, yet they when they get blocked from social media sites due to their constant harassment they portray themselves as noble martyrs in an Orwellian landscape.

Here's the thing, come January of 2017, either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be president. There is no other realistic alternative. One of these candidates believes that climate change is a Chinese hoax, has voiced willingness to use nuclear weapons, threatened to eliminate the FDA, and has effectively

The psychologist Jonathon Haidt has an excellent analogy which explains how our minds are often so susceptible to motivated reasoning. He opines that there are two ways of thinking, the way of the scientist and the way of the lawyer. The scientist is the one who collects data, performs experiments, tests and compares

"Trump is shockingly unprepared to be president, I agree, but the fact is the mouthpieces of the Democratic Party are not particularly credible people when it comes to pointing out flaws in Republican candidates."

It's just an ad-hominem, like 'SJW,' 'cuck,' 'regresssive,' etc. that is projected at anyone who is remotely Left-leaning. It doesn't advance discourse, it just demonstrates how puerile one side of the argument is.

I was referring to the general dismissive tone taken by the Right whenever left-wing celebrities engage in political speech. I, of course, recognize that no one in specific has uttered those words explicitly, but I was referring to a broad group of people ("conservatives in general") is quite hypocritical regarding

I disagree. Donald Trump is significantly worse than the examples you just named. This is a man with a track record of discriminatory behavior, has galvanized white supremacists with his rhetoric, and has demonstrated irrational, unpredictable, and reckless behavior during the campaign season. I may disagree

Its funny how conservatives in general are so opposed to actors involvement in politics - they appear to conveniently forget that the only actor to become president is the man they worship like a false idol.