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And, of course, because the couch-sex meme won't die, people are referring to JD Vance as Sofa Loren, connecting his drag picture to Sophia Loren.
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43764 Posts
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jd-vance-campaign-won-t-221322633.html And, of course, because the couch-sex meme won't die, people are referring to JD Vance as Sofa Loren, connecting his drag picture to Sophia Loren. | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On August 12 2024 12:16 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: JD Vance may have dressed in drag during his time at Yale, at a Halloween party, further complicating the Trump/Vance/Republican message that people in drag are terrible and pedophiles and groomers: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jd-vance-campaign-won-t-221322633.html And, of course, because the couch-sex meme won't die, people are referring to JD Vance as Sofa Loren, connecting his drag picture to Sophia Loren. Welcome to the stage... Sofa Loren! Again, just like his military service, I think being someone who does drag is great. What's weird is they way the Republicans try to come after people who do drag or serve in the military. Also, apropos of nothing, just want to remind folks that during the Republican National Convention, Grindr usage spiked in the area. Just a fun fact. Not a weird fact. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43764 Posts
On August 12 2024 13:26 NewSunshine wrote: Welcome to the stage... Sofa Loren! Again, just like his military service, I think being someone who does drag is great. What's weird is they way the Republicans try to come after people who do drag or serve in the military. Also, apropos of nothing, just want to remind folks that during the Republican National Convention, Grindr usage spiked in the area. Just a fun fact. Not a weird fact. It is definitely also weird how pro-military, yet anti-veteran, conservative leaders are. There are probably some nice parallels between that inconsistency and their puzzling contradiction of being pro-birth, yet anti-baby and anti-child and anti-parents, in terms of medical care and education and quality of life. | ||
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KT_Elwood
690 Posts
On August 10 2024 00:51 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Cue the rape victims of Donald Trump, etc. "Trump beauty pageant" | ||
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MJG
United Kingdom792 Posts
Playing the music from Titanic at a political rally is a pretty weird thing to do... | ||
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r00ty
Germany1025 Posts
On August 12 2024 13:26 NewSunshine wrote: + Show Spoiler + On August 12 2024 12:16 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: JD Vance may have dressed in drag during his time at Yale, at a Halloween party, further complicating the Trump/Vance/Republican message that people in drag are terrible and pedophiles and groomers: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jd-vance-campaign-won-t-221322633.html And, of course, because the couch-sex meme won't die, people are referring to JD Vance as Sofa Loren, connecting his drag picture to Sophia Loren. Welcome to the stage... Sofa Loren! Again, just like his military service, I think being someone who does drag is great. What's weird is they way the Republicans try to come after people who do drag or serve in the military. Also, apropos of nothing, just want to remind folks that during the Republican National Convention, Grindr usage spiked in the area. Just a fun fact. Not a weird fact. A suspicious rise in gay activity during republican conventions has been known and documented for decades. Not weird at all. Relevant Onion skit: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10596 Posts
On August 12 2024 16:29 MJG wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xlj48pl42o Playing the music from Titanic at a political rally is a pretty weird thing to do... After they realized a while ago that Rage against the machine was political, they ran out of options. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43764 Posts
If Trump officially returns to Twitter, then Truth Social will officially be another failed business scheme of his (if it isn't already). | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On August 12 2024 18:44 Velr wrote: After they realized a while ago that Rage against the machine was political, they ran out of options. They sure were feeling that lack of options during the RNC. One speaker decided on Smash Mouth's All Star, and walked off stage to the words "I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed". As Day9 used to say about StarCraft plays that fell on their face, it was the anti-timing. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain17831 Posts
On August 12 2024 22:37 NewSunshine wrote: They sure were feeling that lack of options during the RNC. One speaker decided on Smash Mouth's All Star, and walked off stage to the words "I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed". As Day9 used to say about StarCraft plays that fell on their face, it was the anti-timing. Or maybe, that speaker just isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. That shed is, after all, filled with the likes of Sarah Palin, Rick Perry and Kristi Noem. I don't doubt there's plenty more blunt tools in there. | ||
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mcxds
Germany19 Posts
On August 12 2024 21:31 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: If Trump officially returns to Twitter, then Truth Social will officially be another failed business scheme of his (if it isn't already). There is a very interesting article about this scheme in the New York Magazine. The author argues that although it is an absolute failure from a business perspective, it is a means for people to directly funnel money to Donald Trump and thereby influence his politics. And from that perspective it is Trump's most successful project to date. | ||
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oBlade
United States5271 Posts
On August 12 2024 17:35 r00ty wrote: A suspicious rise in gay activity during republican conventions has been known and documented for decades. Not weird at all. Relevant Onion skit: + Show Spoiler + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=simV1ZXFsxI Anytime you concentrate a large number of people someplace, the amount of gay people will increase, but that's no cause for casual homophobia. | ||
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MJG
United Kingdom792 Posts
Claiming that a crowd is faked when it's easily verifiable as real is a pretty weird thing to do... | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On August 13 2024 00:33 oBlade wrote: Anytime you concentrate a large number of people someplace, the amount of gay people will increase, but that's no cause for casual homophobia. I just think it's interesting, because the large number of people that collected to Milwaukee were mostly conservatives, and last I checked, they're still trying to outlaw being homosexual. It's interesting when you read between the lines. | ||
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riotjune
United States3392 Posts
On August 12 2024 02:40 WombaT wrote: No taxation without representation eh? Labour are proposing a drop over here for the same base reason (well, ostensibly). Now, one can concede that it’s likely to favour them, or parties on a similar part of the spectrum. But on the other hand it’s difficult to argue that if you’re of working age, possibly working full-time, paying taxes that you should be excluded from voting. Think 16 year olds are dumbasses? Well plenty of the rest of the electorate are too, good luck if you open that Pandora’s box. Aside from the 58 other things ridiculous about it, Vance’s proposal makes children simultaneously be ‘enfranchised’ by giving their parents extra weighing in the democratic process. Well here’s a thought experiment that anyone who’s spent more than 2.3 seconds on the topic has doubtless considered. Children don’t always agree with their parents politically! How does this work with absentee parents, or split family units too? Do you have to sort the extra votes in the settlement? It’s such a profoundly brain dead idea it gives Trump some real stern competition. It may be dumber than most things Trump has said as he’s always just preaching to the converted, Vance has actually thought about this, and furthermore thought it was a good idea! I’d say the mind boggles, but I mean this is just par for the course these days Good post, and a reminder that even on the household level, people rarely agree and argue about the dumbest things. How many times can you count kids arguing with their parents (or young men secretly wanting to kill their dads)? If you thought people living in the same house can't even agree on just a few issues, wait until you take a look at all the people living in the same country and examine many more issues on the national level. Those disagreements are going to multiply manyfold in a working democracy. Which is why it's always funny seeing North Korean ONE HUNDO percent bullshit numbers coming out of rigged elections, something Russia and China ccp is guilty of. Who do they think they're fooling? Kremlin may be a little more subtle about it and at least give the opposition/absentees 3%, sometimes even up to 9% (which is pretty generous for a dictatorship), but Putin getting +91% in rigged elections, referendums, or whatever the fuck, is still what I would consider to be "North Korean bullshit numbers." Get the fuck outta here with that shit. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21337 Posts
On August 13 2024 00:17 mcxds wrote: There is a very interesting article about this scheme in the New York Magazine. The author argues that although it is an absolute failure from a business perspective, it is a means for people to directly funnel money to Donald Trump and thereby influence his politics. And from that perspective it is Trump's most successful project to date. Former president Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media reported a $16.4 million loss and less than $1 million of quarterly revenue https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/09/trump-media-loss-quarter/Its an absolute colossal failure and a money pit. All Trump hopes for is that it lasts just long enough for him to be allowed to sell his shares and leave someone else with the odorous pile of excrement. | ||
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Uldridge
Belgium4560 Posts
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KwarK
United States41940 Posts
On August 13 2024 01:44 Uldridge wrote: It's rare, but it can happen. I think you'd be hard pressed to find any unfavorability towards Lance Armstrong for example. Although with all the fake moon landing conspiracy people and flat earhters around it might actually be a tad surprising. Damn. Lance Armstrong was the cyclist. I think you’re thinking of Neil Young. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43764 Posts
On August 13 2024 01:48 KwarK wrote: Lance Armstrong was the cyclist. I think you’re thinking of Neil Young. I think you both mean Buzz Lightyear. | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On August 13 2024 01:52 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I think you both mean Buzz Lightyear. I was convinced he was talking about Stretch Armstrong. | ||
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