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Xzi said:
It also makes sense that she would be able to make more noise with her background and resources.
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And yet, she made no noise whatsoever until her star had waned. Curious, that. Epstein and Weinstein had their day in court and were found guilty of their crimes (in fact, Epstein pled guilty in 2008, predating his more recent federal charges), the cases are *not* similar.
 
Foxi4 said:
And yet, she made no noise whatsoever until her star had waned. Curious, that. Epstein and Weinstein had their day in court and were found guilty of their crimes (in fact, Epstein pled guilty in 2008, predating his more recent federal charges), the cases are *not* similar.
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Expecting perfect victims, when your guy is obviously a pedo rapist, which is why you like him.
 
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Foxi4 said:
And yet, she made no noise whatsoever until her star had waned. Curious, that.
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IIRC she didn't take her claims to court until Trump publicly disparaged her as a liar. Big mistake, and that loss is also almost certainly the reason he hasn't sued anyone for calling him a pedophile. The Epstein files that have been made public are enough to prove that on their own, let alone what would be uncovered during discovery.
 
smf said:
Expecting perfect victims, when your guy is obviously a pedo rapist, which is why you like him.
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Any material evidence at all would be a good start. At present there is nothing that proves the two met there at all, the claim that Trump asked her to help him buy lingerie in a very public area, then decided to assault her and somehow the whole ordeal was not seen or heard by anyone despite Trump being a public figure that immediately draws attention is, to be extremely charitable, far fetched.
Xzi said:
IIRC she didn't take her claims to court until Trump publicly disparaged her as a liar. Big mistake, and that loss is also almost certainly the reason he hasn't sued anyone for calling him a pedophile. The Epstein files that have been made public are enough to prove that on their own, let alone what would be uncovered during discovery.
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She sued when she sued because riding the #MeToo wave and leveraging the now negative popular opinion of Trump massively increased her odds of success. I’d wager there’s a political angle to this, not that her exact motivation matters. As for the island business, it’s just more unproven allegations. Orange man bad.

In any case, much like “all roads lead to Rome”, all threads on Poltemp somehow lead to Trump. I’m gonna miss it after his term is concluded, though I assume people won’t immediately recover from whatever this cognitohazard is. I’ll have to check how long it took for people to stop talking about Bush being Hitler. :lol:
 
Foxi4 said:
In any case, much like “all roads lead to Rome”, all threads on Poltemp somehow lead to Trump. I’m gonna miss it after his term is concluded, though I assume people won’t immediately recover from whatever this cognitohazard is. I’ll have to check how long it took for people to stop talking about Bush being Hitler. :lol:
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Trump is who SCOTUS chose to throw all their credibility in the trash for, so it makes sense. In the same vein, even if our federal institutions recover a decade or two after Trump leaves office, trust in them likely won't. Nor will our reputation on the world stage. If Reagan was HIV and Bush was AIDS, Trump is the cancer on top of that, here to finish us off and turn us into a failed state akin to Russia.
 
urherenow said:
So now it's ok for YOU to move goalposts and use whataboutisms? No. Democrats fund them. Republicans denounce them. They can vote for whoever they want.
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I didn't "move the goalpost"; I asked a simple question about the current status of the KKK. Yeah, they were founded by the Democrats, but that was in 1865. Who does the KKK support today? Not the Democrats.
urherenow said:
Yes, Donald Trump has explicitly admonished the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), although he faced significant criticism for not doing so immediately following certain events. [1, 2]
Key Instances of Admonition:
  • Charlottesville (August 2017): After initially blaming violence "on many sides," Trump made a subsequent statement in which he declared "racism is evil" and explicitly named the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists as "criminals and thugs". He stated that these groups were "repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans".
  • Rejection of Endorsements: Trump and his campaigns have at times rejected support from individuals linked to the KKK


Your pants are on fire with this one.
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Nice ChatGBT post! I don't see how my pants are "on fire." Also, Trump literally told The Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by," instead of actually denouncing them.

Trump also continued working with Musk, even after he did a NAZI salute
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Look, I don't care what weird delusion you are going through, but Democrats aren't the ones who are actively being supported by Neo-Nazis, White Nationalists/Supremacists, and so on. I am not a Democrat or a Liberal, I am just pointing out what is happening in our current time. Whatever happened in the 1800s doesn't matter to me.
 
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Foxi4 said:
Any material evidence at all would be a good start.
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Moving Ghislaine Maxwell to a more comfortable prison in exchange for a positive character reference for Donald Trump, Trump's own words & Trump's own actions not good enough for you?

Which leads me to either:
1. You have no objectivity.
or
2. You know I'm right, but are the same as him.

Foxi4 said:
Any material evidence at all would be a good start. At present there is nothing that proves the two met there at all, the claim that Trump asked her to help him buy lingerie in a very public area, then decided to assault her and somehow the whole ordeal was not seen or heard by anyone despite Trump being a public figure that immediately draws attention is, to be extremely charitable, far fetched.
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It's interesting to see a rape apologist stand their ground.
 
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Dark_Ansem said:
Surprise suprise, in direct contrast with the deliberate delusions of someone here, saying that "they don't like electoral maps decided by race" the SCOTUS ruling has in fact enabled just those

https://www.motherjones.com/politic...ern-states-rush-to-pass-jim-crow-voting-maps/
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>Mother Jones

Lmao. Nice opinion they’ve got there, I would love to see some evidence that these districts aren’t just as goofy as Louisiana’s, or that the motivation isn’t partisan as opposed to racist. It sure seems like they’re aiming to maximise their seats more than anything else. Anyone can contest those new maps if they feel the new divisions are unfair.
 
Dark_Ansem said:
Give it time?
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I just looked up the map of the current Tennessee district 9. Looks like a crooked hookah. Naturally looks can be deceiving and more research is required to figure out if this oddball shape was forced, but I can see why they’d want to get rid of it. Anywho, here’s the district that’s being subject to a three-way split, a picture of a hookah for humorous purposes and a comparison between the proposed and existing district maps.

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Foxi4 said:
I just looked up the map of the current Tennessee district 9. Looks like a crooked hookah. Naturally looks can be deceiving and more research is required to figure out if this oddball shape was forced, but I can see why they’d want to get rid of it. Anywho, here’s the district that’s being subject to a three-way split, a picture of a hookah for humorous purposes and a comparison between the proposed and existing district maps.

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It looks more like a microscope.
 
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Dark_Ansem said:
It looks more like a microscope.
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That’s a great shout, it *does* look like a microscope! To be fair, the western side’s shape is kind of forced by the shape of the state, but the east is a little odd and excludes some areas that logically should be included, at least at a glance.

Just in the interest of fairness, I don’t like the new map. The split makes the three districts in the area unnecessarily stretched out.
 
titan_tim said:
I'm guessing in your head, you imagine me raging on my keyboard. Couldn't be more off the mark, as usual. It's more shaking my head in distain and disgust for anyone who would willfully protect this criminal pedo president.

Most of his defenders have realized there's little to defend anymore. You're just too slow to realize that. :D
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Keep telling yourself those lies you learn from social media and main stream commie news!
Not 1, I repeat not 1 trump support I know ever regretted their vote! Yuo say pedo president, but you support MAPS correct?
And dont give that shit "oh you are admitting he is a pedo" bullshit either, You do or you dont!!! Simple yes or no question!

*modsnip*
 
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The Catboy said:
I didn't "move the goalpost"; I asked a simple question about the current status of the KKK. Yeah, they were founded by the Democrats, but that was in 1865. Who does the KKK support today? Not the Democrats.

Nice ChatGBT post! I don't see how my pants are "on fire." Also, Trump literally told The Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by," instead of actually denouncing them.

Trump also continued working with Musk, even after he did a NAZI salute
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Look, I don't care what weird delusion you are going through, but Democrats aren't the ones who are actively being supported by Neo-Nazis, White Nationalists/Supremacists, and so on. I am not a Democrat or a Liberal, I am just pointing out what is happening in our current time. Whatever happened in the 1800s doesn't matter to me.
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Doesn't matter who they support. It's who supports THEM. Republicans sure as hell don't support them. Should tell you something about Democrats, that the worst of the worst don't even want anything to do with you. Wanting irreversible surgeries and hormones given to children, thinking it's ok for biological men to join WOMEN'S sports, and use WOMEN'S restrooms with little girls... And you know the whole Musk "nazi salute" thing is bullshit, you just don't care. He explained what that was long ago.

But go ahead and assume it takes $3Million just to pay people to infiltrate the KKK. That's $375,000 for EACH of the 8 people they claimed it was for. As if Fake companies with fake bank accounts would protect them from an organization, if they really bothered to monitor membership financials... without questioning what they did for a living to earn that much money.

These aren't *just* accusations. A grand Jury already saw the evidence and indicted on it.
 
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Doesn't matter who they support. It's who supports THEM. Republicans sure as hell don't support them.
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Lmao Elon Musk? Stephen Miller? The Republican party is the only one supporting, employing, and empowering self-avowed nazis. Republicans voters are the only ones continuing to fly the confederate flag. End of story.
 
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Keep telling yourself those lies you learn from social media and main stream commie news!
Not 1, I repeat not 1 trump support I know ever regretted their vote! Yuo say pedo president, but you support MAPS correct?
And dont give that shit "oh you are admitting he is a pedo" bullshit either, You do or you dont!!! Simple yes or no question!

*modsnip*
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LOL! You think that your anecdotal experience with your tiny group of deplorable incels means anything?

If you want one anecdotal person who regrets their vote, there's this lady:


Is the economist too communist for you? Because this just came out:
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

The only people who still support him are just too dumb to realize that they've been duped. What has he done that you can defend. Immigration? He's turned entire cities upside down and two Americans were murdered. No wars? LOL!!! Draining the swamp? He's made it so much deeper than it has in history! Reduced inflation and gas prices? Nobody sane can say he did that.

If you don't regret it at this point, please refer to my new and improved avatar. Also, what's with the "modsnip" part? Did a mod come in and remove text to save you from yourself?
 
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Foxi4 said:
I just looked up the map of the current Tennessee district 9. Looks like a crooked hookah. Naturally looks can be deceiving and more research is required to figure out if this oddball shape was forced, but I can see why they’d want to get rid of it. Anywho, here’s the district that’s being subject to a three-way split, a picture of a hookah for humorous purposes and a comparison between the proposed and existing district maps.

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So are you actually going to do any of this research or are you content to just go with the vibes of the shape and the opinions of those you want to believe? Definitely easier that way I guess. Praying for the spreadsheet that will clear all this up once and for all.
 
Sir Tortoise said:
So are you actually going to do any of this research or are you content to just go with the vibes of the shape and the opinions of those you want to believe? Definitely easier that way I guess. Praying for the spreadsheet that will clear all this up once and for all.
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1. I’m not in charge of redistricting, the Tennessee legislature is. It’s their job to “look at it”.

2. Even without extensive research I can see that the district unnecessarily excluded multiple areas that should logically be part of it to ensure contiguity and not split communities between neighbouring districts.

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Why is nearly every city on the eastern side sliced in half? Are we trying to get to a magical number? I think so.

3. I don’t like the new map either, the 3-way split is not compact enough.

Thank you for playing.
 
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