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Maybe we think a president is worth something. But anything is only worth what you can get for it on the market. I remember watching some "Olympus has Fallen" or other really bad movie, where the North Koreans held the POTUS hostage, and through out the movie I kept shouting, "Kill the bastard! We have 300 Million more of them!" If I was an American. But now there is a rather unique situation, where Americans could impeach, remove, and turn over the Donald, and recover some of the taxes he owes. Yes, the Iranians would probably kill him, but given his mental, and moral, state, that is no great injustice.
On the side, how much could we get for John Bolton, on the open market? Rumsfeld? Ouww, I bet Kissinger would go for a pretty penny! And Wolfowitz and his traitor wife. Oh, you didn't know about that one? Khallow, unfortunately, would sell for very little. Poor khallow.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Mojibake Tengu on Monday January 06 2020, @12:35PM (6 children)
No one will pay you a cent for them criminals. You the people shall hang them sovereignly, if you really need and want to get rid of them. Their war crimes are enough to legitimate that. But I don't believe something like that could ever happen. You all will sunk with them together. You voted them into power, after all.
If there was a market for this, they'd be already selling each other for sure.
The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday January 06 2020, @08:52PM (5 children)
The majority of us did not. Add it to the list of things to fix!
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @10:09PM (4 children)
The majority of us did not.
You are in denial. 95% of the people that voted did so.
Add it to the list of things to fix!
You still haven't moved from square one yet. People have to vote for those things and the people to implement them.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday January 06 2020, @10:39PM (3 children)
Votes do not count equally in this country.
The majority of people voted for Clinton, yet she lost.
The majority of votes in the Senate went to Democrats, yet Republicans control it.
Add that to first-past-the-post voting which locks us into this two-party system and we are very much NOT ruled by the will of the people.
Add them all to the list!
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @11:08PM (1 child)
Are the rules were known. Clinton failed to acquire the needed electoral votes, and lost fair and square according to established rules. For which I remain grateful. We don't want city states ruling over the whole country. Your faith is woefully misplaced. And it's so sad that your side still doesn't have a sure winner, a person that is actually better. All you can say is you're *not Trump*®
Despite your fantastic denials, the only doubts about a fair election remain within the DNC primary. Just a rerun of 1968, though not as blatant. By the way, it sure looks like you're headed to a brokered primary, so those super-delegates will count after all.
With sufficient demand from the voters the elections will be wide open. The monkey trap you are in is entirely your own making.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 10 2020, @06:31PM
"Are the rules were known. Clinton failed to acquire the needed electoral votes"
Yet again you out yourself as a total shill. You don't give a damn about the actual problems or solutions, you just want to disillusion and prevent people from unifying to fix the problem.
You sir are a terrible person.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @01:04AM
Sorry that I forgot to point out that Clinton's loss is totally irrelevant, 95% voted for Trump/Clinton. That is the problem, the monopoly of the DNC/GOP. Despite what you think, middle east policy remains consistent, and so do increases in austerity and threats to earned benefits, using the riot index to measure how hard to squeeze. There are no "democrats and republicans" in the closed door meetings. There are only payables and receivables, just like the Soviet politburo.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @12:46PM
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 06 2020, @01:53PM (10 children)
Here in the UK, someone who is mentally ill and a danger to himself and/or others can be "Sectioned" under the Mental Health Act and taken into custody, perhaps to a secure hospital. Suppose such a person were to become President of the USA, what provision is there for dealing with the situation?
By the way, why didn't anyone stop Hitler?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @03:20PM
We (the Allies) did stop Adolph, but it wasn't soon enough by my lights, came very close to not having my uncle (who was a US GI). Of course if you ask any of the weapons manufacturers who made a killing in WWII, they might be all in favor of waiting until the situation gets to the point of a big war...
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 06 2020, @04:19PM
There were a number of failed attempts to stop Hitler. If you've read the history, you already know that. Erwin Rommel was involved in one of them, at least peripherally, which is why Rommel was Arkancided. (See, the Clintons didn't invent that assisted suicide routine! They just copied it from previous fascists!) Hitler had a combination of traits, including paranoia, and just plain luck, that kept him alive, until he finally went nucking phutts in 1945.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @05:46PM (7 children)
Who gets to define what is and is not a mental illness or a danger to himself and/or others?
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 06 2020, @06:33PM (4 children)
People with a clue. Experts.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @07:29PM (3 children)
"Your betters".
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @07:35PM (2 children)
You realize you're outing yourself as another anti-science fool right? So afraid of smart people you ignore good advice, cause how dare someone tell you how to live?!? Just astounding how conservatives worship ignorance these days. Thankfully not all conservatives, from the ashes of the GOP I hope to see a rebirth of real conservative values.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Monday January 06 2020, @08:32PM (1 child)
The other A/C's ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. That is the basis of American political discourse, and always has been.
You will be waiting a long time, what with the power grabs going on all over your country.
Unfortunately it may well take an awful lot of shooting people before it happens, which will be bad for everyone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @10:26AM
especially for those shot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @06:48PM (1 child)
Not Turgid... thankfully.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 06 2020, @08:01PM
Now you're just being mean.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 06 2020, @03:20PM (51 children)
True enough. How well is your wit selling?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 06 2020, @04:22PM (50 children)
Not well, apparently. That's as close to a call for assassination as I've seen. Progressives really seem to want to start that civil war they claim not to want.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @04:32PM (24 children)
You mean punish criminal traitors, but I see you're still defending trump. Paaaathetic!
I would think as a vet you'd be done with his shit by now, but apparently they surgically removed your spine.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday January 06 2020, @05:58PM (3 children)
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @06:25PM (2 children)
Conservative logic 101: liberals hste it? I love it!!
At least that explains all criminals and pedos in the GOP.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @10:21PM (1 child)
You've got it backwards. Liberal coomers love pedophilia. Conservatard crusaders want to hang pedos.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @10:44PM
So you mixed up "lynch" and "elect"? Hmm, weird dictionary you gots there.
Ok, so hyperbole aside the sad fact is conservatives are brainwashed by Fox and think every negative thing said about "their guys" is a liberal plot of disinformation by jewish media overlords.
So some of you get a small token of sympathy and understanding, but the reality is you support pedos, rapists, and war criminals. Facts are facts bub, keep ignoring at all our peril.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 06 2020, @10:05PM (19 children)
Why would you think a vet wouldn't support the blowing the fuck up of someone who'd been organizing attacks on Americans? I mean that's kind of the job description.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @10:37PM (2 children)
Lawl, still you morons don't see anything wrong supporting trump and now are justifying war crimes. The one good thing about Trump is he has ripped the blinders off so we can see you sociopaths for what you are.
At this point being Republican = programmed sociopath
You apparently have zero moral capability aside from what Fox defines for you. #SAD
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 06 2020, @10:52PM (1 child)
Not a Trump supporter, not a Republican, not even a conservative, and don't watch Fox. Any other strawman assumptions you'd like to be wrong as hell about?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @01:38AM
You say the same thing over and over, but defending Trump's every action means you're either a liar or beyond self-deluded.
Anything you'd like to get off your chest? Maybe you are just another fascist who loves fascist people even when you think they are stupid?
PS: libertarian is just republican lite, as you prove repeatedly by your SN posts
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @10:38PM (15 children)
These Americans that were attacked, what were they doing?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 06 2020, @10:55PM (14 children)
You mean like the ones chilling in the embassy? Playing xbox for all I know. The why does not matter though. No, seriously, it does not matter. You don't get to bring violence to me and mine no matter how wrong you think we are without there being consequences.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @11:15PM (13 children)
You don't get to bring violence to me and mine no matter how wrong you think we are without there being consequences.
Well, as long as you see it as a two way street, we're all good... You know, it being useless to ponder who drew first blood, and on whose territory and all that, let the shooting commence to begin!
*Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again* - That is still the rule, right?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 06 2020, @11:25PM (12 children)
Then we're all good.
Well it's certainly my rule...
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @11:31PM (11 children)
Then I have to assume you believe it's ok for people over there to protect themselves against trespassers also, no matter who they are or where they are from. So, why was ok to kill this guy again?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 06 2020, @11:41PM (10 children)
One does not negate the other.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @11:53PM (9 children)
No, I'm asking what he did to justify the assassination.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 07 2020, @12:38AM (2 children)
Apparently he was over there organizing what we'd call "militia groups" over here to preform attacks on American interests, with a hand in the embassy attack as well.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @12:44AM (1 child)
American "interests", in the Middle East. I guess they must prevail over all else, huh? The rights of they and theirs be damned. Not such a two way street after all.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @01:40AM
Such is arguing with fascists who don't have the guts to admit what they are. Carrion eater just wants the grubs from all the dead corpses of WW3.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 07 2020, @02:13AM (5 children)
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @02:17AM (4 children)
What, he didn't have papers? Couldn't they just make him wait in Mexico?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 07 2020, @05:13AM (3 children)
Apparently, he was told [reuters.com] to never come back and he came back. Classic trespassing scenario right there.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @05:23AM (2 children)
The UN is the Trespasser.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 07 2020, @05:44AM (1 child)
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @05:45AM
He's a trespasser too.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @04:52PM (5 children)
Did you already forget about the popularity of lynched obama shirts?
Of course you did, cause racism was solved right? Hypocrisy, must be Monday. Or any other day of the week.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday January 06 2020, @06:29PM (3 children)
Or the fact they were defending the assassination of that Iranian general the other day...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @07:31PM
I mean if we're supporting the execution of terrorists.....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @07:32PM (1 child)
Must have missed that, the only one I heard about was the POS enemy combatant directly responsible for the IEDs that murdered and maimed thousands of US and British forces getting a long overdue response.
(Score: 2, Redundant) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @08:12PM
the only one I heard about
Yeah? Where'd ya hear about that? You people still believing tabloid gossip? Good old yellow journalism is alive and well...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday January 06 2020, @08:49PM
Seems like they've forgotten a lot of things!
Drones are bad.
War with Iran is bad.
Deficits are bad.
Gov't picking winners and losers is bad.
Boy, it's almost like they haven't been completely honest with us!
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Monday January 06 2020, @07:27PM (16 children)
Other than the President ordering it to happen to Soleimani, you mean....
We probably shouldn't assassinate people if we don't want our people assassinated.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @07:45PM (15 children)
Did Iran declare war on the US or had Soleimani been behind the "assassination" of our troops for over 15 years?
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday January 06 2020, @08:47PM (14 children)
A person's terribleness and how smart it is to kill them are two separate questions.
But hey, help us march into yet another disaster of a war in the middle east. I'm sure it'll go just as well as Afghanistan and Iraq did!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @08:54PM (13 children)
He should have been taken out in 2003.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 06 2020, @10:22PM (12 children)
Bah, they should've taken out his parents in 1953. Then there would be peace in the Middle East, right?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @01:31AM (11 children)
You think the theocratic Iranian regime is a stabilizing influence on the Middle East or that life for Iranians has improved since 1979?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @01:50AM (10 children)
Please, save your breath [arizona.edu]. The Americans preferred that over the Russians being invited in, following the same example as Afghanistan.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @02:16AM (9 children)
They thought the threat was containable and Islam comparable to Christianity.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @02:21AM (8 children)
You're saying they aren't? And really, you think it's about religion?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @02:43AM (7 children)
No, I'm saying they are containable and should actively be contained. Islamist terrorists think it's about religion and they're willing to die for it, Iran's 2 minute hate is the "death to America" chant is it not?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @05:41AM (6 children)
Islamist terrorists think it's about religion and they're willing to die for it
That's bullshit. They do it for almost two thousand dollars a month [syriahr.com]. You really gotta stop believing the bigoted gossipy nonsense. They are normal people only in it for the money.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @06:12PM (4 children)
Normal people don't join death cults and blow themselves up.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 07 2020, @06:24PM (3 children)
That would imply that normal people don't invade others' territory for profit, or that their military is not also a death cult.. They are a very marketable asset, and business is good. Go bark up another tree.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 08 2020, @03:20PM (2 children)
Why bark up another tree when I can piss all over yours?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:47PM (1 child)
To them a thousand bucks a month isn't meager
But never enough to make them wanna die for ya
Those people are depressed and pissed, not religious. And, believe it or not, some people do sacrifice themselves to protect their families. That's damn near biological instinct.
And you are welcome to pee all you want. That's what trees are for. Your religious angle is bullshit, if not, then it's working on you as effectively as on any of your Moslems there. It is effective propaganda, but people still want to be paid for their service. The terrorists aren't dummies, they jump to whoever pays the most, just like techies in California. If you want to score by body count, The Christians are winning. Be happy. Build yourself a bomb shelter if you need something to do.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 09 2020, @08:30PM
Ok boomer [youtube.com]
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 10 2020, @07:23PM
Imagine. You are a teacher. There are no limits on your authoritarian urges. It is your duty to indoctrinate children into a life of submission. You will bend those children to your will, or kill them in the effort. But, you don't really need to kill one very often, because you have about 1300 years of such conditioning to back up your authority. An ocassional dead student just serves as a needed example, anyway. It is your god-given DUTY to condition these children into submission, to serve the needs of Allah, or Allah's mortal spokespersons.
Islam. Submit. Islam MEANS submit.
Yeah, regular people, just like you and me, except, they've been brainwashed by experts.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 10 2020, @08:14AM (1 child)
So, memory going, eh, RunawayReallyFuckingOld? Do you not recall certain Cariboo Barbies calling for "2nd Amendment solutions"? If you lie down with traitorous Republicans, do not be surprised when the Goose is the Gander, and you find yourself on the wrong end of a firestick. Stupid treasonous fuck. And Racist.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 10 2020, @08:12PM
Uhhhh, Trump isn't on the anti-2A bandwagon. He's not targeted by ANY pro-2A groups. Some state officials are anti-2A, and they are legitimate assassination targets. Very legitimate.
Let us understand - the second amendment has NOTHING to do with hunting, or simple self defense, or physical training, or entertainment, or any of the things that anti-2A people want to bring into the discussion. The second amendment is all about citizens taking out the garbage on capitol hills around the nation. In the US we have the right to revolt, and we have the right to use the tools necessary to carry out, and enforce said revolts.
This lady says it perfectly, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvTO-y-B2YM [youtube.com]
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Monday January 06 2020, @07:18PM
Just for the record, there is no bounty currently on Trump's head.
A guy giving Soleimani's eulogy advocated for the creation of one.
Did Iran Offer an $80M Bounty for Trump’s Head? [snopes.com]
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday January 06 2020, @10:06PM (6 children)
Trump Reportedly Upset Over Low Iranian Bounty Offer [dailykos.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @12:54AM (5 children)
For a limited time only, I am offering $3.50 for the assassination of aristarchus.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @01:33AM (4 children)
US or Canadian?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @02:19AM (3 children)
Zimbabweian.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 07 2020, @02:36AM (2 children)
At 2009 levels of ZWR 300,000,000,000,000 to $1 US, wouldn't ZWR 3.50 still be a bit above ari's market value?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 10 2020, @08:18AM (1 child)
But if each Soylentil were to pitch in 1,230,345,019 ZRWs, we could come up with it, right?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 10 2020, @08:15PM
Count me in!