Presidential Candidate Caught Raping Goat

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:24 pm

Zinegata wrote:That's because you're cherry-picking. The article cites numerous other articles detailing all the evidence as the core of its argument; and yet somehow you manage to filter only these three?

Uhh, yes. I filtered out those three because those three are true and they are sufficient to reach my conclusion. There are lots of things in the universe that are true and are not necessary to reach my conclusion, and there are lots of things in the universe that are true and do not contradict my conclusion (or its premises). The article is full of the latter (things which are true and do not contradict any of the shit I said at all), because it wants to bullshit you with ambiguous (and ultimately irrelevant) facts so it can hide the really obvious ones that actually matter and have any bearing at all.

If you want to call foul on me because the sky is blue and ducks quack, which is only slightly less annoyingly stupid than what you have tried to do here, kindly shut the fuck up. Otherwise, you're going to have to be bothered to read my actual conclusion before you try and argue it (starting from there in the future would be a great help).

And I'm also more than slightly pissed off that you think you get to denounce criticism of your preferred politicians as partisan hackery. Here's a hypothetical: Romney goes out and eats a toddler. To avoid partisan hackery, should news headlines read "Romney eats a Toddler, but Obama still won't release his long long long form birth certificate"? No, fuck that, fuck you. Fuck that you think the assertion of facts can be partisan because they make one side look worse than the other. Fuck your binary state view of the world that lets you dismiss negative discussion of Republicans as "attacks from the other side." Fuck the right-wing persecution complex that actually lets them feel like they are victims of partisan politics; holy shit, what? Basically, fuck every bit of the intellectual dishonesty that subtly pervades your politics.

Sir Neil · Post by **Sir Neil** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:28 am

Grek wrote:Vote for me. If elected, I promise to rape a goat on national television.

Please don't. I've already seen a cow and chicken raped on t.v.

Grek · Post by **Grek** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:08 am

You don't have to worry. I'm not actually eligible to be elected as POTUS.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:53 pm

Speaking of goat-raping, let's tune in to whatever vile torrent of shit is pouring of Rush for a moment: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/ ... n_campaign

sabs · Post by **sabs** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:28 pm

OMG that's so painful.. it's.. amazing

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:40 pm

The conservative persecution complex is so vast that they now believe democratic sympathizers created a comic book villain ten years before Romney took office for the first time that happened to sound the same as Romney's financial takeover firm? Every time I think conservative projection and fear mongering can't get more out-there, I am proved wrong.

In similar news: conservatives are still angry about the imaginary liberal pressure groups who mind controlled Roberts.

-Username17

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:01 pm

Seriously. That shit is great. Apparently the collective evil left wing started filming this move a few years ago knowing that Romney would win the primaries.

Because you know, we knew who was and wasn't going to run, and who was going to win years ago.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:31 pm

There are 2 T-Shirts I want to get made for this election.

One would simply have the text "I use contraception" in plain bold letters. Because while the argument that the government / your employer is not the one who should bear the cost of contraception is a reasonable argument (with which I disagree) the actual counterargument made was "Hey you Whore slut!, Post nekkid vids on the internet!" And really the best counter for that is an "I am Spartacus" movement.

The other shirt would be a concert-tour style t-shirt with AUSTERITY 2012: The Confidence Effect on the front and a list of European Countires, dates and changes to their bond rates scrolling down the back. But that might be too subtle, so maybe just a bumper sticker with "Austerity never creates jobs" would be more effective

Taishan · Post by **Taishan** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:02 pm

I'm considered the bleeding heart liberal among my friends in the rural farm town I live in, and I have to say Obama's line of "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." is pretty fucking stupid. Yes, its somewhat out of context; the whole idea in the speech that line was in was about how no one lives in a bubble, and no one's success can be absolutely attributed to them. But that's different than 'you have no responsibility for your own success'. Goddamn, doesn't the man have speech writers? I mean, Elizabeth Warren communicated the same idea Obama wanted to communicate very eloquently, go hire one of her writers.

sabs · Post by **sabs** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:08 pm

Yeah, he would have gotten his point across better with:

"If you've got a business, you didn't build that alone. Somebody else helped make that happen."

Banks with Loans, Loansharks (if you want a more reasonable interest rate)
A Rich 'silentish' partner. Family members who maybe worked for effectively free for the first few years. Regulations that at least slow down the big guys from squishing you like a bug.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:08 pm

Ancient History wrote:Speaking of goat-raping, let's tune in to whatever vile torrent of shit is pouring of Rush for a moment: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/ ... n_campaign

Rush wrote:so we can presumably take an insult to our ability to spell -- or ability to follow a storyline, for that matter."

Says the man who thinks a terrorist named "Bane" is a thinly veiled reference to an investment firm named "Bain."

also:

In case you're wondering what's going on. I am so astounded by this I have told the broadcast engineer to play that whenever he feels like it. So he's on his own. He's getting no help from me. He can put that sound bite anywhere at any time he thinks it's called for. It's totally up to him. I don't know when it's gonna happen. I had Cookie roll off the little excerpt of that big, long bite, and this thing's gonna show up 'cause I can't tell you how it's affecting me.

Oh, yes, because Rush certainly isn't giving the man a signal, or anything. I mean, he's on radio, and we can't see him, so we'll just have to trust that Rush has nothing at all to do with the playing of that soundbite.

Of course the evil guy is always rich too in these Batman movies.

We really didn't need proof that Rush doesn't watch the movies, but here it is. Sure, there was the mob, but they were more bit players. Scarecrow was really no richer than Rush himself. Though, I suppose he did prove that having a ridiculous appearance and preying on people's fears, actively scaring them frequently, and abusing powerful drugs was certainly a fast track to wealth. Scarecrow, though, was just a psychologist employed by the courts, if I understood the situation correctly. Joker was only rich because he stole money. I'm pretty sure Bane isn't independently wealthy either. Really, only a handful of Batman's villains are wealthy, like Black Mask, or Hush, and were specifically designed to be the antithesis of Batman/Bruce Wayne himself. The others are only wealthy after a heist.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:30 am

Penguin keeps trying to get legitimate businesses going. He's pretty wealthy. Mr. Freeze doesn't really run a gang, and seems like he makes most of his stuff himself. Bane's more or less a vagabond, as is Clayface. Deadshot -is- rich, being a top-class assassin.

The gang leaders appear to have some money going for them--I mean, Penguin, Joker, and Two-Face never seem to lack for hardware or manpower.

Apart from that, yeah. Bane's a villain because, apparently, he wants to tear all of Gotham down in this movie. Not because he's named Bane.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:09 am

Maxus wrote:Penguin keeps trying to get legitimate businesses going. He's pretty wealthy. Mr. Freeze doesn't really run a gang, and seems like he makes most of his stuff himself. Bane's more or less a vagabond, as is Clayface. Deadshot -is- rich, being a top-class assassin.

The gang leaders appear to have some money going for them--I mean, Penguin, Joker, and Two-Face never seem to lack for hardware or manpower.

Apart from that, yeah. Bane's a villain because, apparently, he wants to tear all of Gotham down in this movie. Not because he's named Bane.

My two points of reference for Penguin are The Batman cartoon (his family was wealthy, and he turned to crime to get that wealth back) and Azzarello's Joker comic (he took over Gotham's criminal element in Joker's absence). But yeah, most of the villains who are wealthy are wealthy because they're successful criminals, so to say "And of course the villain is a rich guy" is either completely off base, or a stealth take that to the Conservatives from the least likely of places.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:38 am

http://io9.com/5931018/rush-limbaughs-n ... ter-manual

I dunno if this is Rush being lazy and stealing shit, or his cover artist being lazy and stealing shit and Rush being too stupid to know the difference.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:57 am

...wow. I mean really. Wow.

Did he at least say "ORIGINAL MONSTER DO NOT STEAL" there?

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:58 pm

Maxus wrote:Deadshot -is- rich, being a top-class assassin.

Yeah, that's the biggest lie that Conservatives sold us, that assassins get paid well. When I was a kid, professional assassin was one of my potential dream jobs, right after astronaut. It turns out though that the pay is utter shit. Most organizations with people-killing budgets sufficient to pay for the hypothetical fictional freelance assassin prefer to use their own in-house staff for such activities. That just leaves you working for people who are too cheap to hire divorce attorneys. They obviously do not pay well at all. Calculate in the expenses, which are absurdly huge, and the necessary long downtime between contracts and you're probably going to be better off flipping burgers for minimum wage.

nockermensch · Post by **nockermensch** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:59 pm

Ancient History wrote:http://io9.com/5931018/rush-limbaughs-n ... ter-manual

I dunno if this is Rush being lazy and stealing shit, or his cover artist being lazy and stealing shit and Rush being too stupid to know the difference.

That should be enough to make an accurate Rush's character sheet. We can see his equipment (medium armor, a polearm, sword, shield) and he's soloing a Democrafted Nightmare Beast, so we even have a level benchmark.

RadiantPhoenix · Post by **RadiantPhoenix** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:13 pm

nockermensch wrote:
Ancient History wrote:http://io9.com/5931018/rush-limbaughs-n ... ter-manual

I dunno if this is Rush being lazy and stealing shit, or his cover artist being lazy and stealing shit and Rush being too stupid to know the difference.

That should be enough to make an accurate Rush's character sheet. We can see his equipment (medium armor, a polearm, sword, shield) and he's soloing a Democrafted Nightmare Beast, so we even have a level benchmark.

He doesn't look like he's winning, though.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:39 pm

Yeah, he looks like a warrior, maybe 3rd level at best.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:16 pm

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreill ... id-romney/

Part of the problem with Mitt relying on his business leadership is that, well, he wasn't your traditional build-a-company kind of guy, he was play-with-number-magic kind of guy. Instead of providing products or services, he earned his keep manipulating money. I think it's fair to challenge him on these kind of issues.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:55 pm

Ancient History wrote:http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreill ... id-romney/

I always had a hard time understanding these deals, because of my training as an accountant.

Epic win.

Still, I am really surprised to see an editorial castigating tax evaders in Forbes of all places.

-Username17

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:23 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:Epic win.

Still, I am really surprised to see an editorial castigating tax evaders in Forbes of all places.

-Username17

Forbes printed an article about how faith in capitalism in the U.S. was at an all-time low -- France and China's was unwarrantedly high in my opinion. Fucking communists that we are.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:28 pm

Well, here we go: Mittens has announced Paul Fucking Ryan as his VP. So now Obama basically could be caught raping a goat and still have a landslide victory.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:57 pm

Uh, is it just me or is Paul Ryan the opposite of appealing to independents?

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:03 pm

Josh_Kablack wrote:Uh, is it just me or is Paul Ryan the opposite of appealing to independents?

I think the plan is that Mitt Romney is supposed to appeal to moderates and they are bringing on Paul Ryan to appeal to conservative nutjobs.

Because the guy who wants to scrap medicare to balance the budget and forces his lackeys to read Atlas Shrugged is not going to appeal to anyone in the center.

-Username17