Don't forget to vote!
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Trump does look a bit like Woodstock (albeit if you replace his beak with a pulsating anus).
There was a kid's TV show back in the 70s/80s called Trumpton and strangely around the time Trump began his campaign the creator of the show died. I'm not sure if it was suicide stemming from some Gepetto-style angst that his wooden toy had become a real boy?
There was a kid's TV show back in the 70s/80s called Trumpton and strangely around the time Trump began his campaign the creator of the show died. I'm not sure if it was suicide stemming from some Gepetto-style angst that his wooden toy had become a real boy?
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I've realized just now, that the slogan: "Give Abe another shot" can be mistaken for a cynical joke, given what happened shortly after the election.
This was NOT intended! Sorry.
The above poster came from the original 1864 election campain. When I posted this, I meant the slogans exactly the way they were initially intended.
Being a fan of Whitman, I - of course - am a fan of the captain Abe Lincoln, too!
I've realized just now, that the slogan: "Give Abe another shot" can be mistaken for a cynical joke, given what happened shortly after the election.
This was NOT intended! Sorry.
The above poster came from the original 1864 election campain. When I posted this, I meant the slogans exactly the way they were initially intended.
Being a fan of Whitman, I - of course - am a fan of the captain Abe Lincoln, too!
Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos.
Is anyone else just gonna go home after work on Tuesday, jack off and pass out? We'll wake up on Wednesday and everyone will still work the job, plop their ass in front of the tv and buy things they don't need or want...so what's changed?
There will only be change (and I say this is a neutrally as text will allow) when our "enemies" finally knock at our doorstep. The distance of our war shrinks, and the mask of comfort drops...
There will only be change (and I say this is a neutrally as text will allow) when our "enemies" finally knock at our doorstep. The distance of our war shrinks, and the mask of comfort drops...
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
Holy shit. I'm in a miles long line for the Hillary rally and going nuts. My lower back hurts. REALLY nice crowd though. At least I have Jim Harrison's SUNDOG to read. Boy I could use a coffee or beer.
Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
Looks like Eric Idle to me...
mjp
Founding member
Every time something doesn't break the way someone here wants it to, they start moaning about "moving to Canada," or wherever, but they never leave. Unfortunately. Personally I look forward to four years of top notch jaw-dropping buffoonery. If he survives that long.
He will accomplish exactly 0 of the things he claimed he would do, so we'll see how it goes. He may not be a politician, but now he's going to be surrounded by them every day, and he's no match for them. They'll use him to do what they want to do.
The majority of voters (in a record turnout) wanted Trump, so now they've got Trump. That's the way it's supposed to work here, so if you believe in democracy you can't complain. The funny thing is, when he accomplishes nothing (except things that are very bad for the people who voted him in), they'll still love him. Forever.
The really funny thing is, from now on when you look at those lists of presidents, Donald Trump's face is going to be there!
He will accomplish exactly 0 of the things he claimed he would do, so we'll see how it goes. He may not be a politician, but now he's going to be surrounded by them every day, and he's no match for them. They'll use him to do what they want to do.
The majority of voters (in a record turnout) wanted Trump, so now they've got Trump. That's the way it's supposed to work here, so if you believe in democracy you can't complain. The funny thing is, when he accomplishes nothing (except things that are very bad for the people who voted him in), they'll still love him. Forever.
The really funny thing is, from now on when you look at those lists of presidents, Donald Trump's face is going to be there!
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
He will grab 'Merica by the pussy until the short hairs come out and we're bleeding. Good times, not. :(
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
Did you know Donald, I mean, President Trump's hair is modelled on the late Quentin Crisp's. It's true. It's not quite successful (the lift, etc.) but it's a fact.
So now do we have to build a ray gun to point at a planet we've never heard of?
Skygazer
And in the end...
Couldn't believe it this morning and I don't know why, the swing to the right is happening elsewhere,when people fear the collapse of their society, loss of common heritage, they want order and nationalism. The working class, my class, rarely bites the hand that oppress them. Perception is reality - stoke enough bullshit and lies in the media about the erosion of heritage, immigration and moral collapse, which has been relentless in this campaign - and barrabing barrabong. I think privately Trump is more moderate and liberal than he promoted himself as in this campaign.Pretty shitty and deceitful, but a bit of hope and he will be held in check. So, only four years to go.
I mostly followed whatever the San Diego Free Press said in their voter guideline. I'm probably one of the select few below the age of 30 who read their press.
The EU? While it lasts! Personally I would have voted against Brexit but I can only imagine more such things happening in other European countries.
And think about how different Melania (?) is from the other first ladies. She looks like Madison Ivy, gentlemen. Personally I want to get their presidential Tops cards.
I've noticed a swing to the right with people of my generation. Don't believe what the media says about the liberal millenials. They're all fascists here in Commiefornia. A lack of historical consciousness coupled with dwindling opportunity has made us all technocrat nazis. We're victims of the Reagan years and we don't even know it. It's sort of like the 1950's and 1980's all over again, but more perverse.
Anyway, I do like Donald Trump better than any other Republican whom I've read about in the history books, except Lincoln, of course. I liked watching him annihilate Cruz, Bush, Carson, et al in the debates. I see him as more moderate than any of those guys and historical Republican presidents. Just my twenty-something cents. I wanted Clinton (Sanders at first), but it could have been worse. What's more worrisome than a Trump presidency for me is the fact that the Republicans now have the majority in the federal government. It's just gotten a lot hotter here! Woah!
The EU? While it lasts! Personally I would have voted against Brexit but I can only imagine more such things happening in other European countries.
And think about how different Melania (?) is from the other first ladies. She looks like Madison Ivy, gentlemen. Personally I want to get their presidential Tops cards.
I've noticed a swing to the right with people of my generation. Don't believe what the media says about the liberal millenials. They're all fascists here in Commiefornia. A lack of historical consciousness coupled with dwindling opportunity has made us all technocrat nazis. We're victims of the Reagan years and we don't even know it. It's sort of like the 1950's and 1980's all over again, but more perverse.
Anyway, I do like Donald Trump better than any other Republican whom I've read about in the history books, except Lincoln, of course. I liked watching him annihilate Cruz, Bush, Carson, et al in the debates. I see him as more moderate than any of those guys and historical Republican presidents. Just my twenty-something cents. I wanted Clinton (Sanders at first), but it could have been worse. What's more worrisome than a Trump presidency for me is the fact that the Republicans now have the majority in the federal government. It's just gotten a lot hotter here! Woah!
mjp
Founding member
Look, searching for diagnostics or facts regarding who voted for whom is really a pointless exercise. We didn't have a great choice, and I swallowed a mouthful of bile to vote for Hillary only because I preferred her to Trump and I didn't want to vote for an obvious loser. But leave the diagnostics aside, as they mean nothing until four years from now. Someone who should have defeated an easily-defeated candidate didn't. And that shows how out of touch that candidate would have been as President.
I'm not happy about the outcome, but I have no need to grouse about it. This is how things have gone for decades. We want this side; don't like this side. Want that side. Don't want that side, want this side. Blah, Blah, Blah...we'll get over this and still breathe and those of us that care will continue to fight for social injustice, which is the only political issue I care about.
I'm not happy about the outcome, but I have no need to grouse about it. This is how things have gone for decades. We want this side; don't like this side. Want that side. Don't want that side, want this side. Blah, Blah, Blah...we'll get over this and still breathe and those of us that care will continue to fight for social injustice, which is the only political issue I care about.
mjp
Founding member
It sounds like you're suggesting that people stop talking about this election. Good luck with that.
I don't give a shit about this or any other election. It would please me to see all politicians go down together on an ocean liner with no life boats after it hits an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Believe that.
But it's like a plague of locusts descended across the entire country yesterday, blotting out the sun and killing all the crops, and you're saying, "Don't pay attention to that. There's plenty of food at the Piggly Wiggly. Talk about something that matters!"
I think you're pushing against the force of half of the people in the country (and other countries) who want very badly to talk about the election. I get it, you're not pleased with it, but people are going to talk about it for a long, long time, so you might want to come to grips with that.
And I'm sorry, but I can't, in good conscience, fight for social injustice. ;)
I don't give a shit about this or any other election. It would please me to see all politicians go down together on an ocean liner with no life boats after it hits an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Believe that.
But it's like a plague of locusts descended across the entire country yesterday, blotting out the sun and killing all the crops, and you're saying, "Don't pay attention to that. There's plenty of food at the Piggly Wiggly. Talk about something that matters!"
I think you're pushing against the force of half of the people in the country (and other countries) who want very badly to talk about the election. I get it, you're not pleased with it, but people are going to talk about it for a long, long time, so you might want to come to grips with that.
And I'm sorry, but I can't, in good conscience, fight for social injustice. ;)
Somewhere else on the internet the subject of the great divide this election has caused between US citizens reminded me of one of Bukowski's poems (I believe that's it origin) ....
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing."
A poster responded saying they want to read more Bukowski. I then shared part of my favorite poem of his The Shoelace, and that doubled their interest. So it was nice to return the favor of turning on someone else to Bukowski, as someone did for me, in talking about current events.
Today was a good day.
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing."
A poster responded saying they want to read more Bukowski. I then shared part of my favorite poem of his The Shoelace, and that doubled their interest. So it was nice to return the favor of turning on someone else to Bukowski, as someone did for me, in talking about current events.
Today was a good day.
Numbers give the impression of authority, however, that image was circulating before the election, so it doesn't indicate anything about the actual election results. Remember how someone said Clinton stood a 91.9% chance of winning? Wow! they even narrowed it down to a tenth! So the other 8.1% made it.
All I can say is that I've noticed the tone of many forums I visit or used to visit shift to the right. In the workplace and at college, I'd say more than half of the people my age I met were already cranky Republicans sniveling on about cutting benefits and the national debt. Maybe they're the more vocal ones, who knows. I've rarely seen the words "loudmouth" and "Democrat" put together.
mjp
Founding member
You're right. That's what I get for trusting the Internet.
This is from the NYT, and it isn't as dramatic as the other image, but it still shows the difference in voting habits by age.
Which shouldn't be surprising to anyone, since aging generally makes people more conservative.