2016 elections - because it's never too early

[jimmy olsen]

Good news, North Carolina and to a lesser extent Wisconsin will be important states in the upcoming election.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/us/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-north-carolina-voter-id-provision.html?referer=

[HisMajestyBOB]

I particularly liked how utterly blatant they were about these measures targeting African Americans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/29/the-smoking-gun-proving-north-carolina-republicans-tried-to-disenfranchise-black-voters/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_voter-id-1250pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

And the GOP wonders why African Americans don't vote for them.

[CountDeMoney]

Well, yeah...it's the FUCKING SOUTH.

File that one under "D" for "Dixie."  And "Duh."

[sbr]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/29/1554321/-Trump-thinks-US-military-should-communicate-via-courier-no-seriously

Here we are, in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, prepping for our trip to Newfoundland next week. We have satellite TV, so we watch CNN for our news.

And here's our wanna-be Maximum Leader for Life, somewhere in Colorado, ranting about e-mails and other not-really-connected-with-reality garbage, when he said this:

'... and I like the old days, especially for the military, on things like that.... you wanna attack or you wanna do something..... it's called courier.....it's called... let's put it in a thing.... put it in an envelope and let's hand it to the general... let's not send it over the wires (waving his stubby fingers in the air for some reason) where everybody's probably reading it, right? And no matter how good.... no matter how good they say it is.... it's not.... I mean, people can hack it I guess.... it's terrible... I know and if you talk about military and you talk about secrets, you talk about politics......

I'm just sitting here dumbfounded, going 'uh....uh....whaaaaaa?'

Then he went on to bluster about how General McArthur and General George Patton (rough as hell, according to Drumpf) would never use e-mail.....

I know our incipient Dear Leader has said some really, truly ignorant stuff, but this just has to go into the top 5.

This person's depth of ignorance of all things military, to say nothing of all matters pertaining to communications in general, is astounding, and gets more scary every day.

It's scary to think what he could do to our country if elected.

Thankfully, our next month will be mostly out of range of satellite TV and/or internet.

Cheers.

Video clip:

https://twitter.com/Kragar_LGF/status/759163566922436608

[CountDeMoney]

Yes, let's "put it in a thing." 

ANGER
COME ON.  BIG VILLAGE.  BE QUICK, BRING PACKS.
CDM

With my regards, of course.

[sbr]

@Kragar_LGF
Somebody ask @realDonaldTrump how long it would take a courier to get from Benghazi to the closest US base to request air.

@Kragar_LGF
Oh, right, he would make us close most of our overseas bases, so they would have to send a courier to the US.  Great plan.

[garbon]

@Kragar_LGF
Somebody ask @realDonaldTrump how long it would take a courier to get from Benghazi to the closest US base to request air.

@Kragar_LGF
Oh, right, he would make us close most of our overseas bases, so they would have to send a courier to the US.  Great plan.

[Ed Anger]

Yes, let's "put it in a thing." 

ANGER
COME ON.  BIG VILLAGE.  BE QUICK, BRING PACKS.
CDM

With my regards, of course.

SALUTATIONS,

I SHALL MOVE MY CAVALRY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

BEAUREGARD

[jimmy olsen]

I see shit like this and think that Trump is trapped in a Producers style black comedy. He just became a candidate in the primary to sell a new biography and he just kept doing better and better no matter how hard he's trying to lose.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/759282300135809024

[jimmy olsen]

The Donald continues to be fucking scum

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/30/12332922/donald-trump-khan-muslim

[jimmy olsen]

Bashing the fire marshal an hour after being rescued? Is this real life?

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-elevator-colorado-226470#ixzz4FwpY8EqE

Trump and nine others were trapped in an elevator for 30 minutes on Friday.

Reports: Trump rescued from elevator ahead of Colorado rally

By REBECCA MORIN 07/30/16 09:17 PM EDT
Donald Trump was trapped in an elevator for 30 minutes ahead of a Friday rally before being rescued by Colorado Springs fire department, multiple local news outlets reported Saturday.

According to news station KRDO, emergency crews responded to an elevator rescue at The Mining Exchange Hotel where a group of 10, including the Republican nominee, was trapped between the first and second floor.

"The firefighters were able to secure the elevator, open the top elevator hatch, lower a ladder into the elevator which allowed all individuals to self-evacuate, including Mr. Trump, onto the second floor lobby area," Steven Wilch, who is with the Colorado Springs Fire Department, told KRDO.

Within an hour, the Denver Post noted, the GOP presidential nominee was bashing the fire marshal at his rally.

"So I have to tell you this. This is why our country doesn't work," Trump said from the stage at his Friday rally, which began nearly an hour late as a result of the mishap. "We have plenty of space here. We have thousands of people outside trying to get in. And we have a fire marshal that said, 'Oh we can't allow more people.'

"The reason they won't let them in is because they don't know what the hell they're doing.

"Hey, maybe they're a Hillary person. Could that be possible? Probably. I don't think there are too many of them," Trump said.

[Martinus]

I hope Melania rapes someone next and Trump attacks the victim too - this would show what a horrible person he really is for sure!

[Eddie Teach]

I hope Melania rapes someone next and Trump attacks the victim too - this would show what a horrible person he really is for sure!

Are you volunteering to be the victim?

[sbr]

https://twitter.com/MazMHussain/status/759573678480887808

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@MazMHussain
If you look at Chris Christie, he was just standing there. He had nothing to say. Maybe he wasn't allowed to:

[jimmy olsen]

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