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- utopian6
Anti-Corruption Populists Tend to be More Corrupt!
Is your country experiencing overwhelming social inequality? Do you and your fellow citizens think it’s because of government corruption? Congratulations! You’re likely to elect a populist leader.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-…
- utopian1
- Asshat Trump
keeps on producing
alternative factsutopian - Lol - even his spokeswoman is a whiney "But Hillary" moron.fadein11
- the media lied about the size of the crowd, let it go...IRNlun6
- how did they lie?inteliboy
- by claiming that this photo was the crowd size during his inaugurationIRNlun6
- According to Reuters, the photo was taken at 12:00 the exact time that Trump was inaugurated.yuekit
- http://www.reuters.c…yuekit
- zoom in and see for yourself http://www.cnn.com/i…IRNlun6
- not the best angle - cannot see the crowdfadein11
- Yeah I'm not sure those two pictures are actually inconsistent. Just taken from different vantage point.yuekit
- Foreshortening and perspective is difficult hurrrrr hurrr.face_melter
- at shallower angles the crowd will appear compressed and densely packed. the yahoo picture is better comparison. the crowd size was smaller, stop crying.dorf
- There's plenty of proof online that these empty photos were taken very early in the morning and that the crowds were just as big later on.********
- It's less about crowd size and more about the fact the media lie to you, which is one thing Trump is doing a good job of highlighting.********
- "This was the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period. Both in person and around the globe,"face_melter
- If there was a photo of a large crowd size then surely we would have seen it by now. Shit he would have tweeted it.monospaced
- ^ yepfadein11
- seriously. where is this large crowd photo? trump supporters = sheep.inteliboy
- There were more for Obama, sure, but the empty photo taken at 7am was a deceitful comparison.********
- http://wtop.com/wp-c…********
- one hour before inauguration - flat out the truth
http://imgur.com/a/p…digitdaily - lol that has substantially less than the other image. Did they all leave before the event? You can't just say 'flat out the truth' without providing proof...********
- Your image shows the last two areas completely empty, which is obviously not the case when you zoom in here..********
- http://edition.cnn.c…********
- 'flat out the truth' lol. You are categorically wrong and quite easily proved so...********
- set, did you see the inauguration and parade? it was an abysmal turnout and some of my coworkers in the area confirmed it with real photosmonospaced
- ^ Yep. these are real truths not fake news. Some things are as simple as they seem. Like Trump.fadein11
- I'm not saying it wasn't a bad turn out, I'm saying it wasn't as bad as the media made out, which the above images confirm...********
- The media didn't exaggerate. Most of his parade had completely empty seats and throughout the entire ceremony the back of that plaza was empty.monospaced
- Asshat Trump
- _niko2
This Orwellian form of rule that Big Donny want's to implement is going to Blow up in his face.
He admires the way Putin rules Russia. He admires how Kim Jong Un rules N. Korea. Problem is, you can't rule Americans that way. They won't stand for it, it's in their DNA to rebel.
"A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine."
Dems don't like him, Libertarians don't like him, and a good chunk of republicans don't really like him, so it looks like shit's going to hit the fan sooner than later.
or, maybe, the way things are going, he'll be the first President to get Laughed to out office.
- I honestly want the guy to succeed, but it's been a fucking gong show up until now_niko
- Could have said the same thing before the elections. Didn't quite turn out how the media said it would. They're a poor gauge for the sentiment of the public.IRNlun6
- For a man apparently immune to criticism, he gets quite agitated about the size of things - hands, crowds, walls etc.face_melter
- only constructive compliments allowed.dorf
- The feminists seem to be the leading cause of most of the hate who then rally everyone else who isn't a white male.********
- 'Ooh, El Grande Naranja, you're hands are so dainty and petite'.face_melter
- remember that time when they tried to get the men to go around calling themselves feminists. lol.********
- @niko: wanting him to succeed is a dangerous sentiment, insofar as that in that success, his bad behaviour would be normalised and accepted. Not a good thing.Continuity
- I'm kind of tired about the 'media was wrong' angle. Any of you considering human nature? When the media said this could be a landslide, it wasmathinc
- an excuse for people to just not go out and vote for Hillary. He only won by 70k specific votes in a small handful of states.mathinc
- shows how building on false narratives can lead to unexpected outcomesIRNlun6
- ApeRobot0
- Push the wall button and Wilson the volleyball will come out to play with you?********
- H A HA HHAA********
- Push the wall button and Wilson the volleyball will come out to play with you?
- face_melter0
It's only been a week.
- The longest four years ever.Continuity
- Ya, butt it's Friday and the Year of the Red Cock is nearly upon us.********
- We've already entered into the year of The Orange Fanny.face_melter
- Who would of thought a politician could do so much to change DC in 100 hours, by just signing orders to follow the lawrobotron3k
- The same way the RAF/USAAF changed Dresden.face_melter
- He's done more greatness for America in one week, that Obama did in 8 years!chukkaphob
- @chukka, written like a true trump supportermonospaced
- @mono LOL! I never supported him. Still dislike him. I'm an independent calling it like I see it. I don't wear political bias glasses like you do. hahaha!chukkaphob
- tank02-1
Nerdist dude must feel pretty awkward.
http://www.nbc.com/the-wall?nbc=…
- ApeRobot-1
- Embarrassing how many people have this view. While it isn't wrong, people fail to acknowledge that's what each president before has been doing the entire time.********
- ^ precisely, we agree********
- embarrassing how you think being a mega douche lord is okay just because lesser douche lords existed beforescarabin
- lol scar, so truemonospaced
- and what point has anyone suggested it's ok?********
- at*********
- Embarrassing that you would put words in my mouth and make assumptions based on absolutely nothing at all********
- It's easy to confuse it as acceptance or support when one seemingly justifies Trump's assfuckery by pointing to Obama, Bush and Clinton.monospaced
- As if saying that Trump is a piece of shit is somehow less valid just because one doesn't also mention that past presidents were also questionable.monospaced
- Personally, I think it should be allowed to say Trump is the worst president in the history of this nation without the disclaimer that others weren't as bad.monospaced
- Embarrassing how many people have this view. While it isn't wrong, people fail to acknowledge that's what each president before has been doing the entire time.
- TOMMYxGUNN0
- seriously... usa are fucked.fruitsalad
- He compared himself to Lincoln and said he wouldn't be a good president if he acted Presidential. sniffmonospaced
- Did he compare Chicago to Afghanistan?TOMMYxGUNN
- and made a great ad for fox :)sted
- It would be nice if Mexico paid child support for 30+Million of its illegal citizens here in the US. At least chip in for the birth control while fucking us.********
- you may want to research that ridiculous statement a little more omg.fadein11
- The way this cunt and his gang of cunts are heading, Mexico 'chipping in' will be the only way to get birth control in the US.face_melter
- He's so cray crayApeRobot
- what is "presidential" exactly? Def. = having a bearing or demeanor befitting a president; dignified and confident. Is Trump not confident? He's over confident.********
- Being Presidental = talk a lot say very little, do even less...robotron3k
- Confident in his delusionzaq
- it means acting like a mature adult who you feel can make educated decisions and not lose his cool whenever someone makes fun of himmonospaced
- sted1
Can't stop laughing at this
- Even funnier the second time watchingrobotron3k
- what the fuck's happening lol_niko
- imbecile-1
- sted2
Pres Trump boards Air Force One, but doesn't turn around to wave - as presidents have done for decades.
- Should do peace signs like Nixonsarahfailin
- ^ HA classic********
- or one of those heart hand signslowimpakt
- haha lowdetritus
- ********-3
- ********0
- Fuck you, i'm the president.ApeRobot
- At least the hands are to scale.face_melter
- chukkaphob2
- Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho actually wanted to help the people thoughR_Kercz
- fadein111
We await our own shitstorm in the UK this week:
- ********-6
As much as I enjoy NPR / PBS every so often, it's obviously slanted towards the left. This doesn't surprise me.
- You're only discovering this now? From under which rock did you crawl?
http://i.imgur.com/g…Continuity - To paraphrase Colbert, facts have a distinctly liberal bias, Yuri. You're a case in point. There's nary a fact to be seen in your vicinity at most times.BuddhaHat
- 40 mins of this guys rant about something what doesn't affects him at all no thanks.
i rather chew off my own legsted - yes, he does rant********
- but really, the only common thing in these vidsters is that they don't suggest any solution what would be a sign of some intellect, just complain all the times.sted
- that goes for a lot of outlets. all complaints and no solutions. *sigh********
- pbs is so much more than 'slanted politics'. losing and/or defunding it would be a massive blow to a lot of great programming and effortshobgoblin
- i enjoy the american experience series for examplested
- great content sometimes but their voices are so pedo...robotron3k
- that's because you're a bigotmonospaced
- You're only discovering this now? From under which rock did you crawl?
- sted2
- ********-7
- About right and any decent person has experienced at least 4 of these.fadein11
- sted0
trying to show our government that we are living in the real time
- ********1
How about Mexico build the wall, then Canada builds one and the rest of us chip in for a lid.
- Structurally unsound and unsafe as the sides would be open to ocean based zombie dolphin attacks.hobgoblin
- Don't forget about tuna and their kelp-based breathing apparatus: https://youtu.be/WzF…BuddhaHat
- I for one welcome our new tuna overlords.hobgoblin
- Downvotes = Americans without a sense of humour haha********
- I like this. But can it be soundproofed because Americans are so fucking loud... well they are in Stratford upon Avon anyway,fadein11
