SE Hoya Containment Thread (aka Politics)

SE Hoya Containment Thread (aka Politics)

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03 December 2015 at 07:37 PM
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Ok, that's not ideal


This is such an ugly ****ing look

In 2 weeks biden went from:

1. Ok he’s old but he can beat trump
2. Holy **** that debate, he can’t beat trump, go away
3. ‘I’m not doing events after 8 cuz I need my sleep’
4. ‘**** you George I’m not going anywhere’

We’re so ****ed. Biden needs to be tossed from the ticket by any means


naw, just the cry babies are ****ed.

you guys just finding out joe is old? you were better off with your fake genocide bullshit


There’s a big difference between ‘joe is old’ and ‘Joe is a mumbling imbecile who can’t put together a coherent sentence and let’s a stupid ****ing idiot like trump dunk on you in a debate’

Biden isn’t winning. Every possible path to that has burned to ashes. I don’t care if it’s kamala but he needs to step aside


It certainly doesn’t help that every mainstream liberal network won’t let go of the narrative that biden needs to **** off considering those same networks is what gave us trump 1.0


As someone who has spent the last year or so trying to convince their father that there’s some things they just can’t do on their own anymore, I can say with absolute certainty that we are all ****ed


nothing but respect for president grandpa simpson




wtf. totally voting for trump now...


dont really care who you vote for bro

I just find it hilarious that the current president needs cue cards to walk a few feet.


quite unfortunate at this time that dr jill is a fake doctor rather than an md uh2ci


the wanting a guide to the stage is like the least weird thing you could try and blow up into a scandal.

dude is in hundreds of new places he's never been, backstage in dim lighting with all different layouts and he has to walk out by himself. i'd definitely get lost once or twice myself.


there are so many other real things to be concerned about.


alright, what are we allowed to talk about, mommy?


by Slighted P

the wanting a guide to the stage is like the least weird thing you could try and blow up into a scandal.

dude is in hundreds of new places he's never been, backstage in dim lighting with all different layouts and he has to walk out by himself. i'd definitely get lost once or twice myself.


there are so many other real things to be concerned about.

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I can only hope Macron embracing and collaborating with the left is a precursor for KHive and the Bros to pull off an upset


by 72off P

alright, what are we allowed to talk about, mommy?

whatever you want bro. he's ****ing old. he called into a morning show and complained about people being mean to him EXACTLY LIKE TRUMP this morning. it's bad.

but wanting to know the layout of the backstage of a place you've never been in a world where if you look the slightest bit lost it gets magnified 1000x is completely normal.


I dont think those photos were about the layout. they were cue cards to remind him step by step on what to do. maybe Im wrong I dunno.


by Victor P

I dont think those photos were about the layout. they were cue cards to remind him step by step on what to do. maybe Im wrong I dunno.

to me it looks like shots of the layout, but i guess that could be up for debate. the tweet says "Precise path to a podium" which would suggest shots of the layout.

in the actual article it basically lays out that it's completely normal to have those photos as advance documents for presidential visits, it's just that biden likes them printed out as opposed to on his smartphone.

again he's really old and shouldn't be running but i dont think we need to lean into making stuff up for clicks like axios did with this.


by Slighted P

to me it looks like shots of the layout, but i guess that could be up for debate. the tweet says "Precise path to a podium" which would suggest shots of the layout.

in the actual article it basically lays out that it's completely normal to have those photos as advance documents for presidential visits, it's just that biden likes them printed out as opposed to on his smartphone.

again he's really old and shouldn't be running but i dont think w

I kinda agree with you that this is a nothing burger, but from a practical perspective I think he should step down and if takes embarrassing the **** out of him to do it, then carry on


by StoppedRainingMen P

It certainly doesn’t help that every mainstream liberal network won’t let go of the narrative that biden needs to **** off considering those same networks is what gave us trump 1.0

News media holding politicians accountable is a good thing.

Biden is really showing what a selfish individual he is. If he cared at all about stopping Trump he would have stepped down already.

The main problem is that establishment Dems dont really care about winning elections. They just care about pleasing their corporate donors to keep the money flowing. Which leads to most of them staying silent when they are heading towards a clear defeat with Biden.




France just voted in their largest number for a party that favors the recognition of a Palestinian State and "breaking with the guilty support of the French government for the far-right supremacist government of Netanyahu to impose an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and enforce the order of the ICJ which unambiguously evokes a risk of genocide.". Should've got the the poles sooner if you wanted that Euro, frogs. Sad


ngl i don't understand the last 2 posts


edit: oh ... maybe i get it now


by RT P

France just voted in their largest number for a party that favors the recognition of a Palestinian State and "breaking with the guilty support of the French government for the far-right supremacist government of Netanyahu to impose an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and enforce the order of the ICJ which unambiguously evokes a risk of genocide.". Should've got the the poles sooner if you wanted that Euro, frogs. Sad

ostensibly

altho, I did get a kick out of all of the far-right Zionists crying that Le Pen lost. truly amazing to read.


i think victor was happy the team with fewer black players won


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