Curb Your Authoritarianism? The 2016 Conventional Wisdom Thread (Elections, Part 6)

the "death of the author" doesn't feel liberating anymore

Handy:

http://quantum-displacement.tumblr.com/post/146015554444/anti-trump-masterpost

http://www.factmag.com/2016/07/19/the-republican-partys-house-band-covered-david-bowie-and-it-was-a-travesty/

da fuck

I like good headlines: "Strange Attack."

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/20/ben_carson_plays_the_lucifer_card_strange_attack_on_hillary_leaves_heads_shaking_at_rnc/

I think GE Smith knows exactly what he's doing.

In hell Morbius would keep popping up and saying how stupid you are for hating Satan when Mephistopheles and Lucifer are actually worse because they're such hypocrites, maaan

get Trumped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1Nae_EBvQ

lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnyVgF5XEAAHkVK.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnzvbazWYAAd49E.jpg

the first and only validation of the existence of third eye blind

the skinny: http://www.pajiba.com/politics/third-eye-blind-played-an-rnc-concert-just-so-they-could-troll-republicans.php

I'm trying to put together a sentence containing the phrases "Third Eye Blind" and "Make fun of" but I can't seem to get "Third Eye Blind" to be the subject rather than the object. Please help.

i was aware that theyre "bad" but had no idea what their actual music was was thinking it was some dire post pearl jam contempo rock but im listening to their hit now and its much more classically elegant bachelor music

that's why Brad Nelson's a fan.

Yeah they were more MOR-ish ballad rock stuff (a la Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, and a million other bands no one can name from that period.)

You got to ponder how loco the right can get if and when Hillary wins. It is not like you can casually walk back to the negotiations on various issues when you describe your opponent as Lucifer itself or casually state their body language states they are working with 'our' enemies.

there are quite a few people willing to rep for third eye blind on ilm I think

o wow lol http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/magazine/how-donald-trump-picked-his-running-mate.html

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cnz-MHkWAAAyebJ.jpg

It is not like you can casually walk back to the negotiations on various issues

when's the last time congressional republicans negotiated?? they've been insane since the clinton years

yup

"hey Kasich, do you want to do my job while I swan around in Air Force One and smirk"

"donnie i need you to find someone to do the work for me, someone boring, maybe that guys whats his name was at all the debates, have that done by lunch ok"

You got to ponder how loco the right can get if and when Hillary wins. It is not like you can casually walk back to the negotiations on various issues when you describe your opponent as Lucifer itself or casually state their body language states they are working with 'our' enemies.

― earlnash

best possible outcome is that the republicans focus, both before and after the election, in destroying each other in rage rather than attempting to launch some sort of coordinated attack on clinton.

people learn from their experiences. when obama was elected he was genuinely willing to work together with congressional republicans, and has gotten no end of shit from the left over it since. clinton will certainly make the right noises about "bipartisanship" but it will all be lies.

stretch goal for clinton is to get a senate majority. this is going to be important not for the purpose of passing legislation- that's out of the question- but to get her judicial appointments approved. if clinton gets elected the next step for the republicans is going to be to (a) impeach clinton over the email thing and (b) block all judicial appointments going forwards.

that nyt excerpt is a new peak, just incredible

im puking http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/07/20/tiffany_trump_s_sad_vague_rnc_speech.html

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnzyI2YXYAA1bQF.jpg

there are quite a few people willing to rep for third eye blind on ilm I think

third eye blind - semi-charmed life
Taking Sides: Semi-Charmed Life or One Week?
http://beta.ilxor.com/sandbox/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=142&threadid=703
#1 modern rock hits of 1997
Third Eye Blind - s/t
ITS TIME

etc

Some fascinating reports on local NPR the last few days, about how so many Illinois Trump delegates had no idea what they signed up for, what it actually meant to go to Cleveland, and are apparently completely disinterested in anything the state party has to say to them. At the same time, there are a number of high-profile Illinois politicians who skipped the convention altogether, including one of our Senators, our governor, and a whole bunch of other people as well at least on the fence. So you get local Republican people not interested in Trump trying to encourage delegates only interested in Trump into supporting the Republican party at large, but I guess the Trump supporters are not interested in that at all. They just like the big spectacle. Call them t-shirt cannon Republicans. Anyway, perhaps bodes well for the Republicans doing really poorly down ticket, given how many lifelong Republicans don't like Trump and how many new Trump supporters only like Trump.

@_grendan
it is my understanding that Walter Palmer, the killer of Cecil, is at the RNC. if you see him, please contact me

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/technology/twitter-bars-milo-yiannopoulos-in-crackdown-on-abusive-comments.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

lmao i was wondering which thread would get the milo news (haven't check the other usual suspects yet)

public health officials confirm that norovirus is breaking out in the convention center

oh sure a GOVERNMENT QUARANTINE

It's in the Racism and Sexism in Video Games thread too.

god forgive me this schadenfreude

https://www.statnews.com/2016/07/20/norovirus-confirmed-rnc-republican-staff-cleveland/

a swollen orange norvirus

GOP fever - catch it! The enthusiasm is contagious!

"Noroviruses cause violent bursts of vomiting and diarrhea."

Maybe they were all listening to the speeches.

They missed the opportunity to turn the convention into a convention cruise. The only way this could get better is if it was all taking place on a boat.

third eye blind is good!

trumps gonna win

Stoked for Peter thiel tonight!!!

hopefully it will be a 90 minute presentation on seasteading timeshares

https://twitter.com/alivitali/status/755802342067429376

finally worked their way to the obvious decision

isn't Thiel tomorrow night?

Taylor Wofford ‏@taylorjwofford 2m2 minutes ago
Meredith Melver has two ghostwriting credits for Trump books on Amazon but other than that there's no indication she's a real human.

the culpret just some completely unqualified trump hanger on lmao, obvious in retrospect

xp Right. There goes my Wednesday night :-(

update

Taylor Wofford ‏@taylorjwofford 16s17 seconds ago
I guess that's because her name is McIver.

Maybe John Barron transitioned?

Robert Costa ‏@costareports 28s28 seconds ago
I'm told by a Trump adviser that McIver is considered "golden" inside TrumpLand--a discreet loyalist who has ghostwritten for years

Man, cool to think you can be a professional writer with sentences like "I asked to put out this statement because I did not like seeing the way this was distracting from Mr. Trump's historic campaign for president and Melania's beautiful message and presentation."

Seriously, statement reads like it's written by a sophomore intern.