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Yavin4

Yavin4's Journal
Yavin4's Journal
October 23, 2016

My confession: This is what I say often in my locker room.

"What?! This f**king scale is broken. How can I have gained two pounds!?! I go every day!!!""

October 22, 2016

Beginning to think that rank and file Republicans really don't want the presidency

If you look at polls today, Republicans would still choose Trump and/or Pence in 2020. Which leads me to believe that the Republican base really doesn't want a candidate that can appeal to anyone other than them, and they're okay with that. They're okay with winning enough elections on various other levels, congressional seats, governorships, state legislatures, etc. where they can either thwart the Democratic president and enact their policies on a state level, e.g. restrictions on reproductive rights, concealed carry, etc.

While Democratic candidates work to represent all Americans and their various levels of interests, Republicans want their candidates to appeal to them and only them. It's Representative Democracy vs. Advocacy Democracy.

October 21, 2016

What the hell happened??

Can't watch the damn NLCS without Trump doing some bullshit. What did he say now?

October 20, 2016

When the Chicago Cubs last won the WS, there were only 46 states in the union

Alaska and Hawaii are the obvious ones. What were the other two states?

October 20, 2016

Chris Wallace is favoring right wing hot button issues off the top

What's next questions about the War on Christmas?

October 20, 2016

You're welcome, Cleveland. From a Yankees fan

We gave you Andrew Miller.

October 18, 2016

Trump is not another Hitler. He's another Caligula

Philo of Alexandria and Seneca the Younger describe Caligula as an insane emperor who was self-absorbed, angry, killed on a whim, and indulged in too much spending and sex. He is accused of sleeping with other men's wives and bragging about it,[[99] killing for mere amusement,[100] deliberately wasting money on his bridge, causing starvation, and wanting a statue of himself erected in the Temple of Jerusalem for his worship.[95] Once, at some games at which he was presiding, he ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena during intermission to be eaten by animals because there were no criminals to be prosecuted and he was bored.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula

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