President Donald Trump

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

Actually, Clinton was overly-prosecuted by the head of the FBI, because he knew that she would fire him if she became president.Clinton was cleared of all charges despite this overly aggressive investigation.


Like how all of these Email leaks suddenly appeared out of the blue?

"Overly-prosecuted"? As opposed to what? Underly-prosecuted?

Cry me a river. Maybe if she HADN'T tried to secretly break the law, she wouldn't have been "overly-prosecuted."

I still find it hard to believe that Hillary's supporters refuse to acknowledge her wrong-doing. I guess ignorance is bliss.

 

[Guy]

"Overly-prosecuted"? As opposed to what? Underly-prosecuted?

Cry me a river. Maybe if she HADN'T tried to secretly break the law, she wouldn't have been "overly-prosecuted."

"Overly prosecuted" because Clinton was already cleared of her charges months ago, but then the head of the FBI re-opened the investigation anyway. And then, a few days ago, Clinton was cleared of all charges. Again.

But of course, the electoral damage was already done.

I still find it hard to believe that Hillary's supporters refuse to acknowledge her wrong-doing. I guess ignorance is bliss.

I'm sorry, do you want me to acknowledge a thing that doesn't exist? Clinton was cleared.
 

Nothing like Trump to make us agree on something...

We're like Captain America and Iron Man, arguing all the time but uniting against the bigger threat!

I may be a huge dork.


Does that mean that Donald Trump is Loki, though?

 

[Carrie Hopewell]

We're like Captain America and Iron Man, arguing all the time but uniting against the bigger threat!

Can I be Iron Man in that case? Robert Downey Jr.'s hot (not that I'm hot) and he's an engineer and he doesn't wear a ridiculous suit like Captain America does. Also, I haven't seen the Captain America movies.

I may be a huge dork.

It's possible 😉 You out-dork me and I'm the aerospace engineer student.

Does that mean that Donald Trump is Loki, though?

Lol. I think Trump's more evil and less charming.

 

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

 

[Guy]

Can I be Iron Man in that case? Robert Downey Jr.'s hot (not that I'm hot) and he's an engineer and he doesn't wear a ridiculous suit like Captain America does. Also, I haven't seen the Captain America movies.

Iron Man is my favorite, but I'll allow it.😉

And you should watch the Captain America movies too! They're great! The third Cap film might be my favorite of all the Marvel films. And it has Iron Man too.

It's possible 😉 You out-dork me and I'm the aerospace engineer student.

Lol. I think Trump's more evil and less charming.

Also his hair is much worse.

 

[Carrie Hopewell]

@Anyanka Bunny Killer: Benghazi and Whitewater didn't exist? Wow. I didn't know that!

I'm pretty sure this is meant for @Guy.

@GwenRaiden You know me so well 🙂 Why did you assume I'be be Iron Man? Because of the engineering thing?

Also his hair is much worse.

Much, much, much worse...

Also, how do you quote karma like that?

 

[GwenRaiden]

Why did you assume I'be be Iron Man? Because of the engineering thing?

I wish my assumption was as inspired as the engineering thing, more because of the gif of you (Iron Man) pushing Captain America (@Guy) away. It seemed fitting.

 

[Carrie Hopewell]

I wish my assumption was as inspired as the engineering thing, more because of the gif of you (Iron Man) pushing Captain America (@Guy) away. It seemed fitting.

Oh my god. That's hilarious 😀 And your answer just confused me further! Why would I be the one pushing Guy away?! I'm nice! And a pacifist! Lol.

 

[GwenRaiden]

Why would I be the one pushing Guy away?! I'm nice! And a pacifist! Lol.

It looks like Captain America is saying "C'mon, let's talk this through, Spuffy isn't THAT bad" and you're like "get your FILTHY hands off me, I'm a BANGEL".

I'm over-thinking this, I think.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

So America has become another member in that very small club that has a First Lady who has appeared naked on a magazine cover. I wonder if American attitudes will alter with all them thick black lines over women's nipples or are some double standards going to exist.
And that other favourite, will Trump actually build a wall on the Mexican border?


What do the Avengers and the Scooby's have in common? There is a cutie with red hair!

 

[Carrie Hopewell]

It looks like Captain America is saying "C'mon, let's talk this through, Spuffy isn't THAT bad" and you're like "get your FILTHY hands off me, I'm a BANGEL".

I'm over-thinking this, I think.

LOL. You've convinced me! I would totally do that! Still laughing.

What you said is the exact opposite of this:

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[Guy]

Also, how do you quote karma like that?

I just copy and paste it. And if I want it to say that it's a quote by someone (you know, the "Carrie Hopewell said" thing), then I reply to a regular comment that you wrote before, and replace the content of that quote with the content of the Karma. Does that make sense?

I wish my assumption was as inspired as the engineering thing, more because of the gif of you (Iron Man) pushing Captain America (@Guy) away. It seemed fitting.

I resent that! 😡 Are you implying that I just go around grabbing people all willy nilly?

It looks like Captain America is saying "C'mon, let's talk this through, Spuffy isn't THAT bad" and you're like "get your FILTHY hands off me, I'm a BANGEL".

I'm over-thinking this, I think.

Okay, I forgive you, this was legit hilarious.😀

 

[Carrie Hopewell]

I just copy and paste it. And if I want it to say that it's a quote by someone (you know, the "Carrie Hopewell said" thing), then I reply to a regular comment that you wrote before, and replace the content of that quote with the content of the Karma. Does that make sense?

Makes total sense. That's along the lines of what I was thinking. Smart.

I resent that! 😡 Are you implying that I just go around grabbing people all willy nilly?

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Well, I was the one pushing you away like a toddler. I should be more offended!

 

[Skanky Vamp]

@OccaQuokka I am not really in favor of legalization for recreational use as I think there will be a big problem with impaired driving, but if it is legalized then by all means I will fully support racking in the money it can produce. I think they need to focus more on hemp production as well. Hemp is amazing.
 
This is a really good article from Cracked.

Don't panic. Or rather, don't keep panicking for too long.

We tend to have a fairly left-leaning readership here at Cracked, just for demographic reasons (lots of college kids and such). So a lot of you reading this are outraged, sad, disgusted, terrified, and/or physically ill right now. Lots of you also use the stuff I write to feel better about the world, so let me give it my best shot.

First, understand that the opposite of panic is not blithe acceptance of the situation -- it's clear-minded, positive, day-to-day action. Panic makes you do stupid shit or, even worse, curl up into a ball and do nothing. Don't tell me you have reason to panic. You never have reason to panic. You have reason to act.

So yeah, be upset for as long as you want. Get drunk. Do whatever you have to do. After that, I want you to sober up, splash water on your face, and consider some facts:

Gay marriage has overwhelming support nationwide -- 55 percent to 37 percent against.

Legal abortion is favored by 56 percent, with 41 percent opposed.

The vast majority of the population supports background checks for gun buyers -- up to 90 percent in some polls.

A majority of Americans support some kind of universal health care, 58 percent to 37 percent.

64 percent of Americans are worried about global warming. Only 36 percent are not.

And -- get this -- Americans overwhelmingly agree that immigration helps the country more than it hurts, by a 59 percent to 33 percent margin.

Okay?

Your country didn't go anywhere. It's right here where you left it. America is nothing more than a big ol' collection of people, and those people are more diverse and progressive than they have ever been. That train won't be stopped. Donald Trump's supporters are by and large an aging and shrinking demographic. We didn't see the backlash coming, but that's on us -- a look at our history would have taught us to expect it.

In light of that, there are a few things to understand going forward.

1. You still have tremendous power, if you are willing to exercise it.
If Trump strides into office and decides he wants to undo 50 years of social progress, he will hear about it from a majority who disagrees, many of whom do in fact have quite a bit of influence. So will the members of Congress, who have to sign off on whatever he wants to pass. Trump was elected for a bunch of different reasons that may never be replicated, but that doesn't change the fact that most of the country is still on your side.

Midterm elections are just two years away. Someone who needs your assistance because they're suffering under Trump's policies is probably much closer. Unite. Act.

2. Half of America did not, in fact, just reveal themselves to be closet Nazis.
My family back home aren't Nazis. Neither are their neighbors. This is the last thing many of you want to hear at the moment, and that's fine -- feel free to bookmark this and read it a few months from now. But you can see the numbers for yourself, if you go issue by issue. Shit, at least three Trump states just voted to legalize marijuana, maybe more by time you read this. This is not your grandfather's GOP. This is something different.

The truth is, most of Trump's voters voted for him despite the fact that he said/believes awful things, not because of it. That in no way excuses it, but I have to admit I've spent eight years quietly tuning out news stories about drone strikes blowing up weddings in Afghanistan. I still couldn't point to Yemen on a map. We form blind spots for our side, because there's something larger at stake. In their case, it's a belief that the system is fundamentally broken and that Hillary Clinton would have been more of the same. Trump rode a wave of support from people who've spent the last eight years watching terrifying nightly news reports about ISIS and mass shootings and riots. They look out their front door and see painkiller addicts and closed factories. They believe that nobody in Washington gives a shit about them, mainly because that's 100-percent correct.

That pressure was building and building all around us, and we kept ignoring it. We media types were baffled when Trump won his first primary, and then his second, and then his third. We desperately tried to figure out how the system had failed. We were bemused when he won the nomination, then when he continued to hang around in the polls, we had approximately the same reaction one would have to seeing an invisible dagger floating across the room, aimed right at our ****ing face. "How is this happening?!?"

Stop being baffled. Understand why it happened. Do the opposite of panic. Work through the problem.

3. The internet lets us live in social bubbles that blind us to what's really happening.
"How can he keep winning when 100 percent of the comedians and smart commentators have nothing but derision for him? How can he keep finding voters when everyone on my Twitter feed thinks he's a monster?" Well, we can stop being confused. That invisible hand on the dagger belonged to a forgotten entity called "Most of America."

That sick feeling some of you have right now? They've had that for the last eight years. Call them racists, if you want -- some of them definitely are -- but mostly they're regular people who want jobs, security, and safety. Part of that bubble effect is that we're often shielded from "the other side" just enough that only the loudest, craziest assholes leak through. Some of you never had a single polite conversation with a Trump supporter, but did hear about hate crimes and the baffling Reddit spammers and Breitbart bigots. You didn't think Trump would win because you didn't think half the country could be crazy assholes.

Well, I've got good news: You were right. If you focus on the racism and ignore the economic anxiety, you're intentionally blinding yourself to much of the problem. It doesn't matter how much you hate them; their concerns must be heard and addressed or else this will happen again. Or, as someone on Twitter put it, "I'm begging liberal Democrats to discover a tactic other than wealthy celebrities mugging in a camera about how dumb the GOP is."

They don't need your sympathy, they don't need your think pieces. They need ****ing jobs. They need to feel like they're not getting left behind and they need to not actually get left behind. The system needs to change, and only one candidate promised them it would. If he fails, they'll turn against him too. Watch.

4. What Trump's supporters just did, you can do.
Bad things are absolutely going to happen over the next few years. There will be outrages and disasters. That means people will need your help and you do not have the option of sitting it out. Just know that none of this is unprecedented -- you're just seeing it for the first time, many of you too young to have been paying attention pre-Obama. The old guys who wept with joy when Obama took office did it because they knew that getting there had been a long, brutal road, full of pitfalls and harrowing detours around mountains of bullshit. They saw the Civil Rights Movement bloom in the 1960s, only to run smack into the Reagan years. They pressed on and saw the tide turn.

But only because they acted. In each gut-wrenching setback, they saw opportunity.

And there is opportunity here. You'll see. Trump ran against the most well-funded, well-organized political machine in the history of national politics, with 90 percent of the media and celebrities standing against him. All of the systems that are supposed to make sure one side wins failed. He smashed a billion-dollar political machine to pieces.

Good. I'm glad we can have elections where the prize doesn't go to the side with the slickest ads, biggest names, and deepest pockets. So be it. Next time, that groundswell movement against the powers that be can be coming from your side. I personally believe it will, that this will be remembered as the dying last gasp of the worst part of America, one final stand against the bigotry and ignorance that has plagued us since the day we decided to build this nation on the backs of slaves.

But it won't happen on its own. Nothing good ever does. Some of you wake up every day feeling like you have no purpose in life, I got news for you! The future is waiting to see what we do next. Let's get to it.

 

[November]

I find this whole thing greatly amusing. The media was covering it here yesterday and they were all in shock, lost for words, backtracking and fear mongering.

It doesnt seem a reason to be scared, maybe a wake up call to the Bernie supporters that the world isnt hugs and puppies and Trump is real about it. A way for the 'everyday man' to show his power to the establishment.

He seemed to get the religious vote - is this because of the party he represents?

@OccaQuokka I am not really in favor of legalization for recreational use as I think there will be a big problem with impaired driving, but if it is legalized then by all means I will fully support racking in the money it can produce. I think they need to focus more on hemp production as well. Hemp is amazing.

There is already a big problem with impaired driving. Driving tired, being distracted by phones and GPS, under the influence of caffeine or prescription medications, roadside advertising, the list goes on. Where I am the meth use has overtaken every other drug because it is the most readily available - now THAT is scary.

Hemp IS amazing. Heaps of uses and cant wait to see whats in store for the future.

 

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

 

[Washburne]

If you wanted him to win, congrats. Now lets hope I'm dead wrong about him.

Edit: People will never see eye to eye on how a great president should be. Some think Obama has been the best american president in a long time while others think he's been awful. Why should it be different with Trump.

 

[vellavu]

 

[The Bronze]

He seemed to get the religious vote - is this because of the party he represents?

It is quite amusing to see some people on the news claiming Trump as Gods choice. God must have updated his rule book a little:

• Respect the sanctity of marriage*
• Love thy neighbour**
• Don't gamble***

*No matter how many you have
**Unless they're Mexican, Muslim etc.
***But open as many casinos as you care to

 

[Ethan Reigns]