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  • L Lost User

    Donald Trump - Wikipedia[^] I know that Muricans are keen to jump to "regime change" if they don't like a leader, but that might not work domestically :)

    Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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    Forogar
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    Never heard of him. 1. I don't watch the news (only bad things ever happen there). 2. I pay tax but can't vote (so I am uninterested in any elections or results since all US presidents are basically the same, ineffective, over-compromising, money and power oriented people who really can't really wait until they build their library). 3. Someone mentioned a reality show, nothing good ever comes of them!

    - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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      I liked the speech, short and encouraging people to believe in their own abilities. It was "WE are going to do stuff" not "I am doing things". And Go Falcons! I live on the west side of the Atlantic.

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      ZurdoDev
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      :thumbsup:

      There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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        Never heard of him. 1. I don't watch the news (only bad things ever happen there). 2. I pay tax but can't vote (so I am uninterested in any elections or results since all US presidents are basically the same, ineffective, over-compromising, money and power oriented people who really can't really wait until they build their library). 3. Someone mentioned a reality show, nothing good ever comes of them!

        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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        Lost User
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        Forogar wrote:

        1. I don't watch the news (only bad things ever happen there).

        You're on CodeProject. The name has been mentioned, once or twice.

        Forogar wrote:

        2. I pay tax but can't vote

        That doesn't make sense to me.

        Forogar wrote:

        I am uninterested in any elections or results since all US presidents are basically the same, ineffective, over-compromising, money and power oriented people who really can't really wait until they build their library

        I had not expected the word "library" in there.

        Forogar wrote:

        Someone mentioned a reality show, nothing good ever comes of them!

        Contradictions seem to have that effect, yes.

        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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        • L Lost User

          (psst.. might be Trump)

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          RossMW
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          As one of our local newspaper called him The affluent man who talks effluent

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          • L Lost User

            Forogar wrote:

            1. I don't watch the news (only bad things ever happen there).

            You're on CodeProject. The name has been mentioned, once or twice.

            Forogar wrote:

            2. I pay tax but can't vote

            That doesn't make sense to me.

            Forogar wrote:

            I am uninterested in any elections or results since all US presidents are basically the same, ineffective, over-compromising, money and power oriented people who really can't really wait until they build their library

            I had not expected the word "library" in there.

            Forogar wrote:

            Someone mentioned a reality show, nothing good ever comes of them!

            Contradictions seem to have that effect, yes.

            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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            Forogar
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            2. I pay tax but can't vote That doesn't make sense to me.

            If you live and work in the USA utilising a "Green Card", which means you are a legal resident but not a US citizen, you have the obligation of paying taxes but not the privilege of helping to choose the people who will spend those taxes.

            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            • F Forogar

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              2. I pay tax but can't vote That doesn't make sense to me.

              If you live and work in the USA utilising a "Green Card", which means you are a legal resident but not a US citizen, you have the obligation of paying taxes but not the privilege of helping to choose the people who will spend those taxes.

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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              Lost User
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              Thanks for the explanation :) What do they do when you get a red card?

              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                Thanks for the explanation :) What do they do when you get a red card?

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                Lost User
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                In the days past, when I still carried a green card, the color of the card was actually pink - tending towards red! :omg:

                Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                • F Forogar

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                  2. I pay tax but can't vote That doesn't make sense to me.

                  If you live and work in the USA utilising a "Green Card", which means you are a legal resident but not a US citizen, you have the obligation of paying taxes but not the privilege of helping to choose the people who will spend those taxes.

                  - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                  ZurdoDev
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                  Forogar wrote:

                  privilege of helping to choose the people

                  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Good one.

                  There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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                  • T Tim Carmichael

                    A new era has started; work towards what is good.

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                    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                    I hope for good things...

                    #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                    • T Tim Carmichael

                      A new era has started; work towards what is good.

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                      Chris Losinger
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                      fuck that guy

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                      • T Tim Carmichael

                        A new era has started; work towards what is good.

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                        David ONeil
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                        Actually, continue working towards what is good. :)

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                        • C Chris Losinger

                          fuck that guy

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                          jeron1
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                          f**k all them guys.

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                          • T Tim Carmichael

                            A new era has started; work towards what is good.

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                            Equal rights history has been made - the first severely mentally retarded President of the USA

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                              Forogar wrote:

                              1. I don't watch the news (only bad things ever happen there).

                              You're on CodeProject. The name has been mentioned, once or twice.

                              Forogar wrote:

                              2. I pay tax but can't vote

                              That doesn't make sense to me.

                              Forogar wrote:

                              I am uninterested in any elections or results since all US presidents are basically the same, ineffective, over-compromising, money and power oriented people who really can't really wait until they build their library

                              I had not expected the word "library" in there.

                              Forogar wrote:

                              Someone mentioned a reality show, nothing good ever comes of them!

                              Contradictions seem to have that effect, yes.

                              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                              Mark_Wallace
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                              Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                              The name has been mentioned, once or twice

                              It's a euphemism for "f@rt", in the UK, and with this being the soapbox...

                              Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                              That doesn't make sense to me.

                              It happens a lot. You should travel more.

                              Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                              I had not expected the word "library" in there.

                              Presidential libraries are a way of channelling billions of tax money into building "repositories" that become revenue streams for past presidents -- i.e. yet another way of stealing from the poor to feed the rich.

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              • M Mark_Wallace

                                Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                                The name has been mentioned, once or twice

                                It's a euphemism for "f@rt", in the UK, and with this being the soapbox...

                                Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                                That doesn't make sense to me.

                                It happens a lot. You should travel more.

                                Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                                I had not expected the word "library" in there.

                                Presidential libraries are a way of channelling billions of tax money into building "repositories" that become revenue streams for past presidents -- i.e. yet another way of stealing from the poor to feed the rich.

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                Lost User
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                                Mark_Wallace wrote:

                                It happens a lot. You should travel more.

                                True, happens a lot that something doesn't make sense to me. Travelling is expensive and time-consuming though.

                                Mark_Wallace wrote:

                                Presidential libraries are a way of channelling billions of tax money into building "repositories" that become revenue streams for past presidents -- i.e. yet another way of stealing from the poor to feed the rich.

                                That makes more sense, yes. I was thinking about large buildings with books, and long lines of Americans in front of them :cool:

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                                • L Lost User

                                  Mark_Wallace wrote:

                                  It happens a lot. You should travel more.

                                  True, happens a lot that something doesn't make sense to me. Travelling is expensive and time-consuming though.

                                  Mark_Wallace wrote:

                                  Presidential libraries are a way of channelling billions of tax money into building "repositories" that become revenue streams for past presidents -- i.e. yet another way of stealing from the poor to feed the rich.

                                  That makes more sense, yes. I was thinking about large buildings with books, and long lines of Americans in front of them :cool:

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                                  Jorgen Andersson
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                                  I don't know, just because you understand something doesn't mean it makes sense.

                                  Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                                  • T Tim Carmichael

                                    A new era has started; work towards what is good.

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                                    GuyThiebaut
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                                    I listened to most of his inaugural and I didn't really hear anything. What I mean is that I heard phrases like "we will rebuild America", "we will fight crime"(these are not direct quotes as I can't be bothered to go get any at the moment) - I was left thinking, what did he say and why was everyone cheering so much? That said - I don't think Clinton really said any more than that in her campaign. I just hope that the years of war that the US and Blighty, the US's pet poodle, have been involved in will come to an end so that tax payers' money can be invested into creating houses and jobs rather than destroying them in far off lands.

                                    “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                                    ― Christopher Hitchens

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                                    • E effayqueue

                                      Equal rights history has been made - the first severely mentally retarded President of the USA

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                                      Daniel Pfeffer
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                                      You Liberals really should get your stories straight. I seem to recall Liberals claiming that George W. Bush was the first severely retarded President, and before him - it was Ronald Reagan. Could it possibly be that Liberals are so unaccepting of diversity as to believe that anyone who is not one of their anointed has to be "retarded"? Who'lda thunk it? :omg:

                                      If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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                                      • J Jorgen Andersson

                                        I don't know, just because you understand something doesn't mean it makes sense.

                                        Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        But the other side of that coin is that if you don't understand women, then maybe they make sense!

                                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                        • L Lost User

                                          Thanks for the explanation :) What do they do when you get a red card?

                                          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                                          Mark_Wallace
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                                          That means that you can't vote in the next match.

                                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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