The Eeeeew

[Mongrel]

Not-incidentally, the woman behind the court challenge to Brexit is getting no small amount of hate.

(via Globe & Mail)

[Friday]

The President of the United States is a serial sexual molester, and I mean, not even a meme one on a message board or anything. He's my IRC character in real life. If you don't think you can do better than my IRC character, you've got a serious clinical case of self-loathing going on.

This isn't a dig at anyone in particular (or a dig at all, really) but

I remember back in November? when I made an offhand comment in #ff that "anyone here, in the channel, would make a better president than Trump" and some people hemmed and hawed about it like "i'm not sure i'd be that great"

it was at that moment that I realized just how much people are really unsure of themselves, because jesus christ

Here, let me put it another way:

If I was given a magic wand that would magically change the president to a random active poster on these boards excluding myself, I would immediately wave that shit so hard my arm would snap off.

I mean as is. I don't mean "after a year of prep of political course, history, etc"

Just you, as you exist now. Dumped directly into the situation room with a possible nuclear strike bearing down on us. 100% better than Trump.

[Brentai]

excluding myself

Wait a minute...

[zaratustra]

Now I'm picturing Guild explaining why Russia's hacking of the DNC servers means they are actually werewolves

[Mongrel]

Vote: scum.

[Friday]

excluding myself

Wait a minute...

Well, I mean, I think I would also make a better president than Trump. I was just excluding myself to make the point that it doesn't have to be a personal thing. I don't think I'd make the best president out of everyone here, but my point was anyone here is better than Trump.

Now I'm picturing Guild

CURRENT ACTIVE POSTERS AT THE TIME OF THIS POST ONLY

I mean, I'm not sure. Cassius might actually be better.

[Defenestration]

If I was given a magic wand that would magically change the president to a random active poster on these boards excluding myself, I would immediately wave that shit so hard my arm would snap off.

Guild

Edit: Damn, beaten to it

[Yoji]

I was just thinking about Gary Johnson's "What is Aleppo?" moment the other day. I'm not sure how many of us can find Aleppo on a map, but I think most of us know that Aleppo is the site of a human rights disaster and not a new type of Pokemon.

I'm pretty sure our understanding that nukes are bad thanks to collective Metal Gear fandom puts us head and shoulders above The Bastard and his fascination with them.

Hell, anyone who can lead a raid or DM a D&D campaign could probably be a better president as-is. Yes, even you there, hammy-Jedi-roleplayer-with-the-bad-British-accent-and-everything.

[Mongrel]

I mean, I'm not sure these dots actually connect that cleanly or easily since that would mean 4chan controls the internet (okay maybe that's arguably possible, lol wait...), but drawing attention to this sort of fellow-travelling is still important.

[Thad]

Latest polls show Marcon up by 20 points. I'm not taking anything for granted, but it may be worth pointing out that the polls before Brexit and Trump were off by about 5 points and that's considered a massive polling error. And, not for nothin', French polls have been extremely accurate as recently as two weeks ago.

Again, nothing for granted. And hey, France, PLEASE get your asses out and vote.

But I'd sure like to see the tide turn, please, and a twenty-point rebuke to a fucking fascist would do ever so nicely.

[Cait]

Turns out "4chan" gave Wikileaks a bunch of hacked e-mails from Macron right before the election. How inconceivable.

[Thad]

What I'm reading in the Post is that even Wikileaks is saying "Hey, a lot of this shit looks fake."

[Yoji]

I don't want to jinx it, but Macron is leading Le Pen by 25 points with 61% reporting.

Here's hoping they say non, merci to fascism, but that bit about voting for dinner still comes to mind:

You're trying to decide on dinner, so you put it to a vote. Three people vote for pizza,
and two vote to kill you and eat you. Sure, pizza won the day, but those other two guys are still there.

[Mongrel]

Applaudir, SVP

[Thad]

I don't want to jinx it, but Macron is leading Le Pen by 25 points with 61% reporting.

Washington Post currently says 30 points.

Point taken about 35% of the population voting "kill and eat you"; 35% is a fuck of a lot from that perspective. But it's also "UFOs exist" territory. It's a larger-than-comfortable fringe, but it's still a fringe.

[Mongrel]

Let the salt flow:

[Mothra]

Applaudir, SVP

JEB JEB JEB JEB

[Mongrel]

The Guardian has a new longform piece on Cambridge Analytica

This is Britain in 2017. A Britain that increasingly looks like a “managed” democracy. Paid for by a US billionaire. Using military-style technology. Delivered by Facebook. And enabled by us.

No time to read it just yet, will edit this post with any thoughts later if it's worth commenting.

[Mongrel]

Looks like Britain's headed for a minority government and a hung parliament.

[Mongrel]

Alternately,