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I've been studying the history of American conservatism full time since 1997-almost 20 years now. I've read almost every major book on the subject. I thought I knew what I was talking about. Then along comes Donald Trump to scramble the whole goddamned script.

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April 15, 2016
What is YOUR Trumpian fate?

This is kind of fun, and it takes only seconds to get your highly personalized score.

My score, as you can see below, is 631 — I'm a "very bad person" in Trumpworld, but not as bad as those poor bastards in the 300-619 range. I shudder to think what vile manner of subhuman lies below 300.

On the upside, I'm slated to become ambassador to Mexico.
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82_28 » Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:10 pm wrote:
And also why would he even refer to 7-Eleven since I am sure he has never been in one? (unless he wasn't in on it).

Totally take that idea with uuuuge grains of salt. Just an idea. . .

MacCruiskeen » Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:44 am wrote:

82_28 » Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:10 pm wrote:
And also why would he even refer to 7-Eleven since I am sure he has never been in one? (unless he wasn't in on it).

Totally take that idea with uuuuge grains of salt. Just an idea. . .

No no, I thought exactly the same thing myself. After all, saying "7-Eleven" when you mean "9/11" is hardly a natural mistake for anyone* to make (it`s not even a "Freudian" slip). It`s even further from natural for a New Yorker, especially for a billionaire New Yorker, and most especially for a billionaire New Yorker making a fucking Presidential campaign speech in NYC.

I think he said it for a bet, or a dare. Seriously. He did it as a childish prank, just to see if he could get away with it. It`s the kind of thing that passes for wit in the exalted circles he moves in.

*Americans, have any of you ever heard anyone do that?

WATCH: Hidden Cameras Show Trump Workers in Dubai Toil and Live in Filthy, Awful Conditions
VICE spoke with laborers who are being barely paid and living in ways not "fit for human beings."
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet April 21, 2016


Dubai has a pretty abysmal record on labor rights. Yet according to VICE correspondent Ben Anderson, even by “the unbelievably low standards of Dubai,” the workers building the Trump International Golf Club are subject to some of the worst conditions of all. They’re housed two hours from the city, in a desert location “in the middle of nowhere.” One worker tells Anderson his salary is just $231 a month, and the on-premises bathroom—which serves 150 laborers—“doesn’t look fit for human beings” and “smells of sewage.” When asked if they would prefer to be at home, in Pakistan, the workers inform Anderson that their passports have been taken by the company, so return is impossible.

One laborer—one of the 5 million foreign migrants in the country—tells Anderson he came to Dubai because he was told he’d be given “a salary of $3 per hour, a room, gas” and reasonable shifts. He claims he and others received none of those things, and toil for a measly $1.50 per hour.

The Daily Beast notes that the “project has Trump's licensed brand name attached to it but is not being built directly by Trump's company.” But while Trump refused to be interviewed for the piece, his company issued a statement saying “Trump has a zero tolerance policy for unlawful labor practices at any project bearing the ‘Trump’ name.”



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBI0jTyZ2xw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCj09qtItH0

Poll: Trump reaches 50 percent support nationally for the first time

Donald Trump has reached 50 percent support from Republicans and Republican-leaners nationally for the first time since the beginning of the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll in late December. This milestone is significant as the 2016 primary heads into its final few weeks of contests, as there has been intense speculation that Trump's support has a ceiling.