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[MetalSlimeHunt]

The DRC is one of the more powerful nations in Africa, so...

[PyroDesu]

Hate to add to the derail, but if anyone on here ever does take over a country, I would make an excellent strategist and social affairs adviser.

And no, not the kind of adviser that stabs you in the back.

[kaijyuu]

And no, not the kind of adviser that stabs you in the back.

*squints*

I'm not convinced. If you're so loyal, bring me a sandwich.

[PyroDesu]

And no, not the kind of adviser that stabs you in the back.

*squints*

I'm not convinced. If you're so loyal, bring me a sandwich.

Nor would I be a butler. Because, as everyone knows, the butler did it, with the candlestick, in the lounge.

[mainiac]

Here I thought we would start in the Congo, because it's so much more profitable. And less piratey.

Is there any profit to be found there?  I think Leopold II already exhausted the countries natural supply of dismembered hands.

You should have me as economic adviser.  I'll tell you when your ideas will bankrupt you.  (hint: always)

[Lord Shonus]

I think your subconscious is underestimating what it would take to do a hostile takeover of all of Africa. NATO would have an extremely hard time with that, much less a mercenary army.

Somalia is fairly doable because no one runs it right now anyway. You've got the UN in Mogadishu, weak and fractured democratic factions in the north; brutal yet opposed Islamist warlords in the south. There's probably some marginalized Marxists in there somewhere too. An outside force unconcerned with peace or civilian casualties could destroy them all.

If it were practical, I'd already have done it.

[Mego]

I caught a clip of the speech by Mia Love at the RNC.

"President Obama has created a divided country, pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender and social status."

Do these people listen to themselves?

[darkrider2]

I caught a clip of the speech by Mia Love at the RNC.

"President Obama has created a divided country, pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender and social status."

Do these people listen to themselves?

Oh they believe every word of it.

And the ones who don't are being paid too much to think otherwise.

/americanpolotics

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I love how Paul Ryan said nothing specific about his own stances while continuing to perpetuate the whole 'raiding medicare' bit being trounced around by all fact-ignoring Reds.

I don't understand what the hell is wrong with this Republican ticket.

[PyroDesu]

I love how they keep shooting themselves repeatedly in the foot...

Or have they gone a bit higher and started kneecapping themselves yet?

[mainiac]

I don't understand what the hell is wrong with this Republican ticket.

I'm all for honesty but political fact checkers are worse then worthless.  They just add another layer of unaccountable opinion mongering onto the media.  Politifact in particular is worthless as they named as their "Lie of the Year" for 2011 a statement that was true!  In a world of socialist anti-colonial Kenyan manchurian candidates they decided that the statement:

"Republicans voted to end medicare"

was Lie of the Year while by the Politifact editors said that something to this effect would be true:

"Republicans voted to end the federal guarantee of healthcare after retirement for people who are currently younger then 55."

Thus they decided that in the world of lies we inhabit the most important thing was using semantic distinctions to argue against brevity and clarity.

So yes for once in my life I agree with Romney about something.  Campaigns should feel free to ignore political fact checkers until those fact checkers are actually worth paying attention to.  Luckily, when you agree with Romney, you don't agree with him for very long.

[Newbunkle]

I caught a clip of the speech by Mia Love at the RNC.

"President Obama has created a divided country, pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender and social status."

Do these people listen to themselves?

Smells like the just-world fallacy again. They've convinced themselves that everything is simple, ordered, and exactly as it should be. It's the poor's fault they're poor, and the rich's fault they're rich. Any attempt to interfere is simply an attack on the hard-working for the benefit of the useless. They'll turn a blind eye to the injustice around them because they want to believe it doesn't exist - it helps them deal with their insecurities. The claim that the division is caused by those trying to deal with inequality and injustice is due to their brain trying to rationalise events to fit into their magical world of fairness and sparkles.

[Scoops Novel]

Come on, i thought we'd already decided on the space program long since. Though i admit it would be fascinating to see every leaders faces if Bay12 actually ruled a country. Any chance of those links?

[palsch]

Fox News contributor on Ryan's speech.

[Sheb]

When I was halfway through, I had to go back to the top of the page to make sure I was actually on Fox News. Eh, even them got intellectually honest journalists apparently.