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Wait, we needed a study to realize that we influenced other species?

But does the toast always land butter side down?

THE WORLD MUST KNOW!

Jassik is full of racial slurs today.

Uncle Tom, Bubba.

What's next?

Good thing the racism rule was abolished a while back ago, otherwise Jassik would be in trouble...

Bubba is a racial slur? lol

No ***? I'm calling shenanigans on Bubba being a racial slur.

It's an insult or a smartass way of saying bro, implying someones a rapist or stupid but a racial slur? Nah.

"Breaux" would obviously the more tasteful choice. This is a Trump thread for pancakes' sake! Get classy, losers!

Racial slurs aren't against just black people there....

I think he intended it racist because it's the name of the black friend of Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.

Maybe.

So, this article I'm reading says polls give Trump at 30%, with Carson at 18% and Bush at lol8%.

Are you guys(reps)so sure that you got a chance..? lol

I'm the one who used it, and that's not how I intended it

Oh I know, I was just trying to find the reasoning of it having a racial connotation..

Bubba is a snark nickname like "slugger" or "kiddo".

Those are snark nicknames?

Wait, we needed a study to realize that we influenced other species?

I thought the domestication of animals, extinction of quite a few, destruction of ecosystems, pollution, and overall ruling over all would be evidence enough.

Why did we need a study about that? It's like having a study that cats land on their feet, or that literacy helps improve your chances of being employed, or alcohol more likely leads to unprotected sex....oh shi...

Donald Trump is an absolute PR wizard.

He proved that again Thursday with a carefully orchestrated news conference at Trump Tower -- of course -- at which he announced that he had decided not to run as an independent if he comes up short in his pursuit of the Republican nomination.

Consider the following:

1. Trump was able to tout that the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, had come to him in New York City.

2. Priebus was not at the actual press conference, leaving Trump the stage to himself.

3. Trump was able to hold the pledge -- he did it several times to make sure the cameras captured it -- and tout that he was committed to the Republican party and Republican principles.

4. The pledge is a non-binding document that Trump can ignore if (or when?) he chooses.

5. Trump got 30 minutes in front of every TV camera and major print and digital reporter in the country to hit his talking points, bash Jeb Bush, and talk about how "Kanye loves Trump." (Yes, that really happened.)

In virtually every possible way, then, this was a major win for Trump. It tamps down what was becoming an increasingly tough issue for him to handle that would have been front and center at the next debate Sept. 16 -- while also making him look as strong as possible.

Trump also sets himself up as judge, jury and executioner when it comes to his oft-stated insistence that he just wants "to be treated like everyone else" by the national Republican party. Because "fair" -- especially when it comes to Trump -- is very much in the eye of the beholder, who's to say when and if his pledge becomes

The Trump phenomenon remains the most compelling storyline in politics since a young U.S. senator named Barack Obama emerged onto the national political scene. Trump may not ultimately have the staying power of Obama but he knows how to entertain -- and is doing it better than anyone else out there right now.

Donald Trump just made a big concession to the establishment that he’s spent his campaign shadowboxing.

The undisputed Republican frontrunner on Tuesday privately signed and then publicly presented a “loyalty pledge” that commits him to backing the GOP presidential nominee, even if that’s somebody else. More significantly, the contract binds Trump from launching an independent bid should his pursuit of the Republican nod fall short.

“I have signed the pledge,” Trump told a capacity crowd of media and onlookers at his Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan. He then held up the signed document and added he “will be totally pledging my allegiance to the Republican party and the conservative principles for which it stands.” Trump appeared before the cameras after concluding a closed-door tete-a-tete with Reince Preibus, the Republican National Committee chairman, who’d traveled to New York for the purpose.

The decision marks an about-face for Trump, who opened the first Republican presidential debate last month by refusing an invitation from the Fox News moderators to rule out a third-party run. “I’m talking about a lot of leverage,” he said at the time, meaning that the threat he could bolt would keep Republican party bosses in hock to him rather than the other way around.

Explaining what’s changed in less than a month since, Trump on Tuesday pointed to his position in the polls. The latest, a Monmouth University survey released Thursday, showed him reaching a record-high 30% support nationally, a 7% increase over his position in the same poll when it was conducted before the Republican debate.

Trump said he hadn’t redeemed his “leverage” for anything in return for his pledge —except a guarantee from Preibus that the official party apparatus will continue to treat him fairly. Arguably, Trump didn’t sacrifice much by signing, since mounting an independent run would prove an expensive and organizationally vexing challenge at this point. And it’s hardly clear what power the RNC has to enforce the document if Trump decided he wanted to anyway.

On the flip side, by affirming his loyalty, Trump inoculates himself — to a degree — from the attack that he’s nothing more than an opportunist using the party to promote himself. That critique has been voiced most loudly by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and the former frontrunner showed Thursday afternoon he won’t be abandoning it. He tweeted his own version of the pledge, making clear his voting record has been ruby-red since 1972, an thinly-veiled shot at Trump’s liberal past.

Studies show, touching your nose a lot is a sign of dishonesty. Watching Jeb go on about healthcare that's all I noticed.

Studies also show that touching your nose a lot is the sign of a itchy and/or runny nose.

Seriously Jassik, I don't like Jeb Bush either, but as someone who complains a lot about Republicans inventing stupid things to complain about when it comes to Democrats, you should take your own advice and pick something a little more substantive to complain about than toupee choice and nose scratching.

I think he is back on the cocaine for his low energy problem.