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Alhazred posted:There's so many other pics about 22. july and they chose the one depicting that rear end in a top hat?  ^ Russia
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Volkerball posted:The vast majority of soldiers were disenfranchised with their leadership, be it politically or militarily. The reason they stay there is because they don't want to let the guy next to them down, for economic reasons, or *gasp* because the people we're fighting are legitimately awful. Hey good job describing the situation for most people who join the taliban. Except they actually are also defending their own country from foreign invasion. Pics:  quote:Today another story is getting national attention, this time in Cleveland Ohio, where an unarmed Black woman and man were killed by Cleveland police officers, after the officers fired 137 rounds at the 2 victims. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the police thought they saw a possible weapon, the same excuse Michael Dunn gave when he was arrested for the murder of Jordan Davis.  quote:Palestinians protecting a Jewish Synagogue in Beirut from attacks during the Lebanese Civil War. December, 1975 
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Probably not many of you follow the magazine The Week, but they normally have a mildly amusing piece of cover art (I also think they are one of the better news magazines available in America.) Lately some of them have been downright fantastic, my favorite being the first one:   
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Pobama posted:Probably not many of you follow the magazine The Week, but they normally have a mildly amusing piece of cover art (I also think they are one of the better news magazines available in America.) An article ostensibly advocating the end of affirmative action, another just asking questions about the gold standard, another based on a false premise of class mobility, and a puff piece about Emma Watson. Looks like a scorcher. 
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Strong Female posted:
That's impressive. I wish I could remain that active after death. Here is a video of Bo looking at the white house holiday decorations
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ekuNNN posted:Hey good job describing the situation for most people who join the taliban. Except they actually are also defending their own country from foreign invasion. You know who else defended their country from foreign invasion? 
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Vladimir Poutine posted:
It is from Chuck Klosterman's essay collection, Chuck Klosterman IV. Sections are broken up by various moral and situational quandaries posed to the reader. Also, Chuck is an awesome and hilarious essayist on pop culture; he approaches banal and inane topics like an academic conducting a close reading of a dense text. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Armyman25 posted:You know who else defended their country from foreign invasion?  That's the worst loving attempt at a Godwin I've ever seen.
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Armyman25 posted:You know who else defended their country from foreign invasion? Odd, it's almost as if all combat between states is one of offense or defense. 
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Armyman25 posted:You know who else defended their country from foreign invasion? Are those pictures of the youth core? So, the young kids forced into service for fear of Russian retribution. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mitchicon posted:Are those pictures of the youth core? So, the young kids forced into service for fear of Russian retribution. Don't forget a pic Child soldiering in World War II (and in general obviously) is quite depressing, both are people forced at gunpoint to fight, but the Russians had it worse because the Germans were actively massacring civilians left and right. 
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SombreroAgnew posted:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2012/dec/04/liberal-amsterdam-plans-scum-villages  Quite a scary legal grey area, this "antisocial behavior" situation... Then again, I've witnessed people set up bonfires burning lawn furniture on sidewalks in residential neighborhoods more then once in Amsterdam. And my neighborhood keeps getting locked down with police blockades and helicopters because people keep robbing armored cars. The first time, it was three guys with a gun, and they caught the one with the gun. The next week it was two guys and they just had a can of gasoline and poured it all over the guard and stood over him with a lighter. And then a few days later something happened again but I didn't check the news. Plenty of asocial assholes around here yet I'm sure this could be resolved without creating concentration camps. What really flips my wig is that the supporters of this use "historical tradition" as a justification, (and completely ignoring the obvious historical instance of this) mention a 19th century version of this that ended in the creation of totally lawless parts of the country. But they say that won't happen this time because they'll put in 24-hour police surveillance because they've "learned from the mistakes of history" 
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nsaP posted:Look at what's happened since DADT was repealed.... It's cool, those are Swedish soldiers. The Swedish armed forces have allowed homosexuals for decades.  Swedish soldiers at the Pride festival in Stockholm. A Fancy 400 lbs posted:
They did defend their country from invasion, though...eventually.  Just because the Nazis started as the aggressors doesn't mean that they didn't end up fighting a defensive war against an overwhelming foe. Trying to paint warfare as some simplistic "foreign invader = bad, domestic defender = good" misses a whole lot of important details. Just because your opponent is an rear end in a top hat doesn't mean that you're a swell guy.
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 Comic Artist Billy Tucci posted:My fellow Americans. I present my "eat crow" illustration honoring the reelection of our 44th President. "The Man Of Our Times... Barack H. Obama". 11" X 17" graphite on bristol board. I hope you approve. I guess this guy must be a major conservative because people are acting like this was a major sacrifice on his part. Also, his fans seem to be lovely: quote:You forgot the Hammer and Sickle. quote:Dude u drew Obama dangggggggg quote:The Man OF our Times. I couldn't agree more. quote:you have style and class Billy...to bad BHO does NOT! quote:That's a testament to the type of guy you are, Billy: One class act. Nice to know that the guy who created this character:  is, deep down inside, a man of fine, traditional values. EDIT: Oh, awesome. He puts out pro-Blackwater comics. 
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Volkerball posted:The reason they stay there is because they don't want to let the guy next to them down, for economic reasons, or *gasp* because the people we're fighting are legitimately awful.  Fight for a country where the benefits of military service are extended for something of actual loving use, maybe. (I actually hate that picture, but it's the only relevant I have on hand) Cahal posted:White guy shouts 'n***er* to a black guy, here is his defence: 
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Hey dude, here's a helpful tutorial: take the "large" part of the url out of your pic, rehost it on imgur, click the edit box, then choose rotate. Congratulations! You then don't have a loving picture that faces to the loving right! You are getting really, really mad over some pictures. (NSFW) http://i.imgur.com/XuyIg.png Forums Terrorist fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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Sometimes all this overt hostility towards literally everyone in any branch of the armed forces is too much. It really undermines arguments when people seem to be unable to apply even a modicum of nuance to their opinions on the subject and instead are all "EVERY SOLDIER IS MURDERING SCUM."
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Fandyien posted:Sometimes all this overt hostility towards literally everyone in any branch of the armed forces is too much. It really undermines arguments when people seem to be unable to apply even a modicum of nuance to their opinions on the subject and instead are all "EVERY SOLDIER IS MURDERING SCUM." JOHNSON!  Yes sir? Enemy at 12 o'clock! They've stolen our equipment! Shoot to kill, soldier!  Oh no! Alright, I got them! Now what, sir?  loving SHOOT them. Plant weapons on their bodi-JOHNSON!  Sorry sir, they'll get frostbite. Goddammit Johnson, we do not care about these people! You must stare unblinking. Kill at your slightest whim. Destroy loving everything. Now crush that child.  Like this, sir? Son of a bitch! Poison them, Johnson! Poison them!   GODDAMMIT Johnson. Pack your bags. You are the worst soldier I've ever seen. Roger that, sir. Bye kids! 
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Forums Terrorist posted:You are getting really, really mad over some pictures. No, I get really mad at low effort idiotic bullshit. I also hate the unmarked links, which I thought were supposed to be worth a probation? Also one-upped. 
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Much like the police you can't generalize a socially vital profession broadly (but it should be recognized these jobs come with power that can be abused or perverted). But nope we still can't have any real catharsis Post-Vietnam for a number of reasons. You either love the troops and support them (and State Foreign Policy) without question, or you have decided that every individual part of the MIC is a remorseless monster. Who is good and who is evil? Why not discard these labels entirely?
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"These Atrocities: Your Fault!" - Graphic poster made by occupation forces in Germany after WWII promoting German collective guilt
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Has this been posted here? Springing up on telephone booths and bus shelters a lot in my area. So hosed up on so many levels.
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Little regionalist humour for any Canucks: Jokes about the proposed maritime province merger. I propose naming them the Altrantics Provinces. Warning: NROCS (Not ROC Safe)
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Experto Crede posted:Has this been posted here? Because the rich people that actually have money to hide are likely to take buses.
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Bluh bluh bluh, watch a soldier justify his worthless job. Seriously tho, as far as I can tell Yanks joining the the army is the closest they'll get to socialism in your hosed-up country and all you have to do in exchange is to partake in the mass-murder of other people! What a deal! As for why I'm going to parties where there are right-wing jingos (though why not?), it's more because of where I live. Speaking of that. Here's some consumer capitalism and the new gas station down the road.       I drove past it a few weeks ago on the highway and didn't realize until I looked over and blurted out WHAT THE gently caress. Made worse by what looked like lights bright enough to illuminate a football stadium (at night) and half the population of San Antonio shopping for camouflaged corn nuggets. It's really too much. quote:Billed as the world's largest convenience store, the 67,000-square-foot colossus on Interstate 35 between Austin and San Antonio is 20 times the size of a 7-Eleven and longer than a football field. It features 60 gasoline pumps, 80 soda dispensers, 31 cash registers, 23 flavors of fudge and entire aisles devoted to varieties of popcorn and beef jerky. BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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Finally, a Kickstarter aimed at combatting the overwhelming, oppressive grip of the overweight mafia. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/learningtoapologize/im-learning-to-apologise-for-my-metabolism-photo-b  quote:Its undeniable that when we stand a skinny, athletic or even average sized female next to a larger (even if less healthy, overweight or obese) female, that unless we live outside of this stigma, we as Americans will assume that the heavier person is funnier, smarter, nicer, and less sexually promiscuous, all because she is not as thin or physically fit than the girl next to her.
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Experto Crede posted:Has this been posted here? The gently caress is with the UK and terrible public relations? It's like they can't not make creepy Orwellian posters and other poo poo. Remember this?  What about these assholes from the Olympics?  Their eyes are god drat loving cameras. NOT CREEPY! It's my belief that no matter what Great Britain, or at least London, is destined for some form of dystopian future.
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Crasscrab posted:The gently caress is with the UK and terrible public relations? It's like they can't not make creepy Orwellian posters and other poo poo.  I thought it was a joke until I actually visited London. The level of surveillance is downright creepy.
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Crasscrab posted:It's my belief that no matter what Great Britain, or at least London, is destined for some form of dystopian future. Oh yeah.  George Osbourne, chancellor of the Exchequer, and his consistent overappraisal and general mismanagement of the economy will almost certainly be the catalyst for that.
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Crasscrab posted:The gently caress is with the UK and terrible public relations? It's like they can't not make creepy Orwellian posters and other poo poo. It's ok, you're not alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EjQrrsZIU
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Omi-Polari posted:I half-jokingly made a comment about the U.S. military being the most socialistic institution in the country at a party and a right-wing jingo guy got really offended. Of course the military deserves to have their needs taken care of (!) unlike everyone else, he said. Ehh. I love the paradox of how socialist healthcare is anti-American and results in piss poor service, and yet it's good enough for the troops. I suppose all the pro-military folk would sing a slightly different tune if an insurer dropped coverage for soldiers' spouses and kids while they were deployed. 
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