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Actually in Italy it's called the "cornuto" and it implies that someone's wife is sleeping around on him. 
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A police officer is engulfed in flames Oct. 2 after being hit by a Molotov cocktail thrown by protesters in Mexico City. Protesters marked the 45th anniversary of the Tlatelolco massacre in which students holding an anti-government protest were gunned down by soldiers ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Pacra posted:There's an upswing currently in Mongolia of indigenous neo-nazi groups rebranding themselves as environmentalists, working against the multinationals strip-mining the area, protecting the workers, checking permits, etc. Dat Body National https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xoM6-1SWl4&t=390s  When you picture the future, Winston - imagine this GIF on every political webpage...forever.
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 A sculpture made by Chilean artist Norton Maza is displayed in an exhibition called "The Landscape and its Kingdoms" at the Contemporary Art Museum in Santiago, Chile, October 2, 2013. The exhibition strives to portray Jesus Christ besieged by missile air strikes, challenging norms of established power.
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DrBouvenstein posted:
I really wish her the best, if only because the GOP will absolutely lose their minds in a way that will only be surpassed if Texas turns blue in a presidential election.  I could have sworn I saw this exact same guy with the exact same sign during the last debt ceiling raise kerfuffle.
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Kurt_Cobain posted:A police officer is engulfed in flames Oct. 2 after being hit by a Molotov cocktail thrown by protesters in Mexico City. Protesters marked the 45th anniversary of the Tlatelolco massacre in which students holding an anti-government protest were gunned down by soldiers ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics. Looks like Mexican riot cop ignition tech has advanced a bit from 5 years ago:  Bonus pic: 
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Kurt_Cobain posted:A police officer is engulfed in flames Oct. 2 after being hit by a Molotov cocktail thrown by protesters in Mexico City. Protesters marked the 45th anniversary of the Tlatelolco massacre in which students holding an anti-government protest were gunned down by soldiers ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics.  Amarildo, a Brazilian stoneworker that was reported missing a few months back (i think i posted about it here) was found dead and now proof shows he was tortured to death by the Brazilian police, beaten to death in an attempt to force him to "admit" to a crime he didn't commit. The officer in the picture is one of the accused of the killing of Amarildo.
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FuzzyBuddha posted:Welcome to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Gruening Building. The main floor stairs exited near an entrance to the building and have (had? Been a while since I was in there...) a waist high concrete slab so in the event of a riot, security could fire out the door while having some protection... Reminds me of a building I walked past occasionally when I was at university in Cardiff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Buildings,_Cathays_Park  quote:The Encyclopedia of Wales describes CP2, completed in 1979, as conveying an impression of "bureaucracy under siege".[2] These pictures don't really do justice to how ugly it is. It's right in the middle of a beautiful river-front park surrounded by museums, university buildings and churches. Walking down the street alongside it, you can't see any human activity, just angular concrete slabs, pillars and dark windows. I thought it was a military bunker or warehouse the first time I walked past it.
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Came across this pic of a NKVD reenactor. Kinda hot.  Edit: As for why brutalism quote:The fashion for these buildings was derived almost entirely from an academic fascination that started in the 1950s and '60s with the famous French-Swiss architect known as Le Corbusier. It's hard to over-emphasize the impact that Corbusier (his real name was Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) had on the architecture profession and teachers of architecture in the '50s, '60s and '70s. Also found a hagiography of Corbu for $1 in the clearance section of a used bookstore. It's hilarious because it treats him as if he was some kind of architecture Jesus. Like it's seriously disgusting how bad it was, like worse than the most butt-kissing article about Steve Jobs. Edit: God. The mother in the next post. What the hell is wrong with people. BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Oct 4, 2013 |
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Transman chooses death over being a "monster": http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/...s=og.recommends quote:A trans man has chosen to be killed after his body rejected surgery to complete his transition. This is really sad. He was quite good looking man. I feel like if there weren't so many hurdles to acquire surgery, there wouldn't be this misconception that it is such a huge and important event in one's life. It built him up and built him up and it was eventually his downfall. It causes unrealistic expectations that surgery is the true solution to transitional issues. I can't believe what his mother said.
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MageMage posted:This is really sad. He was quite good looking man. I feel like if there weren't so many hurdles to acquire surgery, there wouldn't be this misconception that it is such a huge and important event in one's life. It built him up and built him up and it was eventually his downfall. It causes unrealistic expectations that surgery is the true solution to transitional issues. With a mom like that, he was probably hosed regardless. 
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Tim Selaty Jr posted:With a mom like that, he was probably hosed regardless. That story loving sucked. I can't believe how monstrous the mother is, and how casually she confesses it. Unarmed woman shot dead by police in Capitol after car chase, infant daughter unhurt.  I've heard reports that she was suffering from post-partum depression 
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Kegluneq posted:Unarmed woman shot dead by police in Capitol after car chase, infant daughter unhurt. She was armed with a deadly weapon: her car. 
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The Dark One posted:She was armed with a deadly weapon: her car. She was gunned down as she got out of her stopped car. She was completely unarmed. 
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MageMage posted:Transman chooses death over being a "monster": http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/...s=og.recommends The mother was a terrible person, but when you'd rather commit suicide than accept a less than ideal body, it's more a mental health issue than a trans issue, and any doctor who had a hand in that lethal injection needs to be charged criminally.  A monument to lab rats used in genetics research. Russia.
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MageMage posted:Transman chooses death over being a "monster": http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/...s=og.recommends quote:He recalled how his mother had loved his brothers, but appeared to hate him because he was born in the body of a girl. I kind of hate to do this, but in light of this particular line I feel like I have to wonder if this person was truly trans or just had really terrible body image problems due to what sounds like straight-up emotional abuse. Though, I suppose he probably was, given the sort of extensive psychological evaluation that's required for gender reassignment surgery in the first place. Sadly, it wouldn't be the first time that less-than-ideal gender reassignment surgery has had really devastating psychological consequences. It's just an awful story all around. e: A recent MRA protest in which they tried (and failed) to provoke confrontation with BashBack counterprotestors. 
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XyloJW posted:She was gunned down as she got out of her stopped car. She was completely unarmed. Unfortunately I haven't seen that video- just this one where she doesn't get shot despite driving AT a police officer. 
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Androc posted:In light of this particular line I feel like I have to wonder if this person was truly trans or just had really terrible body image problems due to what sounds like straight-up emotional abuse. There's no difference. Whatever reason a person has for desiring the transition, they are "true trans" be it an impetus from birth or something desired because of environmental factors (including emotional trauma). While it's unfortunate if someone develops gender identity issues due to abuse, that doesn't necessarily mean it can or should be addressed in a way other than "grant them that desire". Also, post a picture. 
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Victor Vermis posted:Unfortunately I haven't seen that video- just this one where she doesn't get shot despite driving AT a police officer. In that video, she's appears to be trying to get away, not run them down. Earlier, before that video started, and over by the White House, she did hit a Secret Serviceman with her car, which is why she was being followed by like 10 cops at the beginning of that video. Then several minutes later, over by the Capitol, where she'd been boxed in by cops, she got out of her car, and she was gunned down. At this time, from the reports and witness statements I've read, I'm not sure why she was killed after she was no longer a threat. I'm not saying she did nothing wrong, but I am saying executing her was probably a bit much. 
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Androc posted:I kind of hate to do this I kind of hate to do this but post a pic  A meeting of the Order of the Pug. A pseudo-masonic organization founded in Bavaria in 1740. A pug was chosen as the order's symbol because it was seen as a loyal dog. In Germany it was short lived but may have continued in Lyon as late as 1902. E: Mmmmm that's good table breakage.
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quote:I'm not sure why she was killed after she was no longer a threat. Sadly, someone driving dangerously and erratically in DC, trying to bypass barriers and flee from police, is potentially a threat even after they exit their vehicle. Not saying the police are 100% justified anymore than you're saying they should 100% be condemned without witnessing it, but we're all aware that vehicle-borne IEDs and suicide vests exist and do not cease being a threat just because the operator leaves their vehicle...  Did she comply with instructions after stopping her vehicle?.
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Victor Vermis posted:Sadly, someone driving dangerously and erratically in DC, trying to bypass barriers and flee from police, is potentially a threat even after they exit their vehicle. Not saying the police are 100% justified anymore than you're saying they should 100% be condemned without witnessing it, but we're all aware that vehicle-borne IEDs and suicide vests exist and do not cease being a threat just because the operator leaves their vehicle... That's a fair point, and the answer is that I really wish that information were available. I would be equally unsurprised if she did give them proper cause to think she was going to do something or if she didn't and the cops overreacted. I'm not really comfortable passing any judgment on her either way just yet. I think it's a really ugly thing when someone is killed directly in front of the seat of our legislature, and more than anything, I want to see this investigated. E: I suppose I am leaning towards assuming she did no wrong and I have no actual good reason. It's probably because the original reports all had her as the gunman, and that she was shooting at the Capitol building, and when reports came in that she was unarmed and the cops did the shooting, I felt sickened. Then reports came in that there was a car chase, and things got more complex. I should look at it more objectively. Thanks.  The Governor's office in Louisiana, where Gov. Huey Long was assassinated. XyloJW fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Oct 4, 2013 |
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Atoramos posted:There's no difference. Whatever reason a person has for desiring the transition, they are "true trans" be it an impetus from birth or something desired because of environmental factors (including emotional trauma). While it's unfortunate if someone develops gender identity issues due to abuse, that doesn't necessarily mean it can or should be addressed in a way other than "grant them that desire". Also, post a picture. You know what, you're right, and I hadn't really considered it from that angle. Regardless, it's a shame that such complications are still so common in FtM gender reassignment surgery. Have some more MRAs: 
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You can put your fingers in the holes in the marble walls. It's really eerie. Behold! Our National Historic Landmark: a pencil.  wikipedia posted:On April 26, 1970, a bomb consisting of "twenty to 30 [sic] sticks of dynamite" was detonated in the Senate Chamber. The bomb was an apparent retaliation for the shootings of three African Americans by the police; a second bomb exploded at a Baton Rouge country club. A pencil remains embedded in the ceiling of the chamber from the force of the explosion. The Louisiana State Capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1972, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 12, 1982.
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Victor Vermis posted:Unfortunately I haven't seen that video- just this one where she doesn't get shot despite driving AT a police officer.  A firearm can cause lethal force at range, a car can't. There are far too many cases of police being "justified" in riddling cars with unarmed occupants for this to be an excuse anymore. Is the vehicle close enough to be used as a weapon? Back up, dumbass. It's a little more understandable in that it happened in the Capital, but seriously, enough of the "a car is a deadly weapon!" BS. ryonguy fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Oct 4, 2013 |
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