OneThousandMonkeys posted:

Politicalcompass is a horribly designed and worded quiz designed by libertarians. Please don't politicalcompass, it is sort of the "Which Hogwarts House are you in?!?" of politics.

On the subject of tired memes, the best Hitler Reacts video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM

ekuNNN posted:

It's because Social-democrats have no interest in governing with the Left. They want to govern with the right so they'll look like the good guys without having to change the status quo

Joementum posted:

George Bush wearing socks with his own face on them.

Pitch posted:

It's hard to tell, but he could also mean Fox turning down Super Bowl commercials from a gun company. The NFL's rules explicitly prohibit firearm or ammunition advertising, but a bunch of bloggers are up in arms because the commercial never actually shows a gun on-screen so obviously it's entirely possible the gun manufacturer meant it to sell t-shirts or something.

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The NFL won't show a pro-gun commercial during the Super Bowl, but everyone knows that tough-guy NFL fans love guns, so what gives? Fox News co-host Andrea Tantaros would also like to know why players wore pink during October. And how about all those people complaining about bullying and head injuries? As Rush Limbaugh noted in October, "the chickification of everything is taking place."

Dusseldorf posted:

Some flag dudes posted:

Title Four of the "United States Code" which defines the Stars and Stripes neither prescribes nor proscribes the use of cords and tassels, heading, sleeve, fringe, and other accessories to the flag. It is universally recognized that the symbolic aspect of the flag is inherent in its colors and symbols, not in the physical characteristics of the flag or the things (like fringe) added to it when it is displayed…

Admiralty courts deal only with maritime contracts, collisions at sea, and similar naval questions, not with normal civil and criminal cases. There is no symbol in the United States which indicates an admiralty court.

The American Legion posted:

For civilian use, fringe is not required as an integral part of the flag, nor can its use be said to constitute an unauthorized addition to the design prescribed by statute. Fringe is used as an honorable enrichment only.

Joementum posted:

Michelle Obama setting the attack dog on a helpless young girl.

Joementum posted:

Michelle Obama setting the attack dog on a helpless young girl.

Necronomiconomist posted:

Eisenhower's eggnog recipe.

a bad enough dude posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-BsjnlaPW8

a bad enough dude posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-BsjnlaPW8

The Sausages posted:

What ^ said. Does Poe's law apply to this? It's extremely hard to take it seriously.

SSJ2 Goku Wilders posted:

You got this in a larger size?

Exclamation Marx posted:

3600 x 2400

Pope Guilty posted:

Oh my god, this is a real thing. What the gently caress, capitalists?

quote:

As activists continue to organize demonstrations at McDonalds, Walmart and other low-wage firms, big protests are planned against retailers for mistreating their workers this Black Friday. In response, union-busting consultants are ramping up efforts to marginalize them.

Last night—Worker Center Watch, a new website dedicated to attacking labor-affiliated activist groups like OUR Walmart, Restaurant Opportunities Center, and Fast Food Forward—began sponsoring advertisements on Twitter to promote smears against the protests planned for Black Friday. In one video sponsored by the group, activists demanding a living wage and better working conditions for workers are portrayed as lazy “professional protesters” who “haven’t bothered to get jobs themselves.”

Worker Center Watch has no information its website about its sponsors. Yet the group attacks labor activists and community labor groups for lacking transparency. “Hiding behind these non-profits, unions mask their true motivations, circumvent operational requirements and skirt reporting and disclosure obligations,” says Worker Center Watch, referring to labor-supported worker centers like OUR Walmart.

TheNation.com has discovered that Worker Center Watch was registered by the former head lobbyist for Walmart. Parquet Public Affairs, a Florida-based government relations and crisis management firm for retailers and fast food companies, registered the Worker Center Watch website.

The firm is led by Joseph Kefauver, formerly the president of public affairs for Walmart and government relations director for Darden Restaurants. Throughout the year, Parquet executives have toured the country, giving lectures to business groups on how to combat the rise of what has been called “alt-labor.” At a presentation in October for the National Retail Federation, a trade group for companies like Nordstrom and Nike, Kefauver’s presentation listed protections against wage theft, a good minimum wage and mandated paid time off as the type of legislative demands influenced by the worker center protesters.

The presentation offered questions for the group, including: “How Aggressive Can We Be?” and “How do We Challenge the Social Justice Narrative?”

Exclamation Marx posted:

OneThousandMonkeys posted:

Politicalcompass is a horribly designed and worded quiz designed by libertarians. Please don't politicalcompass, it is sort of the "Which Hogwarts House are you in?!?" of politics.

On the subject of tired memes, the best Hitler Reacts video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM

Lolbertarians posted:

Similarly, the extreme left identifies a strong degree of state economic control, which may also be accompanied by liberal or authoritarian social policies. It's muddled thinking to simply describe the likes of the British National Party as "extreme right". The truth is that on issues like health, transport, housing, protectionism and globalisation, their economics are left of Labour, let alone the Conservatives. It's in areas like police power, military power, school discipline, law and order, race and nationalism that the BNP's real extremism - as authoritarians - is clear. It's easy to see how the term national socialism came into being. The uncomfortable reality is that much of their support comes from former Labour voters.

Weldon Pemberton posted:

Yeah. This is my favourite thing from the page on the 2010 UK election:


Fascists support state ownership of public services, who would have guessed??? Working class racists may have been more likely to vote for Labour than the Tories, who would have guessed??? Clearly this means fascism and communism are one and the same.

quote:

But the Manhattan district attorney’s office persuaded a grand jury to charge Mr. Broadnax with assault, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of 25 years. Specifically, the nine-count indictment unsealed on Wednesday said Mr. Broadnax “recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death.”

“The defendant is the one that created the situation that injured innocent bystanders,” said an assistant district attorney, Shannon Lucey.

DrBouvenstein posted:

Unarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square.


Yeah, no, it's not like cop's have enough freedom to shoot unarmed suspects, now they're off the hook when they shoot a bystander, too.

Zeroisanumber posted:

So they're saying that he tried to commit suicide by cop and when the cops shot at him and hit bystanders, it was his fault for instigating the situation.

Bit of a stretch, but the Manhattan DA will bend like Mr. Fantastic for a chance at a conviction.

As for Broadnax, I'm glad that he's not dead but otherwise gently caress that guy. People who put their poo poo on other people by committing suicide in public are some of the biggest assholes on the planet.

anonumos posted:

1) who are these gun wielding idiots who missed a 250lb man and hit two women instead?

2) A sargaent brought the "perp" down with his Tazer, no need to shoot anyone. Why didn't they do that first, then resort to gunfire?

3) This man did not pull the trigger. It was not his responsibility to ensure that his deranged behavior wouldn't lead to poor decisions by the police. That's like saying "she was askin' fer it."

Weldon Pemberton posted:

Fascists support state ownership of public services, who would have guessed??? Working class racists may have been more likely to vote for Labour than the Tories, who would have guessed??? Clearly this means fascism and communism are one and the same.

OneThousandMonkeys posted:

Politicalcompass is a horribly designed and worded quiz designed by libertarians. Please don't politicalcompass, it is sort of the "Which Hogwarts House are you in?!?" of politics.

Zeroisanumber posted:

The DA's contention is that Broadnax was acting recklessly and knew that his actions could result in someone getting hurt, so that's why he's being charged with assault. If he's legit mentally ill, he'll probably get off. If he was cracked out and acting like a shithead, he'll probably do at least 10 years.

Donkwich posted:

In any case, political quizzes are pointless assessments of ideological affiliation, and shouldn't be taken seriously.