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Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


aphid_licker posted:

Are you saying you're disagreeing with Howard Stern's political analysis??
That was my assessment of Trump, and Stern knows the guy really well. I don't like Stern, I don't think he's funny, and I don't think anything he does is entertaining or positive. However I agree with his analysis of Trump's psyche. The only thibg I don't agree with is his concern gor what it's going to do to Donnie, because I hope it loving kills him.

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Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

i love sterns interviews and see him as a champion of the bill of rights


baba booey

ManMythLegend
Aug 18, 2003

I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.

Casimir Radon posted:

Mossad is going to want the Peepee tape.

This is a pretty pro loving thread title right here.

Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



Casimir Radon posted:

He's angling to be the new Sheriff Arpaio with the same tough on crime bullshit act. Bonus points for being Trump's others black friend.

Milwaukee is also where Scott "Koch Whore" Walker got started. So the voters there are clearly idiots and it's mestacized to the rest of the state. The bright spot is Clark is really unpopular and could go down easily.

Milwaukee is super Democratic, it was the last (only?) large American city to be run by actual socialists up until 1960 or so. The Milwaukee suburbs on the other hand are like 75% hardcore Republican, they're who vote for Scott Walker and David Clarke; it's the posterchild for inner city segregation and white flight. AFAIK no other US city has as stark political differences as does Milwaukee between the city and suburbs.

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
I really don't know but on that same topic.

https://demographics.virginia.edu/DotMap/index.html

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

I can definitely buy that Trump hates being president.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/trump-flag-military-convoy-trnd/index.html

which one of the sailors here did this

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
iirc it was some dumb navy seals

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

i like that you can tell right where the prisons are near my town :saddowns:

Riot Carol Danvers
Jul 30, 2004

It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

holocaust bloopers posted:

I can definitely buy that Trump hates being president.

I just didn't want to get my hopes up because so far everything to do with Trump is a total garbage fire

psydude
Apr 1, 2008


IDK how the Navy does it, but in the Army the convoy commander would be the one strung up for this.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

I'm trying to imagine what would've happened if it was a Hillary or Obama flag

brand engager
Mar 23, 2011

https://twitter.com/3lectric5heep/status/827211186001297410
frantically rummaging through my fridge for the pickle jar labeled "maga AIDS" to destroy the evidence

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Kinda numb to it after seeing so many confederate flags on bases.

Flying this stuff off work vehicles is a new low though.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


SperginMcBadposter posted:

https://twitter.com/3lectric5heep/status/827211186001297410
frantically rummaging through my fridge for the pickle jar labeled "maga AIDS" to destroy the evidence
When you consider their degenerate lifestyle I'd say that this is a sign god is punishing them.

FIDEL CASHFLOW
Oct 13, 2009

psydude posted:

IDK how the Navy does it, but in the Army the convoy commander would be the one strung up for this.

they're seals, the part of america that (apparently) matters has the biggest boner for them so nothing is going to happen

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.

LingcodKilla posted:

Kinda numb to it after seeing so many confederate flags on bases.

Flying this stuff off work vehicles is a new low though.

I've always found a particular satisfaction in the irony and lack of awareness of those repping the confederate flag while a member of the US government's armed forces.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

FastestGunAlive posted:

I've always found a particular satisfaction in the irony and lack of awareness of those repping the confederate flag while a member of the US government's armed forces.

In my experience, they're also usually completely incapable of disregarding retarded orders in peacetime operations, which makes me wonder if they could even comprehend initiating an actual rebellion.

Suicide Watch
Sep 8, 2009
If the Trump flag is the new flag of the south, lol if they start flying Trump flags at Confederate memorials and cemeteries

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.

psydude posted:

IDK how the Navy does it, but in the Army the convoy commander would be the one strung up for this.

Here is my navy convoy story.

At my A school we had vans that acted as taxis. One van had too many people in it without seat belts on everyone.

At a 3 way light, they were driving through on a green. A duece and a half truck t-boned them.

One of my friends got thrown out and got a concussion. He started to see poo poo. The other had his ear ripped off.

When the concussion guy got out, he was seeing double. The navy doctor told him ok, wait outside. 4 hours later no one got him so he went in to see the doctor. Doctor had a book about eye balls open and said yah it will fix itself. Don't worry, here is an eyepatch.

The CO of the convoy came over and gave the pirate a shirt from the COs command. Thanks for not dieing, here is a t-shirt.

He finally had to raise hell and threaten to write his congressmen since no one would let him go see a doctor outside of the navy. With that threat, they let him go get his vision fixed so he stopped seeing double.

Arc Light
Sep 26, 2013



The Imperial College London and a UK think tank believe that solar power and other renewable energy sources will basically destroy any demand for coal within our lifetimes.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/falling-green-energy-costs-stop-fossil-fuel-growth-170202134522487.html

Assuming we die of old age, of course, and not in atomic hellfire.

holocaust bloopers posted:

I am loving pumped for radscorpions

can someone make Caesar's Legion av tags?
Look at this slaver scrub. NCR now, NCR forever. Old world values like democracy, taxation, and bitching to random passerby about your last PCS.

psydude posted:

How are we supposed to go through another 10 months of the Trump administration without Clarkson, Hammond, and May each week? :smith:
You're just in time to start on the new season of The Expanse. Seriously, it's good.

Riot Carol Danvers
Jul 30, 2004

It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

Arc Light posted:

You're just in time to start on the new season of The Expanse. Seriously, it loving owns bones.

Ftfy

brand engager
Mar 23, 2011

From alternative facts to alternative realities
https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/827344429086289921

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

The only massacre that happened in Bowling Green is that sink hole that destroyed all of those rare corvettes.

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Google says that Rand Paul was apparently parroting something similar, but not quite as dumb as Conway, he at least referred to it as the "attempted bombing".

This looks like what he's talking about

http://www.wave3.com/story/14756911/2-iraqi-nationalist-indicted-on-terrorism-charges-in-kentucky

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
KellyAnne Conway just needs to quietly disappear

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Feb 3, 2017

Robot Hobo
May 18, 2002

robothobo.com
Here's CNN's take on the previously-mentioned Ethics Bill that was repealed in South Dakota.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/south-dakota-corruption-bill-republican-repeal/

Short version: It's open season for Republicans to just do whatever now.

* Background info: In 2015, the ethics watchdogs at the Center for Public Integrity gave South Dakota an "F" grade in its "state integrity investigation." It ranked 47th overall and 49th in transparency of "lobbying disclosure." For our non-American friends, that's 47 & 49 out of only 50. For our non-math-doing friends, that's a real lovely score.

* A bill was put on the ballot to create an independent ethics commission. It would also limit allowed gifts from lobbyists. It was put to a public vote, and that bill passed (by 51%) and should have taken effect already. The lawmakers stalled it in the courts for a bit while they thought of a way to keep the sweet lobbyist money flowing.

* The lawmakers who would have been effected by this bill finally declared that it only passed because people had been tricked into voting for it. Essentially, the claim is that their constituents votes don't really count, because they're too dumb to be trusted with such matters.

* This quote in defense of the move is kind of magical: "The most problematic sections made de facto criminals out of every single official in our state."

* The House and Senate together are about 81% Republican. All but one Democrat voted against this move, while only 6 of 85 Republicans voted against it, so it's pretty clear which side wants what.

* They also invoked an "emergency" clause when repealing the bill. Why is it an emergency? gently caress you, that's why. That special clause has two effects, it lets the repeal kick in immediately, and it blocks the bill from being added to the next ballot. So the voters legally can't try un-doing this move by voting again.


This power grab is a bit different from some of the others going on, in that it's worse. This time the lawmakers didn't strike down some bill put in place on by other lawmakers, they voted down something the people voted into law directly. That's a pretty massive middle finger to their constituency, and sets a very bad precedent. Those people who feel like their vote doesn't matter? Well, this time they were proven 100% correct, their votes didn't matter because they didn't vote how the Republican lawmakers wanted.


Unrelated bonus video that gives me a bit of a headache when I realize it's not a joke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R42mFx3_ss

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
Yeah the Republicans did basically the same thing when Michigan voters repealed that emergency manager law. Nothing matters.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

This will probably end up like the Arizona case, where the legislature tried to override the independent redistricting commission that was voted in via referendum. It'll probably make it to the supreme court and the voters will win via a 5-4 vote, and Republicans will cry about judicial overreach preventing them from being dicks.

Riot Carol Danvers
Jul 30, 2004

It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

Robot Hobo posted:



Unrelated bonus video that gives me a bit of a headache when I realize it's not a joke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R42mFx3_ss

https://youtu.be/encJOGR3Kvk

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD
SD Republicans didn't just strike down a directly enacted law, they declared an emergency to do so.

They really and truely do not give a gently caress.

Proud Christian Mom fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Feb 3, 2017

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Proud Christian Mom posted:

SD Republicans didn't just strike down a directly enacted law, they declared an emergency to do so.

Yeah it SD isn't the first state where they've done something similar. poo poo here in Michigan they just passed the law again in a lame duck session. How much do you hear about it now?

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Democrats should maybe grow a sack and actually fight against this poo poo instead of going "oh well maybe this isn't the hill we want do die on" over every single challenge.

Quit loving whining about gerrymandering and do something jesus christ.

Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Feb 3, 2017

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Medically Retired dudes can't be drafted, right?

Thought being a nuke suicide bomber would rule.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

Proud Christian Mom posted:

SD Republicans didn't just strike down a directly enacted law, they declared an emergency to do so.

They really and truely do not give a gently caress.

It's almost as blatant as the NC republicans including racial demographics in their argument during the gerrymandering case.

Blind Rasputin
Nov 25, 2002

Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

I am almost done with all my medical training. Honestly if the war breaks out, I don't have much and I would totally sign up to be a doc on a boat out there somewhere for you guys and gals.

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD
wikipedia pages i didnt realize existed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi

CMD598
Apr 12, 2013

bulletsponge13 posted:

Medically Retired dudes can't be drafted, right?

Thought being a nuke suicide bomber would rule.

Not until we start running out of non-medical retirees/run out of able bodies for poo poo that doesn't need able bodies to do.

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/827385708675371008

This is fine

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Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

:catstare:

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