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Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


a fifteenth season of It's Always Sunny was approved, making it the longest running live-action comedy show...ever? is that really true? cool.

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Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Doc Hawkins posted:

a fifteenth season of It's Always Sunny was approved, making it the longest running live-action comedy show...ever? is that really true? cool.

tied with Ozzie and Harriet


really loving cool

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Comrade Blyatlov posted:

https://pastebin.com/5Da5ufc8 - this one details the poo poo leading up to lockdown
https://pastebin.com/NZBRU6x8 - this one details the poo poo that happened since the start of lockdown

I'm posting these here because they're awesome and terrifying. They're a narrative of the story so far in nz based on publicly available materials that were released after the lockdown began to ease

Basically we were lucky beyond belief and even with a quick acting decisive government we only got ahead of this thing by the skin of our loving teeth

Just making sure this doesnt get missed

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

Slim Pickens posted:

Who's ready to fund the second wave of the Z Team?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-luke-and-airan

With 50k we can buy at least ten guns this time!

How in the hell has it raised over $10k and how much of that is drug and/or russian money

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010


If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling
1-800-GAMBLER


Ultra Carp
Never gonna loving happen, but:

https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1265664092326580225?s=19

A Bad Poster
Sep 25, 2006
Seriously, shut the fuck up.

:dukedog:

Man, if the GOP gets washed so hard that South Carolina elects a Democrat as senator, then we all get to say that Bernie would have won again because at that point the candidate wouldn't have mattered.

Immanentized
Mar 17, 2009

Slim Pickens posted:

Who's ready to fund the second wave of the Z Team?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-luke-and-airan

With 50k we can buy at least ten guns this time!

Out of boredom, I used my bank law knowledge and reported this for supporting terrorism or providing financial aid to individuals who have enlisted in foreign military ventures. GoFundMe is headquartered in the US, and their $$$ is subject to Patriot, and other financial regulations. Let's see what happens.

Basticle
Sep 12, 2011


stolen from the companies circling the drain thread

https://twitter.com/DanPriceSeattle/status/1265677402467979265

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

A Bad Poster posted:

Man, if the GOP gets washed so hard that South Carolina elects a Democrat as senator, then we all get to say that Bernie would have won again because at that point the candidate wouldn't have mattered.

Except if the candidate was Hillary, because she could lose a one-person sack race.

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

if biden picks hillary as vp and trump beats her a second time but we get a veto proof dem majority in the senate I'd die laughing

PookBear fucked around with this message at 20:44 on May 27, 2020

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

Just making sure this doesnt get missed

It didn't. It's shocking that in 2020 we're reading stories of an extraordinary and heroic response, that at any other time in the last century would be boring reports of how run-of-the-mill competent governments deal with stuff that inevitably comes up in modern society.

I don't want to take anything away from New Zealand, who did it right ... it's just that that is supposed to be the default - and it's not.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Seriously though, props to NZ for doing poo poo right.

Your PM there seems pretty good too.

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
SpaceX scrubbed the launch due to inclement weather in the area. Next go is Saturday afternoon.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Seriously though, props to NZ for doing poo poo right.

Your PM there seems pretty good too.

A lot of people, myself included, were a little unsure about her when she won the election. She very quickly put those fears to bed.

BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

bloops posted:

SpaceX scrubbed the launch due to inclement weather in the area. Next go is Saturday afternoon.

"Oh well, guess I get to fly down to Mar al Lago and stay there until Saturday." :smugdon:

Or not. Watch the Bigly Baby President fly home here: https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfdf9

BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 21:55 on May 27, 2020

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

A lot of people, myself included, were a little unsure about her when she won the election. She very quickly put those fears to bed.

You guys got legal weed there yet?

I know immigrating there is a bitch, kinda hoping there's a backdoor in like Canada gave a bunch of american and european growers when they legalized. Not all of us are Peter Thiel rich assholes that can just pay our way in.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





It's going to a referendum this year. It's basically legal anyway, you have to really try to get done for weed here.
Most cops will just say put it out unless you make their lives difficult

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

PookBear posted:

if biden picks hillary as vp and trump beats her a second time but we get a veto proof dem majority in the senate I'd die laughing

honestly, so would I

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

It's going to a referendum this year. It's basically legal anyway, you have to really try to get done for weed here.
Most cops will just say put it out unless you make their lives difficult

Good. Glad to see progress on the weed front, wherever it happens.

I wouldn't mind emigrating to somewhere sane and english speaking. Just need to hit those steep requirements for immigration first. Canada snapping up growers was a sign of the times.

Slim Pickens
Jan 12, 2007

Grimey Drawer
Do Canadians get an easier time gaining citizenship through some commonwealth clause? I can apparently 'reclaim' my citizenship since I had a Canadian grandfather, but I also enjoy not paying $40 on shipping on a 1 kilo package to a nation in the middle of the ocean.

Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008
Pompeo just gave Hong Kong to China lmao

quote:



Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he certified to Congress Wednesday that Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from China -- a decision that could result in the loss of Hong Kong's special trading status with the US and threaten its standing as an international financial hub.

President Donald Trump and Congress will decide what actions to take as a result of the certification which comes at a time of increased tensions with Beijing as the two countries trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic. Ending a special trading relationship that has existed for decades would carry costs for American business, rattle an already fragile global economy and hurt Hong Kong more than China, experts warn.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/politics/hong-kong-pompeo-certification/index.html

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Waroduce posted:

Pompeo just gave Hong Kong to China lmao

:stare:

piL
Sep 20, 2007
(__|\\\\)
Taco Defender
I would say that China maneuvered for a pin and nobody stopped it. Either we don't and China cracks down with no negative repercussion or we do and China cracks down like they were going to anyway. Whats happening now is a formality, a natural outcome of not acting when the streets were full of protestors which is probably the outcome of a campaign that's been in progress since 1997.

China's economic zones are caught up, the only reason to keep Hong Kong is the interest of the Hong Kongese, and that isn't Bejing's gane.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Waroduce posted:

Pompeo just gave Hong Kong to China lmao

No, but it's a broken clock moment so it's understandable.

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
This might have some impact on the Hong Kong dollar and that might have some impact on some people in mainland China.

KirbyKhan
Mar 20, 2009



Soiled Meat
I just want to remind everybody: Biden shidded his pants.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

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


KirbyKhan posted:

I just want to remind everybody: Biden shidded his pants.

Until I have proof that he doesn’t i assume Trumps takes a dump every time he tweets.

A twitter shitter so to speak.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

KirbyKhan posted:

I just want to remind everybody: Biden shidded his pants.

Wait- really? I mean, we've all been there.

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

I don't know what people expected to happen with hong kong

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



PookBear posted:

I don't know what people expected to happen with hong kong

I think we were hoping they’d get the full 50 years they were promised before being swallowed.

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

what exactly happened with citizenship when it was handed back over?

Johnny Five-Jaces
Jan 21, 2009


bulletsponge13 posted:

Wait- really? I mean, we've all been there.

https://twitter.com/PineyMcknuckle/status/1265673728186355713

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



PookBear posted:

what exactly happened with citizenship when it was handed back over?

China said all residents there of Chinese descent were Chinese citizens though they let them travel on HK SAR passports. Many of the residents applied for British National Overseas status before 1997, which makes them Commonwealth citizens but not UK citizens. It’s weird.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

can't be real but i really respect that it was timed out to the other guy doing a Scanlon face

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Ba-dam ba-DUMMMMMM

Expect tomorrow to be really loving dumb; it was going to be anyway but especially because of this


https://twitter.com/politico/status/1265798705606770688

But hey


https://twitter.com/seanoconnz/status/1265793949374902273

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country
Uh hey so a police precinct is getting assaulted by people.

https://twitter.com/kscullinfox9/status/1265779483530887168

Do we still consider them to be protesters, or are they now rioters?

LongDarkNight
Oct 25, 2010

It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.
Oven Wrangler
It sounds like the voice of the unheard.

Fister Roboto
Feb 21, 2008

LongDarkNight posted:

It sounds like the voice of the unheard.

Yep.

Get ready for some fingerwagging about how property damage is going too far though.

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
Lol.

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facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Fister Roboto posted:

Yep.

Get ready for some fingerwagging about how property damage is going too far though.

My favorite thing about the people yammering about the property damage stuff:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/minneapolis-police.html

quote:

There was Justine Ruszczyk, a yoga instructor who was shot and killed by a police officer in July 2017, and whose family was awarded $20 million in a settlement with the city three days after the officer was convicted of murder.

If wrecking the police station leads to one less settlement from the city, it paid for itself!

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