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Fahrvergnügen 34 25.95%
Lederhosen 41 31.30%
Schnitzelhasen 56 42.75%
Total: 131 votes
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Slim Pickens
Jan 12, 2007

Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/nckrvn/status/1321494020879732749?s=19

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Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


https://twitter.com/steveagee/status/1321324534297812997?s=21

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

CommieGIR posted:

GOP Senate Leadership has been sending scare fliers about Ossof for months, comparing him to Islamic terrorists for working with Al Jazeera.

WAIT, I FORGOT SOMETHING IMPORTANT

https://twitter.com/JMilesColeman/status/1321507262867906562?s=19

Joe Lieberman's son is on the ballot, trying to pull votes from Warnock, and the state is collectively going NO LIEBERMANS, gently caress OFF

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Latest Monmouth poll has Biden up by 5 in Georgia. That's a big deal and the state GOP can't just ratfuck it away easily.

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

That's a big deal and the state GOP can't just ratfuck it away easily.


I'd like to remind you our current governor probably ratfucked his way into the governors mansion, which is only the latest in a long string of corrupt rat fuckery in this state.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Defenestrategy posted:

I'd like to remind you our current governor probably ratfucked his way into the governors mansion, which is only the latest in a long string of corrupt rat fuckery in this state.

I didn't say they couldn't, I said it wouldn't be easy.

Lake of Methane
Oct 29, 2011

shame on an IGA posted:

One of Sheldon Adelson's private 747's got completely bodied by hurricane laura

https://www.onthewingsaviation.com/2020/10/danado-gravemente-un-b747sp-de-las.html?m=1

I couldn't find a date of arrival for the 747SP. It would be peak grift to park your private jets (which have basically no marketable value) at an airport about to get hit by a hurricane and collect insurance.

But AAR did open a large MRO shop there, which nominally supports all the inspection panels open on the wings. Apparently the other plane it hit was also one of his 737s from the Sands fleet.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy



:hfive:

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Latest Monmouth poll has Biden up by 5 in Georgia. That's a big deal and the state GOP can't just ratfuck it away easily.

So in this context, does ratfuck mean the same thing as I'm used to? As in: ratfucking an MRE or someone else's work?

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010

madeintaipei posted:

So in this context, does ratfuck mean the same thing as I'm used to? As in: ratfucking an MRE or someone else's work?

Foul play and dirty political tricks. Such as below.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/opinions/brian-kemp-georgia-voter-supression-stacey-abrams-nelson/index.html

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

madeintaipei posted:

So in this context, does ratfuck mean the same thing as I'm used to? As in: ratfucking an MRE or someone else's work?

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

quote:

Ratfucking is an American slang term for political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections. It was brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book which chronicled their investigative reporting of the Watergate affair, All the President's Men (1974).

Thwomp
Apr 10, 2003

BA-DUHHH

Grimey Drawer

TL;DR: In 2018, Kemp was Sec of State in GA which made him the primary person in the state responsible for overseeing elections. In 2018, he was also running for GA governor.

So he was overseeing his own election and made a number of (legal/legal-ish) rules/rulings that secured a very narrow victory for him.



It’s really, really hosed.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

Thwomp posted:

TL;DR: In 2018, Kemp was Sec of State in GA which made him the primary person in the state responsible for overseeing elections. In 2018, he was also running for GA governor.

So he was overseeing his own election and made a number of (legal/legal-ish) rules/rulings that secured a very narrow victory for him.



It’s really, really hosed.

More than that, he made really suspicious choices about voting audits afterwords, like ordering the servers wiped prior to an audit and after a court ruling in favor of auditing the results.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Here's a ratfuck from Minnesota this year that blew up when the candidate died. The GOP recruited him to run for a Congressional seat as part of the Weed Party to try and siphon Democratic votes.

https://twitter.com/bbierschbach/status/1321194126344392707?s=19

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

facialimpediment posted:

Here's a ratfuck from Minnesota this year that blew up when the candidate died. The GOP recruited him to run for a Congressional seat as part of the Weed Party to try and siphon Democratic votes.

https://twitter.com/bbierschbach/status/1321194126344392707?s=19

Sounds like he either smoked too much or not enough.

the yellow dart
Jul 19, 2004

King of rings, armlocks, hugs, and our hearts

Was this supposed to make me not want to vote for Biden (already voted for Biden)? Because it has the opposite effect.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
At this point I think trump is kinda campaigning like Mr. Garrison on South Park, just pleading with people to vote for Turd Sandwich, but not when you look directly at what he says.

In other words, it's all tea leaves and I'm too busy playing with weed leaves.

Woofer
Mar 2, 2020

The GOP is collectively going to go “no” when they lose their seats.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

https://twitter.com/Meidas_P_Gekko/status/1321315229246967809

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012


No poo poo. I'll start using it more then.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Woofer posted:

The GOP is collectively going to go “no” when they lose their seats.

That's not how it works.

Woofer
Mar 2, 2020

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

That's not how it works.

You’re right. They’ll probably try some Supreme Court fuckery, akin to them collectively saying “no.”

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Woofer posted:

You’re right. They’ll probably try some Supreme Court fuckery, akin to them collectively saying “no.”

Fixating on scenarios that aren't going to happen is super super unhealthy.

Woofer
Mar 2, 2020

Thanks Dr Therapist.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Fixating on scenarios that aren't going to happen is super super unhealthy.

i don't know man the last four years have been pretty jam the gently caress packed with scenarios that weren't going to happen

Nick Soapdish
Apr 27, 2008


https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1321534053695279105

https://twitter.com/adamwren/status/1321534752516722688?s=20

Always find the local angle

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Fixating on scenarios that aren't going to happen is super super unhealthy.

Yeah lets hope all elections in 2020 are carried out as well as GA in 2018.

Woofer
Mar 2, 2020

I am sure they wanted to ram home their scotus pick before the election because they wouldn’t have time between November and January.

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

Patware posted:

i don't know man the last four years have been pretty jam the gently caress packed with scenarios that weren't going to happen

I couldn't bear to watch the results. Slammed down a twelve pack and passed the gently caress out at four in the afternoon. Woke up to, "Well. Here come the Nazis."

Think I'll stay sober for this one.



Jesus. Are the thing's eyes really that crooked?

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May
https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1321452342605193216

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
:lol: Have fun with that coast Xi.


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...aRywepXR9DGEkTU

CainFortea
Oct 15, 2004


Isn't china's whole navy made up of litoral boats?

Immanentized
Mar 17, 2009

Prof G isn't the most stable dude. Great youtube channel though.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

CainFortea posted:

Isn't china's whole navy made up of litoral boats?

They have a couple carriers under fitting out at about 60k tons.

Woodchip
Mar 28, 2010
litorally a boat

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



CainFortea posted:

Isn't china's whole navy made up of litoral boats?

Nope, while they do have lots of littoral boats, they have CRUDES, submarines (nuclear SSNs, the Type 091(old/busted 1950s tech), and the Type 093(new hotness, but Type 095 is in development), along with some of the quietest diesel boats in the world), and 3 aircraft carriers. Nothing would prevent them from creating a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, hell the Enterprise was cobbled together out of a conventional supercarrier design with a mix of submarine reactors for its 8 reactors.

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


and any day now they'll have the biggest aircraft carrier in the world: the island of Taiwan

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1321556162760871941?s=21

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1321556636272599040?s=21


Doc Hawkins posted:

and any day now they'll have the biggest aircraft carrier in the world: the island of Taiwan

Please don’t besmirch the honor of Air Strip One.

CainFortea
Oct 15, 2004


If they don't have the rest of the surface fleet to go WITH the aircraft carriers then they're still stuck there.

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orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



CainFortea posted:

If they don't have the rest of the surface fleet to go WITH the aircraft carriers then they're still stuck there.

But they do have a big rear end surface fleet (530+ major combatants, like 300 of them are ships that could operate in blue water). They have the world's largest number of major combatant ships, and they're second in tonnage behind the USN. China very much has a very real navy, they've just stayed close to home because they don't have a lot of overseas friendly ports to base out of.


The USN has more big ships, but China's navy is definitely nothing to sneeze at. They're absolutely going to move from regional power to superpower status within the next decade, hell, the US helped them along with 4 years of Trump making GBS threads his pants on the world stage.

orange juche fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Oct 28, 2020

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