Feb '18 Current Events: The Gang Celebrates Black History

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Bolow: Feb 27, 2007

Fister Roboto posted:

Also lol at all these vets who apparently thought that being caught outside during reveille/retreat was an enjoyable experience.

Man it wasn't bad stateside. Overseas though... why the gently caress is Japans national anthem like 15 loving minutes long

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Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Fister Roboto posted:

Also lol at all these vets who apparently thought that being caught outside during reveille/retreat was an enjoyable experience.

The patrons of that coffee shop are the fat slobs who chastise uniformed personnel for hanging out in the lobby for 3 minutes before leaving the building.

# ? Feb 3, 2018 21:50

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

Bolow posted:

Man it wasn't bad stateside. Overseas though... why the gently caress is Japans national anthem like 15 loving minutes long

Gotta make time for the anime dance routine.

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Woodchip: Mar 28, 2010

It�s always a good time to watch Dr. Strangelove.

Then watch Patton and imagine George C Scott playing the same role.

# ? Feb 3, 2018 21:53

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Got this recent classic too, updated with current world leaders:

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

# ? Feb 3, 2018 21:57

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

I drinking vet roasted coffee right now.

i roasted it

At around $5.50 a pound how could I say no.

# ? Feb 3, 2018 22:10

Nostalgia4Infinity: Feb 27, 2007; 10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Thalantos posted:

Groups like disgruntled veterans are also huge loving hypocrites who only support vets who meet their own personal criteria of what constitutes a "good vet" or some poo poo like that.

Yuuuuuuppp.

# ? Feb 3, 2018 22:15

Serjeant Buzfuz: Dec 5, 2009

This video has never been more relevant, no war but a class war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnaY0l4XsM

# ? Feb 3, 2018 22:19

Ultimate Shrek Fan: May 2, 2005; by FactsAreUseless

Lou Takki posted:

This video has never been more relevant, no war but a class war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnaY0l4XsM

same but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJwHZVl5Buk

# ? Feb 3, 2018 22:27

Serjeant Buzfuz: Dec 5, 2009

Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:

same but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJwHZVl5Buk

# ? Feb 3, 2018 22:34

Soulex: Apr 1, 2009; Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

Like Jeffy Sessions with his �good people don�t smoke marijuana.�

# ? Feb 3, 2018 22:54

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

Soulex posted:

Like Jeffy Sessions with his “good people don’t smoke marijuana.”

Correct

Great people smoke marijuana.

# ? Feb 3, 2018 23:11

Prop Wash: Jun 12, 2010

Bolow posted:

Man it wasn't bad stateside. Overseas though... why the gently caress is Japans national anthem like 15 loving minutes long

Are you kidding me? The Japanese national anthem is a great anthem, very short, and easy to remember even after not hearing it for like 5 years. The German national anthem, on the other hand...

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mods changed my name: Oct 30, 2017

God Save the Queen makes me mad it's just a rip off of my country tis of thee!!!!!!

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lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

mods change my name posted:

God Save the Queen makes me mad it's just a rip off of my country tis of thee!!!!!!

Not empty quoting

# ? Feb 4, 2018 00:19

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

mods change my name posted:

God Save the Queen makes me mad it's just a rip off of my country tis of thee!!!!!!

Sounds about right

# ? Feb 4, 2018 00:47

KirbyKhan: Mar 20, 2009; Soiled Meat

mods change my name posted:

God Save the Queen makes me mad it's just a rip off of my country tis of thee!!!!!!

My favorite was telling all the straight from tech school troops that we played My Country Tis Of Thee in USAFE cuz we extra like that.

# ? Feb 4, 2018 01:38

BadOptics: Sep 11, 2012

KirbyKhan posted:

My favorite was telling all the straight from tech school troops that we played My Country Tis Of Thee in USAFE cuz we extra like that.

This is good.

# ? Feb 4, 2018 02:13

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

mods change my name posted:

God Save the Queen makes me mad it's just a rip off of my country tis of thee!!!!!!

???

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

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EBB: Feb 15, 2005

???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnToK3kSKKg

# ? Feb 4, 2018 03:17

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

It is downright impressive how much of a doofus Carter Page is.

https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/959974865502654464

Republicans are basically saying now "the FBI shouldn't be keeping an eye on a guy that literally bragged about being an informal advisor to the Kremlin in 2013."

Everything is just so stupid and it's getting stupider on a daily basis :psyduck:

# ? Feb 4, 2018 03:34

FastestGunAlive: Apr 7, 2010; Dancing palm tree.

Excellent tweet / avatar combination

# ? Feb 4, 2018 03:41

lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

facialimpediment posted:

It is downright impressive how much of a doofus Carter Page is.

https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/959974865502654464

Republicans are basically saying now "the FBI shouldn't be keeping an eye on a guy that literally bragged about being an informal advisor to the Kremlin in 2013."

Everything is just so stupid and it's getting stupider on a daily basis

That last response to it... At the end of this Trump will be praised as a patriot when he sells the white house to Russia.

# ? Feb 4, 2018 04:00

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

Can we sell Alaska back to the Russians?

# ? Feb 4, 2018 04:01

lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

Just declare economic war and sell them the south.

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CMD598: Apr 12, 2013

lightpole posted:

Just declare economic war and sell them the south.

Does this mean I can join the Russian Navy, work on Flankers, and basically be drunk 24/7?

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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?

Solaris 2.0 posted:

So I was on the treadmill just mindlessly watching whatever was on the TV (CBS Saturday Morning) and they had a bit about a thing called "Black Rifle Coffee". It is a "Veteran owned business that is pro-AMERICAN". I decide to listen because, idk, the idea of a bunch of Vets getting together to make coffee sounds cool. Military coffee is poo poo right? I can't blame these guys for wanting to make a good cup of Joe.

Well, the segment (complete with cheery commentary from the interviewer and keep in mind this is CBS not fox news) very quickly gets into territory.

First off, they came to national prominence after Starbucks said they would hire 10,000 refugees...BRC shot back that they would hire 10,000 veterans. Starbucks also dropped adds from some Fox show after they defended known pedophile Roy Moore...BRC gladly swooped in. They CLAIM they talk super seriously about PTSD and veteran homelessness, but then they get twitter shout-outs from Donald Trump Jr. I tried to look on their website for any organizations, or volunteering they do to support the causes they claim to support but I couldn't find anything other than a promise to create something called "A Coffee for a cause". Whatever that is.

Their commercials and advertisements look like something out of a South Park parody. I don't get it, is this what conservatives find funny?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URz2ut-V13o

Apparently they are incredibly popular among the MAGA crowd, but I think what pisses me off about them isn't their message, it's what they do to Veteran reputations on the left. I wanted to get GIPs opinion on this. There are hundreds, thousands of good veteran organizations and veteran own businesses that do good work, and raise money/ contribute to their communities and It's depressing to see yahoos like this take all the media attention for an organization that is. "vet owned and pro AMERICA" .

*EDIT*
I found the segment

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/behind-the-controversial-america-first-company-waging-war-on-coffee-culture/

*EDIT 2*
Oh the guy even did an AMA on reddit..it did not go well lol

https://np.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7bufbc/im_former_special_forces_operator_cia_contractor/

It's a great thing DADT was repealed.

# ? Feb 4, 2018 13:07

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?

Burning Beard posted:

poo poo gently caress. About 4am I heard cops in the neighborhood, lots of cops, about five cars. Guns drawn sweeping the area. Wondered what the gently caress was going on, went back to bed. My wife calls on her way to work, she gets a text from our neighbors... the guy across the street died. I have his kids at the house right now playing, they don't know yet. Good guy, retired USAF maintainer, maybe 40. He was milking Voc Rehab and the GI Bill to learn pottery and was making a pretty decent buck selling at the local Art Gallery. Nicest guy you'd even meet, always ready to help you. I have a bad, bad feeling he pulled a suicide. I know he was in some pretty bad physical pain.

Goddammit. I'm in shock right now. Today was supposed to be his little girls birthday party. He'd even made little heart shaped mugs for her tea party. gently caress. I don't know why I'm even posting this here. Just wanted to tell somebody and you guys aren't loving Facebook. Just gently caress.

This however truly sucks sorry man

# ? Feb 4, 2018 13:17

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

Here is some space stuff to remember it's not all a terrible out there

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/959886681888448512

# ? Feb 4, 2018 13:35

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.

It's great when the "it's not all terrible" thing is a planet with no humans.

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

Don't worry, someone's bound to be trying to figure out what the mineral rights are on Mars. We'll gently caress it up eventually.

# ? Feb 4, 2018 13:58

Missionary Positron: Jul 6, 2004; And now for something completely different

Kinda hard to gently caress up a dead, barren planet unless we blow it up to bits or something.

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Duzzy Funlop: Jan 13, 2010; Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

We sent one of the most intricate and complex machines humanity has ever devised to another planet to look at buttes smh

# ? Feb 4, 2018 14:13

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

Duzzy Funlop posted:

We sent one of the most intricate and complex machines humanity has ever devised to another planet to look at buttes smh

at least we remembered to stick to one system of measurement this time.

# ? Feb 4, 2018 14:14

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?

Duzzy Funlop posted:

We sent one of the most intricate and complex machines humanity has ever devised to another planet to look at buttes smh

i agree they should have put that technology to look at butts

# ? Feb 4, 2018 14:17

Poppyseed Poundcake: Feb 23, 2007

When is earth history month?

# ? Feb 4, 2018 14:21

Duke Chin: Jan 11, 2002; _{^{Roger That:}}
MILK CRATES INBOUND

_{_{^{- FUCK THE HABS -}}}

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Here is some space stuff to remember it's not all a terrible out there

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/959886681888448512

Yeah right that's just shitass Arizona. :colbert:

Flikken posted:

at least we remembered to stick to one system of measurement this time.

I just hope there was a NASA engineer equivalent of "guys, I'm concerned..." when this went down.

# ? Feb 4, 2018 14:42

Acebuckeye13: Nov 2, 2010; If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling
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Hot Karl Marx posted:

Here is some space stuff to remember it's not all a terrible out there

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/959886681888448512

Unfortunately, back on Earth it's still pretty terrible

https://twitter.com/freep/status/960107701001797632

# ? Feb 4, 2018 15:26

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Duke Chin posted:

Yeah right that's just shitass Arizona.

I just hope there was a NASA engineer equivalent of "guys, I'm concerned..." when this went down.

My first comment was that it looked just like Central NV.

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Nostalgia4Infinity: Feb 27, 2007; 10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Acebuckeye13 posted:

Unfortunately, back on Earth it's still pretty terrible

https://twitter.com/freep/status/960107701001797632

ICE should be the first against the wall when the time comes.

Also don�t read the replies to that tweet :cripes:

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