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bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

What is Q saying is going to happen?

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bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

I'm going to regret asking, but does SA have a sane/grounded in reality QAnon thread? I really want to know what the gently caress is happening with the election tomorrow.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Kazinsal posted:

I'm assuming he meant "sane thread about qanon chuds" not "thread about sane qanon chuds"

e:f;b

This.

I want to see what craziness is happening in their lunacy.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

SquirrelyPSU posted:

God, I really hope PA is smarter than the people I've talked to today.

They aren't.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Lol if you didn't plan on a Trump Victory.
Maybe it was just the Army I was in, but we always planned for the worst case each time.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

PA ia gonna Britta the gently caress out of this.



At least Trump will begin his campaign for 2024 with an Infrastructure Week like you've never seen.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Guys, comedy option. Trump locks himself in a bunker, and does a one man, one act pay called "Orange Adolf Checks Out"

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

PA Goon here.

Against my Conscious, I voted Biden. I hate that I did. It is something that makes me feel loving icky, but I did it for my daughter.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

The Vietnam documentary is pretty good but starts from a flawed premise about the legitimacy of the Republic of Vietnam, doesn't speak much to the common brutality faced by the Vietnamese people, and undersells the war crimes perpetrated by Americans, especially by focusing so much on My Lai when it was in no way an aberration or out of the normal for operations in Vietnam. I think my biggest problem with it is that it's probably one of the more watchable documentary series about Vietnam but it misses the mark quite a bit imho

I recently read Kill Anything That Moves, a book draws largely from US Govt sources, and Jesus loving Christ, we were loving monsters. I get that war dehumanizes a man; I understand that it's ingrained to remove a bit of the enemy's humanity in your head; but holy god drat Christ.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

Yeah, Nick Turse does not hold back with that book. I got to hear him speak about it and answer questions and it really did a number on him.

The part that loving killed me was (paraphrasing) 'every single operational Infantry company in theater admitted they took human trophies'.

I know that I have a horribly romantic of what a Grunt is, and how they operate, but what does taking ears and fingers do? Nothing. It doesn't "scare" the enemy anymore than a loving ambush, arty, air strike, or napalming their loving village does. Maybe I'm the anomaly, but the job of an Infantryman is not to kill indiscriminately; it's to effectively apply violence until you achieve compliance of the objective. You are supposed to be loving professional. You kill who needs to be killed, when they have to be killed.


Like, it was one of the few times I felt a bit of shame that I shared the title.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Racism definitely factors into it. American forces on the European western front in WW2 were downright gentlemanly compared to the barbarity of their counterparts in the Pacific and their successors in Vietnam.

I think the ETO/PTO difference also comes down to how the enemy fought to an extent. After seeing what the Japanese did, it would be easy to just view them as inhuman monsters.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

CBJSprague24 posted:

I can't comprehend why voting for the lesser of two evils is a bad thing.

Are you being willfully dense, or just provoking?

Because I'm still voting for evil, you dipshit. Because it isn't affecting change. It's stopping the bleeding, not fixing poo poo. It's endorsing the current system, and rewarding a group of loving assholes who don't give a gently caress about the average person.

Do you really not get why I wouldn't want an old man suffering through dementia with sexual assault allegations in office? Just because he isn't orange doesn't mean he's good. It just means he's less bad. And voting for evil will always beget more evil.

Is this your first election or something?

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

CommieGIR posted:

I think Southpark covered this already.

You don't live in a system that allows or tolerates a 3rd party candidate, and you are actively making things worse by pretending a protest vote or even not voting at all is somehow noble.

Where did I say it was?

I made my statement. I don't really give a gently caress about your opinion on who I voted for or why.

Biden is a lovely person. We need to stop rewarding the system for nominating lovely people. Not sure why that is hard to get. Playing the game prolongs the game. If it weren't for my daughter, I would have voted for who best aligned with my views and hopes for America. And that ain't loving Biden.

I love the justification. "You have to vote for evil or your vote doesn't count!" gently caress that. I'd rather my vote not loving count than do another thing for my country that makes me feel like poo poo inside.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

CommieGIR posted:

The primaries are the place for that. The Presidential election is the wrong time to be pretending your saving anyone by not holding your nose and voting for the turd burger over the poo poo sandwich, which has been the choice since time began.

Given the margins we are down to: I do give a gently caress that you refused to participate in this, and the sooner we require you to vote by law, the better.

Reading comp is hard, I guess. I did participate. I didn't and don't like it.

And no, it's not. You speak with your vote in out democratic process. You are also assuming I can participate in Primaries, which I can't in my State. Even if I could/did, I can still make my choices about poo poo on Rye or Wheat, because those aren't the only two options. Just because they are the only two you consider, doesn't mean that is the rules of the game.


And gently caress off with mandatory voting. Part of system is choice to not participate. You don't have to like it, but just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean you should be forced to.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

CommieGIR posted:

I fully apologize for missing the post where you said you did vote.

But actually: Until we get rid of First Past The Post and the Electoral College: It is the rules of the game. Its a lovely game. But its the rule.

Not really, but keep that attitude.
It's only the rules because everyone agrees to them. If people actually gave a gently caress, they wouldn't do exactly what you are doing- "You can't vote 3rd party, because they can't win!" They can't win if they don't get votes. And again, I don't have to vote. I agree first past is a broken system, but it isn't going to change in my life time. Until it does, I'll vote for what I believe.

Like I said, this is a stink I can't wash off, because all I did was vote for the white piece of poo poo over the Orange piece of poo poo. I didn't change anything. Having a gently caress who voted along Republican lines for most of his career and is already playing the decorum game isn't going to fix the issue. Plus, he chose Harris, another turd of renown. Don't act like because Trump is losing that Biden is going to right the loving ship.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Aldo Raines had the right idea on that subject.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Was I the only one who ever paid attention to the lyrics of RATM as a kid?

Because it's...less than subtle.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

I can't find a live stream of this presser. Anyone got a link?

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Link to these nojoe threads?

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Stultus Maximus posted:

Are you guys actually serious? Ford pardoned Nixon because Ford was Nixon's vice president and this was part of a corrupt bargain to get Nixon out of the White House in exchange for not prosecuting him afterwards. Biden is Trump's political enemy of the opposing party with literally nothing to gain from a pardon and a lot to lose.

Except that he is a career politician, and aware of the precedent it sets. I see Biden pardoning Trump for decorum and healing alone.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

lightpole posted:

All my conservative contacts moving to Parler in a huff. A little worried considering most of them were posting pre-election wondering how Trump could lose since all they saw was MAGA signs and 90% of their friends were Trump supporters. The echo chamber is just going to get stronger.

Same, and that terrifies me.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Cultists, bro. Cultists.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

My first squad in the Infantry was all Center Left Leaning. I mean, still Conservative in a bunch of facets, but remarkably Left for an 03 squad of Grunts.

Weirdly enough, one of the more lefty guys I knew from the Guard became a hardcore Trumpist.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Guys, that statement is fake news by deep state agents.
Idiots.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Rats are smart, and make awesome pets.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Everyone forgets the Founding Fathers were literally throwing poo poo at a wall and seeing what sticks. They had no idea we'd run with this poo poo as long as we have.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

"Men, do you think this nation will stand to last it's first 50 years?"

Ben Franklin- "gently caress if I care, I'll be dead. I only got a little time left, and im gonna get real weird with it."


In my mental Canon, Ben is just Frank from Always Sunny with a powdered wig.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

No one had a problem when Nancy was running the country and blowing the SecDef while Ronnie poo poo himself in the tub and laughed at the bubbles

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010


I am so glad I didn't watch this video on Ambien.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

It's a repeat of 2020: it's not Trump vs. Biden, it's Trump Y/N, currently.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

E. Revenant posted:

Tell my why I shouldn't set my self on fire without referencing that fire burn you or "burns are hurty!".

Your screams are gonna interrupt my 300th viewing of the Bruce Campbell classic, "Congo".

Checkmate, athetits.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

It sounded off in the video, which was why I assumed it was a stunt at first.

I'm going to bed he missed either from a unzeroed optic, or he didn't account for the bullet drop as 9mm goes subsonic.

I think 9mm is sub at that range, but I'm probably wrong.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Vance has already started trying to talk out both sides of his face Re:P2025. His most recent comments have been like, "I agree with some, not all, we will have to see" type garbage.

Meanwhile, he helped craft the loving thing.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

In an utterly shocking turn of events, MAGAts are attacking Vance and his Wife due to her ethnicity.

I, as a card carrying member of the Leopard Face Eating Party, am here to denounce my Party platform of Face Eating.

Vote Leopards!

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Dude is 1000% gonna say Trumpamania.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

November is a long way away, the timeline just gets worse/more weird.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Seeing unconfirmed 'Breaking' reports that Biden bowed out.
This was not what I wanted to see after seeing a promoted Alex Jones Tweet saying they are going for Hilldawg.


bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Brain Worms McGee made a tweet post where he burned all bridges with both by calling both parties the same, and owned by billionaires and special interests. Broken clock, but he's further cooked.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

PA is pretty Red outside of the urban areas. It's called Pennsyltucky for a reason.

I've shared it elsewhere, and will give the short version, but I had a stranger tell me they look forward to murdering "gays, illegals, and democrats" in a Home Depot parking lot in Hanover, PA (about 20 minutes from the MD border).

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bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

OddObserver posted:

That's basically every state (except like MA and VT).

Maybe, but it's incredibly pronounced here in PA.

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