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(Thread IKs: Nenonen)
What should the presidential powers be in 2020?
This poll is closed.
UNLIMITED!!!! URKKI 2.0!!!!!! 3 23.08%
Sauli should be allowed to telecast to our homes whenever he pleases, but that should be the limit. 2 15.38%
He should be limited to writing mildly worded letters to HBL and other provincial newspapers. 2 15.38%
None. More power to Sanna & Katri & Maria & Li & Anna-Maja & Jenni! 2 15.38%
Unlimited, but every decision must be subject to a plebiscite. 0 0%
None, but the president's life must be video streamed 24 /7 for the duration of their term, with no censorship. 4 30.77%
Total: 13 votes
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psilo
Oct 18, 2009

https://twitter.com/Alfredbacka/status/1686073380628283407

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Darkest Auer
Dec 30, 2006

They're silly

Ramrod XTreme
So is HJALLIS Chaotic Neutral or Lawful Evil?

Darkest Auer
Dec 30, 2006

They're silly

Ramrod XTreme

lol

Triple A
Jul 14, 2010

Your sword, sahib.

Darkest Auer posted:

So is HJALLIS Chaotic Neutral or Lawful Evil?

selkeästi jokeri pakassa joten kaaoksen puolella

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

WARNING! INTRUDERS DETECTED


Now that you mention it I do remember reading a similar Donald Duck story about Scrooge privatizing the atmosphere and thinking about how dystopian it would be to have to pay for basic subsistence (weird how common that plotline is). Maybe that made me a socialist.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Aku Ankasta keveämpiin aiheisiin, Yleisradio julkisti uusimman puoluegalluppinsa



Yleisradio posted:

Rasismisyytösten keskellä ollut perussuomalaiset on menettänyt Ylen puoluekannatusmittauksessa suosiotaan vähemmän kuin pääministeripuolue kokoomus.

– Vaikuttaa siltä, että rasistiset kirjoitukset eivät ole ongelma suurelle osalle perussuomalaisten kannattajia, toteaa Taloustutkimuksen Westinen.

:lmao: no poo poo

Yleisradio posted:

– Ilmassa on ollut paljon pohdintaa siitä, jäävätkö entiset vihreiden ja vasemmiston äänestäjät SDP:n riveihin – ja toistaiseksi ovat jääneet. Siinä mielessä SDP on pitänyt asemansa todella hyvin. Varsinkin vihreistä liike on jatkunut edelleen SDP:n suuntaan, Westinen sanoo. Vihreiden alavireisyys jatkuu edelleen kannutusmittauksessa: 8,0 prosentin kannatus on kaukana 17,8 prosentin huipusta, jonka se saavutti vuonna 2017 Ylen kannatusmittauksessa.

Tämähän vaikuttaa loistavalta hetkeltä ruveta perustamaan pan-Eurooppalaista mikropuoluetta! :hmmno:

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa
I'm alavire kannutusmittauksessa.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Ei kai Yleisradiolta voi vaatia samanlaista kielenhuollon tasoa kuin Aku Ankalta!

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE
I just realized Greens changed their chairperson at some point. I don't know what's she's been doing since coming to office, but certainly not being in the limelight.

I mean, I don't even remember her name, let alone her face.

Bushmeister
Nov 27, 2007
Son Of Northern Frostbitten Wintermoon

No. 1 Callie Fan posted:

I just realized Greens changed their chairperson at some point. I don't know what's she's been doing since coming to office, but certainly not being in the limelight.

I mean, I don't even remember her name, let alone her face.

She gets her press statements onto the tabloids et all quite readily from the scant links I see, its just that she never has anything really topical or concrete to say. I assume somewhat because any economics talk would see her views line up with the Kok brand of privatize-terrorize-sodomize austerity and right now that seems like not the most cromulent point to be making as an opposition party.

SpiritOfLenin
Apr 29, 2013

be happy :3


Bushmeister posted:

She gets her press statements onto the tabloids et all quite readily from the scant links I see, its just that she never has anything really topical or concrete to say. I assume somewhat because any economics talk would see her views line up with the Kok brand of privatize-terrorize-sodomize austerity and right now that seems like not the most cromulent point to be making as an opposition party.

perhaps it might not have been the best of ideas to choose a puisto-Cock as the party's face when you are in opposition against the Cocks

Tuna-Fish
Sep 13, 2017

SpiritOfLenin posted:

perhaps it might not have been the best of ideas to choose a puisto-Cock as the party's face when you are in opposition against the Cocks

Isn't that precisely when you want that?

There is not enough voters for both red-green vihr and red-green vas. The past few elections have shown that there is no point, if vihr stays left they might as well merge.

When Kok is in government with ps, being as close to kok as possible except very loudly against ps seems to me to be a viable strategy.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

I'm struggling to comprehend how "let's raise pensan hinta and agree with the EU that metsät eivät ole hiilinieluja" combined with "the poors should be mulched into cattle feed since lintuinfluenssa is inconveniencing the turkistarhaajat" is a winning strategy, but I guess that's why no one pays me the big bucks to be a political commentator. :shrug:

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

SpiritOfLenin posted:

perhaps it might not have been the best of ideas to choose a puisto-Cock as the party's face when you are in opposition against the Cocks

Greens should be the spoiler party to the right instead of the left. This is the way.

Keisari
May 24, 2011

Tuna-Fish posted:

Isn't that precisely when you want that?

There is not enough voters for both red-green vihr and red-green vas. The past few elections have shown that there is no point, if vihr stays left they might as well merge.

When Kok is in government with ps, being as close to kok as possible except very loudly against ps seems to me to be a viable strategy.

Yeah it definitely could be a refuge for the sivistysporvarit. Kok's approval is dropping, we'll see what happens.

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Bushmeister posted:

She gets her press statements onto the tabloids et all quite readily from the scant links I see, its just that she never has anything really topical or concrete to say. I assume somewhat because any economics talk would see her views line up with the Kok brand of privatize-terrorize-sodomize austerity and right now that seems like not the most cromulent point to be making as an opposition party.

To be fair, it's summer and the new government was formed only six weeks ago. There hasn't been much to do yet other than say "yupppp, those guys sure are racist". And for opposition it's best to let the government marinade in its own stew.

His Divine Shadow
Aug 7, 2000

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.
I've personally been a bit confused by the noise around Purras writings. AFAIK, nothing she wrote is more extreme than anything Jussi Halla-Aho has written, I don't think he's apologized for anything he's ever written even if he's gotten sentenced for some of it.

IIRC he once wrote about maybe "shooting that homo" jogging past his house or something in his blog (heard about it in a blog by Kaj Korkea-Aho who iirc, wondered if that homo was him). Yet he's speaker of the house and it's almost as if he's got an air of respectability in contrast to Purra, despite them both being equally despicable.

Or am I just imagining things? I don't follow the news that closely so maybe there was a huge storm I missed.

Hiekkakauppias
Mar 26, 2008

OJ's humble beginnings in acting helped prepare him for the media spotlight in Calgary

His Divine Shadow posted:

I've personally been a bit confused by the noise around Purras writings. AFAIK, nothing she wrote is more extreme than anything Jussi Halla-Aho has written, I don't think he's apologized for anything he's ever written even if he's gotten sentenced for some of it.

IIRC he once wrote about maybe "shooting that homo" jogging past his house or something in his blog (heard about it in a blog by Kaj Korkea-Aho who iirc, wondered if that homo was him). Yet he's speaker of the house and it's almost as if he's got an air of respectability in contrast to Purra, despite them both being equally despicable.

Or am I just imagining things? I don't follow the news that closely so maybe there was a huge storm I missed.

Yes but Orpo demanded (or most likely RKP behind the scenes) an apology from Purra to gain confidence of other coalition members. HA has been normalized by the media for more than a decade, as crazy as it is.

Elukka
Feb 18, 2011

For All Mankind
It seems like the current decorum standard is that ministers shouldn't be turboracists but as long as it's any other role you're free to be any kind of nazi.

But also it's ok if the minister just says sorry.

Tuna-Fish
Sep 13, 2017

His Divine Shadow posted:

I've personally been a bit confused by the noise around Purras writings. AFAIK, nothing she wrote is more extreme than anything Jussi Halla-Aho has written, I don't think he's apologized for anything he's ever written even if he's gotten sentenced for some of it.

There is a long standard that rivikansanedustajat can be random village idiots, but ministers have to follow not just :decorum: standards, but also a law that says they have to be "moitteettomia". In principle, if Purra was convicted of something she said, she'd have to resign.

Which is why it's so cool and good that hallis got literally the highest possible position without moitteettomuusvaatimus. :yikes:

Jasper Tin Neck
Nov 14, 2008


"Scientifically proven, rich and creamy."

His Divine Shadow posted:

I've personally been a bit confused by the noise around Purras writings. AFAIK, nothing she wrote is more extreme than anything Jussi Halla-Aho has written, I don't think he's apologized for anything he's ever written even if he's gotten sentenced for some of it.

Halla-aho is a master of the dog whistle. His blog is a fount of euphemistic newspeak that avoids explicit racism while heavily implying it.

Purra, on the other hand, was dropping n-bombs and other incendiaries left and right in the comment section. There's not a shred of doubt she's racist as all get out.

Warden
Jan 16, 2020
I'd like to recommend at this point the unofficial biography of Halla-aho, written by Lauri Nurmi.

Did you know he was in his thirties and doing a doctoral thesis at the time he posted loving race science online, about "negroidic races" and all that poo poo? I sure didn't, I thought he was much younger.

Also, he loves cats, and hates the English language and culture, with the exception of Tolkien.

His Divine Shadow
Aug 7, 2000

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.
Yeah but Hitler liked animals, was a vegetarian and he killed Hitler too.

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Jasper Tin Neck posted:

Halla-aho is a master of the dog whistle. His blog is a fount of euphemistic newspeak that avoids explicit racism while heavily implying it.

Purra, on the other hand, was dropping n-bombs and other incendiaries left and right in the comment section. There's not a shred of doubt she's racist as all get out.

The average persu MP like Junnila is more a master of slide whistle.

Ruflux
Jun 16, 2012



Jaa ette sitten yhtään isompaa fonttikokoa löytäneet otsikolle jossa kerrotaan asia mikä on käytännössä tiedetty jo viikkoja? Hauska muuten sekin kun Aaltola petasi vissiin ilmoitustaan aiemmin kommentilla siitä, että Tiitisen lista pitäisi totta kai julkaista ja oikeastaan olisi pitänyt jo aikapäiviä sitten selvityksineen!

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Yleisradiolla oli pieni juttu Aaltolasta, nostivat otsikkoonsa tämän "hauskan" faktan

quote:

Mika Aaltola vietti oman maailmankuvansa kannalta tärkeät lukiovuotensa 1980-luvun lopulla Yhdysvalloissa, New Yorkissa.

Yhdysvaltain politiikassa 1980-luku oli Ronald Reaganin ja George H. W. Bushin republikaanien valta-aikaa.

Helsingin Sanominen laajassa henkilökuva-artikkelissa Mika Aaltola kertoi toimineensa 1990-luvun alussa vapaaehtoisena vaalityöntekijänä Bushin presidentinvaalikampanjassa. Vanhemman Bushin yritys jatkokaudelle kariutui marraskuussa 1992, kun hän hävisi demokraattien Bill Clintonille.

Boldaus minun. En malta odottaa että tämä sankari pääsee vaaliväittelyihin ja henkilöhaastatteluihin :allears:


His Divine Shadow posted:

I've personally been a bit confused by the noise around Purras writings. AFAIK, nothing she wrote is more extreme than anything Jussi Halla-Aho has written, I don't think he's apologized for anything he's ever written even if he's gotten sentenced for some of it.

IIRC he once wrote about maybe "shooting that homo" jogging past his house or something in his blog (heard about it in a blog by Kaj Korkea-Aho who iirc, wondered if that homo was him). Yet he's speaker of the house and it's almost as if he's got an air of respectability in contrast to Purra, despite them both being equally despicable.

Or am I just imagining things? I don't follow the news that closely so maybe there was a huge storm I missed.

The "tehtaankadun homo" - story was him probably making up a story about some drunk or high dude coming to harass Hallis on the street while he was smoking (!) to give him a blow-job, which irritated him and hence the violent homophobic fantasy. It's a really weird story all in all, when most of his writings seem to have revolved around making GBS threads on hesari and various päivystävät dosentit about not being racist enough.

Warden
Jan 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/jojalonen/status/1687182625776001025

Juuh, semmonen.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Glah
Jun 21, 2005
Aaltola on pyöriny täysin mun tutkan ulkopuolella. Sen tiesin, että hän hääräsi ulkopoliittisessa instituutissa ja kv politiikkaan erikoistunut mies, mutta jotenkin kuvittelin hänen ulkopoliittisen katsannon olevan tätä modernia Eurooppaan suuntaavaa koulukuntaa. Mutta näemmä hän edustaakin sitten hieman klassisempaa Euroopan laajentumista pohtivaa koulukuntaa viime vuossadan alkupuoliskolta....

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa
Aaltoloilla on myös taapero nimeltä Geo.

Jos he saavat vielä perheenlisäyksenä tyttären, sen nimeksi tulee todnäk Politiikka.

Triple A
Jul 14, 2010

Your sword, sahib.

Nenonen posted:

Aaltoloilla on myös taapero nimeltä Geo.

Jos he saavat vielä perheenlisäyksenä tyttären, sen nimeksi tulee todnäk Politiikka.

on sen verran jenkkiläistynyt että se on Politics

Bony-Eared Assfish
Oct 4, 2018

Rappaport posted:

Yleisradiolla oli pieni juttu Aaltolasta, nostivat otsikkoonsa tämän "hauskan" faktan

Boldaus minun. En malta odottaa että tämä sankari pääsee vaaliväittelyihin ja henkilöhaastatteluihin :allears:

The "tehtaankadun homo" - story was him probably making up a story about some drunk or high dude coming to harass Hallis on the street while he was smoking (!) to give him a blow-job, which irritated him and hence the violent homophobic fantasy. It's a really weird story all in all, when most of his writings seem to have revolved around making GBS threads on hesari and various päivystävät dosentit about not being racist enough.

I feel like "Tehtaankadun Homo" story was also likely a dog whistle to nazis, telling them that he stands with Bård Eithun.

Or maybe I was just too into black metal as a kid and am imagining things, luoja tietää.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

I mean let's just look at the eduskunta vote on the legislation change on transgender rights (Yle from this February, not news) Green is yes, red is gently caress off



PS were in opposition, sure, but it doesn't seem like they're exactly super-keen on rights for sexual minorities. Sebu Tynkkynen aside, I guess.

Fish of hemp
Apr 1, 2011

A friendly little mouse!

Rappaport posted:


PS were in opposition, sure, but it doesn't seem like they're exactly super-keen on rights for sexual minorities. Sebu Tynkkynen aside, I guess.

Sebu is a mascot and a jester, as long as he's entertaining and non threatening, he's allowed to be persu.

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

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Aaltola might have had a shot if he had been drafted by Kokoomus and wriggled his way into round two against Halla-aho. Now he's probably gonna be a spoiler for Stubb/Häkkänen and even Rehn. Halla-aho round 2 stonks do go up with Aaltola further splitting the not-PS vote. We get to have our own version of the 2002 French presidential election.

The added publicity will be a career boon though; he clearly loves it. Maybe he can leverage this into a nice professor's chair in some American university or a well-paid consultancy at a think tank.

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Fish of hemp posted:

Sebu is a mascot and a jester, as long as he's entertaining and non threatening, he's allowed to be persu.

Every fascist movement must have its own Ernst Röhm, it's in the rules.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Sulphagnist posted:

Aaltola might have had a shot if he had been drafted by Kokoomus and wriggled his way into round two against Halla-aho. Now he's probably gonna be a spoiler for Stubb/Häkkänen and even Rehn. Halla-aho round 2 stonks do go up with Aaltola further splitting the not-PS vote. We get to have our own version of the 2002 French presidential election.

The added publicity will be a career boon though; he clearly loves it. Maybe he can leverage this into a nice professor's chair in some American university or a well-paid consultancy at a think tank.

I wonder how much attention RAND pays to the Finnish presidential elections these days.

Yesterday there was a porinapaja with Häkkänen, Lindtman and Halla-aho about foreign and security policy, it's long, don't watch it, but Häkkänen very clearly used his opening monologue and his turns in the "discussion" to make a case for a presidential campaign. If we take it at face value, Cock will have to decide between the nami-nami-Alex and arch-conservative Häkkänen. I doubt Aaltola ever really had a chance at being Cock's candidate.

Hiekkakauppias
Mar 26, 2008

OJ's humble beginnings in acting helped prepare him for the media spotlight in Calgary

Nenonen posted:

Every fascist movement must have its own Ernst Röhm, it's in the rules.

And i think Tynkkynen was a big part in Halla-Aho's victory by mobilizing the nazier part of the party membership vía social media against Soini's proteges.

So a useful idiot.

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Sampo Terho was also active on hommaforum when he was running for party chair, so while Sebu is an idiot, it's not like the party had a not-racist future ahead of it either way :v:

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Hiekkakauppias
Mar 26, 2008

OJ's humble beginnings in acting helped prepare him for the media spotlight in Calgary

Rappaport posted:

Sampo Terho was also active on hommaforum when he was running for party chair, so while Sebu is an idiot, it's not like the party had a not-racist future ahead of it either way :v:

Yes, they are all horrible people.

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