Zombie Raptor posted:

This is from the continuing follies of Facebook, of course. It should be pretty easy to see why I share it, but my question to you guys is this: How are we supposed to remain tactful and not lash out at idiots who take such pride in misconceptions like these? Why am I coming to Goons for advice on decorum?



Yeah, it's terrible that a baby was shot to death. I don't feel like I should need to say that. However, the hard-to-miss differences of the child being shot in botched robbery rather than a racially-charged stalking and the eternally more important fact that these shooters were arrested and punished as opposed to what happened with Zimmerman make these two cases radically loving different.

Rand alPaul posted:

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Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip March 21, 2013. Al-Malalha , who said that his bride was not given a permit from Egyptian authorities to enter the Gaza Strip, brought her from neighboring Egypt through a smuggling tunnel to celebrate his wedding in his native Gaza Strip.

Zombie Raptor posted:

This is from the continuing follies of Facebook, of course. It should be pretty easy to see why I share it, but my question to you guys is this: How are we supposed to remain tactful and not lash out at idiots who take such pride in misconceptions like these? Why am I coming to Goons for advice on decorum?



Yeah, it's terrible that a baby was shot to death. I don't feel like I should need to say that. However, the hard-to-miss differences of the child being shot in botched robbery rather than a racially-charged stalking and the eternally more important fact that these shooters were arrested and punished as opposed to what happened with Zimmerman make these two cases radically loving different.

King Dopplepopolos posted:

Or just tell them to gently caress off for using the death of an infant to score political points for Their Team.

Zombie Raptor posted:

This is from the continuing follies of Facebook, of course. It should be pretty easy to see why I share it, but my question to you guys is this: How are we supposed to remain tactful and not lash out at idiots who take such pride in misconceptions like these? Why am I coming to Goons for advice on decorum?



Yeah, it's terrible that a baby was shot to death. I don't feel like I should need to say that. However, the hard-to-miss differences of the child being shot in botched robbery rather than a racially-charged stalking and the eternally more important fact that these shooters were arrested and punished as opposed to what happened with Zimmerman make these two cases radically loving different.

Rev. Bleech_ posted:

Yeah, the mother of a friend of mine shared this one recently. 10 years ago when I was helping her with some computer issue, I asked her why she felt it necessary to keep a .32 caliber revolver next to the computer at all time. She looked at me incredulously and answered "Niggers with switchblades!". I should point out that this woman left the house once a month on average.

Meanwhile, Wayne Brady's plan for White Genocide continues unchecked

SyHopeful posted:

Red Army Choir

Zombie Raptor posted:

This is from the continuing follies of Facebook, of course. It should be pretty easy to see why I share it, but my question to you guys is this: How are we supposed to remain tactful and not lash out at idiots who take such pride in misconceptions like these? Why am I coming to Goons for advice on decorum?



Yeah, it's terrible that a baby was shot to death. I don't feel like I should need to say that. However, the hard-to-miss differences of the child being shot in botched robbery rather than a racially-charged stalking and the eternally more important fact that these shooters were arrested and punished as opposed to what happened with Zimmerman make these two cases radically loving different.

casa de mi padre posted:

I like how baby Antonio Santiago is white because he's a baby and was murdered. If he had grown up and been accused of a crime, suddenly that name would sound much more Hispanic.

Coohoolin posted:

Graffiti on an abandoned cottage in Bannockburn.

Highspeeddub posted:

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Later that year, in 1459, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II sent envoys to Vlad to urge him to pay a delayed tribute of 10,000 ducats and 500 recruits into the Ottoman forces. Vlad refused, because if he had paid the 'tribute', as the tax was called at the time, it would have meant a public acceptance of Wallachia as part of the Ottoman Empire. Vlad, just like most of his predecessors and successors, had as a primary goal to keep Wallachia as independent as possible. Vlad had the Turkish envoys killed on the pretext that they had refused to raise their "hats" to him, by nailing their turbans to their heads.

KazigluBey posted:

Sup, Romanian and/or Bulgarian buddy! Or possibly random internet person who just finds that stamp cool, I guess.

Coohoolin posted:

Graffiti on an abandoned cottage in Bannockburn.

Kopijeger posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO5X0wIJR8Q
Russian parody version: the new lyrics are about a bomber crew bringing "sixteen tons of dangerous cargo" to a Soviet town.

Highspeeddub posted:

Just a random person who found the stamp cool, but nice to meet you!

a Wallachian veteran posted:

The sultan besieged him and discovered him in a certain mountain where the Wallachian was supported by the natural strength of the place. There Vlad had hidden himself along with 24,000 of his men who had willingly followed him. When Vlad realized that he would either perish from hunger or fall into the hands of the very cruel enemy, and considering both eventualities unworthy of brave men, he dared commit an act worthy of being remembered: calling his men together and explaining the situation to them, he easily persuaded them to enter the enemy camp. He divided the men so that either they should die bravely in battle with glory and honor or else, should destiny prove favorable to them, they should avenge themselves against the enemy in an exceptional matter. So, making use of some Turkish prisoners, who had been caught at twilight when they were wandering about imprudently, at nightfall Vlad penetrated into the Turkish camp with part of his troops, all the way up the fortifications. And during the entire night he sped like lightning in every direction and caused great slaughter, so much so that, had the other commander to whom he had entrusted his remaining forces been equally brave, or had the Turks not fully obeyed the repeated orders from the sultan not to abandon their garrisons, the Wallachian undoubtedly would have gained the greatest and most brilliant victory. But the other commander (a boyar named Galeş) did not dare attack the camp from the other side as had been agreed upon....Vlad carried out an incredible massacre without losing many men in such a major encounter, though many were wounded. He abandoned the enemy camp before daybreak and returned to the same mountain from which he had come. No one dared pursue him, since he had caused such terror and turmoil. I learned by questioning those who had participated in this battle that the sultan lost all confidence in the situation. During that night the sultan abandoned the camp and fled in a shameful manner. And he would have continued to this way, had he not been reprimanded by his friends and brought back, almost against his will.

Action Jacktion posted:

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http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/22/ford-of-india-in-hot-water-for-figo-celebrity-bondage-ads

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After a subject by the name of Peter Plogojowitz had died, ten weeks past - he lived in the village of Kisilova, in the Rahm district [of Serbia] - and had been buried according to the Raetzin custom, it had been revealed that in this same village of Kisilova, within a week, nine people, both old and young, died also, after suffering a twenty-four hour illness. And they said publicly, while they were yet alive, but on their death-bed, that the above-mentioned Peter Plogojowitz, who had died ten weeks earlier, had come to them in their sleep, laid himself on them, so that they would have to give up the ghost. The other subjects were very distressed and strengthened even more in such beliefs by the fact that the dead Peter Plogojowitz’s wife, after saying her husband had come to her and demanded his opanki, or shoes, had left the village of Kisilova and gone to another.

"And since with such people (which they call vampires) various signs are to be seen - that is, the body undecomposed, the skin, hair, beard, and nails growing - the subjects resolved unanimously to open the grave of Peter Plogojowitz and to see if such above-mentioned signs were really to be found on him. To this end they came here to me and, telling of these events, asked me and the local pope, or the parish priest, to be present at the viewing. And although I at first disapproved, telling them that the praiseworthy administration should first be dutifully and humbly informed, and its exalted opinion about this should be heard, they did not want to accommodate themselves to this at all, but rather gave this short answer: I could do what I want, but if I could not accord them the viewing and the legal recognition to deal with the body according to their custom, they would have to leave house and home, because by the time a gracious resolution was received from Belgrade, perhaps the entire village - and this was already supposed to have happened once before under the Turks - could be destroyed by such an evil spirit, and they did not want to wait for this.

Since I could not hold such people from the resolution they had made, either with good words or with threats, I went to the village of Kisilova, taking along the Gradisk pope, and viewed the body of Peter Plogojowitz, just exhumed, finding, in accordance with thorough thoughtfulness, that first of all I did not detect the slightest odor that is otherwise characteristic of the dead, and the body, except for the nose, which was somewhat fallen away, was completely fresh. The hair and beard - even the nails, of which the old ones had fallen away - had grown on him; the old skin, which was somewhat whitish, had peeled away, and a new fresh one had emerged under it. The face, hands, and feet, and the whole body were so constituted, that they could they could not have been more complete in his lifetime. Not without astonishment, I saw some fresh blood in his mouth, which, according to the common observation, he had sucked from the people killed by him. In short, all the indications were present that such people (as remarked above) are said to have.

After both the pope and I had seen this spectacle, while the people grew more outraged than distressed, all the subjects, with great speed, sharpened a stake - in order to pierce the corpse of the deceased with it - and put this at his heart, whereupon, as he was pierced, not only did much blood, completely fresh, flow also through his ears and mouth, but still other wild signs (which I pass by out of high respect) took place. [He means that the corpse had an erection] Finally, according to their usual practice, they burned the often-mentioned body, in hoc casu, to ashes, of which I inform the most laudable Administration, and at the same time would like to request, obediently and humbly, that if a mistake was made in this matter, such is to be attributed not to me but to the rabble, who were beside themselves with fear.

- Imperial Provisor, Gradisk District.

Joementum posted:

Action Jacktion posted:

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Kopijeger posted:

You left out the third in the series:

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The bodies of seven men, all shot in the head as if executed, were found dumped in plastic chairs placed along the side of a street in the Mexican state of Michoacan, authorities have said.

Michoacan's attorney general's office said in a statement on Saturday that the victims had all been shot in the head and placed individually in the sitting position in chairs near a traffic circle in the city of Uruapan.

A placard nailed to one of the bodies with an ice pick reads: "Warning! This will happen to thieves, kidnappers, sex offenders and extortionists".

R. Mute posted:

Strange that Al Jazeera didn't make the link themselves



e: and if you were talking about leaving bloody corpses in general, yeah, all the cartels have a knack for it.

Miltank posted:

Are messages like that common among the cartels or can we please have a real life Punisher on our hands?

Rugoberta Munchu posted:

Gonzo McFee posted:

Anthony Cumia is a noted racist piece of poo poo.

TheMammoth posted:

Is that Shaq shaking Christie's hand?

Brigadier Sockface posted:

I love this. Any context?

Bohemian Nights posted:

Speaking of protests, here's one where I would love to see some good ol' fashioned police brutality.