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boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Office Pig posted:

So going by Spicer's answer, I am going to go out on a limb and say the executive is comprised entirely of foreign agents.

Ummmm they just trust your application and that's enough for the executive branch

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SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
(and can't post for 4 years!)

Spicer: "Don't make me make the podium move."

# ? Mar 10, 2017 20:20

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

SwampDonkey posted:

Spicer: "Don't make me make the podium move."

He wishes he had that kind of reach.

Also drat, that Aussie dude is pissed.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 20:24

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
(and can't post for 4 years!)

FrozenVent posted:

He wishes he had that kind of reach.

Also drat, that Aussie dude is pissed.

Last question as he was walking away:

"Are you watching SNL this weekend since you talked about moving the podium?"

# ? Mar 10, 2017 20:34

Third World Reagan: May 19, 2008; Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.

why do you think it is upsidedown

it is right from his point of view

# ? Mar 10, 2017 20:52

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

Let's see what insufferable oval office Glenn Greenwald is up to,
https://twitter.com/LoopEmma/status/840239134115536897

# ? Mar 10, 2017 20:58

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Is this normal

https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/840294219768045568

# ? Mar 10, 2017 21:21

Dead Reckoning: Sep 13, 2011

Handsome Ralph posted:

Dude, you are victim blaming people for revenge porn. Don't die fighting on this hill.

Here�s my take on it, and after this I'll consider my piece said: taking nudes of yourself is contrary to good order and discipline, and the rest of my position follows logically from that. It might be OK for an ordinary civilian Jim or Jane, but it is unacceptable for a military member. The fact that the people in question were themselves victims of a crime is immaterial to me. If a soldier's jilted ex boyfriend revealed that she had been revealing classified to him, I would similarly expect her to be prosecuted.

When a bureaucrat gets in trouble for sending racist emails to friends, or wearing blackface at a private party, or sending snaps of their dick to women who aren't their wife, no one comes out to defend their right to privacy.

I personally think the camera phone was the worst invention of the last 20 years. After a few formative experiences early in my career, I realized that I had to be on guard at all times, because if I told an off color joke in public or cussed out a Wal-Mart cashier or got drunk at a party, I was one joker with a cell phone away from being a WSHH superstar and losing the respect of my superiors, peers, and subordinates. It sucks. But this is the world we've all decided we're going to live in by default, one where people can easily make your private poo poo public, and your worst moments can be recorded for posterity. Members of the military have to integrate their lives and careers in that context, and if someone doesn't have the self discipline to not take pictures of their junk while serving in a public capacity, they probably don't belong in the military.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 21:38

the JJ: Mar 31, 2011

Dead Reckoning posted:

Here�s my take on it, and after this I'll consider my piece said: taking nudes of yourself is contrary to good order and discipline, and the rest of my position follows logically from that. It might be OK for an ordinary civilian Jim or Jane, but it is unacceptable for a military member. The fact that the people in question were themselves victims of a crime is immaterial to me. If a soldier's jilted ex boyfriend revealed that she had been revealing classified to him, I would similarly expect her to be prosecuted.

When a bureaucrat gets in trouble for sending racist emails to friends, or wearing blackface at a private party, or sending snaps of their dick to women who aren't their wife, no one comes out to defend their right to privacy.

I personally think the camera phone was the worst invention of the last 20 years. After a few formative experiences early in my career, I realized that I had to be on guard at all times, because if I told an off color joke in public or cussed out a Wal-Mart cashier or got drunk at a party, I was one joker with a cell phone away from being a WSHH superstar and losing the respect of my superiors, peers, and subordinates. It sucks. But this is the world we've all decided we're going to live in by default, one where people can easily make your private poo poo public, and your worst moments can be recorded for posterity. Members of the military have to integrate their lives and careers in that context, and if someone doesn't have the self discipline to not take pictures of their junk while serving in a public capacity, they probably don't belong in the military.

Maybe the fact that your right to be an rear end in a top hat is being curtailed shouldn't have any effect on other people enjoying consensual funtimes?

And perhaps there's a difference between you being called out for being a shitbird in public and people having their privacy violated?

# ? Mar 10, 2017 21:44

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
(and can't post for 4 years!)

TBeats posted:

Is this normal

https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/840294219768045568

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/so-is-this-us-attorney-purge-unprecedented-or-not/

# ? Mar 10, 2017 21:47

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYTc55nGEI

# ? Mar 10, 2017 21:49

aphid_licker: Jan 7, 2009

A fugitive murderer in Germany apparently posted on 4chan while on the run. So I went there to check it out or whatever, god knows what I thought I was doing, and less than a minute in I see a video of someone getting murdered. What a shithole.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 21:54

Beeb: Jun 29, 2003; Good hunter, free us from this waking nightmare

CommieGIR posted:

Yes. I love this guy. But drat, I'd never want to be on the other side of his desk and be on his bad side.

He went drat near a full minute without blinking, that's some pissed off focus :stare:

# ? Mar 10, 2017 21:55

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Capn Beeb posted:

He went drat near a full minute without blinking, that's some pissed off focus

he blinks twice in the whole 3 minutes, both around the minute mark. so he actually goes two minutes of being loving pissed off glaring into the camera. dude owns

If that does not suit you, then get out.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:07

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

I enjoy how Barry has really run the Shadow Government by windsurfing and seeing broadway plays.

https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/840299979822530561

# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:08

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

anyway it's new zealand news time again

about half of the north island is now underwater

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11816051

hobbits are drowning in droves

friend of mine posted this just this morning
https://www.facebook.com/4WDNZ/videos/1810860019235950/

# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:15

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

facialimpediment posted:

I enjoy how Barry has really run the Shadow Government by windsurfing and seeing broadway plays.

https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/840299979822530561

This poo poo is retarded and I don't recall anyone talking about crap like this in my adult life.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:25

Zeris: Apr 15, 2003; Quality posting direct from my brain to your face holes.

There's some tiny chance he's referring to the thing they do in the UK right?

# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:31

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Zeris posted:

There's some tiny chance he's referring to the thing they do in the UK right?

if he is he's massively misusing the term since that refers to a party that's hoping to come in, with the 'shadow ministers' being earmarked for jobs if/when they take power

since obama's shown pretty much zero signs of wanting anything to do with politics since leaving, yeah, the dude's just nuts

# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:39

Dead Reckoning: Sep 13, 2011

the JJ posted:

Maybe the fact that your right to be an rear end in a top hat is being curtailed shouldn't have any effect on other people enjoying consensual funtimes?

And perhaps there's a difference between you being called out for being a shitbird in public and people having their privacy violated?

They were hypothetical examples of brief lapses in good judgment that one needs to avoid for the sake of one's career in an era where everything is recorded and shared. You seem to think it's reasonable for commanders to punish soldiers who do things like that, so unless you're going to argue that an officer or NCO having naked pictures floating around isn't contrary to good order and discipline, your position seems rather inconsistent.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:49

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Dead Reckoning posted:

They were hypothetical examples of brief lapses in good judgment that one needs to avoid for the sake of one's career in an era where everything is recorded and shared. You seem to think it's reasonable for commanders to punish soldiers who do things like that, so unless you're going to argue that an officer or NCO having naked pictures floating around isn't contrary to good order and discipline, your position seems rather inconsistent.

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# ? Mar 10, 2017 22:50

Mike-o: Dec 25, 2004; Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed; Grimey Drawer

TBeats posted:

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# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:13

Victor Vermis: Dec 21, 2004; WOKE UP IN THE DESERT AGAIN

TBeats posted:

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Yeah stop discussing current events and linking them back to the greater existential crisis of modern civilization vs the extinction of privacy.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:16

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.

TBeats posted:

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Cole right

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:17

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Victor Vermis posted:

Yeah stop discussing current events and linking them back to the greater existential crisis of modern civilization vs the extinction of privacy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HJxya0CWco

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:18

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!

https://twitter.com/MahirZeynalov/status/839613372261941248

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# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:19

Zeris: Apr 15, 2003; Quality posting direct from my brain to your face holes.

Whatever you want to discuss :justpost:

Fires and chemicals :justpost:

Privacy and dick pics :justpost:

Contempt for fellow goons :justpost:

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:19

ded redd: Aug 1, 2010

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/MahirZeynalov/status/839613372261941248

I loving love turkey lol

Is this a joke? Are you loving kidding me with this?

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:21

Victor Vermis: Dec 21, 2004; WOKE UP IN THE DESERT AGAIN

Woof Blitzer posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HJxya0CWco

DOGGE CURRENT EVENTS ONLY!!!! (i <3 dogges because im sad-brain retard :3 )

ALSO ACCEPTABLE: white people and men are the worst!!!!

Zeris posted:

Fires and chemicals

gently caress that nerd poo poo.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:21

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!

There's a whole thread in that tweet link

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:22

vains: May 26, 2004; A Big Ten institution offering distance education catering to adult learners

Victor Vermis posted:

ALSO ACCEPTABLE: white people and men are the worst!!!!

too woke bro

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:23

A Handed Missus: Aug 6, 2012

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/MahirZeynalov/status/839613372261941248

I loving love turkey lol

that owns

I'm gonna have to talk to Erdogan about getting me a half a million dollar paycheck for doing gently caress all

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:24

PookBear: Nov 1, 2008

You could pay 4chan that much to get an endless amount of lovely propaganda against Gulen

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:29

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

aphid_licker posted:

A fugitive murderer in Germany apparently posted on 4chan while on the run. So I went there to check it out or whatever, god knows what I thought I was doing, and less than a minute in I see a video of someone getting murdered. What a shithole.

Uh, what now? :stare:

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:38

The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

Speaking of 4chan...

Anti-Trump Witches and 4Chan Magicians Are Battling Over the Future of America

quote:

Shortly after midnight one night in late February, outside of the grimly palatial Trump Tower in Manhattan, a Trump supporter was screaming at a small group of anti-Trump protesters clustered on the sidewalk. In some ways, the confrontation was fairly typical: "You only like democracy when it works in your favor!" the Trump supporter, an ardent, bespectacled woman with her hair in a ponytail, bellowed at one point.

By most measures, however, the scene was unusual. The protesters were sitting beside a makeshift altar, brandishing candles and a tarot card, and had just finished casting a spell on the US president. Their lone detractor, who later described herself as a "Christian mystic," was aggressively wielding a small, round mirror, shrieking repeatedly that she was reflecting their magical intentions back on them.

quote:

By the time the mass ritual was performed, it had become a media sensation, covered everywhere from BuzzFeed to Breitbart, and had attracted exactly one high-profile celebrity to the cause (Lana del Rey, obviously). It had also become, to some particularly fervent people, a high-stakes battle over the state of the deeply unpopular president's soul�a rightwing Christian group, incensed by the "blasphemy against God," announced that they would be praying to counteract the spell. "This is a declaration of spiritual war, and it requires a response," they wrote. "We ask you to join us in praying for the strength of our nation, our elected representatives, and for the souls of the lost who would take up Satanic arms against us." This absurd development buoyed the dominant media narrative, which framed the event as a quirky spectacle or novelty: "Witches and Christians Are Prepared to Battle over Trump," or something to that effect, wrote several headline editors.

quote:

A byzantine series of coincidences toward the end of Trump's campaign led 4chan users to jokingly construct their own occultist belief system, sometimes referred to as the Cult of Kek. The basic idea behind it is that Pepe the Frog�a meme of an amphibian who vacillates between morose and smug, who somehow went from innocuous cartoon to hate symbol in the past year�is actually an avatar through which members of 4chan unknowingly resurrected Kek, the frog-headed Egyptian god of chaos and primordial darkness. The figure of Kek-as-Pepe enjoyed a mild public apotheosis on September 11, 2016, which is when the Clinton campaign posted about Pepe on Hillary Clinton's official website, calling the meme "a symbol associated with white supremacy." On the same day, Clinton herself left a 9/11 memorial service abruptly, appearing unsteady on her feet.

The entire article is gold.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:41

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

That article makes me want off this reality.

Also comical is Donnie canning all the U.S. prosecutors. Not REALLY out of the ordinary, though 7 weeks into an administration is odd, but just a few weeks ago he told one of them HEY STAY ON AND BE MY DUDE now it's unclear if Donnie wants that guy gone too.

https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/840321371662090240

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:44

ded redd: Aug 1, 2010

facialimpediment posted:

That article makes me want off this reality.

Also comical is Donnie canning all the U.S. prosecutors. Not REALLY out of the ordinary, though 7 weeks into an administration is odd, but just a few weeks ago he told one of them HEY STAY ON AND BE MY DUDE now it's unclear if Donnie wants that guy gone too.

https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/840321371662090240

I'm going to echo what people in less savory subforums have said and say this is a result of Fox-fueled DEEP STATE paranoia.

# ? Mar 10, 2017 23:58