Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
socialsecurity
Aug 30, 2003

mik posted:

It's one thing to watch the implosion of the US political system as a non-America, it's another when that implosion poses an existential threat to the rest of us. Come on, USA.

If you want to attack us out of self defense we understand.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Convergence
Apr 9, 2005

mik posted:

It's one thing to watch the implosion of the US political system as a non-America, it's another when that implosion poses an existential threat to the rest of us. Come on, USA.

You need to start lobbying your countries to sanction the US

Fuzzy Mammal
Aug 15, 2001

Lipstick Apathy
Kushner really has no qualifications whatsoever does he. When was the last time nepotism was so baldly overt? Bobby Kennedy at least passed the bar before becoming AG.

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider

socialsecurity posted:

If you want to attack us out of self defense we understand.

Start in DC and surrounding golf courses.

Spiffster
Oct 7, 2009

I'm good... I Haven't slept for a solid 83 hours, but yeah... I'm good...


Lipstick Apathy

Convergence posted:

You need to start lobbying your countries to sanction the US

I would love to see Trump's reaction to that :eyepop:

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

Fuzzy Mammal posted:

Kushner really has no qualifications whatsoever does he. When was the last time nepotism was so baldly overt? Bobby Kennedy at least passed the bar before becoming AG.

Neither does most of the rest of his staff, #withfewexceptions

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Ice Phisherman posted:

I think Spicer actually did a fantastic job given the circumstances. Press Secretaries are supposed to deflect blame and absorb heat onto themselves. That's what he did and he did it while justifying the unjustifiable. A completely unenviable task.

He also somehow managed to do it without ending up with the image of a contemptible rear end in a top hat. More of a diaper wearing duffus in over his head. Laughable not scornful. Like the court jester. Which is kinda hosed, with the way he's normalized public bold faced lying.

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider

Fuzzy Mammal posted:

Kushner really has no qualifications whatsoever does he. When was the last time nepotism was so baldly overt? Bobby Kennedy at least passed the bar before becoming AG.

When has any of this poo poo every been so overt and just "gently caress you, we're in charge now mother fuckers, can't put us in jail if we are the jail!"

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

Convergence posted:

You need to start lobbying your countries to sanction the US

It's not like our own government is going to do anything but make us miserable anyway. Go nuts on us, rest of the world.

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider

Rinkles posted:

He also somehow managed to do it without ending up with the image of a contemptible rear end in a top hat. More of a diaper wearing duffus in over his head. Laughable not scornful. Like the court jester. Which is kinda hosed, with the way he's normalized public bold faced lying.

I think that was the problem with Shuckabee, she came across as a true believer and had a pretty big "gently caress you!" vibe when reporters asked questions that went against their narrative.

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

mik posted:

It's one thing to watch the implosion of the US political system as a non-America, it's another when that implosion poses an existential threat to the rest of us. Come on, USA.

Even if the US pulls out, it's not a massive loss. The US is already on the way to meeting it's goals just by market forces: natural gas and green energy are cheaper than heavier polluters. Recycling is also becoming cheaper than new resource extraction over time. Electric/hybrid cars are ready to explode over the next ten years, etc.

It'll be a lovely setback, but it's no death sentence, luckily. Especially as China is also starting to push for cleaner options as well. Even rich assholes need to breathe

Ice Phisherman
Apr 12, 2007

Swimming upstream
into the sunset



Rinkles posted:

He also somehow managed to do it without ending up with the image of a contemptible rear end in a top hat. More of a diaper wearing duffus in over his head. Laughable not scornful. Like the court jester. Which is kinda hosed, with the way he's normalized public bold faced lying.

Let's be frank. It was normalize before him.

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Ice Phisherman posted:

Let's be frank. It was normalize before him.

The inaugural crowd size "period" was undeniably a turning point.

Rinkles fucked around with this message at 01:58 on May 28, 2017

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

mik posted:

It's one thing to watch the implosion of the US political system as a non-America, it's another when that implosion poses an existential threat to the rest of us. Come on, USA.

That's my Darkest Timeline nightmare scenario: Putin gets really loving ballsy and tries to annex part of Nunavut, Trudeau invokes Article 5, and Trump's response is to fart into his iPhone.

loving scary.

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

It seems like the Murdoch kids are deliberately trying to moderate the networks' image

They don't share any loyalties with guys like Ailes (who they hated) or O'Reilly and not many people are going to go to bad for sexual predators and wife beaters who they don't like in the first place.

Crain posted:

I mean, they already call for veiled acts of violence.

So if they go any further it'll be explicitly calling for murder.

And as much as "lol nothing matters" is a thing, that's still pretty illegal.

The right wing media is directly responsible for the murder of people like George Tiller and nothing happened to them for it.

RuanGacho posted:

Apparently that's a joint suit by Vilerats mom and another parent just being idiots.

I know it's been said that Vilerat's mom was an unhinged far right person even before his death, but it's still hosed up just how much the GOP used her.

707"]
It seems like a major flaw in our system that signing a treaty requires the legislature to approve but breaking one doesn't.

Or is this even a treaty?
[/quote]

The process to quit the Paris accords takes something like 4 years and can be stopped during that process IIRC. In other words: if Trump started trying to bail on the accords he'd have to win reelection in order to see it through. The US bailing on the accords won't stop China and others from pushing ahead with it and will only erode the US's position as the world leader that much faster. China would be beside itself with joy if Trump kills US participation in this. The real damage is him trying to electro-shock a dying coal industry via taxpayer bailouts when the entire coal sector needs to be allowed to die and the coal region needs to be heavily invested in for new uses. Setup a bunch of wind farms in West Virginia or something and then hire&train ex-miners to maintain their operation. Climbing a 200ft tall ladder is going to be hell to most people at first but ending up with legs of steel and lots of time outside is infinitely better than being in coal mines getting Black Lung.

Fuzzy Mammal posted:

Kushner really has no qualifications whatsoever does he. When was the last time nepotism was so baldly overt? Bobby Kennedy at least passed the bar before becoming AG.

Bush v. Gore

Ice Phisherman
Apr 12, 2007

Swimming upstream
into the sunset



quote:

I know it's been said that Vilerat's mom was an unhinged far right person even before his death, but it's still hosed up just how much the GOP used her.

She was an insane person who was willing to be used.

Paradoxish
Dec 19, 2003

Will you stop going crazy in there?

Slaan posted:

Even if the US pulls out, it's not a massive loss. The US is already on the way to meeting it's goals just by market forces: natural gas and green energy are cheaper than heavier polluters. Recycling is also becoming cheaper than new resource extraction over time. Electric/hybrid cars are ready to explode over the next ten years, etc.

It'll be a lovely setback, but it's no death sentence, luckily. Especially as China is also starting to push for cleaner options as well. Even rich assholes need to breathe

For what it's worth we actually aren't on track to hitting the Paris climate goals at all and will likely miss them by 20% or more, and that's assuming that we keep pace with Obama-era reductions.

edit- rich assholes are betting on air conditioners and bunkers in New Zealand

Paradoxish fucked around with this message at 02:06 on May 28, 2017

Nothus
Feb 22, 2001

Buglord
You guys do realize that with Jared out, Steve Bannon is back in.

Edit: also, lol, Trump totally quit the Paris accords after getting shunned by the mean kids at the Euro summit. Macron deserves some kind of medal for humiliating Trump.

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling



nine-gear crow posted:

That's my Darkest Timeline nightmare scenario: Putin gets really loving ballsy and tries to annex part of Nunavut, Trudeau invokes Article 5, and Trump's response is to fart into his iPhone.

loving scary.

It'll be the Baltic states before it's Canada. Besides, Trudeau can just let Putin know that he's having... Nunavit :smug:

Crain
Jun 27, 2007

I had a beer once with Stephen Miller and now I like him.

I also tried to ban someone from a Discord for pointing out what an unrelenting shithead I am! I'm even dumb enough to think it worked!

Evil Fluffy posted:




The right wing media is directly responsible for the murder of people like George Tiller and nothing happened to them for it.


They are. But legally there's a difference between calling a man "Baby Killer" George Tiller every day, and explicitly going "You need to go and murder your liberal neighbors".

smoke sumthin bitch
Dec 14, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Ice Phisherman posted:

She was an insane person who was willing to be used.

its pretty low to attack a grieving mother for seeking justice for her son who died due to the gross incompetence of your leaders(ie hillary).

ThisIsJohnWayne
Feb 23, 2007
Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!



Mister Adequate posted:

It'll be the Baltic states before it's Canada. Besides, Trudeau can just let Putin know that he's having... Nunavit :smug:

The Baltics are defended. Can we say the same thing about the North Pole?

Old Kentucky Shark
May 25, 2012

If you think you're gonna get sympathy from the shark, well then, you won't.


Hollismason posted:

How does the whole "If a President get's a gift it belongs to the Government not the President" thing work. Is that a real thing because I am gonna laugh so hard when Trump and them leave take poo poo then have to give it back.

Pretty sure that happened to the Clintons.
Gifts to the president valued at more than $375 become property of the National Archives. The President has the option of purchasing them back at fair market value or they may also apply to have them transferred to their Presidential Library after their term.

Name Change
Oct 9, 2005


Fuzzy Mammal posted:

Kushner really has no qualifications whatsoever does he. When was the last time nepotism was so baldly overt? Bobby Kennedy at least passed the bar before becoming AG.

Who else is going to do the work at this point? They can't find a replacement for FBI Director.

TARDISman
Oct 28, 2011



Old Kentucky Shark posted:

Gifts to the president valued at more than $375 become property of the National Archives. The President has the option of purchasing them back at fair market value or they may also apply to have them transferred to their Presidential Library after their term.

Obama must be super excited to finally kick back and start Witcher 2.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

The Baltics are defended. Can we say the same thing about the North Pole?

Plus the Russian Air Force regularly sends Tu-95s into Canadian Arctic airspace to probe our defenses before RCAF interceptors "politely escort" them back home. So yeah, we're on Putin's wish list, no matter how far down we are.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Old Kentucky Shark posted:

Gifts to the president valued at more than $375 become property of the National Archives. The President has the option of purchasing them back at fair market value or they may also apply to have them transferred to their Presidential Library after their term.

Mr President, allow me to present you with this dacha on the Black Sea with a scenic view of eastern Russian Crimea, valued at $374.99.

Ice Phisherman
Apr 12, 2007

Swimming upstream
into the sunset



smoke sumthin bitch posted:

its pretty low to attack a grieving mother for seeking justice for her son who died due to the gross incompetence of your leaders(ie hillary).

The fuckup was a bipartisan affair. The republicans for instance gutted protections for embassies and then threw all of that poo poo on Hillary. Despite that during the Bush era the death toll was in the sixties for the same crises and we don't talk about them.

VR on the other hand didn't even list her as family for his job at the state department. The "Got a crazy forwarded political email from your family? Post them here" thread was started in part due to her.

Her grief has little bearing on her behavior previous which was bad. Her behavior afterward was more of the same. Her grief wasn't transformative. Her grief was a soapbox. So I don't give a gently caress.

duodenum
Sep 18, 2005

Spaced God posted:

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/868611037985222656
Yes yes yes fire a bunch of people. I don't think anything bad can happen to a bunch of newly unemployed disgruntled officials who know everything :allears:

Looks like he's been away from his weave artist for more than a few days. No wonder he doesn't want to take long trips anywhere.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

Ice Phisherman posted:

The fuckup was a bipartisan affair. The republicans for instance gutted protections for embassies and then threw all of that poo poo on Hillary. Despite that during the Bush era the death toll was in the sixties for the same crises and we don't talk about them.

VR on the other hand didn't even list her as family for his job at the state department. The "Got a crazy forwarded political email from your family? Post them here" thread was started in part due to her.

Her grief has little bearing on her behavior previous which was bad. Her behavior afterward was more of the same. Her grief wasn't transformative. Her grief was a soapbox. So I don't give a gently caress.

Do not respond to the insane conspiracy-huffing drug addict.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Oxxidation posted:

Do not respond to the insane conspiracy-huffing drug addict.

His addiction is largely immaterial to the topic. :colbert:

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Re: vilerat chat whenever it shows up: ASK HIS loving WIFE YOU STUPID FUCKS

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


Old Kentucky Shark posted:

Gifts to the president valued at more than $375 become property of the National Archives. The President has the option of purchasing them back at fair market value or they may also apply to have them transferred to their Presidential Library after their term.

Weren't some very expensive bottles of booze given to Obama and then some Secret Service agents drank it all?

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

FuturePastNow posted:

Weren't some very expensive bottles of booze given to Obama and then some Secret Service agents drank it all?

Plausible if hookers were involved.

smoke sumthin bitch
Dec 14, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Top globalist grandaddy of ISIS and trilateral commission founder Zbignew Brzezinski kicked the bucket today. hopefully his best pal kissinger will join him in hell in the near future

Pikavangelist
Nov 9, 2016

There is no God but Arceus
And Pikachu is His prophet



smoke sumthin bitch posted:

Top globalist grandaddy of ISIS and trilateral commission founder Zbignew Brzezinski kicked the bucket today. hopefully his best pal kissinger will join him in hell in the near future

As much as we all love to pile on your posts for being the kind of pure uncut bullshit that even TobleroneTriangular would look at and go "nah, that's pushing the act a bit too far", I like to think we can all agree that if Kissinger was in hell, it'd only be a matter of time before he overthrew its unholy leadership and took control of the forces of evil.

Easy Salmon Recipe
Jan 10, 2017

Pikavangelist posted:

As much as we all love to pile on your posts for being the kind of pure uncut bullshit that even TobleroneTriangular would look at and go "nah, that's pushing the act a bit too far", I like to think we can all agree that if Kissinger was in hell, it'd only be a matter of time before he overthrew its unholy leadership and took control of the forces of evil.

What if that's what happened to give us this guy? :tinfoil:

skylined!
Apr 6, 2012

THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

smoke sumthin bitch posted:

Top globalist grandaddy of ISIS and trilateral commission founder Zbignew Brzezinski kicked the bucket today. hopefully his best pal kissinger will join him in hell in the near future

can you explain to me what a globalist is

Ice Phisherman
Apr 12, 2007

Swimming upstream
into the sunset



skylined! posted:

can you explain to me what a globalist is

(((Globalist))) or globalist? Be specific. :colbert:

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Fulchrum
Apr 16, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Ice Phisherman posted:

(((Globalist))) or globalist? Be specific. :colbert:

Is either not just coded language for jew?

  • Locked thread