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zenguitarman posted:Just went to Cuba in April. Good thing I did I guess. Besides as another "gently caress Obama" move and Fidel being virulently anti-American (he's dead anyway), why again? Republicans + Florida = We never get to stop being weird about Cuba We can normalize with loving Vietnam but not Cuba
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Michael Scott posted:What did they even do to Warmbier? I don't understand. Massive loss of brain volume usually means a global brain insult like prolonged hypoxia or swelling from trauma. In more depressing news: An immigration under Trump retrospective
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Kramdar posted:I don't understand what happened here. Would someone mind explaining it? Twitter recently changed their UI and now people's avatars are displayed in circles instead of squares like they used to be.
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boner confessor posted:the reason authoritarians are so big into physically disciplining their kids is that it turns the kids into a nervous wreck or the kid survives it and becomes a little drone, from the parents perspective It also teaches them that 'might makes right' (do what I say because I'm bigger and stronger than you and will hurt you if you don't) which is a great way to raise little bullies.
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https://twitter.com/colinjones/status/875423866302148612Party Plane Jones posted:The Idiot has spoken again: Fuckin lol
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boner confessor posted:i agree, which is why if i ever find myself in the unfortunate situation of being in north korea i will make sure i do not engage in anything that remotely resembles petty theft Is there any indication he actually did anything besides the word of the North Korean government (and his forced confession)?
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Boon posted:America's relationships will be fine after Trump so long as: If Trump makes approaching the world state hat in hand politically tenable, we could actually end up in a better position in the long run. If trump's the archetypal ugly American, there'd be a lot of value in publicly rejecting him. "We promise not to be like trump anymore" would play well at home and abroad.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/875441788110110727 It's a good day
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HappyHippo posted:Is there any indication he actually did anything besides the word of the North Korean government (and his forced confession)? No. He allegedly stole a poster in front of his "tour guide" that accompanies all foreigners. He denied it, but then confessed to vandalism after being in prison for a while.
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Party Plane Jones posted:The Idiot has spoken again: Usually his tweets seem angry. This just comes across as really sad.
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Lmao Donald is tweeting while running at full speed from his handlers.
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This is pure internet poetry
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Michael Scott posted:What did they even do to Warmbier? I don't understand. They deprived him of water for a week wait no.... They forgot him in a cell for 5 days with no water or toilet wait no... They held him for 3 years without trial for petty theft wait no... They tased him to death while he was strapped to a chair wait no...
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zenguitarman posted:Just went to Cuba in April. Good thing I did I guess. Besides as another "gently caress Obama" move and Fidel being virulently anti-American (he's dead anyway), why again? The official explanation is that it's because Cuba has a poor record on human rights. Which is hilarious in light of Trump bragging about selling weapons to Saudi loving Arabia only two weeks ago.
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https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/875442260934045697quote:realDonaldTrump: Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction? This guy.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Usually his tweets seem angry. This just comes across as really sad. Second one seems pretty mad. We shall see if Mueller's investigation survives the day...
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HappyHippo posted:Is there any indication he actually did anything besides the word of the North Korean government (and his forced confession)? they have a security cam video which isn't conclusive but is plausible also, NK doesn't have a precedent of randomly kidnapping westerners. typically there's some reason for it, even if that reason is shady or overly inflated. but NK is protective of their small tourism industry which is vital to their economy as one of the sole sources of foreign currency available to them - why else would a totalitarian pariah state even admit tourists in the first place? randomly throwing your tourists into kangaroo court seems counterproductive and i don't believe that NK are bond villain crazy
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boner confessor posted:north korea values their tourism industry more than they value nabbing rando citizens. they're a horrible stalinist state but not evil, crazy, or stupid If this were true they would have let him go, or at least not sentenced him to 15 years after a completely inadequate trail/possibly beat him into a coma. With the trial he had and the scarce evidence that was presented he might as well have done nothing.
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Crooked H
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He is so useless. "B-b-b-but, Hiiiilllllaaary."
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JeffersonClay posted:If Trump makes approaching the world state hat in hand politically tenable, we could actually end up in a better position in the long run. If trump's the archetypal ugly American, there'd be a lot of value in publicly rejecting him. "We promise not to be like trump anymore" would play well at home and abroad. A promise that we know would be broken 8 years after electing a Democrat, as it was 8 years after Obama (who caused the world to breathe a great sigh of relief.) How can the rest of the world deal with a country that has multiple personality disorder, and is Germany 8 years in every 16, and Turkey the rest of the time?
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boner confessor posted:isn't part of the thrill of going to north korea in the first place the constant low level danger that comes from it being an oppressive orwellian junta? you can't really get that danger tourism experience anywhere else since the collapse of communism If you are a thril seeking junkie just have someone off the street pack your parachute, don't cause international incidents because you need to instagram photos of Juche posters. Get off my lawn, etc, etc.
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At least he seems to be aware now that no one was ever talking about literal bleach.
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RevKrule posted:So uhhhh, this seems kinda perjury-tastic right? The thing is, in other contexts, this would be "knows a guy who knows a guy", because Sessions probably does meet with hundreds of lobbyists, etc. But two days ago, he said under oath that he had no contact, etc. Just like his tongue slipped in his congressional confirmation hearings. In the situation, its not an easy thing to forget. Like, "I guess this fell off the back of a truck" might be a good excuse in certain situations, but not when you are the Attorney General of the United States testifying under oath in front of a congressional committee.
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Someone should go ask Fareed Zakariah or Van Jones if Trump is president yet.
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Ogmius815 posted:If this were true they would have let him go, or at least not sentenced him to 15 years after a completely inadequate trail/possibly beat him into a coma. With the trial he had and the scarce evidence that was presented he might as well have done nothing. so? from our perspective their justice system is hosed up and lovely but it's the local standard. do tourists complain if they get caned in singapore for littering because that's an unreasonable punishment? if you think that long stretches of forced labor for petty crimes is unreasonable, then here's an easy life tip - don't go to north korea. i happen to think the north korean justice system puts tourists in horrible show trials too, which is why i will do the reasonable thing and not go to north korea. i dont think it's worth going oto bizarro disneyland just so i can gawk at the poverty for the off chance i'll get nabbed by the korean stasi
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Ben Sasse also thinks that preservatives and "red dye" (???) in our food are the causes for the increase in ADHD. This one is an actual thing. R40 and B6 made me go into manic-depressive until puberty. Can't use it in Europe because of this. Research however is unclear it's not a large population it affects and it is very hard to study.
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BarbarianElephant posted:A promise that we know would be broken 8 years after electing a Democrat, as it was 8 years after Obama (who caused the world to breathe a great sigh of relief.) How can the rest of the world deal with a country that has multiple personality disorder, and is Germany 8 years in every 16, and Turkey the rest of the time? The GOP is gonna cost us all our special privileges
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boner confessor posted:they have a security cam video which isn't conclusive but is plausible North Korea doesn't make any significant profit from tourism. They actually spend a lot of money on it for propaganda purposes. Most of their foreign currency comes from China or black market/hacking activities.
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Lol, Trump must have gotten some bad news today
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https://twitter.com/ApprovedNews6/status/875441851385298944
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Don just accused Clinton of smashing phones w/ a hammer?
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boner confessor posted:so? from our perspective their justice system is hosed up and lovely but it's the local standard. do tourists complain if they get caned in singapore for littering because that's an unreasonable punishment? if you think that long stretches of forced labor for petty crimes is unreasonable, then here's an easy life tip - don't go to north korea. i happen to think the north korean justice system puts tourists in horrible show trials too, which is why i will do the reasonable thing and not go to north korea Yeah you've convinced me. That college kid deserved everything he got for maybe possibly taking down a poster even though no one can conclusively prove he did. How could I be so culturally insensitive?
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Michael Scott posted:Don just accused Clinton of smashing phones w/ a hammer? In the records they turned over to the FBI, her IT team says that when her old phone died that they remotely wiped all the data from it and smashed it with a hammer before disposing of it.
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I wonder what happened on cable news at around 12:40pm Pacific time to set this off.
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The Glumslinger posted:Lol, Trump must have gotten some bad news today I mean he's being investigated for a felony...
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Reminder, Donnie thinks bitBleach is a special bottle of bleach and a some type of computer cloth(btw, bitBleach is still selling that cloth I think) and you wipe the computer by hand.
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Blitz7x posted:Lmao Donald is tweeting while golf karting at full speed from his handlers.
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Ogmius815 posted:Yeah you've convinced me. That college kid deserved everything he got for maybe possibly taking down a poster even though no one can conclusively prove he did. How could I be so culturally insensitive? it doesn't seem difficult to me. if you dont think the punishment is reasonable or the justice system in a place with death camps for prisons is fair and impartial, then don't go there. pretty simple cause and effect here. it's like complaining about getting shot at if you go to syria as a war tourist
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I know the lady who runs this account, she is super awesome.
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