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SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Yossarian-22 posted:

I don't like greenwald, but he's just saying that evidence of collusion hasn't reached the point of showing outright collaboration/collusion on the DNC/Podesta hacks. I don't see how that's controversial

I also think this poo poo where we point our finger at people and get all daycrew about Russian assets is good for our democracy in the long run

It's less "Where is the evidence?" (which Greenwald has been consistent about, though ignoring the Reality Winner stuff and ignoring the Don Jr emails) and more "I don't think trading for information from a foreign power is illegal" and "Did you hear about Hillary Clinton's totally real and totally illegal Ukrainian collusion?" and "UKRAINIAN MEDDLING"

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Yossarian-22
Oct 26, 2014

Office Pig posted:

i'm actually kind of curious, is there any evidence supporting the idea that the kremlin would support a disruptive left-wing populist movement in other countries? because i haven't seen a whole lot of evidence in favor of that idea... or any really.

Russia is happy to see any political party take power if it believes in more détente with Russia. Macron accused almost all of the other French candidates of being Russian assets

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

Lastgirl posted:

"It's treason."

"Well who can say treason really is? I mean what is treason if you really think about it? Just sit down and think about it with me for a bit and we don't have to throw around words like that if we dont really know what it means right? That's some serious repercussions you want to re-think there my friend, hehe."

"Let me think abou- no it's still treason."

until you can prove to me that russia and the united states are different countries i dont want to hear it

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


https://twitter.com/DocumentHate/status/885580544477732864

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Al! posted:

until you can prove to me that russia and the united states are different countries i dont want to hear it

United States of America

United Soviet Socialist Republics

Hummm

Are they brothers?

Augus
Mar 9, 2015


the chinese have lived for thousands of years using magical breathing techniques, for them our time on earth is akin to the meager lifespan of an insect

Elephanthead
Sep 11, 2008


Toilet Rascal

Joementum posted:

fun fact: that wasn't actually treason

It kinda was, espionage can be treason if it hurts your country, but since it all leads to Trump I will allow the assumption it helped MAGA and was not treason. Same reason Trump Jr. is a hero for stopping Hillary.

new kind of cat
May 8, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

zen death robot posted:

Zuck is gonna pull a Perot and run on his own party or something

i'd very much like zuck to disappear into a black hole and only be allowed to materialize on earth for a few minutes every couple of years.

him and elon can take a rocket together, sirens of titan style

petit choux
Feb 24, 2016

Sir Tonk posted:

wtf why did @comfortablysmug block me

the good old panel mom's. when Fox pulls on the panel of mom's, you know they are running low on options.

mormonpartyboat
Jan 14, 2015

by Reene
ancient chinese architectural secret

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

Al! posted:

until you can prove to me that russia and the united states are different countries i dont want to hear it

I mean, who can say what lines are on a map right? They're imaginary c'mon

still gotta build that wall! :argh:

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
lol the intercept purposely hosed over their source

Brother Friendship
Jul 12, 2013

Office Pig posted:

i'm actually kind of curious, is there any evidence supporting the idea that the kremlin would support a disruptive left-wing populist movement in other countries? because i haven't seen a whole lot of evidence in favor of that idea... or any really.

No but have you read this 10,000 word essay that has nothing to do with anything? It's well versed in Leninist Marxist Proletarian dialectic and blah blah blah a bunch of meaningless horse poo poo.

You could probably make the argument that Russia, on some level, has supported the Rojova project in Syria but they'd throw them all to the wolves if it meant cementing a friendly fascist government into power. Even if you made that argument the USA has given an honestly stunning amount of support to the SDF that dwarfs any contribution by the Russians.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-SiZSlmhI

ShutteredIn
Mar 24, 2005

El Campeon Mundial del Acordeon

Pretty sure trump actually thinks that all Chinese people are super old

Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??

Nichael posted:

lol

It's weird, but again I lean more towards the theory that the complete collapse of visible norms is beyond the mental capacity and vocabulary of the pundit class. Though maybe he's an asset because literally everyone is now.

"asset" is def going a little too far, he just has the same blind spot for forces subversive of US hegemony that leads to the occasional leftist naively defending Chavismo and Assad while purporting to be worldly and informed.

new kind of cat
May 8, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

"good boy, good kid" = 39 year old man with five loving kids lmao

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

new kind of cat posted:

"good boy, good kid" = 39 year old man with five loving kids lmao

the unabsolute boy

shiksa
Nov 9, 2009

i went to one of these wrestling shows and it was... honestly? frickin boring. i wanna see ricky! i want to see his gold chains and respect for the ftw lifestyle
https://twitter.com/Kyle_Feldscher/status/885581965566636033

Dr Trump's magical fantastical miracle wall

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

don jr sleeps in a race car bed

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

logikv9 posted:

lol the intercept purposely hosed over their source

#standwithreality

TMMadman
Sep 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

ShutteredIn posted:

Pretty sure trump actually thinks that all Chinese people are super old

Trump is George Costanzas mother on Seinfeld.

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

mormonpartyboat posted:

ancient chinese architectural secret

redsniper
Feb 15, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0si7cR6e7Oc

:japan:

Brother Friendship
Jul 12, 2013

SKULL.GIF posted:

United States of America

United Soviet Socialist Republics

Hummm

Are they brothers?

In a very real way, yes. Russian civilization is like a cousin to Western civilization and both our history and fates are interlinked.

Elephanthead
Sep 11, 2008


Toilet Rascal
Trump wall gonna have windows so what. They can use HUD housing money and make it affordable housing.

new kind of cat
May 8, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Brother Friendship posted:

Got any books or links to help explore that thought process? I know that the presidential election immediately following the Civil War was gamed and let the South off the hook for setting the country on fire but there ends my knowledge.

the southern aristocracy at the end of the civil war should have been stripped of their lands and assets and, in many cases, probably definitely their lives

new kind of cat has issued a correction as of 20:45 on Jul 13, 2017

Feldegast42
Oct 29, 2011

COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

Bernie, Zuck, and Trump run in 2020, bad dems split for Zuck, Trump wins by vote in House even though he got 39% of the vote

chaos reigns

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

zen death robot posted:

thats why we gotta build the wall, so the boundaries are real

trumpian deconstruction of reality as we know it owns

Elephanthead
Sep 11, 2008


Toilet Rascal
United States and Republics of TrumPutin.

Brother Friendship
Jul 12, 2013

new kind of cat posted:

the southern aristocracy at the end of the civil war should have been stripped of their lands and assets and, in many cases, probably their lives

B-b-b-b-b-but Sherman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That barbarian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

comingafteryouall
Aug 2, 2011



lot of triggered nazis in those comments lol

Mayor Dave
Feb 20, 2009

Bernie the Snow Clown

SKULL.GIF posted:

I really doubt it'll do that

1) the climate change is already happening, stopping it right now won't do much aside from make it slightly less bad, we need to do massive geoengineering to actually reverse many of the bad effects that we're expected to go through

2) a default would crash the global economy and that's no way to actually get technology improved

it's more likely to work than our current strategy of "do nothing and hope it gets better", tho you're right that it's probably going to do nothing

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

Elephanthead posted:

It kinda was, espionage can be treason if it hurts your country, but since it all leads to Trump I will allow the assumption it helped MAGA and was not treason. Same reason Trump Jr. is a hero for stopping Hillary.

No, it wasn't. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged with and executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, not treason.

Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??

new kind of cat posted:

the southern aristocracy at the end of the civil war should have been stripped of their lands and assets and, in many cases, probably their lives

yeah the failure of reconstruction was probably the biggest single catastrophe for the internal situation of the United States, apart from not pulling the bandaid on slavery in the first place while drafting the constitution (although admittedly I don't think you do this and keep all 13 colonies in any scenario). we're living with the echoes of that mistake and will be for the foreseeable future.

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Brother Friendship posted:

In a very real way, yes. Russian civilization is like a cousin to Western civilization and both our history and fates are interlinked.

I've been facetiously saying for years now that the worst thing that could have happened to USA was the collapse of the USSR

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

Brother Friendship posted:

B-b-b-b-b-but Sherman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That barbarian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no joke, this was a go-to example for a self-described 'putinist' to decry the history of american imperialism

really don't know how much farther you can sink than that

succ
Nov 11, 2016

by Cyrano4747

Count how many different frog avatars are in the comments. I got 12.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Lee's property became Arlington lol

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SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Good summary by Chris Hayes

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/885580149047136256

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