Current Events October 2017: MAGA= many are getting arrested

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McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

Waroduce posted:

That's how I play golf. I'm trash. I shoot a consistent like....210 on 18 holes

I don't even bother counting. The way I see it, a good game of golf is when I find as many balls as I lose.

A great game is when I find more than I lose.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 03:51

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 05:22

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

McNally posted:

I don't even bother counting. The way I see it, a good game of golf is when I find as many balls as I lose.

A great game is when I find more than I lose.

This man gets it.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 03:53

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

I just hit the driving range and go for mini golf every once in a while

You get like 40% of the game, but that's 100% of the fun parts, with way better terms for drinking.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 03:56

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

i just play hot shots golf and neo turf masters

# ? Oct 10, 2017 03:57

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

https://twitter.com/elainaplott/status/917572419161870342

# ? Oct 10, 2017 03:58

20 Blunts: Jan 21, 2017

GIVE ME A loving GUAC BOWL

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:00

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Pine Cone Jones posted:

https://twitter.com/TexasTech/status/917561164921315328

Dude was brought to the police station after a welfare check, pulled his piece and killed an officer, then took off. Now in custody, and I assume searched.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:06

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/917568389916385282

IRR recalls. :getin:

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:24

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

DoktorLoken posted:

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/917568389916385282

IRR recalls.

Oh word, they've just now heard of it?

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:28

Waroduce: Aug 5, 2008

Man this isn't going to go well....someone needs to step in

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:31

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

DoktorLoken posted:

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/917568389916385282

IRR recalls.

Well hey no big deal after all it is delegated to congress to declare war so all we need is for them to do their jobs and put baby in the corner.

...

Right then, is everyone looking forward to the canned sunshine? Jokes on the rest of you fuckers I'm close enough to a strategic target that when things get hot I'm dead before I even see the flash. Have fun with your radiation poisoning bitches.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:32

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

bird food bathtub posted:

Well hey no big deal after all it is delegated to congress to declare war so all we need is for them to do their jobs and put baby in the corner.

...

Right then, is everyone looking forward to the canned sunshine? Jokes on the rest of you fuckers I'm close enough to a strategic target that when things get hot I'm dead before I even see the flash. Have fun with your radiation poisoning bitches.

it's going to land in Seoul.

Man, I thought Korean movies were dark before....

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:35

ElMaligno: Dec 31, 2004; Be Gay!
Do Crime!

https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/917586407274766336

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:42

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

FAUXTON posted:

I just hit the driving range and go for mini golf every once in a while

You get like 40% of the game, but that's 100% of the fun parts, with way better terms for drinking.

This guy knows what's up.

Also I love games like Mario Golf and everybody's golf but lol at playing real golf except for aforementioned driving ranges or mini golf.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:46

1337JiveTurkey: Feb 17, 2005

FAUXTON posted:

I just hit the driving range and go for mini golf every once in a while

You get like 40% of the game, but that's 100% of the fun parts, with way better terms for drinking.

Also Top Golf. I almost sorta kinda figured out a proper swing after half a dozen drinks in that I wasn�t just bashing the club against the ground. Caveat: The clubs that people like me use are probably beaten half to Hell and back.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:48

Doc Hawkins: Jun 15, 2010; Dashing? But I'm not even moving!

Chichevache posted:

it's going to land in Seoul.

Man, I thought Korean movies were dark before....

There won't be any more Korean movies, but the ones already made will retroactively become significantly more bleak.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:49

Terrifying Effigies: Oct 22, 2008; Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

Just finished Burns & Novak's Vietnam War.

There's a bit in the last episode where a reporter suggests the next President who calls for war should hold their announcement in Arlington Cemetery. :smith:

# ? Oct 10, 2017 04:51

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

woops

https://twitter.com/DOGGEAUX/status/917558109370904578

The President of Puerto Rico is the President of the United States

# ? Oct 10, 2017 05:09

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

bird food bathtub posted:

Well hey no big deal after all it is delegated to congress to declare war so all we need is for them to do their jobs and put baby in the corner.

...

Right then, is everyone looking forward to the canned sunshine? Jokes on the rest of you fuckers I'm close enough to a strategic target that when things get hot I'm dead before I even see the flash. Have fun with your radiation poisoning bitches.

Fuuuuuck I'm going to lose satellite connection and a few weeks later discover when we hit land that there's no one left aren't I

# ? Oct 10, 2017 05:12

Dead Reckoning: Sep 13, 2011

It's gonna make for a crazy 90 minutes on Tinder, I tell you what.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 05:24

Syrian Lannister: Aug 25, 2007; Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.; Sugartime Jones

I'm up to the 5th episode.

This one pissed me off

# ? Oct 10, 2017 05:58

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

bird food bathtub posted:

Well hey no big deal after all it is delegated to congress to declare war so all we need is for them to do their jobs and put baby in the corner.

...

Right then, is everyone looking forward to the canned sunshine? Jokes on the rest of you fuckers I'm close enough to a strategic target that when things get hot I'm dead before I even see the flash. Have fun with your radiation poisoning bitches.

Does he need congressional approval given the us and best Korea are still technically at war?

# ? Oct 10, 2017 06:28

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

Be real nice if Ryan and McConnel could blink right about now. Can't have your Randian fever dream if everyone is dead.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 06:48

redneck nazgul: Apr 25, 2013; Can't post for 4 hours!

Loving Africa Chaps posted:

Does he need congressional approval given the us and best Korea are still technically at war?

No congressional approval needed for nuclear launches.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 07:07

Missionary Positron: Jul 6, 2004; And now for something completely different

Foreign Affairs has a pretty neat article up about leadership in FDF: "The Finnish Model: To Improve Europe�s Militaries, Look North"

quote:

When Mikael Granlund was called up for service in Finland�s military seven years ago, he could have tried to get an exemption. For an elite ice hockey player such as Granlund, who now plays for the National Hockey League team Minnesota Wild, a year in the armed forces can bring serious athletic setbacks. But Granlund didn�t try to be exempted.

�For a Finn, it�s an honor to do military service,� the 25-year-old Granlund said this month. �It�s just something you do if you want your country to stay independent.� What about athletes? �Professional athletes do it, too,� Granlund added. �It�s just something you want to do.�

Granlund is not alone. Each year, several of Finland�s top athletes join the Finnish Defence Forces as conscripts. So do music stars, who could similarly try to be exempted. Though the FDF�like most armed forces�exempts would-be conscripts only for health-related reasons, in many countries young men fake illnesses in order to avoid service. And young star athletes and artists would, one might think, have a good reason to avoid the draft, as their careers could suffer irreparably from a year away from the limelight. (Next year�s cohort of conscripts will include one of the country�s biggest pop stars, Robin, who will enter the navy.)

Indeed, as Granlund�s and Robin�s enlistments show, the FDF has managed a feat that other armed forces could learn from: it has made itself an attractive destination for conscripts and professional troops alike. This helps explain why the armed forces routinely have more applicants than openings for noncommissioned officer positions. According to a May Eurobarometer poll, 95 percent of Finns trust their army, a higher rate than anywhere else in the European Union. (In Germany, 66 percent trust the army; across the EU, the average is 75 percent.)
[...]
The appeal of Finland�s military extends beyond patriotism and depends partly on its willingness to listen to its soldiers. In 2002, the FDF introduced a system that tracks and evaluates soldiers� and officers� experiences. �It has changed how we treat our soldiers and how soldiers view the FDF,� said Brigadier General Jukka Sonninen, the FDF�s head of training.

Under this system, which the FDF calls �Transformational Leadership,� Finland�s military regularly polls soldiers throughout their service on matters such as sleeping arrangements, superiors� leadership, stress management, unit cohesion, and communications from central offices. The FDF carries out the survey at every level, too: group, company, battalion, and brigade.

Sonninen�s unit tracks and evaluates the results, paying particular attention to changes in scores. �The point is not that we conduct surveys and score well and say, �That�s great; they love us,�� Sonninen told me. �The point is that we analyze the results and then look for the root reason: Has a certain event caused a particular score? A certain person? Certain processes such as health care? When people figure out that the process works, it dramatically changes their attitude.�

Finnish troops, in other words, know that they don�t have to call a hot line or contact a superior to talk about their problems. Sonninen�s staff will regularly come to them and follow up on the results.
FDF officers� leadership abilities have quickly improved thanks to the scheme. Although Finnish officers never treated their soldiers brutally, they mostly relied on their authority to get things done. Now, Sonninen told me, success is based on a mutual bond of trust between commanders and subordinates. The well-being of Finnish soldiers has also grown. �The bond between the soldier and the commander can�t just be about authority,� Sonninen said. �You don�t shout to your subordinates; you talk just like you talk to a normal person. Listen to the people you lead; don�t just give commands.�
[...]

That approach is working. In the most recent survey of graduating conscripts, conducted this fall, 80 percent supported maintaining conscription; 42 percent said that they would serve even if conscription were not mandatory; and 22 percent were neutral. Only 36 percent said they would not serve. If Finns forced to serve say they would have done so even if they did not have to, then the FDF has managed a feat from which other countries can learn. Charly Salonius-Pasternak, a security analyst at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (who also served as a conscript), argued that there is plenty that other countries can replicate. �Don�t oversell,� he said. �You can�t have cool videos of soldiers jumping out of airplanes if you can�t deliver. But equally, don�t undersell.� Once troops are enlisted, militaries must make their service worthwhile. �Keep them learning skills that they can also use elsewhere,� Salonius-Pasternak said. �There�s a difference between getting people and motivating them. This way you get the best people instead of a large percentage who couldn�t find any other work.� (The U.S. Army has struggled with recruits who fail their training since it relaxed its admission standards.)

Missionary Positron fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Oct 10, 2017

# ? Oct 10, 2017 09:43

FastestGunAlive: Apr 7, 2010; Dancing palm tree.

So how are they getting their troops to actually fill out the command climate surveys seriously?

# ? Oct 10, 2017 09:59

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

FastestGunAlive posted:

So how are they getting their troops to actually fill out the command climate surveys seriously?

By reading them?

# ? Oct 10, 2017 10:06

Vasudus: May 30, 2003

I don't think it's possible to get a more opposite take on how to Army. God drat.

We could switch to that system if we got rid of 95% of the entire military though. Maybe after the next world war.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 10:27

Hannibal Rex: Feb 13, 2010

"To Improve Europe's Militaries, Have a Border with Russia."

# ? Oct 10, 2017 10:56

redneck nazgul: Apr 25, 2013; Can't post for 4 hours!

FastestGunAlive posted:

So how are they getting their troops to actually fill out the command climate surveys seriously?

Giving a poo poo about your troops seems to help, but that requires command staff to look at troops as people with needs and not just red squares on an Excel spreadsheet.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 11:40

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

shame on an IGA posted:

The worst he could've been influenced by were Yahoo Goups, FARK, and GameFAQs

Heh, you should venture over to GameFAQs right now.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 13:30

Plastic_Gargoyle: Aug 3, 2007

https://sofrep.com/91421/op-ed-trump-admin-stages-nfl-protest-ignoring-4-dead-special-forces-soldiers-niger/

Couldn't find another place mentioning this, but I've seen it mentioned on Facebook as well. Is this a "reliable" site or just tacticlol nonsense?

Granted I doubt Orange Boy even knows where Niger is.

E: also I'm a civilian but this is probably the best current events thread on the forums right now.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 13:52

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Plastic_Gargoyle posted:

https://sofrep.com/91421/op-ed-trump-admin-stages-nfl-protest-ignoring-4-dead-special-forces-soldiers-niger/

Couldn't find another place mentioning this, but I've seen it mentioned on Facebook as well. Is this a "reliable" site or just tacticlol nonsense?

Granted I doubt Orange Boy even knows where Niger is.

E: also I'm a civilian but this is probably the best current events thread on the forums right now.

"niger green berets" in Google:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/politics/us-forces-hostile-fire-niger/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/world/africa/green-berets-killed-niger.html

Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Oct 10, 2017

# ? Oct 10, 2017 13:56

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Trump challenged Tillerson to an IQ test. Like for real.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 13:56

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

omg

# ? Oct 10, 2017 13:58

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

I hope trump scores lower and then fires the rest of the cabinet out of rage. Just him and kellyanne clutching their fentanyl hot doses and pistols in the furorbunker.

# ? Oct 10, 2017 13:58

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!