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psydude
Apr 1, 2008

boop the snoot posted:

Who cares? Cooperation doesn’t mean he should be able to keep his job.

This is a widespread issue in congress and with powerful people in general. Drop the loving hammer so it stops.

The whole point of the investigation is to get the facts and then make a recommendation rather than going off of hearsay. You know, the exact thing that Rolling Stone reporter didn't do, that the Washington Post did?

e: Same reason why I don't think Moore should drop out of the race. If Republicans want to elect someone who multiple witnesses have accused of sexual misconduct (on the record), let 'em. And then let the Senate investigate the claims. I believe his accusers, but I also believe in due process.

psydude fucked around with this message at 20:53 on Nov 17, 2017

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boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

psydude posted:

The whole point of the investigation is to get the facts and then make a recommendation rather than going off of hearsay. You know, the exact thing that Rolling Stone reporter didn't do, that the Washington Post did?

I dunno man. That picture was more like looksay, not hearsay.

Zeris
Apr 15, 2003

Quality posting direct from my brain to your face holes.
You retards condemning Franken's accuser should really listen to yourselves. It doesn't matter what circumstances make her story suspect -- the reason we are just now, in 2017, taking seriously the extent of harassment and sexual assault faced by women is because of this dynamic right here. Every story has an element than can be twisted to fit another agenda, e.g. to cast doubt. When the first woman who speaks out is instantly discredited, other women (if they exist) are not going to make the same mistake. Don't let the accuser's decision be a mistake. If she's full of poo poo, that will come out in the investigation. In the mean time, consider that other victims may exist, and are watching and debating what to do.

If it's all a farce, Franken will be fine.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Soulex posted:

If the EXIF data has been tampered with it absolutely is worth investigating.

Edit: if it’s a basic edit like color correction, fine. Talking photomanipulation corrections.

If it’s from a DoD camera as the thread asserts would the original be lying around somewhere congress could get to?

Actually there’s no copyright so a FOIA would work right?

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS
There's no way an ethics commission is gonna drop the hammer cause he fake groped a sleeping girl on camera and stuck his tongue down her throat when she didn't want it. That's gonna open up the rest of Washington to be purged and that would never happen, as much as it should.

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.

Zeris posted:

You retards condemning Franken's accuser should really listen to yourselves. It doesn't matter what circumstances make her story suspect -- the reason we are just now, in 2017, taking seriously the extent of harassment and sexual assault faced by women is because of this dynamic right here. Every story has an element than can be twisted to fit another agenda, e.g. to cast doubt. When the first woman who speaks out is instantly discredited, other women (if they exist) are not going to make the same mistake. Don't let the accuser's decision be a mistake. If she's full of poo poo, that will come out in the investigation. In the mean time, consider that other victims may exist, and are watching and debating what to do.

If it's all a farce, Franken will be fine.

Thank you. This has been bothering the gently caress out of me reading up on this thread.

Jesus Christ, you guys.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/931357870024687616

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost
Tribalism is a hell of a drug.

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.

Another twat tweet by a twit

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


Zeris posted:


If it's all a farce, Franken will be fine.

loving this.

Franken's done the needful so far and there's gonna be an investigation. There's no need to start sifting through the woman's background for the court of public inquiry. It's a lovely thing to do, discourages future victims from stepping forward and not one I'm gonna engage in no matter how tempting it may be.

Franken did a lovely thing, regardless if he actually touched her or not. If it's a "false flag" the ethics committee will sort it out or barring that, his constituents, not people on the internet or a twitter thread.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


The burns write themselves with that one. Of all the things he shouldn't tweet about this is pretty drat high on the list.

dubzee
Oct 23, 2008



In lighter current events, a navy pilot is responsible for the sky penis.


bbc posted:

US Navy officials have said it was "absolutely unacceptable" that one of their pilots used a jet's contrail to draw a penis in the sky.

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

[-]
He deserves a Medal of Honor

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Drawing a caricature of the president in the sky takes talent.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/superdeluxe/status/930903751782678528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

EBB
Feb 15, 2005


YES WE KNOW THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS AGAIN

Smiling Jack
Dec 2, 2001

I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

I LICK APE PUSSY posted:

YES WE KNOW THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS AGAIN

Never let it die

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Ok, Cole gets a pass on facepalm worthy Franken takes.

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Smiling Jack posted:

Never let it die



Relevant: Goose got goosed.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/anthony-edwards-sexual-abuse-gary-goddard

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS
Can't believe a bunch of Homestuckers outed dril is nothing sacred on the internet

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

hobbesmaster posted:

If it’s from a DoD camera as the thread asserts would the original be lying around somewhere congress could get to?

Actually there’s no copyright so a FOIA would work right?

Oh boy that’s a crap shoot. That’s ultimately on the photographer and the unit’s SOP concerning RAW storage. If you have someone (like video editors) who consolidate and then delete later after they make a broll clip, zero chance of recovering the original.

So yeah. You might get lucky because it’s such a high profile person but it’s really on the unit and the photographer.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Eej posted:

Can't believe a bunch of Homestuckers outed dril is nothing sacred on the internet

??

Fister Roboto
Feb 21, 2008

Eej posted:

Can't believe a bunch of Homestuckers outed dril is nothing sacred on the internet

what

Vasudus
May 30, 2003

Soulex posted:

Oh boy that’s a crap shoot. That’s ultimately on the photographer and the unit’s SOP concerning RAW storage. If you have someone (like video editors) who consolidate and then delete later after they make a broll clip, zero chance of recovering the original.

So yeah. You might get lucky because it’s such a high profile person but it’s really on the unit and the photographer.

Franken was a writer from SNL and a comedian in 2006. I would imagine even if you're just doing USO tour duty you would barely remember the guy.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS
A bunch of Homestuck fans on tumblr went on the assumption he worked on the Homestuck game and internet detectived his LinkedIn and I refuse to look any deeper because I don't want to know what's in the Pulp Fiction briefcase.

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Using tumblr for anything except finding incredibly specific porn is an automatic failure at life

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


We deserve nothing

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

shyduck posted:

We deserve nothing

Except death.

https://twitter.com/mrmedina/status/931291808394440706

Watch the whole thing.

M_Gargantua
Oct 16, 2006

STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES

Exciting Lemon
That sounds very 2017, I approve.

It doesn't matter even if they're right.

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

[-]

Eej posted:

A bunch of Homestuck fans on tumblr went on the assumption he worked on the Homestuck game and internet detectived his LinkedIn and I refuse to look any deeper because I don't want to know what's in the Pulp Fiction briefcase.

I don’t know what any of this means

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
“Tumblr doxxed dril” is the most 2017 phrase I have ever heard.

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010


Someone get that guy whose job it is to push robots over with a hockey stick on the horn, we need him to train a generation of robot fighters right now or be the first sacrifice to appease robot overlords.

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

Woof Blitzer posted:

I don’t know what any of this means

https://twitter.com/dril/status/930478104350478336

Syncopated
Oct 21, 2010

Pretty sick backflip.

Poppyseed Poundcake
Feb 23, 2007

Soulex posted:

They do dictate punishment by deciding to press charges or not.

That is a TV thing. In real life the prosecutor decides whether or not to press charges, regardless of the victims desires. You can prosecute someone even if the victim doesn't want to cooperate, and force their testimony with a subpoena.

Smiling Jack
Dec 2, 2001

I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

Poppyseed Poundcake posted:

That is a TV thing. In real life the prosecutor decides whether or not to press charges, regardless of the victims desires. You can prosecute someone even if the victim doesn't want to cooperate, and force their testimony with a subpoena.

ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I mean yeah you can try but good fuckin luck

Poppyseed Poundcake
Feb 23, 2007

Smiling Jack posted:

ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I mean yeah you can try but good fuckin luck

I mean the entire concept of "pressing charges" isn't a thing that exists anywhere in our legal or criminal justice system. It's a myth. That's not to say a victim can't decide to be proactive and push the cops, but they don't decide what happens with the case. And plenty of victims have been forced to testify against their wishes, it's part of why we have the whole witness protection program.

mods changed my name
Oct 30, 2017

45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:

hitler.. did nothing wrong?

Crakkerjakk
Mar 14, 2016


Woof Blitzer posted:

He deserves a Medal of Honor

I'd go NAM.

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ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

Crakkerjakk posted:

I'd go NAM.

Officers don't get NAMs son. COM or better.

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