Carth Dookie posted:

Dat iron rear end doe.

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Ya shes twerkin. She also has giant boob cannons

FrozenVent posted:

What the fuuuuuuuuuuck

Spacman posted:

Put yourself in St.Ronnies brain for a sec....

Icon Of Sin posted:

Not for too long, otherwise you’ll start eating jellybeans as you think fondly about re-enlisting.

Spacman posted:

Dude, that book is a trip but I remember when the Society of Friends came to school. Quakers are pretty cool people, bar Nixon, and I have a lot of time for them. They gave each student a book called 'First and Final War', I still have this and can scan it if ya want. It is a book designed to let kids under 10 know what nuclear war is . It goes through the science and then lays out the horrifying truth.

It made 10 year old me go 'I'm not non-violent like you so I have to be a part of this machine to switch it off... Mindfuck of a book, 'Hey, lets plot a 1mt airburst over your nearest target and calculate deaths from prompt radiation then fallout. Cool, write a story about you family killing your mates because they came to your provisioned bunker!'

But it really leads you into the mindset and before you know it you are doming your friend who had radiation sickness and happily murdering farmers whose food you want.

Icon Of Sin posted:

I read Command and Control a while back, I think I'm good on other books about nuclear horror

Faster Blaster posted:

I LICK APE PUSSY posted:

You laugh but some little kid out there had a gross sexual awakening to this image

Faster Blaster posted:

Hexyflexy posted:

What on earth is the title of that book, I need to buy a copy immediately.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Actually you were right on the money!

Edit: The author also wrote When the Wind Blows, which resulted in a harrowing film of the same name, both about the world undergoing nuclear holocaust, so topical!

I LICK APE PUSSY posted:

You laugh but some little kid out there had a gross sexual awakening to this image

Carth Dookie posted:

If the DeviantArt thread has taught me anything, this is 100% accurate.

Fat Twitter Man posted:

Thank you, I have a new most Cold War logic thing.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

I don't know if people today really take nuclear holocaust as seriously as they used to. This was considered a perfectly valid children's book in the '80s

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May 8, 1963, marked the 2,527th birthday of the Buddha, and a group of religious followers gathered in the village of Hue to celebrate. Protest was in the air. Buddhists were being repressed by President Diem’s autocratic Catholic regime. The villagers of Hue had been told not to fly Buddhist flags, but they did anyway. The mood was festive, and a large crowd of nearly ten thousand people had assembled near the Hue radio station when eight armored vehicles and several police cars arrived on the scene in a show of force. Police ordered revelers to disperse, but they refused. Police used fire hoses and tear gas, still with no effect. Someone threw a grenade onto the porch of the radio station, killing nine people, including four children. Fourteen others were severely injured. A huge protest followed. The event became a catalyst for people across South Vietnam to express widespread resentment against President Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, who was head of gathered around him, including New York Times reporter David Halberstam. Two other monks, each carrying a five-gallon can of gasoline, walked up to Thich Quang Duc and poured gasoline on him. One of them handed Thich Quang Duc a single match. He struck the match, touched it to his robe, and set himself on fire.

David Halberstam described the devastation he felt watching the monk catch fire and burn to death right in front of him on the Saigon street. “Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring,” Halberstam wrote. “In the air was the smell of burning flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered even to think…. As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.”

During the self-immolation, somehow the monk was able to remain perfectly still. He did not writhe or scream or show any indication of pain. Even as he was consumed by fire, Thich Quang Duc sat upright with his legs folded in the lotus position. His body burned for about ten minutes until finally the charred remains toppled over backwards.

Journalist Malcolm Brown, the Saigon bureau chief for the Associated Press, took a photograph of the burning monk, and this image was printed in newspapers around the world. People everywhere expressed outrage, and overnight President Diem became an international pariah.

But instead of showing empathy or capitulating to the Buddhists’ wishes, President Diem, together with his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu and Nhu’s wife, the glamorous Madame Nhu, began to slander the Buddhists. Madame Nhu went on national TV in pearls and a black dress, fanning herself with a folding fan, to say that Buddhist leaders had gotten Thich Quang Duc drunk and set him up for suicide as a political ploy.

“What have the Buddhist leaders done?” asked Madame Nhu on television. “The only thing they have done, they have barbecued one of their monks whom they have intoxicated…. Even that barbecuing was done, not even with self-sufficient means because they used imported gasoline.” By the end of summer, the crisis was full-blown. The White House advised President Diem to make peace with the Buddhists immediately. Diem ignored the request and instead, in August 1963, declared martial law.

chemosh6969 posted:

Let's win the hearts and minds of the people of Vietnam by forcibly removing them, forcing them to work, and charge them for materials. What could possibly go wrong?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Hamlet_Program

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Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo (IPA: Hanoi: [fâˀm ŋoˀk tʰa᷉ɔ], Saigon: [fə̂ˀm ŋoˀk tʰə᷉ɔ]), also known as Albert Thảo (1922–1965), was a communist sleeper agent of the Viet Minh (and, later, of the Vietnam People's Army) who infiltrated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and also became a major provincial leader in South Vietnam. In 1962, he was made overseer of Ngô Đình Nhu's Strategic Hamlet Program in South Vietnam

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Man If I learned one thing from Ken Burns doco it's that Madam Nhu was a huuuuuuuuuge bitch

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Man If I learned one thing from Ken Burns doco it's that Madam Nhu was a huuuuuuuuuge bitch

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On 2 November 1963, Diệm and Nhu were assassinated in a coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh (Armed Forces Council) with the understanding that the United States would not intervene. At the time of the assassinations, Madame Nhu was in Beverly Hills, California, traveling with her 18-year-old daughter, Ngô Đình Lệ Thủy.

chemosh6969 posted:

Let's win the hearts and minds of the people of Vietnam by forcibly removing them, forcing them to work, and charge them for materials. What could possibly go wrong?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Hamlet_Program

quote:

Due to circumstance, I will be retracting my enlistment to the Army National Guard. The person in charge of my discharge has told me that he is going to Dishonorably Discharge me if I do not ship off to basic training. I know that this discharge is meant for those that commit the most serious of crimes while in the military and that I will be considered a criminal for the rest of my life if this happens. Is there anyway for me to avoid this? If not, is there anything I can do to lessen the severity of its impact on me? Thanks for any help!
Edit: I live in Nevada. Sorry locationbot. Edit 2: Thank you for all the responses! There was a lot of conflicting information, but I think I know the best course of action for my situation. Thanks again!

Naked Bear posted:

Has anybody told him that literally nothing will happen to him if he doesn't ship?

I LICK APE PUSSY posted:

If I recall correctly his unit can push for a BCD if they have a hate boner for the guy but it's more likely to be a general/possible OTH with a 6 month reenlistment bar.

Your Battle Buddy posted:

Oh yeah there is that, I forgot. Guard and reserve start immediately. Still wouldn't push for a dishonorable lol. Entry level separation, no big deal.