Feb '18 Current Events: The Gang Celebrates Black History

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Duzzy Funlop: Jan 13, 2010; Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

facialimpediment posted:

Disagree.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/966742099436752896

Absolutely incredible

:lol:

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:06

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 00:21

Immanentized: Mar 17, 2009

Duzzy Funlop posted:

Absolutely incredible

I'm having flashbacks (to a time I wasn't alive for)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Vyr1TylTE

This article is 4 years old as well, relevant
http://www.aei.org/publication/regulating-violent-video-games-its-tipper-gore-versus-dee-snider-all-over-again/

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:12

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Say goodbye to video games and porn.

We thought of the children people.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:12

sharknado slashfic: Jun 24, 2011

I've really gotta stop reading this thread

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:13

Johnny Five-Jaces: Jan 21, 2009

Hot Karl Marx posted:

NRA retire bitch

https://twitter.com/loisbeckett/status/966697762078253056

lmao ah yes, these dorks are going to organize something more than a pizza party

facialimpediment posted:

Disagree.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/966742099436752896

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Jack Thompson Coral Gables wgah'nagl fhtagn.

Johnny Five-Jaces fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Feb 22, 2018

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:17

A Bad Poster: Sep 25, 2006; Seriously, shut the fuck up.

Am I crazy, or didn't one of the major congressional advocates for reining in violence in music and video games get sent to jail for illegal weapons trafficking like 10 years ago?

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:23

Smiling Jack: Dec 2, 2001; I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

A Bad Poster posted:

Am I crazy, or didn't one of the major congressional advocates for reining in violence in music and video games get sent to jail for illegal weapons trafficking like 10 years ago?

Yes. Tried to buy automatic weapons and either RPGs or MANPADS from the Philippines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:25

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

The same people who can't figure out why kids think guns and use of force are cool also want to have a military parade

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:32

Poppyseed Poundcake: Feb 23, 2007

LingcodKilla posted:

Say goodbye to video games and porn.

There is as much chance of them going away as there is guns

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:34

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.

Poppyseed Poundcake posted:

There is as much chance of them going away as there is guns

I was going to say people won't defend video games with violence and death threats but then I remembered that it was about ethics in video games journalism

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:37

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

A Bad Poster posted:

Am I crazy, or didn't one of the major congressional advocates for reining in violence in music and video games get sent to jail for illegal weapons trafficking like 10 years ago?

Smiling Jack posted:

Yes. Tried to buy automatic weapons and either RPGs or MANPADS from the Philippines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee

He was also a major gun control advocate.

Leland Yee posted:

It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear, there is no debate, no discussion.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:39

PookBear: Nov 1, 2008

Smiling Jack posted:

Yes. Tried to buy automatic weapons and either RPGs or MANPADS from the Philippines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee

the gently caress he only got five years?

dude loved milfs lol https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_Islamic_Liberation_Front

PookBear fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Feb 22, 2018

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:40

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Poppyseed Poundcake posted:

There is as much chance of them going away as there is guns

Illegally sure.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:41

A Bad Poster: Sep 25, 2006; Seriously, shut the fuck up.

Smiling Jack posted:

Yes. Tried to buy automatic weapons and either RPGs or MANPADS from the Philippines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee

Only 4 years ago. Feels like a decade.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 20:43

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Casimir Radon posted:

I kind of feel like the NRA is well on their way to seriously bungling this one. So far their play book isn't working and regular people seem pretty angry.

They've gone into pretty batshit propaganda (even by their standards) with putting Dana Loesch on full blast all the time in their videos the past year or so. Without the fear of a Democrat president / congress to take guns away keeping sales high the NRA has been banging the crazy drum a lot to keep using fear to sell. The short term is that they look worse than before when these things happen but whoever was talking about short-game vs long-game with the NRA was on the right track. As long as they get money and give it to politicians the public will just shift outrage to another subject in a week and that'll be that.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:29

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

Smiling Jack posted:

Yes. Tried to buy automatic weapons and either RPGs or MANPADS from the Philippines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Yee

quote:

In February 2013 Yee claimed that he had received a death threat, which was very explicit, and not like previous claimed death threats. The writer stated that he was a trained Marine sniper, and objected to Yee's actions on gun control. On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, Everett Basham, 45, a Silicon Valley engineer, was arrested and charged.[105][106] Basham later pleaded no contest to the charges.[107]

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:32

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

Yeah florida will be forgotten but there'll be five more by then so it doesn't matter.

Also the real lesson that will be taken away from Rubio and Loesch is "DURRR don't show up where normal people might question you"

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:35

bogoodski: Feb 17, 2018

I don't know if the best thread within the VFW to introduce myself. My familiarity with SA is, kinda weirdly, with only one specific discussion; the D&D Trump thread. To which I'm addicted.

Anyway. In a post describing my desire to become more politically active, I mentioned some of my experience as a veteran and was referred here.

I served in the Army with a perfectly timed contract that allowed two tours of Iraq and six months in South Korea during a single 3-year commitment. I was in a reconnaissance unit during the invasion though, admittedly, being Big Army, we didn't do much reconn'ing. Upon returning home, I was excited to PCS to South Korea and the prospects of underage drinking my way through the rest of my time in the Army but, as soon as they saw me on the Peninsula, they were like, "Yup, send that dude's Brigade to Anbar."

Fought a little on the periphery of Fallujah and thought I was doing something until the subsequent year spent with a company of my closest light-infantry buddies discovering what actual combat was in Ar Ramadi. I then went to college and, after, joined the Guard, went to Selection to chase my life-long SF dreams and then never attended the Q Course because I'm a turd. End military career.

I try to stay open-minded politically, though I have pretty strong feelings at the moment.

After the Service, I was pretty gung-ho Repub guy, so much so, that I was flown to Washington, D.C. to enjoy a lavish experience and lobby my representatives in favor of the surge. Met George W., all the Cabinet members, etc; the second most resounding memory being that Karen Hughes had a smoking hot assistant who was not swayed by my goofy awkwardness and (lack of) swagger. I subsequently bestowed terrible luck on Presidential candidates by actively supporting Fred Thompson and Jon Huntsman.

Then, the issue of universal healthcare became a big debate and, literally, during a single conversation, my whole paradigm shifted. Someone had the nerve to tell me that the great nation that I defended "couldn't afford" universal healthcare. It took all the restraint I could muster not to kick the commenter straight in the groin. The idea that America was incapable of anything defied the very thoughts that kept me sane in Ramadi while I, and my buddies, otherwise thought only of a swift death or, at least, time with the portable DVD player in between daily missions and filling sandbags.

Since that conversation, I've become full blown snowflake, libtard. Though, not very active. And then this morning, I heard Wayne LaPierre sounding like an American ISIS propagandist and I took it as a genuine agitation against the country I love. So, I'm pretty energized at the moment.

Sorry for the wall of text. I suck with being concise. And, anyway, with subjects like these, it's cathartic AF to put words where they can be read by others. (Kinda) Sorry to make you all prey to my venting, especially without any other history here.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:36

A Bad Poster: Sep 25, 2006; Seriously, shut the fuck up.

Welcome. Have any good portashitter dick art pictures?

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:43

Slim Pickens: Jan 12, 2007; Grimey Drawer

In non-news, someone in Seattle was concerned about the 'confederate flag' being flown in her neighborhood.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/both-have-crosses-so-norwegian-flag-mistaken-for-confederate-flag/

Note: her neighborhood is less than a mile from Ballard, a neighborhood known for it's large Scandinavian community.

Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Feb 22, 2018

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:46

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

You're gonna do just fine here, the three bullet points to remember are:

• Smoke Crack is a bitch
• Shut up, Cole
• ~an SOF marine

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:48

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

• Load bearing drywall

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:49

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

* Insulated stairs.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:51

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

Also Caro is the true hero of GiP.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:51

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

*GiP is the antifa supersoliders that the alt right fears

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:52

Johnny Five-Jaces: Jan 21, 2009

bogoodski posted:

I don't know if the best thread within the VFW to introduce myself. My familiarity with SA is, kinda weirdly, with only one specific discussion; the D&D Trump thread. To which I'm addicted.

Anyway. In a post describing my desire to become more politically active, I mentioned some of my experience as a veteran and was referred here.

I served in the Army with a perfectly timed contract that allowed two tours of Iraq and six months in South Korea during a single 3-year commitment. I was in a reconnaissance unit during the invasion though, admittedly, being Big Army, we didn't do much reconn'ing. Upon returning home, I was excited to PCS to South Korea and the prospects of underage drinking my way through the rest of my time in the Army but, as soon as they saw me on the Peninsula, they were like, "Yup, send that dude's Brigade to Anbar."

Fought a little on the periphery of Fallujah and thought I was doing something until the subsequent year spent with a company of my closest light-infantry buddies discovering what actual combat was in Ar Ramadi. I then went to college and, after, joined the Guard, went to Selection to chase my life-long SF dreams and then never attended the Q Course because I'm a turd. End military career.

I try to stay open-minded politically, though I have pretty strong feelings at the moment.

After the Service, I was pretty gung-ho Repub guy, so much so, that I was flown to Washington, D.C. to enjoy a lavish experience and lobby my representatives in favor of the surge. Met George W., all the Cabinet members, etc; the second most resounding memory being that Karen Hughes had a smoking hot assistant who was not swayed by my goofy awkwardness and (lack of) swagger. I subsequently bestowed terrible luck on Presidential candidates by actively supporting Fred Thompson and Jon Huntsman.

Then, the issue of universal healthcare became a big debate and, literally, during a single conversation, my whole paradigm shifted. Someone had the nerve to tell me that the great nation that I defended "couldn't afford" universal healthcare. It took all the restraint I could muster not to kick the commenter straight in the groin. The idea that America was incapable of anything defied the very thoughts that kept me sane in Ramadi while I, and my buddies, otherwise thought only of a swift death or, at least, time with the portable DVD player in between daily missions and filling sandbags.

Since that conversation, I've become full blown snowflake, libtard. Though, not very active. And then this morning, I heard Wayne LaPierre sounding like an American ISIS propagandist and I took it as a genuine agitation against the country I love. So, I'm pretty energized at the moment.

Sorry for the wall of text. I suck with being concise. And, anyway, with subjects like these, it's cathartic AF to put words where they can be read by others. (Kinda) Sorry to make you all prey to my venting, especially without any other history here.

what was your ASVAB score

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:55

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.

A Bad Poster posted:

Welcome. Have any good portashitter dick art pictures?

This is the perfect welcome post to GiP right here.

psydude posted:

Also Caro is the true hero of GiP.

Caro is the GiP spirit animal

Riot Carol Danvers fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Feb 22, 2018

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:56

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

* lieutenant colonel equivalent

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:56

bogoodski: Feb 17, 2018

A Bad Poster posted:

Welcome. Have any good portashitter dick art pictures?

No pictures but nostalgic reminiscing of that shitter aroma is almost enough to compel me to go back in.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:58

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

A Bad Poster posted:

Welcome. Have any good portashitter dick art pictures?

# ? Feb 22, 2018 21:59

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

bogoodski posted:

I don't know if the best thread within the VFW to introduce myself. My familiarity with SA is, kinda weirdly, with only one specific discussion; the D&D Trump thread. To which I'm addicted.

Anyway. In a post describing my desire to become more politically active, I mentioned some of my experience as a veteran and was referred here.

I served in the Army with a perfectly timed contract that allowed two tours of Iraq and six months in South Korea during a single 3-year commitment. I was in a reconnaissance unit during the invasion though, admittedly, being Big Army, we didn't do much reconn'ing. Upon returning home, I was excited to PCS to South Korea and the prospects of underage drinking my way through the rest of my time in the Army but, as soon as they saw me on the Peninsula, they were like, "Yup, send that dude's Brigade to Anbar."

Fought a little on the periphery of Fallujah and thought I was doing something until the subsequent year spent with a company of my closest light-infantry buddies discovering what actual combat was in Ar Ramadi. I then went to college and, after, joined the Guard, went to Selection to chase my life-long SF dreams and then never attended the Q Course because I'm a turd. End military career.

I try to stay open-minded politically, though I have pretty strong feelings at the moment.

After the Service, I was pretty gung-ho Repub guy, so much so, that I was flown to Washington, D.C. to enjoy a lavish experience and lobby my representatives in favor of the surge. Met George W., all the Cabinet members, etc; the second most resounding memory being that Karen Hughes had a smoking hot assistant who was not swayed by my goofy awkwardness and (lack of) swagger. I subsequently bestowed terrible luck on Presidential candidates by actively supporting Fred Thompson and Jon Huntsman.

Then, the issue of universal healthcare became a big debate and, literally, during a single conversation, my whole paradigm shifted. Someone had the nerve to tell me that the great nation that I defended "couldn't afford" universal healthcare. It took all the restraint I could muster not to kick the commenter straight in the groin. The idea that America was incapable of anything defied the very thoughts that kept me sane in Ramadi while I, and my buddies, otherwise thought only of a swift death or, at least, time with the portable DVD player in between daily missions and filling sandbags.

Since that conversation, I've become full blown snowflake, libtard. Though, not very active. And then this morning, I heard Wayne LaPierre sounding like an American ISIS propagandist and I took it as a genuine agitation against the country I love. So, I'm pretty energized at the moment.

Sorry for the wall of text. I suck with being concise. And, anyway, with subjects like these, it's cathartic AF to put words where they can be read by others. (Kinda) Sorry to make you all prey to my venting, especially without any other history here.

Welcome. Smoke weed every day.

# ? Feb 22, 2018 22:00

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

Just to take a look at what the Main Stream Media is saying about us:

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

Internet VFW/GIP might be more anti-war than D&D which says something

But GIP also has a few posters who want to nuke everything, including themselves.