April Current Events Thread: a very special episode of the cosby show

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Beepity Boop: Nov 21, 2012; yay

Third World Reggin posted:

And here I wanted chaos and destruction, not this weak crap.

This was for the first set of tarrifs, not the second, there's still hope for there to be no hope.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 04:17

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 21:24

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Not quite a current event but MSNBC is showing a special on the Civil Rights Movement and the medias role in it.

It's maddening how much we've backslid.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 04:34

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

An analysis I heard on BBC said this round of tariffs from China is a warning shot. They're holding the really good stuff, like soybeans, for the next round if the White House Daycare can't get Two Scoops under control.

...and given that he's kicking everyone out that doesn't have a default opinion of his god-like intellect that starts off as 'Everything you do is flawless' well, shits just getting started.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 04:36

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?

Kawasaki Nun posted:

If you live in a city as big as Austin and kind find real weed it's your fault

Yeah I was just thinking this
e: eh, on second though, this seems like victim blaming.

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Just smoke a weed. Even if it's brown, just smoke more.

Yeah just roll up some blunts or something. Most fun I ever had smoking was with mexican brick poo poo and getting quarters instead of grams for 25

Caufman posted:

To paraphrase Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, when an individual, a community, a nation, or a planet unlocks the energies of love, it will be its greatest discovery since the making of fire.

On the brighter side after reading his wikiquotes this guy seems super cool and its refreshing to read some optimistic takes in this day and age

Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Apr 2, 2018

# ? Apr 2, 2018 04:38

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

Milo and POTUS posted:

Yeah I was just thinking this
e: eh, on second though, this seems like victim blaming.

Almost everyone I know that's smoked spice would probably do it anyway even if weed were legal.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 13:44

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

Milo and POTUS posted:

e: eh, on second though, this seems like victim blaming.

We're not talking about rape, we're talking about idiots smoking a lovely knock-off drug that's been considered garbage for years. Sometimes it's appropriate to blame the "victim."

# ? Apr 2, 2018 15:04

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

Winnie Mandela, ded.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 15:19

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

Godholio posted:

We're not talking about rape, we're talking about idiots smoking a lovely knock-off drug that's been considered garbage for years. Sometimes it's appropriate to blame the "victim."

Yeah, if you can't get decent weed in Austin and smoke dangerous poo poo instead you're just loving stupid and lazy not an unfortunate victim.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 15:36

Immanentized: Mar 17, 2009

I've been thinking on the nature of Trump bashing on Amazon and the associated stock losses. Ever since president-elect Trump started bashing on Boeing back in December of 2016, there's been a direct correlation to what the Orange tweets, and how the affiliated company's stock behaves. He's used this to boost companies he feels are friendly, and on more than one occasion, derail companies that he sees as a threat.

With the last week's worth of stocks effectively trashing Amazon's stock prices, and continuing devaluation coming every time he opens his mouth about it- would Amazon have any legal basis for accusing the President of improperly influencing their stock's performance? It feels as though a national leader singling out a company in this way, and having such direct impact would cross the lines of propriety, but :2018:

edit: There's also the continuous attacks against The Washington Post, which is also owned by Bezos. Even a Law clerk could put together an argument that this repeated Amazon bashing is him getting back at Bezos for negative coverage.

Immanentized fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Apr 2, 2018

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:05

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

Now this is an egg roll!

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/980819731132420097

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:11

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

Once again with the loving word salad

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:37

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Duzzy Funlop posted:

Once again with the loving word salad

More than the word salad, he's stroking the military dick in front of a bunch of kids. Didn't he do this type of thing before with the boy scouts or some poo poo?

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:39

Thwomp: Apr 10, 2003; BA-DUHHH; Grimey Drawer

Immanentized posted:

I've been thinking on the nature of Trump bashing on Amazon and the associated stock losses. Ever since president-elect Trump started bashing on Boeing back in December of 2016, there's been a direct correlation to what the Orange tweets, and how the affiliated company's stock behaves. He's used this to boost companies he feels are friendly, and on more than one occasion, derail companies that he sees as a threat.

With the last week's worth of stocks effectively trashing Amazon's stock prices, and continuing devaluation coming every time he opens his mouth about it- would Amazon have any legal basis for accusing the President of improperly influencing their stock's performance? It feels as though a national leader singling out a company in this way, and having such direct impact would cross the lines of propriety, but :2018:

edit: There's also the continuous attacks against The Washington Post, which is also owned by Bezos. Even a Law clerk could put together an argument that this repeated Amazon bashing is him getting back at Bezos for negative coverage.

I want to say there is a legal jurisprudence that said a president can't be charged with insider trading/other economic crimes because he's required to be aware of so much going on and is so influential in so many parts of the economy that he effectively can't help it and is therefore granted immunity to such claims.

This is why so many past presidents have divested themselves while in office because they don't want to be seen as profiting off the presidency, even though it isn't against the law.

You could maybe bring something on 1st amendment grounds that Trump is trying to punish the owner of a hostile newspaper but not on the economic grounds.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:46

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

Haha no, he stroked his own dick in front of the boy scouts.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:46

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

boop the snoot posted:

More than the word salad, he's stroking the military dick in front of a bunch of kids. Didn't he do this type of thing before with the boy scouts or some poo poo?

Wasn't it a 'build that wall' chant at the boyscouts rally or something?

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:46

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

boop the snoot posted:

More than the word salad, he's stroking the military dick in front of a bunch of kids. Didn't he do this type of thing before with the boy scouts or some poo poo?

quote:

I�ll tell you a story that�s very interesting for me. When I was young there was a man named William Levitt. You have some here. You have some in different states. Anybody ever hear of Levittown?
(APPLAUSE)
And he was a very successful man, became unbelievable � he was a home builder, became an unbelievable success, and got more and more successful. And he�d build homes, and at night he�d go to these major sites with teams of people, and he�d scour the sites for nails, and sawdust and small pieces of wood, and they cleaned the site, so when the workers came in the next morning, the sites would be spotless and clean, and he did it properly. And he did this for 20 years, and then he was offered a lot of money for his company, and he sold his company, for a tremendous amount of money, at the time especially. This is a long time ago. Sold his company for a tremendous amount of money.
And he went out and bought a big yacht, and he had a very interesting life. I won�t go any more than that, because you�re Boy Scouts so I�m not going to tell you what he did.
(CROWD CHANTING)
Should I tell you? Should I tell you?
(APPLAUSE)
You�re Boy Scouts, but you know life. You know life.
So look at you. Who would think this is the Boy Scouts, right? So he had a very, very interesting life, and the company that bought his company was a big conglomerate, and they didn�t know anything about building homes, and they didn�t know anything about picking up the nails and the sawdust and selling it, and the scraps of wood. This was a big conglomerate based in New York City.
And after about a 10-year period, there were losing a lot with it. It didn�t mean anything to them. And they couldn�t sell it. So they called William Levitt up, and they said, would you like to buy back your company, and he said, yes, I would. He so badly wanted it. He got bored with this life of yachts, and sailing, and all of the things he did in the south of France and other places. You won�t get bored, right? You know, truthfully, you�re workers. You�ll get bored too, believe me. Of course having a few good years like that isn�t so bad.
But what happened is he bought back his company, and he bought back a lot of empty land, and he worked hard at getting zoning, and he worked hard on starting to develop, and in the end he failed, and he failed badly, lost all of his money. He went personally bankrupt, and he was now much older. And I saw him at a cocktail party. And it was very sad because the hottest people in New York were at this party. It was the party of Steve Ross � Steve Ross, who was one of the great people. He came up and discovered, really founded Time Warner, and he was a great guy. He had a lot of successful people at the party.
And I was doing well, so I got invited to the party. I was very young. And I go in, but I�m in the real estate business, and I see a hundred people, some of whom I recognize, and they�re big in the entertainment business.
And I see sitting in the corner was a little old man who was all by himself. Nobody was talking to him. I immediately recognized that that man was the once great William Levitt, of Levittown, and I immediately went over. I wanted to talk to him more than the Hollywood, show business, communications people.
So I went over and talked to him, and I said, �Mr. Levitt, I�m Donald Trump.� He said, �I know.� I said, �Mr. Levitt, how are you doing?� He goes, �Not well, not well at all.� And I knew that. But he said, �Not well at all.� And he explained what was happening and how bad it�s been and how hard it�s been. And I said, �What exactly happened? Why did this happen to you? You�re one of the greats ever in our industry. Why did this happen to you?�
And he said, �Donald, I lost my momentum. I lost my momentum.� A word you never hear when you�re talking about success when some of these guys that never made 10 cents, they�re on television giving you things about how you�re going to be successful, and the only thing they ever did was a book and a tape. But I tell you � I�ll tell you, it was very sad, and I never forgot that moment.
And I thought about it, and it�s exactly true. He lost his momentum, meaning he took this period of time off, long, years, and then when he got back, he didn�t have that same momentum.
In life, I always tell this to people, you have to know whether or not you continue to have the momentum. And if you don�t have it, that�s OK. Because you�re going to go on, and you�re going to learn and you�re going to do things that are great. But you have to know about the word �momentum.�
But the big thing, never quit, never give up; do something you love. When you do something you love as a Scout, I see that you love it. But when you do something that you love, you�ll never fail. What you�re going to do is give it a shot again and again and again. You�re ultimately going to be successful.
And remember this, you�re not working. Because when you�re doing something that you love, like I do � of course I love my business, but this is a little bit different. Who thought this was going to happen. We�re, you know, having a good time. We�re doing a good job.
(APPLAUSE)
Doing a good job. But when you do something that you love, remember this, it�s not work. So you�ll work 24/7. You�re going to work all the time. And at the end of the year you�re not really working. You don�t think of it as work. When you�re not doing something that you like or when you�re forced into do something that you really don�t like, that�s called work, and it�s hard work, and tedious work.
So as much as you can do something that you love, work hard and never ever give up, and you�re going to be tremendously successful, tremendously successful.
(APPLAUSE)
Now, with that, I have to tell you our economy is doing great. Our stock market has picked up since the election, November 8th � do we remember that day? Was that a beautiful day?
(APPLAUSE)
What a day.
Do you remember that famous night on television, November 8th where they said, these dishonest people, where they said, there is no path to victory for Donald Trump. They forgot about the forgotten people.
By the way, they�re not forgetting about the forgotten people anymore. They�re going crazy trying to figure it out, but I told them, far too late; it�s far too late.
But you remember that incredible night with the maps, and the Republicans are red and the Democrats are blue, and that map was so red it was unbelievable. And they didn�t know what to say.
(APPLAUSE) And you know, we have a tremendous disadvantage in the Electoral College. Popular vote is much easier. We have � because New York, California, Illinois, you have to practically run the East Coast. And we did. We won Florida. We won South Carolina. We won North Carolina. We won Pennsylvania.
(APPLAUSE)
We won and won. So when they said, there is no way to victory; there is no way to 270. You know I went to Maine four times because it�s one vote, and we won. We won. One vote. I went there because I kept hearing we�re at 269. But then Wisconsin came in. Many, many years. Michigan came in.
(APPLAUSE)
So � and we worked hard there. You know, my opponent didn�t work hard there, because she was told�
(BOOING)
She was told she was going to win Michigan, and I said, well, wait a minute. The car industry is moving to Mexico. Why is she going to move � she�s there. Why are they allowing it to move? And by the way, do you see those car industry � do you see what�s happening? They�re coming back to Michigan. They�re coming back to Ohio. They�re starting to peel back in.
(APPLAUSE)
And we go to Wisconsin, now, Wisconsin hadn�t been won in many, many years by a Republican. But we go to Wisconsin, and we had tremendous crowds. And I�d leave these massive crowds, I�d say, why are we going to lose this state?
The polls, that�s also fake news. They�re fake polls. But the polls are saying � but we won Wisconsin.
(APPLAUSE)
So I have to tell you, what we did, in all fairness, is an unbelievable tribute to you and all of the other millions and millions of people that came out and voted for make America great again.
(APPLAUSE)
And I�ll tell you what, we are indeed making America great again.
CROWD: USA! USA! USA!
TRUMP: And I�ll tell you what, we are indeed making America great again. What�s going on is incredible.
(APPLAUSE)
We had the best jobs report in 16 years. The stock market on a daily basis is hitting an all-time high.
We�re going to be bringing back very soon trillions of dollars from companies that can�t get their money back into this country, and that money is going to be used to help rebuild America. We�re doing things that nobody ever thought was possible, and we�ve just started. It�s just the beginning, believe me.

http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:50

MA-Horus: Dec 3, 2006; I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

Holy gently caress the man's brain is swiss cheese

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:51

mods changed my name: Oct 30, 2017

voting for a smooth brained moron to own the libs

# ? Apr 2, 2018 16:52

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

MA-Horus posted:

Holy gently caress the man's brain is swiss cheese

Transcripts don't do it justice. If you can stomach it listening to the real thing is a serious eye-opener. Dude's brain is loving rotten. He seriously just barfs up whatever word vomit manages to catch a randomly firing neuron and when he gets applause for saying some hate-filled poo poo the audience wants to hear you can watch the remaining pathways light up with the pleasure of a narcissist getting what he craves.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 17:00

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

bird food bathtub posted:

Transcripts don't do it justice. If you can stomach it listening to the real thing is a serious eye-opener. Dude's brain is loving rotten. He seriously just barfs up whatever word vomit manages to catch a randomly firing neuron and when he gets applause for saying some hate-filled poo poo the audience wants to hear you can watch the remaining pathways light up with the pleasure of a narcissist getting what he craves.

He would've been too incompetent for the Nazis. I'm amazed the man can walk a straight line.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 17:01

mods changed my name: Oct 30, 2017

the only person that Trump is smarter than is his voters, which is pretty depressing and also hilarious when you consider it

# ? Apr 2, 2018 17:05

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Godholio posted:

We're not talking about rape, we're talking about idiots smoking a lovely knock-off drug that's been considered garbage for years. Sometimes it's appropriate to blame the "victim."

Part of the problem is that weed is still illegal there. Another part of the problem is drug testing. People who smoke spice are usually trying to beat a piss test at some point, or dodging randoms like I did in the army. There are plenty of countermeasures to beat drug tests, but randoms are impossible to predict (outside of the military).

Even here in Colorado, where the state gives very few fucks and recreational weed is abundantly legal, plenty of employers still test for weed, largely because of insurance reasons, but partially because of federal laws. You're not working for a national chain brand anything here with weed in your system unless you have someone pulling to get/keep you. When I leave this warehouse job, I'm probably, finally, going to get my MED badge (occupational license for weed work). Not because I love it, or think the genie's out of the bottle and it will go legal nationally sooner or later, but mostly because I don't care to quit smoking hash long enough to pass a piss test, let alone go back to guessing when randoms were coming and hiding a bottle of synthetic piss in my waistband.

If I didn't leave in a legal state and had constant drug tests to worry about, I'd consider spice. Then grab a six pack of some cheap beer.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 17:13

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahahahang all nobles

http://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article207269209.html

quote:

COLUMBIA, S.C.

A commander at an Army base in South Carolina contributed to a dam break and massive flood almost three years ago because he wanted a lake higher so his yard would look nicer, an employee at the base said in a deposition.

Workers put more concrete in the spillway of a Fort Jackson earthen dam about a decade ago, increasing the lake level and reducing the amount of water that could flow out of Semmes Lake, according to the deposition and other documents obtained by The State newspaper .

The dam was overtopped and then failed in October 2015 after about 24 inches (61 centimeters) of rain fell. The deluge combined with other flooding to damage dozens of homes in neighboring Columbia and kill at least two people.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 17:20

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Handsome Ralph posted:

Now this is an egg roll!

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/980819731132420097

The rabbit. :allears:

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:07

Vasudus: May 30, 2003

Jimmy Carter had to give up his family farm because he didn't want people to think he could be swayed by BIG PEANUT.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:13

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

Vasudus posted:

Jimmy Carter had to give up his family farm because he didn't want people to think he could be swayed by BIG PEANUT.

Obligatory https://www.theonion.com/you-people-made-me-give-up-my-peanut-farm-before-i-got-1819585048

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:15

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

Stultus Maximus posted:

The rabbit.

Even Melania has various looks of "The gently caress are you doing? This is an egg roll for children."

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:21

RFC2324: Jun 7, 2012; http 418

Stultus Maximus posted:

The rabbit.

think it's spicy?

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:32

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

Melania looks likes she�s one arm plunge his heart out.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:39

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

LingcodKilla posted:

Melania looks likes she�s one arm plunge his heart out.

I watched the new Trump documentary on Netflix over the weekend and it's sad to see how happy and cheerful she used to be.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:51

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I watched the new Trump documentary on Netflix over the weekend and it's sad to see how happy and cheerful she used to be.

She knew what she signed up for.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:54

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I watched the new Trump documentary on Netflix over the weekend and it's sad to see how happy and cheerful she used to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laMrfGUM_d0

# ? Apr 2, 2018 18:54

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

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I watched the new Trump documentary on Netflix over the weekend and it's sad to see how happy and cheerful she used to be.

I just started watching it, and young Trump is creeping me out really hard.

Partly because he can still muster a collected self-presentation and form coherent sentences.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 19:00

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

What�s this doc

# ? Apr 2, 2018 19:31

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

holocaust bloopers posted:

What�s this doc

Netflix, 'Dirty Money', Episode 6 'The Confidence Man'

Chronicles Trump from the late 70's to 2017.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 19:36

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

BigDave posted:

Netflix, 'Dirty Money', Episode 6 'The Confidence Man'

Chronicles Trump from the late 70's to 2017.

I think they're talking about Trump: An American Dream

# ? Apr 2, 2018 19:38

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

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

I think they're talking about Trump: An American Dream

Yeah, that's the one.

Hour-long format with 4 episodes.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 19:49

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

I think they're talking about Trump: An American Dream

Ah cool

# ? Apr 2, 2018 20:10

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

I think they're talking about Trump: An American Dream

How many documenteries are there about Trump?

In other news, teachers in Oklahoma walked off the job and rallied at the capital to demand a $10,000 pay raise and $200 million increase in education funding. If they don't get it, Oklahoma will be the third state to have a statewide teachers strike, coming soon after West Virginia and Kentucky.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.4019585c35a2

# ? Apr 2, 2018 20:10

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 21:24

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

BigDave posted:

How many documenteries are there about Trump?

In other news, teachers in Oklahoma walked off the job and rallied at the capital to demand a $10,000 pay raise and $200 million increase in education funding. If they don't get it, Oklahoma will be the third state to have a statewide teachers strike, coming soon after West Virginia and Kentucky.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.4019585c35a2

we can't pay teachers more though because we have to spend almost a trillion on defense or else we will all literally die because of mexicans.

# ? Apr 2, 2018 20:11

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