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King of Bees
Dec 28, 2012
Gravy Boat 2k

SimonCat posted:

We left nothing useful in the way of logistics after we pulled out of Iraq and drew down in Afghanistan. We took everything immediately valuable and shredded the rest. The FOBs we left are ghost towns.

It's not like we left stockpiles of ammo, spare parts, POL, and motor pools full of vehicles.

I know because I've been to both places in the last 5 years. We'd have to build back up to get ready to invade Iran.

I remember our partner force Iraqis cleaning their rifles with kerosene or maybe gasoline and all the subsequent weapon failures. We had given them many many barrels of CLP which they stored away unopened. When we asked why they said after we left they wouldn't get any more so they were stockpiling it. Lol. Heh heh....

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Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
I haven't been following too closely, but did the rhetoric start spiraling up again before or after those four ships got hit? This seems to be moving fast.

Fister Roboto
Feb 21, 2008

Stultus Maximus posted:

It's made national media already.

Because it's 2019, I'm going to bet that there is some tiny, almost insignificant hole in the girl's story, which the chuds will use to scream about how she and the media are obviously lying. We've all seen this before.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Godholio posted:

I haven't been following too closely, but did the rhetoric start spiraling up again before or after those four ships got hit? This seems to be moving fast.

Before, but now its in high gear.

Fister Roboto posted:

Because it's 2019, I'm going to bet that there is some tiny, almost insignificant hole in the girl's story, which the chuds will use to scream about how she and the media are obviously lying. We've all seen this before.

Amazingly the teachers' confession is all you need here.

Best Friends
Nov 4, 2011

Fister Roboto posted:

Because it's 2019, I'm going to bet that there is some tiny, almost insignificant hole in the girl's story, which the chuds will use to scream about how she and the media are obviously lying. We've all seen this before.

The intolerant left on campus was trying to shut down free speech, but thankfully the authorities intervened.

SlightlyMad
Jun 7, 2015


Gary’s Answer
You may find yourself
in a foxhole in Iran,
and you may find yourself
in a lovely ditch in Iraq
and you may find yourself
on a ship hit by a missile
and you may find yourself
searching for something fissile
with a silent geiger counter
and you may ask yourself
"Well, how did I get here?",

::letting the days go by,
let me tell you about Saudi oil
letting the days go by,
and Sunnis and Shias and Israel
into the blue again
after the might is gone
once in a lifetime
oil is flowing underground::

same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was

colachute
Mar 15, 2015

Fister Roboto posted:

Because it's 2019, I'm going to bet that there is some tiny, almost insignificant hole in the girl's story, which the chuds will use to scream about how she and the media are obviously lying. We've all seen this before.

Did she ever smoke a doobie?

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country
Alabama Senate Votes to Virtually Eliminate Tourism to Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Alabama —The Alabama Senate voted on Tuesday to approve a measure that would virtually eliminate tourism to Alabama.

Greg Reed, the Senate Majority Leader, said that, if signed into law, the measure would achieve his fellow Republican senators’ long-standing goal of making tourism to Alabama “so rare as to be essentially nonexistent.”

“This is a great day for everyone in the state of Alabama who has worked so hard to wipe out the evil scourge of tourism,” he said.

The bill now goes to the desk of Governor Kay Ivey, who has been aggressively urged to sign it by anti-tourism activists.

“If Governor Ivey does the right thing and signs the bill, Alabama could start losing billions of dollars right away,” Reed said. “This will be the best thing to keep people from visiting Alabama since Roy Moore.”

Fake, but not out of place

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

BigDave posted:

Alabama Senate Votes to Virtually Eliminate Tourism to Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Alabama —The Alabama Senate voted on Tuesday to approve a measure that would virtually eliminate tourism to Alabama.

Greg Reed, the Senate Majority Leader, said that, if signed into law, the measure would achieve his fellow Republican senators’ long-standing goal of making tourism to Alabama “so rare as to be essentially nonexistent.”

“This is a great day for everyone in the state of Alabama who has worked so hard to wipe out the evil scourge of tourism,” he said.

The bill now goes to the desk of Governor Kay Ivey, who has been aggressively urged to sign it by anti-tourism activists.

“If Governor Ivey does the right thing and signs the bill, Alabama could start losing billions of dollars right away,” Reed said. “This will be the best thing to keep people from visiting Alabama since Roy Moore.”

Fake, but not out of place

Georgia's Kemp just cancelled a trip to LA to promote Georgia to the Film Industry. Wonder why :thunk:

colachute
Mar 15, 2015

If you’re going to make a joke about tourism who the gently caress would fall for it when it’s about Alabama?

What is Alabama’s biggest tourist attraction anyway? Football games?

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

Ask me about Proposition 305


Do you like muskets?
In slightly better news, HR 553 is up to 285 cosponsors. We're five away from the magic number.

Latest non-sponsor list:

Alabama: 4th, 6th
Arizona: 5th, 6th, 9th
California: 2nd, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 30th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 43rd, 45th, 46th, 47th, 50th
Connecticut: 1st, 5th
Florida: 3rd, 5th, 11th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 27th
Georgia: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th
Idaho: 1st
Illinois: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Indiana: 1st, 6th, 9th
Kansas: 3rd, 4th
Kentucky: 4th, 5th
Louisiana: 3rd, 6th
Maine: 2nd
Maryland: 1st, 5th,
Massachusetts: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 9th
Michigan: 3rd, 13th, 14th
Minnesota: 5th, 6th
Mississippi: 2nd, 3rd
Missouri: 5th, 6th
Nebraska: 1st, 3rd
New Hampshire: 2nd
New Jersey: 9th
New Mexico: 2nd, 3rd
New York: 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 25th, 27th
North Carolina: 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th
Ohio: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th
Oklahoma: 3rd, 5th
Oregon: 3rd
Pennsylvania: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 18th
South Carolina: 6th, 7th
South Dakota: You only have the one
Texas: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th
Washington: 7th, 8th, 9th
Wisconsin: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

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!
https://i.imgur.com/mGX2ldW.gifv

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

i emailed john larson from ct-1 and i dont know wtf

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

colachute posted:

If you’re going to make a joke about tourism who the gently caress would fall for it when it’s about Alabama?

What is Alabama’s biggest tourist attraction anyway? Football games?

And people who REALLY love old plantations and US history from 1795 to 1865.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.
Called Al Lawson’s office again, spoke to the veteran affairs staffer, and she has personally drafted a memo to Al for him to cosponsor 553, but he just hasn’t reviewed it yet.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

colachute posted:

What is Alabama’s biggest tourist attraction anyway? Football games?

No loving idea, but I keep seeing commercials for some Jones golf course poo poo down there on CNN and a few other channels.

Gulf shores is probably their biggest draw though. loving the florida coast redneck riviera.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


I'd say that I'm boycotting Alabama, but there's no loving way I'd go there in the first place.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

Ask me about Proposition 305


Do you like muskets?

Casimir Radon posted:

I'd say that I'm boycotting Alabama, but there's no loving way I'd go there in the first place.

Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.

The trick is to bring food with you so that you in no way leave any money for the local economy.

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.
Have you dickheads never heard of Space Camp?

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

colachute posted:

If you’re going to make a joke about tourism who the gently caress would fall for it when it’s about Alabama?

What is Alabama’s biggest tourist attraction anyway? Football games?

Doobie's Dog House, obviously.

Or all the rocket stuff at Huntsville and the battleship Alabama in Mobile.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:

Have you dickheads never heard of Space Camp?


JINX AND JESUS ARE FRIENDS! JINX WILL MAKE SURE THOSE SLUTS KEEP THEIR BABIES!

McNally posted:

Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.

The trick is to bring food with you so that you in no way leave any money for the local economy.
I'll keep that in mind if I'm ever in the region.

Richard Bong
Dec 11, 2008

McNally posted:

In slightly better news, HR 553 is up to 285 cosponsors. We're five away from the magic number.

Latest non-sponsor list:

Alabama: 4th, 6th
Arizona: 5th, 6th, 9th
California: 2nd, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 30th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 43rd, 45th, 46th, 47th, 50th
Connecticut: 1st, 5th
Florida: 3rd, 5th, 11th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 27th
Georgia: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th
Idaho: 1st
Illinois: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Indiana: 1st, 6th, 9th
Kansas: 3rd, 4th
Kentucky: 4th, 5th
Louisiana: 3rd, 6th
Maine: 2nd
Maryland: 1st, 5th,
Massachusetts: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 9th
Michigan: 3rd, 13th, 14th
Minnesota: 5th, 6th
Mississippi: 2nd, 3rd
Missouri: 5th, 6th
Nebraska: 1st, 3rd
New Hampshire: 2nd
New Jersey: 9th
New Mexico: 2nd, 3rd
New York: 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 25th, 27th
North Carolina: 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th
Ohio: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th
Oklahoma: 3rd, 5th
Oregon: 3rd
Pennsylvania: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 18th
South Carolina: 6th, 7th
South Dakota: You only have the one
Texas: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th
Washington: 7th, 8th, 9th
Wisconsin: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Called IL-8 and left a message. Again.

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.

Casimir Radon posted:

JINX AND JESUS ARE FRIENDS! JINX WILL MAKE SURE THOSE SLUTS KEEP THEIR BABIES!

I'll keep that in mind if I'm ever in the region.

:what:

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


SpaceCamp is an 80s movie starring Kate Capshaw, Tom Skerritt, Lea Thompson, and various others. There's a dumbass robot in it named Jinx that talks like that.

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!
Looks like Mike has a running mate in mind

https://twitter.com/MikeGravel/status/1128726014417354758?s=19

DaNerd
Sep 15, 2009

u br?

SlightlyMad posted:

You may find yourself
in a foxhole in Iran,
and you may find yourself
in a lovely ditch in Iraq
and you may find yourself
on a ship hit by a missile
and you may find yourself
searching for something fissile
with a silent geiger counter
and you may ask yourself
"Well, how did I get here?",

::letting the days go by,
let me tell you about Saudi oil
letting the days go by,
and Sunnis and Shias and Israel
into the blue again
after the might is gone
once in a lifetime
oil is flowing underground::

same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was

This didn't get enough love.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

McNally posted:


The trick is to bring food with you so that you in no way leave any money for the local economy.

Try the pawpaws, if they're in season and you happen across anyone selling them, because they spoil fast. Other than that, hit national chains and they'll vacuum out all the useful capital from your dinners.

I'd avoid places like Perkins though, as they're based in the South.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS

Fister Roboto posted:

Because it's 2019, I'm going to bet that there is some tiny, almost insignificant hole in the girl's story, which the chuds will use to scream about how she and the media are obviously lying. We've all seen this before.

The response is even worse

quote:

James Evans, a spokesperson for Rutherford County Schools, said in a statement to BuzzFeed News on Tuesday that the assignment was part of a World War II exhibit of Living History performed by fifth-graders at McFadden School of Excellence in Murfreesboro.

The assignment involved the student who was portraying Hitler to deliver a speech and give the Nazi salute at the end, he said.

"During rehearsal on Thursday, May 9, the student gave his presentation, and when he gave his salute, some other students in the class responded with the same salute," Evans said in the statement. "When this occurred, one student became upset and had an outburst."

Evans said the principal investigated and confirmed two incidents in which students gave the Nazi salute outside of the history project and that teachers intervened on both occasions. He added that the principal met with all fifth-graders "to put a stop to any further instances."

"In addition, the school will no longer feature a student portraying Hitler or the salute as part of the Living History project," Evans said. "The school will find alternative means of covering the fifth-grade history standard."

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
Called for Il-11 again.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





look i might have missed it, but what exactly did the iranians do to provoke this ire beyond existing?

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

also still butthurt about us "losing" the hostage situation

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


When you're wounded and lying on Persia's plains and Bolton comes by to piss on your remains, reach for your poop and throw it at Walrusmans's face and yell "SUCK MY DICK YOU CHICKENHAWK FUCKMAN!"

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





i mean if i'm honest it seems like israel does a lot more to piss the US off than iran, but i'm just a filthy socialist commonwealther

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Oh, and even Pat loving Robertson thinks the Alabama bill is too extreme.

colachute
Mar 15, 2015

Eej posted:

The response is even worse

This gives me the impression that this isn’t the first time this assignment has been given.

colachute
Mar 15, 2015

The abortion bill is extreme by design. They want it challenged in the SCOTUS.

All I know is that if roe v wade gets overturned then women are rightfully going to raise a whole lotta hell and god dammit I’ll be cheering them on and supporting them somehow.

Ardlen
Sep 30, 2005
WoT



The only reason he doesn't like it is because, "this is not the case we want to bring to the Supreme Court because I think this one’ll lose.” not because its horrendous.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS

colachute posted:

This gives me the impression that this isn’t the first time this assignment has been given.

How are we going to teach world history? Not cosplay Hitler and throw up some Sieg Heils?

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Stravag
Jun 7, 2009

TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

i mean if i'm honest it seems like israel does a lot more to piss the US off than iran, but i'm just a filthy socialist commonwealther

Thats being antisemitic. Why do you hate Israel so much?

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