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H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Azathoth posted:

It goes back earlier than that. The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that banning flag burning as a form of protest was unconstitutional and affirmed the decision in 1990. A bunch of culture warriors wanted a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning in the 90s, but it was not something that was ever really gonna happen.

I have always understood, absent any real evidence mind you, that it was something that the news media got people riled up about in the 1980s by broadcasting anti-America protests from the 1970s to 1980s from overseas where they burned the American flag, and when folks realized that it pissed off pretty much every politician, it happened sporadically in the US when someone wanted to do something really transgressive.

hillary pushed a flag-burning ban in 2005

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H.P. Hovercraft posted:

hillary pushed a flag-burning ban in 2005

She's a Republican but won't admit it

# ? Jun 17, 2019 22:11

Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

hillary pushed a flag-burning ban in 2005

On brand

# ? Jun 17, 2019 22:11

MaxieSatan: Oct 19, 2017; critical support for anarchists

"'Bees are good,' Obama says as children scream"

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/obama-bee-attack-easter-children-screaming-116704

# ? Jun 17, 2019 22:54

Hopkins FBI: Jan 4, 2015; MY SACRED POSTING VOW IS NOTHING, FOR WHILE I STAKED MY HONOR UPON MY COMMITMENT TO NEVER SUPPORT JOSEPH R. B. JUNIOR I HAVE SCANDALOUSLY ABANDONED MY PRINCIPLES

The President's dick looks like Toad from Mario Kart

# ? Jun 18, 2019 05:05

Crazycryodude: Aug 15, 2015; Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?

Van Riper being an rear end in a top hat who did his best to just waste everyone's time is what makes him cool, forcing the US military to waste extra time and money dealing with your bullshit while also stopping them from getting any useful results is highly effective praxis

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GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

Van D Ripper

# ? Jun 18, 2019 05:51

Stunning Honky: Sep 7, 2004; " . . . "

Not everyone gets a pile of money to tell their bosses they suck so yeah I�m on war game cheater side

# ? Jun 18, 2019 06:42

Hopkins FBI: Jan 4, 2015; MY SACRED POSTING VOW IS NOTHING, FOR WHILE I STAKED MY HONOR UPON MY COMMITMENT TO NEVER SUPPORT JOSEPH R. B. JUNIOR I HAVE SCANDALOUSLY ABANDONED MY PRINCIPLES

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AgentF: May 11, 2009

Bah gawd he's got a family! :bahgawd:

# ? Jun 18, 2019 13:01

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

Hopkins FBI posted:

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crazy eyes mustafa: Nov 30, 2014

future headline: ISIS buys Grave Digger

# ? Jun 18, 2019 16:00

AgentF: May 11, 2009

Wait a second... that's Osama Bin Laden's music!

# ? Jun 19, 2019 00:12

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Hopkins FBI posted:

the Undertaker is a Nazi actually

# ? Jun 19, 2019 00:14

MikeCrotch: Nov 5, 2011; I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese

Maggie Thatcher had to tell senior Tories to be more discreet about their child loving because they were being way too blatant about it

# ? Jun 19, 2019 12:29

VitalSigns: Sep 3, 2011

Feldegast42 posted:

Also, the wargames thing is funny because any actual threat to a military operation is going to come from something you don't expect -- every battle plan goes out the window when you make contact with the enemy. Whoever you are opposing is going to "rules lawyer" the situation and exploit some technicality that you overlook in order to fight back, because there is no way you can fight a conventional war against the US military because you would get crushed hard. So yeah, if you want an actual appraisal of how well (or not well) you will do in that situation, you probably want to hire on a guy who would be the only one to recognize that the enemy's gate is down.

No no the US military's doctrine is just fine, if an Iraqi insurgent uses an ice cube as a cheap delay timer in their mortar, you call them up and say "that was very rude sir, now start over and this time play right" and then your guys come back to life and the insurgents buy expensive radio remote detonators so your sigint can trace them back and blow them up instantly.

And that's why the US military definitely hasn't suffered humiliating losses at the hands of some farmers over and over and over

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Roosevelt: Jul 18, 2009; I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

Hopkins FBI posted:

The President's dick looks like Toad from Mario Kart

yeti pubes

# ? Jun 19, 2019 15:35

Zerg Mans: Oct 19, 2006; Can't post for 9 hours!

LGD posted:

I guess "just now" is remembering

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1139661226181562368

you gotta respect the game tho

# ? Jun 19, 2019 15:41

Hopkins FBI: Jan 4, 2015; MY SACRED POSTING VOW IS NOTHING, FOR WHILE I STAKED MY HONOR UPON MY COMMITMENT TO NEVER SUPPORT JOSEPH R. B. JUNIOR I HAVE SCANDALOUSLY ABANDONED MY PRINCIPLES

https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1077255770725601280?lang=en

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:17

Son of Thunderbeast: Sep 21, 2002

Dangerous Donald

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:39

paul_soccer10: Mar 28, 2016; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1PVOIqQAns

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:43

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

The DNC paid people to show up at Trump rallies in Donald Duck mascot costumes

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:43

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

StashAugustine posted:

The DNC paid people to show up at Trump rallies in Donald Duck mascot costumes

and didn't stop until Disney started making calls asking hey what the gently caress

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:45

Modest Mao: Feb 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

VitalSigns posted:

And that's why the US military definitely hasn't suffered humiliating losses at the hands of some farmers over and over and over

lol

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:45

Modest Mao: Feb 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

paul_soccer10 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1PVOIqQAns

lol white people jesus christ

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:47

Modest Mao: Feb 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

I lol a lot that american leadership is basically 100% careerist grift with no foundational principles or beliefs and none of them will pay for what they've done

edit: except bernie

# ? Jun 19, 2019 21:49

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

Modest Mao posted:

I lol a lot that american leadership is basically 100% careerist grift with no foundational principles or beliefs and none of them will pay for what they've done

edit: except bernie

yes....... bernie must pay.............................

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Action Jacktion: Jun 3, 2003

Mitt Romney said his favorite novel is Battlefield Earth

# ? Jun 20, 2019 04:09

Spergin Morlock: Aug 8, 2009

Action Jacktion posted:

Mitt Romney said his favorite novel is Battlefield Earth

lol that book sucked rear end. i barely made it 1/4 way through before stopping

# ? Jun 20, 2019 04:15

quite stretched out: Feb 17, 2011; the chillest

the movie owns though

# ? Jun 20, 2019 08:11

DiggityDoink: Dec 9, 2007

quite stretched out posted:

the movie owns though

if by owns you means sucks poo poo through a fire hose, i agree

this is one of those millennial "you say everything that sucks poo poo is actually awesome" things isn't it?

# ? Jun 20, 2019 08:13

quite stretched out: Feb 17, 2011; the chillest

its good to watch if youre very intoxicated and want to get motion sickness from rapidly tilting your head 30 degrees from side to side

# ? Jun 20, 2019 08:17

System Metternich: Feb 28, 2010; But what did he mean by that?

Munich-based brewery Hacker-Pschorr paid some PR dude a lot of money to come up with an ad campaign featuring happy people drinking beer at the site of the 1972 olympics massacre, subtitled with "Mordsgaudi!" which could be translated as "Having a blast!"

# ? Jun 20, 2019 14:03

Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

DiggityDoink posted:

if by owns you means sucks poo poo through a fire hose, i agree

this is one of those millennial "you say everything that sucks poo poo is actually awesome" things isn't it?

It's one of the better Rifftrax at least

# ? Jun 20, 2019 14:30

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

what the blast did you say man-animal

# ? Jun 20, 2019 16:43

HobbitGrease: Jul 24, 2001; Young Orc

your friendly neighborhood barrrrrrrrrrrr-tender! *pulls out severed head*

*waves rat in your face* do you WANT lunch?!

# ? Jun 20, 2019 16:49

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

julian assange

# ? Jun 20, 2019 17:11

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

this thing lol

https://twitter.com/AriFleischer/status/1108182597983703041

and it just goes on for like 20 tweets lmao

# ? Jun 20, 2019 20:12