August 2019 Current Events Thread: It's Hot and Everything Sucks

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my kinda ape: Sep 15, 2008; Everything's gonna be A-OK; Oven Wrangler

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

I assume hes talking about Hillary

Biden is also extremely well seasoned and qualified and he still sucks loving rear end.

# ? Aug 16, 2019 23:05

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 09:44

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

https://twitter.com/connortryan/status/1162483087407796225

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# ? Aug 16, 2019 23:08

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

my kinda ape posted:

Biden is also extremely well seasoned and qualified and he still sucks loving rear end.

You'll notice he didnt mention anything about whether he actually likes her

# ? Aug 16, 2019 23:20

bird cooch: Jan 19, 2007

Hot Karl Marx posted:

seriously all the stuff surrounding epstein and his friends and connections and stuff is turning me crazy and the couple friends ive tried to explain it to agree

I can't even take the first step into conspiracy land without immediately devolving into digging trenches and hoarding foodstuffs.

# ? Aug 16, 2019 23:25

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?

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

https://twitter.com/connortryan/status/1162483087407796225

He'll be waiting up in heaven to beat on andy dick

# ? Aug 16, 2019 23:36

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

The Chinese Navy is having collision problems too.

Update: Crash knocked Chinese mystery warship's secret tech onto Taiwan freighter posted:

High-tech radar from Mystery Chinese warship that fell onto Taiwan freighter during collision could reveal its identity

The Coast Guard in a press release issued today denied that any such "light detection and ranging radar (Lidar)" or "gun fire-control radar" had been found on the Yutai No. 1.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- As more details emerge of the collision between a Taiwanese freighter and a mysterious Chinese warship near Kinmen, it appears that secret, high-technology radar equipment had fallen off the Chinese vessel and onto the Taiwanese ship, providing clues as to what kind of ship it really was.

At 8 p.m. on July 31, the Yutai No. 1 was slammed into by an unidentified Chinese warship 19.5 miles southeast of Liaoluo Port in Kinmen. The Taiwanese ship sustained damage, but none of its crew were injured, according to the report.

In an interview with Bloomberg, the 72-year-old captain of the Taiwanese ship, Fu Shih-hour, said that the commander of the Chinese warship tried to coerce him into navigating his ship into China's port of Xiamen. Fu said he refused the Chinese captain's demands and instead called the Taiwan Coast Guard for help.

After receiving the distress signal from Fu, the Kinmen branch of the Coast Guard dispatched PP-10053 to the scene, and PP-10039 was sent to support it. By 10 p.m., PP-10053 established contact with Yutai No. 1 and confirmed that the hull was damaged, but there were no safety concerns and the crew was unharmed.

The Coast Guard said that after an extensive search, PP-10053 established contact with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessel. The PLAN ship's captain said that his vessel had been damaged in the collision as well and needed to return to Xiamen Port for repairs.

The PLAN ship refused to stop and submit to inspection by the Taiwanese and ceased communications with the Taiwanese patrol boat. When the ship's crew noticed that some electronic equipment had fallen on the the front deck, they informed the military to send personnel to inspect it.

When specialists inspected the equipment, they were shocked and immediately packaged it up and told everyone at the scene to not leak any information about what they had seen.

Taiwanese inspectors examined the Yutai No.1, they found "unknown large instruments" on the front deck. According to sources who spoke with China Times, the equipment is either light detection and ranging radar (Lidar) or gun fire-control radar.

A source familiar with the situation told China Times that the Chinese warship involved in the accident was one of two PLAN ships that were prowling in the Taiwan Strait near the island of Kinmen on Wednesday night. There had been speculation that it was either the Type 071 amphibious transport dock "Longhushan" or the new Type 055 destroyer.

When specialists inspected the equipment, they were shocked and immediately packaged it up and told everyone at the scene to not leak any information about what they had seen.

Taiwanese inspectors examined the Yutai No.1, they found "unknown large instruments" on the front deck. According to sources who spoke with China Times, the equipment is either light detection and ranging radar (Lidar) or gun fire-control radar.

A source familiar with the situation told China Times that the Chinese warship involved in the accident was one of two PLAN ships that were prowling in the Taiwan Strait near the island of Kinmen on Wednesday night. There had been speculation that it was either the Type 071 amphibious transport dock "Longhushan" or the new Type 055 destroyer.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 00:17

US Berder Patrol: Jul 11, 2006; oorah

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

https://twitter.com/connortryan/status/1162483087407796225

acab, etc
But honestly, I can't even imagine the trauma this job must put on a decent man

# ? Aug 17, 2019 00:57

piL: Sep 20, 2007; (__|\\\\); Taco Defender

After doing a google news search for 'chinese taiwan collision', I have confirmed that reporters overuse the phrase 'collision course'.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:03

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Ken Bone Comeback posted:

acab, etc
But honestly, I can't even imagine the trauma this job must put on a decent man

The best part is coming to a forum that's supposed to discourage suicide and being told to kill yourself. :shrug:

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:04

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1162458653439516674

So is the breaking bones in your neck thing typical in this kind of suicide? I thought that was hard to do, hence hangmen having to do math.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:06

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!

hobbesmaster posted:

So is the breaking bones in your neck thing typical in this kind of suicide? I thought that was hard to do, hence hangmen having to do math.

https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1161918350445834240?s=19

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:08

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Ken Bone Comeback posted:

acab, etc
But honestly, I can't even imagine the trauma this job must put on a decent man

I mean I'm not sure if your acab is in jest but come on man

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:11

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

Chichevache posted:

The best part is coming to a forum that's supposed to discourage suicide and being told to kill yourself.

You could always just not be a cop

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:14

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Oh cool so encouraging suicides is standard practice now

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:16

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?

Seriously he looks like Jon Lovitz.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:16

Prop Wash: Jun 12, 2010

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

You could always just not be a cop

gently caress off forever

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:17

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

Prop Wash posted:

gently caress off forever

I tell people in the army to get out and alcoholics to stop drinking, I'll tell cops that they should loving quit too. At no point did I wish anyone to kill themselves.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:26

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

Laranzu posted:

Why do the poor need to be armed in the first place? What is the benefit to them?

Imagine a 60 year old white man in a suit saying this at a conference table with other 60 year old white men.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:27

egyptian rat race: Jul 13, 2007; Lowtax Spine Fund 2019; Ultra Carp

Making sure the poor and disenfranchised have cheap and reasonable access to guns seems like the most hilarious loving band-aid to stick on the problem of violence, rather than a solution. It's like thinking those suicide kits in Children of Men are a reasonable solution to depression

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:36

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?

Wait 50 years and tell me they're unreasonable

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:38

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Godholio posted:

Imagine a 60 year old white man in a suit saying this at a conference table with other 60 year old white men.

Thats a good way to make anything sound malevolent.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:39

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

egyptian rat race posted:

Making sure the poor and disenfranchised have cheap and reasonable access to guns seems like the most hilarious loving band-aid to stick on the problem of violence, rather than a solution. It's like thinking those suicide kits in Children of Men are a reasonable solution to depression

I'm not sure anyone's making that point. But ensuring they're the first ones who DON'T have that is pretty lovely. Dictating their needs, etc.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:39

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

Prop Wash posted:

gently caress off forever

Yeah, there's not going to be much love for cops here.

Fortunately, there's always Lorena, TX.

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# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:41

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

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Yeah, there's not going to be much love for cops here.

"Quit your job or kill yourself" is hosed up. We've had enough GIP suicides that if you're ok with it you can gently caress right off forever.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:45

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Yeah I'm with ghole on this one

Idgaf what your personal feelings on cops are we shouldn't be at the point where either of those two things are being said

# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:49

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

rip peter fonda

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:02

US Berder Patrol: Jul 11, 2006; oorah

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

I mean I'm not sure if your acab is in jest but come on man

Much like your average commie net dweller, I don't much care for cops. That said, I imagine the job of being tasked with doing violence to your fellow human (whether or not they deserve it) is as traumatic as a living hell for anyone with a conscience. I empathize with depressed cops for that, and reading about cops suiciding gives me feels. Do you need any more clarification, you upside down gently caress?

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# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:05

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?

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ShimmeringUnhappyAmericancrocodile-mobile.mp4

Allegedly HK

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:09

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

Godholio posted:

"Quit your job or kill yourself" is hosed up. We've had enough GIP suicides that if you're ok with it you can gently caress right off forever.

Whoa whoa whoa. I wasn't espousing cop suicides. All I did was post a shirt for a place where cops can feel safe and at home, with their pork brethren.

Now, pharmaceutical executives, we can just start throwing those motherfuckers off cliffs.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:13

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Milo and POTUS posted:

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ShimmeringUnhappyAmericancrocodile-mobile.mp4

Allegedly HK

Chinese government already got the link down.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:19

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

worked for me?

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:25

Laranzu: Jan 18, 2002

Godholio posted:

I'm not sure anyone's making that point. But ensuring they're the first ones who DON'T have that is pretty lovely. Dictating their needs, etc.

That argument still kinda assumes that access to guns is providing something more than feeling cool to any group of people.

Assuming that:
1) Guns increase the odds of getting shot for everyone no matter your net worth.
2) The cops/govt will kill you no matter how many you have if they want to
3) Everything else they are used for is generally a leisure pursuit.

There is no real benefit to having access.

Expensive things with hard licensing requirements are inherently harder to get. It's a valid way to restrict supply. Everybody can't go buy a plane.

I'm literally not trying to make the argument that we know better than those idiot poors. Just trying to use it as a way to figure out what bullet sponge keeps bringing up about the poor needing guns for... Reasons.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:25

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

The Chinese Navy is having collision problems too.

Gotta say that is some really, really (funny) lovely luck. Your big fancy secret navy widget falls off your boat...on to another boat.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:27

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Footage from the tornado that hit Auckland

https://youtu.be/1mofa0QNFi8

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:30

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

Laranzu posted:

I'm literally not trying to make the argument that we know better than those idiot poors. Just trying to use it as a way to figure out what bullet sponge keeps bringing up about the poor needing guns for... Reasons.

You are intentionally singling out the poor. If you want to make the argument that nobody needs guns that's one thing, but you're focusing exclusively on the poor. For...reasons.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:31

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

lol that telling cops to find work that isn't being a cop is akin to telling them to just go eat a bullet, apparently

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:54

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

We endlessly tell Mustang he needs to get the gently caress out of the army, whatever, no big deal. Tell cops to not be cops and holy poo poo, it's a motherfucking persecution.

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:55

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

Looking for work is scary and going to school is hard, but either of those are better than being the force for imperialism and oppressing the poor

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:57

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

Cops could always join the Conservation Corps!

# ? Aug 17, 2019 02:58

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 09:44

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

Y'all cops that are posting in here, don't you have a homeless camp to go break up?

# ? Aug 17, 2019 03:10

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