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

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orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

Chichevache posted:

The Simpsons are still relevant, right?

https://twitter.com/inmybabyarmz/status/1164042360591773696?s=19

https://twitter.com/ella_mayo_lmao/status/1164155762958053376

# ? Aug 21, 2019 21:49

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 09:33

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Please. We've had a effective PTSD treatment on the market for years, and it's called Blue Dream :okpos:

# ? Aug 21, 2019 21:49

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

Just not intentionally.

BigDave posted:

Please. We've had a effective PTSD treatment on the market for years, and it's called Blue Dream

White Widow was always the best.

# ? Aug 21, 2019 21:58

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

Terrifying Effigies posted:

I know its normal for these sorts of gigs to be given to campaign donors but

I found this out the other way. I looked up Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell because it was on MST3K and then wondered whatever happened to that actress. When I googled her name and it showed she was Ambassador to Denmark I think my neighbors heard me shout "WHAT?!"

# ? Aug 21, 2019 22:40

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?

Fallom posted:

Lol is he really doing the Antichrist thing

Lol

my imbecilic cousin who last i saw him was bitching about Sansa stark not wanting to work in georgia because of their stupid abortion bullshit yet she was willing to work in northern ireland asked me post election 2008 if I thought Obama was the antichrist

# ? Aug 21, 2019 22:50

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

Still not as much fun as Gingrich's wife/former mistress being ambassador to the Vatican.

# ? Aug 21, 2019 22:51

PookBear: Nov 1, 2008

M_Gargantua posted:

A thousand buried chests will be dug up by nightfall. Hope you love the Troubles greatest hits.

there are a lot of guns available that use the ar 18 action

# ? Aug 21, 2019 23:30

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Milo and POTUS posted:

my imbecilic cousin who last i saw him was bitching about Sansa stark not wanting to work in georgia because of their stupid abortion bullshit yet she was willing to work in northern ireland asked me post election 2008 if I thought Obama was the antichrist

Yeah I remember the crazy stories about Obama but this time the president is actually, literally doing the Antichrist thing and that is just blowing my mind

# ? Aug 21, 2019 23:54

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

Milo and POTUS posted:

my imbecilic cousin who last i saw him was bitching about Sansa stark not wanting to work in georgia because of their stupid abortion bullshit yet she was willing to work in northern ireland asked me post election 2008 if I thought Obama was the antichrist

Ask him what he thinks about the fact that the Republic of Ireland enshrined abortion rights in their constitution, right next to gay marriage rights.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 00:03

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

https://twitter.com/nick_kapur/status/1164233656799506433?s=21

Yes, I am �Sarcastically� bringing up guillotines.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 00:56

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?

"winning is for capitalists"

# ? Aug 22, 2019 00:58

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

Awesome dogs watch musical.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/us/service-dogs-theater-canada-trnd/index.html

quote:

(CNN) — When the cast of a Canadian production of "Billy Elliot: The Musical" took their final bow after a recent show, the audience didn't make a single sound -- not even a woof.

A polite crowd of about a dozen future service dogs attended an August performance at Ontario's Stratford Festival as part of their training. While a silent curtain call might disappoint actors, the dogs' spellbound stillness is a great sign for their future handlers.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:05

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

I'm against the death penalty, so I think that billionaires should have their assets seized and be sentenced to rehabilitative prison

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:08

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

M_Gargantua posted:

https://twitter.com/nick_kapur/status/1164233656799506433?s=21

Yes, I am �Sarcastically� bringing up guillotines.

You know I wasn�t sure about socialism at first but with this game it showed me that the super rich fear it so it must be good.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:10

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

I�m not against the death penalty. I just believe that both state and federal judicial systems are too systemically hosed to be allowed the privilege of using it under reasonable circumstances.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:11

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

Fister Roboto posted:

I'm against the death penalty, so I think that billionaires should have their assets seized and be sentenced to rehabilitative prison

We can just take their money and drop them in an equatorial jungle. Not a death sentence, but not a seat in a rehab better suited for a heroin addict, a better use of billionaire bucks.

Let them survive by there own ability.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:11

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

There are few better indictments of capitalism than playing standard Monopoly by the rules as written but literally no one has ever done that so :shrug:

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:15

orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

They also had "Monopoly for Millenials" edition which is also stupid as gently caress.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:17

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!

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Awesome dogs watch musical.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/us/service-dogs-theater-canada-trnd/index.html

gently caress, I could have pet all those good dogs, that's where I live, but im still stuck 800km away for work. Paying a mortgage and poo poo for a house I've been away from more than I've lived in lmao

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:18

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

You should find a new job closer to home and with more dogs.

orange juche posted:

They also had "Monopoly for Millenials" edition which is also stupid as gently caress.

Those were largely snapped up by ebay flippers before christmas, so they could charge boomers triple price for a dumb joke.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:21

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

M_Gargantua posted:

https://twitter.com/nick_kapur/status/1164233656799506433?s=21

Yes, I am �Sarcastically� bringing up guillotines.

As a reminder, Monopoly was invented to say gently caress you to fat, capitalist pigs

https://thedollop.libsyn.com/379-the-landlords-game

It was then stolen by fat, capitalist pigs

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:25

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

The only billionaire I know is a wonderfully nice person and donates shittons to charity and other causes but his companies have been busted a bunch for overtime violations and other usual wage theft fuckery. I don't know whether it was at his explicit order or not, but everyone involved is still employed so guillotine

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:39

RFC2324: Jun 7, 2012; http 418

Proud Christian Mom posted:

The only billionaire I know is a wonderfully nice person and donates shittons to charity and other causes but his companies have been busted a bunch for overtime violations and other usual wage theft fuckery. I don't know whether it was at his explicit order or not, but everyone involved is still employed so guillotine

The order was "make me richer by any means" or they wouldn't be a billionaire. Its impossible to get rich without exploiting people, and the richer they are, the more they have exploited others

# ? Aug 22, 2019 01:50

Old Boot: May 9, 2012; Buglord

Proud Christian Mom posted:

The only billionaire I know is a wonderfully nice person and donates shittons to charity and other causes but his companies have been busted a bunch for overtime violations and other usual wage theft fuckery. I don't know whether it was at his explicit order or not, but everyone involved is still employed so guillotine

This guy has some good talks on why donating shittons and overall billionaire philanthropy isn't the good deed it's purported to be.

Had a talk on Pod Save the People, which is arguably one of two (or three? idk) good Crooked Media podcasts in existence. Episode is here.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 04:07

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

The Soufan Center posted:

INTELBRIEF: NO PROGRESS IN YEMEN

Posted on August 21, 2019

Bottom Line Up Front

The latest attack by Houthi rebels against Saudi oil and gas infrastructure involved ten drones equipped with improvised explosives.

The Saudis have achieved none of their goals in Yemen, while Iranian influence in the conflict, including Tehran’s support of the Houthis, has increased over time.

The anti-Houthi coalition has been relatively ad hoc; led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, it has recently fractured, and proxies have turned on one another.

The Trump administration has decided to fully back Riyadh, even over the objections of the U.N. and the U.S. Congress.

The latest attack by Houthi rebels against Saudi oil and gas infrastructure involved ten drones equipped with improvised explosives. Their target was the massive Shaybah oil field, nearly 1000 kilometers from the Yemeni border. Like other attacks, this latest one failed to cause catastrophic damage, yet demonstrated the Houthis’ increased capability since the conflict began in March 2015. By nearly every measure, the war in Yemen has been a failure. When initially launched by the Saudi-led coalition, the primary goals were to restore the toppled government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi; defeat the threat posed by Houthi rebels, and roll back Iranian influence in the country. The Saudis have achieved none of these goals, and Iran’s involvement in the conflict, specifically through training and assistance to the Houthis, has actually expanded.

The anti-Houthi coalition has been relatively ad hoc; led by Saudi Arabia and, to a lesser extent, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it has recently fractured, and proxies have turned on one another. The UAE has been supporting the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a faction that has no interest in restoring the Hadi government. The STC’s ultimate goal is to secede and create a new country in southern Yemen. On August 10, STC forces, with UAE military equipment and funding, took over and occupied Yemeni government buildings and offices in Aden. The STC has begun withdrawing from some of the positions it seized while holding onto several small military bases. On August 20, the STC and Saudi-led forces fought again, with the STC seizing two military bases in the city of Zinjibar, east of Aden. Saudi officials have denounced the latest ‘unjustified escalation’ by the ‘separatists,’ but the infighting continues.

The latest Houthi drone strikes led to retaliatory airstrikes by Saudi Arabia in the capital of Sanaa on August 19. Airstrikes have been a leading cause of civilian casualties since 2015. The Houthis have no air force, leaving coalition aircraft with uncontested air dominance. The U.S. is providing intelligence support to mitigate collateral damage, according to the Trump administration, but errant strikes on schools, hospitals, and public infrastructure continue to injure and kill civilians.

U.S. support for coalition action in Yemen is predicated upon its stated goal of containing Iran. Yet, the war in Yemen has actually increased Iran’s influence in the country and on the Houthis. With no clear victory in sight, the UAE has pulled out most of its troops, though it continues to provide support to the STC, much to the dismay of Riyadh. U.N. efforts to bring about a cease-fire have stalled entirely, in no small part because the U.S. refuses to pressure the Saudis to change course, despite bipartisan clamor to end support to the coalition.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 04:13

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

Old Boot posted:

This guy has some good talks on why donating shittons and overall billionaire philanthropy isn't the good deed it's purported to be.

Had a talk on Pod Save the People, which is arguably one of two (or three? idk) good Crooked Media podcasts in existence. Episode is here.

The fact that out of all the Crooked Media Podcasts they have a few good ones is statistically a better result than most. Pod Save the People is good. Hysteria is good because its all women who dunk on fools, Keep It is good because of Ira Madison, and Lovett or Leave just generally reminds me of CSPAM and the comedy factor.

Meanwhile Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and Friends like these are centrist. And Majority54 is Jason Kandor who is much more of a conservative democrat.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 04:13

Doc Hawkins: Jun 15, 2010; Dashing? But I'm not even moving!

https://twitter.com/caseytolan/status/1164352917056323584

# ? Aug 22, 2019 04:43

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

Annexing sovereign land to own the libs

# ? Aug 22, 2019 05:00

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

What's the name of the AFB up there in Greenland again?

# ? Aug 22, 2019 05:16

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

Thule

# ? Aug 22, 2019 05:16

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

Thule

weird coincidence he'd want to claim it

# ? Aug 22, 2019 05:17

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Doc Hawkins posted:

https://twitter.com/caseytolan/status/1164352917056323584

# ? Aug 22, 2019 06:04

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

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1164405618905690112?s=19

# ? Aug 22, 2019 06:20

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1164405618905690112?s=19

Khan Solo

# ? Aug 22, 2019 06:52

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?

Odds are this is pretty much a "global warming must continue, otherwise we won't be able to make use of our new sealanes" right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7COz7FIsXI

Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Aug 22, 2019

# ? Aug 22, 2019 07:02

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!

All mainstream news is bad, and not in the way trump says it is

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1164364075658334208?s=19

# ? Aug 22, 2019 13:11

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

Doc Hawkins posted:

https://twitter.com/caseytolan/status/1164352917056323584

American Sudentenland.

# ? Aug 22, 2019 13:29

Stravag: Jun 7, 2009

Hot Karl Marx posted:

All mainstream news is bad, and not in the way trump says it is

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1164364075658334208?s=19

...overcome in what regard...? One way is fine and a good thing. Others are not

# ? Aug 22, 2019 13:38

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!

Stravag posted:

...overcome in what regard...? One way is fine and a good thing. Others are not

Use Jesus to overcome your gayness

# ? Aug 22, 2019 13:43

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 09:33

Stravag: Jun 7, 2009

Thats what i figured it would be because its 2019

# ? Aug 22, 2019 13:47

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