February 2021 Current Events: Slow Down, Rush is Dead

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stealie72: Jan 10, 2007

That Works posted:

https://twitter.com/NatureMicrobiol/status/1357651889932935168?s=20

A string of profanity that makes the writers of Deadwood blush doesn't even begin to express my hatred for this poo poo. I have an immunocompromized kid that is too young for the vaccine (though hopefully Pfizer is approved for 12 and up soon) and because of these glddam idiot motherfuckers, we get to continue living in fear. At this point, I'm all for kicking in doors and forcibly immunizing people.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 13:36

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 16:09

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

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...congress-hears/

quote:

Members of the military who claim membership in white supremacist or other domestic extremist groups have to be active in a group in order to warrant investigation, and even then may face an administrative reprimand but not expulsion, Congress heard this past week.

[sic]

U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations Law Enforcement Deputy Director Robert Grabosky noted that policy states military personnel �must reject active participation in criminal gangs and other organizations that, among other things, advocates supremacist, extremist, gang doctrine, ideology or causes,� but �mere membership in the organization is not prohibited.�

�Mere participation is not something that OSI actually investigates. We actually investigate the active participation of a member. There�s many avenues within the military, including command or Equal Opportunity offices, that conduct investigations of viewpoints of individuals. If it does not rise to the level of a felony investigation of active participation, we do not get involved,� he said, clarifying that �active participation� is defined as �attending rallies, fundraising for them or actually being part of the organization and actively involved in it.�

Without referring to Reeves by name, Grabosky said the active participant investigated by his office was fundraising for Identity Evropa. A letter of reprimand was the punishment along with the reduction of rank; a month later, the Air Force began discharge proceedings. Because the airman received non-judicial punishment, Grabosky said, the extremist activity would not be reported to the FBI.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 13:51

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://twitter.com/politico/status...ingawful.com%2F

# ? Feb 5, 2021 14:07

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

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/politico/status...ingawful.com%2F

Toilet paper running low again?

# ? Feb 5, 2021 14:11

stealie72: Jan 10, 2007

Is money even real at this point?

# ? Feb 5, 2021 14:15

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

The trash haven�t been �whispering� it, they�ve been screaming it the entire time

# ? Feb 5, 2021 14:25

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

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/politico/status...ingawful.com%2F

Presumably reading it in the sense of "Hey Joe, get a load of this horseshit!"

# ? Feb 5, 2021 14:52

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

MrMojok posted:

I have managed to get myself banned from two SOF message boards by talking about bad about Trump.

One is a board that is peopled predominantly by former SOF personnel, the other is one that is composed of both former and current. The one that has the currents has gone private, so you have to join to read.

I don't mean to suggest the entirety of SOF is composed of Qunts, but I do think there is a very serious problem here.

To wit: a group of people who are highly trained, who have been trained to see themselves as the best, and the heroes in the story, when put into ridiculous situations and wars where they cannot win, are going to find ways to make themselves into the heroes of their stories. Is that too much?

You talking about quietprofessionals.com, the board for SF?

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:20

stackofflapjacks: Apr 7, 2009; Mmmmm

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/politico/status...ingawful.com%2F

"Fears of overheating the economy..."

I ain't scared, let's turn the fuckin thermostat up, Federal WPA and 20million new infrastructure jobs building fully automated luxury gay high speed rail: from coast to coast building a sustainable future

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:26

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

If you�re afraid of �overheating the economy� raise interest rates above 0.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:29

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

stackofflapjacks posted:

"Fears of overheating the economy..."

I ain't scared, let's turn the fuckin thermostat up, Federal WPA and 20million new infrastructure jobs building fully automated luxury gay high speed rail: from coast to coast building a sustainable future

I would love viable train systems. The wife and I looked into a train ride, we would have to fly out of state, then pay 3 times the cost of a plane ticket to travel half the distance over the course of a week.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:31

Jarmak: Jan 24, 2005

MrMojok posted:

I have managed to get myself banned from two SOF message boards by talking about bad about Trump.

One is a board that is peopled predominantly by former SOF personnel, the other is one that is composed of both former and current. The one that has the currents has gone private, so you have to join to read.

I don't mean to suggest the entirety of SOF is composed of Qunts, but I do think there is a very serious problem here.

To wit: a group of people who are highly trained, who have been trained to see themselves as the best, and the heroes in the story, when put into ridiculous situations and wars where they cannot win, are going to find ways to make themselves into the heroes of their stories. Is that too much?

To add my anecdote to the pile all the SF guys on my Facebook seemed to have lost their loving minds, it was a major contributing factor to me quitting the platform.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:35

Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

hobbesmaster posted:

If you’re afraid of “overheating the economy” raise interest rates above 0.

What they mean is not enough people have died yet.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:37

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Presumably reading it in the sense of "Hey Joe, get a load of this horseshit!"

Yep.

And they got Bullhorn Lady, who decided insurrection was apparently more important than her eight kids.

https://twitter.com/WPXIAmy/status/1357695450506268675?s=19

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:37

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

stackofflapjacks posted:

"Fears of overheating the economy..."

I ain't scared, let's turn the fuckin thermostat up, Federal WPA and 20million new infrastructure jobs building fully automated luxury gay high speed rail: from coast to coast building a sustainable future

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:37

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

ASAPI posted:

I would love viable train systems. The wife and I looked into a train ride, we would have to fly out of state, then pay 3 times the cost of a plane ticket to travel half the distance over the course of a week.

Dang now I�m trying to remember the last time I rode a train. 2019 while visiting family in Boston we rode the subway. It was fine.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:46

Oxygenpoisoning: Feb 21, 2006

Jarmak posted:

To add my anecdote to the pile all the SF guys on my Facebook seemed to have lost their loving minds, it was a major contributing factor to me quitting the platform.

I�m in a private discord with a bunch of non door kicker SOF dudes. There was always a toying around with the bullshit narratives, especially against the �radical left.� Luckily about 6 of us pounce on anyone trying to normalize this bullshit. We�ve made quite a few people leave because it�s not as echo chamber as they�d like. I may get shived when I get back to Bragg...

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:52

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1357687718751444994?s=19

https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1357700340037074946?s=19

Larry wanted attention. gently caress Larry.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:55

Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

facialimpediment posted:

https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1357700340037074946?s=19

because Democrats need to rehabilitate their image of being feckless, performative, corporate schills before they can be given the benefit of the doubt bruh.

Don't want to assume you'd be idiots about stimulus money? BETTA HAVE MY CHECKS!

# ? Feb 5, 2021 16:03

Jarmak: Jan 24, 2005

Oxygenpoisoning posted:

I’m in a private discord with a bunch of non door kicker SOF dudes. There was always a toying around with the bullshit narratives, especially against the “radical left.” Luckily about 6 of us pounce on anyone trying to normalize this bullshit. We’ve made quite a few people leave because it’s not as echo chamber as they’d like. I may get shived when I get back to Bragg...

Yeah I have/had about a dozen door-kickers on my facebook and out of the 4-5 that ever post anything all but one was non-stop jerking off about killing antifa and libs in the coming civil war.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 16:12

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.

Jarmak posted:

Yeah I have/had about a dozen door-kickers on my facebook and out of the 4-5 that ever post anything all but one was non-stop jerking off about killing antifa and libs in the coming civil war.

I've got a bunch of AFSOC folks on mine and one SF dude who's married to a high school friend - all the ones I know have gone center left to full left, and SF dude punched out a couple years ago and is now a nurse living with his hippie wife and their two kids.

Then again I also know one of the worst BRCC dudes so

# ? Feb 5, 2021 16:27

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Might be worth staying on Facebook if it means you might spot incriminating evidence of dangerous folks taking about hurting people so you can report it to the FBI :shrug:

Maybe the FBI won't do anything, but better to raise the issue than to just tune out.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 16:28

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

America is a land of contrasts.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 16:28

Richard Bong: Dec 11, 2008

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...obox=1612525133

E: nvrmd only passed into reconciliation

# ? Feb 5, 2021 16:31

Soylent Pudding: Jun 22, 2007; We've got people!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/05/joe-biden-live-updates/#link-BPMUSS7H7BCDPAA5XWFV4P5SGQ

quote:

Biden economic adviser seizes on new jobs report to argue magnitude of relief package is needed
By John Wagner
Jared Bernstein, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers appointed by Biden, seized on the new jobs report Friday to argue that the size of Biden�s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is justified.

�This morning�s job report shows that the U.S. labor market has essentially stalled, in terms of job creation,� Bernstein said. �This is a job market that is calling out for intervention of the magnitude that�s in the American Rescue Plan.�

The Labor Department reported Friday that the U.S. economy added 49,000 jobs in January, a disappointing but not entirely unexpected tally that reflects the continued strain on the labor market inflected by the coronavirus.

The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, compared with 6.7 percent in December, although the decline was driven at least in part by people leaving the workforce instead of getting jobs.

Bernstein is scheduled to appear alongside White House press secretary Jen Psaki at a White House briefing later Friday.

Senate Republicans have argued that the size of Biden�s relief plan is far too large, and in a Washington Post column published Thursday, Lawrence H. Summers, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, argued that its magnitude poses some risks to the economy.

�I think he�s wrong,� Bernstein said of Summers�s analysis.

Bernstein also reiterated that Biden is committed to keeping intact the $1,400 stimulus checks in his package but is willing to negotiate on eligibility to receive them.

�The president is very firm on making sure that folks who needed these checks get them,� Bernstein said. �We have to go big, and we have to go bold.�

Also I believe I saw news reporting that Romney basically said shotgun out the stimulus checks now and use means testing on the 2021 tax returns to claw back from the households that didn't need it.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 16:52

RFC2324: Jun 7, 2012; http 418

Soylent Pudding posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/05/joe-biden-live-updates/#link-BPMUSS7H7BCDPAA5XWFV4P5SGQ

Also I believe I saw news reporting that Romney basically said shotgun out the stimulus checks now and use means testing on the 2021 tax returns to claw back from the households that didn't need it.

I have always wondered why they didn't just use the IRS to deal with that poo poo. IRS already has the tools to get it back.

Just stop using them as a tool against poor people for a single tax cycle

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:13

Soylent Pudding: Jun 22, 2007; We've got people!

RFC2324 posted:

I have always wondered why they didn't just use the IRS to deal with that poo poo. IRS already has the tools to get it back.

Just stop using them as a tool against poor people for a single tax cycle

We shouldn't even tax people making less than ($local_rent_cost / 0.3)

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:18

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

We shouldn�t tax people if we aren�t going to supply them with a laymen breakdown of where their tax dollars actually went.

Some people even want receipts for their donuts. Why not for the thousands and thousands they spend on taxes?

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:24

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

RFC2324 posted:

I have always wondered why they didn't just use the IRS to deal with that poo poo. IRS already has the tools to get it back.

Just stop using them as a tool against poor people for a single tax cycle

We created this monster out of the IRS. Instead of using their powers for good they use them for evil.

The IRS could transform the nation if it was used correctly. I would love to know who exactly is benefiting from having the IRS operate the way it is. (Yes, I know, it's rich people)

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:26

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

boop the snoot posted:

We shouldn�t tax people if we aren�t going to supply them with a laymen breakdown of where their tax dollars actually went.

Some people even want receipts for their donuts. Why not for the thousands and thousands they spend on taxes?

This also. God forbid Congress does their job and passes an actual budget.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:27

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

Soylent Pudding posted:

We shouldn't even tax people making less than ($local_rent_cost / 0.3)

I honestly wonder what the arguments would be if someone proposed dropping federal taxes on everyone making less than say $500,000 to zero and taxing every dollar above that (including capital gains and the other loopholes) at a realistic level. Somehow republicans would convince their constituents that this would hurt them.

The trickle down is a golden shower.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:27

Mustang: Jun 18, 2006; “We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”

MrMojok posted:

I have managed to get myself banned from two SOF message boards by talking about bad about Trump.

One is a board that is peopled predominantly by former SOF personnel, the other is one that is composed of both former and current. The one that has the currents has gone private, so you have to join to read.

I don't mean to suggest the entirety of SOF is composed of Qunts, but I do think there is a very serious problem here.

To wit: a group of people who are highly trained, who have been trained to see themselves as the best, and the heroes in the story, when put into ridiculous situations and wars where they cannot win, are going to find ways to make themselves into the heroes of their stories. Is that too much?

I'm pretty sure I know which forums those are and they're ones I used to check out a lot in the past.

Seeing so many dudes I had previously had a lot of respect for turn into conspiracy mongering lunatics is one of the post pathetic and disappointing things I've ever seen. I stopped reading those forums when they started saying poo poo like American liberals are the biggest threat this country faces today.

It's not just a SF problem though, you'll find these dudes in other combat MOS's. All of the NCO's I had in my platoon turned out to be chuds.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:47

lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

How can we lower interest rates and provide tax cuts to the rich if we put out $1.9 trillion despite being warned it will overheat the economy and we would have problems when the next crisis came about

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:50

RFC2324: Jun 7, 2012; http 418

Mustang posted:

I'm pretty sure I know which forums those are and they're ones I used to check out a lot in the past.

Seeing so many dudes I had previously had a lot of respect for turn into conspiracy mongering lunatics is one of the post pathetic and disappointing things I've ever seen. I stopped reading those forums when they started saying poo poo like American liberals are the biggest threat this country faces today.

It's not just a SF problem though, you'll find these dudes in other combat MOS's. All of the NCO's I had in my platoon turned out to be chuds.

I'd tend to be more worried about SF guys thi, between being trained to believe they are a one man army, and the training in how to step up, train, and inspire randos.

I think that cadre training is the scariest part.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:56

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

stackofflapjacks posted:

"Fears of overheating the economy..."

I ain't scared, let's turn the fuckin thermostat up, Federal WPA and 20million new infrastructure jobs building fully automated luxury gay high speed rail: from coast to coast building a sustainable future

Biden's people already came out and said Larry Summers is full of poo poo and they are going big.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 18:03

Hekk: Oct 12, 2012; 'smeper fi

RFC2324 posted:

I'd tend to be more worried about SF guys thi, between being trained to believe they are a one man army, and the training in how to step up, train, and inspire randos.

I think that cadre training is the scariest part.

Yeah that CHUD supply NCO you know hasn�t been taught how to train irregular fighters with minimal resources and support.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 18:10

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

I think CHUDs training other CHUDs would mostly look like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgkkiezHGU

Not that libs or leftists would be any better though.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 18:13

Immanentized: Mar 17, 2009

Holy poo poo the Mike Lindell video is pure insanity.

Link, for the brave, or foolish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTW-OHV8vjE

E: ALREADY down.

Immanentized fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Feb 5, 2021

# ? Feb 5, 2021 18:14

Cenen: Apr 7, 2011

Fox News Headline: Biden flys to Delaware despite CDC warning against travel to and from Delaware!
Fox News article: President Biden has spent much of his time in office tackling the COVID pandemic while working hard to ensure his personal health and the health of those around him and often takes many steps to mitigate COVID threats. Former president Trump took many trips during the COVID pandemic for comparison.

I guess when the best Fox can come up with is: UsinG AiR FoRce oNe!!1! then it quickly becomes an almost fluff piece it could be worse in the White House.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 18:15

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 16:09

RFC2324: Jun 7, 2012; http 418

Hekk posted:

Yeah that CHUD supply NCO you know hasn’t been taught how to train irregular fighters with minimal resources and support.

I'm not actually mil, I've just spent my life mil adjacent, but all the sf guys I have know have been competent, now matter how stupid and wrong about other things they have been.

I generally apply the engineer rule to them. Good at what they do, but probably absolute morons everywhere else.

# ? Feb 5, 2021 18:18

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