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Crab Dad posted:Lol nobody’s alive from that time period in power anymore stop bringing up old news. Okay, its bad. Still don't want Japan to rearm with a fascist party ascendent in politics.
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:Okay, its bad. Still don't want Japan to rearm with a fascist party ascendent in politics. It’s probably fine.
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:Okay, its bad. Still don't want Japan to rearm with a fascist party ascendent in politics. Be more worried when they learn how to gently caress something besides pillows again.
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Jul 11, 2022 06:35
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Crab Dad posted:Be more worried when they learn how to gently caress something besides pillows again. I know you're probably just making a joke, but Japan has had a growing problem with right wing hardliners for a while now, just like most of the world. The fact that Japan may be getting rid of Article 9 will probably embolden them, which can be worrisome to people living in the country, especially minorities.
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Jul 11, 2022 06:54
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It seems like a silly argument when every other part of the world is either miltarised and/or full of fascists anyway 
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Jul 11, 2022 06:57
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The fascists and hardliners got the bloody war started for everyone, I doubt it mattered much to the dead.
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Jul 11, 2022 07:01
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Marshal Prolapse posted:If Germany was okay, why not Japan? I’m not saying that as a gotcha, just a question of what the difference is? Germany went hard on denazification even if a bunch slipped through. The dude that just got murked was a figurehead of Japan's ongoing historical revisionism about the Imperial Japan years.
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Jul 11, 2022 08:21
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:What China is doing in some places is lovely but it's not "imperialism" nor does it justify Japan, a country that hasn't exactly grappled with it's fascist past, re-arming. Are you loving kidding me? Eej posted:Germany went hard on denazification even if a bunch slipped through. The dude that just got murked was a figurehead of Japan's ongoing historical revisionism about the Imperial Japan years. Don't forget that post-Macarthur, many of the people that were running Japan were involved during the war. It wasn't like Abe, either. I'm talking people with direct criminal involvement. I could list names, but the list is fairly long. Let me just start it with Nobosuke Kishi, who was an economic manager (chief exploiter) of Manchuko and one of the individuals who voted for war against the US, and who eventually became a Prime Minister post-war. A.o.D. fucked around with this message at 11:45 on Jul 11, 2022 |
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Jul 11, 2022 11:38
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Japan probably has to consider its own defense a little more strongly when the USA is disintegrated into civil war at some point in the future
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Just fund a few trillion in Canadian rearmament and use that to sort out the various greater east asian co-inter-asian-racism sphere problems. Best case scenario we sort it out, worst case scenario the informally internationally agreed upon most pleasant nation has several times our own GDP in defense budget to tell everyone who gets uppity to shut the gently caress up and sit the gently caress down.
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Kazinsal posted:Just fund a few trillion in Canadian rearmament and use that to sort out the various greater east asian co-inter-asian-racism sphere problems. Best case scenario we sort it out, worst case scenario the informally internationally agreed upon most pleasant nation has several times our own GDP in defense budget to tell everyone who gets uppity to shut the gently caress up and sit the gently caress down. Yeah but then we'd have to wait for Canada to finish the new Trail of Tears, this time on tik tok, only to get the intro from Fallout 1.
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Jul 11, 2022 14:32
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Fetterman trolling, and it's only July https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1546228363760656386?s=20&t=Yi6SbZLQKcwsRDYGWNi5JQ
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Fetterman trolling, and it's only July God, I love Fetterman so so much.
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Jul 11, 2022 14:51
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We need about 300 Fettermans to run for congress.
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If Japan doesn't revise article 9, can it legally aid the defense of Taiwan if there isn't an attack on Japan first?
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piL posted:If Japan doesn't revise article 9, can it legally aid the defense of Taiwan if there isn't an attack on Japan first? "legally" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, and the answer is they'll help or not as the political winds blow. The boats and missiles have no concept of legality in their arming circuits.
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Jul 11, 2022 15:24
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:We need about 300 Fettermans to run for congress. The wildest thing is that he pulled a shotgun on a black jogger in 2013 and said jogger wants him to win. https://www.inquirer.com/news/senate-john-fetterman-2013-shotgun-black-jogger-confrontation-20210401.html quote:A man confronted in 2013 by a shotgun-wielding John Fetterman — then mayor of tiny Braddock, now lieutenant governor and running for the U.S. Senate — claims Fetterman has “lied about everything” that happened that day. It seems like he's recovering after the stroke, and PA ends their primaries super-early, so Fetterman is definitely no shitlib.
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Jul 11, 2022 16:09
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M_Gargantua posted:"legally" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, and the answer is they'll help or not as the political winds blow. The boats and missiles have no concept of legality in their arming circuits. Why bother with this Article 9 stuff then?
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Jul 11, 2022 16:53
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piL posted:Why bother with this Article 9 stuff then? Justification and posturing. Thats the thing you do in politics to make people support your side. Its all circus.
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Jul 11, 2022 16:57
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It's odd seeing the "Democrats don't want Biden to run in 2024" articles with no mention that even if he's not planning to run, he's not going to announce that until at least after the midterms to avoid being seen as a multi-year lame duck. And his likely successors aren't going to declare their candidacy now as it would appear to be an attack on his competency. Wondering if we might get a Newsom/Fetterman ticket. I know Newsom isn't ideal but he is competently running the most important state and has a national profile and is only in his 50s, and Fetterman would bring a lot of energy. Weird to see assumptions Harris would be the frontrunner when even from a charitable perspective she has been largely invisible as VP.
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Jul 11, 2022 17:12
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IIRC, Biden has already said he's running again in 2024 when asked.
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Mr. Nice! posted:IIRC, Biden has already said he's running again in 2024 when asked. IIRC Biden also said I'd get $2000
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Basticle posted:IIRC Biden also said I'd get $2000 Biden also said he'd have a decision on student debt like two months ago
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Jul 11, 2022 18:04
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Mr. Nice! posted:IIRC, Biden has already said he's running again in 2024 when asked. That's true, but if asked in 1966 if he were running in 1968 LBJ would have said the same.
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M_Gargantua posted:"legally" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, and the answer is they'll help or not as the political winds blow. The boats and missiles have no concept of legality in their arming circuits. There are a lot of ways of assisting with a military effort that are of utmost importance that have nothing to do with handling bullets and launching warships. Japan is well positioned to provide meaningful assistance in most of those capacities. They don't have to violate their laws to be a critical partner in the defense of Taiwan.
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A.o.D. posted:There are a lot of ways of assisting with a military effort that are of utmost importance that have nothing to do with handling bullets and launching warships. Japan is well positioned to provide meaningful assistance in most of those capacities. They don't have to violate their laws to be a critical partner in the defense of Taiwan. I’m not sure how Japanese military deployment outside the home islands work unless it’s a UN peace keeping force or non combatant role (I want to say Iraq), but I’m not even sure on what support they can give. That said supporting with military equipment may be easier after donations to Ukraine. I do think if Japan had long range attack capabilities or even regional attack capabilities, it helps to reinforce deterrence and gives a credible threat, that Japan can respond on its own and without resorting to the US nuclear umbrella. We just need to get the ROK and Japan back on the same page, birdshit islands are dumb, Chinese artificial islands, not so much. It’s part of the reason the Japanese are developing their own marine force, plus Russia and the occupied islands is a way to channel all the nationalism into something other than stupid dick waving contest with the ROK, which I’ll admit are mostly aggravated by Japan.
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Jul 11, 2022 18:22
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facialimpediment posted:The wildest thing is that he pulled a shotgun on a black jogger in 2013 and said jogger wants him to win. The stroke was the weekend before the primary. There weren't an awful lot of undecideds at that point. Connor Lamb is basically skim-milk Biden.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:The stroke was the weekend before the primary. There weren't an awful lot of undecideds at that point. Connor Lamb is basically skim-milk Biden. Also lots of Dems got really really mad when Lamb tried the Fetterman is a socialist but. Kenyatta Green was interesting in that when he appeared at the debate he had only just been granted a mistrial in a corruption trial he’s indicted in. I honestly didn’t know who he was until the debate. On the plus side both of them have pledged to support Fetterman with no reservations. My biggest concern is the Nazi gently caress running for Governor. The piece of poo poo was at 1/6. My wife is literally trying to convince us to move if he wins. Shapiro is a fine candidate, but the stakes are so high, as if Hitler wins, he’s got a majority of Nazis in the Reichs…I mean PA legislature.
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Mastriano is nightmare fuel, full-stop. Lived through Corbett, this dude will have a majority in the House and Senate with a tank full of starved pirhanas.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Mastriano is nightmare fuel, full-stop. It’s amazing how little Corbett could accomplish and that Penn State of all things probably helped in losing. The funniest thing was how they were never able to pass any gun expansion laws except that suing the local municipality thing, but they tacked it onto a bill about copper theft and the PA Supreme Court said you can’t do that. Honestly, I wouldn’t voted for him, but I miss candidates like Tom Ridge, being the “bad option.” Ridge actually gave a really great speech on public service for my commencement. Even my family who despises Republicans were saying it was really a good speech and a good message.
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Nick Soapdish posted:Biden also said he'd have a decision on student debt like two months ago he had a decision on student debt two years ago; "no"
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Wondering if we might get a Newsom/Fetterman ticket. I know Newsom isn't ideal but he is competently running the most important state and has a national profile and is only in his 50s, and Fetterman would bring a lot of energy. Weird to see assumptions Harris would be the frontrunner when even from a charitable perspective she has been largely invisible as VP. Republicans would just run ads depicting the worst parts of San Francisco and LA and pictures of high gas prices and say that Newsom wants to take the California model national and create Antifa homeless camps in YOUR suburb. For Fetterman, they'd probably talk about how he's unfit for office because he chased after a Black kid while armed with a shotgun and didn't shoot him. SquirrelyPSU posted:Mastriano is nightmare fuel, full-stop. It was pretty disturbing driving through central PA to go mountain biking a few months back and seeing EVERY farmhouse with a Mastriano sign out in front. I'm sure he's not popular in Pittsburgh or Philly but rural PA is kinda scary at times.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:It's odd seeing the "Democrats don't want Biden to run in 2024" articles with no mention that even if he's not planning to run, he's not going to announce that until at least after the midterms to avoid being seen as a multi-year lame duck. And his likely successors aren't going to declare their candidacy now as it would appear to be an attack on his competency. Someone important, either Biden or who controls Biden has been sabotaging Harris at every opportunity. She's been the face of every PR disaster and her entire VP role seems to be to jump on every grenade like defending horrifying border policy and doing jack poo poo for roe and then for Biden to come do or say something nominal, not actually do anything, and look good by comparison.
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I'd defer to Mr. Nice! on this one, but Bannon appears hosed. His gambit with offering to testify to the J6 didn't convince a judge to do ANYTHING and all of his bullshit "well it was executive privilege" arguments got destroyed pre-trial. https://twitter.com/mimms/status/1546561737415081984 https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1546551140703166467 https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1546561587250712578
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PA outside of areas of urban influence is solidly KY. Seriously, some backwards rear end people. Once had a stranger tell me he was looking forward to killing minorities and Democrats. I look like Taliban Shrek- Army vet, fan of guns, normal things that glomp me in with trash. My daughter brought home her Mexican guy friend, and he straight up told her, "I can't believe he's not racist." Politics are easy- I don't need to follow politics at all anymore. Just look at my neighbors- they will announce pretty clearly who I shouldn't vote for. One of my neighbors has TWO different signs from the My Pillow guy- one calling out election fraud, one advocating for free speech. Over the top Thin Blue Line and Military support garbage, even though the dude never loving served. Of course Trump brandings, and signs for the fascist Cocksucker. I'm not looking forward to the coming PA elections. I don't want to move, but I may have to for the sake of my kids, which blows a lot of rear end for a lot of reasons, but largely because PA seemed the best measure to us in regards to rights, freedoms, and politics. If I want to know who to listen to, I remember all the Trump signs that were up until last week. I can ask my immigrant neighbors who they feel will better their lives. I can ask my children who would improve their lives. I can go knock on the door of the neighbor with the wonderfully queer daughter, whose house is covered in totems of love and support. Just gently caress. Japanese Military chat- I've never seen troops so terrified as the JSDF in Iraq. I mean they looked like cartoons- eyes huge, mouths open, pale and shaking. War is scary- it was a lot scarier to these guys who had never crossed the border before, and had to go 12km into Iraq to secure an IED blast. I swear all I saw was helmet and eyes, guns and hands. Just looked scared as hell.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:It was pretty disturbing driving through central PA to go mountain biking a few months back and seeing EVERY farmhouse with a Mastriano sign out in front. I'm sure he's not popular in Pittsburgh or Philly but rural PA is kinda scary at times. Now, every place where there are no people is just loving chudville.
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facialimpediment posted:I'd defer to Mr. Nice! on this one, but Bannon appears hosed. His gambit with offering to testify to the J6 didn't convince a judge to do ANYTHING and all of his bullshit "well it was executive privilege" arguments got destroyed pre-trial. Lol holy poo poo that quote from his attorney is some next level advocacy hahahahs
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Gosh golly what is the point of a trial now? Your honor, I propose my client be released on account of having irrefutably proved his guilt, sparing the prosecution the need to do anything. In other news, I found the backstory to the "Anne Frank had white privilege" tweet and apparently it started because people thought the term "PAWG" was racist and detoured into doxing and threatening a pet pig? I think the brain worms took a W here. https://twitter.com/naebumaye/status/1545932963912851458?t=qianZFrD_IkFJNiRdDb5Ng&s=19
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