Platystemon posted:

I’m not sure Gary Johnson has object permanence.

Someone should ambush him with some sleight of hand and see how he reacts.

Vox Nihili posted:

/r/libertarian has had some pretty decent salt recently.

DaveWoo posted:

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/783274773103140864

OWLS! posted:

To be fair, are there *any* foreign leaders that are worth looking up to?

In before unironic putin supporters crash this thread.

Homework Explainer posted:

xi jinping, fidel and raul, evo morales, daniel ortega, prachanda, bounnhang vorachith, subcomandante marcos if he counts

ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart

Homework Explainer posted:

not particularly distinguishable from your usual output tbh

Homework Explainer posted:

xi jinping, fidel and raul, evo morales, daniel ortega, prachanda, bounnhang vorachith, subcomandante marcos if he counts

Karl Barks posted:

ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

No, Homework Explainer, Stalin was not a great leader.

Homework Explainer posted:

so mad and so boring at the exact same time

Homework Explainer posted:

xi jinping, fidel and raul, evo morales, daniel ortega, prachanda, bounnhang vorachith, subcomandante marcos if he counts

Homework Explainer posted:

not including dead people

Tatum Girlparts posted:

Didn't Xi do massive consolidations of power to move away from collective rule ideals and then use that consolidated power to crush any amount of revolutionary discussion or activity?

Weird choice for a dude who prides himself on being a communist.

Adar posted:

crosspostin'

https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/783440613207310339

good night gary, your valiant efforts to throw the election to Hillary are appreciated

Thump! posted:

Libertarians are goddamned idiots

mike12345 posted:

sealand

Sir Tonk posted:

https://twitter.com/senatorshoshana/status/779285985628676096/video/1

mike12345 posted:

sealand

Zas posted:

this dude the chief executive of an entire state in the usa lol

YF19pilot posted:

The only world leader that Gary looks up to is the guy that tried to build an island on a sunken atoll, only to surrender in the face of the might of some island republic's marching band.

I'm having a Gary moment remembering the names.

quote:

The Republic of Minerva was a micronation consisting of the Minerva Reefs. It was one of the few modern attempts at creating a sovereign micronation on the reclaimed land of an artificial island in 1972. The architect was Las Vegas real estate millionaire and political activist Michael Oliver, who went on to other similar attempts in the following decade. Lithuanian-born Oliver formed a syndicate, the Ocean Life Research Foundation, which allegedly had some $100,000,000 for the project and had offices in New York City and London. They anticipated a libertarian society with "no taxation, welfare, subsidies, or any form of economic interventionism." In addition to tourism and fishing, the economy of the new nation would include light industry and other commerce. According to Glen Raphael, "The chief reason that the Minerva project failed was that the libertarians who were involved did not want to fight for their territory."[2] According to Reason, Minerva has been "more or less reclaimed by the sea".[3]

In 1971, barges loaded with sand arrived from Australia, bringing the reef level above the water and allowing construction of a small tower and flag. The Republic of Minerva issued a declaration of independence on 19 January 1972, in letters to neighboring countries and even created their own currency. In February 1972, Morris C. Davis was elected as Provisional President of the Republic of Minerva.

The declaration of independence, however, was greeted with great suspicion by other countries in the area. A conference of the neighboring states (Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Nauru, Samoa, and territory of Cook Islands) met on 24 February 1972 at which Tonga made a claim over the Minerva Reefs and the rest of the states recognized its claim.

On 15 June 1972, the following proclamation was published in a Tongan government gazette:

PROCLAMATION

His Majesty King Taufaʻahau Tupou IV in Council DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM:
WHEREAS the Reefs known as North Minerva Reef and South Minerva Reef have long served as fishing grounds for the Tongan people and have long been regarded as belonging to the Kingdom of Tonga has now created on these Reefs islands known as Teleki Tokelau and Teleki Tonga; AND WHEREAS it is expedient that we should now confirm the rights of the Kingdom of Tonga to these islands; THEREFORE we do hereby AFFIRM and PROCLAIM that the islands, rocks, reefs, foreshores and waters lying within a radius of twelve miles [19.31 km] thereof are part of our Kingdom of Tonga.

A Tongan expedition was sent to enforce the claim the following day. It reached North Minerva on 18 June 1972. The Flag of the Tonga was raised on 19 June 1972 on North Minerva and on South Minerva on 21 June 1972.[4]

Adar posted:

https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/783440613207310339

Wikkheiser posted:

Samuel Clemens posted:

There goes dat Gary.

Thump! posted:

Jesus Christ Gary you're retarded