Current Events Thread: Lifting the Bar off the Floor

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Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Equine Don posted:

It's going to be an orgy of stupid.

quote:

A woman appears to have accidentally fatally shot herself in the head with a gun bought to prepare for possible Ferguson-related unrest, according to sources briefed on the police investigation.

# ¿ Nov 24, 2014 04:38

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Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Obama Africanus posted:

Requesting thread subtitle change to: "A 290 Pound Adolescent Specimen of Thuggery."

I prefer "A five year old holding onto Hulk Hogan"

# ¿ Nov 25, 2014 20:08

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Bolow posted:

It's been awhile since I got marched to the gas chamber like shim's grandparents but isn't CS gas yellowish in the first place? Like it's super loving obvious when it's being used?

Yeah, but older streetlights are yellow so smoke and gas both look yellow under it.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2014 16:38

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Casimir Radon posted:

A lot of tasers have had cameras in them for years for liability reasons. We might as well put them on guns now so the next time somebody is crying about a cop blowing away their precious innocent baby they can be presented with video of him brandishing a meat cleaver.

The fired cop turned state rep/head of cop union in Missouri who started the "I support Darren Wilson" fundraiser actually successfully argued in court that a police camera couldn't be used against the policeman because of the fifth amendment.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2014 21:05

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

ActusRhesus posted:

That's just asinine. I think there are some legit issues in Missouri outside of this one case.

Ps. It's also a misstatement of the fifth amendment, as video is not testimonial.

My mistake, Roorda just made the public statements supporting the lawyer's arguments.
Because the internet is better than my memory

quote:

There was nothing life or death about the decision Rory Bruce made to pound this cuffed teenager in custody. Yet, he was acquitted by Associate Circuit Court Judge Theresa Counts Burke. Not because she found this conduct acceptable, but because she never watched the video.

"Prosecutors had also tried, but failed, to get the teenager on the stand. First they couldn�t find him, then when they did, he asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

But the video never made it into evidence because the law required prosecutors to authenticate it with someone who had personal knowledge of the events. Bruce refused to testify against himself, on the same constitutional grounds as the teen."

The camera's footage has to be verified by someone at the scene, and that was the subject of the fifth amendment claim.

Which is also asinine.

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Roorda says the judge did right�he told News 4, police videos like these should be used to protect police. "Now, it�s become a �gotcha-head hunter� tool that we�ve seen internal affairs go over-board with."

"Police officers have to make split second decisions in life and death situations and I don't think that folks over at the Circuit Attorney's office or folks up in Internal Affairs should second guess them based on their brief impression of a video tape," says Jeff Roorda with the SLPOA. "It doesn't tell the whole story," he says.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2014 21:36

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

ActusRhesus posted:

I don't think you need a degree to have an opinion. For example, I am not an economist but have opinions about the economy. The difference, of course, is when I encounter a real economist who tries to tell me my opinion is based on an incorrect understanding, I listen to what they have to say rather than screaming a bunch of internet social justice warrior buzzwords at them.

The flaw in your reasoning is that internet SJW buzzwords come directly from college social science and philosophy courses.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2014 21:55

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Now this actually makes sense, as opposed to knocking off random storefronts.

Except that the amount of explosives required to have any effect would be prohibitive. I mean, it is funny imagining some black guys in berets and leather jackets carting multiple wheelbarrows of fertilizer across the Arch grounds, but it probably was never going to happen.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2014 23:28

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

justice4trayvawn posted:

shims race posts should be put into the library of congress or something imo

They already got better stuff in the Congressional record.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2014 04:41

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pink_Swastika

# ¿ Dec 2, 2014 05:05

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

maffew buildings posted:

Theoretical physics, so they're well versed in concepts that are heavily imagination and speculation based which should translate well to make believe defense topics such as not letting politicians make combat theater decisions, not handing out inflated defense contracts for stuff we don't need and whether there is a way to avoid dumping another trillion into Iraq. Like theoretical physics I am sure they will rightly conclude that all those things are "not yet possible" but "maybe happening in another dimension"

That's not what theoretical physics means.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2014 18:05

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

The real problem with Ashton Carter is not that he doesn't have DoD experience, he has plenty of that. Reportedly Hagel is out because he was brought in to manage withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan and a repositioning of the department away from those wars, but now we have ISIS and all that poo poo that needs to be taken care of and it's not really in his comfort zone. Ashton Carter's been in the DoD during that time too and is no more disposed to orient the DoD towards whatever the gently caress we have to do in the mideast than Hagel was.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2014 18:16

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I wonder if Petraeus is porking undergrads now.

I'm going with yes.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2014 22:14

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Godholio posted:

The one who drew a bb gun (with no orange) from his waistband when cops told him to put his hands up?

The video makes it a lot worse for the cops. They literally shot the kid before they even finished getting out of their car. He had no chance to react. It was basically John Crawford again.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2014 03:23

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Mr. Nice! posted:

I welcome Iran stepping up against this poo poo. It's about time we get the gently caress out and let the locals sort this poo poo out. Bail out, let the Kurds, Turkey, and Iran divy up what's left.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2014 21:33

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Mr. Nice! posted:

I had assumed Turkey would continue to poo poo on the Kurds because at them actually getting a recognized country.

I was saying what we should do, not what is likely.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2014 22:29

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Courthouse posted:

Either they were going in for a surprise takedown or some dumb poo poo like that, and panicked. Or they were driving in trying to find the gunman, realizes he's the guy right in front of them, and panicked.

From the way he flails and runs to the back of the car it wasn't some cold headed murder at any rate. Looks like they didn't know what they were doing and hosed up. Because I don't see anyone intentionally driving right up in the face of someone they think has a gun.

I think we've got our explanation

Remember that E-2 who had to be ordered to bathe, who you'd find curled up under some machinery sucking his thumb? The one who you didn't have enough on to process out but you prayed you could keep him away from firearms?

Well, Cleveland gave him a gun and badge.

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A Nov. 29, 2012 letter contained in Tim Loehmann's personnel file from the Independence Police Department says that during firearms qualification training he was "distracted" and "weepy."

"He could not follow simple directions, could not communicate clear thoughts nor recollections, and his handgun performance was dismal," according to the letter written by Deputy Chief Jim Polak of the Independence police.

In an interview with the Northeast Ohio Media Group, Loehmann's father said that his son left Independence to pursue a job with Cleveland police because he wanted "more action."

Loehmann told Tinnirello that he cried often about his personal issue during training and Loehmann's mother told Tinnierello that her son's study papers "would be soaked in tears nightly for three months."

On Nov. 26, 2012, Loehmann was ordered to stay in the Independence police dispatch center. Loehmann left without authorization and lied to Tinnierello that the dispatchers told him he could leave, the letter says.

Loehmann eventually admitted to lying.

The problems at Independence erupted on Nov. 28, 2012, the records say. Loehmann showed up "sleepy and upset" for a 6 a.m. state gun qualification session.

Tinnierello wrote that Loehmann "was distracted and was not following simple instructions" at the shooting range.

At one point, he went to the back of the range to reload his magazine and could not return to the line where he was supposed to shoot from, Tinnierello wrote. Loehmann appeared to be crying and was emotionally upset so Tinnierello said they would stop the exercise for the day.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2014 00:00

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Casimir Radon posted:

The kindergarten Q&A with a police officer, gun against my head. #handsupdontshoot #fingerpainting

You laugh...

# ¿ Dec 6, 2014 02:07

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

CBJSprague24 posted:

Today's the anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

In the opinions of GIP, if 9/11 is Kill Browns Day, is today Here Is Why The Bomb Was Worth It Day?

Every day you see some fat gently caress anime cosplayer is Here Is Why The Bomb Was Worth It But We Needed More Day.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2014 03:59

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

It's Columbia. I am not surprised.

No kidding. I mean, your average protester out there this fall has been a middle to low income black person who is expected to show up to work the next morning regardless of anything. Your average top tier law student is a sheltered, high-strung weenie and can't really be expected to handle this sort of thing without a safe space to exist in.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2014 16:19

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Casimir Radon posted:

Did kids get out of finals at a widespread level during Vietnam?

About as widespread as this, I'm sure.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2014 17:33

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Courthouse posted:

Hey, they're Columbia law students. What better extra curricular activity to have on your CV when you try to get into the ACLU?

Holding a 72 hour sit-in hunger strike for gender-neutral bathrooms.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2014 21:12

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GENDERWEIRD GREEDO posted:

The F-35 is literally the worst acquisition program, right? The tanker acquisition got hosed but seems small potatoes in comparison. There's that Army personnel program that had billions dumped into it for nothing but that still doesn't seem as big of a waste or at least as prominent.

It is pretty prominent, but man have there been some great flops. Remember the AAAV/EFV? That thing was on the drawing board for 35 years before it was cancelled.
And how much have we spent on Star Wars ballistic missile defense with loving orbital lasers and poo poo?

# ¿ Dec 9, 2014 01:27

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

SperginMcBadposter posted:

The global hawk uses that same fuel as coolant idea for its electronics and I never heard anything about it overheating at Beale with it's 100+ summer days. Step it up F-35ailures

It's less about the same fuel as it is about different cooling requirements.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2014 05:14

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ManMythLegend posted:

Berkley literally has a statue dedicated to protestors to honor their town's heritage or some poo poo.

Hey, isn't Berkeley the law school who gave Bush's torture-approver John Yoo a professorship?

# ¿ Dec 10, 2014 00:21

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Dead Reckoning posted:

Good old John "Can the President order someone's eyeball cut out in the name of National Security?" Yoo.

Also, "it depends on why the President needs to crush an innocent child's testicles" Yoo.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2014 03:05

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

ActusRhesus posted:

the problem with communicating 100% through smilies is it's hard to always know what point you are making.

would you mind expanding on so I know whether to call you a loving assclown or not?

It is an IED joke.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2014 15:50

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Yeah this is from a while back but I skip legal poo poo

Genocide Tendency posted:

Ok. You can all you want at this.

But...

Skeet shooting with a laser from a battle ship is loving awesome. And you are a gigantic human being if you think otherwise.

Shooting a laser from a battleship would be awesome, but we don't have any active battleships. Hell, a cruiser or destroyer or PC would be awesome.

Ponce is not one of those. Ponce is not awesome. Ponce is the 1973 El Camino with the base straight-6 of the fleet.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2014 15:18

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

ActusRhesus posted:

Who are you, again?

One of the better FYAD posters.

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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Local village idiot.

Six of one...

# ¿ Dec 12, 2014 15:39

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Cole posted:

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/dec/12/face-sitting-protest-outside-parliament-against-new-porn-rules

If that's what Britain has to use for porn actors, God bless George Washington.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2014 22:57

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Dead Reckoning posted:

You know you have a great job when you can bring poo poo to a grinding halt just by following all the rules as written.

This is GiP. We all have had that job.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2014 03:36

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Genocide Tendency posted:

Jeb Bush would be a not terrible choice for president.

He wouldn't change much. Wouldn't get anything of real importance done. And he won't appoint anyone of note.

Basically it would be 4-8 years of "I think something happened??".

That's what I thought W Bush would be like.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2014 15:10

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Analogical posted:

I like how we banish Cuba for sixty years for almost helping someone else maybe bomb us.

Japan blows the poo poo out of Hawaii but god drat do they make nice TVs

I like how it's more permissible to vacation in North Korea than Cuba.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2014 17:03

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Arishtat posted:

Some Butte, Montana wannabe thugs picked the wrong house...

http://empirenews.net/bin-laden-shooter-rob-oneill-mistakenly-attacked-by-street-thugs-seeking-to-collect-debt-from-neighbor/

Robert O�Neill, the former United States Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama Bin Laden, had his home mistakenly invaded by members of a street gang this morning shortly after 1AM. O�Neill was uninjured, the five intruders all suffered injuries and remain hospitalized, but are expected to make a full recovery. Their names were not released in anticipation of the oncoming media storm.

Butte Police Commissioner Bartholomew S. Harrington told members of the Associated Press in a brief press conference that the five men, part of a local street gang connected with the infamous Crips, were seeking to collect on a drug debt and invaded the wrong house, with the intended target just so happening to be the next door neighbor of O�Neill�s.

�Mr. O�Neill had just turned in for the night, but was awoken by a loud crash when his backdoor was abruptly kicked in. As the five thugs ran aimlessly through the home, Mr. O�Neill used silent hand-to-hand combat tactics to individually disarm them of their weapons. Once Mr. O�Neill had taken down the five men and secured his home, he brewed a pot of coffee and called the police station. Those boys sure did find the wrong house!� commissioner Harrington said as he chuckled.

O�Neill had little to say on the matter when Butte Daily Times journalist Kevin Williamson interviewed the celebrated war hero.

�It was nothing really. Those kids didn�t have their mission planned out properly and hit the wrong target. I hated to break their wrists and dislocate each of their knees like I did, but it was necessary in order to immobilize the invasion. I hope they get the money that is owed to them once they get out of jail and decide to live better lives. My main concern is getting my back door fixed. Those boys really did a number on the door jamb,� O�Neill stated.

The neighbor who was the intended target seems to have abandoned home and has not been found by police. According to the men in custody, the debt was over a $50 bag of marijuana.

quote:

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# ¿ Dec 18, 2014 16:31

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Spicy Guacamole posted:

Rule of thumb: if it's cool or interesting, it's classified.

The converse is so very much not true.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2014 02:23

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Duzzy Funlop posted:

http://pix11.com/2014/12/20/video-nypd-officers-turn-away-from-mayor-de-blasio-as-he-enters-police-presser/

Just caught this on national news over here, is there anything deBlasio specifically hosed up himself in dealing with the shooting or the past couple of months since Ferguson?

And this is why we get "civilian control of the military is a good thing, respect the office if not the man" drilled into us over and over from day one.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2014 16:16

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

suboptimal posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bm3GgDxPOM

It's like when I was 6 years old and pretending sticks were guns. "Now I'm going to dodge the Russky's bullets and roll over behind that leaf pile!"

# ¿ Dec 22, 2014 00:58

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Godholio posted:

A few points: first, any flights we put off the Korean coast we don't taunt them with, which would be the express purpose of the B-52 flight. That's actively daring them to do something, and if they actually have an interceptor and pilot ready to go I think they would feel like they'd have to respond. China won't be in a position to stop them, nor will they do anything substantial afterwards. China knows the US won't react beyond strongly worded statements even if NK manages to put a BUFF in the water.

There's no reason to try poking that dog through the fence when we can just leave to poo poo all over its own little territory. We have absolutely nothing to gain but a lot to lose.

Running ships up the TTW line is a safer and equally taunting move.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2014 16:40

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nwin posted:

Jesus gently caress, DND...

"I can't make out that the image appears to be someone holding a gun."

I was watching it on my loving old laptop and not even full screen mode and could tell it was a gun.

If only they had an HD cam that automatically would recognize make/model of alleged gun...gently caress them.

If only there were several cameras right by the police, or maybe even mounted on the police car and the police officers themselves...

# ¿ Dec 24, 2014 19:17

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Zeroisanumber posted:

A bottle of "four-buck chuck" is 200+ rubles. The Russians live in a dark and backwards place. It's the god given right of every civilized person to be able to get blackout drunk for $5 if they need it.

They could get blackout drunk off $5 bottles of vodka if their tolerances haven't been pushed to superhuman levels.

# ¿ Dec 26, 2014 16:12

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 05:51

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Courthouse posted:

The second companion one about guns is good as well. Although nothing new to anyone here, it's one of those things you want journalists to actually point out to the public.

Oh joy, the ancient and retarded AK vs M16 argument is in the Atlantic now.

# ¿ Dec 30, 2014 02:15

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