Mr. Squishy posted:

Donald Trump is the modern day Lincoln,

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In 1871, tragedy beset the family again when Lincoln's only surviving brother, Tad, died at the age of 18, leaving his mother devastated with grief. Lincoln, who was already concerned about what he thought were his mother's "spend-thrift" ways and eccentric behavior, and fearing that she was a danger to herself, arranged to have her committed to a psychiatric hospital in Batavia, Illinois in 1875. With his mother in the hospital, he was left with control of her finances. On May 20, 1875, she arrived at Bellevue Place, a private, upscale sanitarium in the Fox River Valley.[27]

Three months after being installed in Bellevue Place, Mary Lincoln engineered her escape. She smuggled letters to her lawyer, James B. Bradwell, and his wife, Myra Bradwell, who was not only her friend but also a feminist lawyer and fellow spiritualist. She also wrote to the editor of the Chicago Times, known for its sensational journalism. Soon, the public embarrassments Robert had hoped to avoid were looming, and his character and motives were in question. The director of Bellevue, who at Mary's commitment trial had assured the jury she would benefit from treatment at his facility, now in the face of potentially damaging publicity declared her well enough to go to Springfield to live with her sister as she desired.[28] The committment proceedings and following events led to a profound estrangement between Lincoln and his mother, and they never fully reconciled.[29]

Sandpuppy posted:

Samurai Sanders posted:

Are they flying up in the air from being shot?

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Two news events in February were all about freedom. One firm launched the world's cheapest smartphone, priced at 251 rupees ($3.67; £3), and called it Freedom 251. At the same time, police arrested some students in Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University for allegedly raising anti-India slogans, and demanding "freedom" for Kashmir from Indian rule. The students denied the allegations, but they were charged with sedition. Later, they were freed on bail.

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India's flamboyant businessman Vijay Mallya made his fortune selling beer under the Kingfisher brand and branched out into aviation, Formula1 racing, and Indian cricket. But he incurred huge debts because of the failure of his airline. Many have criticised banks for their inability in recovering the debt from Mr Mallya, who denies any wrongdoing. He is currently living in the UK, and hasn't returned to India despite repeated summons by the authorities.

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When the chief minister of the eastern state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, promised during his election campaign that he would ban the sale and consumption of alcohol if elected, not many thought he would actually do it. But then he proved everybody wrong!

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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014, he promised to change the country. But his critics say that he has been concentrating more on foreign policy, and travelling the world.

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In one of the biggest surprises of 2016, Mr Modi on 8 November announced the scrapping of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes to crack down on corruption and illegal cash holdings known as "black money". The sudden announcement made many people's cash worthless.

Cat Mattress posted:

What, they didn't get several months to bring their deprecated bank notes to a bank for exchanging them to smaller notes? Or were there just a lot of people who missed the memo until it was too late?

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A salesman of a shop selling mobile phones in an upscale Delhi suburb told me that a man walked up to his shop on Wednesday with 3 million rupees in cash and offered to buy up his entire stock of iPhones. (He said the owner balked, and shut shop.) A politician in Bihar walked into a jewellery shop and bought gold ornaments worth 20 million rupees. In Kolkata, a dengue patient reportedly settled his 40,000 rupees hospital bills in coins.

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A builder in the capital has apparently paid his daily wage workers two years of advance salaries with the expired cash, leaving his workers to exchange the money. Relatives with expired money at home are calling friends and relatives and asking if they can deposit some of their money into their accounts. Then there's my favourite story of a doctor who had some cash at home which he planned to turn over to the bank, and then discovered to his dismay that his wife had squirreled away six times the amount in her cupboard.

King Possum III posted:

Gertrude Perkins posted:

Russia hasn't been Communist in two and a half decades.
Russia hasn't been Communist in two and a half decades.

hooman posted:

I would make this edit myself but I think it's yours to change. But please change that door to read "Gay Abortions Clinic"

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

SwitchbladeKult posted:

That isn't satire... is it?

Sinners Sandwich posted:

A mental health cartoon?

Mr. Squishy posted:

Is there... any suggestion that the Russians have been involving themselves with European elections?

Vib Rib posted:

He literally called being faithful to your spouse "revolutionary".

Sandpuppy posted:

CampingCarl posted:

A bit surprised Dees is still on pizzagate. Obama still has to take our guns, declare martial law, put us in camps, and name himself God-Emperor before the 20th.

Mr. Fowl posted:

It's all a smokescreen to hide his real kink: being cuckolded.

Ranter posted:

I think this would have been better

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

Can anyone figure out how to actually save the image from Go Comics? They changed their site design so it has some drop-down expanding thing but I can't find a way to get to the jpg.

Trogdos! posted:

Ben doesn't seem to have a very favorable view of Sweden

Sandpuppy posted:

Perhaps it's listed as Chechia on his atlas.

oddium posted:

heck yeah eu4 rules

Jay Rust posted:

I guess they threw their shoes at the TV? Is that something people do?

BigglesSWE posted:

Quoting this because it's really loving stupid. Also, I'm Swedish, and I don't get the hate. I guess it's the socialism? Gotta be the socialism.

King Possum III posted:

Ularg posted:

SeANMcBAY posted:

It's Ramirez so definitely pro.

loquacius posted:

OldTennisCourt posted:

Shouldn't Red Panels be banned under the same rule that DBD is? I thought it was a general "No random webcomics" thing.

Improbable Lobster posted:

It's a bad knockoff of Shmorky's style

OAquinas posted:

https://twitter.com/markberman/status/821694948001153025

Sandpuppy posted:

8
He confused Manson with Manning?

Thoughtless posted:

So uh, is this

1) Trump will be a fascist dictator executing those he disagrees with?

2) The above, but also killing the upper class is good, so Trump is good?

Either way it seems like a strange opinion from Lester.

MokBa posted:

I can't believe we live in a world where we actually have to defend the idea that punching Nazis is Good.

Punching Nazis is Good.

Of course, imagine being so despicable that everyone on the internet is arguing whether you getting sucker punched in the face is good or bad.

Starving Wolf posted:

My grandfathers didn't live on rationed vodka and gruel made from dirty snow fighting in the great patriotic war for me to live in a world where punching Nazis is not okay. Always punch nazis always. Don't think about it, as soon as you think about whether a nazi getting punched is good or bad for the nazi or for you, you are already over-analyzing the situation. Punch the Nazis. Punch them for grandpop.

Trogdos! posted:

If you make fun of people saying it's a-okay to punch a nazi, I'm going to take that as defense of literal nazis. Assault may be illegal and not right, but the exception are people like nazis, punching whom is the moral thing to do. I personally probably wouldn't assaut a nazi because I'm a wuss irl, but I sure as hell won't defend their right to not get punched on the internet. It's an inherently violent ideology and incredibly destructive if let into power, letting them talk and saying "oh, people will be smart enough not to vote for them" is how 1933 happened. You speak the language they understand by punching them, and showing that they are just cowards. Other nazis already berated Spencer for not retaliating and beating up the antifa that socked him.

I know your posting and I'm quite sure you're very far from a fascist but hell, I just have to say that they're a people that you shouldn't even jokingly defend.