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hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Gobbeldygook posted:

Mormons started splitting away the moment they allowed the gays. Something like 20% of all scouts were Mormons, so it's a pretty serious loss.

The largest break-away group is Trail Life USA which is strictly NO HOMO AND doesn't allow Jews, Mormons, or Jehovah's Witnesses to join.

Their who we are website is something to behold

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hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

LingcodKilla posted:

Yes. It's a balancing act. If they guy is so good that he single handily shutdown wanna cry perhaps you should hire him and hold the charges over him.

I'm pretty sure this isn't actually a thing in real life.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Victor Vermis posted:

Zero direct quotes from the document, but it must be the worst thing ever because somebody is literally shaking in one of the rage-accoutrement tweets generously sprinkled throughout that piece.

We're living in the age of open-source outrage and people are still clicking links to huff the rear end-end in a game of yuppie telephone.

You can read it yourself here

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

DaNerd posted:

The Economist did briefing exploring how the next Korean war could kick off through domestic dick waving and miscalculation.

https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21725763-everyone-would-lose-how-nuclear-war-korea-could-start-and-how-it-might-end

Completely inaccurate.

Trump would be tweeting about the devastation of the nuclear before the first B-2 was wheels up.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Johnny Five-Jaces posted:

post the tweet, i'm paywalled

DJT in 2019:

quote:

Fat Kim just got what he’s been asking for. SAD!

quote:

Nuke attack on Seoul by evil Kim was BAD! Had no choice but to nuke him back. But thanks to my actions, America is safe again

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

orange juche posted:

We have outlawed north korea, bombing begins in 5 minutes.

Except this time without the laughter.

So long as we get a live stream of the B-2 elephant walk.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

TBeats posted:

so how hosed is everyone in SK if pyongyang catches a nuke?

because it would be kind of weird to watch chest thumping, military boner republicans and republican supporters kill a bunch of american troops and be okay with it.

because i am 100% certain there's a larger than acceptable group of people that would cheer him on if he nuked NK and killed abunch of american troops in the process.

If "dialed" down the effects of one of the tactical bombs would be pretty localized and not that much fallout would make it to RoK or Japan.

Of course that assumes Trump doesn't order an Ohio to launch everything. Luckily he doesn't even know what the nuclear triad is... :stonklol:

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Delizin posted:

In good news: Army researchers made an aluminum nanomaterial to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen with no electricity or catalysts.

https://www.army.mil/article/191212/army_discovery_may_offer_new_energy_source

I wouldn't trust a news article that uses kW as a unit of energy.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

maffew buildings posted:

Heard on NPR vaccines for addiction are being worked on. Nowhere near human trials, going to cost a lot, require multiple doses a year, would be opioid specific ie vaxed for smack, do oxy instead. Maybe we could use that money to help people in depressed areas have better quality of life or something, idk. Cool.

People on naltrexone still kill themselves trying to get an effect. It'd have to target the addiction center of the brain to actually work.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Edgar posted:

So the car that drove through people, is that a neo-nazi guy driving the car or the crowd is the neo nazis?

Neo nazis drove through counter protesters.

Or if you're a fan of infowars:
False flag antifa drove through antifa crisis actors.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

TheGreasyStrangler posted:

https://twitter.com/NewsInTheBurg/s...%3D2260%23pti19


Open and in the clear. Not surrounded and "scared".

Thats a pretty clear picture of the license plate too. :laugh:

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

Do you have to justify a pardon?

"...shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment"

Nope!

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Mr. Mambold posted:

Was it a federal offense, then? It would be more hilarity if he'd been found guilty at the state level. (Idek what he was convicted for)

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news...ourt/486278001/

Federal criminal contempt of court. Sentencing Oct 5.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Mr. Nice! posted:

VA governor said part of the reason the police did not show up in riot gear to start the day saturday and why they did not engage and disperse the nazis sooner was because the rally was more heavily armed than the police were capable.

Black panthers... were right?

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

shame on an IGA posted:

lol how did those get built in loving Maryland in the first place

... never mind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_riot_of_1861
Probably something related to that?

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Poppyseed Poundcake posted:

Wonder what will happen if these people find out what fort bragg was named for?

Bragg was responsible for getting a lot of rebels killed.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008


Too bad all those songs are racist as gently caress because otherwise it'd be great to use union songs to protest the confederates/nazis.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Zeroisanumber posted:

You've evidently never heard the best song about the greatest American.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn3NddwFQ

I thought the confederates used the battle hymn for some reason.

Probably because UGa uses it as a fight song.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

https://mobile.twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/897318276669349888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
:thunk:

Seriously though my grandfather is probably spinning in his grave.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

bulletsponge13 posted:

Can someone fill me in on this Naval noble who hosed up? I think I am getting it from context, but I want to be sure I am getting it.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-far-right-american-nationalist-who-tweeted-macronleaks/amp

https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/888240457423228928

https://twitter.com/KedgeOnline/status/897307080020897792

https://twitter.com/Zyrgle/status/897323631977447424

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/830390117994995712

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

mlmp08 posted:

Is there a source on this? He's selling the idea that he was misidentified or some poo poo. I'd lie if I did that too, but conclusive proof would be nice.

It's the buzzfeed article
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/josephbernstein/inside-the-alt-rights-campaign-to-smear-trump-protesters-as





Real or fake news? Who knows.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

you know how some people were like "wow how can trump's lawyers let him tweet that out? his lawyer is probably fuckin furious!!"

well..

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/897525756393402368

Well, according to Putin...

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Smiling Jack posted:

It's not bandwagoing, it's just that last year publicly stating "yeah Nazis are bad and unamerican" was kinda assumed to be a default state

Then something happened and all these nazi fucks came out of the woodwork and it turns out yeah, we do need to remind people that neo Nazis are a thing and gently caress those guys

I wonder what happened that emboldened these fuckers, just cant put my finger on it

I think people just rolled their eyes when they were called nazis. Like the word had no meaning anymore.

Now they see people marching with swastikas on their arms and flags along with actual attacks so they realize "holy poo poo they are literally nazis"

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Handsome Ralph posted:

Fair enough. I just figured from the earlier statement issued by the city that they didn't give a poo poo and were going to let it slide.

This is the county though?

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Wasabi the J posted:

Another cop on my wall who thinks anyone who was at the counter protests deserved to die, as they are "against the government".

Nazis: well known allies of the United States.

Likewise: the confederacy; definitely not a group that advocated overthrowing the US government

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Smiling Jack posted:

uhh what happened

I figured those guys got removed a while ago, not counting the medevaced CO

NYT has the incident report.

Top Two Officers on Navy Ship in Deadly Collision Off Japan to Be Relieved of Duties
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/world/asia/fitzgerald-collision-investigation.html

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Nystral posted:

Does this include the Cmdr who was asleep at the time or just the officers on duty? I don't get it.

The report in the article is just the events that happened after the collision. There's also a timeline with a couple amazing tidbits in there including:

Approx 0130 Collision with the ACX CRYSTAL on the starboard side. Berthing 2 is flooded within 30-60 seconds.
0132 FTZ sounds collision alarm for two seconds.
...
0200 FTZ makes initial report of collision at sea to CDS 15 via personal cell phone at approximately 0220.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Shaddak posted:

Forgive me for not understanding Naval protocol, but why are you even allowed to turn these alarms off?

Sounds like something that would be going off constantly in port?

Then there's always malfunctions.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

psydude posted:

The entire 7th fleet is taking a safety standdown.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.019fb58e1561

I love comment sections

quote:

Any Navy brass considered the possibility that an adversary in the western Pacific is testing some sort of navigation system jammer on us? Why aren't these incidents happening near Norfolk, San Diego and Naples?

Yup, Russian cloaking devices are jamming the mk 1 eyeball.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Proud Christian Mom posted:

Can Arpaio own guns still?

It was "just" a misdemeanor. So maybe?

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Proud Christian Mom posted:

Invading Iraq really was the worst idea possible wasn't it

I mean invading one of the other "axis of evil "countries probably would've been worse right.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:

why does the government spend more than it makes in taxes? do all governments do this?

Debt is a meaningless concept when it's denominated in your own currency.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

stevie wonder wouldn't whiff a pitch this bad if he was going against roger clemens in his prime

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/...3D18%23lastpost

Surely that's 50 cent territory. [video type=""]83FHj53QBHY[/video]

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

ASAPI posted:

Man this is crazy. The local news here has been telling people to get out since early this week. Why does everyone always act all surprised and do it last min? I think Houston/Corpus Christi may be the the new New Orleans.

Also, they are saying that gas prices should spike at least $.25 to $1.00 due to this storm.

A lot of the US refinery capacity is going to be offline for at least a little while so yeah prices are going up at least a little.

Regarding not evacuating...

https://twitter.com/LuchsLikeRain/status/900936322386350080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

Best Korea launched another missile, this one 155 miles: https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/901210991618293764

https://twitter.com/annafifield/status/901212523034103808

Transgender ban signed. Effective date is March 2018, Mattis has wide latitude and can probably kill/delay it/let it die to lawsuits. https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/status/901210443745820672

I have to say I'm a fan of the phrasing "the sea between Korea and Japan"

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Mr. Nice! posted:

Zero. He loses his purse in case of DQ.

I wouldn't say zero, hes been doing mma professionally for 11 years, hes never boxed professionally. In a ring with a crowd he might do something bad on instinct.

It should be close to zero though.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

joat mon posted:

I think he's charged in state court, it carries 2-10 years there. Good point on the additional elements for intent, but the statute has an exception for defense of life or property.

Charging is at the prosecutor's discretion. To figure out if there's anything unsavory about a particular charging decision, it helps to know the prosecutor's/office's practice. Overcharging is a dick move and shouldn't be encouraged. In this case, I could see also charging the guy with attempted malicious shooting with intent to maim.

But Charlottesville is in VA.
However, the laws appear similar, the only other straight-faced* applicable crime is Brandishing/pointing a firearm - misdemeanor, or 1-5 years w/in 1000 feet of a school.
...
Until you consider attempts, and you can charge attempted:
murder 1, 2,
maliciously shooting with intent to maim or kill,
shooting with intent to maim or kill, without malice.

Here is a list of VA crimes if you want to go looking

*If you want to get wacky,
attempted shooting by mob,
turn that or the other attempts into terrorism charges.

It's not how Arpaio's pardon works, but with a more artfully written pardon, you could definitely make the argument.

What's different between this and the cases cited in that document?

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

M_Gargantua posted:

So even though the insurers are going to laugh off most of the (non-affluent) victims claims, what are the betting odds that insurers and re-insurance markets don't have enough solvent cash on hand to even cover the surface level recovery from this and the credit crisis isn't in student loans like I was expecting as instead starts in the insurance markets.

The reinsurer for flood claims is the federal government. Take from that what you will.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

Mattis to Trump: go gently caress your Transgender Ban, I'm putting together a study and implementation plan/panel like we normally do. Until then, continue to gently caress yourself and nothing is changing.

https://twitter.com/jeremyherb/status/902674630892290048

Sounds like Mattis wants to run out the clock or let the court system do the job, or at worst, try to convince Trump otherwise.

I hope the panel's conclusion is to convene another panel. :allears:

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hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Which one of you is this? https://www.facebook.com/jountay/posts/10156008363935663

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