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Guys, daesh has no surviving major bases and Assad has effectively won the Syrian civil war. The only potentially worthwhile goal remaining is to guarantee the independence of the Kurds, and I don't think that was ever on the table even for Obama/Clinton. The Syria withdrawal isn't a bad thing. Don't cheerlead interventionism.
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Hey guys. Guys. Guess what. I IDENTIFY AS A POTTED PLANT! BA-BOOM! KNEEL BEFORE MY SICK BURN! - Tinsley
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fool_of_sound posted:Guys, daesh has no surviving major bases and Assad has effectively won the Syrian civil war. The only potentially worthwhile goal remaining is to guarantee the independence of the Kurds, and I don't think that was ever on the table even for Obama/Clinton. The Syria withdrawal isn't a bad thing. Don't cheerlead interventionism. Unfortunately American political discourse isn't equipped to have a discussion about this because it's either "we in" or "we out," and not "we out but also we're going to Hell for leading the Kurds to expect we would protect them from genocide."
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duz posted:Died of a flu strain this year's vaccine was for. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
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D.N. Nation posted:Hey guys. Guys. Guess what. I IDENTIFY AS A POTTED PLANT! BA-BOOM! KNEEL BEFORE MY SICK BURN! - Tinsley guest writer: Luis CK
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 Guardian:  "Nicola Jennings on migration between the UK and the EU – As Brexit nears, a surge in cross-Channel migration has caused alarm in some quarters" Telegraph:  Independent:  Times:  Happy new year, Politoon peeps! May your 2019 be as painless as possible.
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fool_of_sound posted:Guys, daesh has no surviving major bases and Assad has effectively won the Syrian civil war. The only potentially worthwhile goal remaining is to guarantee the independence of the Kurds, and I don't think that was ever on the table even for Obama/Clinton. The Syria withdrawal isn't a bad thing. Don't cheerlead interventionism. I don't care what Obama or Clinton would have done, saying "welp, we're done here" and bailing on loyal allies to let the Turks go all Armenia on their asses is bad. Doesn't matter if we should have been there in the first place, we are now and that obliges us to protect people who have risked a lot to help us.
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Cat Mattress posted:Yeah, sure, abandoning the Kurds means that civilians will be safe, oh no I didn't say that, you said that claiming we're murdering Muslims in Syria is equivalent to claiming every Muslim is in ISIS, which no absolutely not, the US is a callous and brutal empire that thinks nothing of piling up stacks of innocent victims in pursuit of its ghoulish foreign policy establishment's geopolitical goals.
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sexpig by night posted:guest writer: Luis CK I haven’t kept up with Louis CK after it came out he was a sexual harasser but has he started to cash in on alt-right welfare by pandering to them now?
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I haven’t kept up with Louis CK after it came out he was a sexual harasser but has he started to cash in on alt-right welfare by pandering to them now? He has reached the stage of his career where he makes his money touring red states and making jokes about Kids These Days
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The kids these days being the Parkland shooting survivors and transgendered kids
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loquacius posted:He has reached the stage of his career where he makes his money touring red states and making jokes about Kids These Days I just looked it up and the past few days there’s been leaks of his latest stand up where he makes fun of the Parkland survivors for wanting gun control, trans people, and good old fashion antisemitism Funny man Louis CK posted:And he said, “You need to stop eating ice cream.” I said, “You need to go gently caress yourself. And don’t ever touch me again, you old human being. You old loving Jewish fag. Get your loving hands off me.” You’re loving with my ice cream, I get upset. quote:“They testify in front of Congress, these kids? What are they doing?” he said. “You’re young, you should be crazy, you should be unhinged, not in a suit… you’re not interesting. Because you went to a high school where kids got shot? Why does that mean I have to listen to you?… You didn’t got shot, you pushed some fat kid in the way, and now I’ve gotta listen to you talking?” He’s clearly angling for Alt-Right neo nazi’s more then simple “kids these days” old Republican comedy though there really isn’t much of a difference at this point
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Help Im Alive posted:This 2019 baby is hosed Children being hosed is a common theme wherever you find right wing politicians.
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Stultus Maximus posted:I don't care what Obama or Clinton would have done, saying "welp, we're done here" and bailing on loyal allies to let the Turks go all Armenia on their asses is bad. Doesn't matter if we should have been there in the first place, we are now and that obliges us to protect people who have risked a lot to help us. Plus, I agree we don't need to be in Syria, but I'd rather the decision not come about because the President basically threw up his hands and said "gently caress it, it's all yours" while on a phone call with his Turkish dictator buddy, and then announced immediate withdrawal via tweet without actually consulting anyone in the military and/or State Department.
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Dr. VooDoo posted:He’s clearly angling for Alt-Right neo nazi’s more then simple “kids these days” old Republican comedy though there really isn’t much of a difference at this point It's just like what George Carlin did, kind of, sort of, not really, oh God stop man.
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Selachian posted:Plus, I agree we don't need to be in Syria, but I'd rather the decision not come about because the President basically threw up his hands and said "gently caress it, it's all yours" while on a phone call with his Turkish dictator buddy, and then announced immediate withdrawal via tweet without actually consulting anyone in the military and/or State Department.
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I have gone my whole life without ever having seen this old man with a scythe and the baby with the sash and top hat. What's the origin of this? Looks like its super common.
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I just looked it up and the past few days there’s been leaks of his latest stand up where he makes fun of the Parkland survivors for wanting gun control, trans people, and good old fashion antisemitism Just makes it easier to shout for him to show his dick.
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VitalSigns posted:I didn't say that, you said that claiming we're murdering Muslims in Syria is equivalent to claiming every Muslim is in ISIS, which no absolutely not, the US is a callous and brutal empire that thinks nothing of piling up stacks of innocent victims in pursuit of its ghoulish foreign policy establishment's geopolitical goals. You're missing the bit where Rall says the Kurds are "strategic partners in killing Muslims" I think. And again, the bombing raids are done by aircraft; aircraft that are not based in Syria. Removing troops from Rojava has no effect on the USAF nor on the air wings of the Navy and Marines. Trump didn't say he'd stop air strikes.
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Count Roland posted:I have gone my whole life without ever having seen this old man with a scythe and the baby with the sash and top hat. What's the origin of this? Looks like its super common. Seriously? Old Man Time and the New Year is one of the oldest tropes out there.
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*pulls envelope away from turban and opens it* "Name four things Trump will never do."  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12..especially when Trump has already publicly taken credit for it.  13
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quote:Other trends, however, passed by more quietly. In health care, for example, maternal deaths inched up slightly this year to 20.7 per 100,000 live births, according to data from the United Health Foundation. In fact, giving birth in the United States has become increasingly deadly over the past few decades, placing our country in the same category as developing nations such as Afghanistan and Swaziland. And the rates are even worse for mothers of color. Get hosed.
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Dec 31, 2018 20:38
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OK Republicans. Try to kill Medicare. I dare you.
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Lack of availability and affordability in health care is a dangerous obstruction to our nation and federal funding should be spent on ensuring that it is fixed up so no more citizens die unnecessarily. Also what the donkey said... A good comic.
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You hack, in order for the shadow 'hood' to appear on that side the beard would have to be billowing back on the opposite side of the old man.
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Only introducing Medicare4All is insufficient to fill the hole that is the US Healthcare industry, in addition the state will need to expropriate big pharma, produce cures that have been deemed unprofitable and produce generic drugs. A surprisingly radical cartoon.
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I just looked it up and the past few days there’s been leaks of his latest stand up where he makes fun of the Parkland survivors for wanting gun control, trans people, and good old fashion antisemitism As someone else said, he is angling for Milo's job
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I was told a long time ago that whaling is a good way for right-wingers in Japan to thumb their nose at the West without making any governments actually very angry. I wonder if it will stay that way?
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Samurai Sanders posted:I was told a long time ago that whaling is a good way for right-wingers in Japan to thumb their nose at the West without making any governments actually very angry. I wonder if it will stay that way? Yes, whaling is something that survives in Japan only through cronyism; it isn't commercially viable and whalers would go bankrupt without subsidies. The Japanese government spends every year the equivalent of several hundred million dollars to prop up whalers; plus the expense of sending the Japanese navy to escort the ships. The upside is that now Japan will only be allowed to hunt whales in its own waters (including EEZ). While they were abusing the "scientific research" loophole, they could hunt whales in international waters too. The Sea Shepherd, who are fiercely against whaling, thought that this was an overall positive change for this reason: https://seashepherd.org/2018/12/21/japan-may-quit-the-iwc-and-to-return-to-commercial-whaling/ quote:5. Japan will not be able to kill whales in the Southern Ocean. It is an internationally established whale sanctuary and the only reason Japan has been able to flaunt the law is by invoking the excuse of ‘scientific research whaling.” Overt commercial whaling is strictly prohibited in the Southern Ocean and Japan has indicated it will quit the Southern Ocean while expanding whaling in the North Pacific. This would mean that the current whaling season in Antarctic waters will be the last.
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Fulchrum posted:You may scoff, but it is only through years of scientific study that Japanese scientists have been able to fully study how delicious whale meat is. It isn’t though. It straight nasty and that’s why it has to be subsidized. The vast majority of Japanese people don’t like whale meat and it’s only something the older generation eats because it was basically used as cheap meat from the government during the post war world II reconstruction
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Dr. VooDoo posted:It isn’t though. It straight nasty and that’s why it has to be subsidized. The vast majority of Japanese people don’t like whale meat and it’s only something the older generation eats because it was basically used as cheap meat from the government during the post war world II reconstruction Whale meat is the Christmas Music of meat. How about that.
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Who's the grim, grinning ghost in the upper left? M4A costs less than the alternative, Skelley. The Wall costs overwhelmingly more.
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Besesoth posted:Who's the grim, grinning ghost in the upper left? Looks like a Soros caricature, because of course
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