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pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

So not only are we in the Worst Timeline, we’re also in the weirdest:

Elon Musk quietly dating musician Grimes

quote:

A source tells us the pair met around a month ago online, of course, through a joke Musk had planned to tweet but discovered Grimes had already made, dealing with the complications of artificial intelligence.

Our reality seems to be procedurally generated.

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pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/996062335549820930

Gonna be great when we have to evacuate our newest embassy complex when East Jerusalem and the West Bank finally boil over.

Trump’s gonna get the bigliest best Intifada ever!

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Mr. Nice! posted:

The biggest difference between hardcore conservative christians, zionists, and radical islam is which prophet of god they chose. Everyone else is wrong and blasphemous. Women are property, children are instructed to and obey god's law above all else and brought up to believe their way is the only right way, and that the men in charge are always right. The people in charge are also typically guilty of the most heinous crimes they preach against.

I’m in favor of putting all of these people on a deserted island and giving them one year to battle it out to the death among themselves to determine who in fact is the best. After that time, we’ll check in, see who won, remark “Wow! Didn’t see that one coming!” and then launch every nuke in the world on that one spot.

Two birds, one stone.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I must have insane luck because the DC cabs I've taken were all great.

You haven’t had the full DC taxi experience until one guy tries to charge you $80 per person to take you from H Street to northern Alexandria. I deleted my Uber account because they got to be too creepy, but I will still use Lyft frequently.

(I recognize that they’re probably just as bad, but at least they’re less overtly evil than Uber)

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008


pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

shame on an IGA posted:

Wonder how much Bundy Ranch is offering for them

On a related note, here’s the first part of a series that promises to be interesting:

https://longreads.com/2018/05/15/bundyville-chapter-one-a-war-in-the-desert/

I hope this also chronicles the failure of the federal government to prosecute two cases that would have left Janet Reno’s underpants dripping.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Dance Officer posted:

This is rather worrying. Thats a densely populated city with probably poor sanitation and a busy port. It's a good thing this is being taken so seriously.

Also working in the response’s favor is that there’s a huge UN mission already in country that has airlift capabilities and can facilitate easier movement in the bush. That being said, I would be seriously worried if any cases made it into Kinshasa and crossed the river into Brazzaville, because then you’re looking at coordinating between two governments that really don’t like each other and dealing with a highly contagious disease in a teeming megacity with poor sanitation conditions and already stressed medical infrastructure.

Another thing that helps right now is that it’s the rainy season in Central Africa, so that really helps to constrain movement along unpaved rural “roads.”

That said, I’m glad I’m not due to go back to Central Africa until later this year. I hope it burns out by then.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008


TFW when you mix up your party's get out the vote and voter suppression strategies.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/999274669084585985

Why are the chuds so bad at this

Also here’s a bonus clip of Jack Posobiec getting punched.

https://youtu.be/E25-3e-7Rc0

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

I’m gonna buy all of those summit challenge coins when they inevitably end up on EBay to help Trump pay his legal fees.

Then I’m going to melt them down and pour them into a die of Kim Jong-Un buttfucking a grimacing Trump with an ICBM and sell the miniature statues to raise money for local Democratic candidates.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/998973288582918144

<cue “Curb Your Enthusiasm” theme>

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

But the coins are already minted... 😭

https://twitter.com/BreakingNews/status/999647888585183232

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Also that line about how our nuclear capabilities are so strong that Trump prays that we’ll never use them... :stonk:

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Thinking we need a thread title change to “Trump45: send nukes, it’s for your protection.”

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

DID SOMEONE SAY GUNCHAT?!

https://twitter.com/NRATV/status/999714805333147650

I can’t tell if this is parody or their actual platform, and I’m too tired to try to figure out. I think media organizations should quit breathlessly profiling mass shooters, but mandating laws about it? Hard loving pass.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008


I hope that the only two casualties of Trump’s administration are the Democratic and Republican Parties. The latter are a bunch of conmen, thieves, sycophants and Bible thumpers out to gently caress over everyone who isn’t a rich white male Christian, and the Democrats think that their path to defeating one of the most unpopular presidents in history is to enlist those Republicans who are slightly less odious than Trump.

I’ve never voted for a Republican in my life, but I’m finding it increasingly difficult to enthusiastically vote for Democrats as well. Guess it’s a good thing that I live in DC and my vote is meaningless to begin with.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Here go the Democrats, trying really hard not to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory out in California:

quote:

With so many Democrats running, the party’s fear is that the vote will be splintered, allowing Republicans — who have fewer candidates — to dominate some primaries. The party and allied groups are spending more than $4 million on just three campaigns, intervening in one contest to prop up a favored candidate; attacking a Republican from the right in another; and even reminding people not to waste their votes on “ghost candidates” who have dropped out yet remain on the ballot.

As any progressive activist will explain through gnashed teeth, the head-snapping scramble is because of the state’s “top two” open primary system, which allows the two leading vote-getters — regardless of political parties — to advance to the general election.

Basically, there are so many aspiring Democratic candidates preparing to run that it may dilute the votes individual candidates would have gotten, therefore allowing Republicans greater inroads than they might have already had. California's political system is so loving dumb, and it's giving me serious pause about my plans to move back within the next few years.

And here's what's coming to California if the Democrats gently caress it up.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

psydude posted:

Sounds more like it's California's fault than the Democrats', but please feel free to continue to buy into the notion that everything is their fault.

Can't it be both? Trump is certainly inspiring a lot of people to run, but I also think that there are unhealed wounds from 2016 that are also driving progressive attempts to flank establishment Dems from the left, even in California. I don't think that the party has reconciled its centrist leadership with its progressive wing, and going forward, that could continue to be a serious liability for them in 2018 and 2020.

I'm just nervous that the Democrats are going to mishandle what seems to be a potentially winning hand and fail to retake the legislature.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Last time this happened, we almost lost a goon.

Toshimo posted:

Crosspost from Baltimore thread:

I'm just glad we got everyone out.

Then we got split up. And I got hit by a log and fell. I got dragged about 70 yards downhill by the water until I clawed the way to the side of the road and slammed into a car. My upstairs neighbor risked himself to pull me to safety. But everyone else is fine (more or less). I've got about a million miles of nasty road rash.

Fortunately, I didn't lose everything, but the house is definitely unlivable and dangerous to be in at all. I managed to sneak in with a friend last night to get some pictures and rescue a few critical items.

http://imgur.com/a/Hxfnj

That kind of water level rise is poo poo loving scary and why I always- ALWAYS- take flash flood warnings seriously. I frequently walk Lando near Rock Creek, and if one of those is in effect, we go another route, no matter how unlikely it is that I could be affected.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Sergg posted:


Oh yeah, Melania got tired of putting up with his bullshit and is moving back to New York.

“According to a pool report, President Trump responded by pointing to a window in the White House residence, and said: “She’s doing great. She’s looking at us right there.”

Reporters turned to look at the spot he indicated, but there was no sign of the first lady.”


Depending on what you read/believe, Melania never wanted to be First Lady and was despondent when Trump won the election. At the very least, I can’t imagine she’s very happy with all of the Stormy Daniels crap. But hey, she stuck with Trump during the birther bullshit and his horrifying campaign, so I can’t exactly feel much sympathy for her. She could have picked a much nicer person to lovelessly marry to get her citizenship.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008


I'm pro posting dog photos, but as long as we are doing ridiculous things like posting a picture of a bear cub to pass it off as a dog we will never be able to have a realistic conversation about whether baby dogs or bears or seal pups are cuter. Step one will always be clearly defining whether it's a bear cub or a puppy that we're posting, otherwise we just flail ineffectively while the pro cat lobbys tear apart the arguments based on technicalities.

Animal biology 101 should have taught you this.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

I remember when Oksana won gold that year and people lost their poo poo

She used to train at the Ice rink next to the newington ct VA hospital

Tonya Harding used to skate at the Clackamas Town Center mall ice rink all the time. She did always make it a point to stop and say hi to onlookers whenever possible. I remember seeing her there several times pre and post scandal when I was a kid.

Handsome Ralph posted:

Speaking of Rudy, it's his birthday today. He took in a Yankees game.

https://twitter.com/the_irishpsycho/status/1001209207184556032

“Are they...booing me?”

“Uh, no sir! They’re saying, uh, Boo-liani!”

pantslesswithwolves fucked around with this message at 01:58 on May 29, 2018

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Also, Trump is now doing his best to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming elections.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001417880116891650

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

When you have no idea what it means when someone tells you that it’s never been easier for young, angry and isolated males to shoot hot loads all over the place.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

LingcodKilla posted:

Sometimes you just feel like a vintage spank.

https://youtu.be/BDCrySa52YE

My ability to find anything- ANYTHING- that looked like a boob in scrambled porn rivaled that of most abstract art critics.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1001593785535512576

Mark Hamill continues to be a national treasure. Hope he does some more Trump tweets in the Joker voice.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

JFC Trump is on a rampage against Sessions this morning:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001807174249713664

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001807204519997442

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001807216297627648

Of course he doesn’t have the guts to fire him directly; instead, he’ll just shittalk him and try to make things as uncomfortable as possible so he’ll leave on his own. Another page out of the cowardly passive-aggressive playbook that has served him so well his entire life.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Meanwhile, Tom DeLonge is going all in on his personal quest to investigate UFOs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...m=.6cfc566c82d1

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Holy gently caress today’s New York Post cover:

https://mobile.twitter.com/nypost/status/1001968236966137857/photo/1

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pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

:golfclap:

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