December Current Events: chaos actual out, we're boned

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BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

C.M. Kruger posted:

https://twitter.com/oysteinbogen/status/1068576893304258560

Jervs!

I hope that's Norwegian for 'Wolverines!'

BigDave fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Dec 1, 2018

# ¿ Dec 1, 2018 19:36

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 17:40

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/26/rep-matt-shea-takes-credit-criticism-for-document-/

quote:

Washington state Rep. Matt Shea acknowledged Wednesday he had distributed a four-page manifesto titled �Biblical Basis for War,� which describes the Christian God as a �warrior,� details the composition and strategies of a �Holy Army� and condemns abortion and same-sex marriage.

The document is organized in 14 sections with multiple tiers of bullet points and a smattering of biblical citations. Under one heading, �Rules of War,� it makes a chilling prescription for enemies who flout �biblical law.� It states, �If they do not yield � kill all males.�

After the document was leaked online Tuesday, the Spokane Valley Republican insisted he was not promoting violence and that the message had been taken out of context.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2018 22:42

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

FAUXTON posted:

It sucks that it's hard to find a non-NRA range but it's probably getting easier/will be easier if more companies refuse to underwrite or reinsure their asses.

Maybe we need to form a alternative gun group, the American Firearm Association or something.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 00:57

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

American Firearm Association of America

The Gun Nerds

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 01:00

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

mods changed my name posted:

Airduster, autoasphyxiation or SEALs?

Killed by SEALs with airduster while auto asphyxiating.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 01:09

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Firearm Owners of America

Our contention is that gun owners are mostly immature history nerds who target shoot for fun.

We support universal background checks, a ban of the sale of bump stocks, reducing the NFA stamp tax to $25, and re-authorizing the importation of US firearms.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 04:59

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Hexyflexy posted:

Something like the UK model would work, though it'd have to not be police based. The basic idea is "Do you need it?" (you get it, this is a rifle rarely, mostly a shotgun or a pistol if you're in the middle of nowhere), "Do you want it?" (don't ask for a goddamn machine gun, in this case, it's pretty much fine if you want a rifle, depending). Pistols are a no, shotguns are a yes, and if you've got one of those, just be careful because if you gently caress up we'll be annoyed.

I'm not 100% happy with it though as I've always wanted to go rifle / target shooting and I can't. My parents used to back in the day. It used to be a working class sport.

I've always thought Minnesota is a good system to emulate. For bolt action and lever action rifles and pump / breach load shotguns, you can buy them with a photo ID, no restrictions.

Anything semi-auto or a pistol, you need a purchase permit from your local police or county sheriff.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 05:26

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

mlmp08 posted:

And I'm sure the police are 100% fair in this.

I largely think the white dudes sitting around with dozens of guns are being disingenuous when they swear up and down that their real concern for gun control is racism, but this is still not a good system. Asking some local senior police official to decide who should or should not be able to buy a gun is loving garbage. We have reams and reams of evidence that this means it will turn into making sure only the "right kind of person" is armed. Even my super anti-gun "gently caress all guns, and I wish the 2A was gone" lawyers friends know this.

I mean, yeah, they are fair about it. It's a shall issue permit, not a may issue. Unless something pops on your background check they have to issue it to you.

https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/Pages/firearms-permit-to-purchase-transfer.aspx

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 05:44

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

psydude posted:

Medicare doesn't cover dental. Not sure where she's getting that from.

Some state Medicare programs do, Minnesota does.

Got me 12 cavities filled for nothing!

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# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 21:48

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Stultus Maximus posted:

Can we invade Argentina or Chile before I hit 20? Wanna occupy somewhere nice for a change.

Mark my words, it's gonna be Venezuela.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 02:53

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Aziz Ansari raped someone? I thought he was just some creepy fucker who begged for sex.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 07:10

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

bob dobbs is dead posted:

comics were until like the 90's and mid-2000's the most anti-nazi medium around, cuz lots of the top peeps were and are jews

jack kirby's name before he anglicized it was jacob kurtzberg, stan lee's before he anglicized it was stanley martin lieber, both jewish

many of the themes in superherodom of hiding a true identity are basically what jews went through in more antisemitic times. the reason why new york city was and is the city that the default superhero lives in (gotham and metropolis basically two parts of new york city) is because new york city is the city that the default jewish person in america lives in

but now cap is a nazi

I thought Gotham was a cross between the worst parts of Brooklyn, the Bronx, and South Chicago.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 18:33

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

I hope he does show up, just so Jeb! can put him in a headlock while Dubya rips off his toupee.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 18:47

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

M_Gargantua posted:

https://twitter.com/IronStache/status/1069678803805450240

So the republican's in Wisconsin are taking their loss very badly. They're very blatently trying to kneecap their incoming democrat Governor and Attorney General. They're also trying to remake the primary system and substantially reduce early voting. Its real bad if this bill passes.

In case you were wondering what the hell they were up to:

https://apnews.com/bd9398fb7eb046309ea1ecfcde8c7866

I can't copy and paste for some reason, but it's a good source of what's going on.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 21:18

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

my kinda ape posted:

Do they uh, do anything else? Are they just closing up shop entirely???

quote:

This week during their annual analysts meeting, AT&T announced plans to put an end to their satellite TV service. �We�ve launched our last satellite,� John Donovan, CEO of AT&T Communications, said during the meeting.

This lines up well with a 2016 report that AT&T planned to have streaming as their primary TV service in 2020 to 2022. Now that does not mean DIRECTV Satellite will shut down in a few years, but it does mean that as the satellites in space wear out they won�t be replaced.

In 2019, AT&T is launching a streaming version of DIRECTV. This service is reported to be offering the same packages as DIRECTV but without the need for a dish or a truck to come to your home.

AT&T is one step closer to this new streaming version of DIRECTV as they are now beta testing a set-top box to replace your satellite services with a streaming one. A streaming service that will look extremely similar to their current satellite version.

Basically ATT is turning DirecTV into not-a-Comcast cable TV.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 03:07

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Oh and the Chinese scientist who edited baby genes is full of poo poo.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/15-worrying-things-about-crispr-babies-scandal/577234/

quote:

Before last week, few people had heard the name He Jiankui. But on November 25, the young Chinese researcher became the center of a global firestorm when it emerged that he had allegedly made the first crispr-edited babies, twin girls named Lulu and Nana. Antonio Regalado broke the story for MIT Technology Review, and He himself described the experiment at an international gene-editing summit in Hong Kong. After his talk, He revealed that another early pregnancy is under way.

It is still unclear if He did what he claims to have done. Nonetheless, the reaction was swift and negative. The crispr pioneer Jennifer Doudna says she was �horrified,� NIH Director Francis Collins said the experiment was �profoundly disturbing,� and even Julian Savulescu, an ethicist who has described gene-editing research as �a moral necessity,� described He�s work as �monstrous.�

Such a strong reaction is understandable, given the many puzzling and worrying details about the experiment. Even without any speculation about designer babies and Gattaca-like futures that may or may not come to pass, the details about what has already transpired are galling enough. If you wanted to create the worst possible scenario for introducing the first gene-edited babies into the world, it is difficult to imagine how you could improve on this 15-part farce.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 03:08

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

ugh, is nothing sacred! What won�t millennials ruin!!

Millennials are apparently killing canned tuna because opening a can is too much work for them, StarKist exec says

https://www.businessinsider.com/mil...ign=buffer-food

don�t wast the click:

Millennials are killing the sensational media industry!

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 03:15

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Don Dongington posted:

I'm pretty sure the fact that tuna is a kinda bland, environmentally unsustainable, and unfashionable food vs some alternative sandwich fillers has nothing to do with it, and the fact that we are demonstrably too lazy to open a can [citation needed] is to blame.

But baby boomers ate it so it's sacred.

We also killed Twinkies, Spam, tv dinners, white bread, jello salad, Budweiser, and Velveeta.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 03:26

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

MA-Horus posted:

God help me but I actually LIKE Guy Fieri. Not his terrible fashion sense but he seems like an actual good person and does a ton of charity work.

Guy Fieri is legit nice guy and did a great Hot Ones: https://youtu.be/trRc1_CATfo

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 17:51

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

mods changed my name posted:

we're all dead my friend, and we're collectively experiencing events similar to "Jacob's Ladder" before we finally cross over

Then why can't I experience the Emperors Package at Caesars in Vegas?!

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 20:40

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Saudi Arabia...bad guys?

quote:

WASHINGTON � A bipartisan group of senior senators on Tuesday said that a classified briefing by the C.I.A. director had only solidified their belief that Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, ordered the killing of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, an American resident and Washington Post columnist.

Prince Mohammed �is a wrecking ball,� Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, told reporters after an hourlong briefing by Gina Haspel, the C.I.A. director. �I think he�s complicit in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi to the highest level possible.�

Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama and the Appropriations Committee chairman, echoed that �all evidence points to that, that all this leads back to the crown prince.�

�This is conduct that none of us in America would approve of in any way,� Mr. Shelby said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/us/politics/cia-senate-khashoggi-.html

Watch as still nothing happens because 2018

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 20:48

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

quote:

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway teed off Tuesday on Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), calling her �a 29-year-old congresswoman who doesn�t seem to know much about anything.�

Conway�s assessment of Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described democratic socialist who has become a target of Republican ire even before being sworn in, came a day after Ocasio-Cortez accused outgoing White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly of �cowardice.�

Ocasio-Cortez on Monday called for Kelly to apologize before leaving his post for an October 2017 episode. In remarks at the White House, he called Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) an �empty barrel� and accused her of grandstanding at a public event in Florida by taking credit for securing federal funding for a new building. Video of the event showed his attack to be inaccurate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...m=.b43846800fe9

Fuuuuuuuck Youuuuuuuu

Also I don't know what that bolded sentence means.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2018 23:39

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Ohhh, AOC wanted Kelly to apologise.

I've been off the reservation for a week, gimme a break. :mad:

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 00:07

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

CBJSprague24 posted:

Apparently some version of special forces have him cornered.

If it's GIGN, he's dead and doesn't know it yet.

If it's the National Police, then he has a *small* chance of being taken alive.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 00:38

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Tryzzub posted:

2018 closing on some good notes. 3 weeks left, cant wait to see what else we get.

Surprise guest appearance by Putin.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 20:03

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

My great-great-grandfather emigrated to the US after he stole a horse, does that mean I'm getting sent back to Germany? :ohdear:

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 23:43

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

The National Enquirer�s parent company acknowledged paying hush money to a woman who alleged an affair with Donald Trump to �suppress the woman�s story� and �prevent it from influencing the election.�

The admission came as federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they would not prosecute the company, American Media Inc. (AMI), for its role in a scheme to tilt the presidential race in favor of Trump. In the agreement, AMI said it would cooperate with prosecutors and admitted it paid $150,000 to Karen McDougal before the 2016 election to silence her allegations of an affair with Trump.

The deal signaled the unraveling of the deep relationship Trump and AMI chief executive David Pecker had forged over decades. The deal also made clear that Pecker, whose tabloid strongly supported Trump�s candidacy, has turned on the president.

AMI agreed to cooperate with the Southern District of New York in September, and the deal became public Wednesday as Michael Cohen, Trump�s longtime fixer, was sentenced for campaign finance violations for his role in arranging payments to McDougal and Stormy Daniels, the pornographic film star who also alleges an affair with Trump. The moves put additional pressure on the president as he faces multiple investigations and finds himself losing the protection of some of his long-standing allies.

According to the agreement, Pecker met with Cohen �and at least one other member of the campaign� in August 2015. �At the meeting, Pecker offered to help deal with negative stories about that presidential candidate�s relationships with women by, among other things, assisting the campaign in identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided. . . . Pecker agreed to keep Cohen apprised of any such negative stories.�

https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...m=.9b9f5e4f6ab4

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 17:11

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

hobbesmaster posted:

Doubling down on the war on Christmas I see.

More like "Reason for the Treason", amirite?

...I'm riding a pretty strong carb and caffeine high to finish two final papers shut up

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 17:53

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Syrian Lannister posted:

Palette cleanser

https://twitter.com/ocasio2018/status/1073030060171509761?s=21

AOC was seen wearing a black blouse! That means she's a communist socialist who's gonna steal your home equity! :foxnews:

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 21:01

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

mods changed my name posted:

but her shoes

THE SHOES MEAN COMMUNISM

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 21:08

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Hexyflexy posted:

And as predicted, the French police found the guy that did the shooting, and shot him.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 22:00

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

LingcodKilla posted:

It�s no worse than an armored car and the front end has a ton of clearance for the tires to move. Won�t be that bad. However how did they miss the opportunity to have deplorable drop down shields cover that giant space between the tires. If you gonna go retard on an armored meat wagon go FULL RETARD.

Needs a turret with a M2 on top.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 22:24

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Vasudus posted:

chaos timeline challenge:

name five major events that occurred this year without using the internet to cheat

lightning round challenge:

name five major events that occurred last year without using the internet to cheat

final challenge:

name one mass shooting from this year and last year

2018: Cohen arrested and offices raided, Flynn arrested and pled guilty, Sean Spicer quits and is replied by Huckabee Sanders, Camp Fire, that big rear end hurricane in the Marinara Islands.

2017: Multiple staff changes in the White House, that SCOTUS judge who didn't rape anyone is confirmed (Neil something), Navy SEALS murder a Green Beret for snitching on them, war in Syria ramps up and Raqqia is leveled, the Muslim Ban is signed and then struck down for being unconstitutional.

2017: Las Vegas, hot yoga in Tampa, that church in Texas
2018: Thousand Oaks, Stoneman High School, Pittsburgh synagogue.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 23:46

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

ZombieApostate posted:

That was the one that collapsed their test site and got them yelled at by the Chinese, wasn't it?

What's that called, mountain capping or popping or something? I think it was Vas who detailed how loving dangerous it was.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2018 00:38

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Milo and POTUS posted:

Oh man yeah that would actually own.

Question, if that would actually happen, would the secret service stop the FBI or US Marshalls from arresting him?

# ¿ Dec 14, 2018 01:33

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

M_Gargantua posted:

Sadly they just act as bouncers and drag both principles away from each other.

Yeah but what if Trump orders Air Force One to Moscow so he can avoid being pinched by the Feds?

# ¿ Dec 14, 2018 01:51

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

EBB posted:

Hi guys just another reminder we're getting away from casual use of this word. Please find a a different adjective.

Full Trump?

EDIT: damnit, beaten. How about Full Kushner, or Full Kush?

# ¿ Dec 14, 2018 02:25

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

shame on an IGA posted:

Ahahahahhaa I can't believe that little dweeb Mulvaney fell upward from being my lovely congressman to co-piloting the hindenberg in less than two years. Mooch would've been an unironically better choice, this one is so stupid he's going to have Barron implicated in a felonious conspiracy by the end of the year.

"Barron Trump Implicates Mulvaney in international arms smuggling ring" - future headline

# ¿ Dec 15, 2018 14:42

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

quote:

The White House and a number of federal agencies have started advanced preparations for a partial government shutdown, as President Trump and congressional Democrats appear unlikely to resolve their fight over a border wall before some government funding lapses at week�s end.

GOP leaders are scrambling to find a short-term alternative that could stave off a shutdown, which would start on Dec. 22 absent a deal. But White House officials signaled to lawmakers Friday that they would probably not support a one- or two-week stopgap measure. Some congressional Republicans support such a �continuing resolution,� but the White House rejection has dramatically increased the odds of a spending lapse.

�We could be headed down the road to nowhere,� said Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.). �We�ll have a [continuing resolution] rather than a shutdown, I hope.�

Several budget experts believe a partial shutdown, which would impact agencies that manage law enforcement, homeland security, housing and other programs, could drag on for days, if not weeks. That is in part because Trump believes the final days of the existing Congress are his best chance to extract $5 billion in funds to partially build a wall along the Mexico border. In early January, Democrats take control of the House of Representatives, giving them more control over the process

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...m=.609faaecd1c5

Son of a bitch...

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 00:00

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 17:40

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

my kinda ape posted:

If the civilian cops in somewhere here in the US thought they caught a serial killer and then decided to take him out back, shoot him, and bury him, all without trial, would it be OK?

Legally? No, that's literally one of the definitions of 1st degree murder.

Morally? If some Florida sheriff domed Ted Bundy and fed him to the swamps, I personally wouldn't consider that the moral equivalent of murder.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 23:22

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