|
Woof Blitzer posted:*frantically searching alibaba for limpet mines* If there's anyone who deserves to be harpooned and blown up on their yacht, Thunderball style, it's Dan Snyder.
|
#
¿
Feb 1, 2019 13:12
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 14, 2024 21:20 |
|
|
We at least should let him serve out 3/5 of his term.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 3, 2019 00:09
|
|
|
mlmp08 posted:D&D says it's not a coup because actually the people are kicking out Maduro, not foreigners or the military. I mean if you wanna get technical the most accurate term at this point is probably 'constitutional crisis', as Guaidó does have an arguably legitimate claim. It's kinda a weak argument, but if it gets Maduro out of office peacefully I sure as hell ain't complaining.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 3, 2019 06:15
|
|
|
death to the pats inshallah
|
|
#
¿
Feb 3, 2019 17:16
|
|
|
Vasudus posted:every person on my team at work is from new england burn the building down, trap them inside
|
|
#
¿
Feb 4, 2019 04:55
|
|
|
seriously though god what an awful game, it didn't even have the benefit of a wild comeback like the win over the Falcons. just absolutely terrible
|
|
#
¿
Feb 4, 2019 04:56
|
|
|
Vasudus posted:Harris doesn't have major issues to the everyday voter. She has issues according to progressives, which while they are making up a larger and larger portion of the voting base and that's great, there's nothing stopping her right now. I feel I'm still the most partial to Warren, her colossal self-owns aside. She's not an rear end in a top hat, has good policy positions, and I think she'd be a reasonable administrator. It's a shame that there haven't been any slam-dunk candidates that have announced, though—I want to like Booker, for instance, but I just can't get over his support for big finance and charter schools. e: Sherrod Brown maybe? I don't know enough about him though to know about his skeletons, and that's even if he's running. Acebuckeye13 fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Feb 7, 2019 |
|
#
¿
Feb 7, 2019 00:30
|
|
|
mods changed my name posted:vapid, apoplectic Kaiju engaging in cargo cult worship mixed with purestrain crab bucket mentality could've just said genestealer dude jeez 
|
|
#
¿
Feb 8, 2019 03:47
|
|
|
Soulex posted:What the gently caress is that barrel attachment? It's for shooting down police helicopters.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 8, 2019 18:50
|
|
|
It deserves to be quoted in full anyway:John Dingell posted:One of the advantages to knowing that your demise is imminent, and that reports of it will not be greatly exaggerated, is that you have a few moments to compose some parting thoughts.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 9, 2019 01:25
|
|
|
In any system of laws, when a crime is committed you're going to have to answer the following questions: -Who was wronged by the crime? Who has the authority to seek justice? -Who will investigate the crime? What rights shall the accused have to prevent misconduct? -Who shall judge the results of the investigation? Who sets the punishment should the accused be found guilty? What rights does the accused have to argue their innocence? -How shall the guilty be punished? What rights do the guilty still possess, and what will be taken away? -Should imprisonment be decided upon as a punishment, who is responsible for the prisoner? Is the goal to punish the prisoner by keeping them away from society, or to protect society by keeping the prisoner away from it? -What is the desired end result of the punishment? To educate and reform the guilty so that they will commit no further crimes, or to make the punishment severe enough that they will be deterred from committing future crimes? Focusing only on the deterrent value of prisons is missing the forest for the trees, as it is an immensely complex issue with a whole number of underlying philosophical and practical questions, and looking at recidivism rates is hardly an answer into and of itself.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 11, 2019 21:07
|
|
|
colachute posted:You think prison works as a deterrence on a general level. That’s cool man. I don’t think it works as a deterrence on a general level. There are people who don’t commit crimes because they don’t want to face the consequences, including prison. But the people who are committing crimes, who fall into the general “criminal” category, seem to not care based on the rate of rearrest. The people who have literally been there are not deterred from committing crimes. I'd think about it this way: There is a deterrence value to any punishment, because of course outside of extraordinary circumstances nobody likes to be punished. From a literal slap on the wrist to the death penalty, there's a deterrent. Instead, the question is more akin to gambling—does the potential risk of being caught, prosecuted, and sent to prison for a given value of time (The deterrent) outweigh the potential benefits? And more importantly, is the person making this decision capable of fairly rationalizing the risk and the reward? In the United States, you could easily argue that part of the reason why rearrests are so high is not because that prison doesn't serve as an effective deterrent (Because every society has prisons), but instead that because the system is so focused on punishment instead of rehabilitation, and because the social stigma of having been a prisoner is so high, that the deterrent value is severely lessened due to the lack of non-criminal opportunities—not to mention the general lack of resources available to the poor to avoid being found guilty for crimes in the face of malicious law enforcement and prosecution. The system desperately needs reforming, and prisons are a part of it, but imo the actual deterrent value of prisons is extremely low on the list of topics that should be addressed, as opposed to much greater problems as the war on drugs, the use of fines and imprisonment to fund towns and cities, the horrific erosion of the public defender system, etc.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 11, 2019 21:21
|
|
|
There is not a  big enough.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2019 22:28
|
|
|
Nostalgia4Infinity posted:seeing a lot of shitposts, none of them saying why i'm wrong poo poo posts deserve poo poo responses
|
|
#
¿
Feb 13, 2019 22:45
|
|
|
Vriess posted:We owe that to automobile lobbyists and manufacturers that bought the train lines and dismantled them during the guilded age to force people to buy cars. Not really? It's not as though Union Pacific or Sante Fe were any slouches in their own right. It's mostly to do with interstate highways and domestic air travel simply being cheaper or more profitable alternatives to rail in all but a handful of locals, and the US rail network prioritizing freight over passenger travel as a result.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 16, 2019 15:58
|
|
|
facialimpediment posted:There are fuckups, then there are "oops we might have radiated thousands of people at the Grand Canyon and then removed the buckets full of uranium ore with dishwashing gloves and a mop handle" fuckups. "Thousands" is overstating it heavily. That building is in a back area of the village that's decently set away from any tourist areas, it's not on public maps or generally open to the public, and most people who go through there are part of prearranged tours. I worked at the park, I've been through that building, and I'm not concerned in the slightest. The dishwashing gloves and mop handle parts are pretty hilarious, though. e: bonus  ~radiation~ sign off of Grandview Trail:  There used to be a bunch of mines directly in the canyon, mostly for copper but then it turned out there's a shitload of uranium there. This mine was only ever for copper and closed down in the first decade of the 1900s, but since there's still exposed uranium ore/dust it gets the ~radiation~ sign 
Acebuckeye13 fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Feb 19, 2019 |
|
#
¿
Feb 19, 2019 06:44
|
|
|
Personally I've got a lot of the same doubts about Bernie as I did in 2016-he's got ideas and has pushed the conversation left, but I still have doubts about how well he could manage to actually get them through Congress (also, being 87 at the end of his hypothetical second term is... not ideal). Honestly, I like Warren. She's got good ideas and big ideas (wealth tax hell yeah), and while she's had some missteps none of them have really been that big. And as for facing Trump... I mean let's be honest, the big reason why Sanders and Trump did so well in 2016 was because of Clinton. Warren wouldn't have that same baggage, and I don't think any of the Democratic contenders are going to have a problem winning the general considering how narrow Trump's 2016 victory was in the first place. e: also Warren has an official campaign dog so what I'm saying is that I'm donating now https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1097494141234229254?s=19
|
|
#
¿
Feb 19, 2019 16:36
|
|
|
Nostalgia4Infinity posted:This primary is going to be such a poo poo show Is anybody actually still listening to Louise Mensch?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 19, 2019 19:16
|
|
|
my kinda ape posted:He seems very healthy and he's been in high level politics forever so I don't really buy the argument that he's going to wither away from the stress of the presidency. Dude is sinking free throws and running around the subway better than most people in their 40s. My main concern is that he'd be eighty fuckin' seven by the time his second term is up. My grandfather's in his eighties, hasn't had many major health problems, still goes skiing and does a lot of his own lawn work and home maintenance, and I fully expect him to be around for his 90th birthday, but I can still see how he's slowed down tremendously from even ten years ago. 2021-2029 is going to be an immensely challenging time for our country that's going to require bold and active leadership, and I just don't know if Bernie's going to be physically or mentally capable of handling those challenges during the last half of that stretch. I will say that in the grand scheme of things his age is less important than other factors, particularly his policies or his ability to get policies enacted, but it's still a big factor I just can't shake. Especially when there's far less daylight policy-wise between Sanders and the other challengers than there was between Sanders and Clinton.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 19, 2019 19:28
|
|
|
oh boy this primary is already going places isn't it
|
|
#
¿
Feb 20, 2019 03:03
|
|
|
Warren thus far appears to be the most pro-dog candidate so she's got my vote. https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmerica/status/1098015551488548864 https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1097494141234229254
|
|
#
¿
Feb 20, 2019 08:16
|
|
|
Woof Blitzer posted:gently caress da pats
|
|
#
¿
Feb 22, 2019 18:36
|
|
|
Eej posted:Sometimes you just want the filth that money can't buy well obviously he could buy it, it was $60.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 22, 2019 21:49
|
|
|
WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Is Marco Rubio making comparisons to trump because if so just He's trying to threaten Maduro over Twitter, because that's the exciting reality we live in.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 24, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
I started going bald in high school and compared to that going grey would be a mercy
|
|
#
¿
Feb 26, 2019 04:26
|
|
|
not caring here posted:You probably don't want to hear that I've donated to cancer kid wig charities several times. The opposite in fact, thank you for helping to spare those children my horrible fate
|
|
#
¿
Feb 26, 2019 04:39
|
|
|
Deathy McDeath posted:Thanks guys, for reminding me that I'm a year closer to arriving at the point where I no longer exist. I will die and my body will cease to be. Forever. All my thoughts and experiences, every scar on me, every personal connection made and emotion felt will rot and decay and become food for worms and other things. Life is meaningless and my life will be meaningless. This is the existential terror I live with every day and in the quiet moments of calm when I forget my own mortality and take in the smaller niceties of life, along comes all of my internet pals to barge into my mind palace like Kool-Aid man and announce CONGRATS DEATHY YOU'RE GONNA DIE counterpoint: hell yeah cake time
|
|
#
¿
Feb 27, 2019 00:42
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 14, 2024 21:20 |
|
|
shame on an IGA posted:The intensely anti-semetic (checks notes)... Attorney General of the Jewish State of Israel has indicted Bibi Netanyahu on three counts of bribery and fraud. god I hope that motherfucker sees bars
|
|
#
¿
Feb 28, 2019 18:14
|
|