April Current Events: "I just dont trust anything the white house says"

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C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

https://twitter.com/JournoGeoffZ/status/1246118966558257153

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 08:51

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 00:14

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

My Spirit Otter posted:

I seriously dont understand how there haven't been public assassination attempts

Twitter rhetoric from wannabee revolutionaries aside, I think a lot of American left/liberal people still believe there is a political solution available. The left-DSA faction has their people like AOC and Ilhan Omar getting elected and Bernie coming extremely close to the nomination twice now, and the liberal capitalist/centrists think they'll get a return to their stability and slow progress, since Trump lost the popular vote back in 2016 and the democrats have managed to do well in elections since then.

Elmnt80 posted:

???

There were several attempts that were stopped in the planning/preparation stages. Hell, some dinguses were going to try at the 2008 DNC.

The only credible nuclear terror threat to the US has been a neo-Nazi in Maine building a dirty bomb to set off at the inauguration. Only got found out after his wife had enough of him beating her and shot him.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 04:22

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

https://twitter.com/futurecanon/status/1250502000640512000

Like something out of a satirical zombie movie parody.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 22:18

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Turns out 80% of the medical equipment Russia sent to Italy was garbage.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/26/80-of-russias-coronavirus-aid-to-italy-useless-la-stampa-a69756

And they're offering Italians cash to say nice things.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/14/italians-offered-cash-to-film-thank-you-russia-videos-for-coronavirus-aid-reports-a69974

quote:

According to La Repubblica, potential recruits are offered 200 euros ($218) via WhatsApp to post one thank-you video on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram intended for an unnamed Russian media outlet.

�They need 15 Italians who say something good about Russian humanitarian aid,� reads one of the WhatsApp messages, which were allegedly sent by Russians living and studying in Italy.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2020 05:58

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Duzzy Funlop posted:

Don't have a recipe, but man, j now crave some flat bread or naan.

Also: explain to me why every white person on the planet is now starting a sourdough culture while doing WFH.

The toilet paper craze I "kinda understood", because at least there was a rational need/demand at the root of it that got blown out of proportion by dumb people, but sourdough...?

Bread doesn't require constant attention but it does have multiple steps that need to happen with a hour or two between each of them, which is now possible for someone working from home or off work to do. Likewise a sourdough starter needs a bit of care to get going in the first week but afterwards you just remove part of it to make bread and then add in more flour and water to keep it going

Plus homemade bread is really good compared to store bought bread and you can make all those fancy things like brioche or a herb and onion loaf or Georgian Khachapuri or whatever, so it's worth it if you've got the time.

Doc Hawkins posted:

it's not selective-fire, and i'm pretty sure its ammo is too small

though i do think i see your point

Legally it counts because back before WWI a lot of states had "Winchester laws" to keep poor/black people from having access to them.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2020 00:01

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Doc Hawkins posted:

haha awesome, i was idly wondering if there was an equivalent fear of lever-action-cartridge-breech-loader-or-whatever-youd-call-them when they first spread. it must have been terrifying.

Even earlier there were laws in Europe banning "short" wheellock guns in Germany in the 1500s for being too "handy" to use compared to the then-common matchlocks, and since the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at the time was scared of getting assassinated, and then later in France because they were also scared of Huguenot assassins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk-pISvud6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfeusAG1oTQ

# ¿ Apr 17, 2020 02:01

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

shame on an IGA posted:

It's kinda reassuring to know that Colombia's most completely over the top blingee gats are nothing new under the sun

Also having been forced to do a lot of precision hand-file work on tool grade steel during my maching apprenticeship, god drat that is at least 3,000 labor hours just in the visible lockwork

That's why apprenticeships were a thing, "hey kiddo wanna learn how to make stuff? spend 10 years doing all the shitwork for me and maybe I'll show you. :smugdon:

" going back to ancient Greece.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2020 06:04

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

https://twitter.com/CErcoliCBS2KCAL/status/1251253706676289536
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1251273795047845888

# ¿ Apr 18, 2020 05:07

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

That's as much verification as I need that he's actually dead.

Your supreme leader is dead.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2020 04:32

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Using former East Germany as a model, 30 years after reunification North Korea will be a hotbed of neo-Nazism.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2020 19:29

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

"Taliban Diversity Hire" would be a good username.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/taliban-attempts-to-woo-afghanistan-s-hazara-community-with-new-appointment-1.1011775

quote:

After years of persecuting Afghanistan�s religious and ethnic minorities, the Taliban are now trying to win over and recruit from the Shiite Hazara community ahead of intra-Afghan peace talks.

The predominantly Sunni insurgents posted a video on their website last week to introduce their first local leader from the Hazara community. Mawlawi Mahdi, a Shiite cleric militia leader, was named the Taliban�s governor for Balkhab district in Sar-e-Pul province in northern Afghanistan.

In the video posted on April 22, Mahdi urges Hazaras, who have faced repeated attacks from the Taliban over the past two decades, to join the group in fighting against �Jewish and Christian invaders�, referring to the United States.

�Weren�t you in the frontline fighting the Soviet Union alongside your Sunni brothers?� he says. �Why aren't you joining your Taliban brothers in fighting this invasion?�

The Taliban are �inclusive of all people without any racism� and Shiites are very much a part of their �divine strategy�, Mahdi says in another section of the roughly edited video, in which some of his statements are cut off in mid-sentence.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2020 03:06

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/1255292261644066823?s=19

Internet Wizard posted:

How many thousands does this one cost

https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/1255180025843892227?s=21

# ¿ Apr 29, 2020 23:02

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 00:14

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Nah they'll want a more uh... "permanent" solution

https://twitter.com/mrotzie/status/1255233041049497604

# ¿ Apr 30, 2020 07:00

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