Oct 2021 CE: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sigh

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UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Sorry dude

# ¿ Oct 2, 2021 14:09

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 10:57

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

6 year old tweet.

A lot of dumb fish were still on the theranos hook then, but I suspect most were smart enough to delete their "support our criminals" posts about Holmes by now.

Including Mattis lol

# ¿ Oct 3, 2021 14:57

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

I heard that when they cut their way inside, there was some sort of standoff against a suicide bomber and terrorists armed with a crew served weapon. They were apparently fanatical about AI.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2021 04:45

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

A Bad Poster posted:

I'm sure omnipotent beings are cool about it when you show up to the afterlife and go "well technically."

Depending on the religion God can have a decent sense of humor

# ¿ Oct 5, 2021 14:08

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

All cops are bastards

# ¿ Oct 8, 2021 23:57

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

My Spirit Otter posted:

wee bit o difference, tankie

Not exactly sure how that post praises Mao or Stalin or is in any way actually tankie

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 13:27

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

https://twitter.com/jdbalart/status/1447974840699392005

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 13:51

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Internet Wizard posted:

Tankies love to minimize the Uighur genocide by saying that only imperialists care about them and are using it as an excuse to expand American influence

Yes, I understand what tankies are. However I don't see the problem of pointing out 30 years of US interventionism in majority Muslim countries as being somewhat problematic.

Hell, the post is saying maybe we'd have a bit more ground to call out the Chinese if we weren't engaged in killing Muslims everywhere else in the world

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 14:10

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Grip it and rip it posted:

Lol what a generous interpretation - where is all this good faith when you are responding to literally anyone else on this forum?

Love to post and posters and their posting

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 14:21

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

https://twitter.com/TeenVogue/status/1448281121305894920

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 15:57

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Internet Wizard posted:

Playing whataboutism with atrocities only serves to minimize the problems and enable the perpetrator. Whether that was the intent or not is immaterial when the effect is providing an argument in favor of the actions of the perpetrator. It’s the same thing as people playing whataboutism with cop murders or Proud Boy violence.

“China is committing cultural genocide”-“what about Yemen/the Native Americans”

“Cops kill too many black folk”-“what about black on black crime”

“Proud boys are violent terrorists who murder people”-“what about the time Richard Spencer got punched”

Good to know we should never address the problems of American imperialism and hegemony because that distracts from other authoritarians

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 16:05

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Best Friends posted:

I'm completely comfortable saying China does a lot of terrible things. Their environmental policy is disastrous, their human rights record is bad, and they are oppressing Muslims in Western China.

We have done far more harm to Muslims than China, and those things we've done have been cheered by the exact same political and media figures who are currently pretending they care about Muslims in Western China. There's whataboutism, and then there's guys in "I loving love it when governments kill Muslims" t shirts acting shocked and appalled at China mistreating Muslims.

It's obviously not genuine concern for Muslim human rights driving this campaign, so it must be something else. It sure seems like that something else is saber rattling.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 16:23

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Oddly, I think smash mouf eat da eggsgsg was around the time I started to soften on Guy Fieri. I still don't care for his schtick, but he actually does a good amount of charity with his personality, and I can't find fault in that.

Fire hose of ranch, please.

Too bad he ruined a lot of that goodwill with complaints about workers getting unemployment during the ongoing pandemic

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 17:07

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Some people just want the slave labor without having to say it

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 20:26

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

https://twitter.com/politicalinsidr/status/1448253202198147076

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 23:49

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Beirut getting real spicy. A protest against the judge investigating last year's blast turned violent after being fired on.

https://twitter.com/KyleJGlen/status/1448572743771955202
https://twitter.com/KyleJGlen/status/1448585058428805122

# ¿ Oct 14, 2021 13:29

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

lmfao this will surely end the strike

https://twitter.com/JonahFurman/status/1448483622940446722

# ¿ Oct 14, 2021 14:14

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

CainFortea posted:

What are people protesting about the investigation of that explosion?

https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1448610140236754949

quote:

The violence erupted amid soaring tensions over the probe into the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020. The protesters gathered in the Lebanese capital two days after Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s most scathing criticism of Bitar to date. Nasrallah accused the judge of “politically targeting” officials in his investigation.

Bitar has for months tried to question ex-ministers Ali Hasan Khalil, Ghazi Zeiter, Nouhad Machnouk, Youssef Finianos, as well as former Prime Minister Hasan Diab. Khalil and Zeiter belong to the Amal Movement, a Shia party led by Speaker Nabih Berri and closely allied to Hezbollah.

quote:

President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Mikati continue to publicly back Judge Bitar. Mikati said Lebanon cannot bear the removal of a second judge from the blast probe.

However, ministers belonging to Hezbollah, Amal, and some allies have reportedly pressured the cabinet to take a formal position against Bitar.

https://twitter.com/Bissan_Fakih/status/1448358848486641666

# ¿ Oct 14, 2021 14:46

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

ISKP detonated three suicide bombs in a Kandahar mosque

# ¿ Oct 15, 2021 16:42

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Crab Dad posted:

Why the nurses striking? I’ve only heard of antivax nurses being pissy.

From ‘No More Bare Bone Staffing': More Than 200 Days Later, St. Vincent Nurses Still on Strike

quote:

Pellegrino was working at St. Vincent Hospital where she said the shortage of staff and resources was affecting nurses’ ability to care for patients and for themselves -- that prompted her and about 700 others to go on strike.

This was a few weeks ago, but they've been striking for most of the year because of unsafe working conditions

# ¿ Oct 15, 2021 17:04

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

https://twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1449044790482542600?t=cg_g9AaGC6_xovzbGpQ0wg&s=19

# ¿ Oct 15, 2021 17:10

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Colin Powell has been a piece of poo poo ever since he helped sweep My Lai under the rug

# ¿ Oct 18, 2021 14:12

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Hyrax Attack! posted:

Powell reminds me of McCain in how on the surface level we're expected to give them blind admiration for their nonstop achievements, but when you dig it's hard to identify anything objectively positive that made the world a better place.

Eventually he died

# ¿ Oct 18, 2021 17:08

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Nuclear Tourist posted:

You would think that serving and protecting the public would also mean that you try to ensure that you're not a walking disease vector for a highly contagious respiratory virus, but I guess not.

Yeah but

# ¿ Oct 19, 2021 16:55

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

facialimpediment posted:

Yeah the head coaches of football/basketball are basically the highest paid state employees everywhere.

https://worldscholarshipforum.com/wealth/highest-paid-state-employees-in-the-usa/

It's somewhat misleading, as those coaches get paid by the universities, but the universities basically take donations from boosters specifically to pay for those coaches, plus the sport revenue usually ends up covering those salaries as well. I waffle about the morality of it, as it's not like taxpayers are fronting the coach salaries and the public university funding goes elsewhere.

But the universities tend to push things toward sports because money so gently caress em

# ¿ Oct 19, 2021 20:35

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Better than the HRC and Neil Degrasse Tyson characters in Seveneves

# ¿ Oct 20, 2021 17:17

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Dum Cumpster posted:

Which one was that? Probably a major character that's completely faded from my memory.

The scientist advisor to the president that eventually is the only man left alive

# ¿ Oct 20, 2021 17:33

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

"cancelled" lmfao

# ¿ Oct 20, 2021 18:09

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

https://twitter.com/PresidentDawg/status/1450961048366878720

:rip:

# ¿ Oct 21, 2021 00:34

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

BIG HEADLINE posted:

https://defector.com/42-seconds-after-this-photo-was-taken-police-shot-peyton-ham-dead/

This happened less than 50 miles from me. If the local DC Area news reported it, it was for a single day, tops.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2021 04:50

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Don't worry y'all, the legislative body will listen to the public and draft a bill legalizing abortion any minute now I'm sure

# ¿ Oct 22, 2021 19:55

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Did they get him or was it another car full of children?

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 03:11

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Bored As gently caress posted:

A large part of it has to do with the issue of cops pulling back and not being as proactive as they were. They do this because they are either ordered to become of Covid, or were ordered to for any reason, but also because they're butt hurt over people hating them now so they think "what's the point in being proactive if I'm just going to open myself up to lawsuits or jail." Also many cities have passed laws that explicitly state that cops can not pull people over for minor traffic violations. So it's a combination of all of that that leads to a huge decrease of traffic stops in some areas.

In some areas there are now explicit orders that cops cannot pursue a vehicle either at all, or unless it is a murder or rape suspect. So rear end in a top hat criminals just speed away and get away with driving like a lunatic, because the cities passed those laws.

Why invoke rapists? Cops themselves are rapists or basically never actually investigate or solve reported sex crimes. It's the shittiest argument to invoke in favor of policing.

gently caress off with that bullshit whataboutism.

gently caress off and deep throat boots somewhere else.

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# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 19:15

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

Actually, I'd really prefer it if you'd take your hair-trigger explosive rages someplace else. I really don't need your particular brand of nastiness.

And I realise this is a difficult concept, but I have no doubt that not all police have personally raped someone, so don't go making up some bullshit to justify yourself.

gently caress you

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# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 20:05

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 10:57

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

shame on an IGA posted:

no u

anytime u want :wink:

# ¿ Oct 23, 2021 20:15

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