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CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Japan still hasn't come around to owning up what they did during World War 2 and it remains really bizarre.

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CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Its not even sexy, its like they watched too many porn videos and think this is how sexy talk works. Its like they learned sexy talk on a book-on-tape by some fly-by-night place.

Jesus. These people are beyond unreal.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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bird food bathtub posted:

I dunno what people expected after the Borat movie. Homey wasn't "adjusting his shirt". It was exactly what it looked like, and Guliani is exactly what he looked like.

Yup, he was fully willing to go sexpest on her. And this confirms everything.

America's Mayor.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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facialimpediment posted:


And with the Cop Braining Slide video going out everywhere, it's pretty clear the city should just lean in and Action Park the motherfucker:

https://twitter.com/MattWBZ/status/1687094161072119808?t=SWP3sBOwwTknV0OmMA4Tiw&s=19

Ah yes, Unsupervised Adults.....also known as adults.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Crab Dad posted:

There’s no money in people not getting sick.

Eh, not so much that, but cancer is a fickle disease to treat largely because it's usually our own body going out of whack.

There's no such thing as cures, only successful treatments.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Wasabi the J posted:

An unimaginable horror that didn't need to happen

Source: I did two papers on the bombs believing the invasion prevention justification.

Meh. We were already visiting unimaginable horrors in the form of massive firebombing that killed more than the nuclear weapons did.

There is little reason to believe Japan was going to capitulate and they made it clear in their attempts to negotiate with the Soviets they viewed the only way worth surrendering was them keeping their Imperial gains they still had.

The nuclear weapons made it clear to the Japanese High Command, especially the Emperor himself, that combined with the invasion of Manchuria that it was over, completely and totally.

And Japan was a-okay visiting unimaginable horrors on China and Southeast Asia, and would've likely needed to visit such on the US in turn to achieve their goals had they been able to do so.

*Insert William Tecumseh Sherman s letter to the Atlanta City Council on the cruelty of war here*

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Aug 7, 2023

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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They exported native Koreans, Vietnamese, and Chinese as slave labor and forced prostitutes, including sending them back to the home islands.

Unlike Germany, Japan has gone hard core on revisionist history about their actions and position during World War 2.

Soylent Pudding posted:

Wasn't there also a coup attempt against the emperor to prevent the surrender that was thwarted in part by the blackout for another American bombing raid? I vaguely remember something like that from undergrad.

Yup. Happened. They tried to burn the recordings of the Emperors speech as well to make sure they could justify it.

Thankfully the coup achieved little.

And while a lot of people point to Soviet invasion of Manchuria possibly being more impactful than the nuclear weapons, worth pointing out the Soviet were incapable of carrying out an amphibious invasion of Japan so at worst they'd wipe out a significant amount of Japanese Armies and take most of East Asia. Soviets were never a threat to the Japanese home islands other than putting pressure on dwindling military forces and resources Japan needed to defend against an Allied invasion.

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Aug 7, 2023

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Chudge Cannon might already be showing her whole rear end:

Basically she is pissed that Special Counsel continues to prosecute other Trump crimes elsewhere in other courts outside of hers.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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facialimpediment posted:

I've yet to see any solid analysis of what exactly this order is intended to do. Apparently the trump lawyers were going to complain about the dual grand jury thing and now Cannon is bringing it to the forefront? And DOJ was showing that Nauta's attorney might have some conflicts in secret motions that Cannon tossed.

Whole thing's weird. Have to always remember that the DOJ is still the DOJ, so it's not like they're inherently good people. Hoping popehat and company come out with analysis soon.

When it comes to Judge Cannon, I'm willing to give the DOJ the benefit of the doubt. Cannon is, well, rather a loose Cannon.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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M_Gargantua posted:

Could Judge Cannon show their rear end so much that they get themselves charged with obstruction?

Nah, if anything DOJ might tell her to pound sand, or another higher court might say "Knock it off, again"

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Yeah, basically unlike Germany, Japan was allowed to keep their head in the clouds about the War, and its resulted in a lot of angst, especially with Japan refusing to admit fault for some of the atrocities/slavery it carried out on the East Asian peninsula.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Elviscat posted:

I think you can mock the fetid bullshit PragerU pumps out, while also being deeply concerned about what its spread means for the country.

Yup. Its both hilarious awful AND deeply disturbing.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Of all the countries that could benefit from Adderall as well, Japan would be the one that needs it the most.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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It's a joke about a country that suffered from massive overwork and overburdened students who need to pay attention for extreme amounts of time.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Amazing how his private arsenal didn't stop the feds.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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If anything, take joy in how much the J6 and other cases are pissing off Cannon. She's realizing her case is not the life saver for Trump it might have been alone.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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10 Indictments passed. Dunno for who, but I'm sure Trumpy is one of them

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Wasabi the J posted:

Trump will try for mistrial.

With him just slamming his fat fists on the table screaming 'Mistrial, Mistrial' over and over again.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Midjack posted:

Hell yeah :jewish:

These Nazi guys sure do seem to lose a lot.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Discussion Quorum posted:

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is less than a year older than me, and while I am not exactly a paragon of youth, she looks ancient to me. The Stephen Miller effect is real.

Her family is one big bag of abuse and hate, it really does leave a mark on you.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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People who have spent their whole lives being fleeced by Evangelical preachers, unsurprisingly, continue to be fleeced by their own leaders.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Pine Cone Jones posted:

As Tom Waits says, sometimes you just have to go to Cleveland

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

At least we're not detroit!

Mike Polk, the guy who made that video, is now a Cleveland News Caster. Even he could not escape its reaches.

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Tom Waits is god I'm pretty sure, if there is a god
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5X4N2exOsU

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Aug 23, 2023

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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MA-Horus posted:

Uh did the Russians just schwack Prigozhin?

His private jet got shot down.

Highly likely. Dude carried out a rebellion against his own sponsor. He was dead as soon as he gave up.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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SquirrelyPSU posted:

0 chance Prigozhin gets blasted out of the sky and it wasn't intentional.

Yup. Again, amazing the guy didn't go into hiding after the rebellion failed.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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bird food bathtub posted:

https://twitter.com/ukrpravda_news/status/1694392677658247498
Supposed video of Prigo's plane going down. I am not a fly boy so it's entirely based on my layman interpretation; that poo poo was tumbling out of the sky with flames and smoke pouring out of it.

Supposedly hit by two S-300s, people heard two explosions prior to seeing the plane.

Supposedly most of the Wagner leadership was onboard.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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CBJSprague24 posted:

So this will piss Wagner's remaining leadership off something fierce, right?

Neither side playing chess or checkers, just hurtling of rocks thinking they're geniuses.

Most of Wagners immediate leadership was on the plane. I don't think theres much left other than them to actually unite Wagner into something that could do anything of merit anymore.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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And there's rumor that Belarus is now closing down Wagner's camps and siezing their vehicles.

LMAO.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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A.o.D. posted:

"peaceful" is Trumpspeak for "in Minecraft".

He hasn't been able to get decent crowds, so best of luck to him 'In Minecraft'

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Elviscat posted:

Well, if I were Putin, and me and my buddy wanted to fake a few deaths so they could go into retirement/hiding after our bizarre fake coupe psyop, having them "get on a plane" and then blowing that plane they're "on" up would be how I'd do it.

Other than none of this making any sense, sure.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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Lmao its Francis, back from stealing Pee Wee's bike

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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facialimpediment posted:

And for regular content: hope you don't need new cars soon, UAW is getting a lot of line-level support for a strike against the Big 3

https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1695088254339465287?t=X6Px_7VAddwVV6BGrYDwYw&s=19

Good. gently caress em. Big 3 has been useless for ages and deserves a Unionized kick in the pants.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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orange juche posted:

The V-22's safety record is the 3.6 roentgen of aviation, they randomly crash more than fixed wing aircraft but it could be worse they could crash as much as helicopters.

You can also carry more people in a V-22 I believe.

Chinook and Super Stallion can carry more equipped Marines and has better load capacity.

V-22s party trick is it's speed in fixed wing flight and range

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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orange juche posted:

Yeah, no helicopter can match the range of a V22 because in fixed wing mode they're using the wing to generate lift instead of the proprotors.

Still, they are inhabited by the same angry machine god that inhabits all helicopters.

Also they cannot do autorotation as a crash recovery method as far as I am aware.

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CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

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fknlo posted:

Can’t wait for Florida to offer state run homeowners insurance once everyone else pulls out. It’ll be wildly successful and people will love it while simultaneously screaming about the evils of socialism

LMAO will never happen. You either have enough money to recover, pay expensive insurance, or it'll continue to be gently caress You, Got Mine.

Florida would need a change in leadership for that to happen.

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