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- robotron3k-12
What's going on in Sweden, like a bomb every couple of days for the last few weeks... do we have any QBeaNers there??
- http://time.com/4990…Gnash
- robo卐GuyFawkes
- if terrorists are too scared to take accountability for their actions, why not hold their immediate family members responsible?omg
- how many terrorists have taken out life insurance, just so their loved ones could reap the benefits of their death?omg
- Yeah, there are QBNers in Sweden. Strange that you're the only one who hasn't noticed, given your obsession with the place.Fax_Benson
- in 2017 swedish neo-nazis jailed for bombing asylum centers https://www.reuters.…lowimpakt
- 1n 2015 a far right swedish politician implicated in plot to buy large amounts of explosives http://www.scotsman.…lowimpakt
- blowing shit up with bombs is mafia style. that's not terrorism.renderedred
- Typical SD fuckboy.face_melter
- (SD?)Gnash
- Sverigedemokraterna / Swedish Democrats. Our version of nationalist swivel-eyed pinheads.face_melter
- lolGnash
- lol @facerenderedred
- monoboy3
This guy sounds like a piece of work...
https://www.theguardian.com/news…Things are all starting to fall into place. Tax leaks and sex scandals point to an all out war behind the scenes amongst governments and big business.
The EU proposed a crack down on tax avoidance culminating in the anti-tax avoidance directive law that takes affect Jan 2019.
A month after this was signed and agreed by all 27 member states, Cameron announced the EU referendum. Then lost it.
The Leave/Trump campaign both have tendrils that link Farage, Bannon, Banks, Mercer, Wikileaks, Manafort and the Russians.
They've used money and data to trick swing voters by spreading lies and it worked a treat.
This sounds like conspiracy, but would you be surprised that the worlds wealthy elite would do anything to stop the rest of us from putting a stop to their gravy train?
History is being made. And it looks like the tide might be turnings. Thanks mostly. to journalism.
- yepfadein11
- And then there's this...
http://www.bbc.co.uk…monoboy - The 'soft' coup d'etat in Saudi by the 'moderate' responsible for the proxy war in Yemen.monoboy
- Yeah in the end it's all about $$, while the plebs are distracted by topics like immigration and "nationalism."yuekit
- but doesn't immigration and nationalism have a lot to do with how money works?omg
- The world economy depends on the free movement of people and money. Nationalism and protectionism is the reverse, like NK.monoboy
- Late capitalism = not enough rules or regulation. This is where we are.monoboy
- omg, what I mean is that their reasons for wanting power have nothing to do with those topics but rather protecting their money. Those are just the easiestyuekit
- buttons to push to rile up the right-wing plebs.yuekit
- sureshot0
We all know Obamas Harvard tuition and expenses where funded by Arabs etc (in this case: Khalid A-Mansour) but here is Sutton giving more insight.
- yeah, and you too can be as clever as Obama will these PJW approved ...
https://video-images…Bluejam - https://video-images…Bluejam
- Speaking of education sureshot, it's never too late to get one of your own!
https://www.snopes.c…kona - Thanks Kona will look into that. So a legendary lawyer (he was Malcolm-Xs attorney) & former borough President of Manhattan is lying. For what benefit?sureshot
- Looking into it sureshot, I followed the money right to pizzagate and Podesta. Good lord what did we stumble upon?!?kona
- Like I said, I will look into it. I am very open minded person. Thanks againsureshot
- yeah, and you too can be as clever as Obama will these PJW approved ...
- allthethings1
Cutting and pasting leaves the images behind, worth a look at the unrolled thread.
https://tttthreads.com/thread/92…
1/ I have some things to say about the Texas shooting. It’s gonna piss some people off, and that’s too bad. It needs to be said. (thread)
2/ I served in the Army. I was trained as an infantryman. A grunt. That’s about as nuts-and-bolts as it gets in the military.
3/ Infantry training is ongoing. Infantry units train constantly. All the time. It’s always something. To the point of being monotonous.
4/ If we weren’t at the firing range, we were doing hands-on tactical training. If not tactical, then classroom prep. Always. Something.
5/ Thousands of hours of training and learning how to kill other people. I am a trained killer. That’s what an infantryman does. They kill.
6/ Other soldiers will laugh this off. “Okay, killer.” But they know I’m right. Deep down, that’s your purpose as an infantryman: to kill.
7/ It starts early. Basic training is psychological. You’re supposed to get comfortable with killing. You’re prepared to face this reality.
8/ In my barracks at basic training, there was a giant mural of a skull-and-crossbones on the floor. Our official nickname: “Death Dealers”.
9/ We were taught call-and-response chants. Ex: “What makes the grass grow?” “Blood, blood, blood makes the grass grow!”
10/ So many drills have the cry “Kill!” in them. I’m surprised we weren’t required to shout it after eating a meal. Maybe we were. I forget.
11/ And it is what it is. I’m not here to tell you military training is bad. I am not a pacifist. Evil threats exist. Someone has to kill.
12/ And because someone has to kill and the killing falls to the military, psychological training like that makes killing easier.
13/ That’s a cold thought, and many will disagree with it. Not the point. The point: taking accountability of it in the civilian world.
14/ Thousands of hours of learning how to kill other human beings. Day after day, month after month, year after year. Rewiring.
15/ I’m a flaming liberal. I’m a gun owner but don’t collect them. My idea of “fun” is singing karaoke in a tiara, not a day shooting guns.
16/ But there is no doubt in my mind that, if needed, I could kill other human beings efficiently. Tactically. Without hesitation.
17/ I haven’t worn a uniform in almost six years, but it would be like riding a bike. It’s ingrained. I doubt it’ll ever go away.
18/ That’s the point of military training: muscle memory, acting without hesitation, resorting to a part of your brain on autopilot.
19/ In April 2009, Homeland Security released a report warning of the recruitment of veterans by radical groups: https://fas.org/irp/eprint/right…20/ Noted as catalysts for a heightened national security risk were basically what we’ve seen come to fruition eight years later:
21/ Predictably, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano was derided as disrespecting the troops. She was forced to issue several apologies.
22/ Never mind that Napolitano had only ever demonstrated the utmost respect for women and men in uniform.
23/ Never mind that a 2008 FBI report identified 203 military veterans in white supremacist terrorist groups: https://cryptome.org/spy-whites.…24/ Never mind Charlottesville and the mix of military vets among the little boys playing soldier:
25/ Never mind that a Marine killed JFK or that an Army infantryman was behind the Oklahoma City Bombing.
26/ Or the higher rate of violence against women (in this case: IPV) among Active Duty military and veterans versus civilians:27/ Or that the higher rate of IPV in the military is linked to PTSD and traumatic brain injuries: https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov…
28/ Or—and this is important—the well-established relationship between mass shootings and violence against women.
29/ A great piece on that subject by @rtraister can be found here:
What Mass Killers Really Have in Common
The horrific connection between terrorism and domestic violence.
https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/m…30/ Surely, that link between violence against women and subsequent mass shootings must count as evidence of terrorism.
31/ This is how the FBI defines domestic terrorism: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/…32/ Not sure why a mass shooting inspired by hatred of women doesn’t qualify as terrorism... unless, maybe, we don’t respect women as people?
33/ Not exactly the most comfortable truth in the national discourse, particularly in a sea of “as a father of daughters” statements.
34/ The other side of that coin is white maleness. A political system and media dominated by white men isn’t eager to be self-reflective.
35/ Why would I examine a system of white supremacy that gives me unearned benefits and being forced to recognize they’re unearned?
36/ Why would I admit, despite all evidence, that my white maleness protects me from all sorts of threats and accountability? Scary stuff.
37/ A brown “Muslim” man killing several with a vehicle is terrorism, but a white male killing 27 w/ a gun out of sexist rage? “Lone wolf.”
38/ All these are connected: white male entitlement, mental illness, racism, sexism, violence against women, terrorism. Rinse, repeat.
39/ White men see a loss of power, feel victimized, have that entitlement radicalized through propaganda, and commit acts of terrorism.
40/ But because they’re white and not shouting “Allahu Akbar”, they’re dismissed as "nuts", or more charitably: “nice guys gone wrong.”
41/ To admit to “terrorism” by ordinary white men would require asking deeper questions of ourselves, especially those of us in power.
42/ To admit to “terrorism” by military veterans would require a vast reworking of our systems of recruitment, training, and mental health.
43/ Instead, we grant an access of powerful weaponry to those most trained to use it and most likely to do so in brutal acts of terrorism.
44/ An irony of all this is that though we fall back solely on the excuse of “mental health” to wave away acts of terrorism by white men...
45/ ...we neither 1) attempt to comprehensively address mental health in our country nor 2) effectively restrict access to weapons due to it.
46/ If your takeaway from ANY of this = a hatred of white men, the military or guns, then you’re a moron who lacks critical thinking skills.
47/ And if your takeaway is a bizarre, insecure notion that I’m putting women and folks of color on a pedestal, that also makes you a moron.
48/ I'm a white male, and I have no reason to hate that about myself. I love my country. I'm proud of my military service. I'm a gun owner.
49/ And even I can see there are deep, deep issues here we’re ignoring. And they’re not going away. This will happen again and again.
50/ We need to stop pretending that military service is the grand seal of moral rightness. It’s not. We can be grateful w/o being stupid.
51/ We need to stop allowing patriotism to be co-opted by white supremacists preaching a nationalist agenda driven by fear and hatred.
52/ We need to call terrorism in this country for what it is and recognize how white men are often radicalized.
53/ We need to recognize the link between misogynist power structures, violence against women, and white male terrorism.
54/ We need to respect the 2nd Amendment by restricting access to guns from those who don’t (or can’t) respect gun ownership.
55/ Legally owning and using a gun in this country should be harder than legally owning and using a car. Why is it the exact opposite?
56/ Why am I bio-scanned every time I fly, but it’s totally fine in many states if I waltz down the street open-carrying a powerful firearm?
Link Here
57/ Why am I more likely to be killed by a white male terrorist with a gun in this country than a brown terrorist who claims to be “Muslim”?
58/ We should all want answers to these questions and elected officials with the courage to address them. We should want that NOW.
59/ I’m tired of the carnage, and I want to believe we’re better than this. Prove to me, prove it to yourself, that we are. /thread- Interesting post. I think the US has militarised it's entire culture. Dominance, power and hero worship.monoboy
- And when disrespect, self-doubt, rejection or disappointment is felt it's more than just a bump in the road. It's a wrong that needs to be righted. With force.monoboy
- The answer is always man up, or bring a bigger gun to the fight. Toxic male masculinity.monoboy
- respect.oey
- The flaming liberal sadly doesn't differentiate between political affiliated/ inspired group terrorism over nut job lone wolfs who kill because xgirlfriendomg
- it should have stayed there and further into solution, but goes on to divide the issue along racial lines, while he plays the devil's advocate for white men.omg
- Parklifemonoboy
- Ramanisky22
ohhh Richard ...
- I am honestly surprised Younge didn't bring up the fact white people weren't the original North Americans and we have no claim to this landcolin_s
- colin_s7
- iWoodmoldero
- SOLIDwoodRamanisky2
- Thump!utopian
- https://www.youtube.…jaylarson
- A thing of beauty and a joy forever.face_melter
- FNP142
So, looks like the US is the only country in the world now that isn't a part of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Do the majority of Republicans truly believe we should remain complacent on this matter? I've never understood how the fossil fuel industry could have so much influence on American politics and how this has become a left/right issue at all. I'd assume every inhabitant on this planet would want to protect it. Just boggles my mind we can't find a partisan solution on this.
- suspicious . gifmoldero
- Big oil is a major reason politicians are insulated as their own class by lobbying $, no longer need to represent the will of anyone but donorscolin_s
- Being a republican at this point has no definition, it's just "take what you can get while in office."colin_s
- I love how they didn't invite Trump! That's gotta be embarrassing (though him being a big bully will probably start some stupid feud)formed
- lol, even Syria joined. and they have other stuff to worry aboutGnash
- What a disgrace. We're the laughing stock of the world for fucks sake.kona
- So incredibly swampy.monospaced
- allthethings1
They should call this guy Trump, Jr.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dan…
The Case of Wilbur Ross' Phantom $2 Billion
"So began the mystery of Wilbur Ross' missing $2 billion. And after one month of digging, Forbes is confident it has found the answer: That money never existed. It seems clear that Ross lied to us, the latest in an apparent sequence of fibs, exaggerations, omissions, fabrications and whoppers that have been going on with Forbes since 2004. In addition to just padding his ego, Ross' machinations helped bolster his standing in a way that translated into business opportunities. And based on our interviews with ten former employees at Ross' private equity firm, WL Ross & Co., who all confirmed parts of the same story line, his penchant for misleading extended to colleagues and investors, resulting in millions of dollars in fines, tens of millions refunded to backers and numerous lawsuits. Additionally, according to six U.S. senators, Ross failed to initially mention 19 suits in response to a questionnaire during his confirmation process."
- Ramanisky27
Democrat Ralph Northam takes Virginia's Governors race
#MAGA
- Niceformed
- hello opioid Capital!robotron3k
- pretty sure you wouldn't have said that if Gillespie won. You'd be chanting #MAGAcapn_ron
- MAGAtard3KkkRamanisky2
- Interesting...hadn't been following this closely but I think it was expected to be a close race or even Repub win. Instead 7 point Dem win.yuekit
- Or 9 point win ratheryuekit
- Bigger story is the VA House, R held a 66:34 advantage, looks like D took majority, still waiting for confirmation, some races too close still.mathinc
- ^ This matters because of redistricting.mathinc
- Other cool story is the first openly trans legislator woman beat an anti-lgbt 26 year incumbent. #WINNINGmathinc
- Ramanisky28
Democrat Phil Murphy takes New Jersey's Governors race
so long Chris Crispie ...
#MAGA
- https://www.youtube.…zaq
- lol @ picGuyFawkes
- unfortunately this piece of shit will become a pundit and be a regular on carson and hannityBonSeff
- and then die of too much fat fuck asshole.BonSeff
- #gotOurBeachBackBluejam
- Hasn't he already had gastric band surgery? That's some serious dedication to being a fat cunt.face_melter
- autoflavour4
oh look, its dress up at day at the White House.. Sarah Sanders in ill fitting fatigues in South Korea..
- FATiguesgarbage
- And before there is any "don't stoop to their level" talk, this is the most image-obsessed admin ever, so fuck that. She's a dumb fat ugly hick.garbage
- Why do US politicians and gov officials were military uniform on pressers? It's a strict no-no in the UK as it besmirches the reputation of the regiments.monoboy
- You have to earn the right to wear the badge, as the song goes.monoboy
- Or is this a conflation to confuse the public about the role of Government and the current slide into facism?monoboy
- https://www.youtube.…monoboy
- wild guess, she's cold and someone lent her a jacketIRNlun6
- awe IRN has a crush on shrekmonospaced
- http://1v1d1e1lmiki1…monoboy
- http://www.cnn.com/W…monoboy
- https://s-media-cach…monoboy
- ^ commander and chief ones aside obvs. That's 'tradition'.monoboy
- "OK, everyone huddle around Sasquatch, look up, and look scared!"kona
- Is the alignment of the text on Trump's lapel badge squiffy?detritus
- It is detritus. It also reads "Donald J Trump - Commander in Chimp"kona
- Bluejam1
- I'm sick and tired of all the winning!utopian
- I don't give a damn,
we're gonna keep winning.Ramanisky2
- allthethings3
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_s…
Fox News Went 100 Minutes Tuesday Night Without Discussing the Republican Loss in Virginia
...and when they did...
Later in the segment, Ingraham noted that Democrats will overreact to Northam's win because "they need something to be excited about," adding that, and I quote, "Hillary's emails!"
- allthethings2
I think someone should run in '20 on the promise to deport all stupid people.
https://www.politico.com/magazin…
LETTER FROM PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway.
In a depressed former steel town, the president’s promises don’t matter as much as they once did.
- stupid or not, somebody needs to get their votes, else Trump is in again.Fax_Benson
- These things read like an anthropologist's findings from some lost tribe. Don't worry, it's not us. They're all stupid. Just need to make them realise.Fax_Benson
- facts don't matter to these people. it's the idea of trump that they're enamored with.dorf
- you can't dismiss millions of voters as stupid, keep telling them that while offering them nothing as an alternative, and expect them to change their minds.Fax_Benson
- um, yeah we can. they're stupid, reactionary, and were easily swayed by a lying carnival barker.kona
- I'm sure lots of them are thick as mince. Quite a few are ex-Democrat voters. Trump's hoping you write them off. They know that.Fax_Benson
- Hence the Trump loyalty in the face of all evidence and logic.Fax_Benson
- chukkaphob8
- the man who called himself "chief homophobe"dorf
- Women are already pissed Trans men are breaking world records in track and field, now women are competing with Trans and Men in office.. heherobotron3k
- MAGAtard3KKKRamanisky2
- an american citizen has every right to pursue politics regardless of how insecure you are about your sexuality trollotron.dorf
- zaq3
America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning
"The debt coming due, along with America’s over-stored suburbs and the continued gains of online shopping, has all the makings of a disaster. The spillover will likely flow far and wide across the U.S. economy. There will be displaced low-income workers, shrinking local tax bases and investor losses on stocks, bonds and real estate. If today is considered a retail apocalypse, then what’s coming next could truly be scary. "https://www.bloomberg.com/graphi…
- oh great, something else to tear my hair out over.allthethings
- don't start tearing out your hair just yet. wait until the retail workers who lose their jobs can't make their credit card & auto payments.dorf
- R_Kercz1
Intercept Podcast: https://theintercept.com/2017/11…
- mg334
Fascinating. Among the disasterous tactics in the Republican tax plan (which you're all familiar with, right?) is a plan to tax the tuition wavers graduate students receive, in addition to the already taxed student stipend they receive. They also want to eliminate student loan interest deductions.
Meanwhile, there is an effort by the Trump cabal and many Republicans to relax IRS penalties (read: get rid of them entirely) for religious institutions that express political views while maintaining their tax-exempt status, by eliminating the Johnson Amendment. If churches in the United States to be taxed, it would provide $70-$80 BILLION in tax revenue to the federal government.
There are few words to describe how backwards, foolish, and tragic both of these things are to this country. Two things are clear: we already know that this administration places no importance on higher education and personal enrichment, and that Republicans have succeeded somewhat as painting higher education as an elitist, liberal breeding grounds. We also know there are numerous people within the party who would choose to insert as much religion as possible into government. What the hell are we becoming as a country when educational enrichment and the pursuit of knowledge is intentionally penalized as a means of generating tax revenue, and when some would choose to inject religious ideals into politics, and politics into religion, with no impact on their ability to do so without being taxed appropriately?
- How Americans can support this sort of thing blows my mind. Crazy.sofakingback
- allthethings1
https://www.gq.com/story/how-dem…
How the Democrats Can Keep the Momentum Going
There's an easy way to avoid screwing this all up, writes Drew Magary.
Excerpt:
I worked in advertising for a decade and every assignment came with a strategic brief that laid out what the ad had to say. Based off that brief, we could usually tell if an ad was gonna fail even before we’d thought of anything. That’s because if a brief made us say EVERYTHING in an ad, we were fucked. You get seven words for a billboard. You get 60 seconds for a radio ad. You get 30 seconds for a TV, if you’re lucky. There isn’t enough time or space to say that your product does 97 different things. You get one thing. Try to push any more than that one thing, and you are fucked.
Politics, so reliant on advertising, is no different. One of the reason Democrats have a hard time bringing down Trump—who seems so EASY to destroy—is because he does so much awful shit on a daily basis that it’s hard to zero in on one single awful thing and hammer him on it. Trump himself, almost certainly by accident, was VERY good at choosing a message and beating it into the fucking ground until it was gospel. He had one shitty slogan (MAGA!), one shitty promise (A WALL!), and one shitty subtext for it all (RACISM!). If he angered the opposition in the process of delivering the message, all the better. Trump is a simple dope whose simplicity did him wonders on the campaign trail, enough to beat (CROOKED!) Hillary Clinton, who out of either optimism or foolishness, tried at all times to be all things to all people.
- This is a spot-on analysis of Trumps dumbed down tactic.kona
- Trump's Reverend growing up was Norman Vincent Peale, who coined the phrase / book, The Power of Positive Thinking. Now you know.robotron3k
- Yes yes, the power of positive thinking created trump, not the 1 million dollar (small 'loan') his daddy gave him to start his company. asshatkona
- so I guess the author liked his DRAIN THE SCHWAMP slogan. And was pleased with his promises for J-O-B-S.omg
- Seeing as how the author died in 1993 it's doubtful he liked Trumps idea. Next time, try and do a little research before vomiting your drivel.kona
- It was actually a $14m loan.formed
- BonSeff1
- In all seriousness, & I know that is a spoof, but why does he do so much media stuff? Just seems to be incriminating himself.BusterBoy
- even the russians called him an idiotGuyFawkes
- He's a double agentRamanisky2