War Room Lounge v149: FFS, a whole thread in since Saturday?

[Lead]

I prefer the Sexy Sax Man

I watch this at least once a year. The food court scene is hilarious where he turns the crowd on the security guard and they start booing

 

[Curmudgeon]

I watch this at least once a year. The food court scene is hilarious where he turns the crowd on the security guard and they start booing

Not liking George Michael should illicit any other response???

 

[Gandhi]

I can't say I do.

Is Mia Khalifa is still a big deal? I remember for a time I heard about her non-stop. Decent face but the tit job was too much and I can't say I like the Orientalist vibe in her case.

That sounds really interesting actually, at the least the setting. I've thought a Muslim equivalent along the lines of what we talked about in some other thread, intentional communities of religious conservatives based around self reliant and sustainable living, would be a neat premise. Something similar to Rojava in the sense of it popping up in the context of the break down of central state power and sandwiched between hostile nation states. But I imagined it more of a series of slice of life vignettes rather than a detective story.

She retired and is trying to make it inthe real world

 

[PalmaSoriano]

I saw a couple dudes practicing their softball pitching in the park the other day.

In college after practice we’d break some balls with the oldsters playing softball and man....funny stuff but I won’t knock it anymore cause maybe I’ll be playing it when I’m older haha....

One of the pitchers on the girls team could throw heat though, the underhanded pitching motion is very weird and I’ve faced submariners before. Apparently the record is 90, not exactly Chapman but with that pitching motion...I see why it was mostly guys hitting homers or getting ks

 

[Wet Blanket]

Maybe I just expect enforcement of the no trolling and flaming rules.

The board would be empty!

 

[skysolo]

Day 1: police station in Minnepolis burned down
-Bootlickers: "the police should crack the heads of those people"

Day 10: countless protests across multiple states and riots destroying parts of town
--Bootlickers: "the police should crack the heads of those people"

Day 40: Chaz starts
-Bootlickers: "the police should crack the heads of those people"

Day 50: mothers form a human shield between the police and the protesters
-Bootlickers: "the police should crack the heads of those people"

Day 60: protests are ongoing, Seattle declares a riot
--Bootlickers: "the police should crack the heads of those people"

Maybe it's time for a new strategy.

 

[Andy Capp]

@tonni
Remember that thread where someone was bragging about their monthly contributions to Trump's campaign? Feel free to send them this:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/28/com...paign-of-masking-170-million-in-spending.html

KEY POINTS

• President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign violated the law by masking millions in spending, a nonprofit democracy group alleged in a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.
• The Campaign Legal Center said in the 81-page filing that the president’s reelection campaign and campaign committee hid $170 million in spending to major vendors as well as family members and associates by diverting the money through firms headed by Brad Parscale, who was replaced as campaign manager earlier this month, as well as other senior campaign officials.
• The nonprofit alleged that the campaign effectively laundered money in order to hide payments to contractors and advisors, including the maker of a campaign app, as well as Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host who is dating the president’s son Donald Trump Jr.

Gee whiz, what a surprise. They haven't even found the money missing from the Inauguration Committee yet, AFAIK. The US must really be a shithole for so much blatant corruption in such a short time by so many in one "family" to go unpunished.

It's absolutely crazy to me how so many people are so laissez-faire about financial crimes. But it shouldn't be too surprising in a country where the POTUS can say something like "Fox isn't trying hard enough to help me and the Republicans get elected" and not be vilified by everyone, including his supporters. He can send federal forces to shoot civilians engaged in a constitutionally protected activity on home soil and disappear them, and there isn't a wholesale rebellion among his supporters calling for his removal from power. And don't even get me started on having an attorney general that is more loyal to the president than to his oath of office. The denial, or outright support, for what he is doing is evidence of a clear tolerance for authoritarian government among a significantly large chunk of the American population and that should scare the tits off of everyone else as their political and social influence wanes and they become desperate to preserve their shrinking gains of the last 4 years.

 

[Wet Blanket]

Maybe the WR can get in on this and we can make some monies!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-hate-online-extremism-1.5664832

 

[CubicleGangster]

My dad has covid and now I may have to get retested. God dammit.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

The board would be empty!

Maybe I just expect enforcement of the no trolling and flaming rules.

Not empty per say but there would alot fewer right wing shit posters , this wouldn't be an issue if there were something resembling an even split between left and right wing posters but unfortunately we aren't anywhere close to that .

 

[Sycho Sid]

My dad has covid and now I may have to get retested. God dammit.

Holy shit man. I am so sorry to hear that.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

My dad has covid and now I may have to get retested. God dammit.

Shit man take care

 

[Chillin' Nuts]

I think a big problem with enforcing no-trolling rules is the difficulty identifying true trolls and differentiating them from your garden-variety dumbass/weirdo/douchebag. I think most posters generally regarded as trolls are just really shitty posters.

 

[PalmaSoriano]

What do you think fellas?
Blonde/Deep Navy/Webbing looks black but supposed to be the same navy color In Kangaroo/Japanese calf

Btw I thought sting ray was the pinnacle but it’s actually American Cayman...shit

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

Without looking too much into it, I feel like I've read a bunch of other books and essays dedicated to decoding the right wing mind. Anything particularly revealing in this book?

I wouldn't say anything has shocked me given my knowledge of those other analyses, but the narrative is much more human. The author makes more of an effort than I've seen anywhere else to actually enter the minds of right-leaning people (Louisianans, in this case) and sketch out the logic and emotion that animate them. I also really like that she centres her questioning around the What's the Matter with Kansas? problem applied specifically to environmental issues, since the Bayou people she talks to are very conscious of the environmental destruction around them but very resistant to the obvious culprit (industry) and solutions (regulation).

Overall it's much less mechanical and at least as insightful as the more scientific approaches, and undeniably produced in good faith. I think if you wanted to step back from factual disagreement and actually have a conversation about problematic values with the "small government, self-sufficiency" right, this is as good a starting place as any.

 

[PalmaSoriano]

If I had someone to play catch with I’d likely grab another mitt but I don’t even have a pitch back to play with

Some ball fields have been opened up down here and we are thankful for it. The only problem is picking up all the balls after ..like ways

 

[PalmaSoriano]

Btw here is the goat talking about his first glove. The struggle was indeed real

 

[CubicleGangster]

Holy shit man. I am so sorry to hear that.

Shit man take care

Thanks, buds. My dad just had two surgeries and my mom beat cancer last year, they are two tough fuckers but I'm still a bit worried.

 

[BEER]

Thanks, buds. My dad just had two surgeries and my mom beat cancer last year, they are two tough fuckers but I'm still a bit worried.

Fuck that's rough. Keep them separate as best as possible.

 

[Higus]

I wouldn't say anything has shocked me given my knowledge of those other analyses, but the narrative is much more human. The author makes more of an effort than I've seen anywhere else to actually enter the minds of right-leaning people (Louisianans, in this case) and sketch out the logic and emotion that animate them. I also really like that she centres her questioning around the What's the Matter with Kansas? problem applied specifically to environmental issues, since the Bayou people she talks to are very conscious of the environmental destruction around them but very resistant to the obvious culprit (industry) and solutions (regulation).

Overall it's much less mechanical and at least as insightful as the more scientific approaches, and undeniably produced in good faith. I think if you wanted to step back from factual disagreement and actually have a conversation about problematic values with the "small government, self-sufficiency" right, this is as good a starting place as any.

Thanks, I appreciate the breakdown. When you finish it, please share your thoughts.