War Room Lounge v159: Starbucks vs Dunkin Donuts

[Wet Blanket]

Dude Dunkin Donuts has plant based breakfast sandwiches

Really? Nice! If I ever see one I'll try it out. I don't especially love SB, but if you've ever had Tim Hortons coffee you'll understand why it's my default choice.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Man, Hard Knocks is such a great show. They need to do one for basketball and hockey. Baseball Hard Knocks would probably be better than baseball.

Agree. I liked the season that featured the Texans. That was a really good season.

 

[Trotsky]

I mean, we were running guns to Pol Pot with China's blessing. So there's that. China also got the god-ever-loving-shit kicked out of them by Vietnam for decades before we got our own asses handed to us. All in all, US and China were the turbo cartoon piece of fucking shit asshole bad guys, both of us. We played all sides in that one so there's every kind of criticism to be levied. It was not at all a simple war. The most cut-and-dry aspect of it was our opposition of the Soviets.

The worst US atrocity during the entire ordeal was its treatment of Laos. Dozens of Laotians are still dying yearly from exploding landmines. Overall, the United States killed 50 Laotian civilians for every one militant.

The officially neutral country became a battleground in the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union, with American bombers dropping over two million tons of cluster bombs over Laos—more than all the bombs dropped during WWII combined. Today, Laos is the most heavily bombed nation in history.

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In Laos, the legacy of U.S. bombs continues to wreak havoc. Since 1964, more than 50,000 Lao have been killed or injured by U.S. bombs, 98 percent of them civilians. An estimated 30 percent of the bombs dropped on Laos failed to explode upon impact, and in the years since the bombing ended, 20,000 people have been killed or maimed by the estimated 80 million bombs left behind.

https://www.history.com/news/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war

 

[Fawlty]

A lot of us don't like Tulsi very much, but do you guys think she could handle being Secretary of Veterans Affairs?

 

[Fawlty]

The worst US atrocity during the entire ordeal was its treatment of Laos. Dozens of Laotians are still dying yearly from exploding landmines. Overall, the United States killed 50 Laotian civilians for every one militant.



https://www.history.com/news/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war

Jesus. I knew this, but I don't think about it very often when Vietnam comes up. As late as 2006 we were still supplying Israel with cluster bombs (I've mentioned before that I have personal knowledge of this, as in I handled those munitions), many of them being well on in age and unreliable as munitions (which probably means more live duds). Lebanon is still experiencing the effects of this.

 

[Trotsky]

Jesus. I knew this, but I don't think about it very often when Vietnam comes up. As late as 2006 we were still supplying Israel with cluster bombs (I've mentioned before that I have personal knowledge of this, as in I handled those munitions), many of them being well on in age and unreliable as munitions (which probably means more live duds). Lebanon is still experiencing the effects of this.

Direct military and intelligence actions aside, the US has incalculable blood on its hands just as a merchant of warfare.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

A lot of us don't like Tulsi very much, but do you guys think she could handle being Secretary of Veterans Affairs?

I like her (although I don’t “get” a lot of what she’s done in her pursuit of national attention) and I think she could handle it.

 

[Fawlty]

Direct military and intelligence actions aside, the US has incalculable blood on its hands just as a merchant of warfare.

I believe that's what surprisingly puts Carter on Chomsky's "would have been hanged at Nuremberg" list, right?

 

[Trotsky]

A lot of us don't like Tulsi very much, but do you guys think she could handle being Secretary of Veterans Affairs?

Yeah, if she can keep her hands out of the cookie jar, I expect she can be both a zealous advocate and a good communicator in re veterans' issues.

 

[Fawlty]

I like her (although I don’t “get” a lot of what she’s done in her pursuit of national attention) and I think she could handle it.

I like her in an administrative role over a lawmaking and diplomatic one, and this is something she seems to have a passion for. Slam dunk pick optics-wise, too.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Reports are coming out that Former DHS official says Trump offered pardons for carrying out illegal policies.


This is is just awful awful human being

 

[Trotsky]

I think one of the single most infuriating missteps currently taking place by 2020 Democrats is the failure to integrate organized labor into the very front of the election conversation. Every damn Biden presser should have union presidents at his side.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

Man, Hard Knocks is such a great show. They need to do one for basketball and hockey. Baseball Hard Knocks would probably be better than baseball.

Seconded

Anthony Lynn seems a cool dude , he's the star of the season for me.

 

[irish_thug]

Fuck starbucks.

That is all.

 

[irish_thug]

Hi @Falsedawn

Is this an ongoing series?

 

[Anung Un Rama]

I think one of the single most infuriating missteps currently taking place by 2020 Democrats is the failure to integrate organized labor into the very front of the election conversation. Every damn Biden presser should have union presidents at his side.

Why would they do that when they obviously don’t care about organized labor?

 

[irish_thug]

Tim Hortons. Even though its shit. Mcondalds is what I've been told is the best for cheap easy coffee up here. Apparently Tim's sold their beans to Mcdonalds years ago.

Everyone I know that prefers McDonalds to Timmies takes their coffee with cream and sugar, which of course nullifies the validity of their opinion.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

Reports are coming out that Former DHS official says Trump offered pardons for carrying out illegal policies.


This is is just awful awful human being

As awful as this is it should surprise no one

 

[Sycho Sid]

And homeboy can't swim.

I have no doubt the two things are connected.

 

[senri]

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